Although sailors of the time collected spices, food at sea was usually very bland. Even though the sea cook prepared the daily grub in a tiny galley, he had to cope not only with a limited food supply but with the sometimes violent rolling and pitching of the ship. The stove and tables were designed with metal rails to keep the pots and pans from sliding off the stove and landing on the cook.

The sailor's diet consisted of casseroles and lots of carbohydrate type foods.
Some of their daily choices would be to prepare stews, chowder, fish cakes, puddings and hardtack.

Dry goods: flour, grains, corn meal, beans, raisins, sugar

Dried or Salted: beef, pork, fish, fruits and vegetables
(but these lacked both flavor and vitamins)

Live/penned: pigs, chickens for eggs, goats for milk

Fresh catch: giant sea turtles
(caught and stored for several weeks)

Catch o' the day: fish

Beverages: tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages

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