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Posted: 6/10/2003 7:00:47 PM EDT
Regardless of the weapon and equipment in hand,
the proficiency and life of the VC/NVA soldier was often more dependent upon what he had in his stomach. Food supply was a constant problem yet the stereo-type of the enemy starving in the jungle, popular among allied troops was simply not true! meal consists of: bowl of rice , roast duck drumstick, canned fish, fried Dace in salted black beans, and Chi-Com canteen of water, sometimes tea. [url]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/227094/IM000010.JPG[/url] |
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I'm doing the Atkins diet and I'd kill every sumbitch here for that rice ;)
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Quoted: I'm doing the Atkins diet and I'd kill every sumbitch here for that rice ;) View Quote You'll have to get to that rice before me![rocket] A seriously great dinner pic! |
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[img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/227094/IM000010.JPG[/img] Well, there ya go. That is an A-number-one dinner pic. |
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The man in the black pajamas, dude. A worthy fucking adversary.
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NIce dinner for a picture but I wager it was awful tough to enjoy with B-52's doing thier thang-Tough little bastards they were for sure.
M |
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It would have been interesting to see the Charlie against the Iraqis. It would have not lasted long! I dont think there has been a worthy arab armed power since the crusades.
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and don't brush your teeth for a year, to get that $hit breath smell
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Where's the nuoc mam ! GI always forget nuoc mam!! No eatty rice without the nuoc mam !
GI beaucoup dien cai dao !!! |
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Is that a punji stick in your tiger trap, or are you just happy to see me?
Nice lice! ED |
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The basic item of consumption by the VC/NVA, like their ARVN enemies and general population
of Southeast Asia, was rice. This was supplemented, particularly the mountainous regions where little rice was raised, with sweet potatoes, manioc and corn. Salt and "nuoc-mam" a pungent sauce made from fermented fish were the primary seasonings. [grenade] |
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Outstanding dinner pic! Best I've seen in some time! (applause)
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oh come on, I like Vietnamese food, but fish sauce is nasty.
[puke] |
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Quoted: "fermented fish" [puke] View Quote But she told me she was 18! |
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Bogus.
1- That is not a NVA pit helmet. 2- They do not have the luxury to eat Tomatoes Sardine. They eat rice, salt and dry fish. 3- Is that a U.S Colt .45? (They use Makarov). |
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Don't knock nuoc-mam before you try it. It's really pretty good. If you're a first timer though, I'd recommend NOT smelling it before you try it.
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Quoted: roast duck drumstick, canned fish, fried Dace in salted black beans, and Chi-Com canteen of water, sometimes tea. View Quote Never been in Viet Nam, but that roast duck takes special skill and a special commercial high temp oven to make. I doubt it would be available on the battle field, unless of course there was a Chinese restaruant or take-out nearby. |
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Quoted: Bogus. 1- That is not a NVA pit helmet. 2- They do not have the luxury to eat Tomatoes Sardine. They eat rice, salt and dry fish. 3- Is that a U.S Colt .45? (They use Makarov). View Quote the helmet is a jungle workshop Vietnamese made sun helmet, the Viet cong didnt use standard uniforms, they used what ever they could get. the canned fish is "not sardines" it is a popular canned salted fish w/black beans, also commonly eaten in Vietnam, this can was imported from China. yes that is a USGI 1911A1, the VC used captured US weapons all the time, or WWII weapons sent to Vietnam from China as military aid. the Makarov was not common during the Vietnam War, the Tokarev TT-33 or Chi Com T-51 or 54 was the standard VC/NVA sidearm, but they made use of any guns they could capture or make for themselves in jungle workshops. |
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My understanding is that viet cong got considerable suport from the chi com.
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Quoted: Quoted: roast duck drumstick, canned fish, fried Dace in salted black beans, and Chi-Com canteen of water, sometimes tea. View Quote Never been in Viet Nam, but that roast duck takes special skill and a special commercial high temp oven to make. I doubt it would be available on the battle field, unless of course there was a Chinese restaruant or take-out nearby. View Quote the Viet Cong could have simply bought the roast duck in Saigon in the Chinese "Cholon" district and brought it back out to the country side, the VC were always nearby in Vietnam, there were no "front lines" they could be anywhere, Charlie could be sitting right next to you at a restaurant drinking a number "33" Saigon beer and you wouldnt even know it! [:)] |
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it doesn't look quite done enough.
A healthy dose of flash frying with napalm would work well. Lebrew |
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Quoted: Bogus. 1- That is not a NVA pit helmet. [b]we wont know for sure untill he turns the hat over.[/b] Weather or not its a real vc PIT[h] helmet |
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Quoted: Quoted: Bogus. 1- That is not a NVA pit helmet. 2- They do not have the luxury to eat Tomatoes Sardine. They eat rice, salt and dry fish. 3- Is that a U.S Colt .45? (They use Makarov). View Quote . . the canned fish is "not sardines" it is a popular canned salted fish w/black beans, also commonly eaten in Vietnam, this can was imported from China. . . View Quote I've seen the "fried dace with black beans" in the Asian grocery stores of Monterey Park(a suburb town 10 miles east of Los Angeles, Calif). Pretty cheap something like $0.80/can. |
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The Viet Cong are not a people worthy of the admiration of free people. Perhaps as guerrilla fighters they were tenacious and worthy of respect but they also murdered, tortured and terrorized their own people. They tortured and killed American POW's. Their countrymen continue to hold American servicemen captive. They are Godless, Communist heathens.
Does anyone have a photo depicting what the SS death camp guards ate? How about a meal photo from the Imperial Japanese soldiers who raped Nanking or the ones who marched thousands of Americans to death in the Philippines? They eat that garbage because that is all they deserve. |
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fuck you pal, I *like* my garbage. It *does* happen to be what many other vietnamese, and what people from other parts of the region eat as well.
This dinner pic is like a historical museum exhibit.. Do you get your jollies busting displays at the holocaust museum? |
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Quoted: fuck you pal, I *like* my garbage. It *does* happen to be what many other vietnamese, and what people from other parts of the region eat as well. This dinner pic is like a historical museum exhibit.. Do you get your jollies busting displays at the holocaust museum? View Quote I wasn't busting on Vietnamese people in general. They deserve better than what the Viet Cong and their Communist masters have given them. If you see yourself as a Vietnamese Communist, that's something you have to live with. |
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Quoted: They eat that garbage because that is all they deserve. View Quote Mouth's saying one thing, mind's going off on another. There's yet a career in politics for you. |
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asians in general seem to get really touchy when you tell them their food tastes like a half full minnow bucket left out in the sun for a week
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Quoted: Quoted: They eat that garbage because that is all they deserve. View Quote Mouth's saying one thing, mind's going off on another. There's yet a career in politics for you. View Quote We hear what we want to hear. How you interpret what I say says more about you than it does about me. |
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Quoted: asians in general seem to get really touchy when you tell them their food tastes like a half full minnow bucket left out in the sun for a week View Quote actually rice is sacred to the Vietnamese, it is the reason for their existance, Vietnamese are very proud of their rice, they have respect for it, South Vietnam is basically a country of agriculture, the two most important crops are rice and rubber. Rice is grown in a major portion of South Vietnam mostly in the Mekong river Delta. Rice and Fish are the principal foods in the Vietnamese diet. [:)] |
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Quoted: Quoted: fuck you pal, I *like* my garbage. It *does* happen to be what many other vietnamese, and what people from other parts of the region eat as well. This dinner pic is like a historical museum exhibit.. Do you get your jollies busting displays at the holocaust museum? View Quote I wasn't busting on Vietnamese people in general. They deserve better than what the Viet Cong and their Communist masters have given them. If you see yourself as a Vietnamese Communist, that's something you have to live with. View Quote QUAN-DOI VIET-NAM CONG-HOA VA THUY-QUAN LUC-CHIEN HOA-KY DA TIEU-DIET TRON VEN,MOT TRUNG-DOAN VIET-CONG TAI CHU-LAI ,QUANG-NGIA. VIET-CONG DA DE LAIU TREN CHIEN-TRVONG 600 XAC, 1000 ,TEN BI THVONG, 58 TEN BI BAT SONG. TOAN BO VU-KHI CUA CHUNG DA BI TIEU-HUY. Bob [:D] |
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Even after all these years...........I've learned to let it go.
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That sir is a great themed dinner pic.
I applaud your effort on this picture. NoKarma |
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sushi for me! yay!
[img]http://japanesefood.about.com/library/graphics/tekkamaki.gif[/img] Vietnamese food was always too smelly for me. I've tried it though but it's not really my cup of tea. |
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Its been my experience when it comes to exotic food.
its best not to ask or think about what its made of. But rather to enjoy the taste of it (if possible). ohh and pass the fish sauce. |
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