On The Menu

Kempston Barracks [X550/1/112/18]

Friday 30th April 1915: The menu of meals to be served at the Bedfordshire Regiment depot over the next week has just been published. With bread served three times daily the number of loaves required by the depot must be extremely large! On the other hand, the army provides only a few vegetables and no fruit for its soldiers.

Sunday

Breakfast: Coffee, bread, butter and sausages

Dinner:  Roast beef, baked potatoes and plum pudding

Tea: Tea, bread, butter, cake and jam

Supper: Bread and cheese, tomato soup

Monday

Breakfast: Tea, bread, butter and boiled bacon

Dinner: Sea pies, potatoes, and haricot beans

Tea: Tea, bread and dripping

Supper: Bread and cheese, pea soup

Tuesday

Breakfast: Tea, bread, butter and potted meat

Dinner: Brown curry stew, potatoes and carrots

Tea: Tea, bread, butter and marmalade

Supper: Bread and lentil soup

Wednesday

Breakfast: Tea, bread, butter and corned mutton

Dinner: Meat pies, potatoes and peas

Tea: Tea, bread and dripping

Supper: Bread and cheese, barley soup

Thursday

Breakfast: Coffee, bread, butter and tinned salmon

Dinner: Toad in the hole, potatoes and butter beans

Tea: Tea, bread, butter, cake and jam

Supper: Bread and tomato soup

Friday

Breakfast: Tea, bread, butter and boiled bacon

Dinner: Tomato stew, potatoes and plain pudding

Tea: Tea, bread and dripping

Supper: Bread and cheese, pea soup

Saturday

Breakfast: Tea, bread, butter, sausages and tomatoes

Dinner: Roast meat stuffed, peas and potatoes

Tea: Tea, bread, butter and marmalade

Supper: Bread and lentil soup

Coffee and biscuits are also available before early morning parades.

Source: Bedfordshire Times 30th April 1915