Beagle,
Heh heh, I too once believed the bumph that said we could "pre choose" our meals when setting off "en route". Unfortunately we had a chap wearing the acronym SAGE (Senior Aircraft ground Engineer) a Flight Seargeant no less. Whatever we chose for our first route, would suffice for the rest of our time (it was on his computer, and never varied). Hence six years of AA for breakfast and ACC for lunch. It was, after a few months, a pleasure to take "loadies choice" once clear of the establishment in Wiltshire, although, like you I believe that RAF in flight catering tends toward the very best. Its sad that you chaps ended up with butty boxes when tanking, I'm sure they could be as gruelling as some standard routes, probably more so.
Smudge
