a question about Kalinin

reinselft · Post by **reinselft** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:12 am

actually I'm not sure this equals as a spoiler or not, but it's something that was never featured in the anime...

What's the deal with Kalinin's cooking? I surfed a few Jpn sites and they mostly feature fanart that well.. disses his cooking. Sousuke seems to dislike his cooking with a passion

probably a question best answered by ppl who actually read the novels...

Weltall Elite · Post by **Weltall Elite** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:47 am

I don't remember seeing anything in the novels that mentioned his cooking. Though, if Sousuke learned his cooking skills from him, they obviously can't be very good. >_<

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:37 am

Weltall Elite wrote:I don't remember seeing anything in the novels that mentioned his cooking. Though, if Sousuke learned his cooking skills from him, they obviously can't be very good. >_<

It's a matter of belief in the armed forces that soldiers make lousy cooks, and that MREs are lousy food. (British and French MREs are supposed to be very good though: British MREs are edible and decent-tasting, while French MREs are mini-gourmet cuisine).

That said, Russian rations are supposed to be really bad. That's why in MGS3, Russian Rations taste horrible. ^_^

reinselft · Post by **reinselft** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:23 am

found some!

http://kurogyu.fc2web.com/100f-83.htm
http://kurogyu.fc2web.com/100f-13.htm
http://kurogyu.fc2web.com/365-2.htm

the first one is my fave... Uncle Kalinin's 3 Star Restaurant XDDDDDDDD

Pyrite · Post by **Pyrite** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:51 am

Heh. No wonder Sousuke says Kalinin's cooking is bad: here's what's on the menu. (Second strip)

Uncle (lit. "Grandpa") Kalinin's Borscht - 600 yen
Uncle Kalinin's Cola (Borscht extract) - 300 yen
Uncle Kalinin's Coffee (Borscht flavour) - 300 yen
Uncle Kalinin's Calorie-Mate (Borscht flavour)...

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:18 pm

LOL

What's calorie mate? I thought it was just in the MGS3 game.....

sj4iy · Post by **sj4iy** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:41 pm

It's a kind of energy bar they have in Japan.

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:42 pm

yes MRE's are horrored. (hate to think what the Russkie ones taste like!)

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:16 pm

in the first Gulf War, there was black market trade for British MREs, in exchange for US cots.......

btw, COPK, are you really a Chief Petty Officer?

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:31 pm

Wild Goose wrote:btw, COPK, are you really a Chief Petty Officer?

Once apon a time, yes.

AEmer · Post by **AEmer** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:17 am

It's mentioned in, let me think..the 2nd release of a dancing very merry christmas (or whatever it was called) by Boku Tachi, AFAIR, but that's about it, though I haven't read the manga yet.

On the field ration side of things, I can reveal that danish field rations are actually pretty nice. It's been a long time, but I spend a trial week in the airforce back in the 9th grade, and among doing recon and demolitions practice missions we got to feast on the field rations...heheh, I've never thought of this before, but back then I had just turned 16 and must've looked a little like a western sousuke..no scratch that, after finding forward some pictures, I looked a ton like him, if you forget that he's supposed to be asian...

Anyway, not the point, the point: there was everything in those rations, warm breakfast, your everyday lunch, and a 3-meal dinner with good cheese&crackers for snacks, and the desert was splendid...quite luxurious...or maybe I was just really hungry.

terran empire · Post by **terran empire** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:27 am

Wild Goose wrote:
It's a matter of belief in the armed forces that soldiers make lousy cooks, and that MREs are lousy food. (British and French MREs are supposed to be very good though: British MREs are edible and decent-tasting, while French MREs are mini-gourmet cuisine).

I have only heard good things about the newer US MREs

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:03 am

Maybe they';ve been imroved then. *shrugs*

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:58 am

Incidentally, there's a pic of Kalinin cooking, in one of the novels.

http://www.abstratica.org/anime/fmp/bla ... -10-12.jpg

My guess is borsht soup.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:16 am

Wild Goose wrote:http://www.abstratica.org/anime/fmp/bla ... -10-12.jpg

Ahh, that shot... had me wondering how canon it is in FMP!

Regards