"A typical meal was a hard biscuit, a few grains of oatmeal or wheat flour and a handful of rice, together with any meat and tea the more fortunate travelers had brought with them. There were no cooking fires during the frequent storms and rough weather that roil the North Atlantic passage. Travelers could go weeks without hot food. Passage today on a big Boeing of Delta Air Lines, typically with ice cream and cake served at tea, sends a traveler from Dublinto North America in nine hours."
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