Posted on Nov 9, 2014
Whats the weirdest thing you ate while in the military?
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LTC Leonard M. Manning, Sr
First iteration of MREs during Desert Storm had Chicken Ala King as a choice; I think I lived on of those for several months.
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MSG David King
The first MRE’s were the worst. They had dehydrated pork or beef patties that never did rehydrate well and they were ridiculously small. They also had chicken loaf and ham and chicken loaf. Those were horrible cold and there was no chemical heating pouch back then.
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The most exotic thing I ate was down in the Philippines back in the 80's. I tried a Balut (chicken egg that had a partially formed embryo in it). I successfully ate it and it came back up about five minutes later.
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CPO Bill Penrod
Actually ferterizied baluets are duck eggs. Loved those damn things.....Many drunk Sailors went crazy over "monkey meat" on the stick which was Bar-B-Que chicken or pork. living the past.
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SFC Darryl Shelton
CDR Rob, Bad Choice !! Ha! !!! U live and u learn, if u were in the Army u woulda known better!! HaHa
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PO2 Danny Bush
CDR Rob Eidsmoe - never be ashamed of eating balut it's a shellbacks right to enjoy the finer foods overseas. remember the monkey meat on a stick?
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SGT Michael Glenn, I will offer what may not be the weirdest, but is certainly the worst thing I ever ate while in the Army, and made in the U.S. for goodness sake! Specifically, it was a can of Ham and Lima Beans, which was absolutely the most disgusting and revolting stuff I ever put in my mouth. Even if heated, it was awful. If you don't know what everyone really called them, believe me, it was a bad name! They were in a Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI) unit, which everyone still called C-Rations at the time.
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1stLt Michael Sagehorn
My favorite meal in C-Rats was Chicken OR Turkey. The US Government wasn't sure what fowl was in the can. Heat it, put on a Cheese spread with Tabasco and spread it on the crackers that came with it and that was living! Once, we had cold beer in the field-Budweiser and Miller High Life in cans iced in a 416 trailer AND C-Rats. My Marine Corps infantryman concept of heaven .
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1stLt Michael Sagehorn
Ham and mother&$@&! Hated it but it was better than cold Scrambled Ham and Eggs!
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SPC Chuck Ousley
This is a eating/food post....lol.......It was 1994 I think. It was an anniversary post run at Ft Lewis. It was a payday weekend as well. We were over in a staging area waiting for our turn to join the huge train of soldiers running. I was in the back rank as always. In front of me was this one troop, she was easily grossed out on anything. Since we had been doing pushups and stuff, the rhythmic motion of us had the nightcrawlers coming up around us, i looked at my buddy next to me and while we were in the push up position, I picked one up and put it in my mouth, he smacked the back of her shoe, and she looked back and i showed her i had the worm in my mouth, she shrieked and almost jumped up...i chewed on it a few times and then swallowed it....the Top looked up and asked what was going on....the gal told him what i had done....he just yelled back and asked me why i couldnt wait for breakfast.
It was every 4 day weekend's safety brief that the Top told people not to go fishing with me because I was gonna eat the bait. It was a joke because I had a 4 door F350 long bed Ford. Everyone went fishing with me.
It was every 4 day weekend's safety brief that the Top told people not to go fishing with me because I was gonna eat the bait. It was a joke because I had a 4 door F350 long bed Ford. Everyone went fishing with me.
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