CHOW LINE: Remember Army Spam? How about...

CHOW LINE: Remember Army Spam? How about the U.S. Navy’s beans? Or today’s military’s MREs? It stands for meals ready to eat, though Persian Gulf troops had their own names for the stuff. . . . At the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station this Friday there will be food of a different sort. . . . Eighteen of the county’s leading restaurants, including Antonello Ristorante, Prego, the Rex and Five Feet Too, are serving up their victuals. It’s a fund-raiser for families of local Marines and sailors who suffered hardships while the troops were overseas. . . . Tickets cost $150, $300 or $500.