Thank you Charlie, I've been trying to remember that name ever since this thread started! When I was in Nam the NCO Club couldn't give that crap away for 5¢ a can! I remember trying it ONCE and that mouthful got spit out. And Coors..hell you might as well drink water.
Scott
Ah yes, that classic line from an old C/W tune whose name escapes me at the moment, "... They all get better looking at closing time".
Hell of a waste of good Strohs.
Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 6:12pm snipped-for-privacy@net-link.net (Scott=A0Brownell) says: When I was in Nam the NCO Club couldn't give that crap away for
5=A2 a can!That's cause all the good stuff never left Saigon. I think it was the weather or heat, of those brands that made it that far north, the only one that tasted good was Hamms. And, even then two cans a day was tops for me. Strange. Sure managed a few more than two a day on R&R.
Speaking of never leaving Saigon. We had it pretty good when the mess hall got dried up roast beef to serve us. Went to Saigon TDY for a day, and ate in the NCO mess. The lower rank mess. E5, 6, and 7. The E-8s had a separate mess, as did the E-9s. Anyway, they had steak AND lobster. Lots of it. I was the only one in the chow line, so stood there looking. Cook asks what I want, and I say I'm deciding which. So he tells me to take both. Unbelievable. Like I said, the roast beef was about as good as it got for my unit, and that not so often. But, it was roast beef the first day, hash the next, then spagetti sauce, and soup the next. Definitely got a lot of mileage out of it.
JOAT Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football.
- Lu-Tze
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT Web Page Update 23 Jul 2003. Some tunes I like.
Agree, but that other Detroit icon, Vernors, is still a favorite at our house.
And the classic hangover line: "I went to bed at 2:00 with a *10* and woke up at 10:00 with a *2*! Nahmie
Got exiled to Bloomington, my sympathy, but right now I'd about kill for some UP Brand Pasties. Dave in Fairfax
Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 4:48pm (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@att.net (Ron=A0Magen) says: Have GOT to jump in, here. What NCO club in Saigon? Anyhow, the chow hall stuff was so bad {ever see a cook sweating into the 'eggs' as he cooked them? Or ice that was GREEN?}we used to steal cases of 'C-Rats'.
Me? NCO club? Saigon? Not me.
Check again. I was just TDY to Saigon for a day. I was based in Qui Nhon (II Corps). Wound up TDY over a fair of II Corps at different times tho.
I was referring to our club in Qui Nhon. And our PX. Very hard for them to get any type of beer except the crappy stuff. I am not sure if I ever even saw any Bud there. Anyway, preferred the Hamms. Still got a batch of club tokens, from about a dozen clubs - got them as change in our club. Got a few MPCs, maybe 3-4, around somewhere too. Brand new. Hmm, maybe eBay. LOL
Our mess hall had fans, and were not real bad. Anyway, got used to the heat. Had a cool day one day, and checked, 120 in the shade, no idea what it was in the sun. And idea what it had been before it got "cool". We didn't need to "steal" Cs, we got served them several times a week, and they always had some out the rest of the week. LRRPs were the stuff to get over Cs. Got ahold of some Korean Cs once. Never tried again. LOL
We always had nice clean, fresh, ice available, local plant. And milk. Had a reconstituting plant, or whatever they called it, just like out of your local store, and they made ice cream (not that much) too.
Oh yeah, did I mention? The mess hall in Saigon was air-conditioned. Was part of MACV HQ, I'm pretty sure. Anyway that's where they sent me to eat - but only AFTER I told them I needed to eat. And, surprisingly enough, heard several NCOs bitching about something about the food. Hard to believe. Not only that, we stripped some resources we could have used, to get the equipment down there, and found out later, it was never used. Never returned either.
Tip, for if you ever get in a place with no fresh milk. We did get some whole milk while I was in Turkey, but it was always frozen solid (to keep), and never tasted quite right. Had all the powdered milk you wanted, but if you've ever tasted that, you know it isn't great. BUT, learned very quickly how to make powdered milk taste just like fresh milk out of your local store. Very simple. Don't stir it in a glass or pitcher, instead, put it in a blender, add water and ice. I don't think the ice really does anything, except keep it a bit cooler, but I would say, if you have the ice, use it - just in case. Apparently the blender areates it, or something. Whatever it does, it works. If you don't have the blender, an eggbeater mixer might work - probably a lot better than stirring with a spoon anyway.
JOAT Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football.
- Lu-Tze
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT Web Page Update 23 Jul 2003. Some tunes I like.
Progress is a wunnerful thing, rarely. Don't leave me hangin' what's the URL? Dave in Fairfax
Heading down to Escanaba tonight for dinner, but it'll be Italian, not Cornish. Best pasties are made by Finns, anyway.
I will have to try those out one of these days. I live in the northern lower penninsula and when I head up to Melstrand in UP I hit a smoked fish place on US 2 and never had room for a pasty. Maybe next year.
What are in those things?
Wes
Gosh, that sounds like a taste test will be necessary. Why doncha bring over a bunch of each and I'll provide the beer. Hey, it could happen... Dave in Fairfax
Just as a quick add on for that, most powdered milk reconstitutes as skimmed milk, so if you boil a little water and add that to a cup with say two desertspoons full of coffee creamer, stir till smooth and pitch it into say a pint of freshly made up cool "powdered milk", then it adds back that which the skimming took out very nearly - adjust to how creamy you might like milk - oh and BTW it's not healthy, of course, but it works fairly good! ;O)
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
Think the Beartrap carries Muldoon's pasties. Not bad. If not you can get 'em in Munising. These are standard filling - meat, potato, carrot, onion, and perhaps rutabaga.
For a real treat try Jean Kay's in Marquette. They make a veggie version to die for.
Yeah, me too, but the Carling Brewery in Winnipeg was a prominent north end landmark so I remember it well.
djb
I was stationed at DaNang AB and we were able to get just about any kind of beer you wanted. I know I got my 3 cases of Bud every month without a problem.
Scott
Thanks. I'll stop at the Beartrap next time I am up there. Put a note in my palm about Jean Kay's incase I make it there.
Wes
Thenkyew thenkyew thenkyew. I'll order some tonite. Not UP brand, but I'll try most anything at this point.
Dave in Fairfax
Have you looked hard enough. I visited Washington DC in 1996 and I thought I saw it. Wife would not let me buy it. Crackers, pickeled ring bologna and cheese with a beer. Heaven.
Wes
BTW
There has to be a recipe on web to make it. Hold on... Going to try some pickled turkey kiebasa with this recipe.
If I was still in Indiana I'd drive up to Wester MI
Doesn't surprise me at all, ethnic foods are very regional, but you do have Smithfield hams, and that's not too shabby when it comes to comfort food, especially in beans, any kind of beans.
Add a little corn bread, and you are dining at the pearly gates.
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