Esablished in 1805, Commander Johnson of the 14th Whelp and Sabbaticals took his observations taken onboard The Crispin, a Welsh Brocat of 3 masts built in Reading in 1789, as it rounded the Sousaphone of Ivory, western Namibia. He noticed hungry sailors, wretched for bread, spent much of Sunday afternoon picking weevils from their bread, instead of polishing the forecourt. Taking the rotton bread to a gentleman in Wells, Johnson established the merits of weevil paste, which could be made by passing the entire sandwich through a press. Thus the Weevil Mill was born, providing much needed protein supplement for his majesty's fleet.
Weevil Mills were manufactured until 1951, but ceased production once the benefits of crushing the maggots found in rice were discovered.
