"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. Might be because
time is merciful. Maybe the Navy was. Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic


I used to like the powdered eggs. Pour enough ketchup on them and they were
not bad.
Ditto on the milk. A little 315' DE didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. 5 cents per cup until it
also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot of
bourbon to warm up. To make it last many would pour it into a cup of the
syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. I never really knew why it was called
Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. There was a
rebellion among us kids. Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. We finally made my father drink a big glass of the
crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch

On Feb 9, 7:55*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message

...





On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. *No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. *Might be because
time is merciful. *Maybe the Navy was. *Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic

I used to like the powdered eggs. *Pour enough ketchup on them and they were
not bad.
Ditto on the milk. *A little 315' DE *didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. *Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. *5 cents per cup until it
also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot of
bourbon to warm up. *To make it last many would pour it into a cup of the
syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. *I never really knew why it was called
Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. *There was a
rebellion among us kids. *Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. * We finally made my father drink a big glass of the
crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I grew up with powdered milk.. Found whole milk weird when I moved out
of the house and started drinking it on a regular basis.. We used to
get up every morning and make a nice big half gallon for the day
Warm tap water too... Don't know if I could take it now, of course
now adays you don't really save any on it anyway...

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 05:01:03 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Feb 9, 7:55*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message

...





On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. *No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. *Might be because
time is merciful. *Maybe the Navy was. *Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic

I used to like the powdered eggs. *Pour enough ketchup on them and they were
not bad.
Ditto on the milk. *A little 315' DE *didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. *Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. *5 cents per cup until it
also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot of
bourbon to warm up. *To make it last many would pour it into a cup of the
syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. *I never really knew why it was called
Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. *There was a
rebellion among us kids. *Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. * We finally made my father drink a big glass of the
crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I grew up with powdered milk.. Found whole milk weird when I moved out
of the house and started drinking it on a regular basis.. We used to
get up every morning and make a nice big half gallon for the day
Warm tap water too... Don't know if I could take it now, of course
now adays you don't really save any on it anyway...

I grew up on a dairy farm and had fresh whole milk, chilled in a
cooler, everyday. And fresh buttermilk. And fresh cream - you ain't
never had nuttin' like fresh picked strawberries with fresh whipped
cream on fresh bisquits baked in a stone oven.

When we moved East, I couldn't drink the milk - ever. Tasted like
cardboard.

--

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."

Steven Wright

Eisboch wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. Might be because
time is merciful. Maybe the Navy was. Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic


I used to like the powdered eggs. Pour enough ketchup on them and they
were not bad.
Ditto on the milk. A little 315' DE didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. 5 cents per cup until
it also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot
of bourbon to warm up. To make it last many would pour it into a cup of
the syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. I never really knew why it was
called Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. There was a
rebellion among us kids. Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. We finally made my father drink a big glass of
the crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch

I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.

"HK" wrote in message
...


I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.


When a gallon of whole milk climbed up to about 80 cents a gallon, my mother
tried to save by using the powdered junk. With three kids in the house, we
went through quite a bit of milk.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...


I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try
powdered eggs...once.


When a gallon of whole milk climbed up to about 80 cents a gallon, my
mother tried to save by using the powdered junk. With three kids in
the house, we went through quite a bit of milk.

Eisboch


I was the only kid in the house and not much of a milk drinker, so a
quart lasted a week at home. Besides, in those days, in grammar school,
a container of milk was served each day, along with two graham crackers,
to every kid in public school. Whether they liked it or not. We kids who
could pay a few pennies a day for the milk did so, and it was free of
charge to kids who couldn't pay. I seem to recall a significant number
of foods supplied at cost to the public schools back then through
various farm subsidy programs. A complete hot lunch at junior high was
only 20 or 25 cents. That included an appetizer of soup, salad or jello,
a hot meal with some sort of beef, chicken or fish, two veggies and a
dessert. The fish was always served on Fridays, naturally, and typically
was fish sticks. Not bad, though. Still, a lot of kids brought their
lunch to school.

I wouldn't trade growing up then for growing up now. The world I grew up
in was much better than the one we have today. Well, except for "Duck
and Cover."

"HK" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...


I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.


When a gallon of whole milk climbed up to about 80 cents a gallon, my
mother tried to save by using the powdered junk. With three kids in the
house, we went through quite a bit of milk.

Eisboch


I was the only kid in the house and not much of a milk drinker, so a quart
lasted a week at home. Besides, in those days, in grammar school, a
container of milk was served each day, along with two graham crackers, to
every kid in public school. Whether they liked it or not. We kids who
could pay a few pennies a day for the milk did so, and it was free of
charge to kids who couldn't pay. I seem to recall a significant number of
foods supplied at cost to the public schools back then through various
farm subsidy programs. A complete hot lunch at junior high was only 20 or
25 cents. That included an appetizer of soup, salad or jello, a hot meal
with some sort of beef, chicken or fish, two veggies and a dessert. The
fish was always served on Fridays, naturally, and typically was fish
sticks. Not bad, though. Still, a lot of kids brought their lunch to
school.

I wouldn't trade growing up then for growing up now. The world I grew up
in was much better than the one we have today. Well, except for "Duck and
Cover."




I recall costs of school lunches as being about the same. 25 cents for a
full meal and 3 cents for an extra milk.

Go to a modern high school cafeteria now. It would blow you away. Several
choices of hot meals or sandwiches, pizza, salad bars, and, in some towns, a
McDonald's.

Eisboch

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:54:57 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...


I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.


When a gallon of whole milk climbed up to about 80 cents a gallon, my
mother tried to save by using the powdered junk. With three kids in the
house, we went through quite a bit of milk.

Eisboch


I was the only kid in the house and not much of a milk drinker, so a quart
lasted a week at home. Besides, in those days, in grammar school, a
container of milk was served each day, along with two graham crackers, to
every kid in public school. Whether they liked it or not. We kids who
could pay a few pennies a day for the milk did so, and it was free of
charge to kids who couldn't pay. I seem to recall a significant number of
foods supplied at cost to the public schools back then through various
farm subsidy programs. A complete hot lunch at junior high was only 20 or
25 cents. That included an appetizer of soup, salad or jello, a hot meal
with some sort of beef, chicken or fish, two veggies and a dessert. The
fish was always served on Fridays, naturally, and typically was fish
sticks. Not bad, though. Still, a lot of kids brought their lunch to
school.

I wouldn't trade growing up then for growing up now. The world I grew up
in was much better than the one we have today. Well, except for "Duck and
Cover."




I recall costs of school lunches as being about the same. 25 cents for a
full meal and 3 cents for an extra milk.

Go to a modern high school cafeteria now. It would blow you away. Several
choices of hot meals or sandwiches, pizza, salad bars, and, in some towns, a
McDonald's.

Eisboch

If I'm there when they take it out of the rotisserie, OK. Costco's has
the best rotisserie chicken, and they go through it fast, so it's
always fresh. Safeway will sell the stuff that's been under the lamp
for six hours.

"HK" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. Might be because
time is merciful. Maybe the Navy was. Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic


I used to like the powdered eggs. Pour enough ketchup on them and they
were not bad.
Ditto on the milk. A little 315' DE didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. 5 cents per cup until
it also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot of
bourbon to warm up. To make it last many would pour it into a cup of the
syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. I never really knew why it was
called Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. There was a
rebellion among us kids. Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. We finally made my father drink a big glass of
the crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch

I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.

I can remember our mother trying it as an economy measure. In the mid
fifties, the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway really cut into dads working
hours as a longshoreman in Halifax. Thank God the thing froze over in the
winter.
I believe the powered milk came in a blue box and we all hated it...didn't
taste right and there always seemed to be lumps in it.
No one around here had a blender in those days.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:01:01 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:
I became addicted to Bug Juice.

Bug juice, powdered eggs, fried bologna, and mystery meat were among
the food items introduced to me by the Navy.
The bug juice tasted a bit different than the others.
I left them behind when I left the Navy behind.
The only thing the Navy addicted me to was a good shoe shine.
Still need my Kiwi, an old tooth brush, and a soft cotton cloth.
Don't do the spit shine though.
When bug juice showed up in the milk dispensers at breakfast, that
meant one thing to me. No more milk until replenishment.
And that meant my favorite meal, from the good kitchens of Kellogg's
and Elsie the cow, would disappear for a while.
Even a bowl full of frantically swimming weevils once didn't kill my
appetite for Kellogg's.
Three-four days out was as long as the milk lasted.
I don't recall Navy powdered milk for some reason. Might be because
time is merciful. Maybe the Navy was. Same effect.
I do recall my ma making that crap when money was tight.
All us kids hated it, so she gave up.

--Vic

I used to like the powdered eggs. Pour enough ketchup on them and they
were not bad.
Ditto on the milk. A little 315' DE didn't store a lot of milk.
Like you said, 3 or 4 days out and it was gone.

We had an old Coke machine though. Not the kind that dispenses cans or
bottles however.
It mixed syrup with carbonated water into a cup. 5 cents per cup until
it also ran out.
That usually happened right after an underway replenishment or refueling
when the Captain would order the corpsman to issue all involved a shot of
bourbon to warm up. To make it last many would pour it into a cup of the
syrup Coke mix.

"Swiss Steak" about every other day. I never really knew why it was
called Swiss steak.
More like cooked grizzle.

My mother tried the powdered milk thing also. There was a
rebellion among us kids. Then she tried mixing it 50/50 with whole milk.
Still didn't hack it. We finally made my father drink a big glass of
the crap.
Never had powdered milk again.

Eisboch
I don't recall my mother ever serving powdered milk. We did try powdered
eggs...once.

I can remember our mother trying it as an economy measure. In the mid
fifties, the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway really cut into dads working
hours as a longshoreman in Halifax. Thank God the thing froze over in the
winter.
I believe the powered milk came in a blue box and we all hated it...didn't
taste right and there always seemed to be lumps in it.
No one around here had a blender in those days.



The dummy has "my dad" stories, too! Unlike WAFA's, they might actually
be true.