I am the wife a recently retired Navy Seabee, have spent 10 of the last 13 yrs overseas. Loved it. Once again we are going overseas only this time as civilians. Muscat Oman here we come! love to cook Thai and Asians dishes. For Christmas because of where we have been stationed and the lack of ham or turkey. Our tradition now is to have steak and lobster. We all like to make salads together and get creative doing it. I made this delicious Thai w/shrimp dish that was kind of hard to make and took a long prep time and it turned out so good. It was one of the best dishes that i ever cooked or tasted. Homemade breads. I make them and they turn out like hockey pucs. My meatloaf sometimes it is good sometimes not so good.