Mess Menu from LST 282

S. and A. Form No. 333
October 1939

BILL OF FARE FOR THE GENERAL MESS
 
 

U. S. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LST 282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 
 
 

Week beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 19. . . 44 . . . .

 

	BREAKFAST	DINNER	SUPPER
	Fruit Juice Cereal - Milk Baked corn beef hash French Toast Hot sirup - Catsup Butter - Coffee	Grilled rib steaks Brown gravy Roast potatoes Buttered corn Chocolate cake Bread - Butter - Coffee	Fresh Beef stew Macaroni & cheese Pickled beets Chilled fruit Bread - Butter Coffee
	Tinned fruit Cereal - Milk Creamed ham on Toast Fried potatoes butter - Coffee	Roast loin of pork Brown gravey - Applesauce Mashed potatoes Buttered asparagus Mincemeat Pie Bread - Butter - Coffee	Fried hanburger steaks Fried potatoes Brown gravy Boiled navy beans Sweet relish Fruit cocktail Bread - Butter - Coffee
	Tomato juice Milk - Cereal Hot griddle cakes Pork sausage Hot sirup Butter - Coffee	Pot roast of beef Vegetable gravy Boiled potatoes (jakcet on) Buttered peas Plain cake Bread - Butter - Coffee	Fried pork chops Brown gravy Lyonnaise potatoes Buttered carrots Sugar cookies Bread - Butter - Coffee
	Fruit Juice Milk - Cereal Fresh minced beef on Toast Fried potatoes Butter Coffee	Cream of Tomato soup Fried ham steaks Brown gravy Mashed potatoes Fried string beans Pear pie Bread - Butter - Coffee	Chili con carne Kidney beans Pickled beets French fried potatoes Bread pudding Bread - Butter Tea
	Tinned fruit Cereal - Milk Scrambled eggs Fried crisp bacon Hot toast Butter - Coffee	Beef broth Boiled beef Boiled potatoes Boiled cabbage and carrots Sliced pickles Marble cake Bread - Butter - Coffee	Beef fricassee Fried potatoes Steamed spinich Oatmeal cookies Bread - Butter - Coffee
	Fruit juice Milk - Cereal Baked pork and beans Tomato catsup Hot toast Butter - Coffee	Swiss steaks - Gravy Mashed potatoes Buttered corn Fresh vegetable salad Chilled fruit Butter - Bread - Coffee	Ham & Macaroni au gratin Welch rarabitt Buttered string beans Sugared Doughnuts Bread - Butter - Coffee
	Tomato jucie Milk - Cereal Hot griddle cakes Fried crisp bacon Hot sirup butter - Coffee	Cream pea soup Roast young chicken Giblet gravy - Dressing Baked sweet potatoes Sweet relish Ice cream Bread - Butter - Coffee	Asst. cold cuts of meats Potatoe salad Cold baked beans Sliced cheese - Pickles Cinnamon rolls Bread - Butter Hot ovaltine

Total estimated cost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total estimated rations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimated ration cost per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Respectfully submitted,
Approved :  L. E. Gilbert, Lieut. USNR  --  R. F. Meilinger (unreadable)

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The spelling errors above were as on the original. I started getting hungry just re-typing this. . . these guys ate pretty well. Hope the men in the trenches weren't aware of this. . <grin>  Sheldon Aubut, March 21, 1999

Thanks to Dick Wagner ( r. g. wagner@worldnet. att.net ) for supplying a photo copy of the original.

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