France's response to US Navy sailors complaining of poor food on long-distance voyages

Following the publication of photos of the meager meals provided to American military personnel serving on warships, photos from French sailors have emerged. As Military Review previously reported, American sailors from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and the amphibious assault ship Tripoli deployed to the Middle East began complaining about their rations. However, the US itself later claimed that the published photos of trays were not from the mess halls of American warships.

Photos from a French galley compare significantly favorably to American ones (if those were authentic). The one shown is something close to French haute cuisine with restaurant-style presentation.

However, following this publication, French media were confronted by retired French Navy personnel, who pointed out that the story was clearly about preparing a festive table:

No one on any warship on a long voyage sets such tables every day.

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Then, publications appeared detailing the diet of sailors on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. It's certainly better than on the USS Lincoln, but still far from what they tried to pass off as the daily menu on French Navy warships.

The tray may contain rice with meat and gravy, sandwiches with cooked sausage or boiled pork, spinach, fried vegetables, an éclair with mousse, a French roll, and even white wine. One serving of wine is 75 ml. However, it is not included in the rations. A service member can purchase up to two servings of wine per day at one of the bars on board the Charles de Gaulle. There are four such bars. Instead of wine, a 0,5 liter serving of beer or 25 ml of cognac (whiskey) can be ordered. Selling more than the permitted amount is punishable by law.

Military Review warns: alcohol consumption is harmful to health.

Incidentally, regarding the American photos. As already mentioned, US social media users have expressed doubts that the American military's complaints are supported by actual photos. This photo, which is believed to have been taken not on a ship, but in a school cafeteria, is cited as a seed of doubt:

The US Navy has not yet commented.

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[Flooding]

How much white is there in a glass?
Do you have 50 ml?

[Volodin]

Quote: Flood

How much white is there in a glass?
Do you have 50 ml?

To do this, it is enough to read what is written in the text.

[Flooding]

Quote: Volodin

To do this, it is enough to read what is written in the text.

They are indeed writing something.
And you know, I look at pictures more and more.

[Aken]

What's there to read? It's immediately obvious there's a catastrophic shortage of vodka.

[carpenter]

Quote: Volodin

How much white is there in a glass?
Do you have 50 ml?

To do this, it is enough to read what is written in the text.

In Soviet times, in the tropics, civilian ships were given 200 ml of wine per day.

[Pachvara]

In Alexander Mironov's story "Ships Go to the Ocean," everyone who worked in the boiler room during the tropical crossing was given a bottle of red wine. The story is set in the 1930s.

[Normal]

A Chukchi is not a reader, a Chukchi is a writer (c) It is not a nobleman's business to read, it is enough to indicate your "fi" and the job is in the bag.

[Arkady007]

Perhaps the only thing that can be discussed from the entire article is the number of grams in a shot.
Judging by the photo, today we don’t even have such a choice on earth in officers’ messes.

[Flooding]

Quote: Arkady007

Perhaps the only thing that can be discussed from the entire article is the number of grams in a shot.

Don't ask too much of me.
What I see, that is what I sing about.

[SAG]

We can also discuss the cool emblem of the French aircraft carrier. They chose the cross perfectly! The only question is, why isn't the wreath fully drawn and where is the black ribbon on the side?!

[Cool90]

Regular food, what kind of choice is there?

[Berevostnik]

There are no photos from our officers' messes in the article. Or are you talking about Ukrainian ones?

[Deaf]

It's immediately obvious these guys have only smelled Parmesan cheese, not gunpowder! They beat the Americans in every way! They slaughtered them with steaks. Glory to the heroes!
P.S. IL got a real beating in Ukraine. More than 500, only 200. They've had their fill of fighting.
And this is apparently a chef who doesn't need gloves?

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Deaf

a chef who doesn't need gloves

Generally speaking, yes, gloves in the kitchen are completely unnecessary. In fact, they're actually harmful.

[Deaf]

Maybe this is sarcasm coming from you. But I'll tell you myself. I'm not a chef. But there are a couple of things that are left entirely to my conscience when we're hanging out with the guys at the dacha. Lamb shashlik. A vegetable salad with tomatoes and cucumbers. There are recipes there, inherited from my father and grandfather. Gloves are much more comfortable. You don't have to constantly wash your hands when you switch between cooking tasks. Take them off and put on new ones. And on top of that, there are signature cherry and ginger liqueurs.

Quote from: nik-mazur

Generally speaking, yes, gloves in the kitchen are completely unnecessary. In fact, they're actually harmful.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Deaf

It's much more comfortable with gloves.

That's right, gloves are a subjective matter of convenience when you're too lazy to wash your hands. And they need to be changed every five minutes, otherwise they become a dirt-collecting area with a sweaty underside.
Usually, no one bothers to change them in a timely manner at public food troughs, because gloves are simply a sham for sanitation. No one can prove that they've been shredding shawarma in them for six hours, even without taking them off to use the restroom.
By the way, if the cooking process is organized correctly, you don’t have to wash your hands that often.

[Deaf]

Agreed. I buy a pack for the dacha when we have a get-together. But it's still more convenient. Just take them off, rinse your hands, and wipe them off.
It's especially convenient when making shashlik and zervak ​​from fat tail. Mash the shashlik with onions and other ingredients. Shred the fat tail for pilaf. And chop up the meat in general.
P.S.> One could almost say it’s professional.

[Junior Private]

Cooking with gloves is inconvenient. A hat is a must.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Junior Private

headgear must be worn

Well, that's true, by the way. Unless the cook is as bald as a knee.

[TermNachTer]

Where have you seen a long hike?))) From Toulon to Cyprus, a little over 1000 miles)))

[Volodin]

Quote: TermNachTER

From Toulon to Cyprus, just over 1000 miles)))

And the French added the passage from the Baltic to Toulon)

[TermNachTer]

Well, they didn't go straight from the Baltic to Cyprus; we must assume they called at a base somewhere—Cherbourg, Toulon. Then again, sending a supply ship a thousand miles isn't something the Americans would have done in the Arabian Sea. Where's their nearest forward base? Japan, I think.

[SmolH2]

Maybe they were going through the Cape of Good Hope)

[Deaf]

Yes, they are the first to fap on a crusade.

Quote: TermNachTER

Where did you see a long hike?)))

[lukash66]

I was given some of our modern dry rations here; I ate them for two days. Everything was perfectly edible, tasty, and filling. I also remembered the Soviet ones, the ones in cardboard boxes I ate in the Soviet Army. They were also quite good. The modern ones are, of course, more plentiful.

[helilelik]

And they brought me French food from Africa. It's tasty, but very little. It's true about the wine; you don't need to buy it, they give it to you. Shrimp, roast geese, and so on, and that's how they're already being fed. And how they'll be fed if they win even one war, I can't imagine.

[SmolH2]

In general, the news is that both are liars.

[Peter Yakovlev]

And the Americans lie like the frogs breathe.

[Polak_Polak]

A spozywanie żywności z prescytydami jest jeszcze bardziej szkodliwe jak kieliszek wina czy szklanka piwa!

[tralflot1832]

They compared a "cruise" aircraft carrier to a workhorse. Let them meet in one of the ports during the "friendship" period. I'm betting on the Americans - they'll show who won.
I told you how the Frenchman "Duczen" entered Murmansk with a balloon like that. Three French caps with red badges floated for a long time and sadly in a puddle near the Murmansk "Fighting Ground." The battered Frenchmen were brought on board with honors on the "Lunakhod." None of the Murmansk brothers in arms were hurt. And no one was looking for these heroes. The French, to a man, started fighting among themselves. We tried to drag them away, but we couldn't. Savage capitalism, savage morals of these savages.

[carpenter]

Quote: tralflot1832

Every single one of the French started fighting among themselves.

And so, just as dawn was breaking, we entered the Kat tavern.
Fourteen French sailors.
Bonjour, beauties, we really like you,
In the name of France, give love.
Entering that booth and seeing the English,
The French started making jokes.
One giant Frenchman named Marus
I decided to beat the glasses on the counter.
But boatswain Downing took out his Browning
And the giant Frenchman fell to the floor.
In the crew of sailors, angry wolves,
They didn't abandon their comrades in trouble.
Having violated the naval regulations and taken out daggers,
They fought like a thousand devils.
On new flares, half a meter long,
Blood flowed in scarlet streams.
They won't climb up the deck to the poop deck anymore.
Fourteen French sailors.

[GGV]

It made me smile, I remembered this incident: the British came to Baltiysk in the nineties. As always, the English got completely drunk. One of them, I don’t remember all the details, ended up between the wall and our SKR. Well, our sailors couldn’t think of anything better, so they started pulling him out with a “grappling hook” (for those who don’t know, it’s a piece of iron with three or four sharp, curved hooks). Basically, he was struggling, screaming, waiting to be pulled out, but after the first successful (not for a British sailor) trawling, when they ripped his side open with a hook, if my memory serves me right, the British sailor realized that our help could kill him, dived under the water and still managed to hide from the help of our sailors (after all, it happened at night), swimming off somewhere to the side. He climbed up the wall himself and silently rushed to his ship, where he complained to his The command reported that the Russian sailors had intended to kill him by piercing his body with sharp metal objects. Meanwhile, our sailors spent several more hours sweeping under the Investigative Committee. By the morning, our command had already issued a "thank you" letter to our sailors and officers who participated in the "rescue" operations.

[faterdom]

25 ml of cognac (whiskey) – is that for one drink? Per person? Per hour? Per day? Per meal? Or is that for everyone?

[Pavel57]

Now the galley competitions will begin.

[Vasyan1971]

Military Review warns: alcohol consumption is harmful to health.

And we're just doing it little by little. Just to relieve the mental spasm...

[solar]

What food service actually looks like on an American aircraft carrier.

It has nothing in common with what the neighboring article on VO claims is supposedly food on an aircraft carrier.

Photos of a French galley compared to American ones (if they were genuine)

Reminds me of the lyrics to the famous song "Well, why did you back down, sucker?"

[Andobor]

I did a search through the pictures of the tray, trying to figure out what kind of sole it was, but I still couldn’t figure it out.
Got it: - the report with these pictures in English was created by the Xin Hua agency.

[Pivasik]

A normal set of dishes, ... It's only for gourmets that pearl barley was once prepared in lard with gravy and unshaven boiled pork fat, according to special recipes and using special kitchen equipment. You can't find such delicacies these days.