Square Meal

Ever wonder where the term square meal came from? Well in the British Navy the Sailors were paid by giving a money amount per day and two Square meals a day. Because storage space on the ship was limited and all space needed to be used to its best advantage, the plates were square. They stacked and wasted no cabinet space like a round plate would. The plate could also be smaller then a round plate of the same area.
Thus part of the sailors pay was two meals per day ( on the square plate ) .A square meal.