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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 4 (July 1, 1936)

Grape-fruit versus Grape-shot

Grape-fruit versus Grape-shot.

It is equally true that the battle of Trafalgar was won on beer and beef. Grape-shot rather than grape-fruit decided the issue, and it was as true then as it is now that “sailors don't care.”

But dieticians demur and cite examples of what might have happened to world history had the history-makers realised that nice food is always bad for us, and the most unattractive dishes are alwayes the most nourishing. They point out that if Caesar's slogan had been “diet now” instead of “do it now” he might have been in a position to say “Go to—Brute,” instead of “Et tu, Brute.” Also that, if Napoleon had turned his attention equally to calories and cannons, Waterloo Station, to-day, might be in Paris instead of in London.