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[StartQuote] HI C.J. IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH BUT WE DID DO WITH WHAT LITTLE WE HAD.STORY WAS THAT ALL THE OTHER OPURFITS GOT THE GOOD STUFF AND WE GOT WHAT WAS LEFT OVER,WHICH WASN,T VERY MUCH. EACK COOK HAD HIS OWN WAY OF FIXING THE MEALS.AS TO THE SPAM.WHICH WAS NOT EXACTLY ENTICING I MADE MY OWN CONCOCTION OF TOMKATYO SAUCE WITH PEAS IN IT.THE GUYS TOOK TO IT AND ACTUALLY LIKED TO SOP UP THE SAUCE WITH THE BREAD.THA MAPLE SYRUP I HAD WAS "HOMEMADE" FROM TABLETS.IT WASN,T TOO BAD OVER FRENCH TOAST OR PANCAKES.I MADE THE PANCAKES FROM SCRATCH.WE ONLY HAD FRESH MEAT ONCE AND THAT WAS WHEN I ASKED THE SKIPPER TO SIGNAL A KORBVETE AND WE SWAPPED CIGARETTS FOR CHICKEN,BEEF AND LAMB.THAT TOOK A LOT OF CONTINOUS COOKING AS WE HAD TO EAT IT BEFORE IT WENT BAD.THE MEN DIDN,T MIND AND THEY WENT TO TOWN ON IT. THEY EVEN THANKED ME BY CLEANING THE WHOLE GALLY FOR ME.ANOTHER COOK FEROM THE 106 BOAT TOOK A SKIFF AND WENT TO SOME BARGES THAT WERE UNLOADED THAT DAY FROM THE SHIPS IN THE LAGOON.WE CONVINCED THE MARINE GUARDS TO LET US COME ABOARD.WE WERE ABLE TO "BOORROW"SOME OF THE FOOD CRATES OFF THE BARGE.WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE BOATS WE FOUND WE HAD CHOCOLATE MALTS,OVERSEAS CHOCOLATE CANDY AND PACKED COOKIES.WE DIVIDED THE STUFF AND ENJOYED.WE ONLY HAD ONE FRESH EGG THE WHOLE TIME ON THE BOAT AND THEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE BASE GALLY,GET THE EGG FROM THE CHIEF po AND TAKE IT TO ONE OF THE COOKS WHO FIXED IT THE WAY WE WANTED.I HAVE A LOT OF RECIPES THAT I USED IN A BOOK.COULD GO ON AND ON BUT IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH SPACE ON HERE./NEEDLESS IT WAS ROUGH SERVING DINNER AND BREAKFAST FOR THE CREW AND PASSENGERS AND ALSO PREPARING SANDWICHES AND COFFE FOR THEM TO EAT WHILE ON PATROL.WE ABLE TO GO BELOW ON PATROL DOWN THRU THE GALLED HATCH AS WE HAD A RED LIGHT IN THE GALLED ON THAT WASN,R VISIBLE TO THE BEACH OR OTHER SHIPS.I ALSO HAD TOP STAND WATCHES AND MAN EITHER A TWENTY MM OR THE TWIN FIFTIES OFF THE COCKPIT.HOPE THIS HELPS A LITTTLE.THANKS FOR ASKING.WE DON,T GET MANY REQUESTS FOR INFO. GOOD SAILING EARL earl richmond[EndQuote]
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