Funny story about fried food. I was talking to one of my Cooks (MSs) one day and he mentioned that his first ship was an Aircraft Carrier. I mentioned that it must have been wild being a new recruit on a huge ship like that.
He said: “Mr. B, you wouldn’t believe it. First day they told me I would be deep-fat frying chicken. The 1st Class showed me the twin fryers and gave me a safety briefing, then he started to walk away and I said - where is the chicken? He said it would be there shortly. Sure enough, in a few minutes an electric forklift came around the corner and dropped off a PALLET of chicken. I deep fried chicken for 8 hours. When my shift was over - between my clothes and the apron - I weighted about 20 pounds extra in grease.”
Bon Appetit!