>  CS> Umm, Navy shifted to a better diet long ago.  It really isnt bad but
 >  CS> then I've been almost always on 'best of the best' food winning ships.
 > 
 > The best chow I ever had was while in school at the Imperial Beach NCS.  At
 > that time I suspect the base had less than 100 people total, including the
 > small school command.  Most of the cooks seemed to be Filipino and they
 > made some great stuff - one thing I remember is grilled fish with a sprig
 > of parsley added.  :)

Had that.  On a ship ;-)

 > Guam was not as bad as some other bases, but probably more typical in what
 > was Navy chow at the time.  Green eggs, spam with the inch layer of goo on
 > the outside, but one meal you could always count on was Sunday eve - the
 > famous 'cold cuts' served with your choice of some salads like Potato or
 > Macaroni.  Not even the Navy cooks could screw up cold cuts. (You know the
 > other name, right?  (HC as a clue.)



Actually no, not sure of the other name.  Something that went away over time
I assume?

 >  CS> I would honestly pay money to eat most of their meals.
 > 
 > I'd be hard pressed to find one I'd pay for. :)

You missed modern Navy chow.  Even back then, the army guys loved our chow.

 >  > Now I suppose the Navy CPO's eat off china a chef cooks at table side?
 > 
 > 
 >  CS> No actually all but one ship had 'open mess' so we ate the same as the
 >  CS> crew cooked in a common facility.  It's *officer* chow that sucks.
 > 
 > I always thought the messmen did a far better job for the officers than the
 > white hats?  More like the stuff at IB, but on a daily basis?

Nope, they get the mid-lin cooks there and far less to work with so the chow
is not somthing i would pay for.  I remember when on the Fort Mchenry, the
officers bitching that they had to pay 150$ a month for food.  This was an
upgrade from previous amounts it cost.  Think about feeding a person on that
vice 278$ a month and you can see the result.

Officer chow generally 'sucks'.
              xxcarol
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