European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pizza and cake with frosting of � gis rate a As a ration Cooks in Vietnam dinner s what one can improvise bit Jungle Stew or birthday cake. Utensils also must be improvised As demonstrated by Marine eating a ration with Bayonet. Some soldiers even carry Fry pans. . Toldi Ert carry boxes of a rat Jon atop their Heads safari style Frey walk from Hal Copler Supply int in a Jungle Clearing. It Way not be Home cooking but it $ omai ing what gis can Cook up. August 11, 1968 editor s note the chef at the Waldorf might not approve of the Way the cooking is done. But for . Fighting men in the Jungles of Vietnam any Little extra to make the a rations palatable is just Fine. And you d be surprised what the ingenious Jungle Cooks can come up with under the circumstances and considering the utensils. A by t. Jeff Williams a writer pizza Between combat assaults in the Jungle never underestimate the ingenuity of the Ameri can a Muddy Clearing West of Dak to. South Vietnam near the cambodian Border sgt. Joseph p. Espillac Jan Francisco and pfc. John b. Moreno Kansas City mo., worked up their favorite dish of pizza followed by cake with chocolate frosting All made from c the ladies Here s their recipe take one can of beef with spicy sauce one can of White bread and one can of cheese with crackers All a rations. Cut the bread into four pieces. Put one piece on the Bottom of a a ration can. Top it with spiced beef add another slice of bread and top this wit cheese. Says Espillac you Bend the top Back Over theban put the whole mess in the cardboard Box the c rations came in and Burn up the Box. When the boxes Burnt up Presto pizza adds Moreno Only Don t do it at night. Some body will Start shooting at you when someone has a birthday troops take Pound cake from the c rations and melt chocolate Over it for the gis carry Small frying pans with them. Sev eral get together and put their various canned meal sin one pot for Stew. You just put it All together Beans beef Spaghetti anything you got. It usually comes out pretty Good. Better than straight c says prefer the skillets with a chemical coating to prevent sticking of food. If you Don t have that you re in trouble the Jungle chefs say. I had a great frying pan. Used to Cook up some Fine meals Espillac says. He adds wistfully but some Lousy North vietnamese blew it up with a Gre Nade in that last attack somehow someone in the company got some Rose to the Challenge. He scrounged Caramel candies from others in the unit. He melted the Cara Mel dipped the apples Presto candied apples. And it was sunday. No fighting on sundays. Good Day for another time they scrounged some flour and baking soda. We made doughnuts that says Espillac his eyes rolling As he recalled that Clay of unexcelled Triumph. Man. They were out of Many troops carry extra spices in their packs Todd culinary delights to otherwise Dull a rations. Capt. Robert Brown of Houston. Tex., in another uniting the 4th infantry division working this area pulls hot sauce Ketchup and grated cheese from his pack with every meal. And for a Quick hot flame troops like nothing better than a Little c-4 explosive. A Brown crumbly material it Burns just Fine for Quick cooking. But says Moreno Don t Ever stomp on it to put it out. That s the end of your meal and probably of you leg. C-4 is Kinda delicate 1 a the stars and stripes Page is
