[thecodont]

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.

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).

http://www.amazon.com/Culinary-Campaign-Southover-Historic-Housekeeping/dp/1870962117/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1334128729&sr=8-3

[JRandomFreeper]

Um... it was written in 1857, and the link you sent me to had it for $40 +/-? It's a free frigging book. I paid $1.70 for beef shanks and spent hours messing with it to have a decent meal.

I'm not going to pay $40US for a book that has an expired copyright. LONG TIME EXPIRED.

Forty freaking dollars, american? Are you insane?

/johnny