Steak and "lobster" once a week, ice cream every day. Well worth occasional IDF
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Living on The Boat
- Thread starter picklesuit
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For us, that kinda stuff only got served underway. In port meals tended to be...horrendous. Might have been deliberate on Supply's part.
Which sounds like another great reason to live onboard.
and the best part is getting paid the extra $3.30 a day!
exNavyOffRec
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well I eat crab legs one day, prime rib the next, lobster, t-bone, oh I also have unicorns and rainbows in my house....
I think most would give up crab legs every week to have decent meals each day.
Saw them onload 5,000 live lobsters in San Diego. Went to dinner that night hoping for the best and it was terrible. Way overcooked, like boiled to death.
Crab legs...same thing. Rubbery, nasty, can't even crack the shell because it gives so much.
Rock lobster tails...rubber balls. No, wait, this one isn't...but it's frozen inside.
Prime rib...way overdone and flavorless. Sunday brunch was a joke with the exception of the Filipino food. Perfect every time.
And yes, I am prior enlisted, so I know how the above sounds to someone who has to wait in a 10 mile line for this crap.
I got to the point where I would seek out the one Filipino dude who could work magic on the grill and just order spicy stir fried veggies every day. Every now and then he would throw in some chicken or get creative and it was magic.
Then they moved him to the Chiefs mess for the remainder of the deployment.
Crab legs...same thing. Rubbery, nasty, can't even crack the shell because it gives so much.
Rock lobster tails...rubber balls. No, wait, this one isn't...but it's frozen inside.
Prime rib...way overdone and flavorless. Sunday brunch was a joke with the exception of the Filipino food. Perfect every time.
And yes, I am prior enlisted, so I know how the above sounds to someone who has to wait in a 10 mile line for this crap.
I got to the point where I would seek out the one Filipino dude who could work magic on the grill and just order spicy stir fried veggies every day. Every now and then he would throw in some chicken or get creative and it was magic.
Then they moved him to the Chiefs mess for the remainder of the deployment.
We had a CS who cooked crepes from scratch for the O's at midrats one night. Damn those were good. I'm told some SWOs got him yelled at because "it took too long and held up the line." At any rate, it was moot, because the guy apparently got in trouble in port, lost a stripe at Mast, and got booted back to the mess decks. No more crepes.
exNavyOffRec
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I bet shortly after he went to the CPO mess he became the CO's cook, that always seemed to happen with us.
Sounds like we had better eats when they were mess specialists and not culinary specialists.
There were days I thought the airwing was going into open revolt against them.
At what point do you guys just say fuck it, I'm going to make my own food? Is that even an option?
My last deployment we worked hard at scamming food deliveries through Air Evac bro level connections (in your world I'd imagine just buy a bunch of local shit during port call) and had BBQ, fresh eggs/bacon to make breakfast (George foreman grill and a toaster) and pizza and all sorts of other shit. Ok, the Pizza oven may be beyond the boat capability. No shit, we built a wood fired pizza oven behind the building. That plus one of our maintenance troops being a professionally trained chef in his prior life led to some seriously good food.
My last deployment we worked hard at scamming food deliveries through Air Evac bro level connections (in your world I'd imagine just buy a bunch of local shit during port call) and had BBQ, fresh eggs/bacon to make breakfast (George foreman grill and a toaster) and pizza and all sorts of other shit. Ok, the Pizza oven may be beyond the boat capability. No shit, we built a wood fired pizza oven behind the building. That plus one of our maintenance troops being a professionally trained chef in his prior life led to some seriously good food.
The George Foreman plus a toaster is bad ass, once you toss in a hotplate (aka single burner stove) jesus, you guys could just stop going to the chow hall all together. I mean seriously, single burner on a pan = sliders for all. Like homemade white castle!
The Electrician's Mates don't even want you plugging in your cell phone charger without getting it inspected and approved by them. I have seen non-certified electronics get their cords cut. And hot plates, etc are banned.
But you can always make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
But you can always make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!