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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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From Cold War to cold meats... sailors from the US and Russian navies have tested their culinary skills in a sandwich-making competition.
The contest was held during a visit by the US destroyer Stethem to the eastern Russian port of Vladivostok to mark Victory Day. Officers also joined in.
A Russian cook took the prize for best-tasting sandwich while an American came top for most original presentation.
Sandwiches topped with cucumber sails were among the Russian offerings.
The ingredients included peppers, smoked ham, lettuce, cheese, mayonnaise, olives, cherry tomatoes and gherkins.
The US winner in the individual contest got a bottle of vodka, and presented his Russian rivals with USS Stethem caps and sweatshirts in return, the BBC's Dmitry Klimov reports.
Earlier, the Russians had laid on a traditional welcome for the Americans, with vodka and appetisers such as bliny (buckwheat pancakes) with smoked salmon and pickled green tomatoes.
Yet a traditional Russian restaurant is hard to find in Vladivostok, where Chinese and Japanese restaurants are much more common.
The crew of the Stethem were taking part in a military parade in Vladivostok for Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7391893.stm
so, yeah. thats what our navies are doing. sandwiches.
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| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Tyop
Title: Grammar Nazi
Joined: May 04 2008
Location: Sauerkrautland
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| so, yeah. thats what our navies are doing. sandwiches. |
Good thing. Means nobody is shooting at them.
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Red_Mage
Title: Palutina's Guardian
Joined: Mar 18 2008
Location: Eastern Illinois U
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| Tyop wrote: |
| username wrote: |
| so, yeah. thats what our navies are doing. sandwiches. |
Good thing. Means nobody is shooting at them. |
Terrorist organizations have never historically had strong navies.
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Tyop
Title: Grammar Nazi
Joined: May 04 2008
Location: Sauerkrautland
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| Red_Mage wrote: |
| Terrorist organizations have never historically had strong navies. |
True. And while I was merely trying to highlight the fact that having your soldiers engage in sandwich making rather than battle is a Good Thing (TM), there were occasions in which the Navy didn't have that luxury.
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Red_Mage
Title: Palutina's Guardian
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Exactly. I'm right there with you.
Three of my cousins are in the navy so them not doing much is good by my book.
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