The USS Yorktown a small diner inside. Its open most days but just a couple hours for lunch :*(. But yeah! pancake fundraiser, sign me up.

@herrcobblermachen HMS Belfast has the Walrus Cafe as well.

My understanding is that there a multiple types of farina, which is not a whole wheat hot cereal. Farina is the left-overs after milling wheat to make flour, so it's not the complete wheat kernel. The crushed (or cracked) whole wheat hot cereal is trademarked as "Zoom" by Krusteaz.

Hi David. How did your mom’s cooking compare? ~8) Back in those days, I think, it would take a special kind of lady to choose a partner who was better at one of womens’ core contribution to family. Good for her, and I hope she learned to swear good too. About your dad’s career, that is cool. My dad flew New bombers across the Atlantic (his only option after successfully fighting assignment as a flight instructor). My dad almost never spoke about his time in service, which included Cold War jets in Europe. He rarely offered, and I rarely ever asked, though I had a rough outline. Now that these things interest me, I find my younger disinterest perplexing. ~8O I hope you know a whole bunch of great stories from your dad. I hope the carrier cooks got time to swim during Steel Beach. Some time off from... hey, I just thought of sunburn lol! Oof. If your dad was on a not-carrier, do you know if they had an equivalent? Not just swimming, because even submarines do that, but BBQ’s up on a weather deck. Cheers from Edmonton. - John

LOL I came to say SOS (Sh*t On a Shingle).

I think she's more of a giggler than a chuckler lol

I was thinking that even before he said it.

My father would always threaten to make us eat this but when called on it would quickly surrender. He hated the stuff.

I've also heard it called "SOAS" in addition to "SOS".

I got to sleep aboard the USS Barry back in 2012 when I was in Boy Scouts. It was a great time! I cried a little when I found out they scrapped her.

Me too! I bet we were on the same tour

My elementary school from the 80s and high school from 1954 both had them, but they've been unused since 2013.

Those can openers are still in wide use in the restaurant industry

They get used hard,often bending the cans.

I’ve got a 230v one downstairs, going to make breakfast on it now. This does raise the question of how the US runs things like toasters on their lower voltage. Or is it actually more powerful for toasters, as toasters are just “restive loss in transmission” machines?

All toasters in the UK, Australia, Europe etc run on 240v or close. I can't imagine trying to toast anything on 110v

There is a restored PT boat in Portland, Oregon. PT-658. I've seen (and heard) it out on the river.

Thank you for your support!

Sometimes you can be lucky to be in sickbay. My neighbor was a submariner, and for some reason he was unable to go when his sub sailed - never to return.

You'll never notice, the whole ship smells like diesel.

The original Radar Range!

So much depends on the cook. Good cook Happy Ship

if I had to guess, it would be that the peak quality would probably be reduced because there wouldn't be as much top quality fresh stuff available, however, the average quality was probably better, because there'd be more decent quality canned goods which would last a much longer time, and thus provide more variety of stuff for most of the voyage.

Probably went up as can food doesn’t spoil No need for salt pork and ship biscuits

Don't forget the prop wash and a couple of feet of Fallopian tubing.

Our local butcher kept his spotless - washed and scraped clean daily. Needed replaced regularly, but much safer to cut onto than a hard surface - no risk of the blade sliding into the butcher…