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a pound of dry rice is 11 cups of cooked rice or about 1700 kcal, which sounds about right i doubt japanese believed soldiers needed same diet as idlers. but this IS why hard grains became the sinews of ancient civilization: soldiers can in the field for ~1 day per lb of rationshttps://twitter.com/Yamaxanadieu/status/948676287404666881 …
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For those at home keeping track, this means that medieval Japan thought that a little under a pound of dry rice per day per person was enough to keep an army marching. That's an insane amount of rice by the more sedentary standards of today. https://twitter.com/Yamaxanadieu/status/948617263237693440 …
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