Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-05
ABATTLESHIP'S KITCHEN
THE COOKS GALLEY THOROUGHLY UP
TO DATE INlTS APPOINTMENTS.

Usually Presided Over by Jap Cooks
Very Neat and Homelikc and Provide
Jack and His superiors with Fine Food
Coffee Served During the battle.
When the news Of Commodore
Dewey's great victory at Manila was
sent over tho wires IL was recorded
that during the entire engagement
Paymaster Martin made and served
coffee to the officers and men. II is
difficult TO associate kitchen and o
cook with battleship, but every one
Of the big fighting monsters with its
terrible guns aud turrets and flags has
its kitchen. 1t is called galley"
on board ship, and II is one OF the
most important places on board to
both the officers and the men.
Nothing givesan American tar such
o relish for food as the smell ofpowder
AMI smoke. II has become quite
fashion Of late to divide o battleship
up as though IL were human, giving
ii brains and eyes, heart and lungs,
but no prominence is given to the
galley or the man in the galley, who
is quite an important parsonage. The
man in the galley is usually Japan
csc, for almost every one Of the big
ships hns Jap cook and staff Of
servants of the same nationality. The
boys wait ON the officers table, dust,
clean silver, carry messages, aud at
tend to minor housekeeping duties in
a way that would put the average
housemaid to q great disadvantage.
II is quite possible that during
great battle like that Of Manila self.
centred japanese cook might continue
his work Of decorating an entree or
giving an expression to soup, while
the enemy's guns doomed against the
side OF his range or copper pans,
While the space that Is given TO com.
fort on man.of.war is necessarily
limited, its interior is app TO strike
one as luxurious in comparison with
the stern aud frowning exterior of the
great lead colored monsters. The
galley is as thoroughly up to date in
its appointments and cooking arrange.
ments as the kitchen Of q modern resi-.
dence.
There Is large hotel range with
splendid ovens, from which each day
the cook turns out tempting brown
loaves and even pies and cakes, that
must make many q Jackie think Of
home. There are great copper soup
boilers and coffee boilers in which
these two items Of the menu are pre-.
pared by the gallon. Then there are
copper pots and pans on shelves In
rows, bright and shining as those In
the kitchen OF our great New York
hotels. There are cupboards, too, in
which the sugar aud the spices and
other cooking condiments are kept all
nicely labelled, for there is no slip.
shod housekeeping on a man -of-war.
There are other cupboards with sliding
doors and spring locks that when
opened disclose rows OF cutlasses and
rifles and great long revolvers in
racks from the door to the ceiling.
The china, silver and glassware
used on our American battleships are
pretty enough to delight a woman,
aud women as a rule are particular
about china. The sailors have ruder
ware, but that used at the officers
mess is white and fragile, with de.
vice OF an anchor In gold on each
piece. The glasses, which are fxed
in stationary racks on sideboard in
The wardroom, which, by the way, is
room, sitting room, dining
room, all In one, are OF cut ware and
are ornamented with q naval device.
Some Of the battleships have gorgeous
silver services, but that ordinarily
used is On up.to-date and complete set
81 spoons, knives and forks in all the !,
different sizes. Then there are in. !
lividual pepper mills in silver, salt
CELLARS, and salvers, all OF which are
,ept in shining perfe ,tion.
The sailors on board our American
'hips live much better than the work.
ngman on land. When In port they
nave fresh meats and vegetables, and
When at sea for any length Of time the
errors Of the old time regimen OF salt
,ork and salt beef are mitigated by o
upply Of canned vegetables which
yive variety. Besides this, Uncle Sam
8 so generous TO his men that the al
owsnce for each Is too much, and they
AVE formed system OF pooling the
upplies which gives each man an
Imount Of money which he can spend
or extra things for the table.
The officers have their special cook
md, Of course, their special foods,
which In port are apt to compare fav.
'rably TO those offered ON the menu OF
firstclass hotel. They appoint q
aterer and steward from among their
lumber each month whose duty II IL
o look after the welfare OF the mess.
The wine mess Is contributed to on
hares.
The man in the galley, like the