What do u think of the new SAF Meal boxes and carrier bag?
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fresh ration is extremely appealing, especially after days of cold and sticky combat ration.Originally posted by specfore:Hey guys,
when you have been away from Singapore these many years like me, even the picture of the food at the start of this thread looks yummy. Doesn't matter if it is cold or hot, which incidentally, I don't think is such a issue when you are eating lunch on some bare top hill in the midday sun !
and it can work wonders, especially when the weather is wet and cold.
ever experienced eating fresh ration in the rain. it still tasted as good!
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ditto that, my time we pull out plastic bag to cover mess tin and get cold rice and food donked in it. The grasshoppers jump in and out of the food. Dont complain laOriginally posted by specfore:Hey guys,
when you have been away from Singapore these many years like me, even the picture of the food at the start of this thread looks yummy. Doesn't matter if it is cold or hot, which incidentally, I don't think is such a issue when you are eating lunch on some bare top hill in the midday sun ! -
He ORD long time ago liao..kekekeOriginally posted by Gordonator:oh u eat out? -
but then he's still working for SAF right?Originally posted by laurence82:He ORD long time ago liao..kekeke
anyway the new lunch boxes uses recycled paper, as compared to the old styrofoam boxes which is harmful to the enviroment. -
have not tried it yet but guess the only thing i will miss about the styrofoam box is the ability to just tear off the corner and use it as a make shift spoon.very useful when as usual logistic cock up and we dun get enough plastic spoons.Wonder if that can be done with these paper boxes.
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Cannot then use hands liao.Originally posted by GenX:have not tried it yet but guess the only thing i will miss about the styrofoam box is the ability to just tear off the corner and use it as a make shift spoon.very useful when as usual logistic cock up and we dun get enough plastic spoons.Wonder if that can be done with these paper boxes. -
Wah, plastic spoons!!! You guys had it good. We just rub sand into our metal spoons and douse it with a little water and put it back into our packs.Originally posted by GenX:have not tried it yet but guess the only thing i will miss about the styrofoam box is the ability to just tear off the corner and use it as a make shift spoon.very useful when as usual logistic cock up and we dun get enough plastic spoons.Wonder if that can be done with these paper boxes. -
reservist lahOriginally posted by Xprobe:Wah, plastic spoons!!! You guys had it good. We just rub sand into our metal spoons and douse it with a little water and put it back into our packs.
my nsf days still using our own metal spoon too. -
why rub sand into the spoons? won't cleaning the spoon by rubbing against our no.4 be more hygienic?Originally posted by Xprobe:Wah, plastic spoons!!! You guys had it good. We just rub sand into our metal spoons and douse it with a little water and put it back into our packs.
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not when your no. 4 has gone through sweat and soil.Originally posted by Gordonator:why rub sand into the spoons? won't cleaning the spoon by rubbing against our no.4 be more hygienic? -
anyway for me, dun bother to really wash it cos if it is fresh ration, mostly only stay out for 1 day so lunch used liao,just anyhow rinse it a bit bring back camp then wash properly. Dinner is where corners come in handy liao, clip off and just nice enough to scoop the rice and eat with it.
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wow, u all still can use plastic bag to cover mess tin 2 eat ar...when we were recs we were nt allowed to do that. They wan us to wash like siao after eating. Still rem 1 big bucket of dirty soap water w pieces of sponge in it next to e food tonner. But e specs n officers hve a gd life of using styrofoam boxes. Eat n throw.Originally posted by Xprobe:ditto that, my time we pull out plastic bag to cover mess tin and get cold rice and food donked in it. The grasshoppers jump in and out of the food. Dont complain la
Heng ar, only recs days used mess tin, unit life all use styrofoam meal boxes. Still rem my unit no $ to indent plastic fork only gt plastic spoon provided. N there was once where e ration came late, n to speed up e delivery they used e ambulance to go n collect food fm e food tonner n go around 2 other parts of e jungle 2 deliver food. Funny sia, when e ambulance back doors were being opened, u can smell n c boxes of food stacked in it.
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soap water and sponge? we just used water from our bottles to wash, no matter how oily the food was. wash, then keep. anyway no one cares about the oil on the utensils, when we are going to eat again, and when we are outfield. already alot of other things go into our mouths together with your food.Originally posted by contact_thatslife:wow, u all still can use plastic bag to cover mess tin 2 eat ar...when we were recs we were nt allowed to do that. They wan us to wash like siao after eating. Still rem 1 big bucket of dirty soap water w pieces of sponge in it next to e food tonner. But e specs n officers hve a gd life of using styrofoam boxes. Eat n throw. -
What ever happened to "CB" leaf tissue paper and palm frond spoons? The old soldiers used to teach us recruits to wipe stuff with the large leaves from the CB bush, and to cut the end of the stems from a palm frond... it is semi-hollow and can be used as a small scoop... to use as a spoon !
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neber hear b4...e mi fun never pass dwnOriginally posted by specfore:What ever happened to "CB" leaf tissue paper and palm frond spoons? The old soldiers used to teach us recruits to wipe stuff with the large leaves from the CB bush, and to cut the end of the stems from a palm frond... it is semi-hollow and can be used as a small scoop... to use as a spoon ! -
wow, all of a sudden from new SAF meal boxes talk until forks and spoons liao.
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hmm it can go on still ..haha...lets talk abt worst eating experience outfield ?? haha.. i remember how sadly during my cadet days when i was having my patrol field camp when the the heavens poured, my section were in the middle of an ambush and we were alll drenched, sitting, and proning, eating our rations in the rain...my fren even used the sepoh ayer leaf to make his water cup..haha...
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Whether the food in a camp is good depends on the camp.......Originally posted by LazerLordz:Heh.But the main thing is that the food must taste good.
Tekong's food is nice no doubt about that.... Same applies to PDF camps but for camps with only non-combat personnels like Ayer Rajah it is completely a different story
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i think food prepared by NTUC is many times nicer than the SFI. NTUC really bortheres to cook proper food, BMT, SISPEC, Selerang Camp are all prepared by SFI, and i swear to u, they are gd stuff. I don't noe abt the rest of u ppl, Selerang Camp Cook house offers a self service counter for senior WOSEs and officers.
but having the food served to men are also as good, how often do u get yong tofu, laksa with fried drumstick for lunch, fish and chips with lemon and tartar sauce, Bak Kut Teh,herbal ginseng chicken soup, duck rice, kway chup, fried half chicken with chips, spicy chicken curry (it rivals that in food court)
Hay mee for breakfast, roti prata (kosong) with curry, mee rubus, meesiam,
haha my fren in 41 SAR was cursing at the food we had, even those for the wkend was nicer than their regular meals..
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Between my fking dirty uniform and the hot sand under the sun, you bet it is a safer way to keep the utensils "clean"Originally posted by wuming78:not when your no. 4 has gone through sweat and soil. -
i remember those mess tins i dun put too much gravy untill it reaches the base
after eat liao just rinse with some water from the drinks to clean then ok liao -
been eating in tat for 20 days, its better than the old boxes... but difficult to tear the top corner n use it as spoon la...
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Well, my camp is supplied by SFI.Had western menu a few days back, the dinner was salmon burger patties with fries, nuggets, scrambled eggs with peas and carrots.Nightsnack was apple pie.I must say we often complain too much about the food.If you go and ask your older folks, they would say that soldiers today have a real nice spread for cookhouse food.Originally posted by one-niner:i think food prepared by NTUC is many times nicer than the SFI. NTUC really bortheres to cook proper food, BMT, SISPEC, Selerang Camp are all prepared by SFI, and i swear to u, they are gd stuff. I don't noe abt the rest of u ppl, Selerang Camp Cook house offers a self service counter for senior WOSEs and officers.
but having the food served to men are also as good, how often do u get yong tofu, laksa with fried drumstick for lunch, fish and chips with lemon and tartar sauce, Bak Kut Teh,herbal ginseng chicken soup, duck rice, kway chup, fried half chicken with chips, spicy chicken curry (it rivals that in food court)
Hay mee for breakfast, roti prata (kosong) with curry, mee rubus, meesiam,
haha my fren in 41 SAR was cursing at the food we had, even those for the wkend was nicer than their regular meals..
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It depends on whether there r big shots in ur camp. If there r, e food will be usually nicer. Cse I heard that they will send e good cooks to these camps n e lousy ones to other camps. That explains y sme SFI food in tis camp taste good while another camp which oso uses SFI taste bad. SFI is nt like McDonalds where e food in all their outlets taste e same. They dun hve e same standard in cooking.
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post edited by gordonator due to vulgarities on 151004 @2119HRS
now got western menu some more. Thus I have decided from now onwards, I will not be sympathetic to any complaints from any current NSF.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Well, my camp is supplied by SFI.Had western menu a few days back, the dinner was salmon burger patties with fries, nuggets, scrambled eggs with peas and carrots.Nightsnack was apple pie.I must say we often complain too much about the food.If you go and ask your older folks, they would say that soldiers today have a real nice spread for cookhouse food.
Whats next? Meditteranean menu? Xiao Long Bao? Japanese Cha Siew Ramen?