Hoosh Explained
Hoosh (occasionally spelled hooch[1]) is a thick stew made from pemmican (a mix of dried meat, fat, and cereal)[2] or other meat, thickener such as ground biscuits, and water.[3] [4] [5] It was the common food of early twentieth century Antarctic expeditions, used, for example, by the expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott (1910–1913) and Ernest Shackleton (1914–1916).[6] [7]
Sometimes, the term was also used for mixed food rations for ponies and mules (e.g. in The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard).
See also
Further reading
- Book: Hoosh : roast penguin, scurvy day, and other stories of Antarctic cuisine . University of Nebraska Press . Anthony, Jason C. . 2012 . Lincoln, Neb. . 978-0-8032-2666-1.
Notes and References
- Web site: Sledging rations . 2007-04-25 . Ponting . Herbert . Antarctica Extreme Wilderness . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224351/http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/themes/antarctica/gallery/resource/?id=560 . 2007-09-30 .
- Beau Riffenburgh: Nimrod, (Übersetzt von Sebastian Vogel), Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2006,, p. 114.
- Web site: Antarctic English... . 2007-03-12 . 2002-01-05 . Lingua Franca . ABC.
- Web site: Antarctic Expedition: Glossary . 2007-03-12 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070321060714/http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/AquaticEcosystems/Antarctica/Glossary.cfm . 2007-03-21 .
- Book: Hince, Bernadette . The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English . 2000 . CSIRO Publishing . 0-9577471-1-X . 169.
- Priestly . Raymond E. . January 1914 . Work and Adventures of the Northern Party of Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 . The Geographical Journal . 43 . 1 . 1–14 . 10.2307/1778808 . The Geographical Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1 . 1778808.
- Web site: Ask Adventure . 2007-03-12 . February 2004 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070131130136/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0402/expert.html . 2007-01-31 .
