There has been an awful lot of barking from the national politics front regarding dogs. Both sides have sniped at each other:
Politicos, pundits and the presidential-campaign watching public spent the past week pondering which is worse, a presidential candidate (Romney) who put his dog in a kennel strapped to the roof of his car for a 12-hour drive or a president (Obama) who ate dog meat as a child living in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, guess what the Navy has been up to? ‘Das right! Us chow hounds be eatin’:
- Good Navy Chow, World War Two Poster
Mmmm, I see tomato soup, pecan pie, an apple, two slices of ship-baked bread. Mmmm.
Brings back pleasant memories of Navy chow hall weekend breakfasts; sure looks like a dachshund, doesn’t it??? k
back in the early 90′s, I stayed at a Navy base …somewhere’s on So Cal…and ate in the mess hall ….it was 100 times better than most Army mess halls.
There is no reason a Chow Hall on a base should have substandard food. Now on a ship at sea…we eat good, but I prefer the Waffle House. And it has been years and years since I have been forced to eat SOS.
Whenever my dad had to cook for us kids, he would fix SOS. I was not fond of it.
Kris: Yes, I do think the Petty Officer is a dachshund.
CI: I agree. I prefer Navy chow too.
CP: Ah, SOS. Never quite knew all the ingredients in that stuff. . .
Lou: Awwww, okay. SOS is not for everyone.
Chow hound is getting framed and put in my kitchen.
Alright! I love it. . .
The Commissaryman & Steward ratings were combined while I was serving on a tin can in the Med, back in the early ’70s. We went from stale bread and PB&J sandwiches to actual hot meals overnight.
The mess hall on Adak served so much good food that I asked my mom NOT to make anything fancy while I was home on leave; practically begged her for a hamburger.
I had an uncle who was a cook (not sure what the Navy term is) with the Navy, his specialty was pies, cakes, etc. Yum Yum
Sliders, Bug Juice, Chickory in the Coffee, SOS but even better than all of the above… The Thanksgiving Meal http://www.history.navy.mil/library/special/menus/norfolk1945thanks.htm
The cooks out did themselves for that meal.
For the record, if it’s made right, I love SOS. Is there anybody who doesn’t know what SOS is?
I saw on the upcoming menu that we were going to have liver.
(I was a SeaBee with Filipino MS’s- anyone see where this is going?)
When the day got there- and I lOOoove fried liver and onions–
They had liver adobo (think liver Goulash) … and I ended up with a steak in the EM club.
Rev: I love a good burger too.
Debbie: That reminds of Deuce Bigelow. (Cakes and Pies!)
CI: Hmm, seems like folks are in the know! I like the stuff.
Kurt: Adobo, I absolutely love. We had it once at OCS and I could not believe it.
Back in the 50s, NAS Millington chow hall had a sign, “Take all you want but eat all you take.”
SOS there was like a spaghetti sauce (tomato based with ground beef), not the milk gravy chipped beef I had in AF Basic.
Two of the best meals in the Navy and the USAF: Midrats and Midnight Chow. Only bettered by the cooked-to-order steak you got after donating a pint of blood.
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