Curious about the diet onboard a WW2 U-Boat!

[OrangeYoshi]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

The first paragraph of a u-boat novel... "The air hung thick like a large brown curtain of gag inducing acrid smoke. Mixed with the humid environment one could literally move and manipulate the foggy stench with bare hands, it was thick like you would think of clay... you could actually sculpt the stinky foggy mist into little shapes. As each man had produced his own unique flatulent odor, the smells mixed like a bastardized creation forming an odor so unique, so tremendous and so overpowering that it was capable of making eye contact with you... and you didnt dare make eye contact with this vaporous creation from hell"

Is that true, or is it using some creative licensing?