What were your favorite foods while on active duty, or when you were in the service? What foods stood out?

SPC Mark Beard — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:01:32 -0500

my fav food was Germany

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2015 2:01 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:01:37 -0500

My favorites, SPC Mark Beard, were the holiday meals in Army mess halls. They seemed to go all out. Thanksgiving, for example, was always great!

I have another favorite Army food, but not from a mess hall or a DFAC. This one is from the bowling alleys on post: hamburgers and french fries. I don't know what it is about bowling alley hamburgers and french fries, but they are the tops! Maybe it's the old-fashioned way they make 'em. I remember enjoying that particular meal in the 1970s and I still enjoy it today, at the Fort Meade bowling alley. Is it just me?

Response by SrA Marc Haynes made Jan 24 at 2015 2:04 PM

SrA Marc Haynes — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:04:31 -0500

SPC Mark Beard i agree Germany had exceptional food.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2015 2:04 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:04:42 -0500

I swear the best food in the Navy was the S.O.S. I couldn't get enough of the stuff.

Response by SrA Marc Haynes made Jan 24 at 2015 2:10 PM

SrA Marc Haynes — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:10:07 -0500

@SFC Mark Beard I still eat my pomme fritz with mayonnaise!

Response by SrA Marc Haynes made Jan 24 at 2015 2:22 PM

SrA Marc Haynes — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:22:45 -0500

Jägerschnitzel mmmmm

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2015 2:49 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:49:27 -0500

I can definitely agree with the German food. Loved walking around the Cristkindlmarkt stopping at all the food vendors. Brarwurst, mandeln, spezi. Yum!

I also loved the nachos at our movie theater in Augsburg. Doritos covered with hot dog chili and nacho cheese sauce. Awesome!

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2015 10:21 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:21:26 -0500

Pizza is the greatest food, all other foods are inferior to glorious pizza.

Response by Sgt Michael Selbach made Feb 5 at 2015 12:25 AM

Sgt Michael Selbach — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:25:33 -0500

yakisoba at the bars in Japan

Response by SPC David Hannaman made Aug 12 at 2015 4:03 PM

SPC David Hannaman — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:03:23 -0400

Korea... Yaki mon du, "Egg burgers"... nothing like street vendor food in the 'ville out drinkin' with your buddies!

Response by SCPO Larry Poffenbarger made Apr 6 at 2016 4:56 PM

SCPO Larry Poffenbarger — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:56:24 -0400

Not necessarily the best military food but unusual. We were in the Med and our Supply Officer made a deal with a Greek fishing boat to trade diesel fuel for lobsters. One hundred gallon of diesel for about five hundred lobsters. Easy to get tired of lobster when we had no place to store them so had to eat the damned things. Suppo made deals like that all over the Med. He spoke six languages so could wheel and deal with the locals.I was an EN in charge of the diesel fuel so he was always asking me how much we had to trade. Great memories of the Med!

Response by 1stSgt Jeff Blovat made May 3 at 2018 3:49 PM

1stSgt Jeff Blovat — Thu, 03 May 2018 15:49:38 -0400

Nothing beat the rice, gravy, chicken and corn in the chow hall. Though when I was in the field? Diced turkey, water and hash brown patties ground up and heated in the canteen cup.

Response by 1stSgt Jeff Blovat made Aug 5 at 2018 8:24 AM

1stSgt Jeff Blovat — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:24:27 -0400

German MRE crackers!