Food in the Military (split from POTUS47 adm thread)

[NavyShooter]

Good 3 AM Food - fresh bacon, a couple slices of toast and some raspberry jam.....yum.

I also had the privilege of eating in the mess in Camp Orange in Holland - they served horse meat at one point. Wasn't actually as bad as I thought it'd be.

 

[Blackadder1916]

We had a contract for bread in Eritrea. Awesome bread. Ignore the occasional fly that was baked in, was sterile after all.
Best bread.

Though bread may be virtually sterile when it comes out of the oven, it doesn't stay that way. While cooling it attracts airborne organisms like mould spores and bacteria. It will be handled by bakery workers who could have unreported illnesses like hepatitis. It may rest on surfaces in the bakery or in delivery vehicles that may have not been properly cleaned or are accessible to vermin.

And then, if provided in an operational area, there is the possibility of deliberate contamination.