Text 37874, 88 rader
Skriven 2010-05-18 05:54:00 av Dave Drum (40593.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 37852 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: PX Access
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 HN> You should go to the on base package store  prices will
 HN> be less there than on the street.

 ML> Can we do this, even if she's retired?

 DD> Well, yeah. It's one of the perks of being a lifer. I know several
 DD> retired military who drive the 70 or so miles to Scott AFB to visit
 DD> the PX (or whatever it's called these days) on a monthly basis, for
 DD> their staples. Then fill in around the edges at the local places.

 RH> For Army, it's the PX or Post Exchange.  Air Force call it the BX or
 RH> Base Exchange.  Those 2 are under the same management known as AAFES or
 RH> Army Air Force Exchange System.  The Navy and Marines operate what they
 RH> call an NEX or Navy (Navel?) Exchange System.  Any honerably retired

When I was in it was called the Navy Exchange (NX)

 RH> veteran and spouse can use any Exchange.  An unremarried widowed spouse
 RH> can as well.  Alcohol, however, is usually sold at a Class VI store;
 RH> I've no idea how that name came about.  An Exchange is like Wal-Mart,
 RH> Belks (or whatever your regional department store is), electronics
 RH> store, etc all in one.  Some high priced stuff, some house brand.

 RH> OTOH, groceries are bought at commissaries.  DeCA or Defense Commissary
 RH> Agency is the umbrella group that is in charge of all stores, no matter
 RH> what branch of service.  Commissaries carry a lot of the same stuff
 RH> from store to store--a large one might have 4-5 brands of ketchup; a
 RH> small one, only a couple, maybe 3 from which to choose.  More organics
 RH> are working their way into the stores.  Regional products are included
 RH> as well; there was a nice selection of macadamia nut products, Kona
 RH> coffees, Hawaiian (from the Big Island) teas and other items at the
 RH> Schofield Barracks store.

Once again, back before we got heavily involved in SE Asia the NX was all
combined - goods and grub in the same big building ... like a Super Target or
Meijer. Maybe like a Super Wally World but I've never (and won't be) been in
one.

So now they have separated them out, it seems.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Navy S.O.S. (Minced Beef)
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables
      Yield: 10 Servings

      2 lb Ground Beef
    1/8 lb Onions, chopped
      3 oz General purpose flour
     32 oz Can crushed tomatoes
    1/8 oz Mace; ground
           +=OR=+ 
    1/8 oz Nutmeg; ground
    1/8 oz (ea) Salt & Pepper

  Cook beef with onions in its own fat until beef loses its
  pink color, stirring to break apart. Drain or skim off
  excess fat. 

  Sprinkle flour over beef; continue cooking until flour is
  absorbed. 

  Add tomatoes, mace or nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir well.
  Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

  Serve over Toast, biscuits, rice or pasta.
 
  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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