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More -- lobster. i just can't take it. we're free to eat? >> mike: yes! nice job on the crab cakes. >> anthony: yeah. >> mike: full of meat. >> firefighter 3: very tasty, paul. >> anthony: so if it's not good, you're not diplomatic about it. >> mike: no, not at all. no. >> firefighter 3: you tell them, nice try. >> mike: a lot of cooks they look at that kitchen -- there's a lot of room, and there's always a lot of spices, our staples are always loaded. you can pretty much make anything in there. it's a good place to be a cook. nice job there, pauly. >> anthony: yes, well done sir. generally sp...

Doomed their mission, they take a bizarre and quite beautiful pride in at least being screwed more than everybody else, and doing it with style. they seem to do what they do, for themselves. it's not a job, it's a calling. >> mike: this is where the guys store their gear, as you can see the gear is very weathered. >> anthony: how old? >> mike: oh this gear is only a couple years old. i mean -- >> anthony: but it gets beat up quick. >> mike: oh yeah, yeah. we've got one new coat hanging in there so there's a lucky guy that's got a new coat but that gear's seen a lot of action. >> anthony: where...

That number are active now? >> mike: less than half, and we're fighting a lot more fires. >> anthony: you know, i've got to say, the kitchen's looking pretty good. >> mike: it's one of the best kitchens in the city. >> anthony: tonight's meal is being cooked by paul. he's squad three's best, they say. >> mike: he's reading the can, that's a good start. >> anthony: tonight's menu -- crab cakes, with a mix of actual crab and this stuff, sea leg. maybe you know it from such beloved menu items as california roll. hey, firefighters can't afford 100% jumbo lump crab meat okay? do you know what this ...

Crew on duty. they pool their money and shop as a unit. what's the firehouse favorite, by consensus? >> mike: oh, steaks, man. >> anthony: steaks. if i were the regular cook here, the whole firehouse would be in totally open rebellion. [ laughter ] >> mike: why? >> anthony: first of all, i'd be making stews, because they're cheap and i think they're delicious, plus i'd be trying out like tripe and guts on you guys. i don't know how that would go. >> paul: that would not go. >> anthony: you'd be eating like italian peasants every day if i was the cook here, pretty much. you'd have like a big bo...

♪ the cliche is that firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad three are cooking up a family meal. >> anthony: is every firefighter expected to cook reasonably well? >> mike: if they don't, they catch hell. i mean -- >> anthony: really? >> mike: i mean in detroit, yeah, i mean -- >> anthony: it's almost a perfect society in that sense because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. and if they're not able to do that, they should be sh...