Best lunch ideas for 1 day trip.

[s2landie]

do people still mix the cocoa mix with the applesauce to make "ranger pudding"?

the only Ranger pudding I know of is the cocoa mix, peanut butter, and crushed up crackers. I have eaten that mix about 1000 times. We also do "coffee shots" with the instant coffee mix. Helps keep you up on those all-nighters. I've even resorted to dabbing Copenhagen in the corners of my eyes to help stay wake. Trust me, it works!

 

[JSQ]

ouch.
that copenhagen trick sounds kind of rough.

I've always just put water on my face and let it drip and itch, but that was under far less demanding circumstances.

you gotta try the applesauce/cocoa version of ranger pudding.
the cracker/pb/cocoa one is way too dry.



lighthouse for the blind.
LOL.

 

[s2landie]

ouch.
that copenhagen trick sounds kind of rough.

I've always just put water on my face and let it drip and itch, but that was under far less demanding circumstances.

you gotta try the applesauce/cocoa version of ranger pudding.
the cracker/pb/cocoa one is way too dry.



lighthouse for the blind.
LOL.

LOL!

 

[agm]

Now we are talking about the "gourmet" meals that I know!

As a connesiour of fine Meals of the government, I must say what is better than applesauce cocoa powder is "Apple Pie"

"Apple Pie": You get take the spiced apples and add in the Wheat Snack Bread, sugar, and Non-dairy Creamer. Mix together and voila! Apple Pie.

You can also make a "MRE crack rock" by mixing the non-dairy creamer and the sugar together in the NDC packet and heating with a lighter. It's pretty good.

Don't forget your Cheesy Mashed Potatoes either!

Finnally, the one that is the Beef Enchilada is the best one for "all-in one meal". You can either make Queso dip to put on your crackers by mixing the cheese and picante, or you can add cheese, beans, picante to the main meal and put that mixture onto the Crackers.

-On a slightly related note, I think the "Food Network" should do a deployed show and travel around to different soldiers with some of their hosts and sort of do a "MRE Cookoff". That'd be better than all of those stupid cake shows that they do.

-tony

 

[s2landie]

-On a slightly related note, I think the "Food Network" should do a deployed show and travel around to different soldiers with some of their hosts and sort of do a "MRE Cookoff". That'd be better than all of those stupid cake shows that they do.
tony

Now that's a good idea! We won't tell them they won't be poopin for about 2 weeks afterward tho.
Have you heard the rumor that the gum has a laxative in it? That's one I've heard from a few people. Never seemed to do me any good!!

 

[DannyDisco]

Now that's a good idea! We won't tell them they won't be poopin for about 2 weeks afterward tho.
Have you heard the rumor that the gum has a laxative in it? That's one I've heard from a few people. Never seemed to do me any good!!

Yeah, that's a common one. Common enough that at AFROTC field training some of the staff made their cadets chew the gum to make things ummm, flow. Then again, those are the same bastards that confinscated the three-cheese tortilini meals, jerks.:banghead:

 

[s2landie]

Yeah, that's a common one. Common enough that at AFROTC field training some of the staff made their cadets chew the gum to make things ummm, flow. Then again, those are the same bastards that confinscated the three-cheese tortilini meals, jerks.:banghead:

That reminds me of a buddy of mine who was a OCS instructor. His cadets were out on a bivouac and a girl informed him she hadn't brought her "feminine care products" with her. Well apparently, the Army has and abundant supply of diaper sized maxi-pads in it's inventory. The instructor had a hook-up with the Chinook flight trainers on post and had them fly in and air drop a few cases of military grade maxi-pads.
Best thing about it was alot of the males in the group were using the pads for the inside of their kevlar helmets!!:smilelol:

 

[DannyDisco]

"feminine care products", I thought those were the white things that tasted bad, oh wait, those are napkins. Kinda the same.

 

[montanablur]

This may hav ebeen posted, but I'm not reading through six pages of sandwich ideas...

CHEDDAR BRATS!!

...oh and fruit cups.

 

[Discoinjapan]

MRE. I can buy them here on base for about $7. Believe it or not there pretty good.

 

[AMCM Disco]

Flour Tortillas, can of white beans on the fire, bag of cilantro, and beer...

can opener would be handy too

 

[trainor]

omelet would be fine for me...

 

[craig]

I found out recently in Seattle cream cheese is the standard topping on a hot dog. I'm not sure what is worse: ketchup on a hot dog, cream cheese on a hot dog, or mayo on corned beef?

I'm a Seattleite, and that is most definately not a standard topping on a hot dog.

From a NW perspective, a hot dog is a low class food no matter what brand you buy or what you put on it. No matter how you dress it up, it's still leftover parts shoved in an edible tube.



Just giving you crap Mike. We ate BBQ'd brats for dinner tonight, and didn't use any ketchup.

--Craig

 

[Mike_Rupp]

Craig, you might be correct for all I know. The problem that I've had with the Seattle area is that there really is no decent working class food to speak of. The one thing I miss about Chicago is the fantastic availability and quality of working class food. Whether its hot dogs, pizza, italian beef, italian sausage, or burritos, great inexpensive food is always a few minutes away.

Regarding leftover parts, that is where creativity and skill comes into play. It's not a great feat to take a wonderful wild sockeye salmon and turn it into a good meal. Taking all of those leftover cheap nasty parts of an animal and make it a good meal is a skill.

 

[RAV]

Craig, you might be correct for all I know. The problem that I've had with the Seattle area is that there really is no decent working class food to speak of. The one thing I miss about Chicago is the fantastic availability and quality of working class food. Whether its hot dogs, pizza, italian beef, italian sausage, or burritos, great inexpensive food is always a few minutes away.

Regarding leftover parts, that is where creativity and skill comes into play. It's not a great feat to take a wonderful wild sockeye salmon and turn it into a good meal. Taking all of those leftover cheap nasty parts of an animal and make it a good meal is a skill.

Never heard of cream cheese on anything besides bagels! That's a new one.

Well Chicago it aint but there are many local dives and great restaurants in Seattle. Unfortunately Bellevue and the east side is not where you are going to find culture and good ethnic food. You need to cross the bridge to Seattle for that. Unless you're Scandinavian, besides Craig?s kitchen, I don't think your going to find much culture or good food in Mt. Vernon either. In Bellevue, Gilbert's on Main St has good pastrami and corned beef sandwiches and Chases pancake house has a pretty good greasy breakfast and some of the best pancakes around. Other than the large pub chains that?s about it for decent blue collar food out in Bellevue. Having said this even in Seattle you have to know where to go to get the good stuff. Coming from the east coast I know what good pizza is and have yet to find any here. I do know a couple good pizzerias but nothing great.

 

[JSQ]

Craig, you might be correct for all I know. The problem that I've had with the Seattle area is that there really is no decent working class food to speak of. The one thing I miss about Chicago is the fantastic availability and quality of working class food. Whether its hot dogs, pizza, italian beef, italian sausage, or burritos, great inexpensive food is always a few minutes away.

Regarding leftover parts, that is where creativity and skill comes into play. It's not a great feat to take a wonderful wild sockeye salmon and turn it into a good meal. Taking all of those leftover cheap nasty parts of an animal and make it a good meal is a skill.

Hear him!
Hear him!


I have to go with Philadelphia for the widest variety, best availability and overall enjoyment of working class food.

 

[DannyDisco]

For you Puget Sound ppls, if in Anacortes there used to be a great little pizzeria in downtown on Commercial Ave. Next to city hall was a good Mexican place too. There was also a place called Geppetto's run by an old italian guy. Just a little one room place, had the best lasagna, sausage, and italian deserts.

 

[Mike_Rupp]

Rob, I think we both know that I've made it out of Bellevue. You actually made my point for me about Seattle. There might be a few places in Seattle that make decent food, but those places are a needle in a haystack. In Chicago, you can't help but run into an amazing blue collar fast food joint. Shit, forget about Chicago proper, you can be 40 miles out in the burbs and get whatever you want without having to drive more than a few minutes.

Regarding the cream cheese thing, my wife went out after work in Pioneer Square and supposedly there are hot dog vendors there that serve hot dogs with cream cheese. The horror! My head spun around like Linda Blair in the Exorcist when she told me that.

Jack, I can't comment on Philadelphia's working class food, but I've heard from a few people that it is pretty damn good.

 

[RAV]

Yeah, we agree. Let's open a restaurant!

 

[apg]

One of the 'problems' with the Rover V-8 is that there isn't anywhere convenient/secure to cook on the engine. By comparison, the trusty 2.25 is a mighty fine stove...though whatever you cook has to be long and narrow. A frind bolted a .30 cal ammo box to his diesel (no carb to get in the way) for an even more functional rig. Another guy had a couple of wraps of copper pipe around the down pipe for on-demand hot water.

My favorite trailside chow is pork tenderloin. Salt n' pepper, a sprig of two of rosemary, a dash of liquid smoke and triple wrap in HD aluminium foil. Place on the manifold between the carb and the valve cover...it's quite secure there. Drive for three hours, turning once. Serve it on pita bread and you don't need a plate.

Bon appetit