Originally Posted by
Auxtank
But, with that peculiar trait, in a tight spot, they could be used as a very effective emergency gyro-compass - always aligning to Melton Mowbray.
They tasted awful - but at least you'd get home.
Similar then to the infamous 'Penny's Pies' that were a regular feature of white boxes of horror emanating from in-flight at Lyneham. One unfortunate C130 captain finding a feather in his chicken and mushroom which sparked a comment from either the FE or ALM 'Well at least you know it is chicken'.
I was also a bit suspicious of the pink stuff that inhabited the inside of the sausage rolls, so much so that I used to carefully dissect them and remove said pink stuff and replace with the contents of a packet of crisps- prawn cocktail being my particular favourite. Don't get me started on fruit polos.
To be fair, most of the food that came out of Lyneham was actually pretty good.