hot chow
Heated prepared food
Hot chow is a cooked meal, especially in military contexts where it contrasts with field rations or MREs.
Troops in the field look forward to hot chow as a morale boost: We finally got hot chow after a week of eating out of packets.
The term sometimes extends to any proper sit-down meal after a period of rough conditions.
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- rationsControlled food portions
- grubFood or larva
- canteenPortable liquid container
- militaryArmed forces collectively
steaming · soldiers · front lines · field kitchen · army · cafeteria · trays · mess kit · barracks · boot camp · slop · ladle · serving · troops · galley · hash · stew · beans
- military rationsMRE, K-rations, C-rations, ration packs, ready-to-eat meals