And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:

"An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."

--From the Daily Telegraph:
<http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>

pavane

(Pinstripe Sniper) wrote in
:


>>And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
>>"An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
>>by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
>>troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
>>--From the Daily Telegraph:
>><http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>

> LOL! Thanks for the lead.
>


Lucky they were Brits. They're used to shit food.

Aussie troops would have killed the cook and cooked him ;-P


As a matter of fact, Aussie tropps have been in that position on more than
one occasion over the years... they then go and 'source' local food.......
goats, sheep, cows.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Edmund Burke.

pavane wrote:
>
> And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
>
> "An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
> by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
> troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."

Why didn't they just send another helicopter?

"PLucas" > wrote in message
...
| (Pinstripe Sniper) wrote in
| :
|
|
| >>And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
| >>"An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
| >>by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
| >>troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
| >>--From the Daily Telegraph:
| >><http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>
|
| > LOL! Thanks for the lead.
| >
|
|
| Lucky they were Brits. They're used to shit food.
|
| Aussie troops would have killed the cook and cooked him ;-P
|
|
| As a matter of fact, Aussie tropps have been in that position on more than
| one occasion over the years... they then go and 'source' local food.......
| goats, sheep, cows.

Oh come on, whoever you are. Stop posting under Petey's name...this one
is particularly mean as anyone with Petey's experience in the military would
never answer a statement of valor with ridicule. Petey would have praised
the Welsh chef, not suggested his troops kill and eat him.

pavane

"Pinstripe Sniper" > wrote in message ...
| "pavane" > wrote:
| >And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
| >"An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
| >by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
| >troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
| >--From the Daily Telegraph:
| ><http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>
| >pavane
|
|
| LOL! Thanks for the lead.
|
| Now picking a nit, it seems Spam was the only meat item but other
| non-fresh items were available. (I'll eat SPAM every now and then.)
|
| Here's some links (search string => on army chef 6 weeks spam )
|
| This one has pics, recipes and comments!
|
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...SIX-WEEKS.html
|
| Article and a lovely pic of the chef in a bright aloha shirt
|
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...y-Taliban.html
|
| Article and a tongue in cheek pic/caption of a SPAM chunk.
| "Succulent" LOL!
| http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/fe...stan-army-chef

Excellent! I particularly appreciate the Daily Mail's inclusion of the Monty Python
skit, a distinct touch. The recipes: well, maybe some other day...

pavane

In article >,
"pavane" > wrote:

> And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
>
> "An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
> by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
> troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
>
> --From the Daily Telegraph:
> <http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>
>
> pavane

The ultimate in creative cooking.
I wonder if he's related to Sheldon? <g>

I might have to play with it one of these days. Dad prefers the turkey
variety but his favorite canned meat is Vienna Sausages.
--
Peace! Om

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"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." --Dalai Lama

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> pavane wrote:
> >
> > And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
> >
> > "An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
> > by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
> > troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
>
> Why didn't they just send another helicopter?

You've obviously never been the victim of bureaucracy. <g>
--
Peace! Om

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"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." --Dalai Lama

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:51:22 -0600, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> "pavane" > wrote:
>
>> And the blue-tinned wonder food continues to amaze:
>>
>> "An Army chef whose supply helicopter was shot down
>> by the Taliban devised an ingenious menu to feed frontline
>> troops for six weeks on a diet of nothing but Spam."
>>
>> --From the Daily Telegraph:
>> <http://tinyurl.com/yzsmapy>

Spam: Pork and Ham. Just the thing to feed the troops in
a Moslem country.

Winning hearts and minds I'm sure.

No wonder we have been in there for nine years.


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men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. - Louis D. Brandeis