Feeler thread for an LZ Picnic.

[Skysoldier]

Back in Vietnam, when we got back to the LZ after a mission, the First Sergeant would always welcome us with an LZ Picnic.

Rib Eye Steaks on the grill,

and ice cold beer! (In Vietnam, ice was worth more than beer.)

No Potato Salad, no Corn on the Cob. Your leftover C-Rations became the side dishes.

And the only eating utensils you had were your bayonet, which is all you need to pick up a steak from a grill.

I have to admit, those were the best meals I ever remember....

Years later, back in Albuquerque, I met up with some fellow Vets, and we revived the tradition.

We used to meet up in the mountains every couple of months and have an LZ Picnic.

I miss those LZ Picnics.......

So I was wondering if any fellow Vets here would be interested in having an LZ Picnic.

 

[Hustler One]

Sounds tasty and a lot of fun!

 

[M60]

I'm all over it Kim. Still got the origional can opener on my dog tag chain too . Let me know if I can help in any way.

 

[dustoff22]

In with P38 in hand.

 

[Twigg]

Ok who's got the C-rats ? Dibs on the ham slices !

 

[Skysoldier]

If this is open to younger vets, I'm in. I can bring a P38, but I usually open MREs with a knife or Leatherman. LOL

By all means......this is for any Vet that wants to attend, young or old!

Can you get some MRE's? Because I know us old farts can't get any C-Rat's anymore!

 

[Tim L]

Ah C-rats,beans and baby dicks,ham and eggs chopped,shit disks and beef and rocks.

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Cooked in a steel pot.

 

[dustoff22]

Cooked in a steel pot.

We cooked ours (quickly) in the exhaust stack of the huey (+/- 500 degrees C).......always hot, always good except it tasted like JP-4. I'll bring some diesel fuel to simulate if you wish.

 

[Lip]

I have to admit it I loved the dehydrated pork, beef patties.

 

[M60]

We used C4. Rolled it into a ball, elevated the can over the C4,used the opened C-rat can top as a handle and put a match to the C4. It cooked those C-rats fast . Ahhhh the good old days. Anybody got some C-4 ?