AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 122 of 153 {Source: http://food.s ify.com/recipe.php?id=13562262&ctid=76&cid=13562258 } 126. Saboodana I dly Ingredients Idly rava 2 cups Saboodana 1 cup Thick curds 4 cups Onion 2 big Green chillies 15 Soda bicarbonate 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves 1/2 bunch Method Soak the idly rava and saboodana in curds in the night itself. Next morning before making the idly chop the onions, green chillies, coriander leaves and mix them to the mix soaked overnight.. Now add little water and little curds to make this mixture into and idly mixture. Before cooking the idly’s add the soda bicarbonate into the mixture. {Source: http://food.sify.com/recipe.php?id=13273329&cid=} The purpose of Side Boy Honour Guard aboard military ships 127. In today’s military, we have many unique customs. What is not realized is that what is now custom formerly had a real purpose. Take the use of Side Boys to welcome a ranking visitor aboard a military vessel. It is the task of assigning two, four, six, or eight men to line both sides of the gangplank based on the ascending rank of the officer visiting the vessel, with two being assigned for ensigns and Lts, up to eight for admirals and above. More rank, more honour guard, right? But this system originally served a darker purpose…. 128. This custom came from the British Navy of the 17-18 century, back then, men did not often have the luxury of walking on to their ships: most had to transfer from a small boat to the larger ship by Ladder, or by a device called a bosun’s chair, which was essentially a seat attached to a yardarm by a block and tackle. Here where the relevance comes about: the younger and less rank you had, the lighter you were thus, a light midshipman or LT needed only two men on the haul rope, while a long endurance and often very stout Admiral, having eaten everything and then some over their forty year careers, tended to need eight men to pull them up. additional jobs, such as availing themselves to steady the person after getting them to the deck, and helping with the person’s luggage and other dunnage they would bring with them, also necessitated a required number of hands based on their weight or amounts of belongings collect throughout the years. Every Minute Is Special