FReeper Canteen ~ Military Chefs & Cooks~ 27 February 07

Serving the Best Troops in the World. | February 26, 2007 | Soaring Feather/Canteen Crew

[Soaring Feather]

Military Chefs

by Timothy L. Hale March 15, 2005 Sgt. Karen Glanzer works with a flaming skillet during the Senior Army Chef of the Year Competition.




Good morning Troops!

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The problem of feeding an armed force engaged in combat, whether in alien or in home areas, has occupied the attention of military leaders since the beginning of organized warfare. Leaders learned that the ability of men to fight was related to the way they were fed and that the answer to the feeding problem often determined victory or defeat. The axiom that an army travels on its stomach is as good today as it has ever been, only now that classical stomach rides in airplanes, ships, tanks, submarines, and jeeps in every terrain and climate of the world. But there is no question that the problems of the army stomach have entered the age of specialization. This fact is increasingly evident as the story of army subsistence unfolds from the early simplicity to the contemporary complexity of the military feeding program.

The earliest rations of the United States Army were all-inclusive in purpose. For more than a century after 1776, the basis of all troop feeding--for soldiers in camp, on the march, in action, or just surviving--was the simple fare of meat and bread, and sometimes vegetables, known as the garrison ration. From the Revolutionary War to World War I, the garrison ration served the unit, the small group, and the individual. Moreover, it was intended to serve them in organized messes, in isolated groups, and in individual situations of combat and survival.

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Canteen's Own, Tomkow6, 2nd Class Petty Officer (E-5)

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Please check politics at the door.
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[Soaring Feather]

Hello and Welcome to The Canteen, too, thank you for sharing your KP experiences with us.

From what I've heard over the years about KP it was not so great an assignment. My step dad, was Retired Army Master Sergeant and POW WWII, he used to talk about KP duty.

I am glad things worked out well for you. Keep coming back to the Canteen, we have different topics daily.

Thank You, for your service.

[Soaring Feather]

Ah, Tom, an egg fixed well is a joy to my heart.


I have an uneasy tummy concerning eggs. ;)

[luvie]

Indeed there will be prayers for the safety of your son and our hero! God keep him safe and God bless all the troops.

[luvie]

~The Rolling Stones~
Ruby Tuesday

[tomkow6]

[Soaring Feather]

Oh yum, yum! I am so hungry. Thanks Tom.

[StarCMC]

Enjoy it while you can!

GO CARDS!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Mernin' Tom!
Dat looks good!
Ms.B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Mernin' Ms.Feather!
I got on kinda late last night..
Thanks for a fun thread!
Ms.B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Prayers lifted for your son!
Please thank him for me?
Ms.B

[Soaring Feather]

Good mernin' to you and you're welcome. Hope all is well.

[tomkow6]

Talked to the "rotten kid" last nite....

Guess what? He got 4 tickets to one of the CUBS/Parakeets games here in Chicago this summer!

[StarCMC]

Don't forget your crying towel. :-D

[txradioguy]

Morning everyone! Big day for yours truly today.

[GrandEagle]

They also cooked eggs to order. And I mean however you wanted it. We (the AF guys) would try and stump them with some sort of weird omelet. They always knew exactly what we ordered and cooked exactly as we requested. It was GREAT.
They also has a guy standing where you put your dishes when finished. His job was to be sure you ate what you ordered. You could get as much as you wanted but you better eat what you got.

We thought they were nuts
I've never eaten in an Army mess hall so I can't comment on them, but if you had ever been slopped in a contracted USAF mess, you would understand their amazement! LOL!

[GrandEagle]

HOWDY mcshot!
Welcome to the Canteen!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good mroning Young Sir!
*HUG*
Whats gonna happen today?
Ms.B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*sigh*
mroning = morning
Off to get me glasses...
Ms.B

[GrandEagle]

Big day for yours truly today
What do you have going on today my FRiend?

[Tanniker Smith]

Hey, I just had dinner at Ruby Tuesday last week.
8-)