Hi

 

this is a bit weird, but i read your books a lot when i was younger (still read every saxon tale you come out with) favorite series is warlord chronicles Winter King. love me some Derfel, wish there was more (though apart from the bit at the end of excalibur talking about how Derfel got to know Percival better when he was older there’s not much left to tell)

 

anyway, sorry – the point

 

in your Sharpe series you mention many times the prevalence of salt beef rations and occasionally salt pork (if they were lucky) ship’s biscuit (full of weevil’s) if they weren’t.

 

but on one particularly memorable occasion can’t remember which book specifically you mention the use of horse flesh to flavor water as ‘tea’ and ‘tommies?’ pancakes made of flour and water?

 

i was wondering if you happened to know off hand what the source for the pancakes and the tea were. i’m just curious, i know it would be more helpful if i remembered which book, i could find out but it might take a few weeks to reread the whole series (probably due haven’t done it in ages)

 

anyway, sorry this is a bit long.

 

hope you’re well,

looking forwards to more from you for years to come

 

thanks

 

Aaron Harrison