Menu 12? I'm not trading!

[gridlore]

The original Meals Rejected by Ethiopians.

Seriously, I would fight for Menu 12, with Menus 10, 3 and 1 being acceptable alternates. Menus 2 and 6 were a NOGO at this station.

Compare to the current menu

I think we need a case for the earthquake kit.

Comments

[john-appel.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on #2 - the ham & chicken loaf had to be one of the most disgusting things ever intentionally created for human consumption. #12b was close behind. #6, the frankfurters, wasn't all bad though.

In Scout Platoon, HHC, 1/67 Armor, 2nd AD, the thing guys fought over was #9, the Chicken a la King. It was OK, but no great shakes IMHO. Numbers 3 and 1 were my personal favorites, and I didn't mind #4 or #10. #5, the beef stew, wasn't bad if you could warm it up, but not very palatable cold.

I came to miss the C-rat scrambled eggs & ham, though.

EDIT: OMG, I followed the link to the C-rat menus and there, staring me in the face, was a) the fruit cake, which was best used still canned as a wheel chock and b) an opened case with the labels of the individual meals... and "Beef, Ground w/Spiced sauce". Which led immediately to flashbacks of Gallant Eagle '83, four straight meals of that gunk, and tonight's dinner trying to come back up.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I loathed 9, and used it for trade bait.

Thankfully, I enlisted after the demise of the C-rat.