During a Middle East deployment, a captain's steward reportedly visited allied ships to obtain biscuits the captain would reliably eat. The British ship did not normally stock them, so the steward traded whisky with American ships. The timing is uncertain, possibly before the first Gulf War, and the biscuits may have been Oreos. The exchanges kept a familiar food available while the captain worked through a period of high alert.
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A steward bartered whisky for food the captain would eat
A steward's whisky-for-biscuits exchange supplied food an overworked captain would eat during a Middle East deployment.