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Gents,
A few quick notes about food safety and other fun stuff for the event:
Ration Issue
Your ration that you will be receiving is from what I have found in my research to be what the 2d Mississippi was issued when they reached the Manassas Rail Junction.
The men of the 2d were issued pork shoulder. For this we have made you all salt pork. Folks, this is real salt pork, not the Hormel store stuff, but REAL salt pork. Well Cookie what does that mean for me? Well for Joe Blow Private, that means that your meat is cured with salt, but not COOKED. The meat is still in the raw state Gents and it must be thoroughly cooked before eating. DO NOT attempt to eat this before cooking. You WILL get very ill. It also means that salt water has been used to cure the meat. You must refresh this meat once before cooking or you will be eating a salt-lick.
QM Cooking Recommendation:
- Put Pork in fresh water; let soak
- Replace water, boil pork until it is cooked through
- Fry if you so choose; Re-boil if it is too salty for your taste buds
*This is how I cooked the test piece last weekend. The end product was a salty ‘ham.’*
Speaking of ham…..
For those Officers who shall be dining on ham, please note, that this is also a traditional pork product (i.e. salt-cured). Depending on how you like your meat, you may need to refresh your ham as well.
Given the heat in July folks, I would waste no time in cooking my ration on Friday. The sooner you cook it the better.
Late Registrations
For anyone who registered late with the 2d Mississippi and did NOT go through Skip Owens or Matt Woodburn to do so, please confirm with Matt that you are going. Buying and preparing food for this many people is not an easy task. I don’t want any surprises, and you don’t want to not get fed. So, if you registered with the EVENT only and not through Skip Owens or Matt Woodburn, please confirm with Matt that you are attending with the battalion.
QM Wagon and Company Equipment
For all Officers who are bringing company equipment (which by the way, should be no more than 1 tent fly per company and ammo boxes), there will be a drop off point prior to you parking your vehicle, where you can hand us the company equipment and we will haul it in on the wagon.
As for the ammunition boxes, please be ready to drop off your box to the QM when you come for your ration detail. We will mark each box (with a non-permanent mark) for each company when you drop them off. Please make sure all boxes can be secured tightly.
Stay tuned for drop-off location.
See you in the field,
Capt. Bill Birney & QM Sgt. Jos. Caridi, 2d Miss. recreated
A few quick notes about food safety and other fun stuff for the event:
Ration Issue
Your ration that you will be receiving is from what I have found in my research to be what the 2d Mississippi was issued when they reached the Manassas Rail Junction.
The men of the 2d were issued pork shoulder. For this we have made you all salt pork. Folks, this is real salt pork, not the Hormel store stuff, but REAL salt pork. Well Cookie what does that mean for me? Well for Joe Blow Private, that means that your meat is cured with salt, but not COOKED. The meat is still in the raw state Gents and it must be thoroughly cooked before eating. DO NOT attempt to eat this before cooking. You WILL get very ill. It also means that salt water has been used to cure the meat. You must refresh this meat once before cooking or you will be eating a salt-lick.
QM Cooking Recommendation:
- Put Pork in fresh water; let soak
- Replace water, boil pork until it is cooked through
- Fry if you so choose; Re-boil if it is too salty for your taste buds
*This is how I cooked the test piece last weekend. The end product was a salty ‘ham.’*
Speaking of ham…..
For those Officers who shall be dining on ham, please note, that this is also a traditional pork product (i.e. salt-cured). Depending on how you like your meat, you may need to refresh your ham as well.
Given the heat in July folks, I would waste no time in cooking my ration on Friday. The sooner you cook it the better.
Late Registrations
For anyone who registered late with the 2d Mississippi and did NOT go through Skip Owens or Matt Woodburn to do so, please confirm with Matt that you are going. Buying and preparing food for this many people is not an easy task. I don’t want any surprises, and you don’t want to not get fed. So, if you registered with the EVENT only and not through Skip Owens or Matt Woodburn, please confirm with Matt that you are attending with the battalion.
QM Wagon and Company Equipment
For all Officers who are bringing company equipment (which by the way, should be no more than 1 tent fly per company and ammo boxes), there will be a drop off point prior to you parking your vehicle, where you can hand us the company equipment and we will haul it in on the wagon.
As for the ammunition boxes, please be ready to drop off your box to the QM when you come for your ration detail. We will mark each box (with a non-permanent mark) for each company when you drop them off. Please make sure all boxes can be secured tightly.
Stay tuned for drop-off location.
See you in the field,
Capt. Bill Birney & QM Sgt. Jos. Caridi, 2d Miss. recreated
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