First off, in order to have a mess hall that is not a mess hall, you have to have food that is not quite food.  An example is "C" rations.  Here Spec 4 Fahey is contemplating our next weeks gormet meals.  These rations happened to be older than I was.  They were made in 1945 and I was born in 1947. Har!!

A quick stove.  Put dirt in an old c ration can and add gas and diesel fuel and voi la!! a small stove.  Heat 'em and eat 'em. Forgotten (sorry)cook and Spec4 Zimmer to the right.

Who needs a fancy mess hall with tables and chairs, lights, atmospere.  Just get off to the side of the road and dig in.  Here (left to right) Sgt Williams, Spec4 Zimmer, Spec4 Fahey, Spec 4 Burgett(background).  My gear is lying on the ground.  I don't know about this particular setting, but we used to tie our c ration cans to the engine manifolds to heat them up. Some times we made night runs and the manifolds would be glowing red hot when we would open up the hoods.

If you get lucky, when you stop you can find a for real stove to cook your unreal rations.  Har!!  We even have a table this time.  A little smokey tho.

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