Well, another day is gone. Since yesterdays post wasn't that appetizing, I'll talk about something slightly more appetizing, Army food. Army food gets a pretty bad rap it's it deserved for the most part. I can't really speak about the food that I'll be eating in Afghanistan, but I can comment on Army food in general.
If you ever lived in a dorm and ate the food you have experienced what a good Army meal is like. It's food, there is a little taste and it's better than no food. At our mobilization station the food is not that bad by Army standards, but it's not as good as most dorm food. The one thing going for the chow hall (technically called a DFAC) here is that they have a really good salad bar. I've been eating salads twice a day since we wont be eating any lettuce once we get to Afghanistan.
Typically the best meal of the day is breakfast. It's usually the one meal that you can always count on to be ok. Lunch is usually a weak point and dinner is usually slightly better than lunch.
It seems like most days start to revolve in the meals. Lunch means the day is about done and dinner means the day is almost over.
One interesting thing is that at this chow hall they serve cold hard boiled eggs on the salad bar. Two guys in the unit are eating dozens of them a day. A few days ago they ate over 75 between the two of them. Think of that, 75 eggs! That's over six dozen. Amazingly the chow hall has not ran out.
Sometimes meal snare not too bad. Yesterday they had fried shrimp which wasn't too bad. But then again, yesterday they made the worst gravy for breakfast that I had ever seen. Usually biscuits and gravy is a pretty safe bet, but they destroyed the recipe. I'm not sure if it was just a powder mix that had to much water, but whatever they did was awful.
Tonight, I actually decided to go to the Subway near our barracks and eat there. Yes, I passed up free food for a mediocre sub, but it was a good choice. It was nice to eat something that wasn't institutionalized.
On a side note the temperature the last few days has been unbelievable. It's so nice to have mild days.
If anyone has any questions, go ahead and ask.
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