It looks like we're in for a long war. We might as well serve good food along the way.
1 posted on
05/19/2006 3:42:52 PM PDT by
68skylark
To: 68skylark
It's admirable to join up out of patriotism but,gosh darn it,don't join up for the chow!
To: 68skylark
Some of those selections look like they're for issue to the 34th Urban Metrosexual Combat Exfoliation Team (Provisional)!
3 posted on
05/19/2006 4:00:49 PM PDT by
elcid1970
To: 68skylark
Reads like a recipe for heart disease.
4 posted on
05/19/2006 4:02:02 PM PDT by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: 68skylark
Instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
Toaster pastries – chocolate chip or French toast
Chipotle snack bread
Chocletto's candy (chocolate toffee candy)
Twizzler Nibs (small red licorice candy)
Chocolate-covered coffee beans
Patriotic cookies (sugar cookie with flags/Soldiers imprinted on surface)
Cheez-Its, hot and spicy
Irish Cream flavored coffee
Banana strawberry dairy shake
Yes, it sounds like troops are demanding more health conscious stuff! Spaghetti and meatballs in spicy tom sauce was not that bad. The cheese and crackers were consistent.
To: 68skylark
The new items and replacements are the result of extensive evaluations with the very people who will be eating the meals: the nation's Warfighters. What a strange idea...
Somewhere a Nazi saboteur is still chuckling over inflicting Ham & Lima Beans on my generation...
To: 68skylark
I got to experience the first incarnation of MRE's back when I was in the Army, and as long as they keep away from those dehydrated strawberries they'll do fine! :)
10 posted on
05/19/2006 4:30:26 PM PDT by
Pox
To: 68skylark
Instant vanilla or chocolate pudding Toaster pastries – chocolate chip or French toast
Chipotle snack bread
Chocletto's candy (chocolate toffee candy)
Twizzler Nibs (small red licorice candy)
Chocolate-covered coffee beans
Patriotic cookies (sugar cookie with flags/Soldiers imprinted on surface)
Cheez-Its, hot and spicy
Irish Cream flavored coffee
Damn, if the enemy don't get ya, the menu will. Join the Army, get shot at, come back with cancer and no teeth. Ugh! What listing of CRAP!!
13 posted on
05/19/2006 4:38:13 PM PDT by
Hardastarboard
(Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
To: 68skylark
Some of that stuff doesn't belong..
Soldiers aren't "health conscious" as mentioned in the article. Yes, they want to come home in one piece, but want real food for real hunger. Splenda? Ersatz food equals zero calories.
To: All
"Chocolate-covered coffee beans" That sounds good.
To: 68skylark
Driven by Warfighter preferences... Warfighter???? Is this to be the all inclusive term for grunts in the trench?
20 posted on
05/19/2006 5:53:41 PM PDT by
Luke
(CPO, USCG (Ret))
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