James Cook

“ Those who were recovering generally made breakfast on Saloop with sugar, nutmeg, & a little wine, if the last is wanting, a spoonful of brandy to a pint of Saloop, is a good substitute, & His Majesty Ships are now so well accommodated, that they never want one or the other in long voyages. ”

“ In some putrid diseases, particularly those which terminate in bulious cholics, I would advise it to be sweetened with honey, rather than sugar, `tho they are both antiscorbatics, & resist putrefaction, yet honey (when people have not any natural aversion to it) is more opening, & Saloop is of such a quantity as sometimes to require that correction at sea. I may venture to insure honey's keeping good, as I had a large quantity, and found great benefit from it in bilious cases. ”

“ It is to have them prevented from making too frequent use of beef fat, which they are all too prone to do, both with their puddings, & also with their biscuits, as they toast them in a morning after soaking in salt water, & besmear them with fat which they get from the cook on beef days ”