tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post5291630688511685137..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: The Standard Army BreakastPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-83353700888957185672016-03-30T11:57:41.004-05:002016-03-30T11:57:41.004-05:00I have to agree Naval Hospital Balboa had the best...I have to agree Naval Hospital Balboa had the best food although any ship's Chief' mess I was on was close and often better. Not made SOS in a while and suddenly have a taste for it.<br /><br />BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-78969431060330528292016-03-29T22:17:09.654-05:002016-03-29T22:17:09.654-05:00Crats sucked, the mess hall shined excepting one c...Crats sucked, the mess hall shined excepting one cook in Georgia who served up grits that even Red Rooster couldn't make palatable, In Korea we had a Mess Sgt. who combined local cooking and army chow, almost 50 years after I find my self drooling.<br />zdogk9https://www.blogger.com/profile/04295483098573950904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-75974944562167730462016-03-29T15:30:16.410-05:002016-03-29T15:30:16.410-05:00My favorite was SOS with two over easy eggs on top...My favorite was SOS with two over easy eggs on top. That was as close to biscuits and gravy as I could get. We had a steak cook out once, my steak still had the whip marks from the jockey. The best chow I ever had was at the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. Lunch was fresh trout with all the fixins. I heard for years the Air Force had the best chow but I never could seem to hit a AFB at meal time. USMC 73-77. Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-62502324336352332682016-03-29T06:20:43.062-05:002016-03-29T06:20:43.062-05:00Chocolate milk?
I guess the Navy cooks didn't...Chocolate milk? <br />I guess the Navy cooks didn't think to add cocoa powder to the powdered milk. Might have to try this one out on the home front.<br />We have some powdered milk sitting in the freezer next to some frozen bread, just in case we need to make emergency French Toast during a Philly snow event. (that way we can skip the otherwise obligatory shopping trip)<br />When Forrestal was in the Med in '74, and I was headed on watch for the the four to eights, I remember digging through the little boxes of cereal on the forward messdeck to find a good one, then I ruined it by failing to give the milk the sniff test.<br />Fresh baked goods were always a sheet cake or a sheet pie. <br />Forrestal did a once monthly steak and lobster tail birthday event on the forward mess deck when deployed. If you had a buddy detailed to the Master at Arms force, you could have a surprising number of birthdays.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-17026307661726818302016-03-28T22:39:03.620-05:002016-03-28T22:39:03.620-05:00Com'on John. You were just funin us, right? I ...Com'on John. You were just funin us, right? I was in the Air Force and I never got any caviar in the chow hall. Although we had steaks in Viet Nam, they were sometimes a little tough. The chocolate milk was really tasty, and the fresh bake pies, man, they were good. DoninSacto1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10909897234940528988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-75921517824400562602016-03-28T20:43:57.104-05:002016-03-28T20:43:57.104-05:00Y'all didn't get oatmeal/spackling compoun...Y'all didn't get oatmeal/spackling compound??? We did, and the grits ranged from horrible to barely palatable... Otherwise, the same menu in the Navy.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-44967589588414489582016-03-28T20:26:45.328-05:002016-03-28T20:26:45.328-05:00Frank, if I was Air Force I think the story would ...Frank, if I was Air Force I think the story would have involved waiters in the chow hall, maybe room service dining and probably caviar. Never ate at an Air Force facility, so I only heard stories.<br />I might have been stretching the truth a squeak, and I was talking about doing ACDUTRA on a sub tender based in Norfolk. They tended to eat very very well as most of the crew went home for dinner, and the meal budget for the duty section was larger than the normal for deployed ships.<br />My first ship was a World War Two era destroyer, Hawkins DD-873 and I slept on a laced canvas rack and ate of of a stainless steel tray. Things changed a lot during my eight active and seventeen years of reserve service. <br />Oh, the AC vent was real, but not a thermostat, just a little damper on the vent. <br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-91790337054629039942016-03-28T19:00:25.870-05:002016-03-28T19:00:25.870-05:00Admit it John. You're Air Force.Admit it John. You're Air Force.FrankChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349761659165064987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-65917640188395279672016-03-28T10:10:46.403-05:002016-03-28T10:10:46.403-05:00Navy chow was good, but not always perfect.
Somet...Navy chow was good, but not always perfect. <br />Sometimes the lobster was just a little over cooked, and even though you asked for your steak medium rare, it edged just a little bit towards medium. <br />Oh, and sometimes you could not get the air conditioning outlet in your rack to be just the right temperature.<br /><br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-59222757892475272662016-03-28T09:08:32.782-05:002016-03-28T09:08:32.782-05:00Hey PawPaw... You for got the SOS on your list. ...Hey PawPaw... You for got the SOS on your list. Army life wouldn't be the same without Creamed Chipped BeefJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200736126653935817noreply@blogger.com