cook-hut

Updated: May 20, 2025

The same yellow dish carried what seemed the same rationed jam; the square blocks of meat might have been cooked in the Bar cook-hut, and brought with them over the desert; two heavy loaves stood as usual on the wooden table. The French Army ration was the same in every town. "Mesdames," said the orderly assigned to them, "there are two sous-officers without who wish to speak with you."

Enid Bagnold - The Happy Foreigner