# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**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 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/41 "2013-03-15T20:38:17Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Steak au poivre. You…are going on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/42 "2013-03-15T21:42:57Z")
Napoleon brandy Caesar salad King Edward potatoes ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/43 "2013-03-15T23:13:50Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > … > Caesar salad > … Not named for any military figure at all. Named after Caeser Cardini. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/44 "2013-03-15T23:21:02Z")
And where did his name come from, eh? ---
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/45 "2013-03-15T23:59:20Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > Me too. I agree there should be a few more options, but of those listed, Tso’s is my favorite. > > Plus also, you are going to the special Hell they have for punsters. And when you get there, I am buying you a beer. 😛 Sam Adams? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/46 "2013-03-16T03:11:03Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > And where did his name come from, eh? His mom & dad? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/47 "2013-03-16T04:27:25Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > His mom & dad? Almost certainly not Sam Adams. That would just be weird. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/48 "2013-03-16T04:37:45Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > You forgot [Napoleons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille). There’s my vote. Specifically _Chocolate_ Napoleons. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920/49 "2013-03-16T05:41:29Z")
The deck is stacked here with so few choices! It’s an outrage! But having said that I get so little fried chicken I can totally gnosh on a bucket of KFC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-military-food/652920.md?page=2)