cuistots

Updated: June 24, 2025

The French army is very well and plenteously fed. Coffee, sugar, wine, and even tea are ungrudgingly furnished. These foods are taken directly to the rear of the trenches where the regimental cooks have their traveling kitchens. Once the food is prepared, the cooks the beloved cuistots take it to the trenches in great, steaming kettles and distribute it to the men individually.

Henry Beston - A Volunteer Poilu