Only took about 150 years for them to justify the cost of limes over the cost of a sailors life
Crocodoro on
In school they told us the Arabs were the first ones to know this, and they brought lemons to their ships
Tropicalyukixo on
Scurvy got defeated by the world’s angriest mojito ingredient
Lazuli_the_Dragon on
Meanwhile in Germany and the Netherlands:
The secret ingredient is Sauerkraut
TheRealTechGandalf on
Best part – some of them sailed around areas rich in citruses of all kinds: lemons, limes, pineapples, oranges, the lot. It just never crossed their minds that fruit will drive away a disease.
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Only took about 150 years for them to justify the cost of limes over the cost of a sailors life
In school they told us the Arabs were the first ones to know this, and they brought lemons to their ships
Scurvy got defeated by the world’s angriest mojito ingredient
Meanwhile in Germany and the Netherlands:
The secret ingredient is Sauerkraut
Best part – some of them sailed around areas rich in citruses of all kinds: lemons, limes, pineapples, oranges, the lot. It just never crossed their minds that fruit will drive away a disease.
Admiral Gimlet to the rescue.
“A LIME!”
-Phil Wang