NAVY TO STOP SERVING FRIED FOOD

In an effort to kick up its healthy eating “Go for Green” campaign, the US Navy will stop serving fried foods like chicken and french fries and bake them instead. It is also axing whole milk and replacing it with skim and soy. Back in May, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced the menu revisions as part of efforts to improve sailors’ food, uniforms, training and overall fitness to boost field performance and lower medical costs. Some sailors like it. Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Roberto Rodriguez told Navy Times that he’s lost 10 pounds since the program began and said he feels “a whole lot better.” Others don’t. Sailor Jeff King writes, “This isn’t a Weight Watchers cruise, it’s the goddamn Navy! Does that mean no cakes and desserts, too? Working 18 hours a day on the roof you need carbs to keep you going. If you’re stationed ashore, you can go to the EM or PO clubs or to town and get all the crappy food you want.”
* Thanks, Michelle Obama.
* The men fighting for our freedom can’t eat Freedom Fries.
* They realized they had a problem when they had to start greasing the hatches to get the crews out of the submarines.
* Next comes the canned spinach. Right, Popeye?
* Sailor Jeff King sounds like my kind of guy.
* Too bad he’s going to be swabbing every deck in the Navy for the next few years.
* “Sailor King, we heard your comments loud and clear. Now start scraping the barnacles off that aircraft carrier.”
* They had to do this. A greasy film was building up on the flight deck.