quote:Originally posted by paddletothesea:
[QUOTE]Actually Shackelton did not survive on bannock but maily seal meat and fat etc. Bannock is made with pounding meat and mixing with berries and sometimes oats etc. Its like modern day jerky granola etc. It was traditional food for voyaguers, mountain men, indians and trappers etc. Now its sort of made useing flour water and berries etc. Like a big flat think pancake. Its really heavy and good.
Yes Paddle, Shackleton ate more than just bannock. My attempt was not to go into a blow by blow account of his diet. I threw that into a joke.
By the way, I have read several books on that voyage (as well as some of the actual writing from some of the diaries) and they did indeed survive mainly on bannock mixed with fish. Period. Seal meat/fat was very hard to come by and some of the men could not stomach the fat. Seal meat/fat was a real treat when they got it. Bannock it was. They also ate most of the adult dogs too but I did not want to give a blow by blow account for just a silly story.
I don't know where you got your info., but I would re-read some of the facts before you start with the "actually" stuff.
