From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sun Jul 11 2004 - 21:28:06 PDT
Ryan, was talking to the girlfriends father today and he was in
artillery during the Korean conflict. Said the Brits liked american
cigarettes and would trade a ration that they called "Bully Beef" for
them...american soldiers liked it. Ever hear of it or know what it is? Fred
Ryan Gill wrote:
> At 4:45 PM +0100 7/9/04, Robert Soar wrote:
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>> He then introduced me to the joys of cooking food by hanging it in the
>> engine compartment, conveniently near the exhaust manifold so I felt
>> obliged to
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> I might have to do this with a boiled out ammo can lined with epoxy as
> an ersatz kettle on my Dingo for my WWII events.
>
>> counter with the story told me by an FV432 driver. (FV432 is a British
>> tracked APC similar to an M113) You take a tin of M&V or similar and
>> drop it down the
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> For the Americans (not canadians) that might not know, M&V is Meat and
> Vegetables. Literally, mystery meat and mystery vegetables. A surprise
> in every can.
>
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