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| From | a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.war.vietnam, alt.war.misc, soc.history.war.misc, rec.aviation.military |
| Subject | Re: I had Lima Beans & Ham recently. Happy Thanksgiving to all. |
| Date | 2019-11-28 11:39 -0800 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <qrp7p012utc@news1.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <qrp7j202utc@news1.newsguy.com> |
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On 11/28/2019 11:36 AM, a425couple wrote: > I do not know what my earliest memories of the meal > Lima Beans and Ham are. > But certainly, I, and many of us, had them in our > military C-Rats. > > In the US Marine Corps while on Field exercises, or > while preparing to load up to go out, they would > open a big box (12 meals? / 16?) with labels hidden, > and pass them out, totally randomly. You got what > you got. But sometimes trading occured. I liked > the ham and lima beans meal. > > And for year after I would often enough have it > in cans from grocery store (Dennison's or Nalley??) > Then they stopped. I guess tastes change. > But my wife nicely made it from scratch for us. > It was GOOD! and here is an ode to it! from https://allpoetry.com/poem/14142198-Ode-to-Dennisons-Lima-Beans-and-Ham-by-Jon-Nakapalau Ode to Dennison's Lima Beans and Ham with bread an butter my favorite 'canned' meal as a kid I would ask for it every other day soup and a meal all in one bowl watching creature features with a brimming bowl on a late saturday night the whole can for me countless comics read while enjoying some coming home from grade school on a cold winter day a 'home run' meal any lunchtime asked for whenever mom went shopping then one day gone just like that a lesson to remember as I went through life remember to keep things in the pantry of kitchen and of life. Still remember this favorite of mine! © a year ago, Jon Nakapalau humor
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I had Lima Beans & Ham recently. Happy Thanksgiving to all. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2019-11-28 11:36 -0800
Re: I had Lima Beans & Ham recently. Happy Thanksgiving to all. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2019-11-28 11:39 -0800
Re: I had Lima Beans & Ham recently. Happy Thanksgiving to all. "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbonerbabes@pattaya.com> - 2019-11-29 08:44 -0800
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