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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy by chewz on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:59AM (#20028378)
Fermented cucumbers are used in winter as source of vitamine C all the way from river Oder to Kunming in China. As are other pickles like betrot.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_cucumber

In warmer climate like Mediteranian children were given wine in winter for that reason.

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