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

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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.

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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...