European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lance Chi. Cory Keeling spoons out a Chili Mac Quot into insulated containers at a 1st service support group base in the saudi desert. The group prepares and transports 22,000 hot meals a Day for marines serving in the desert. A amps Gus Schueller Are cuisine los Angeles times Sample of menus and components of meals ready to eat As offered to troops in operation desert shield menu 1 pork with Rice Apple sauce Jelly crackers Candy Cocoa beverage base spoon accessory packet b. Menu 4 Melet with Ham potato a Gratin Oatmeal cookie bar cheese spread crackers beverage base Cocoa spoon accessory packet a. Menu 5 Spaghetti with meat sauce Maple nut cake crackers cheese spread beverage base spoon accessory packet b. Menu 6 Chicken a la King fruit crackers Peanut butter Candy Cocoa beverage base spoon accessory packet a. Accessory packet a Coffee Cream substitute sugar Salt gum matches tissue towelette. Accessory packet b Coffee Cream substitute sugar Salt gum matches tissue towelette hot Pepper sauce. Candy a amp is charms Vanilla caramels. A source . Army res Are warmed and served hot in individual plastic bags above left during a Field exercise in Germany. While the marines in saudi Arabia a Many troops in the desert Are served the plastic bag  move an4� chef prepare the Chow lint Chow. Continued from Page 13 or Quot Large Garrison Quot cooking and As part of their Field Trainina the make t for tray rations group s Metal trays that Are heated in a individual rations or res me the last resort of soldiers use Din is unable to set up a Mobile Kitch dishes like Chicken a la Kanaar pouches and can be individual being held close to the body or e the classes also emphasize a associated with army Chow pres Graham shows How to Garnish potatoes with a twist of fresh Oran in baking class sgt. 1st class students to decorate Apple pies butterflies made of pastry scraps pvt. Terry Johnson jr., 18, of hearts on his pie because Hesami  Quot Eye Appeal is a big part of Foo said. Quot and if they can make a Dis motivates the men. It makes the More  in the classroom the soldiers to the instructor for inspection. Dubois a soft spoken 18-year stood at a respectful distance As Fried Chicken. Quot Good color Nice uniformity of said. 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Quot the army has done wonderful Brown executive director of the federation which judges Many Quot they Are really showing thes women that cooking can be a Ca  Agostino von Hassell a Manh photographer who is working t military food said the Quality of improved dramatically in the a Quot but quite frankly a he added american soldiers use so much he told of eating with Soldier legion serving in the United i Mission in Beirut a few years a waiters in starched White Jack meals and wine apologizing the risk using the Fine Crystal Beau on. Quot the americans were eating boiled peas Quot he said. Quot no one  to improve the mess Halls salad bars breakfast bars and i and Low cholesterol meals All u the . Surgeon general. For the past 10 years Many s food allowance and Are free to has a Burger King on the Post. But As the saying goes the More they stay the same. D cookery hers learn to _ options packed in Ater. Dayto eat Are where the army ked in laminated a warmed by old. Of usually on. 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His other complaint Quot portions Are kind of Small Quot pvt. David Rodriguez of Panama City fla., i. 1 a in 11 Saoai i n Adill. He aimed his criticism at Field rations Quot i guess you Anh a a h a a he a d mean Thev the Quot us to a food and we Haven t died from eating it. At least not  to Chabot the resort chef such complaints evoke memories. Army Cooks get a tremendous amount of abuse no in a1 the brass tells you a he said yet he likes to work with army trained Cooks and currently has two in his Kitchen. Quot i know i can rely on them to be neat clean and on time and to take seriously what they do. Quot i can demand More of them. I can yell in their  curious shopper Are Fertile eggs better by Sonja Heinze i ran across some eggs at a Market that were labelled Quot Fertile Quot and were More than twice the Price of regular eggs. Are Fertile eggs in any Way Superior Wallie Romig Portland Ore. The fact alone that an egg is Fertile rather than infertile does not make it Superior. However and this is a big however the fact that eggs Are labelled As being Fertile implies that the hens that Laid these eggs Are not being raised on a mass production factory farm. If you could see the conditions in these factory farms you would probably go out of your Way to buy eggs from a different source and pay More for them. Here is a Brief description of one of these factory farms As published by the humane farming association the Young hens after being de beaked Are packed into wire Battery cages. A Cage with the floor space the size of the front Page of a typical daily newspaper will hold from six to eight hens. The Long rows of cages Are commonly stacked four tiers High. A Token piece of Metal lies Between tiers. Despite this each level of Birds except those at the top is splattered by the excrement falling from those above. Ill suited for wire cages laying hens suffer Feather loss severe blistering open wounds and other bodily injuries. Competition for space within each Cage is fierce. Injuries Are worsened by agitated Cage mates who Peck at each others wounds. The hens feet which were designed for standing on solid ground scratching and perching suffer from the wire floor of the cages. In Many cases the hens feet become deformed and entangled in the wire. The egg Industry relies upon a wide Range of toxic substances. One example is pesticides which can be fed to the hens. The idea is to Render the Birds excrement toxic to flies and other insects. Not Content with colouring agents such As Xantho Phyll and Beta carotene the egg Industry is also experimenting with a wide Range of chemical dyes to produce brighter yellow Yolks. Antibiotic misuse in laying hens and other farm animals constitutes a major Hazard. For More information Contact the humane farming association 1550 California Street suite 6, san Francisco Calif. 94109. If you weighed the Iron in an average persons body How much would it weigh a Tommy Jacobson Salt Lake City Utah or. Henele Swenerton with the University of californians department of nutrition at Davis says that the adult human body contains a total of about 3 to 5 Grams of Iron. To visualize this a paper clip weighs about 1 Gram so picture about four paper clips of Iron in your system. Reader feedback clock movement John Mills chief Elf Quot your column caught my Eye when i saw that someone from new Jersey was looking for a place to buy a pendulum clock movement that is Battery operated. I have a Small business which i run by Catalon. I sell clocks clock parts Chimes kits to make your own clocks Etc. My business is called the elves Helper. Normally we charge $1 but if your readers would mention your column when writing for a Catalon and Send 25 cents for postage we will Send a Catalon and a $1 Coupon to use on their first order. Write to the elves Helper . Box 432, Union City ind. 47390. Mission unmet table a amps Sharon Kilday Washington Post the troops in saudi Arabia Are fed up with Messy chocolate that melts in your hand and not in your Mouth. Now the army is on a Mission to find a milk chocolate bar Able to withstand temperatures of up to 140 degrees without melting or softening. For companies interested in offering their sugary wares there is one caveat Quot these chocolate bars must contain real chocolate Quot the army requirements declare. Natick laboratories an army research development and engineering Center in Natick mass., is Quot conducting a Market Survey of potential Supply sources Quot for the durable Candy bars according to a notice placed in a recent edition of Commerce business daily. Researchers at the Center have found that most commercial chocolate bars last no More than a few hours once temperatures reach 100 degrees. In fact food experts at the Center conducted special studies to determine what happens to a Normal chunk of chocolate after 17 Days storage at 100 degrees. Quot basically after two Days the bars Are completely melted and they done to resemble a bar any longer Quot Jerry Darsch chief of the food technology division of the army Center said in e Telephone interview. Quot once the wrapper is disturbed the chocolate usually ends up in you  last week Swiss chocolate makers said they would have to disappoint the army officials As there is no Way to make heat resistant chocolate. However the Center has found one commercial Candy bar that Quot might have some Merit and tastes tremendous a Darsch said adding that the deadline for submitting offers was oct. 25. He declined to identify the company that makes the bar. Several years ago the Center developed a Candy called a Quot tropical bar Quot that looked like chocolate but after storage at High temperatures Quot had a waxy flavor and did no to taste As Nice As a commercial off the shelf item Quot according to Darsch. The tropical bar subsequently was dropped from the military menu. The stars and stripes a a a Page 15