After a long cold day in the field any hot food, soup or coffee tasted great. I can say that I can only think of one time in 30 years of service, i saw bad food it was a Ft. Bragg, NC at the transit barrack. As a senior officer at the time went over and had an off-the-record talk with the Food Service Officer about the ramifications of troops getting food poisoning on an officer's career. For the short time that I was there, i started to see the Food Service Officer everyday in the Dining Facility (Mess Hall). Needless to say, the food quality improved.