Mess Meal Change Up

March 25, 2008 - 3:45 PM by

In a bid to keep soldiers “close to home” at mealtime, Israel’s army recently upgraded menus and the result has been a doubled presence at mess hall meal gatherings.

According to the Hebrew press, menu adjustments were made at Tel Aviv’s Kirya army base and lunch attendance immediately soared from about 2,500 to 5,000 diners. Meal planners had originally predicted a mere 20% surge.

What’s the fuss? Upgrades and more choice.

A sample meal menu offers Arabic (diced cucumber, tomato and onion), carrot or coleslaw salads as starters, turkey strips, Kabob, hamburger or a vegetarian dish for entree choices and soup, rice or couscous with vegetables as side dishes.

A “fast food takeaway meal” of personal salad with roll, hot entree and French fries is also a new option allowing busy soldiers to take lunch back to the office or outdoors to dine in the fresh air or on a grassy patch in the sun.

“I’m saving NIS22 ($6) per day on restaurant takeaway,” one enthused soldier told press.

I never served in the army so the food thing is a mystery to me. But clearly it hasn’t been popular with the masses…

Bon Appetit.

Tags: • Category: Food, History and Culture, Israeliness, Life 

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2 Comments on Mess Meal Change Up

  1. Imshin on Tue, Mar 25th 2008 5:27 PM

    2. Kirya soldiers have always been notorious brats. Where I was stationed, many many years ago, there was never an option of going out to feed in restaurants, as if I could have afforded it, had there been such an option. The food was not marvelous, to say the least. Nevertheless I survived and never went hungry.

  2. Stephanie on Tue, Mar 25th 2008 6:20 PM

    3. Girrlll, i doubt the soldiers are missing a meal either. And Kirya soldiers would be sort of elitist, no? After all, isn’t that where the “intelligenzia” serves?

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