Canadian Submarine

Today I would like to share with you a couple of submarine stories, The Volunteer service of both the Royal Navy and Our own Royal Canadian navy.

The west coast base paper the Lookout has a great spread on the ongoing sea trials of the Submarine HMCS Victoria

http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/index.php      when the link opens view the photo gallery and down load (free) the PDF of this weeks issue.

On another note I read a Blog this morning from a retired Submariner of the Royal Navy. It is the submariners recipe for a Christmas cake. I am a wee bit unsure as to why he used WHISKY as oppossed to WHISKEY it must be a local difference.

Thanks Ben a great story for this Christmas season.

Submariners Recipe Book

CHRISTMAS CAKE

Ingredients

1 Cup Butter

1 Cup Sugar

6 Drops Lemon Juice

Some Nuts

4 Large Eggs

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

4 Cups Mixed Dried Fruit

1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

1 or 2 Bottles of Whisky

Method

Sample the whisky to check quality.

Select a large mixing bowl.

Check the whisky again as it must be just right. To ensure the whisky is top quality, pour 1 large glass and drink fast. Repeat.

With electric mixer, beat 1 cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of thigar and beat again.

Meanwhile check the whisky is still top quality by crying another tup. Repeat.

Add 2 arg leggs, 2 cups fried druit and beat till high.

Sample whisky again, checking for tonscististicity.

Next sift 3 cups ofsalt - or anything, it doesn't really matter.

Wample the shisky.

Sift half a pint of lemon juice. Fold in the chopped butter and stained nuts. Add 1 babble-spoon of brown sugar, or whatever colour you can find an wix mell.

Whink remaining drisky.

Grease oven and turn cake into pan to 200 degrees.

Pour everything into coven an bo to ged.

Cheers and keep reading

So once again dear readers I ask you to remember our Troops and their families especially at this festive season of the year.

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Nil Sine Labore

Robby