HORNBLOWER-2-The Examination For Lieutenant Part3

[c4melot24]

I think it's a little unfair for Pellew to blame the loss of supplies on Foster. Those supplies would've been gone either way. All Foster did was sacrifice most of the men on the supply ship so that the Spanish would not get the supplies.

[LordWellington15]

AHA HEE HEE HAHA

[TheBratzAttack]

@LordWellington15 Lol

[ThatsMrMoronToYou]

Ah, Hornblower...tone deaf as in the books.

[Nogger86Germany]

are only children watching this? Your comments are ridiculous-THank you for Uploading though

[Wikipediot]

a square meal a day...love finding out the origins of our great language and history...gawd blimey

[expertstrategy]

did they just run out of lime juice at the end of this video?

[astringendo45]

"A little less gusto in the chorus, if you please."

My very favorite quote.

[IoanGruffudd]

Does anyone know the name or the lyrics of the song the crew's singing?

Thanks.

[EdMcStinko]

I assume that this was before they figured they could food in metal cans, so I guess they had to be a lot more inventive.

[candr]

Yes the development did not come until the the Napoleonic Wars in the 1810's, probably 20 years later.

[GaryAnyanka]

@EdMcStinko Canning was invented around this time, Napoleon offered a huge cash prize to the person who could invent a cheap way to preserve food for his army, and a French guy named Nicolas Appert suggested sealing cooked food in glass jars. It took a while to properly take off, and they switched to metal cans because the glass jars were breaking all the time. *is a history nerd*

[cruiseny]

scurvy's a bitch.

[jddvdfan]

What kind of food would the British navy eat back then compared to the army? That scene reminded me of the one in that movie Master and Commander. But could never tell what they are eating.

[Shangas]

Salted pork, water, grog (water & rum), and hard-tack (also called 'ship's biscuits'). Baked and stored properly, hard-tack could be kept fresh for months at sea. Apart from this, you might get some ale or beer, some cheap gruel...that would be it. If you were lucky, you got some fruits and vegetables to stave off scurvy.

[jddvdfan]

Thanks for explaining that. It really helped. They used hardtack in the civil war and I'm a reenactor for that and I hate it lol.

[Shangas]

Hard by name and by nature. You could drive in a nail with that stuff. I tried eating it once and I nearly broke my fucking teeth. Gruel was typically grains like oats and corn and flour and water, ground up, mixed and boiled. It's basically a really, really, really cheap porridge. Salted pork was common because pork itself was easy to find, and salting preserved the food for weeks.

[BVargas78]

You forgot sauerkraut! That was very useful as it could be preserved for long periods in glass jars and a good source of vitamin C

[theWall0719]

I believe the use of foods containing ascorbic acid were not regularly used until the 1800s. I may be wrong, of course.

[BVargas78]

It was in the late 1700's. The wikipedia site and some other web sites make mention to it. Captain James Cook was actually awarded a medal in 1776 for demonstrating it's benefits on a long voyage and the navy then took it on as part of standard rations. It wasnt popular with the sailors though, despite it's benefits :)

[Dietzeeeee]

I heard that the fresh water supply would spoil and taste horrible. So thats why they would stock so much rum and ale which would not spoil so easily.

[wkcia]

@Dietzeeeee By the Victorian era it was Tea! Boiled water equals safe water! But for the officers, of course.

[neverfearchrisishere]

Ideally the crew would eat lemons or limes (hence the term limies) They also ate SaurKraut (pickled cabbage) on longer voyages since it doesn't go off

[Shangas]

That is indeed the origin of the term. British sailors drank large quantities of lime juice to stave of scurvy, earning them the name "Limeys". German sailors would consume great amounts of Saurkraut (cabbage, as NFS says), which is why Germans are called "Krauts".

[MrMattias87]

they drink lime or lemon to maintain their health cos usually if they don't have anything fruity they'll get sick instantly on the spot. so that means the whole crew will get sick. It's what happened to captain cook and his crew when they were voyaging around the south pacific in search of australia.

[Orbitusvode]

Back then they mostly ate bravery, and shat gunpowder.

[Shangas]

LOL!

[Berbecue]

I always smile when I watch the first part: Captain Pellew is so kind to Horatio...and it's rather funny seeing Horatio studying^^! I love these men :D

[morg2625]

I love Bracegirdle. He's a wise fellow.

[tumadoireacht]

did they not fish to supplement diet?

[morg2625]

No. They carried no nets or fishing tackle. With a crew of over a hundred men they could never have caught enough fish to supplement the crew's diet, being a warship. Instead they relied on stored food and regular resupply. However officers would buy fish from fishing boats ( for themselves ).

[acolytexiv]

Pellew is an honourable man. I salute him.

[StandTogetherForever]

Ye that other guy who scuttled the ship is a wanker, I think it's foolish for Hornblower to disagree with Pellew so blatantly.

[vnixned2]

he gave neutral answer, but it was slightly tipped towards cpt foster, thats why Pellew was a bit offended.

And that dang Foster is killing his fleet with his actions!

[Trek001]

@acolytexiv *I* want to MARRY HIM!

[jamestaylor94b]

@acolytexiv he is fiction dude, calm down :)

[AlatarielTelrunya]

I love the crew! Finch and matthews are so sweet and stiles is awesome.