Indian Army, Food Guide.

[Bhadra]

Yes it is a function of command.

But you cannot produce good cooks. It is not a part of your command duties. They are trained under the aegis of the Centre (if indeed that is called training!)

The proof of the pudding is in the eating (it having been cooked well).

In so far as supplies are concerned, if you reject meat, the substitute is milk powder. How much of milk powder can you eat?

Check the SRS, the powers to reject supplies, the substitutes, the power of the Station Commander to order buying from the local market under the clause 'at the risk and expense of the Contractor' and how the Contractors buy up the market so that there is no meat/ supply rejected is available, the way the Local Market Authority (State Govt chap) who is to certify the day's local rates go missing and can never be found for the day and so on.

It is not that easy as you think.

All correct..

But in India Cooking has never been a skill but an art which all men and women folks try and acquire, right. No one gets trained for it except for modern boring housewives. right .

There are units who get their Mess cooks trained in five star hotels but the result is fuss...
A good company never depends on their cook to prepare tasty meals but on the lunger commander and the senior JCO..

Out of a strengthen of 125 odd soldiers one finds good cooks amongst them..

Besides ASC supplies, good battalions and companies always supplement their food varieties through small contributions such as One ruppee a day ... Achar worth RS 125 a day is very good supplement...

Or salad of onion and chillies masala is possible out of Rs 125 for a company..

With the increase in the scale of meat, largest problem is shortfall in Veg oil and masala...

 

[ashdoc]

Soldiers should eat only nonveg food . :thumb:

 

[aragorn]

Soldiers should eat only nonveg food . :thumb:

you and your carnivorous propaganda

 

[ashdoc]

you and your carnivorous propaganda

oh , i miss those days

 

[Ray]

All correct..

But in India Cooking has never been a skill but an art which all men and women folks try and acquire, right.
There are units who get their Mess cooks trained in five star hotels but the result is fuss...
A good company never depends on their cook to prepare tasty meals but on the lunger commander and the senior JCO..

Out of a strengthen of 125 odd soldiers one finds good cooks amongst them..

Besides ASC supplies, good battalions and companies always supplement their food varieties through small contributions such as One ruppee a day ... Achar worth RS 125 a day is very good supplement...

Or salad of onion and chillies masala is possible out of Rs 125 for a company..

With the increase in the scale of meat, largest problem is shortfall in Veg oil and masala...

You may have been lucky to find good cooks who are artists within your company rank and file.

But then that is a rarity.

Even the Study Team of Punjab Agriculture University vested with the task by Army HQ to go into the rations of the IA in all its ramification including cooking etc, found that the cooks were substandard and one of the causes of poor palatablity and waste. I was a Board Member that toured the country on cooking and cookhouses.


Mess cooks who have been trained in 5 Stars is on personal net and liaison and not a universal happening. Even then, these cooks do not have the 5 star ingredients that is required to present the meal that they are taught. Further, they are Mess Cooks who shine during Parties since during those times, the ingredients are made available. My own unit's mess cook is such a trained chap since Major Rehman who is the head of the ITC Hotels is from my Regt.

As far as the 'Cuttings' for food, it all goes in getting more condiments and, in my Regt, much of it goes into red chilly powder that the Mahars cannot do without. Even then, the bring their own onto the dining table.

It is sad that Rakesh Sharma was selected to be the first Indian in space.

The Govt did not know that most of us from our Regiment, after a meal at the lunger would have gone into space if only someone lighted us at the burning exhaust!

 

[Bhadra]

Soldiers should eat only nonveg food . :thumb:

Which world are you from ... Pakistan....??

 

[Bhadra]

Hmm.. Maharies !!

 

[Ray]

Which world are you from ... Pakistan....??

Perceptions that are ingrained by vested interests.

Like martial race and non martial.

It has been proved as bogus in all wars after Independence!

 

[Ray]

Hmm.. Maharies !!

No,

Merely MAHAR!

 

[Ankit Purohit]

HAWs is at Gulmarg 2,690 m (8,825 ft) and at Sonamarg at an altitude of 2800 metres above sea level.

9000 ft is taken as High Altitude!

Food would be the same as anywhere else.

Sonamarg would possible be claiming High Altitude Rations.

Cooks will however be the same without any concession of having better one because of altitude!

Sir ,any special Food because of high altitude

 

[ashdoc]

Which world are you from ... Pakistan....??

i am talking about giving our soldiers some live practice of killing living beings .

 

[Ray]

Yes.

High Altitude rations is way different.

I will search my archives and see if I can fish that out.

It is good, but there is no appetite that one could eat the same.

High Altitude kills the appetite!

And every thing has to be pressure cooked!

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I have edited posts, ' Cowards ' is a insulting word for Soldiers, JAT, KUMANO and many other are mostly veg, So in a way you are insulting them..

You should check war records of VEG men in IA, They are most feared and very reputed ed ....

 

[Ankit Purohit]

any update sir

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Took some pics, will post soon..

 

[blank_quest]

Took some pics, will post soon..

just ensure to watermark those pics....thanks

 

[W.G.Ewald]

You guys use this?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

We have little different than this..

Mainly to cut out cheese issued at altitude, though mostly people use knife..

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Sir ,any special Food because of high altitude

Effects of high altitude on humans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In addition, at high altitude, the heart beats faster; the stroke volume is slightly decreased; and non-essential bodily functions are suppressed, resulting in a decline in food digestion efficiency (as the body suppresses the digestive system in favor of increasing its cardiopulmonary reserves)

Wilderness Medical Society

Inappropriate thirst and appetite responses, together with increased insensible water loss, transient diuresis and increased energy expenditures can lead to rapid dehydration and glycogen depletion and weight loss at altitude if adequate food and fluid are neglected. Dehydration may intensify the symptoms of altitude sickness and result in even lower food intakes. One of the most effective and practical performance-sustaining measures that can be adopted upon arrival at high altitude is to consume a minimum of 3 to 4 liters of fluid per day containing 200 to 300 g of carbohydrate in addition to that contained in the diet. This should prevent dehydration, improve energy balance, improve the oxygen delivery capability of the circulatory system, replenish muscle glycogen, and conserve body protein levels.

Food intakes are typically reduced 10 to 50% during acute altitude exposure depending upon the individual and rapidity of ascent. Rose et al. (1988) observed depressed food intakes and weight loss at altitude even under the controlled hypobaric chamber conditions of Operation Everest II. In this study, work requirements were relatively low, and a thermoneutral hypobaric environment with an adequate quantity and variety of palatable food were provided. Decreased food intake under these conditions indicated that hypoxia by itself was a major factor reducing appetite and food intake. Adequate food intake can be achieved at altitude but it requires a concerted, conscious effort of dietary management and forced eating (Butterfield 1996). The combination of anorexia and reduced food intake can potentially exert a negative effect on work performance at even moderate altitude (Askew 1996).

 

[Ray]

It is not only the intake of food that reduces, but you feel sick at the sight of food and every thing appears unpalatable!

Imagine people not wanting Almonds, Pine Nuts, Cashewnuts, Raisin Brown, Salted Ground Nuts, Cadbury chocolate bar, Tetra pack Fruit Juice, Cherry, Pineapple etc!

15 gms of Cheese cube/ cheese spread is also a part of the daily ration.

Even such savories like Rossogollas/ Rabri Mix are on the ration.

That's the stuff given in High Altitude!