Evening star., 1945-04-29
They Call Him the Oscar of the Pacific Fleet

Pacific almost all the food for the ON
GERS mess is bought from the Nays
stores on board which feed the enlisted
men.
1.-THE fllets of beef and other choice
cuts in the meat bought for the officers
mess are saved for the captain or the
admiral and guests. 1t doesn't sound
very democratic but the truth Is the
best mess on board is that of the nom
commissioned officers mess. The cooks
In their galley have the choice of the
much larger stocks Of food for the men.
TN the old days, before 1914, the
officers used to have wine in their mess
and captain or an admiral was likely
to take pride in his stock of fine
whiskies and vintage wines. Navy Secre-
tary Josephus Daniels put an end to
that and no ruling from Secretary of
the Navy ever caused more protest.
Daniels was dry, but he did it as
democratic measure. The sailors were
not allowed to bring liquor aboard He
said the sight of cases of whisky being
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for the morale of the men. And l
think he was right.
Nowadays the number of enlisted
men higher officers can have as servants
is being cut down. Everything is being
done to give the men who do the cooking
and serving time to train as gunners
and fire control men. The pilots carry
trays cafeteria style in the ward rooms
of the new carriers. After they sit down
anything extra they want is brought to
them. And there is coffee-a much
weaker coffee than hotel would serve
all day long always ready for the pilot
who has just put his plane down.
French Fried Onions
There's one thing I see they have
here that was very popular with the
boys-French fried onions. We never
could cook enough of those when we
had steak. Let me give you recipe for
them" Spanish onions are the best
but we used any kind available with
good results"
Here it is:
Peel the onions and cut into A-inch slices
ana as 81 ou1 into nss n PIP n k .n
sprinkle with salt
And the French fried asparagus
tips" Tommy went on. Asparagus is
in season now. Let me give you recipe
for those"
Here that is:
FRENCH FRIED ASPARAGUS.
Drain fresh cooked or canned asparagus tips
Dip in esq and in hne crumbs or hour. Fry in
deep fat $3.50 deErees)
OH" said Tommy. Il almost forgot
the peanut butter soup.
Soup is of great importance on a
carrier. Warm soup is kind to stomachs
and good for the nerves. We served it
twice day even in the hottest weather.
And the boys like it. Even a big plate
of thick soup doesn't seem to hurt their
appetites.
Dangerous Living
You know there has been so much
in the papers about their success in
combat that people are forgetting what
dangerous lives those fellows live.
Movies like Wing and Prayer and
Fighting Lady give the public an idea
how small that fight deck looks when
you are sliding down on it from 5000
feet But what they don't realize is
that flight deck is sometimes rising and
falling Is feet with the swells and those
fellows have to land on it.
We'll, here's the peanut butter soup
recipe. You see it's very simple"
And here 1t is:
PEANUT BUTTER SOUP.
tablespoon of butter
tesspoon ospee10es Of minesd q, eeahor onon na'ef
8 cups Of scaided milk
Salt and pepper to taste
III send you my recipes for City
Chickens and Turkey Tetrazzini when I
get back to my papers," said Tommy.
DO you want them?"
Sure do, Tommy" We all said.
He was as good as his word and here
they are:
TURKEY COR vEALp TETRAzz1N1.
Serves six
This is 'chafing dish Item in night
clubs and runs into bucks said Tom
my's Introductory note But with us
We used to use the leftover turkey with
some fresh-baked turkey if we did not
have sufficient. Chicken can be used
of course, and veal will give good results,
too.''
cup of white sauce.
80! cup OF cooked turkey or veal cut into thir
y cup of cooked spaghetti cut in l-inct
2 cup of mushrooms sliced and Drowned ir
> cup Of grated Parmesan cheese.
s..cup cup Ct buttered cracker crumbs.
OF veal, spashetu and mushrooms. Fill ind.
w1 tho even nxfnf dishes or aFss sh
and crumbs. Bake in hot oven (4a5 de-
srees, until the crumbs are brown
Make the white sauce by melting butter in q
mixed with seasonings and stir until wei
to keep sauce smooth and free Of Jumps Ponil
whlsk is not used, heat the milk before addins
IN oroer to keep sauce smooth. Bring to boil.
ing point 2ah,. soI ,o two m,nutes, Cook is minute.
CITY CHICKENS.
Allow l pound OF lean veal and 1 poune
eubes eah ape PORK LOT six persons Cut in 1inct
course. on shipboard we did not use skewer,
puI merely cut in cubes and placed them il
RonT sen N sshty Tish salt aesisn ne
crumbs. Saute in butter or fat mill vel y
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