You are what you eat. In which case, many adventurers in RPGs the world over are made of iron. Or is it tin?

In any case, this edition of our traditional Thanksgiving episode bring the Iron Ration into focus. What period of ancient history did the Iron Ration concept come from, what’s in one, and is one pound of food really enough to keep a healthy, growing baby adventurer going for a day?

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