[Sca-cooks] Period Field Rations

[Siegfried]

   I have a question . . . What can we document as being actual field rations
in period? Dried meats, sausages, hard cheeses, parched grains, journey cakes
/ breads of various types would have been carried along, supplemented with whatever
they could obtain by foraging. I realize that Kings & Nobles had a higher living
standard in the field than the average levy, but when things got tough, they
didn't eat all that much better, I suspect.
   I'm thinking of doing a field ration package for Pennsic that would be as
documentable as possible while still being palatable. Input?

   Sieggy