1st Essex Cooks are National Champions
1930
Each year before WW2 army cooks
competed for the Army Team Challenge Shield. In January 1930 the
competition was held at the Universal Cookery and Food
Exhibition at Olympia.
The 1st Essex Regiment team won the Army
Challenge Shield in the team event. Sergeant M McCrath, Corporal
J Boggis, Private S Jennings and Private J Read all won silver
medals and diplomas.
Private F Manning won a individual
silver medal, a diploma and a silver cup.
Sample Menus of Dishes that had to be
prepared included:-
Rabbit Pie Boiled Potatoes, Carrots and
Gravy with Rice Pudding, Fruit Salad and Mock Minced Pie.
Toad in the Hole ( Beef), Saute
Potatoes, Baked Haricot Beans in Tomato Sauce and Gravy. Golden
Pudding in Marmalade Sauce ,Coronation Pudding and Vanilla Sauce
. Preserved Meat Rolls
Curried Stew and Rice, Mashed Potatoes,
Butter Beans and White Sauce. Royal Pudding and Lemon Sauce,
Alice Pudding and White Sauce. Cheese Patties.
Brown Tomato Stew, Mashed Potato,
Marrowfat Peas and Gravy. Railways Pudding and Jam Sauce, Army
Crusader Pudding and Jam Sauce, Bread and Jam Fritters.
Meat Pie, Gravy and Cabbage. Buller
Pudding and Syrup Sause, BBC Pudding and Marmalade Sauce,. Home
Made Sausages
Steak and Kidney Pie, Brussel Sprouts,
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Snowden Pudding and Vanilla Sauce.
Marina Pudding and Chocolate Sauce. Fish Cakes.
Lancashire Hot Pot, Dried Green Peas and
Gravy. Apple Tart and Custard, Prince Edward Pudding and Almond
Sauce. Cornish Pasties.
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Gravy, Baked Butter Beans.
Windsor Pudding and White Sauce, Jubilee Pudding and White
Sauce. Sausage Rolls
