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Cold Cuts
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 10:00am
Was it just me, or did anyone else get really tired of eating cold cuts for the last few weeks of school? If my memory serves me correctly, it seemed as if we had cold cuts for lunch just about every day for the last few weeks of school. And that stuff that resembled macaroni and cheese.
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 8:56am
#1
Cold Cuts
Ah, cold cuts! Sunday night mess with mustard and white bread. Never saw olive loaf before that and hope I never do again. I think we used tons of mustard and sometimes just ate mustard sandwiches if the cold cut plate had anything but bologna on it when it got to you. Nothing else, of course--no lettuce, tomato, etc. I think they served mac and cheese at the same meal, so saved us from starving. And I think the PX was closed on Sunday nights, so it was a long time until green eggs on Monday morning, too. Thank goodness for the biscuits (of song fame) and strawberry jam or we may have starved to death!
Sun, 02/10/2008 - 2:14am
#2
Cold Cuts
oncearunner wrote:
speaking of Cold Cuts. Remember when the James River flooded and we lost power. We were without power for a day or two and we though we would have it easy. Wrong! We still had class without lights, did the CQ thing before it got dark and had cold cereal and cold cuts for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. That got old real quick.
Man, that was miserable... but when the generators showed up, everybody turned on all their electrical stuff to blow up the generators!
Wed, 01/02/2008 - 4:39pm
#3
Cold Cuts
Ahh yes.. cold cuts.. I was thinking of FUMA food the other day and actually got a craving for macaroni and cheese with chunks of ham in it, and topped with fine bread crumbs.. Wonder if they still make that? :)
Sat, 10/27/2007 - 11:41am
#4
Cold Cuts
I was a Rocco's man. While Franco's was a great traditional Pizzeria the drip drip drip of the Rocco's pizza has never been close to replicated since I left FUMA.
I was bummed when they left. No warning...A "gone fishing" sign and a lot of sad cadets.
There was a guy--a Mr. Cobb I believe--who ran the FUML restaurant who put together some of the best subs I've ever had. His meatball subs were perfect---the meatballs were just the right size and the cheese melted just enough so as not to be scorching. Oh those were awesome.
Oh...yeah...Cold Cuts...I think I was the only one in the world who didn't hate them. Other foods I didn't hate included the "Spaghetti Creole" caserole they would make for lunch as well as the longer steak/ground beef patties. I actually enjoyed most of the lunches. When I went to College thougth I went berserk because I thought the food was gourmet.
I thought the breakfasts were terrible--which makes no sense because it's by far the easiest meal to cook. The bread at dinner always made things passable.
Ah...kids today in that dining hall...no idea how great they have it!
Thu, 10/25/2007 - 11:48am
#5
Cold Cuts
I always referred to the cold cuts as "sweaty meat". I liked it better than the boiled tubs of hamburgers, the scrambled eggs that looked like they had been hosed down with tepid water, or the apple pie with cheese on it. The only safe bets were cereal and tea - and how many days on end can one rotate between fruit loops, cap'n crunch and frosted flakes.
I have a lifelong love of pizza and subs, way beyond peers who went to public school. My brother ('86) and Heueisen ('90) share it, and I swear it was instilled by the longing, day in and day out, for Franco's. 4 years of that has permanently branded my appetite -
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 9:30am
#6
Famous Mess Hall Quote
"Could someone please pass the 'Glove Kid'?"
-John Bigger (85)
Thu, 08/02/2007 - 11:17pm
#7
Cold Cuts
Fried chicken - with hair on it.
Probably pin feathers actually, but to me it was really gross!
Wed, 11/01/2006 - 6:18pm
#8
Cold Cuts
Cold cuts were made more palatable by getting a bowl of hot water from the coffee machine and dipping one's cheese in it until the point it was melting, and smothering the sandwich in it.
Thu, 04/13/2006 - 8:55pm
#9
Apple Butter and pot shots
Yo Grumps:
Apple BUTTER - BUTTER ---Also the bread was from Richmond. The Nolde Bros. They were alumni.
Read previous post. Verily, it was true. I did it with my little M-1 ( and secret firing pin). Man, they used to explode like a water balloon.
Hope you can make it up here after the reunion.
Cheers
Thu, 04/13/2006 - 6:47pm
#10
Cold Cuts
Apropos of absolutely nothing I recall that FFV was a major supplier of "foodstuff" to Fuma back in them thar days including Apple jelly in the little packets;not marmalade,not strawberry,just Apple-day in and day out for years and years.
Although FFV also made some passing decent short bread cookies this in no way atoned for that damned apple jelly.Casually brought this up with Jim Bray who laughed and informed that FFV could also stand for First Felons of Virginia or Fine Foods.... I had my own version but wisely kept it to myself.I also recall a stew in a white sauce with fresh peas and some sort of meat.Nobody knew its name but it tasted OK and was filling.Anybody ever notice how fat and sleek the Rats at the Dump were?.I heard tell that a certain Supply Captain used to pot shot a few on weekends.JOE! Tell me it ain't so.
Thu, 04/13/2006 - 5:51pm
#11
COLD CUTS
I definitely remember the cold cuts. I had never had that type of meal as my "whole" meal before.
I also remember "planetarium" sandwiches. I didn't know that this was fairly commom since the only planetarium I had ever seen was at Fork Union.
I definitely remember the ladies that worked there gave you better portions if you were sweet to them. Plus...loved sports days because you got BIG portions before you competed.
Sun, 04/02/2006 - 8:11pm
#12
Cold Cuts
The only time I can recall having a worse cold cut experience than FUMA was while doing IA on a local wildfire.
It was an extended IA and we hadn't eaten anything in over 18 hours when the incident commander informed everyone that the Red Cross was bringing out bagged lunches so we could eat on the lines. About 3 hours after being told they were coming they finally arrived and handed us these semi-moist brown paper bags. That was the first warning that something was amiss. Inside the bags was two slices of the stalest, whitest, generic wonder bread ever seen, 3 pieces of some kind of cold cut mystery meat and a pad of butter.
Now mind you it was over 90 degrees we've been on the line for far longer than we should have been and we're in general just not very happy people. Add into that this foul "lunch" and I'm sure you can imagine just how colorful our commentary became. I mean really, who makes a bologana and butter sandwhich on stale white bread?
Thu, 03/30/2006 - 11:46am
#13
Re: Cold Cuts
Hey Dick:
I remember those coldcuts, too. YUCK! Also the bolonga sandwich and apple brown bag lunch provided on field trips. I am the same with the apple butter. (However the FFV boys provided it to the school for next to nothing as they were former cadets. I remenber the fried chix swimming in green grease. It was light years before I could look any kind of chix in the face. Do remember the roast beef and the swiss steak dinners with mashed potatoes and gravy. For dessert, bread with gravy and a spot of ketchup. Also remember the "killer" meal of "Texas hash" on Sunday night. If you made the mistake of eating that one you along with half the corp spent the next 18 hours in the rear.
Hope you have a great turnout for your reunion in May. Maybe you can stop by before turning South. Hope you are recovering nicely from your recent surgery.
Best wishes,
Joe K
You won't believe the Mess Hall these kids have today. Like the Ritz-Carlton next to what we had. However, no cadet ever went hungry in Hatcher Hall.
Thu, 03/30/2006 - 9:50am
#14
Re: Cold Cuts
fullermt wrote:
Was it just me, or did anyone else get really tired of eating cold cuts for the last few weeks of school? If my memory serves me correctly, it seemed as if we had cold cuts for lunch just about every day for the last few weeks of school. And that stuff that resembled macaroni and cheese.
I can recall coldcuts with loathing as it seemed to be insult du jour every Saturday Mess II.Either that or suspiciously bright red wieners which were quickly dubbed "dog dongs".To this day I cannot even look at coldcuts,alias "horse cock" without experiencing a mild gagging reaction.My friends and I kept tinned goods and hotplates stashed for just such emergencies.Two of us-both Army brats- had a case of selected "C" rations hidden beneath Snead Hall.For you fortunate ones who never tasted "Charlies"-MRE's are ambrosial by comparison.Once in a while we would get SOS made with real chipped beef for breakfast,a dish that I relish to this day.Chief Sarate did the best he could with what he had and did turn out excellent soda biscuits but I will die happy if I never see apple jelly again.
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 11:03am
#15
Cold Cuts
I was always amazed that the cold cuts meals -- with literally nothing cooked -- smelled far worse, far longer, and had a smell that reached farther, than any other meal I can recall.
Jess
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 10:17am
#17
Cold Cuts
speaking of Cold Cuts. Remember when the James River flooded and we lost power. We were without power for a day or two and we though we would have it easy. Wrong! We still had class without lights, did the CQ thing before it got dark and had cold cereal and cold cuts for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. That got old real quick.
I do remember that. I remember them bringing in some generators and rumor soon spread to plug in EVERYTHING you could so that the surge would blow the generators. I also remember that I was in Captain Fiske (? On the spelling) class on the third floor of Band Co. and how dark it was.
Mike Fuller
85-88