European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 20, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 pfc. Charles Boyd prepares salad greens at the Connelly award winning mess at Katterbach while hungry troops even though they Are Tough critics line up Early for Chow. Katterbach was Fop dining honors m stories and photos by John Savard Nurnberg Bureau chief Katterbach Germany is for the second time in two years the 1st in 37th Armor has won the army s top award for food service  Philip a. Connelly award has been presented to the unit for besting All other army dining facilities in the Competition s division level Field feeding category. Both years spec. 5 Donald Blurton supervised the preparation of meals rated by judges from the army troop support Agency at fort Lee a. The 24-year-old Soldier from Trenton term., said Competition is based on two things. They Check to see if you re doing everything according to the to training manual Blurton said especially Sani . 5 Paul Sechrest who has been on both prize winning teams said if you keep it your Field area up at All times it s not hard he said. It s when you neglect debris that things Start building up. Clean As you go. That s the  but sanitation is Only half the Job. Get Ting the recipe right is the other half. The Cooks at 1st in 37th Armor said experience helps. It counts for example when trying to keep lettuce fresh on a hot Day. Briton urges Elizabeth to abdicate in 2002 London up Queen Elizabeth ought to abdicate in 2002 but not in favor of Prince Charles a study of the British monarchy published this week suggests. Philip Zeigler in his Book titled Crown and people says Queen Elizabeth should use her Golden Jubilee to hand the throne Over to a grandson because the Brit ish like their monarchs old and Wise or Young and  24 years Prince Charles would be 44 and Well into Middle age. We use lots of ice to keep things under refrigeration in the Field said Sechrest. If they Don t have refrigeration we mix a vinegar and water solution to try and keep salad greens Crisp. Or we use Lemon juice. You pick up a lot of things on the Job he said. But you also have to study every now and  Sechrest just spent two weeks As an intern at the Munich Hilton hotel. He s been in the army six years and Hopes to follow in his father s footsteps and become a chief warrant officer in food service. The toughest critics of food Here Are the troops. They Aren t impressed with prizes and quickly say when a meal in t to their  said the men compare army cooking to Home cooking and you can t do that. We re cooking on a Large scale. At Home you re cooking on a Small scale and there s really no Way to compare the two. My own opinion is mom s cooking is better said Sechrest. She s been doing it much longer than  Hilton gives army Cooks a bit of out Munich is two prize winning army Cooks added some expertise to their experience Here  two 1st army div Cooks did it by at tending two weeks of training at the Munich Hilton hotel. According to a Hilton spokesman the two week internship was an added extra for army Cooks who competed for the Philip a. Connelly award program for excellence in army food  of the Cooks training at the hotel was spec. 5 Paul Sechrest member of co a 1st in 37th Armor. His unit won the Connelly award this year for the second year in a Row. With him was spec. 4 Judy Marken from he and co a 123rd Maint which was named the top Small Garrison dining facility in Usa eur this year. In the Field spec. 5 Paul secures opens a can of Corn while at the Munich Hilton he and spec. 4 Judy Marken get tip on making a Garn ish from hotel s chef Klaus Peter Wende