Worst food/recipes

[Thumpalumpacus]

a/k/a horsecock in USAF lingo.

You know, back when I was in the Navy, we had pretty good chow. I worked at Cape Canaveral on and off for about 3.5 years, (2001-2007) supporting launch ops for a missile defense program. The AF side had nothing but fast food. One could drive to the NASA side and get a decent meal, though. Our AF guys deserved better, but in general even we ate at the AF side, because we had work to do and the extra drive time would take too long. My eldest son is in the AF (he's a TSGT). I'll have to ask him how the food is.

At our home base the chow was good. On deployment it wasn't worth a damn. I was a dorm rat at home -- I ate at the base chow hall twice a week, and and they cooked for us in the fire station 3-4 times a week? That wasn't bad, even our fire station had a solid kitchen built-in and the three-four cooks sent for dinner (and hot breakfast on Sundays, made-to-order omelets) made some decent stuff. I bet the dogfaces would've fell over in delight.

Get outside CONUS, and especially with a scratch crew, it was a different story. I'm eating out of bags, mostly. Our chow halls were contracted local staff and had no idea how to cook for Americans at all. Undone hashed browns, powdered eggs, and a shitpot of hors -- er, fried Spamalot.

God, I sound like such a Whineaboo right now.

[arewethereyet]

It seems that military food is either good or really bad.

In basic we had civilian cooks and the food was wonderful - especially the breakfasts.

In AIT I lived on those little ice cream cups that come with the wooden 'spoon' and grilled cheese sandwiches since the Army cooks couldn't screw up the ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty much the easiest thing to cook. Those went fast.

At Ft. Huachuca the food in the mess hall was totally hit or miss....more miss than hit.

Peanut butter and crackers in a MRE were the saving grace of those. Though I think it was that survival peanut butter that would last for about a hundred years.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Spam [...]

a/k/a horsecock in USAF lingo.

I thought that was the four foot long, 9" thick, bright red bologna.

[Thumpalumpacus]

a/k/a horsecock in USAF lingo.

I thought that was the four foot long, 9" thick, bright red bologna.

They never served us bologna when I was in.

[brewer]

I thought that was the four foot long, 9" thick, bright red bologna.

They never served us bologna when I was in.

That you know of. There are many ways to hide it.

[Angrboda]

They never served us bologna when I was in.

That you know of. There are many ways to hide it.

[A. Secular Human]

Spam and Limburger cheese with Miracle Whip on Wonder white bread. Or use Velveeta "cheese". I can't imagine a worse sandwich unless actual garbage was used. These are all things that will never be seen in our house.

Velveeta cheese makes dandy trout bait.  Bonus: if you want to chum the creek...eat a little.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It seems that military food is either good or really bad.

In basic we had civilian cooks and the food was wonderful - especially the breakfasts.

In AIT I lived on those little ice cream cups that come with the wooden 'spoon' and grilled cheese sandwiches since the Army cooks couldn't screw up the ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty much the easiest thing to cook.   Those went fast.

At Ft. Huachuca the food in the mess hall was totally hit or miss....more miss than hit.

Peanut butter and crackers in a MRE were the saving grace of those.  Though I think it was that survival peanut butter that would last for about a hundred years.

(Bold mine)

To this day, I remember the taste of the wooden spoon more than the taste of the ice cream.

Boru

[A. Secular Human]

It seems that military food is either good or really bad.

In basic we had civilian cooks and the food was wonderful - especially the breakfasts.

In AIT I lived on those little ice cream cups that come with the wooden 'spoon' and grilled cheese sandwiches since the Army cooks couldn't screw up the ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty much the easiest thing to cook.   Those went fast.

At Ft. Huachuca the food in the mess hall was totally hit or miss....more miss than hit.

Peanut butter and crackers in a MRE were the saving grace of those.  Though I think it was that survival peanut butter that would last for about a hundred years.

When were you at Huachuca?  My son went through training for Army Intelligence there, in the '00s.

[arewethereyet]

It seems that military food is either good or really bad.

In basic we had civilian cooks and the food was wonderful - especially the breakfasts.

In AIT I lived on those little ice cream cups that come with the wooden 'spoon' and grilled cheese sandwiches since the Army cooks couldn't screw up the ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches are pretty much the easiest thing to cook.   Those went fast.

At Ft. Huachuca the food in the mess hall was totally hit or miss....more miss than hit.

Peanut butter and crackers in a MRE were the saving grace of those.  Though I think it was that survival peanut butter that would last for about a hundred years.

When were you at Huachuca?  My son went through training for Army Intelligence there, in the '00s.

Early, mid 80s.  Looonnnnggggg time ago.  LOL