But I'm also big on folks knowing what the heck they are buying and storing.
Have you ever eaten sea-bicuit? Otherwise know as hard-tack? Otherwise known as issued from Civil War stores to troops during the Spanish-American war?
Talk about suckage on the front line.
One thing I did my second elistment, as a culinary pro... I took my food skills to the enlisted and made them the very best with everthing I had, could steal, or scrounge.
No more hard-tack for the troops or for any of 'my people'. My people being those under my care, regardless of race or religion.
/johnny
No more hard-tack for the troops or for any of 'my people'. My people being those under my care, regardless of race or religion.
You might enjoy (or perhaps you have already read it), A Culinary Campaign by Alexis Soyer (who promoted the improvement of field cookery during the Crimean War).