When I was on the U.S.S. Boyd, DD544, we had a cook who would put out a 5
lb can of peanut butter and several loaves of bread as the midwatch rations.
One would grab a handful of bread and scoop the wad through the peanut
butter on the way to watch. The cook's nick name was Butter-ball.


Matt Colie wrote:
No Thank You,

In my youth, I worked on around that water. I when on a fishing
schooner that had no electric power on board, so needless to say no
radio (but in those days that was no surprize). Weather could come on
us with less than a day warning. So, when things started to look bad
cook would take at least a loaf of bread, cut it in thick slabs, lay
each up with a coat of peanut butter and stick it to the stainless
steel flashing around the stove. We called them chokers. If you got
hungry, it was up to you to peel a piece for yourself (as the kid, I
would sometimes fetch for the watch). That and apple juice from a
can that had usually started to rust - pierced with your own marlin
spike - were sometimes what we had for three days.

I still don't choose peanut butter or apple juice.

Matt Colie
Lifelong Waterman



Roy G. Biv wrote:

ummmmm bacon...

http://newnavy.us/sea-stories/bacon.htm

why link not clickable ?

"katysails" wrote in message
...

Joe's new website:
http://newnavy.us/sea-stories/peanutbutter.htm