> were  lucky to even decide just what it was, let alone look for minor
 > flavor differnces.  :)

 CS> Ah but every ship I've ever been on, won the awards for best chow in
 CS> it's class of ship!  Odd but true.  Especially well deserved for the
 CS> Fort McHenry which had an open mess (meaning all enlisted ate same
 CS> chow, not a separate cooking for the CPO's but rather a conjoined
 CS> galley with separate serving lines).

Yeah, you've mentioned this before. :)  All I can say is we were in two 
vastly different Navy's then. :)  I do concede that if the base was small, 
ala Imperial Beach, the cooks could do outstanding work.  But on larger 
bases that wasn't the case at all during my days.

 CS> On the FTM, they didnt follow the recipe cards, even when the
 CS> assesors were there except with one main, and one side per meal.  The
 CS> rest was fair game ;-)  Most ship's arent bold enough to do that but we
 CS> said 'what the heck, we aint gonna win anyway so go for it'.  Charmed
 CS> the inspectors especially when the inspectors found out tha the crew
 CS> was allowed to send in favorite recipes and help cook'em if they
 CS> wanted.

Help em cook?  Not even sure Navy regs would allow that back in my Navy. :)

 

 CS> So like, the standard menu said today was supposed to be veal parmesan
 CS> and the assessors knew that, and we'd stick the label of 'veal
 CS> parmesan' over that steam plate and inside would be miso butterfish on
 CS> a bed of caremelized onion and bell peppers with a sprinkle of birdseed
 CS> chiles.....

Wow, so many words in that message that I'm sure our old Navy cooks never 
even heard of, let alone know how to cook them.  :)  Now if you would have 
said something like, "Greasy pork chops swimming in a sea of suet" that 
would ring a bell. :)

Miso Butterfish, birdseed chilies, yeah - tell me more.  :)

Biggest day for a decent meal was Spaghetti day, followed by the Sunday 
"selected cold cuts" dinner.  Two meals not even the Navy cooks
could screw 
up.  :)



 CS> had to make a trade deal with the Essex to send a helo over with a few
 CS> missing ones.

Oh, my gawd!   Stop, stop.



 
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