Why I would not have been a good Army cook

Bobcook: I know the recipe says do it this way, but what if we add this and take away that and add this and chili powder and just a little cayenne pepper?

Oldcook: Let me see if I understand. You want to take a recipe that was perfected when Jesus was at the reception station and change it around and, whatever the result, take it to the bush and serve it to 100 or more soldiers as their only hot meal of the day?

Bobcook: Well, since you put it that way …

(What I learned after a few years: Make sure they get fed, make sure they get paid, make sure they have clothes to wear , everything else is gravy.)