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[quote="cartav"]Square sausages, bacon rolled up in greasy paper

Come on mate, those "square sausages used to be called "soya links" didn't they ? They were bloody AWFUL !


"it was something like goulash out of a tin",

Didn't they have a beef strog around that time ?

I remember the curry was good. Chicken Supreme was fast becoming the new Mutton Scotch, it was becoming universally hated when I left Germany. Our mob were calling it "Chicken Vomit" by then.

"john boy" wrote:

gingerjim wrote:

you must all remember the cockroaches in the cookhouse, i swear they had their own muster parades on the hotplates , they marked time far better than any guards company, ginger

Cracked Black Pepper!!!!!!! say no more

Hallo John Boy, this is brum.

Reference "Cracked Black Pepper"

I say again, Wie bitte ?

The look of chicken supreme (Total misname) was enough to put anyone off. Someone must have been getting brown envelopes to keep ordering that stuff. Don't think I knew anyone who liked it.

Cockroaches crushed resemble cracked black pepper I think he is trying to say.

I liked chicken supreme

brum wrote:

"john boy" wrote:

gingerjim wrote:

you must all remember the cockroaches in the cookhouse, i swear they had their own muster parades on the hotplates , they marked time far better than any guards company, ginger

Cracked Black Pepper!!!!!!! say no more

Hallo John Boy, this is brum.

Reference "Cracked Black Pepper"

I say again, Wie bitte ?

Sorry brum it has no relevance I was actually thinking of something else at the time besides just finished 13hr nightshift so just ignore it SORRY GUYS brain not in gear

steve jones wrote:

I liked chicken supreme

that was my favorite too next came the beans & sausage followed by the tubes of condensed milk !!!!! yum yum

[quote="brum"]

cartav wrote:

Square sausages, bacon rolled up in greasy paper

Come on mate, those "square sausages used to be called "soya links" didn't they ? They were bloody AWFUL !


"it was something like goulash out of a tin",

Didn't they have a beef strog around that time ?

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Yeah, beef stroganoff, that was it ! Good stuff too.!

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cartav wrote:

Square sausages, bacon rolled up in greasy paper

Come on mate, those "square sausages used to be called "soya links" didn't they ? They were bloody AWFUL !


"it was something like goulash out of a tin",

Didn't they have a beef strog around that time ?

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Yeah! Beef stroganoff, that was it........ good stuff too.

Maybe it was we were still rationed in the '50s and were used to 90% bread sausage, but the square things were OK, & didn't roll off the bread (When there was any). Funny, no one's mentioned corned beef, or those hard tack biscuits which broke teeth. Always shoved a pack of those in my ammo pouches for emergency, and I could still kill for corned beef.

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Just remembered.......... when possible the QM issued fresh rations as opposed to compo, the Army called it "Fresh Rats" on paper work. A copy of some order was misplaced, the lads read it without comprehending & thought it was a Pied Piper Hamelin special. Mutiny aborted by an explanation on First Parade.

cartav wrote:

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Funny, no one's mentioned corned beef, or those hard tack biscuits which broke teeth. Always shoved a pack of those in my ammo pouches for emergency, and I could still kill for corned beef.

I don't think we had corned beef in the compo.

Those biscuits though. There was time I had a bad tooth and was too gutless to go and have it filled. (Squarehead dentist in Paderborn in those days !)

Anyway I was on radio watch one night, grinding a compo biscuit up and a pointy fragment was driven down into my hollow tooth.

I'd have gone through the roof but I was in a Saracen command post !

i have not eaten corned beef or spam since my demob, YUK, mind you the old hardtack biscuits were ok wiv a bit of jam , but corned beef never.ginger

Rather partial to a bit of corned beef...The spam you can stick where -----------

Not forgetting Bacon Grill..............

My introduction to compo was as an apprentice,when we were taken to Kettlewell to set up a base camp prior to be sent out on various exercises.A group of 5 were given 2x ten man packs and a small stove and told to plan our meals as there was nowt else for the next 5 days (yep 5 days instead of 4). This was a learning curve on it`s own.After the shite of the first day we managed some not too bad meals,or maybe it was because we were traipsing over the moors all day,and a scabby horse would have been a treat,,,...

Gordon. wrote:

Rather partial to a bit of corned beef...The spam you can stick where -----------

...but I like Spam! Spam, spam, spam, spam....
(actually, I don't, but I couldn't resist...)

Went on Exercise Holdfast (Tmimi & El Adem) in 1960 and lived on Mutton Scotch style - what foul grub esp[ecially with a bit of sand on it, plus the flies.

Jimsigs1

I would have thought the flies would have enhanced the taste of that muck.Jim

I thought that was one of the (unofficial) mottos of the ACC - "Eat shite, 6 million flies can't be wrong"

jimsigs1 wrote:

Went on Exercise Holdfast (Tmimi & El Adem) in 1960 and lived on Mutton Scotch style - what foul grub esp[ecially with a bit of sand on it, plus the flies.

Jimsigs1

It's nice to see that there's somebody else who was in Libya !

When we went there in (I think) '67 we called it Battle Group Training.

We supported the Sherwood Foresters in those days.

It was weird, we flew from wintry Gutersloh in Britannias and landed to find El Adem like a furnace.

We, also were under canvas at T'mimi, just up the via Balbia from Bomba.

The battery that followed us were in the last group to train in Libya, the Middle East War was brewing and after King Idris was ousted the w- (sorry arabs) made it clear that the Brits were not allowed in any more.

From then on it was off to Canada for us all !

Stephen Lock wrote:

Gordon. wrote:

Rather partial to a bit of corned beef...The spam you can stick where -----------

...but I like Spam! Spam, spam, spam, spam....
(actually, I don't, but I couldn't resist...)

I like Spam, it is gluten free, so ok for Coeliacs like me. These days you can get the hot/spicy spam and Spam with Bacon. I like it sandwiches with mustard, or fried for brekkie. At least the Yanks invented some decent tucker.

NOW..what has Spam got to do with the Royal Wedding, did they have Spam Sambos (Aussie for sandwiches) at Buck Pal?

Sarneys, English for Sambos?

was this gluten stuff ever used by the acc, ginger

gingerjim wrote:

was this gluten stuff ever used by the acc, ginger

Coeliac Disease was discovered in the early 1950's. So one would think that the Army Catering Corps Chefs/Cooks or at least the Warrant Officer Caterer would have aware of dietary needs: i.e. Gluten Free, no wheat, barley, oats or rye. Also Veggie meals/Kosher meals for other bods. Even no pork chops for soldiers of the Jewish faith.

What say ye GINGER? Any training/education for you ACC bods in dietary requirements or was it the same grub for every bugger.

I only heard of Gluten in the past couple of years.I noticed at a party that a neighbour was not eating and when i asked her why.i got the whole story of Coeliac Disease.

Gordon. wrote:

I only heard of Gluten in the past couple of years.I noticed at a party that a neighbour was not eating and when i asked her why.i got the whole story of Coeliac Disease.

Thanks Gordon, CD it hit my immune system last September, lost 30 kg. Just finished a 6 week course of Steroids, has helped the small bowel, now on gluten free diet for life. No beer, no real bread, no real bikkies, no pork pies, well you can drink it/eat..Wheat, Barley, Oats Rye, but you will be sick for days and it can kill you. You heard the story at the party, all true old son.
But I can eat the ALDI BRATWURST - Gluten free !

One is born with the CD genes, hits people at different ages, babies to old buggers. In the 1st World, 1 in 500 people have the disease. I got the severe villous atrophy with it too. Google that one. Hence my travel plans now, get stuck in, while I can.

Where is our Resident WO Caterer..Ginger..I need some some gluten free recipies old son.

Anyway thanks for your concerns..let us leave the subject.

No beer? Hope I never get it but have enough problems with my bowel anyway.