On Jun 4, 3:07*pm, "l, not -l" > wrote:
> ....
> From my experience, the least popular meal was the canned eggs; far more
> often than eating them, we used them for heat and light. *When in a rear
> area, we'd steal a bit of kerosene or gasoline from generators and jeeps,
> open a can of eggs, chop them up real good and pour a bit of fuel into the
> can and set it on fire. *Next best thing to sterno; the eggs kept the fuel
> from running all over if the can was accidently knocked over.
> --
Ham and eggs, chopped, I think it was called. Much improved with hot
sauce, could be combined with the canned bread, certainly not good no
matter what you did. For small heat and light we just burned
C-4.....That was really handy stuff. I've often wished there were a
civilian source for it. -aem