"PeterL" > wrote in message
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> Does this mean the British Army is full of 'curry munchers'?? :-)
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> Or........ the National dish of England has now become curry!!
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> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...03-401,00.html
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> British army to swap corned beef rations for curry
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> February 06, 2009 11:47pm
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> BRITISH troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon be swapping their
> chocolate bars and corned beef hash for oreos and chicken kormas, in a
> radical overhaul of army rations.
> The new menus - including halal, vegetarian and Sikh and Hindu diets - are
> designed for troops serving in extreme weather conditions, and will be
> trialled on the front lines from May until October.
> Among the new additions are chicken tikka masala, the British version of
> south Asian curries that was once referred to as a "national dish" by
> former foreign secretary Robin Cook, and Thai green vegetable curry.
> ...............

so ****in what?