Posted on Nov 9, 2014
SGT Michael Glenn
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I have eaten some weird things while on active duty and would like to see who else has done the same.
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LCDR Jamie Galus
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Cow Head Soup in Kaduna, Nigeria.
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SGT Michael Glenn
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I was raised on head cheese and rock mountain oysters,so something like this would not be soooo wierd.
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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I just don't know what say about that picture and you actually ate it! You one tuff LTC.
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LCDR Jamie Galus
LCDR Jamie Galus
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SGT (Join to see) The Nigerian beer was cold...so that helped.
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SFC William Carpenter
SFC William Carpenter
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I work in Equatorial Guinea across the bay from Nigeria. I see the nationals eating that stuff (and bush meat) but I stay away from it.
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Camel, Ostrich, Crocodile, Goat - probably some other stuff too, but no idea for sure.
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Sgt Packy Flickinger
Sgt Packy Flickinger
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So you ate at a Marine chow hall also?
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Sgt Packy Flickinger: Actually, I have eaten at all five branches chow halls at one time or another. What I mentioned above was about 10x better than Marine chow, and about 1000x better than Navy chow...
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Sgt Packy Flickinger
Sgt Packy Flickinger
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That's interesting to hear. Of the few Navy chow halls I've eaten at, they were tons better than every Marine chow hall I've eaten at. One of the Navy even has busesers. Never eaten at Army or CG. On AF and it was awesome. Like a regular restaraunt. Then again, that was Aviano and the Italians, Germans and British military also ate there. Bon Apeti (however it's spelled).
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SGT Michael Glenn
SGT Michael Glenn
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Guten Appetite !!! is German....las es dir schmecken is also German
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CPL Rick Stasny
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I tried the lunch served in the MODA Building in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. We narrowed down the guesses of what it was to the following; horse, goat, or bat. We started going to USMTM they served good old American chow.
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I was there once in Jan-Feb 91 and agree... the US chow hall at Eskan Village was much better...
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During my OIF deployment I was stationed with troops from other countries. I had the opportunity to eat a Japanese MRE. yes, the Japanese Army was in Iraq only to rebuild the infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, etc). The MRE was interesting. It contained fish, somewhat like kipper snacks, and was very salty. What I really wanted was an Italian MRE as those came with wine!
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SrA Jay Strauser
SrA Jay Strauser
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Chicken Feet while in Korea. Some unknown meat sandwich in Desert Storm. Camel? Goat? Never found out.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
SGM Mikel Dawson
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I ate a lot of the local food while I Baghdad. Was fantastic. They sure knew how to cook, what ever it was.
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SFC Benjamin Parsons
SFC Benjamin Parsons
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Eaten lots of stuff from street vendors and smokey little cafe's and market grills all over the Orient. Europe too, but that was usually identifiable.
I could barely get past the smell of Korean GI MREs though - a small taste (fishy?) was all I could handle.
Quite willing to bite most anything - did spit out the half ripe chicken in the Philippines though. Found both dog and monkey quite palatable - though I did not bring the habit home.
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MGySgt Douglas C.
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Major,
At the end of Desert Storm, I had the opportunity to get my hands on some British MRE's of that era. They had the best bread pudding and hard candy snacks I had ever eaten. I was not sure what the meat was in them, but the accessories were top rate.
Semper Fi,
MGuns Cosby
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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Fried dog on a stick, pickled squid tip in Japan, fried monkey brain, Nước mắm pha, chicken fried Water buffalo steak, in Vietnam. I could have warmed up my boot and it would have been more tender than the water buffalo.
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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I left out fried grasshoppers I ate in Japan. They were really good as long as your imagination didn't get in the way.
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SSgt Terry P.
SSgt Terry P.
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SGT (Join to see) - Actually,Keith,i have a very strong stomach,when it comes to being unable to choose what i eat.We (7th and 11th Marines) spent 45 days without any supplies at all on a small hill(LZ Ryder) in Antenna Valley,we ate anything and everything we could scrounge.I still think the Balut might give me pause. lol
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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Just look at the picture. It will give you more than pause SSgt Terry P. . Ha! Ha!
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SSgt Terry P.
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SGT (Join to see) - Lol--Goodnight,my friend,going bow hunting in the morning need to get some sleep.
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Thankfully, I don't know. I have my suspicions.
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SSG Christopher Parrish
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Chicken Pesto Pasta MRE. Looks like wet cat food. Tossed one in a field latrine once and it spit it back out at me.
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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Hilarious!
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Sgt Packy Flickinger
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When you tossed it, was it already body processed? I just wouldn't accept such behavior form a latrine.
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Chili and Macaroni that never expires... Wait... That was an MRE.
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SGT Michael Glenn
SGT Michael Glenn
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we didnt have chili mac when I was in !!!
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SGM Mikel Dawson
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While in Albania once, I was fed donkey, pretty good.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
SGM Mikel Dawson
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Na, actually the taste was good. We had it the day I was there for lunch. After leaving the mess hall, a Major I was with asked me how I liked the meat, I repiled it was good. He then informed me it was donkey, so really I don't didn't find it much different.
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Lt Col Stephen Petzold
Lt Col Stephen Petzold
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Had horse in Romania and it was pretty good.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
SGM Mikel Dawson
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Lt Col Stephen Petzold - Did they remove the shoes?
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GySgt James Marchinke
GySgt James Marchinke
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Probably taste like chicken
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MCPO Bruce Ormsby
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Balut while stationed in the Philippines
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SGT Infantryman (Airborne)
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MCPO Bruce Ormsby, I saw two women digging in to some Balut when I was in Nam. Couldn't force myself to try it after the yolk and blood started dripping out of it, after she dug in with a spoon.
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MSgt Ronnie Kelly
MSgt Ronnie Kelly
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Never could work out the nerve no matter the number of San Miguel's I had
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MCPO Bruce Ormsby
MCPO Bruce Ormsby
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I tried it on my own when I was stationed in PI, (after some San Miguel's and Mojo). Had some for the second time when I was initiated to Chief Petty Officer.
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SFC Ron Gitzendanner
SFC Ron Gitzendanner
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Good Lord...I can not stand to look at that, much less think about eating it!
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