Bedfordshire Depôt Scale of Diet - Week Ending 20th March

Kempston Barracks

Wednesday 17th March 1915: The officer commanding the Depôt Company at Kempston Barracks has posted this week's scale of diet, which is as follows:

	Breakfast	Dinner	Tea	Supper
Sunday	Coffee Bread and butter and tinned salmon	Meat pies, potatoes and peas	Tea, bread and butter, cake	Bread and cheese and lentil soup
Monday	Tea, bread, butter and fried bacon and tomatoes	Roast meat, Yorkshire pudding, potatoes	Tea, bread and butter and jam	Bread and barley soup
Tuesday	Tea, bread and butter and corned mutton	Tomato stew, potatoes and plain pudding	Tea, bread and dripping	Bread and cheese, pea soup
Wednesday	Tea, bread and butter and sausages	Toad in the hole, potatoes and haricot beans	Tea, bread and butter and marmalade	Bread and tomato soup
Thursday	Coffee, bread and butter, fried liver and bacon	Brown curry, stew, potatoes, carrots and currant rolls	Tea, bread and butter, cake	Bread and cheese and pea soup
Friday	Tea, bread and butter and fish	Roast meat, stuffed potatoes and butter beans	Tea, bread and butter and jam	Bread and lentil soup
Saturday	Tea, bread and butter and boiled bacon	Sea pies, potatoes and peas	Tea, bread and butter	Bread and cheese and barley soup

No wonder so many men, particularly from the poorer areas of Bedford and Luton and from London say they have never eaten so well in their lives before joining the army.

Source: Bedfordshire Standard 19th March 1915