Prepping for an Ocean liner in the early 1900s

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Inspired by the prepping threads and something I saw about the Titanic.

Apparently it was common for ocean liners to either not provide food to third class passengers or only provide very basic provisions such as gruel.

So I wondered what an immigrant in 1900 crossing the Atlantic would take?

I don't think there were cooking facilities or fridges for 3rd class so it needs to be food that won't spoil in 5-6 days at sea.

I'm thinking cheese might be a good one to take but you would need more than just that.

Tins!

Imagine trying to keep it safe from rats too 😱

Tins of bully beef, pineapple, bars of chocolate

Potted meat, dried pork jowls and tinned crackers. If there was availability of a shared galley with the crew probably dried oats.

According to the Titanic Museum in Belfast, Steerage passengers ate really rather well. You have to scroll down quite a bit to find the relevant information so:

Breakfast:

Oatmeal Porridge and milk
Smoked Herrings
Jacket Potatoes
Ham and Eggs
Fresh bread and butter.

Marmalade
Swedish Bread
Tea
Coffee.

Dinner:

Rice Soup, fresh bread, cabin biscuits.
Roast Beef and brown gravy.
Sweet corn, boiled potatoes.
Plum Pudding, sweet sauce.
Fruit.

Tea:

Cold meat.
Cheese and pickles.
Fresh bread and butter.
Stewed figs and rice.
Tea.

Supper:

Gruel.
Cabin biscuits.
Cheese.

Titanic - Food For All Classes - Titanic Stories - History of Titanic - Titanic Belfast https://share.google/MZhRGbnhBdnLKSxkX

However, earlier voyages in the 19th century seemed to have no such luxury and 3rd class passengers survived on cornmeal mush and hard tack.

The menu looks like they did get 3 meals a day

Tinned pineapple didn't become widely available until the 1910s and 20s.

I'm pretty sure by the 1900s ocean liners were feeding all their passengers. The 1800s, maybe not so much!

Dried biscuits of some sort I think. It's an interesting question OP!

Tasting History with Max Miller. 20 minute youtube video about the third class dining experience with a recipe for that alluring sounding Rice Soup.

I think you are talking about the 1850s not the 1900s. All the shipping I have read about at the time provided food for all passengers.

I might not have been clear, I was meaning those not on the Titanic. I know one of the selling points of Titanic was that they fed all passengers.