Chow!

[Holly6]

Originally Posted by Tom Houlihan

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that "Gulaschkanone" (singular) does not mean "field kitchen." It translates literally as Goulash Cannon, being a nickname for a field kitchen.

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Ergo, the substance they are consuming would be "cannon fodder"

Shut up Hal, go to bed. It's way to late for you to be posting!

[Tom Houlihan]

Originally Posted by Holly6

Ergo, the substance they are consuming would be "cannon fodder"

Or mayhap, cannon fodder fodder?

If a Catholic chaplain blessed one of those contraptions, would he then be a cannon fodder father?

Ahem...

Let's get back on topic...

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by Tom Houlihan

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that "Gulaschkanone" (singular) does not mean "field kitchen." It translates literally as Goulash Cannon, being a nickname for a field kitchen.

For other such useful tidbits, start setting aside your pennies, pfennigs, and kröner for my forthcoming glossary of WWII German words, phrases, abbreviations, and miscellaneous little bits of trivia...

And, just how many people here do you think would have gotten the nickname???

[McCoy]

I don't know Paul but I'm familiar with that nickname since before...

[Jim O]

Originally Posted by cyberia

And, just how many people here do you think would have gotten the nickname???

Anyone with a bit of knowledge of German.

[cyberia]

I figured Goulash Cannon as opposed to field kitchen, which is, would throw some people. But hey, who am I to stand in the way of another of Tom's plugs.

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by cyberia

I figured Goulash Cannon as opposed to field kitchen, which is, would throw the majority of people. But hey, why should that stand in the way of Tom's plug.

[cyberia]

A German bakery company churning out loaves of bread, date and location unknown

[cyberia]

German troops picking up rations of fresh meat

[cyberia]

Soviet troops chow down in a bunker at Kursk