Don't know if the chow we ate really was good or if we were just so hungry that we thought it was good through Basic Training at Ft. Knox and Ft. Polk AIT (Tigerland) '67. Best chow hall I ever ate at was the 525th replacement company in Ft. Lewis, WA. Meal cards to the 525th were like gold. Was common for other troops not assigned there to try to buy, borrow, beg, rent a meal card to eat at the 525th chow hall. Multiple meat, vegetable, casseroles, and desert choices. Breakfast, lunch and supper always cooked just right. Mess hall Sgt. was beyond fastidious about keeping a clean mess hall and feeding troops the best food he could.