>From your description, it sounds like he won't be able to microwave the microwaveable meals unless by some stroke of luck someone had a microwave oven shipped to them personally. It also sounds like he won't be able to cook those rice side dishes that require adding to boiling water and cooking for seven minutes.
Did I get that right, or am I reading too much into what you said? I'll make sure to send plastic eating utensils. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:33 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Bruce Sorge, please reply > > Mess kits have been gone for a long time. > > MREs come with spoons :) If we're on a FOB we eat in a chow hall. > > We had a microwave sent to us and one guy had a griddle sent so he > could > do Virginia ham. No hotplates are allowed to be run in most instances, > there have been too many fires from them, I personally won't sleep in a > hooch with one. Had a propane burner used mainly for heat, but did get > some chicken on the local economy when we were in Ghazni we boiled with > ramen and stuff for a soup. > > On the bigger FOBs food is actually provided by civilian contractors > and > can be pretty good, you also will have things like burger king, pizza > and even Chinese food on Bagram and Victory. > > Also we were able to get limited supplies of other food stuffs from the > PX, coffee, tuna pouches, ramen. > > The list you've made is incredible and will really be appreciated. > Variety being I think the hardest part of it, you're always eating the > same stuff, drinking the same stuff, re-watching movies, rereading > books > and magazines. > > I've said it before Adam, but it should be said again, you're a good > man. > > Adam Churvis wrote: > > I assumed you have things like a microwave and a hotplate and a > saucepan, > > and that potable water is in good supply. > > > > Do you have a mess kit, or is all that handled in the mess tent? > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > President > > Productivity Enhancement > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:33 AM > >> To: cf-community > >> Subject: Re: Bruce Sorge, please reply > >> > >> Wow, > >> I am overwhelmed, really. Never expected anything like this. Know > that > >> I > >> will be sharing these things with the Joe's (soldiers who are > privates > >> and > >> Specialists typically). This is all much appreciated. I am really > not > >> sure > >> on size/weight restrictions sending mail here. I know that I had no > >> problem > >> sending a coupld of tough boxes to my home last time I was deployed. > >> Again everyone, I am truely thankful and extremely overwhelmed. And > >> since we > >> won't have a PX on our patrol base, this stuff is really going to be > >> extra > >> special. > >> > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:270964 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
