MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: C-Ration Soup du Jour Categories: Pork, Beans, Vegetables Yield: 2 Servings 1 Can ham & lima beans; mashed 1 C-Ration can hot water Salt & Pepper Generous dash Tabasco 3 tb Chopped green onion; sauteed - in butter, oil, or fat 4 tb Butter, oil, or fat for the - crumbled crackers C-ration crackers; crumbled There is a "soup du jour" on every menu in every American restaurant from Maine to 'Frisco. There is no reason why the Armed Forces should be an exception. The front-line fighting man has one advantage. He knows what goes into his soup du jour. Mash the ham and lima bean misture to a smoothish pulp. Combine with a can of hot water and bring to a boil stirring briskly all the time. Add Tabasco, salt and pepper to taste. Serve piping hot garnished with crumbled crackers you have sauteed in butter, oil, or fat. RECIPE FROM: The CHARLIE RATION COOKBOOK (or "How to eat well in a foxhole.") Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM