A: Dried Apricots, can be kept for up to a year if kept cool and dry; B: Cheese, can be kept up to 4 years if kept dry the cheese will continue to get sharp but it is still good to eat, and any worms can be picked out by hand before eating very old cheese; C: Pickled hard-boiled bluegull eggs can be kept for up to a year in pickled brine vinegar; D: Pickles or more correctly pickled cucumbers can be kept in pickled brine vinegar for up to a year; E: Hard tack a hard bisque t like flat bread, it must be soaked in liquid to be eaten without damage to the teeth. If it is kept dry it can last for up to 6 years; F: jerked meat most often goat or lamb, if kept dry it will last up to a year; G: cooked gruel or porridge usually oats or cracked wheat. the dried cereal will last about a year if kept dry and free of worms: H: Fresh fruit with apples and pears being popular, the pears can be picked green and ripen at sea with 2 months safe use. Apples are picked ripe and will keep up to 6 months as long as any bad apples are removed as they are found; I: Fresh bread a 1 pound varlet of wholewheat will last two weeks at sea before it becomes moldy; J: Sea Sausage: a precooked sausage with meat,grain, vegetables and spice, it can be eaten cold,fried, baked or boiled. If kept cool and dry it will last 6 months; K: Smoked fish, if kept dry it will last 6 months.
A popular stew is sliced ship sausage with rice and what ever fresh vegetables can be found. Meals can be supplemented with fresh fish, or fruit or meat from an island but these all take time out of the voyage.
A popular stew is sliced ship sausage with rice and what ever fresh vegetables can be found. Meals can be supplemented with fresh fish, or fruit or meat from an island but these all take time out of the voyage.