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Show Real Cooking Problems Abound on Guadalcanal Housewives who think It a burden to plan and prepare meals for the average American family might grow old In a week facing the problem prob-lem of marine corps cooks on (uad-iilc.'inal. (uad-iilc.'inal. Willi no electric or gas appllancci), mid without American markets and chain Hloies, these uniformed culinary cul-inary experts have to feed the big-I'.ei;t-eatiii!, ha rdeKt-lo-plca.se fa milieu mi-lieu of all. Willi no electric power plants or natural gas supply, all meals Ikivo to bo prepareil on wood or kerosene stoves. Because the tropical heat makes storage of fresh foods difllcult canned foods must be used almost exclusively. This reduces the possibility possi-bility of variety In the fare. Troops served by the galley arc continually on the move, Much troop movement move-ment means a chance In galley site. A part of (he unit Ih generally 'on some special detail which makes' It late for meals. i 1 Among the canned rations hash, slew and beans predominate. It takes genius to make hash anything but hash, stew unylhlng but slew and beans anything. One cook who baked pics before he ever thought of joining the marines, ma-rines, has managed lo enhance Ihe hash and slew by disguising It in Ihe folds of some of his excellent pastry anil calling It meat and vegetable pie. And another can at least uak. soup from the beans. |