Why Marines should no cook!!!!
GOD LOVES THE MARINE CORPS
MRE dinner date, the following is a true
story....told from the point of view of a young
Marine
I had a date the other night at my place. On the
phone the day before, the girl asked me to "Cook her something she's
never had before" for dinner. After many minutes of scratching my
head over what to make, I finally settled on something she has
DEFINITELY never eaten.
I got out my trusty case of MRE's. Meal,
Ready-to-Eat. Field rations that when eaten in their
entirety contain 3000+ calories. Here's what I
made:
I took three of the Ham Slices out of their plastic
packets, took out three of the Pork Chops, three
packets of Chicken-a-la- King, and eight packets of dehydrated butter
noodles and some dehydrated/rehydrated rice. I cooked the Ham Slices
and Pork Chops in one pan, sauteed in shaved garlic and olive oil.
In another pot, I blended the Chicken a-la-king,
noodles, and rice together to make a sort of mush
that looked suspiciously like succotash. I added
some spices, and blended everything together in a
glass pan that I then cooked in the oven for about
35 minutes at 450 degrees.
When I took it out, it looked like, well, ham
slices, pork chops, and a bed of yellow poop. I
covered the tops of the meat in the MRE cheese
(kinda like Velveeta) and added some green sprinkly
things from one of my spice cans (hey, if it's got
green sprinkly things on it, it looks fancy right?)
For dessert, I took four MRE Pound Cakes, mashed
'em up, added five packets of cocoa powder, powdered
coffee cream, and some water. I heated it up and
stirred it until it looked like a sort of chunky
gelatinous organism, and I sprinkled powdered sugar
on top of it. Voila--Ranger Pudding.
For alcoholic drinks, I took the rest of my bottle
of Military Special Vodka (yes, they DO make a type
of liquor named "Military Special"--it sells for
$4.35 per fifth at the Class Six) and mixed in four
packets of "Electrolytes - 1 each - Cherry
flavored" (I swear, the packet says that). It
looked like an eerie kool-aid with sparkles in it
(that was the electrolytes I guess... could've been
leftover sand from Egypt ).
I lit two candles, put a vase of wildflowers in the
middle, and set the table with my best set of Ralph
Lauren Academy-series China (that shit is
EXPENSIVE... my set of 8 place settings cost me
over $600 on sale at the Lejeune PX ), and put the
alcoholic drink in a crystal wine decanter.
She came over, and I had some appetizers already
made, of MRE spaghetti-with- meatballs, set in
small cups. She saw the dinner, saw the food, and
said "This looks INCREDIBLE!! !"
We dug in, and she was loving the food. Throughout
the meal, she kept asking me how long it took me to
make it, and kept remarking that I obviously knew a
thing or two about cooking fine meals. She kind of
balked at the makeshift "wine" I had set out, but
after she tried it I guess she liked it because she
drank four glasses during dinner.
At the end of the main course, when I served the
dessert, she squealed with delight at the "Chocolate
mousse" I had made. Huh? Chocolate what?
Okay... yeah... its Chocolate Mousse. Took me HOURS
to make... yup
Later on, as we were watching a movie, she excused
herself to use my rest room. While she was in there,
I heard her say softly to herself "uh oh" and a
resounding but petite fart punctuated her utterance
of dismay.
Let the games begin.
She sprayed about half a can of air freshener (Air Freshener, 1each,
Orange scent. Yup. The military even makes smell-good) and returned
to the couch, this time with an obvious pained look.
After 10 more minutes she excused herself again,
and retreated to the bathroom for the second time, I
could hear her say "What the hell is WRONG with
me???" as she again send flatulent shock waves into
the porcelain bowl. This time, they sounded kinda
wet, and I heard the toilet paper roll being
employed, and again, LOTS more air freshener.
Back to the couch. She smiles meekly as she decides
to sit on the chair instead of next to me. She sits
on my chair, knees pulled up to her chest, kind of
rocking back and forth slightly. Suddenly, without
a word, she ROCKETED up and FLEW to the bathroom,
slammed the door, and didn't come out for 30 minutes.
I turned the movie up because I didn't want her to
hear me laughing so hard that tears were streaming
down my cheeks.
She came out with a slightly gray pallor to her
face, and said "I am SOOOOOO sorry. I have NO idea
what is wrong with me. I am so embarrassed; I can't
believe I keep running to your bathroom!!" I gave
her an Imodium AD, and she finally settled down and
relaxed.
Later on, she asked me again what I had made for
dinner, because she had enjoyed it so much. I calmly
took her into the kitchen and showed her all the
used MRE bags and packets in the trash can.
After explaining to her that she had eaten roughly
9,000 calories of "Marine Corps Field Rations" she
turned stark white, looked at me incredulously, and
said "I ate 9,000 calories of dehydrated food that
was made 3 years ago?"
After I rogered, she grabbed her coat & keys, and
took off without a word.
She called me yesterday. Seems she couldn't shit
for 5 days, and when she finally did, the smell was
so bad, her roommate could smell it from down the
hall. She also told me she had been working out
nonstop to combat the high caloric intake, and that
she never wanted me to cook dinner for her again,
unless she was PERSONALLY there to inspect the food beforehand.
It was a fun date. She laughed about it eventually
and said that that was the first time she'd ever
crapped in a guy's house on a date. She'd been so
upset by it she was in tears in the bathroom while
I had been in tears on the couch.
I know ... I'm an asshole, but it was still a funny night