Re:Cook Shortage Threatens to Sink U.S. Coast Guard Operations
by woodruffw on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:10AM
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I don't think the problem here is a lack of centralization or standardization. The US's military logistics are well known for successfully (and unsuccessfully) applying both, and it's unlikely that USCG cooks are making custom three course meals for their ships.
Re:Cook Shortage Threatens to Sink U.S. Coast Guard Operations
by nerdponx on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:06AM
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This is a good question.
It's possible that the Coast Guard places high value on "good food" as part of their morale.
It's also possible that the nature of USCG operations prevent them from standardizing food onboard, since it sounds like part of this particular ship's mission brought it to various ports where supplies were not guaranteed.
I live in the balkans, and the military here (during conscription times) had standardized everything... they took a few cooking-inclined conscripts, gave them the recipe and food items per person and they cooked the food. Everything was precalculated. Some people are still so fond of "military food", there are actual military cookbooks for sale, with recipes such as "military beans" (vojnicki pasulj): https://secanja.com/vojnicki-pasulj-po-receptu-jna/ (including the tables of nutritional info)