European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Focus sets Sua Palumbo master set. Do Bodcau left and tech sgt. Car Loden both of the 22nd fighter so from bit org a Germany Are official chefs for a saturday night Barbecue at the double Deuce. At right a group of service members devours the Cooks work. Tenacity Barbecue tales and recipes abound s4s Guy Mer by sue Paumbo Mediterranean Bureau tent City at in Ciurlik a Turkey is a Barbecue King s dream come True. Gas and charcoal grills ranging from elaborate ones that can roast a Turkey to tiny ones with burners barely big enough to singe a Burger Are everywhere. They Are As much a part of the City s atmosphere As the tents themselves. Everybody seems to have a Barbecue Story and a recipe. Though real men and women seem to prefer Steak the chefs of tent City have cooked up every Type of meat known to humans. They have also concocted and cooked enchiladas Chili Blueberry muffins pancakes and potatoes. Of course there is always the traditional Barbecue fare of Franks burgers Steak and Chicken with a twist. Everybody has a recipe said air Force staff sgt. Don Rice of the 81st fighter so from Span Dahlem a Germany. Some turn out Good and others Don t. I tried marinating Steak with Gin once. Would t recommend it  Mcdonald s special sauce has nothing on the marinades tent City gourmets come up with. Some Are careful to measure their. Ingredients in precise amounts others gleefully dump in anything and everything they find. Burgers Are soaked in commercial Barbecue sauce Teriyaki or Beer sometimes All three. Corned beef brisket Lamb and Turkey connoisseurs prefer the meat s own juices. But the sauce really flies when the Barbecue gourmets discuss Steak. If you know How to prepare Steak right you can make even the worst piece of meat taste Good said sgt. Mike Taylor. Onions celery and wine Are Taylor s Choice for a Juicy flavorful Steak. I m from Texas so i Learned How to Cook Steak when i was an itty bitty boy and i Ain t never been itty bitty the 6-foot-2-Inch Taylor said. Beer is a popular Choice for marinade As Are several name Brand Steak sauces. Of course there Are those who thumb their noses at marinating meat because real men Don t marinade they just slap it on the  the ways to Cook Chicken on the Grill Are too numerous to count. But a walk through the City on a recent saturday night produced a sampling of at least four different methods and sauces. The boys from special forces concocted a Finger Licking Good barbecued Chicken that was definitely special using no less than a dozen ingredients. I eat better Here than i do at Home remarked one chef who understandably asked not to be identified. For the More cultured palate French members of the coalition forces cooked up a mouthwatering Coq a riesling or Chicken with Cream sauce for us simple Folk browned in butter Flavoured with Cognac then simmered with a dry White wine preferably a French one of course and heavy Cream this French Camp favorite Cooks up nicely in a pan on an open Grill. But even die hard Barbecue aficionados begin to run out of ideas after a few months. I like barbecuing As much As the next fellow but after six months of solid barbecuing i la be glad to get Home and eat something More substantial said group Captain j. Jarron commander of the British forces at operation provide Comfort. Pearl divers May be returning to the Waters around Bahrain Byzak Arab the associated press or centuries before Oil was found in the archipelago bahrainis earned their bread by diving for pearls in the shark infested Waters of the persian Gulf. Those were the Days of men said Nejapa Al Kawari 80, a former nok Hada or master of divers. He remembers when More than 100,000 men and boys almost the entire male population at the time plied the Gulf in rowboats and dhows the local sailing ship. From the time i was 6, like All my friends we were out at sea Al Kawari said. Now there s nothing to be called Pearl diving. The Young people know nothing about the real pearling  but those Days May come again. Bahrain is considering plans to revive the ancient Trade which was smothered by cheap cultured pearls from Japan in the Early 1900s and later killed by Oil profits. ,. A four year study financed by the government found the Oyster populations healthy and an abundance of Pearl oysters said Sami danish director of the Bahrain Center for studies and research whose scientists did the work. Bahrain was the first Gulf state to produce Oil in 1932, and it became Rich in the Oil Boom of the 1970s. Unless new reserves Are found however Bahrain also May become the first Gulf state to see its Wells run dry. While searching for ways to diversify the Economy officials remembered pearling. For millennia the persian Gulf was renowned for Lustrous pearls. The Queen of Sheba India s Mogul emperors Queen Elizabeth i and Catherine the great collected them. Natural pearls Are found ail Over the world but those from the Gulf Are considered among the finest. They come in All colors but the most prize Are White with a pinkish Sheen. Scientists had feared the Oyster Beds were harmed by crude Oil Iraq s army released into the Gulf while retreating from Kuwait at the end of the Gulf War. But the Oil dissipated before reaching Bahrain 250 Miles South of Kuwait and danish s study indicated the main Oyster Beds were in Good condition. Modern diving technology will make pearling much less hazardous and More rewarding than before said Mohammed Mussa Yeb scuba diving instructor at the research Center. In the old Days a diver might Only collect a couple of oysters a Day he said. Scuba divers can pile up about 4,000 an  near naked divers or gha was would plunge More than 50 feet Down through Waters teeming with Sharks and blinding jellyfish to famous Oyster Banks named her Shaneya. Bal Kharab bal Yail. They tied Large stones to their Ankles to Speed the descent so they could stay on the Bottom longer. The divers risked lung disease fungal infections rheumatism and arthritis a slow degeneration of the brain caused by prolonged Lack of oxygen. To Al Kawari the diving master scuba diving for pearls just in t the same. But at least the diving will resume and for that he is thankful. Enid ily Jerid heat or join hey to us or a. Std 10 1c Lien Rich re � a. Tieto Neu of 06its in be hit 5f-my lie id . I of eat its it bust monday nov mar 22, 1993 ver