[G Larry]

As Grandpa churned in the bowls of the troop transport, en-route to his Aero-maintenance Squadron assignment, in WWI France, it came his turn to cook.

In search of something to bind his meatloaf recipe, he found....Kero-Syrup....

[afraidfortherepublic]

Fascinating story with a bittersweet ending. Thanks for posting.

[familyop]

Interesting. Family and I haven’t had chocolate for a long time (don’t know how long) and don’t really miss that or any other profligacy of the past.

[Fiji Hill]

It has been my experience that chocolate bars don’t keep for very long. If that is so, they should have gobbled it up at the start of the war.

[familyop]

"'I was the youngest of four children, the only boy. I had one Father and four Mothers.'"

That's also interesting. Most American kids nowadays have one mother and several unknown fathers.

[driftless2]

I don’t know why the father thought the chocolate could last four years. Of course, he didn’t know when the war was going to be over. But from past experience, Christmas chocolate, unless frozen, better be eaten within about six months.

[BykrBayb]

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow the chocolate may taste like moth balls.