To answer that question, read this: What Happened to Salisbury Steak? - History Facts
Related to part of the above story I have a tale. When flying reconnaissance in SE Asia many moons ago, we lived an odd juxtaposition of being in a combat zone, way up in the air, and having a galley on board to prepare meals. We did 10 hour missions so at least one meal was in order. Part of my pre-flight duties was to go to the base flight kitchen and obtain the meals for our crew. We typically flew with 22 souls on board, and as we were "hard crews" it was almost always the same group of folks. We were given three types of meals. One was a small package with C rations in cans. Another was usually some sort of sandwich and chips, and if we were lucky, a piece of fresh fruit. And lastly, a frozen meal...think something like Swanson's in a metal tray. The most popular for my crew was the Salisbury steak, though we weren't able to order our choices. We got whatever the guys working the flight kitchen decided to pack which got us an odd mix of typical frozen dinners of the time. Well, that was the usual drill. I became buddies with the Sargent who ran the kitchen so I was able to finagle some, let's call it, customization. For this tale that meant we got more Salisbury steak packs than the usual. While none of my crew mates had any idea of that special treatment, my aircraft commander figured it out. He had to fly in place of another AC who was grounded for illness. The next mission we had, after the pre-flight briefing, he called me aside (not often a good sign). All he said was "When I flew with the other crew I noticed their food selections weren't as good as ours. I don't know what you're doing to make that happen but keep it up". Thank you sir...
Related to part of the above story I have a tale. When flying reconnaissance in SE Asia many moons ago, we lived an odd juxtaposition of being in a combat zone, way up in the air, and having a galley on board to prepare meals. We did 10 hour missions so at least one meal was in order. Part of my pre-flight duties was to go to the base flight kitchen and obtain the meals for our crew. We typically flew with 22 souls on board, and as we were "hard crews" it was almost always the same group of folks. We were given three types of meals. One was a small package with C rations in cans. Another was usually some sort of sandwich and chips, and if we were lucky, a piece of fresh fruit. And lastly, a frozen meal...think something like Swanson's in a metal tray. The most popular for my crew was the Salisbury steak, though we weren't able to order our choices. We got whatever the guys working the flight kitchen decided to pack which got us an odd mix of typical frozen dinners of the time. Well, that was the usual drill. I became buddies with the Sargent who ran the kitchen so I was able to finagle some, let's call it, customization. For this tale that meant we got more Salisbury steak packs than the usual. While none of my crew mates had any idea of that special treatment, my aircraft commander figured it out. He had to fly in place of another AC who was grounded for illness. The next mission we had, after the pre-flight briefing, he called me aside (not often a good sign). All he said was "When I flew with the other crew I noticed their food selections weren't as good as ours. I don't know what you're doing to make that happen but keep it up". Thank you sir...
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