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SERVED EVERY DAY Feeding 3,000 men is a big business in any- hody's language. Antietam's Commissary De- ' partment did that four times a day during the cruise, met unforeseen emergency with typical Navy ingenuity. At one time in port, a Water shortage prevented dishwashing. Men ate chow V from paper cups. Food consumption is stag- gering: a million pounds of vegetables, nearly 17,000 pounds of salt during the cruise. APPETITES WERE LARGE, men ate with gusto. All food was served at steam tablesg exceptions were cream, sugar, seasonings and butter. Coffee pots were placed throughout mess hall. ONLY A MINUTE is required to pass by steam tab Mess cooks serve food, keep mess halls clean MEN DUMP TRAYS, put utensils in Spe- cial wire racks fabovej. Below, tray is washed twice in hot water, then scalcled in scullery.
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MEAL PREPARATION starts hours ahead of time, requires large crew of butchers fabovej bakers, cooks and mess cooks. Antietam butchers handled half m1ll1on pounds of meat during cruise. BAKERS HANDLE bread, desserts. They used 4,007 pounds of yeast, 129,000 pounds of flour. In addition to cakes, pudding, other desserts, bakers furnished bread for every meal. LIKE GIANT SERPENT, chow line weaves around aircraft on hangar deck. During operations, food was served four times every day 58
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DINNER IS SERVED... For Officers and Chiefs E ff OFFICERS EAT in wardroom in two shifts. Steward,s mate fleftj sets table ff, shortly before meal time. '7fQ SICK I plreil OFFICERS' SNACK BAR operated during most of STEWARD'S MATES pick up food in wardroom galley, serve officers cruise. Sandwiches, coffee, hot chocolate were available seated at tables. late in evening. X SENIC cialin, i Werem 1 Ev ,i 'K J l I + GARBAGE WAS DUMPED after every me l. At t' ' CHIEF PETTY ' ' ' X was thrown over fanrail Qabovej In operatixig area 11311518 iii 1' d OFFICERS Pay for food on pro-rata basis unlike other en . . . ' r h h fl f 'IV Port, d1SPosal unit was activated. safe agnljllivlilege ozlvgradgsum deducted from Pay' They are served ami K
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