>  >  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.  Th

 >  > Help em cook?  Not even sure Navy regs would allow that back in my Navy. 
 > 
 >  CS> It doesnt now either ;-)  Didnt stop us but the MS folks would watch
 >  CS> and handle any heavy duty gear for safety reasons.  Mostly this was a
 >  CS> mongolian BBQ day sort of thing.
 > 
 > BBQ day?  Oh how you talk. :)

Sure!  Mongolian night!  Didnt get to do it as often on the ESSEX as there
were toomany to feed to get'em through the lines, but smaller ships do it all
the time.  Anytime out for more than 3 weeks, we'd have one.

 > Now and again, while on Guam, the rec fund would throw a steak cook out
 > down at the beach, but this happened maybe 2-3 times during my tour.

Steel beach picnic.  Done topside on the grills.  Normally the CPO's do the
cooking and give the MS's the day off ;-)  3-4 times a year at least.

 >  > Miso Butterfish, birdseed chilies, yeah - tell me more.  :)
 > 
 >  CS> Small silver flat fish with miso dressing, baked just til tender and
 >  CS> finished off in the steamer table.  Purple birdseed chiles (so you
 >  CS> could find'em and pick'em out if you were a chile whimp like me).
 >  CS> Onions and green peppers done on the grill in butter and bacon fat.
 > 
 > Baked until tender?  Wow, what a concept!

Hehe southern guys would ask for a little extra grilling time, 1 min per
side on the flat grill did that.  Me, I liked'em tender.

 >  > 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 scr
 >  > up.  :)
 > 
 >  CS> FTM spagetti wasnt great but the ESSEX one was!
 > 
 > It was the only thing that seemed be fairly consistant regardless of the
 > base.  I guess the formula was pretty simple, so simple that even the Navy
 > cooks could follow it and turn out a decent meal. :)

FTM did that reasonably well but ESSEX added sausage and stuff to it and make
also a clam spagetti to die for!  
           xxcarol
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