FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- The "Grill Sergeant" nukes it again. Sgt. Edmund Perez Jr., Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Sam Houston, landed a spot presentation on WOAI, "San Antonio Living" with host Shelly Miles July 24.
"I can not believe it," said Shelly Miles. "You mean to tell me that all this beautiful food was cooked in a microwave," she said in amazement.
"Yes ma'am," replied Perez. "These types of foods are mostly pre-heated or pre-cooked and available to the single Soldiers living in the barracks at Fort Sam Houston."
"As hard to believe as it is, these meals are not just easy to cook, but most of them are also very healthy as well as delicious. These meals are definitely more economical and more fulfilling," said the "Grill Sergeant."
He explained that a lot of single Soldiers have the facilities and the means available to prepare their own meals. However, they are limited as to what and how they can cook them.
"Single Soldiers living in the barracks share a common area kitchen that is available to them. They can cook meals in the microwave in the common area they share. But because of fire codes and the fire hazard that a stove represents, they do not have one available in their individual rooms," said Perez. "The Soldiers, however, do have a full-service kitchen with a refrigerator, stove and dinette in the barracks main lobby, which they can use at their convenience. They are welcome to use it at all hours, day or night since some of the Soldiers work night shifts. The only requirement is that they clean up after themselves and leave it better than they found it. Along with all these amenities, the barracks offer a more comfortable setting for outdoor cooking, almost like barbecuing in your own backyard."
Benner barracks, named after Pfc. John A. Benner, a Soldier who risked his own life to save his comrades in a fire back in 1922, houses over 1,000 single Soldiers, some of which have become resident experts in microwave cooking themselves. Just ask Pfc. Shane Smith who has just recently departed for a tour in Korea. "Personally, I didn't do much cooking, but I know of Soldiers who have a barbecue every weekend that are really, really good cooks, like my roommate," said Smith. "They (the Soldiers) get out there by the basketball courts and bring steaks, sausages, burgers and hot dogs and make this barracks really feel like home."
"Sergeant Grill" as Miles, the host from the "San Antonio Living" show calls him, recently traveled to Washington, D.C. and has been featured in a special segment called, "The Grill Sergeants" on the Pentagon Channel.
Perez has developed a program he calls "Nuke It." He teaches soldiers at Fort Sam Houston and viewers of the Pentagon Channel how to cook healthy meals using the microwave.
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