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Old 11th Dec 2007, 00:12
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Agile, Adaptable, Cakeable...

... This just in:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/n...B88970C9403F8D
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Wow! What an awesome fighting force the RAF is! I wish I could join and be a champion cake decorator.
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Don't you realise how many pies and cakes it takes to keep the RAF transport and tanker fleet running?
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All p**s taking aside, every RAF chef I've ever seen on det and (sadly) decreasingly on station is worth his weight in gold.

More power to 'em.

Conversely, if I was worth my weight in gold, I'd probably be very wealthy...
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Owing to difficulties with the supply of the cakes this year
nasty business with those damn jerry U boats and the cake convoy
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RAF Chef, hardest course in the world..............no one has ever passed it yet
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Owing to difficulties with the supply of the cakes
Er... couldn't they make one then?
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I remember when a pudding was served that beggered belief. Benson - when they had jets and nothing rotary.
Sitting on a plate was a deep fried, battered, jam sandwich covered in lumpy custard. That was when the RAF was the RAF.
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Old 11th Dec 2007, 07:41
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Owing to difficulties with the supply of the cakes
Doubtless there were plenty in stores, but the stacker refused to issue them without a chit from Santa
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Funny how people are quick to have a dig (however good-natured) at the catering staff, and yet at Summer Ball/Christmas Draw they are only too happy to share the benefits of their finer (less operationally focussed) skills.
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Isn't anyone going to comment on the appalling English in that article? I feel quite disappointed.
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Thumbs up

I still recall with pleasure the 'deepfried, battered, jam sandwich' although I can't remember if the custard was lumpy or not? It was part of the standard weekly pudding cycle which also included Eve's Pudding and Manchester Tart (whoever they were?). Swanton Morley 1955
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I'm trying to work out why the chef is wearing CS95 - is he on TCW (Tactical Cake Wing)?
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