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[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You don't need a lot of fruit to not get scurvy, though. I bet even just the boiled potatoes have enough vitamin C left to keep it away, the age-of-sail sailor diet was complete garbage even by the standards of the time.

[โ€“] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I believe I've read that potato's were, for a significant period of time, the average Norwegians primary source of vitamin C. Not because it contains loads of vitamin C, but because people ate them by the boatload. (Don't peel them, that gives you scurvy)