The galley guide

We’ll praise the Hun with our final breath If he’ll strafe our galley and slay our chef, May the Lord have mercy upon us ! — Song of the Sea Slugs — Anonymous. CONTENTS PAGE Foreword . iii Part I. Menus Breakfasts . i Lunches and Suppers . . . . . . 8 Dinners . 15 Part II. Recipes Index to Recipes ........ 23 Time Table for Cooking . 24 Breads, Biscuits, Cakes . 28 Desserts . 35 Eggs . . . . . 40 Fish, Oysters, Clams . . ,. 45 Lobsters . 49 Game . 51 Meats . . . . 53 Salads . . . . . . 72 Soups and Chowders 74 Vegetables . . . . . . 80 Cereals 90 •• CONTENTS PAGE Sauces, Dressings, Gravies . 91 Beverages . 95 Part III. Supplies and Lists Storage of Supplies Afloat . 99 Lists of Marine Stores and Equipment . 103 Lists of Food Stores . 114 Part IV. Miscellaneous Fireless Cookers Afloat . 123 Equipment and Stowage of a Small Cruiser . 126 (Reprinted from Motor Boat, Sept. 10, 1922) Index . 139 PART I— MENUS ( Each Dish Is Preceded by a Number, Which Refers to the Number of the Recipe To Be Found in Part II from Which It May Be Prepared.) BREAKFASTS A few complete breakfast menus are submitted. To economize space, dishes suitable for breakfast are tabulated in lists from which any desired com¬ bination may be selected. No. i Canned apple sauce 210 Oatmeal 203 Scrambled eggs 1 Baking powder biscuits Jam 1203 Coffee No. 2 Bananas on Force 204 Boiled eggs 601 Bacon Buttered toast Jam 1203 Coffee No. 3 Fresh fruit Wheatena Griddle cakes and syrup Sausages Corn bread Coffee No. 4 Fresh fruit Grape-nuts 209 Dropped eggs on toast 1203 Coffee No. 5 Fresh fruit Puffed rice 208 Fried eggs and bacon 7 Muffins S3 Coffee No. 6 Fresh fruit 902 Fried hominy and syrup 207 Ham and eggs 1 Baking powder biscuits 1203 Coffee No. 7 Fresh fruit 606 Liver and bacon 904 Fried potatoes Toast Marmalade 1203 Coffee 1 1 No. 8 Fresh fruit Puffed wheat 210 Omelet 601 Bacon Toast 1203 Coffee No. 9 Fresh fruit 1004 Wheatena 607 Minced lamb on toast 7 Muffins 1203 Coffee No. 10 102 Stewed prunes 901 Boiled rice and syrup 604 Chipped beef in cream Toast Marmalade 1203 Coffee No. 11 Canned peaches 1002 Boiled hominy and molasses 301 Fresh fish 1 Baking powder biscuits 1203 Coffee No. 12 Preserved figs Force 303 Fish balls 2 Brown bread 1203 Coffee No. 13 Fresh fruit 902 Fried hominy and syrup 910 Baked beans 5 Corn bread 1203 Coffee No. 14 Canned apple sauce 304 Fish pie Toast Jam 1203 Coffee A FEW ROUGH WEATHER BREAKFASTS If the weather is too bad to keep a fire you are out of luck, anyway, and had better take pot luck out of the left-overs in the icebox, if any. Otherwise canned meats are the least unpalatable of the canned goods when eaten cold ; canned fruit is beneficial. If a fire can be kept the following breakfasts offer the simplest preparation : No. i-R Fruit Bread and butter 204 Boiled eggs 1204 Tea (in egg water) No. 2-R Fruit Cold meat 910 Baked beans 1203 Coffee No. 3-R Canned peaches 1001 Cornmeal mush and molasses Crackers and jam 1204 Tea (water in double boiler) No. 4"R Fruit Corned beef hash Coffee BREAKFAST DISHES FRUITS Apples