Posted on Nov 9, 2014
Whats the weirdest thing you ate while in the military?
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vissualize this. eveans seat on a C141 to Korea with jeeps down the middle. Refueling over Japan. (lots of uppppssss and ddooowwwnnsss) to my left is a sgt, to his left is another sgt, to my right is a Col, to his right is a LT, to his right is a CPL. in each of my fellow NCOs mouth there is a small bag with chicken al king, beef stew, and beens. during the refuel and on cue the sgt to my left reached for the puke bag and forced the contents out of his smaller bag from his mouth into the puke bag. next the puke bag went to his left, next it went to the CPL lastly I get it with a spoon looked at the lt...
At this time it seamed in slow motion the Col looked at me and said don't you dare do it.. At the same time the Lt turned green as I started to eat the puke bag. the Lt turned to the Col and added cammo to his BDUs. I smiled and offered the spoon to the Col.
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At this time it seamed in slow motion the Col looked at me and said don't you dare do it.. At the same time the Lt turned green as I started to eat the puke bag. the Lt turned to the Col and added cammo to his BDUs. I smiled and offered the spoon to the Col.
end of story
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While in Korea I had Kimchi. It wasn't all that bad until they told they bury it until it is rotten and then serve it.
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SPC Tom Benaway
While at Ft Hood I had a Korean neighbor who use to bury it in her backyard. Offered it to me once when I mowed her lawn for her, took one smell and refused LOL
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CPL Deanna Green (Parkinson)
That nasty stuff sweats out of your pores...PT the morning after a Kimchi binge, everybody smelled...I never would touch it, but they served it in the chow hall, ICK!!!
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CPL Fred Abbott
While stationed at Ft Richardson AK. I was in an inf. unit and we were working with Eskimo scouts and tried Muktuk. Yeah, that's right: whale blubber. And it's just as bad as you imagine.
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During tactical training in the semi-dry riverbeds of the Veneto Region in Northern Italy, lingering hunger was apparently part of the good training. Once, the smell of a fish fry came wafting over our position late in the evening, and a few members of my squad and I decided a tactical night patrol was called for to the nearby farmhouse/trattoria responsible for this aroma. We stealthily slipped out the perimeter and knocked on the door of the trattoria with our Italian Lire in hand, asking for a big bag of "fries" and some house-made wine. The deal was done, and back we went past the perimeter sentries (we knew the password combo) to share our prize with the rest of the squad. Of course, we had to eat and drink in the dark. We were still tactical. The crispy deep fried pond minnows hit the spot, as did the slightly sweet house-made red wine. When we were down to the last 5% of the food in the paper bag, one of the boys took a look at the "crumbs" with a red filter on his flashlight, and discovered we had been eating a 50-50 combo of fried minnows and crickets. Truth be told, we were ready to go back for more. Coulda been the wine.
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I was stationed in Panama in the 1970s and would go downtown during the weekends for a few beers; after drinking for awhile I could go outside and buy "Monkey on a Stick" from a sidewalk vendor.
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I was on a dock in Japan. This older gent asked me if I would like to eat some taco. I said, "Sure, why not? I love tacos." He handed me a live octopus (small, luckily), and trying to be polite, when he bit off a tentacle and started to chew (off of his octopus), I followed suit.
About a half hour later, I was still trying to get through that first bite of what seemed to be rubber. I said, through my mouthful that I had to go, and I left. While leaving, I spit that nasty octopus into the water, once I was far enough that he couldn't see me doing that.
How did I know that a taco, in Japanese, meant an octopus?
About a half hour later, I was still trying to get through that first bite of what seemed to be rubber. I said, through my mouthful that I had to go, and I left. While leaving, I spit that nasty octopus into the water, once I was far enough that he couldn't see me doing that.
How did I know that a taco, in Japanese, meant an octopus?
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Cockroaches in combat survival course, but the worst thing was T-Rats! Those things would knock a buzzard of a gut wagon!
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SFC Steven Wheeler
OMG! T-rats are the worst. 11 Days at Operation Roving Sands exercise in the desert. Breakfast and Dinner T-rats and MRE for lunch. I mean why have an MKT in the field if all they were doing is boiling water and serving soup and coffee? It was pretty bad getting two plates, one for the food and the other to cover the food in order to try to keep the sand out of your food. A lot of us had pogie bait, but knot enough for the entire exercise. I was ready for the next trip, 2 years later, but we ended up having regular mess which worked out much better.
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MAJ John Adams
I taught myself to like that one. Once I managed it, I NEVER had to eat a C-rat that I didn't like, ever again.
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SFC Daniel McIntire
GySgt James Marchinke - That was one of my favorites too. Some guys called me weird for it. I think they're not cultured.
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Chopped Ham & Eggs in the C-Rations. I could only eat it in the dark. Tasted OK but looked like someone else had already eaten it.
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