<p>Re: I'm sure during a 456 day tour of Sadr City, mystery meat would sound pretty good...</p>
<p>Yes, Im sure it would and thank you for your service to our country. However, the Midshipman at the Naval Academy are not in harms way and they are not in a war zone. There is no reason that the food is of such poor quality at a premier institution such as the Naval Academy. These fine young men and women at the Academy will soon find themselves in harms way and will have to deal with all that comes with being in a war zone. So for now, they should be well taken care of in the safety of Mother B. back in the good old USA.</p>
<p>Isn't the Navy notorious for horrible food, if you want luxury dining, try the Air Force.</p>
<p>Actually, karma has come back to me on this one. The instant I take a jab at Navy for complaining about food, my Brigade's DFAC at Ft. Campbell switched to civilian contractors due to the upcoming deployment, and the food and service is junk. I am now and ex-customer. I think it's God's way of getting even with me.</p>
<p>Cod Hotdogs. Two words you never want to hear put together as one menu item. shudder shudder. And to think that they were supposed to be focusing on healthier options. How is a fried cod hot dog in a bun supposed to pass as edible let alone healthy?
(yesterday's menu item apparently)</p>
<p>naps05mom,
I imagine everyone reading your post just lost their appetites...cod hotdogs sound absolutely disgusting. Maybe there should be an N* cookoff between Army/Navy.</p>
<p>USNA09 mom:
naps05mom,
I imagine everyone reading your post just lost their appetites...cod hotdogs sound absolutely disgusting. Maybe there should be an N* cookoff between Army/Navy.</p>
<p>Well, I wont' then tell you what the mids believed they looked like; which might explain why they weren't eating them. LOL </p>
<p>According to my mid, they don't believe they will be serving those any longer. LOL</p>
<p>WP, apparently, they were neither the color or taste of a regular fish stick. Apparently they were quite disgusting; not to mention looking like a body part.</p>
<p>My son considers his room a third world country- it is over run with ants, he and his roommates depend on airlifted food to survive, and they have little rights:) I just keep sending food packages every week or buy about 40 dollars of food each week so that I know what he is eating.</p>
<p>Re: Dad/Grad [young whippersnapper] ... I go back even further [mid-50s to '60] and can confirm that the chow was really pretty good ... other than Plebe year, not that it wasn't good then, too, we just never seemed to get a chance to eat it ;o}. Like most other things now, contracting out seems to be the order of the day ... dig deep enough and I suspect you'll find Halliburton or KBR in the mix somewhere, making an outrageous profit. Hey, maybe there really is some validity to the "Good Old Days"; however, if I ever get my hands on the s.o.b. who coined the "Golden Years" ... BEAT AIR FARCE !</p>
<p>Cod Dogs were reported to be really bad. Mrs Paul's Fish sticks are one thing they may actually have fish in them. Apparently these were like sawdust. </p>
<p>Bring on the N* cookoff! Maybe that would get some attention...not that those whose attention needs to be gotten would attend.</p>
<p>Can you think of a cheaper fish than COD? Have you ever served COD to your family? They put higher quality fish in cat food and fish emulsion fertilizer...</p>
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<p>I haven't made this in years:</p>
<p>Get Gorton's Cod Fish - comes in a can. Open the can and plunk the cod out into a bowl. Add an egg and mix well with a fork. Mold into patties and fry. Serve with ketchup. Yummmy.</p>
<p>On second thought - I don't think you can buy cod in a can anymore - it was a staple in New England during WWII according to my mother and a staple in our house during Lent. Ahhhhhhhhhh - the memories!</p>
<p>"...a staple in our house during Lent." -justamomof4</p>
<p>Eating COD would certainly be an act of penance for me! Look, I grew up eating fish a couple of times a week, sole, trout, sea bass, halibut, swordfish, and we loved it, but COD never crossed our threshold.</p>
<p>Cod, along with haddock depending on the region, is the basis for fish and chips throughout Great Britain. I could live on it and do when I am in Scotland. I guess one person's caviar is another's hog slop. Probably kinda like the situation at USNA right now. Hard to make everyone happy.</p>
<p>still trying to figure out why this is so hard to fix, Have heard a lot of mids are requesting transcripts to be sent to other schools, I think that they can put up with the study hours and less liberty but a "[Navy] moves on its stomach." So easy to fix if they wanted to. just wish they would do it.</p>
<p>Fish and chips are best eaten in Britain, with "mushy peas" and malt vinegar (yum!), or perhaps near the seaside in New England. Looks like Cod dogs are a "swing and a miss" for King Hall, though.</p>
<p>I am with you usna09mom - No cod is happening in this fish friendly household. Growing up in Wisconsin, every Friday night is Fish Fry Night - lent or no lent. It's walleye, haddock and in the real beer joints cod - some would profess those to be the best spots. Need that good Wisconsin beverage to get the cod down - even when fried in beer batter. Bring on the Walleye! Do miss Friday Night Fish Fry. </p>
<p>In England I have to drown the Cod in malt vinegar if doing it for fish and chips.</p>