European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. September 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Sec. Kon Harras works an unrewarding hut important Job. Cooking for troops in fhe Field is no picnic in Jok my Othi r Fri Mith Liuti Huri in liven i lilt a White wine Cave inc Pepper and a lot of shrimp. Is c. Run Harras might whip up a Hatch of shrimp Creole if those ingredient were available m Itie world of Amu yield cooking on Post Siul Iti the Field. Harras and his Cooks tend i the stomachs of the Uil in 41st in regt in Karl Studl Wuh the 2nd Arnul div i we. It is i of Iten unrewarded but one has us Universal importance through centuries of clunking techno log m Warl arc. A Arm tells it All Kein . Kern " no fund i Light. A Cigar chomping cajun who a put in m Sears cooking Lor the a rim liar is minces Lew words in gelling to the meat of the Mailer of preparing meals Lor soldiers in the Field " 1 Here s nothing of can recall do w us Doln rated eggs he said i held cooking is Basic meat starch and vegetable Tare Man of the ingredients come in Del rated form and there is Little room Tor cd mar hair Harras said. Hut care dues go into meal preparation. We arc Alwa s looking for Way. In improve the Harras . After All we be got to eat it Althom Ajili Harras Lour Field Kivic ticks depend on the basics to Crank out meals fur More than Sod Soldier there Are exceptions such As i Norwich Al mixing up a Batch of Dou i Tor Cherr Cobbler. Somebody is Alwa a mixing cleaning or baking at the lust it is a round the clock operation Harras said. That Means inn Das for the 25 soldiers under Harras the non commissioned officer in charge of the Kitchen. Soldiers spend up to 1s hours preparing meals that Are whisked onto waiting trucks in insulated containers for delivery to troops in the. Field. When the trucks Art gone a silence settles and the camking and cleaning go on. Two hot meals a Day for 800 soldiers. Thai s 1, to meals destined for bellies pal. Anthon c Onkka ton right and spec. 4 Young Jung can Len sent a Soldier. That empty like clockwork As the calories Are burned off training for combat. It we feel a Cook is really burned out. We try to let him Down to sleep for an extra couple of Harras said Cooks Are Busy said 20-\ear-old i it. L Ric pen Rod. From san lose Calif. You Wake up at i or 2 in the morning. And us Rich a until the last dish is washed at or 7 a night. Our fond to be out on tuner the tile or Peel Angov u a the grunts Inrod said in the inf inti. Inrod is a 1 i Iii d he is a spoon with a Mission lie four ear Arnu hit til. And then he w ill take the education App them to a Coll i e decree in business Mari Gemeni kiinnini1 a is Une idea i Enron has m Nutzul Lor the Hisure Harras i Enri d is not for the new in the _14st. A lot or soldiers Are coniini1 m to Gam the knowledge needed Lor loud be \ in Ion Harras " i he come to get on the Job although Euini Kinig out of doors for Soi soldiers is .1 skill not in High demand in in Lilian life. Harras said Garrison life offers Pientl of Opportunity to pick up culinary skills Harras said thiere Are More than pm meat dislikes prepared in Arnn mess la is in Garrison. And the is. Marlins mlle. I a., native that la mix a Little Tim cooking Mio the Gumbo to this a. However the 14 i m dining tacit Cocks ire Noi m Garrison but beneath a Gro a of Trees wait ing Lor the suppl trucks in finish i heir i hour deliver run Lom Dempt stomachs. Waitmv1 Lor the Lood a i Point Down i he Road Are company first sergeants from the lust the Lead trucks Are marked Tor Alpha t o. The next ones will go to Bravo co nut so on i first so a be i Renner is Oil a Rul running a Hen the Lirosi of his trucks Barrnes within minute he is gone in the Lead jeep Wuh trucks carrying Lood. Fuel and ammunition barrelling along m his toward positions rumbling Down a dust Back Road some minutes later the Lead truck for my co pulls to the Side of the Road and stops near compans mortar positions. Sergeants stripes Are visible on the Collar of the Man who appears through the Dusi rolling Oer the truck tailgate .1 a gravel voice booms out. A Here s a Loo oooo Iod in
