Well this first week of this historical project is in the books so to speak. I shot a video on my youtube channel where I explain my thoughts and feelings after the first week of this menu, you can check it out below. Today was the last day of fresh milk and cream, from here on out it is evaporated or condensed milk and the recipes will reflect this change. This will also be the last week of fresh meat. I had to draw a line somewhere and say they could not have reasonably had fresh meat after this point. In various anecdotes I have found about food on board U Boats, it was said the men looked forward to sauerbraten day the most but it was bittersweet as it was also the last day they would see fresh meat. This makes sense as meat lasts about 5 days in the refrigerator before going bad and if you were to load out the ship with frozen beef you could extend it by 3-4 days thawing time but by the 12th day, any beef was getting slimy so you had to hide this with vinegar. Don't worry though, I'm using fresh beef for the recipe later this week as although I am historically accurate, I don't need to invite disaster while the hospitals are full of sick people.
Breakfast: bread, butter, honey, coffee
Lunch: pork schnitzel, mushroom gravy, red cabbage, potato salad, fruit
Supper: liverwurst, sausage, butter, bread, hot cocoa (uses the last of the fresh milk)
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