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Show HEWS FROM FORT DOUGLAS Open a can of eggs and a box of milk for breakfast. Sounds silly, doesn't it? But that's wtht's cooking with thearmv chef the man who feeds the men who fight. Of course, it's done with dehydrated de-hydrated food, not mirrors. A whole new field in cookery has been opened by the army's use of moisture-minus eatables. Great advantages are gained when a fast-moving, hard-fighting Army can be fed from a few compact packages. Noted for its inexpensive qualities qual-ities and simple transpodtation, dehydratio has another point in its favor, preservation Microorganism Microor-ganism responsible for food spoilage spoil-age are still present in the dehydrated de-hydrated form, but dormant, due to the lack of water. An Army cook overseas can turn out a meal of some 20 different differ-ent items, all made with dehydrat ed food. Special schools in this country are now being conducted for all "Gee-Eye" foot-fixers to learn the proper handling of the products. j |
