Existing comment:
Naval Messing Enters the Modern Age
* First navy cookbook published in 1902
* Congress adds vegetables and tomatoes to daily ration
* USS Missouri gets first dishwashing machine in 1904
* Potato peelers & mashers, meat grinders & slicers, dough mixers, ice cream freezers appear in fleet
* Congress adds jam, eggs and spices to ration
Modernizing of Messing:
* General messing aboard USS Olympia
* Ship's pay officer becomes commissary
* Wardroom treasurer manages wardroom
* Chief commissary steward in charge of general mess
Steel Navy Menus:
* Baked and fried fish and fish cakes
* Beef soups and stews
* Roast beef and pork
* Roast turkey, chicken, geese, ducks with stuffing
* Tinned beef with macaroni
* Tinned fritters
* Plum duff, apple dumplings
* Fresh bread
Typical turn-of-the-century bill of fare:
* Reveille: Hot coffee
* Breakfast: Boiled eggs, liver and bacon, coffee, bread and butter
* Dinner: Fresh corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, new onions and radishes, coffee, bread and butter
* Supper: Chicken stew, tea, bread and butter
* Sunday dinner: Roast pork jelly, fresh green peas, new potatoes and pie (typical)
* Condensed milk and sugar were provided for the coffee
* Vinegar and catsup were stocked in every mess box |