mermite

Even now, I look back fondly upon the tinned "indische kip" (curried chicken) I picked up from the Dutch CAT team in 1991 (it was probably the best tasting "field" food I'd ever had, but absolutely had to be eaten warm, otherwise it was just scary) and German black bread and butter was always good in the morning (in addition to the regular mermite delivered green eggs and ham of course.)

Kit Up 2009

Even now, I look back fondly upon the tinned "indische kip" (curried chicken) I picked up from the Dutch CAT team in 1991 (it was probably the best tasting "field" food I'd ever had, but absolutely had to be eaten warm, otherwise it was just scary) and German black bread and butter was always good in the morning (in addition to the regular mermite delivered green eggs and ham of course.)

Kit Up 2009

Par icy nous avions fait marquer 6000 pauses de arpends de Terre choisie abondante et pleine d'arbres de Sucre ses arbres sont tres beau et gros come des chesnes, ne vienent que Sur des Terres tres grasses. quand on y fait un coup de hasché ou tronc de larbre il en sort un Suc a 3 ou 4 pots de ce Suc ou liqueur bouillie dans une mermite il rests au fond une matiere douce et c'est du Sucre, on en fait des petits pains, ce Sucre est un peu grisatre et a un petit goust different de celuy des roseaux mais bon ie m'en Suis servis dans du Thé et café ie l'ay trouvé bon.

Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois 1920