I want to ask you military cooks a few things.

[Hot Dogger]

I got a few questions for you cooks. Do you guys regret cooking burgers and steaks from frozen? Do you realize now what you did to that meat? Do you realize now what you did to those troops? To their stomachs? Their morale? Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat saying to yourself, "I'm sorry, I know now that it was wrong."

And what about all the bacon grease on everything? Do you know how many veterans now have severe cardiac disease because of your complete lack of nutritional expertise? Do you still have a total disregard for the health and well being of the people in your lives? And who came up with that anyway? Was breakfast over and some private was too lazy to clean the grill, so he said to the mess sergeant, "Hey, sarge, I got a great idea. Instead of me cleaning the grill, I'll simply put the bacon grease on the green beans at lunch, so now we can go drink that bottle of bourbon my dad sent me for my birthday."

You guys got a lot of explaining to do.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

I always liked the Air Force chow hall food, with very few exceptions in 8 years. I'd cut my left (fill in the blank), off if I could just have one more AF chow hall breakfast.

[Abbey Marie]

Well there are two completely different takes on a subject.

;)

[STTAB]

I never ate a mess hall where the food wasn't at least pretty good, and the relatively few times I ate aboard a Naval vessel the food was outstanding.

But then again MREs will do me just fine in a pinch.

[Abbey Marie]

I never ate a mess hall where the food wasn't at least pretty good, and the relatively few times I ate aboard a Naval vessel the food was outstanding.

But then again MREs will do me just fine in a pinch.

I like airline food well enough. Similar to military food? (Not MREs; they sound awful).

[STTAB]

I like airline food well enough. Similar to military food? (Not MREs; they sound awful).

MREs are not awful, that's not to say I'd choose one as my last meal or anything, but if you're bivouacking and that's what you have to eat it's not as if you're thinking "I'd rather starve" either. They're better than just edible IMO.

[icansayit]

How long would UNfrozen meat last on a ship with more than 5000 people onboard, at sea for more than six months. Or between UREPS (Underway replenishments) where store ships, and tankers transfer new supplies of FROZEN FOOD (meats) to other ships.

Navy cooks, Army cooks, Coast Guard cooks, and Marine cooks have no reason to worry about the food they serve to the troops. EVEN COOKS HAVE TO EAT.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

How long would UNfrozen meat last on a ship with more than 5000 people onboard, at sea for more than six months. Or between UREPS (Underway replenishments) where store ships, and tankers transfer new supplies of FROZEN FOOD (meats) to other ships.

Navy cooks, Army cooks, Coast Guard cooks, and Marine cooks have no reason to worry about the food they serve to the troops. EVEN COOKS HAVE TO EAT.
Even during WWII, the German troops were amazed at how WELL FED the American troops were.

[Hot Dogger]

How long would UNfrozen meat last on a ship with more than 5000 people onboard, at sea for more than six months. Or between UREPS (Underway replenishments) where store ships, and tankers transfer new supplies of FROZEN FOOD (meats) to other ships.

Navy cooks, Army cooks, Coast Guard cooks, and Marine cooks have no reason to worry about the food they serve to the troops. EVEN COOKS HAVE TO EAT.

I once asked the cooks and mess sergeant why they don't thaw the meat in the refrigerator before cooking, they said it was a safety issue. I realize now also the logistics. Now I spent most my time at a small post, the chow hall might have served 100 people a meal, less than that many times. But on a large post or ship, they'd have to thaw out thousands of pieces of meat then cook it, cook it or else it's going to spoil.

The Air Force ate best, they'd the best food, best selection. The last time I ate at a chow hall was as a civilian doing contract work at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, it was pretty good, and they had good coffee.

[Gunny]

I got a few questions for you cooks. Do you guys regret cooking burgers and steaks from frozen? Do you realize now what you did to that meat? Do you realize now what you did to those troops? To their stomachs? Their morale? Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat saying to yourself, "I'm sorry, I know now that it was wrong."

And what about all the bacon grease on everything? Do you know how many veterans now have severe cardiac disease because of your complete lack of nutritional expertise? Do you still have a total disregard for the health and well being of the people in your lives? And who came up with that anyway? Was breakfast over and some private was too lazy to clean the grill, so he said to the mess sergeant, "Hey, sarge, I got a great idea. Instead of me cleaning the grill, I'll simply put the bacon grease on the green beans at lunch, so now we can go drink that bottle of bourbon my dad sent me for my birthday."

You guys got a lot of explaining to do.Damn that sounds good. I'll take a tray of that. Probably get my ph back in balance :)

[CSM]

Damn that sounds good. I'll take a tray of that. Probably get my ph back in balance :)

yeah, when you are deployed to a less than 5 star resort (sarcasm) and have a day/night or even weeks of strenuous physical activity (especially while others are shooting at you), bacon grease and healthy food choices are the least of your considerations.

Cooks are just like everyone else .... some are really good, some are really horrible.