[post_page_title]Pirate diet is the worst[/post_page_title]
Being stuck at sea with a big crew to plunder merchant ships meant that your chances of a good meal were nonexistent. Pirates drank rum because freshwater doesn’t stay fresh for long at sea. While drunk, your options for a meal were dry, hardtack, sea biscuits or maggot-filled, salty, dried meat. Spices, at the time, were so important because they covered up the unsavory food. Livestock were brought on board and fishing was done, but they weren’t sustainable solutions for a full crew embarking on long voyages.
