E48 - What did Pirates Actually Eat, Drink, and Steal?

For Talk Like a Pirate Day, Tanner and Jerry dig into the surprisingly strange food and drink history of life at sea. We start with what pirates actually ate, why their diet could sometimes give them an advantage over the Navy, and how scurvy became one of the biggest threats aboard ship. That includes James Lind’s famous experiment testing cures ranging from cider and vinegar to seawater, citrus, and a truly questionable garlic-and-mustard concoction.

Then we make a Bumbo and look at what pirates and sailors actually drank. Why was fresh water such a problem? Why did ru...