# Best military food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920 "2013-03-14T15:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/1 "2013-03-14T15:18:45Z")
Please note that your vote will have dire consequences. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/2 "2013-03-14T15:29:10Z")
Although I eat more of the two chicken dishes, the pre-chicken one gets my vote, if for no other reason than that I had a delicious variation Tuesday morning: Pulled Pork Benedict, with jalapeno cornbread and BBQ hollandaise. That and a Bloody Mary for breakfast and all is right with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/3 "2013-03-14T15:29:16Z")
Trying not to be dense, but I don’t understand the question. I WANT to vote, I really do… ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/4 "2013-03-14T15:36:22Z")
You forgot [Napoleons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/5 "2013-03-14T15:38:55Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Trying not to be dense, but I don’t understand the question. I WANT to vote, I really do… The question means whatever you want it to. Vote with your heart. Also, these are all food dishes named after military commanders (kind of). ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/6 "2013-03-14T15:40:07Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > The question means whatever you want it to. Vote with your heart. > > Also, these are all food dishes named after military commanders (kind of). Daaaaammmnnn :smack: ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/7 "2013-03-14T15:45:10Z")
Dang I thought they were new flavors of MRE’s. Now I’m hungry… Did you know that Napoleon took bids on perserving food that he could send with his troops? The winner… the ‘tin’ can. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/8 "2013-03-14T15:54:29Z")
> [@HipGnosis](#): > > Did you know that Napoleon took bids on perserving food that he could send with his troops? The winner… the ‘tin’ can. Developed by [Nicolas Appert.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appert,_Nicolas) Thank you, James Burke! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/9 "2013-03-14T16:06:36Z")
I have had the general’s chicken often but Wellesley’s beef wins. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/10 "2013-03-14T17:12:04Z")
I really do like eggs benedict, but they are NOT [named](http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2010/07/who-was-benedict.html) after Benedict Arnold … ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/11 "2013-03-14T17:34:22Z")
I’ll go with [this](http://media.americanfood4u.de/jpg800/10002410_1.jpg). mmm ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/12 "2013-03-14T17:39:54Z")
You forgot Chicken Marengo. Named after a battle. Or does it have to be after a person? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/13 "2013-03-14T17:53:58Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I really do like eggs benedict, but they are NOT [named](http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2010/07/who-was-benedict.html) after Benedict Arnold … Interesting, but I still declare you be hanged for treason. > [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > You forgot Chicken Marengo. > > Named after a battle. Or does it have to be after a person? Sounds tasty, but there is no 5th option. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/14 "2013-03-14T18:14:16Z")
Ooh, ooh! Baldwin apples are named after Colonel Loammi Baldwin, who fought in the American Revolution. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/15 "2013-03-15T04:15:30Z")
“Best military food” has GOT to be an oxymoron! Or heartburn. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/16 "2013-03-15T09:41:15Z")
What; no option for S O S? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/17 "2013-03-15T09:44:41Z")
Do beverages count? Molotov Cocktail. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/18 "2013-03-15T13:17:02Z")
FYI: Colonel Sanders was not in the military. A Kentucky colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. When it was first started, being a Kentucky colonel did have something to do with the State militia, but it’s morphed into an honor. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/19 "2013-03-15T13:31:26Z")
How about mayonnaise? (Named after Mahon, Spain which was supposedly named after Carthaginian general Mago Barca). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/20 "2013-03-15T13:32:41Z")
> [@JerrySTL](#): > > FYI: Colonel Sanders was not in the military. A Kentucky colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. When it was first started, being a Kentucky colonel did have something to do with the State militia, but it’s morphed into an honor. Next you’ll be telling us that there was no General Motors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920.md?page=2)