Growing up in the 60's and 70's it was very common for a parent to say to a child, "Do NOT take more than your stomach will hold!" OR "There are starving kids in China!" (some parents said, "Africa"-- my parents preferred China for some reason.

Photograph with caption "Cafeteria Lines in Mess Hall

 at Naval Barracks Area," U.S. Naval Ammunition 

Depot, Hastings, Nebraska., 1944?

Taking a closer look we can see that the sign on the wall 

says

that 'any wasting of food will be followed with disciplinary 

action'. (can that advice even be comprehended by kids 

these days?)

Cool Blog Discovery

What have we been doing the last 3 months? Living without internet, working to pay the bills, and researching for our 'Mess Hall Chef' cookbook...
Mercy ME can our plate have one more thing on it? Can our cup runneth over any more than that?

While "mess"ing around on the internet, we stumbled upon a really cool site-and this blog really could use your input for good summer recipes for kids...
http://largerfamilies.com/wordpress/?p=116#comment-753

Larger Families (More dishes, more kises, more laundry, more laughter) is a very busy blog written by very busy Mommies: http://largerfamilies.com/meetbloggers

Check them out, be encouraged and contribute your input!

The Mess Hall Queen