cshenk wrote:
>
> Skipping off Sheldon for the moment, Navy chow is actually normally pretty
> good. I've had worse in fancy places for 20$ a plate, and often had Navy
> chow I'd have been quite happy to pay 12$ for (being a bit cheap, had they
> charged 20$ I'd have sniffed but not been unhappy).
> I've had Navy chow so good, it would have been a happy face paying 40$.

They say an army travels on its stomach, a lesson which
seems to have been learned among the navies of the world.
Remember, Jacques Pepin started his career in the French
navy. He even prepared food for Charles de Gaulle, though
I don't know if that ever was his regular duty.