Try Dutch Oven Cooking from the Frontier. My wife and her sister did it and it's interesting and awesome. You can do it in the back yard. Congratulations on your new kitchen.

Coincidence: I just saw Sabaton a week ago, and now we get a D-Day video. P R I M O V I C T O R I A !!

Idea for a future episode, make Napoleon Bonaparte's last meal that he ate in exile on St. Helena.

@@lordbarristertimsh8050 Arsenic is poisonous.

See if Josh will let you borrow one of his stoves? If memory serves the Mythical Kitchen has two.

I talk about that 😂 Most guys threw it up!

To cold-bloodedly storm a beach knowing there's a very good chance you never get off the beach... that's bravery.

Reading accounts like your granddad's made me not eat anything before we flew into Baghdad in '05. They do a "combat landing" where they spiral down from altitude within the perimeter of the airfield to avoid anti-aircraft fire, which at this point would have just been angry Iraqis with AKs, but still. Some guys didn't, and they left a mess in the C-130 for the crew to clean up.

Thank you to your Grandfather and family.

Not to mention that empty digestive tract would increase soldier's chances of survival if he got shot in the stomach. Sepsis was a killer in field hospitals.

Those men knew what sacrifice was. During COVID, Americans were asked to "sacrifice" by wearing a mask and they whined like snowflakes.

Yeah, that line struck me as well.

Going green in times of war is not a long term strategy. Civilians in time of war: ...

@@JZsBFF Who are you talking to? What are you talking about?

@@Atzy he's saying joining the military in times of war will very likely lead to death. he then makes a comment about how civilians react to war, probably that they're awestruck by the immensity of it all.

The Greatest Generation. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

great story thank you for sharing! Yes the greatest generation for sure. What sacrifices and work ethics they had amazes me.

God bless him. And he was right about the west coast of Scotland.

Thank him for his service rip

Always unfortunate to hear they won't talk whatsoever about it to their own kids. Who knows how many stories have been lost forever because of it

Some US Marines in Vietnam were surprised to be given steak and eggs before an operation and were told by the cook they were being fattened for the slaughter. Steak and eggs would look great when their guts were hanging out, the cook said.

reminds me of the final chapter set in Tarawa in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, where the main character, Thomas Conlin, mentioned that they gave the Marines steak and eggs before the landing in Tarawa, the Battle of Tarawa was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in the Pacific theater.

@@gunnargunnarsson5963great game!

We still give Marines steak and eggs when they finish the crucible, I still remember my warriors breakfast

Don't know if it was mentioned by anyone or in the video, but they fed the US soldiers the same luxury food before they landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Steak, mashed potatoes, and icecream as 'dessert' (because who eats dessert after breakfast). One theory I dare to say out loud is that most casualties suffered on Omaha Beach were actually soldiers who jumped overboard in deep water after the landing craft got stuck, then they simply disappeared underwater and drowned. Because nearly all were seasick and went into the cold waters with an empty stomach.

damn, that's so romantic

That’s like a similar story to one I heard about a Para? I believe it was a para in Northern Ireland, he said he sat in a Saracen (armored car) on a street all day, and around midnight he heard a light tap on the hatch obviously he was suspicious so he opened the door with a browning hi power pistol in his hand and it greeted a little old lady who had a silver dish full of sandwiches and tea. She gave him and his driver the tea and sandwiches because she said she knew they must’ve been hungry sitting outside all day, and she would’ve brought them sandwiches earlier but she couldn’t risk being seen giving them food.

Was your grandfather in company D? My uncle was in 101/D. What was your grandpop's last name?

My great uncle turned 18 just in time to be drafted, trained and off to the Battle of the Bulge. He was not in the military too long. He got two tanks blown out from under him. The second time he ended up in a hospital in Belgium, and the Nazis bombed it. The survivors were taken to Birmingham England, he was discharged (injuries) a few months later and had PTSD the rest of his life, never talking about any of it. When I was kid, he was dying of pancreatic cancer, my dad paid him a visit and actually convinced him to chat about his experiences. My dad still has that notebook, Names, dates, deaths etc. Nothing like that though, he only spoke English. No wonder his wife had to shake him awake in the middle of the night because he was screaming in his sleep. War is ugly, ugly, ugly.

@@jcortese3300 the division had several D companies. you'd need to specify what regiment to know for sure.

Mine was a chef in the army. he almost always traded the canned for fresh local for his men, and since he wasn't ever in Europe the locals were thrilled as well. He''d always tell me, never eat monkeys. They'd shoot some to trade but never to eat. So don't eat monkeys and wash your socks out with lye soap or you'll die of jungle rot. The wisdom of my ancestors.

Hilarious

This may have actually been the inspiration for Green Eggs and Ham, as the powdered eggs do indeed turn green if they are over-cooked before storage in mermite cans for transport to the troops and serving.

Funny enough the military by me was not a fan of powdered egg, they would use it, but the fitters and turners in the mess could royally destroy real eggs to taste equally as bad. Now, the thing they served, that I still detest, is pineapple. 3 months of everything in the mess tasting of pineapple, from the water, to the food, to the coffee, to the bread, to the plates themselves. That, and the boiled eggs from the Skinner Street Combined Mess, which were almost universally inedible. Even food from the Food Factory at the base I was on was better, unless my neighbour, who worked there, told me to avoid certain meals in a day or so, saying in the most succinct way that it was not the best. Even the frozen, defrosted and warmed up fried eggs on soggy toast were good at times, just not the canned sausage they served with it, especially when it was minced up and blended with other left overs. fish was great, just take the thin pieces of "haddock" mornay, as those would not be glassy inside, but well boiled in the milk. Grab that, and a bowl of camo crispies (no snap, crackle or pop, though they often did swim in the bowl), and swap with my friend, who in no way would eat fish.

I would not like to go to war I must only go because I’m poor I would not like them, I have said I would not like them til after I’m dead.

Would you like them in a Higgins boat Would like them with a screaming goat

gartnerfan Daughter of a WW2 vet here and also a Worc. Mass. native...small world isn't it?

It sure is. I grew up in Worcester and met Mr. Barber when I moved to Florida. He had already lived in Florida for 20 years . We just happen to run into each other. He was the grandfather I never had.

@@gartnerfan NICE!

So many knew it was their last day 🥺🙏🏼 Watching the men/boats ahead of them getting shot or blown up Hate war, when will EVERYONE see all the death and after affects it leaves. All the families left so bereft…

Prove it

Thank you for this!

Can somebody give me a hell yeah

All of this. Currently it’s my “having an anxiety episode” show, so I really appreciate it

Either A, you use your hands, Or B you find a nice looking rock.

"Utensil suitable for mixing eggs" Soldiers cooking the meal in their helmet: "... The bayonet seems suitable :D"

​@@Vean-fn9fnif it works it works, and I've rarely heard of hungry soldiers saying no to food

It's pretty useless and silly, still, though, because if you aren't going to offer any helpful hints or ideas, etc., why did you need to write it out at all? If you just say "mix the eggs" then it's already clear you need something that can mix eggs to do it, without saying that.

@@Vean-fn9fn Guy who wrote it: There ya go. The bayonet seems suitable! ^.^

Jesus that’s horrifying

That's so sad. I'm glad you were able to learn the truth.

I am in no way surprised they chose to lie and I certainly do not blame them. My grandfather also served. I have no idea where he served or if he was at D-Day or not because he NEVER spoke of it. NOBODY spoke of it. I can only assume the things he saw and did scarred him so much, it was preferable to never think of it again.

Respect and a debt of gratitude owed to your grandparents. Thank you

Your parents can get your grandfather's service records that will tell you every action he participated in. I think you can get them if your parents aren't interested.

Survivor's guilt is hard for a lot of people to reconcile but had he been there, he'd have been another casualty and you wouldn't even exist. What matters is that he was brave enough to answer the call in the first place and was willing to fight, despite circumstances beyond his control.

@@upinarms79very well said.

Sounds like a draft dodger to me

@@chefsaliva5317 -1/10 no effort, see me after class

@@chefsaliva5317how did he dodge the draft if he volunteered for jump school 😂

The most army instruction until we got, "A rock or something"

I like to think that the original recipe involved just putting all the water in at once. And then there were complaints about the difficulty of getting the powdered egg to stop floating around and get into solution, and the frequency of powder clumps that made it obvious that these were powdered eggs, and people wouldn't eat them, etc. So they had to revise the recipes to reduce the change of icky food that the troops wouldn't eat.

Recipes have to be written so a 17 year old kid who's never done it before can do it without making a total cock-up of it.

Instructions unclear. Crayons eaten

This does remind me of the M*A*S*H episode where Hawkeye got to run the kitchen for a day and brought his mom's recipe for French toast in, including pinching the bread for the perfect texture. The cook took a look, threw all the dry ingredients in, grabbed a spray valve to add a blast of "moisture," and then asked Hawkeye, "Do you wanna pinch or shall I?"

Q

Can you get DoorDash delivered to a base? If you tipped me enough I would deliver to you on a battlefield.

@@gabesgaming7064🤣🤣🤣

I served too and my first PL gave me the second best advice in the military, when you get your meal or MRE first taste a little bit of everything then whatever tastes best you always eat last, trick your brain in to thinking “eh that’s wasn’t too bad”. Best advice he ever gave was document everything to medics for when you get out. I was a medic so it was harder I had to go to officers and doctors but I did and I’m glad I did. I offer the same advice brother in arms.

@@gabesgaming7064only if they are also a soldier with a side gig or desired. Best bet is Postmates. Dominoes and other food places can if they are already on post, mostly dominoes ….

Probably a quisling.🤔

I ♥️ your Grandfather.

Wow, what a memory! Your grandfather was a gem.

Did you ever find out what the green is?

Eggs if cooked at to high a temperature, or for to long, or is being kept warm for a long time can turn a green hue due to a reaction between the sulfur and iron in eggs and protein. It's totally harmless and doesn't affect taste, but it does make it look unappetizing. Scrambled eggs are most vulnerable to this and green army eggs is still a very common complaint in armies everywhere. This is because eggs are a cheap and easy to prepare protein so it's prepared quickly in large batches, then left on a warm buffet line where they turn green. My bet is grandpa just prepared them the way he did in the army and they turned green. Delicious but green. :)

@@waterman165 Have to wonder if this is the inspiration for "Green Eggs and Ham"?

What a wonderful memory to have shared with you. He must have been very brave and smart to relax enough and not to freak out.

this inspires me to finally learn how to swim 😢

@lilyn7497 It is never too late to learn, and once you do, you will love it as there are so many ways to enjoy water when you can swim. The hardest part of rescuing someone in the water is trying to calm them enough to not pull you under with them. I'm astounded by Denise's grandfathers ability to do what he did. I hope he received recognition for his bravery.

Huh, kind of reminds me of how I learned to swim. Granted that was a few years back when trying to figure out why the usual park I walked by had three wrecked boats, but still. Granted, with a touch of falling in the first time, and figuring out from there. Thankfully? No one seemed to have been in the boats. But it was still a surreal experience.

im crying at this comment hes so brave

Maybe because it's his job? My god, how slow are you!!!!! He as a channel of over 2.4 million subscribers. It's his bloody job 🤣😂

It probably helps that he’s working a few scripts out - and probably on multiple scripts at a time. (Using a script means research can stay focused and he’ll know how many words the script needs to be for an average length video.)

⁠@@glenndouglas8822even as his job it is an impressive turn around time. He’s also working a ways ahead of time, so multiple episodes of work overlap- some of the ingredients are hard to get ahold of, and he times those so none go bad, researching the history as well as the recipes themselves, translating the recipes from old ingredient and measurement references into modern ones, contracting people to translate actual language sometimes, script writing, filming with a high quality set up, and presumably working with someone who edits the footage if he’s not editing it himself. Juggling all of that at a rate where he’s able to put out one a week is in fact impressive- not impossible, it is his job, but impressive to get done that often at the quality he does. Also: when someone talks like the commenter did, it’s meant as a compliment, not an actual declaration of disbelief. Unless you are here to be mean to the person the compliment is for, accept the hyperbole about how impressive it is and move on.

In terms of beaches Juno was the “easy” beach imagine if Juno was “easy” how much worse Utah must’ve been. Glad to hear your Unc survived he’s a hero in my book

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606Juno and Omaha were the tough beaches though the Canadian military/British marines made the most progress once they had landed of all the landings, UTAH was the easy beach along with Gold - because the navy destroyed many of the heavy artillery defending Gold before they landed - and while Sword was a fairly easy landing they also faced the heaviest enemy defence once off the beach. From a D-Day website.

My uncles were there, too. Two of them, probably with the winnipeg Rifles. That's all I know about it.

An army marches on its stomach. The cook is important AF.

@@dhelix85 They were also well-respected. You don't mess with people who handle your food.

And a lot of them were Black folks too.

​@@AsheramK interestingly, in today's military, cooks are some of the least respected soldiers in a unit, because no one else manages to consistently fail to do their job so often.

I can't help wondering what they thought once their customers were gone. I think it would have been nerve-wracking, with your imagination going wild.

Driving people to their deaths. Its understandable he never wanted to talk about that.

So many never ever wanted to talk about it. If you talk about the horrors of war, you start to memorize them.

My great uncle turned 18 just in time to be drafted, trained and off to the Battle of the Bulge. He was not in the military too long. He got two tanks blown out from under him. The second time he ended up in a hospital in Belgium, and the Nazis bombed it. The survivors were taken to Birmingham England, he was discharged (injuries) a few months later and had PTSD the rest of his life, never talking about any of it. When I was kid, he was dying of pancreatic cancer, my dad paid him a visit and actually convinced him to chat about his experiences. My dad still has that notebook, Names, dates, deaths etc. No wonder his wife had to shake him awake in the middle of the night because he was screaming in his sleep. War is ugly, ugly, ugly.

​@@melissalambert7615 those memories are memorized. There are some things that get seared into your memory.

I joined right after 9/11 at 17 and left in Dec 2010. Army aviation, chinooks. Flying is desensitized enough. I can't imagine what the men saw in the wars that happened before me. We, this young generation, got really lucky all things considered

Many thanks to your father and his comrades for their services to the US and to the world.

I agree with you. I too thought of my Dad. He was proud of his service, he told us of the funny things that happened. Never the bad times. Proud daughter of a WWII veteran.

Thank you to your father for his service

​@@susanbaker8023Thank you to your father for his service

Amen

And they're both descended from the same word

Which is why saying "Chai tea" is kind of silly.

​@@gemfyre855 tea tea 😂

@@NotSoHeartBroken yes, thank you Pavitr Prabhakar.

​@@gemfyre855More like "redundant", but not everyone knows what that word means.

Seconded!

Yes, Max, please do this!! :)

That would be amazing! Great idea!

That sounds pretty cool!

Agreed, this would be amazing.

Great job❤

My great uncle turned 18 just in time to be drafted, trained and off to the Battle of the Bulge. He was not in the military too long. He got two tanks blown out from under him. The second time he ended up in a hospital in Belgium, and the Nazis bombed it. The survivors were taken to Birmingham England, he was discharged (injuries) a few months later and had PTSD the rest of his life, never talking about any of it. When I was kid, he was dying of pancreatic cancer, my dad paid him a visit and actually convinced him to chat about his experiences. My dad still has that notebook, Names, dates, deaths etc. No wonder his wife had to shake him awake in the middle of the night because he was screaming in his sleep. War is ugly, ugly, ugly.

May they always be remembered and honored.

They truly tried to make their last day(s) as good as possible. Sad but God bless.

😢

Given the fact that when they ramp dropped that their life expectancy was something like 2 seconds, I can't imagine the cast iron balls these men and boys had knowing they were about to enter a literal meat grinder. I've heard that the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan was not exaggerated. So much so that when WWII combat vets saw it they had horrible flashbacks.

Walmart Dog, You are 100% correct. It literally was their last meal. Those men sacrificed their lives and now 80 years later, it's barely remembered.

I am not up on modern history (which I consider to be any time after guns became commonplace) but I was able to flag that as an audacious flex, for sure. You don't offer unlimited anything without a darned good reason.

In the North African campaign a German NCO said that he knew Germany had lost when the Americans arrived and they were idling their trucks and tanks instead of shutting them off to save fuel. That of course was in 1943 and that’s when I realized how much logistical power the US had even at that point in history, in the Gulf war and the later Iraq war the British have often been quoted saying “we were stuck in a warehouse eating rations and the Americans had a flat packed Burger King delivered” Certainly makes me proud to be an American knowing we can fly in an entire fast food restaurant 😂

​@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 I can't remember which but one of the Japanese admirals knew the war was lost when they learned of the American ice cream barges. Every ship they had was nigh irreplaceable but America could field ice cream boats? 🍦

@@gregorystiver7198 yep, and the ice cream barges were HVTs to the Japanese (HVT, High Value Target) so the Japanese were more focused on sinking ice cream tubs than battleships because they knew the morale importance of such a vessel

One German, seeing the invasion fleet, is supposed to have said, "How can we win against that?"

Academia and mainstream media and Hollywood try to paint that generation as backward and ignorant. Seems to me ur G-pa knew what was up and walked a harder line than any BLM activist could imagine. Nothing fragile about the greatest generation. What a shame excellence isn't hereditary. BOYS MADE MEN in those days. Now therapist make would be men boys. Imagine going to therapy bc if historical injustice. (especially but not exclusively as a white dude.) I digress... Men like ur G-pa inspire me but to see their legacy scoffed at and misrepresented by cowardly worms makes me so mad I blow in YT comments sections of cooking tube.

Happy Bday to that man and may everyone who reads ur post deliver his memory the reverence and exhalted praise he has earned.

Truly the Greatest Generation

Margees?

I'm assuming she means Aboriginal Australians. They'd know how to find sufficient water and shelter in the outback.

@@melissaharris3389 They would, true. It was the "hiding in the underground" together with the mention of tofu that made me unsure.

WW3?

Almost all pack rations these days are dehydrated or concentrated. Water is very heavy, and if you can get rid of it, it is literal weight off your back.

Yes, and most likely would be either apple, pear or orange juice, in big cans. By me those were supplied by the Greater Letaba Canning Cooperative, and the juice was typically orange, pear, apple, guava and mango, though we did occasionally get the odd can of Marula juice as well, though much easier instead to go outside and grab the fruit off the local trees, as there were quite a few of them planted there, as they are indigenous, hardy and bear quite a bit of fruit. Just beware if you get the liqueur distilled from it, it is smooth going down, but will also put you down as well.

Like in jail

We can still buy juice consentrate in sweden. It's like 2 dl you mix up to a liter juice. Don't taste that bad acculy

@@AnniCarlsson In Slovakia, we have flavored syrups you're meant to mix into water. Some only contain artificial flavors, but the more expensive ones have actual juice concentrate.

My great-grandfather was a Navy cook. He started off with another type job, but switched to cook to have more regular hours. Or so I heard.

I hope there are historian reading these posts.

god damn i would love a job like that: going around a giving coffe and to be onest some dreugs to people around. i would even give to the germans as well, cause why not.

That’s wild! This is the type of story I’d love to hear more of. Everyone knows the majority of WWII history, dealing with the military, but what about the everyday soldiers and civilians and their experiences? If those women made it back to friendly territory, and I hope they did, they would have a hell of a story to tell the grandkids!

@@madalinbotez2089 I recall seeing a program/something about them... Actually didn't Max do a donut or WWII episode where this was mentioned?... now I have to go back and check.

​@@morganalori Most likely to have been WRVS (Women's Royal Voluntary Service), women civilian volunteers who'd provide refreshments etc when there was nothing else available. Would go out during air raids etc and provide tea and doughnuts or slices of cake to the firefighters, airraid wardens who'd be tackling incendiarys, fires, rescuing those bombed out. Still going today and will turn up to natural disasters, evacuations, or other times where both the civil population or emergency service personnel might need a cuppa.

Oh, certainly. Good logistics was the bedrock of the US and Commonwealth armies in WWII.

@@biggiouschinnus7489 There is a quote from a high ranking German officer in Africa, describing how it dawned on him that the war was already lost in (I think) '43. They had managed to ambush an American supply convoy, and among the goodies there was a birthday cake that a sergeant had procured for one of his privates. It wasn't that NCOs could get cakes for privates that sent him reeling though. It was the fact that the cake was perfectly fresh. At that moment it dawned on him that the raw logistics horse power of the Allies were under so little strain (while the German one was constantly struggling with just the basics) that they could have personalised morale novelties anywhere in the theatre in 48 hours or less.

@@andersjjensenvery interesting! Thank you for sharing this

This one teaches Overheat.

Yep, the Army has a Tech Manual for almost every topic under the sun.

If the Army didn’t have a tech manual for it, you probably didn’t need to know. 🤣🤣🤣

@@joanhoffman3702which is why there isn’t one for getting a wife 😂

tm 10 being "risikotackle" in the red and blue edition and "kraftreserve" in later versions is quite fitting for a video about a d-day meal imho

Sure, but there's confirmation bias there - the surgeons only see the soldiers needing surgery. It's possible that the improved food quality before big events meant better troop performance, which would more than overcome the effect on those needing surgery.

@@vinterskugge907 I tend to disagree, when it was 130 in Iraq and we ate we didn’t feel to great moving, kind of like how the tropics and island campaigns would have been, Europe would be different because of the climate but you can live for up to 3 days with a gut wound with just basic medical care, the problem comes from when your intestines or bladder or stomach get ripped open and dumps its contents into your abdomen, then the risk of secondary and post op infection goes through the roof, and that’s what kills most people is the infection, same in Iraq and Afghanistan, the shit and sand there carry microbes that get into wounds and cause massive infections.

@@Cashforfeet Seems like you should have your own show or something.

@@Cashforfeet Ужасите на войната.

@@robh3007 maybe if I would have started one ten years ago, it’s just real world experience and grew up around grandparents and parents and then myself who have been in those kind of situations

"Zey in ze attic!!" Moment for sure🐸 just change for cellar.

I LOVE that museum.

New Orleans is in my bucket list and you just added to the things I’ll need to see when I eventually go there !!

My husband and I celebrated one of our milestone anniversaries in New Orleans a few years back and spent a whole day at the museum. It’s truly an extraordinary experience. My grandfather had been a cook on a ship in the Pacific in WW2 so those Pacific theater exhibits had been especially interesting to me. Gave me a whole new appreciation for what the troops had endured as well as their families back home…. ❤️

Another reason for a return visit!

@@catherinesanchez1185 it’s a great city and can be a lot of fun! Definitely gonna want to plan 2 days for the museum because it’s so much to see even if you get there first thing and then rush all day you still might miss something. And they have all kinds of cool shows and experiences now that weren’t there last time I went

And so they were. This is one of the saddest things I’ve read here. Please give the blanket a hug for me.😢😢😢

"In Flanders field the poppies blow through the crosses row on row".

There are numerous statistics about the strength of the different armed forces in WW2. But as a general rule all got larger year by year. Also in Germany. Over 17 Mio men were drafted in the Wehrmacht and ca. 4.7 Mio died. The truly great casualty numbers came at the end in 1944/45 which you can see also in every local memorial here in germany. But the wehrmacht was never filled up only by boy and men about fifty at the end of the war. My grandfathers were born in 1920/1921 and wore uniforms about the whole length of the war. As in every other major war they were food for the guns to serve the purpose of their state. Therefore May 8th wa and will be also the day of liberation for the German Nation from Hitlers Regime

poor max, his age is catching up to him; becoming forgetful. there is also christopher cross, singer/songwriter from early 80s onward.

Wiggitty wiggity whack Jump Jump, Mac Dad will make you Jump Jump, Daddy Mac will make you Jump Jump Kris Cross will make you Jump Jump Uh huh uh huh

Thanks for verifying it. I thought I remembered a rap/hip hop duo by that name but I wasn't sure. Also, didn't they wear their jeans backwards or something? I remember hearing about them doing something weird like that with their clothing.

​@@josephgoforth9722I remember hearing about that singer too.

​@@thenovicenovelistI think so, and I think they also shaved patterns on their eyebrows

“You-you alone-will have the stars as no one else has them-” “And at night you will look up at the stars. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. “In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night And so you will love to watch all the stars… You-only you-will have stars that can laugh. I shall not leave you” There is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars…. and in the memories of those we love.”

So sorry to hear about your cat. I know the feeling. Hopefully you take some comfort knowing that your fur ball knew it was loved. Take your time with it. I know it hurts, but you, I'm sure, gave kitty plenty of love, and kitty gave it back.

"You will no longer know who I am, or what I mean, but I will be good health to you nevertheless, and filter and fibre your blood." ~Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass.

First anniversary of the loss is the hardest one. Hope you are brave enough to get another fur baby soon. So much love out there looking for a home.

@@melissalambert7615 thanks, may be a while before I get a pet. Had a lot of recent family and friend deaths including my father before my cat Jimmy passed. His passing put me over the edge for a while last year. Glad to be in a better place in life now.

Yep. Pretty much all are for 100 people. It’s why I cut it down 😂

@@TastingHistory I have TM 10-412 and 10-405 (405 is about butchering). I'd also like to see you try either Texas Tacos (from the Leftovers section) or Apple Coffee Cake (from the Breakfast section).

When the troops on watch or duty, who would probably be getting a C-rat instead, are taken into account, it should be pretty close to a fairly basic company's worth of food. Double it for a large company.

@@TheAttacker732 Basically, but when you look at- the 2.5 ton trucks that had mobile field kitchens in the bed of the truck, the jeeps assigned to move Marmite containers from the Battalion's assigned field kitchens (each Company originally had 6-7 people for cooking) to their Companies, and things like that- there was a lot of innovation on how to feed front line troops while keeping support troops relatively out of the line of fire. But- cooks and other support troops were and are some of the most eager fighters, because they want to prove themselves in a fight.

​@@jakobroynon-fisher9535 Apple coffee cake? You sir, have my attention.

Your dad sounds like an awesome man! May he rest in peace. I hope you live just as long of a life as he did, and that it be filled with joy and happiness .

My father was in the Navy at Iwo Jima. He would never talk about it. He only told me one story about going with a group of his buddies in the wee hours of the morning and finding some fresh-baked bread in the galley. They tore off the ends, pulled out the central bits, and filled them with jam like giant twinkies. He also told me about "shit -on-a-shingle".

It is sad we lost so many wonderful stories, both good and bad. Though I totally respect that it would behard to share.

You are so fortunate! Thank you for sharing your story. There will not be another generation like the men of WWII regardless of theater they were in.

Badass grandpa!

Your pop did what a man should do. He did what it took to take care of his own. ='[.]'=

God bless your pops and your family!

After 28 years at least he had retirement pay and free healthcare at the VA. The military is a model of how a socialist approach takes care of their members

My dad tried to get into the army but birth defects and a metal rod in his back kept him out. But his big brother did get in and would frequently send us all kinds of stuff, especially after he was deployed to take part in Operation: Desert Storm. I grew up around fatigues, ammo belts, ammo boxes, MRE's, and i was always seeing army stuff on tv. We were also pretty poor so them ration meals and MREs kept us going occasionally. My parents have disdain for ready made food but i enjoy it more than regular food. I like powdered eggs a lot more than regular eggs and don't even think about separating me from my Spam. What's funny is that aside from health issues i inherited from my parents I'm quite healthy for my age even though so many people around me keep telling me "if you keep eating that stuff you're going to be unhealthy!" Sorry folks, I've eaten this stuff since i started solid foods, reality disagrees with you.

Salute to Pops! That's a stand up attitude to his responsibility.

I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. I have fibromyalgia and chronic migraines, so I can somewhat relate. I hope you can find some relief and some help.

@@jaclynkurtz9808 👍 Best to you as well.

There are a lot of great KZfaq accounts making frugal meals - one of my favourite is Ardent Michelle. A lovely woman who makes easy,tasty, healthy meals very cheaply.

@@buffys3477 Thank you, great suggestion!

@@craigsawyer6453 I had to give up my job a year ago due to illness which started after having covid nearly 3 years ago now. I’m lucky that I have a small pension but it’s hard, I understand what you’re going through. Where I live there’s no recognition of how it’s affected people.