# What is this grey slab (USN dinner)? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372 **Category:** Factual Questions **Tags:** food-cooking **Created:** [April 18, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372 "2026-04-18T23:41:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 69
### Author: ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines) #### Post date: [August 19, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372/69 "2026-08-19T20:13:41Z")
Just so you all know, there’s an ongoing Pit thread for the plight of the folks on the Abraham Lincoln beyond their meals. Lots of good information to be found there, even if it’s the Pit. > [@USS Abraham Lincoln](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-abraham-lincoln/1032359): > > Supposedly it’s on its way home after a record deployment. I really don’t understand how it was allowed to run out of food, if the story is true. I would have thought there would be mucho money made by someone to keep the shelves stocked, and if anything, they would have too much. A strange complaint by some was unsanitary toilets and showers. How does that happen? Nobody cleans latrines, or heads, or whatever they’re called on aircraft carriers? They just get funkier and funkier until the ship … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372)._