It seems almost inconceivable to believe that there was life before television. As good as the medium is for some things, it is an instrument of death to conversation in most families. Add computers, a personal CD player, and speed-eating and we've successfully killed off the last remnants of conversation in most families. Frankly, most families have no meaningful conversation at all. Days and weeks pass, if not months and years, without the skimpiest morsel of a good conversation. When I think about this, I almost weep for the magnitude of the loss. A mudslide of media has pushed our families into a cold ravine. We exist together for as long as we can make it, but we don't know each other. Without face-to-face communication, the home has become an electronic desert.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains			100	Servings

INGREDIENTS

15	lb	BEEF GROUND FZ
55	lb	BEANS WHITE PORK #10
6	lb	ONIONS DRY
3	lb	PEPPER SWT GRN FRESH
3 1/2	c	CATSUP TOMATO#10

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  COOK BEEF IN ITS OWN FAT WITH ONIONS AND PEPPERS UNTIL IT LOSES ITS
PINK
COLOR, STIRRING TO BREAK APART IN STEAM-JACKETED KETTLE OR STOCK POT.
DRAIN
OR SKIM OFF EXCESS FAT.
2.  ADD CATSUP AND BEANS TO BEEF, ONION AND PEPPER MIXTURE. STIR WELL.
3.  SIMMER FOR 20 MINUTES.
NOTE: 1. 6 LB 11 OZ DRY ONIONS A.P. WILL YIELD 6LB CHOPPED ONIONS.
NOTE: 2. 12 OZ (4 CUPS) DEHYDRATED, CHOPPED ONIONS MAY BE USED.  SEE RECIPE
NO. A-11000.
NOTE: 3. 3 LB 11 OZ PEPPERS, SWEET A.P. WILL YIELD 3 LB CHOPPED SWEET
PEPPERS.
NOTE: 4. 8 OZ (6 CUPS) PEPPERS, GREEN, DEHYDRATED MAY BE USED.  SEE RECIPE
NO. A-11000.
Recipe Number: L17100
SERVING SIZE: 1 1/4 CUP
From the <Army Master Recipe Index File> (actually used today!).
Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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