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On 9/12/2015 5:43 PM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> "cshenk" > wrote in news:GaKdnQtBKrnn527InZ2dnUU7-
> :
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
> <<snip>>
>>
>> Oh give over Sheldon.
>>
>> 1) we have dishes. Even back in your days we had them in the CPO mess
>> and Officers mess.
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
> For some. The ship I was on, a light guided missle cruiser, was unreped
> (underway replenishment) a couple of times during each 6 1/2 week cruise.
> So there was always some fresh fruit and veggies aboard at all times.
>
> Of course, we were Com7thFlt flag, so we may have gotten some special
> treatment. Can't have an admiral and his staff officers eating canned crap
> now, can we?
>
>>
>> 4) Your numbers are way off on number of cooks.
>
> Can't comment on ship's complement of cooks, never was in the galley on
> board. But I will say that food served on board wasn't half bad. Nothing
> you'd order purposely in a restaurant, but otherwide not half bad. With
> the exception, of course, of the green powdered eggs...
>
Mmmm hmmm...

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