I WORLD WAR

One of the most important problems during the I World war was the nutrition for the civil population and for soldiers. The battles,  militarization of lands and raids provoked corn devastation and empty stores. Families became victims of diseases and famines caused by nutritional bad  scarcity while soldier meal became worse and worse. The little quality was caused by the habit to cook meals in the last lines of soldiers and  take them to the first lines during the night. In this way pasta and rice in big pots arrived in the trenches as stick blocks. Sauces became cold and sometimes they became as a jelly and meat and bread were hard as a stone. To warm them twice created a worse situation making food not good to eat. Every day the Italian army gives to its soldiers 600 g of bread, 100 g of meat and pasta or rice, sometimes fruit and vegetables, a quarter of litre of wine and some coffee. Fresh water was a problem and it rarely overcame half a litre a day. Soldiers in the first lines had more food and before battles bigger rations were given to soldiers: meat cans, chocolate, liquors. Today you can see in different museums, the metal containers that contained 220 g of meat or sometimes anchovies with oil and candied fruit. Every can was decorated with patriotic mottoes as “Savoia” (the royal Italian house)

During the I World War

a)       stores were full of corn

b)       there were a lot of famines

c)       people could eat only meat

d)       people could eat only pasta

During the I World War soldiers                  

a)       received fresh food

b)       received no food

c)       ate bad food

d)       ate only chocolate

 During the I World war  before a battle soldiers received

a)       more food

b)       no food

c)       only fruit

d)       only meat