sowbelly

There was a plentiful supply of "sowbelly," hardtack and coffee and it was not long before it was being distributed.

When I started, I'd put a couple of sour-dough biscuits and some sowbelly in my pocket in case I might get hungry.

When I'd just got enough sowbelly to see me to the outside I pulled my freight.

It'd be a darned sight better for this army if we had a little more sowbelly and not quite so many brass buttons!