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Big Kitchens
On 9/13/2015 6:25 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 02:43:43 -0500, Alan Holbrook >
> wrote:
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>> "cshenk" > wrote in news:GaKdnQtBKrnn527InZ2dnUU7-
>> :
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>>> Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> <<snip>>
>>>
>>> Oh give over Sheldon.
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>>> 1) we have dishes. Even back in your days we had them in the CPO mess
>>> and Officers mess.
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>> You won't find me siding with Sheldon too often, but if you want to keep
>> this real, chief petty officers and officers did NOT make up a major
>> portion of the crew. They may have had plates, but everyone else, from
>> seaman apprentices up to first class POs, ate off trays.
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> On my ship the Chief's mess sat maybe a dozen, and they ate from the
> same ss trays... officers ate from dishes but they had a compliment of
> stewards (Phillipinos/Pineapples). Officers paid for their food so
> they had to approve their own menu, officers were CHEAP, the crew ate
> far better... weren't many officers either, maybe also a dozen but I
> never counted ensigns as officers.
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>>> 3) Fresh fruits and veggies last only a portion if time. In your time,
>>> less than in mine. You lacked the level of refridgerated storage of
>>> today.
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>> For some. The ship I was on, a light guided missle cruiser, was unreped
>> (underway replenishment) a couple of er the sea the greasier I cooked, and was
> always out of saltines during rough weather.
>
Mmmm hmmm...
Ayup...
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