Hot CHILI MAC after a hike on a cold winter day

[mreheater72]

Hi guys,

for the last three weeks we had really winter in Upper Franconia, Germany, a lot of snow and f…ing cold. Today after a couple of days with massive snowing there was some sunshine so I did a little hike around a small barrier lake called "Förmitz-Speicher" with a MCW in rucksack, but I did not eat that. So back home I was hungry and took some hot MRE "CHILI AND MACARONI" DoP 2007 for supper. That entree is always great and very tasty , and it is even better with a "Weizen Beer", grain bun and of course old style ration spoon :











So long mreheater72

[norge]

looks good,i like hot food to and the cchilli mac is good
but i need to gett you a real us army mess kit to match the spoon

cheers ken

did you try skiing or snow shoing?

[rationtin440]

Hats off to you norge and mreheater72! That chili and macaroni was always way too spicy for me, but we had a female in our medic section who was a self proclaimed herbologist and she told us that very spicy food and spicy condiments added to the rations were excellent for the body during cold weather. She even went so far as to keep a box of "cold weather spices" on the ambulance! This is probably true, but my thoughts are "if you can't keep it down, how much good is it?"

[unixshrk]

Wow that is quite a bit of snow.
Chili mac is great when it is cold.
Cheers

[housil]

Mod: I moved that "winter impressions" ->to here<- so we can keep Hagens topic about chili mac...

[mreheater72]

did you try skiing or snow shoing?

Of course I go skiing, near my residence there are many opportunities to do that !

I aim to do snow shoeing, but current I have no snow shoes yet. At eBay.de some times ago there was an auction with “conservative” US Army snow shoes (Norge, I know you have a pair ), but the price was too high . Recent hi-tech snow shoes I don’t like, but I hope that I will get some pair of US Army ones, then I will try them .

Hats off to you norge and mreheater72! That chili and macaroni was always way too spicy for me, but we had a female in our medic section who was a self proclaimed herbologist and she told us that very spicy food and spicy condiments added to the rations were excellent for the body during cold weather. She even went so far as to keep a box of "cold weather spices" on the ambulance! This is probably true, but my thoughts are "if you can't keep it down, how much good is it?"

That’s an interesting statement !

But I don’t think that "Chili Mac" is too hot without adding "Ground Red Pepper", yes, it is spicy, but it doesn’t burn on the tongue.

So long mreheater72

[norge]

relax with the snow shoes on ebay,i can gett a pair for you soon
i just need to drive a hour to gett them for you
still have a few friends that worked in the old us army storage place
and they have some spares of different things laying around

cheers ken

[mreheater72]

relax with the snow shoes on ebay,i can gett a pair for you soon
i just need to drive a hour to gett them for you
still have a few friends that worked in the old us army storage place
and they have some spares of different things laying around

cheers ken

Ken, that sounds great , please let me know what the pair will cost including shipping to Germany!

So long mreheater72

[norge]

yep il come later with info

just have to wait until the hollydays are gone

cheers ken

[mreheater72]

yep il come later with info

just have to wait until the hollydays are gone

cheers ken

OK, no problem, will wait .