Navy man? In the Field Artillery, they used to dump five lbs of ground coffee into a ten gallon pot of boiling water and hang a dipper on the side. You had to remember to empty the dipper and skim liquid off the top or you would get a cup (One quart steel canteen cup) of mud. It was an improvement over the old horse artillery days when they would issue soldier green beans to be roasted over an open fire in a skillet, then ground by pounding with a rifle butt on a flat rock and boiled.
Nowadays, I use a french press or Mister Coffee.
Nowadays, I use a french press or Mister Coffee.
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I would imagine that today you use an umbrella and rain coat? <” <” <”
ALWAYS had a pot (about 100 cups??) on the mess deck and going on watch the last duty of the Messenger would be to go to the Mess Deck for a pot of coffee.
Didn’t matter how old it was as once it got back to the radio shack it went on a hot plate with ONE SETTING.
That was the life, copying Morse Code on a typewriter, drinking black coffee and a steady supply of Camels while the LST was acting like a cork in a wind tunnel.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS....YES, they were GOOD...