Post by jim on Sept 16, 2019 6:33:54 GMT -5
The kitchen didn't roll out for Enfield due to the limited number of troops who sounded off early that they were coming.
I volunteered to be cook since we were only looking at seven or so. Four more sounded off within 10 days of the event.
I had volunteered to cook - but a very limited menu and meals - only breakfast and supper Saturday and breakfast Sunday.
Equipment was a Coleman two burner white gas stove and a squad stove, my two cook boxes with cooking accessories, cooler and 25 gallons of water.
Most food like meat and stuff for the Chili was canned cutting down on cooler use - but my big cooler was still filled to the top with other stuff.
Meals seemed to go well and there was plenty for those that wanted to eat.
Clean up - I had volunteered to clean breakfast mess kits for two reasons. 1st was to free the troops up quickly for morning formation and getting ready. 2nd because with the limited cleaning facilities I was able to keep the water clean enough to do all the dishes.
Thoughts
The kitchen fly was clouded just because of the cooking station, Me, Em and all the extra cooking stuff that was under it. Should have used the tall side poles to expand the usable space and with that we would have had plenty of space.
The numbers were right about at my limit. Could have handled a couple more but that would have turned into real work.
Need more coolers.
Recommendations
For tacticals with numbers up to around 16 I would suggest breakfast be more Continental - Coffee, OJ, bread with butter & jelly and boiled eggs. Lunch - K Rations and for Supper a one pot meal like Chili. That seemed to be well received.
