"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:33:42 -0500, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:58:05 GMT, Zombie of Woodstock
wrote:


Odd - I've eaten Army, Air Force chow halls and the food was crap.

Navy food, by comparison, was excellent.

Espiecally in San Diego.

There's Navy food, and there's USS John King food.
But I'm a picky eater too.
The toast wasn't too bad. If it wasn't an hour old.

--Vic


Well, then, someone just didn't care. There's no reason for
institutional food to taste bad, even cheap institutional food, if the
people preparing it care. Not on a big ship.


Wasn't a big ship. Crew of about 250.
Same cook my entire 3 1/2 years aboard.
And I didn't say it tasted bad.
It didn't taste. Unless you salted it.
Then it tasted like salt.
Sometimes it came pre-salted though.

--Vic


One unit I was in had really great food. But the cook had been a
professional chef and used lots of spices. I think it depended a lot on the
base and if the commander was in to food.