How shipboard food becomes a naval tradition

Japanese ships maintain individual curry recipes, and a new vessel inheriting an old name can also inherit its curry. The Imperial Japanese Navy's practice continued in the JMSDF, which keeps recipes from earlier ships on file. Royal Navy cookbooks moved curry recipes out of a general stew section through separate categories for fiery or spicy stews. French ships briefly cultivated their own cheeses. Austro-Hungarian ships held pastry competitions, but whether ratings received the pastries depended on the ship and its officers. Russian naval food traditions appear less consistent across the examples recalled here. An Italian tiramisu recipe specifies five espresso shots per portion.