They ate homemade pea soup,but at the best of times food was only at a very low level of edibility. Getting food from the kitchens to the soldiers was not an easy job, and getting hot food to the soldiers was almost impossible to get there still warm. Although food ay not have been hot or in a great condition it would still keep the soldiers going for a while. British rations were considerably better than that of the Germans, as they received a greater quantity and a wider range of food, in theory. Although the rations were stated clearly, often soldiers would not always get everything as many things could go wrong in the process of getting the food to the frontline.
I don't think anyone really knows because they were issued cans that may just have the word meat on it and what type was unknown to the soldiers, but there is a site you can check out Trenches of WW1 items hope you find it helpful...good luck
The food isn't good at all they sometimes come late or come cold. Sometimes it wouldn't be enough for the soldiers so they would fight with hunger most of the time. They mainly eat the tinned food that some soldiers would have brought with them.
A typical days rations for a Brittish Soldier would include:
20 ounces of bread or 16 ounces of flour or 4 ounces of oatmeal instead of bread, 3 ounces of cheese, 5/8 ounces of tea, 4 ounces of jam or 4 ounces of dried fruit ,½ ounce of salt, 1/36 ounce of pepper, 1/20 ounce of mustard, 8 ounces of fresh vegetables or 1/10 gill lime if vegetables not issued, ½ gill of rum or 1 pint of porter , 20 ounces of tobacco, 1/3 ounces of chocolate - optional, 4 ounces of butter/margarine and 2 ounces of dried vegetables.
