RE: Foodstuff

This reminds me of a story my father told me of his US Navy days.  I
hope 
you'll all humor me in retelling it, he passed away this past summer and
I 
like to remember him.

My father was a sonarman on a destroyer in the 1960's.	His ship was the

flagship of a destreoyer squadron, so along with the ship's captain, the

squadron commander (according to my father, his title [not rank] was 
commodore) was also stationed on my father's ship, and brought along his
own 
cook.

One day, while my father was doing some wiring in the galley, he noticed

several fresh-baked pies, craftsmanship of the commodore's cook,
cooling.  
The pies happened to be blackberry, the favorite of any good Oregon boy.
 
When he finished his wiring work, my father took one of the spools of
wire 
out of his electrician's kit, set the pie in it's place, replaced the
lid on 
his kit, and left.

A few days later, while everyone was at roll call, the Commodore
approached 
my father.  "Bilderback, where are you from?" "Oregon, sir." "So I
suppose 
you like pie, don't you?" "Yes, sir." "You probably like Blackberry pie,

don't you?" "Oh, it's my favorite, sir."  "I see.  Bilderback?" "Yes,
sir?" 
"My cook would like his pie pan back." "Aye aye, sir!"

No more was ever said.

Brian B2

"The Irish are the only race of people on Earth for which psychoanalysis
is 
of no use."

				 - S. Freud

>From: "Robertson, Brendan" <Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: "'gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu'" <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: RE: Foodstuff
>Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:56:36 +1100
>
>On Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:11 AM, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
>[SMTP:KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de] wrote:
> > MacDonalds is artificial taste.
> > > Those guys have something in common with army cooks from every
> > nation.
> > Yep. Though German Army Ration, at least, fill you up.
> > Karl Heinz
>
>I did get a story last night of an Australian Army cook making himself
a
>cheesecake from his field rations, unfortunately, the officers ate it
all
>before he could get a taste.
>
>Brendan.
>'Neath Southern Skies
>

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