Plot: Col. Victor Bloodworth's job is to predict casualty statistics. Angered by Bloodworth's apparent callousness, Hawkeye shoves him. Bloodworth presses for a court martial until he himself is wounded and sees Hawkeye in action.

Thanks to Khaja for more details. Charles receives a hamper from home but refuses to share more than a scrap with Hawkeye and B.J, instead sharing it with Margaret. This proves to be a mistake, as both of them get ill, Charles to the point where he must flee the OR. B.J. takes over his patient, a pilot (who by Bloodworth's statistics should not have been there.) The grateful patient gives his flight jacket to B.J, but Charles wants it because he is the surgeon of record. (Charles can be very petty sometimes.)
Meanwhile, Klinger meets a soldier from Toledo, who gives him a matchbook from the Trianon and later, hotdogs from Tony Paco's.

To eat the hot dogs from Packo's, Hawk, B.J. and Klinger have to cook them. They cook them in The Swamp. Isn't that against regulations? Judging by the episodes "Change of Command" and "The Nurses", I'd say yes.

It's a shame Hawkeye wasn't the one to replace Charles in OR. It would've made a nice counterpoint to the episode, "Fallen Idol" where Charles took over for Pierce.

They cook them in The Swamp. Isn't that against regulations?

Well, yeah...but so is a still, isn't it?

Well, in the episode "Chain of Command", Potter notes that on Pierce's and Hunnicutt's permanent records, they were cited for roasting hot dogs in the latrine. (Doesn't sound very sanitary, does it?) B.J. rationalized their actions by saying, "They won't let us cook in our tent." In the episode, "The Nurses", Margaret catches the nurses baking brownies in their tent. She notes that it's against regulations. I'm not saying that the still isn't or shouldn't be against regulations, but it seems to be something Potter and Henry were more inclined to overlook. Even Frank Burns tended to overlook it more often than he made a fuss about it.

Funny that margaret said how funny the bird tasted, while charles, with his refined taste, assured her that that was exactly how the bird was supposed to taste!

And how does a canned bird go bad, anyway? Was canning not yet perfected in the 1950s?

I'm surprised that charles wants a hot dog at the end of the ep. since he's trying to convince everybody how superior and educated he is, hot dogs wont't quite fit this image. I would have expected him to turn up his nose and say sth. derisive about hot dogs. (but then we couldn't have the loveley payback BJ and Hawk give him).

"And how does a canned bird go bad, anyway? Was canning not yet perfected in the 1950s?" - constanze

As I recall, food that was canned in those days were lead lined and were inclined to spoilage. Particularly if the can was damaged. It wasn't until the late Sixties, I think, that canned goods were made safer.

"I'm surprised that charles wants a hot dog at the end of the ep. since he's trying to convince everybody how superior and educated he is, hot dogs wont't quite fit this image." - constanze

Maybe not, but I would assume that hot dogs were a novelty at the 4077th. And any change from the regular fare served in the Mess Tent, I'm sure, would be a welcome change of pace. No matter how snobbish your taste palate might be.

How come Charles didn't have to listen to Bloodworth's casualty predictions? When we first see Charles in this ep, he's in the Swamp going through his food basket.

So Bloodworth has been giving these casualty reports for a while now, huh? (He makes a reference to having to put with Hawkeye's sarcasm every time he comes to the camp.) How come we've never heard of him before this ep?

NANJAO: I couldn't help but think that Margaret and Charles were eating that food - especially the pheasant - cold (at room temperature, anyway). While it might have been better than the hash served in the Mess Tent, it still would have been cold food.

When the P.A. announces the arrival of wounded, we see a camera shot on Charles as his hands begin to lower themselves. In the next shot, his hands again hover over is plate.

How could Hawkeye be so sure the mark on the soldier's helmet was a "one"? Why didn't he ask what that mark on the soldier's helmet was? The soldier, Danker, could then tell Pierce it's a "one".

What was Danker doing with a matchbook in his hospital gown pocket? Surely all of his personal affects would have been sent to the supply hut locker where they keep such things.

Why weren't Margaret, Potter, Father Mulcahy or anyone else in camp invited to have a hot dog? Can you imagine the resentment of the rest of the camp at the sight of hot dogs being eaten in the Swamp? The least Pierce and Hunnicutt could have done is close the flaps to their tent while they ate.

This is the fifth episode this season in which Radar does not appear. Where was the Corporal?

"Gentlemen, please. Mozart.

In the "Adam's Ribs" Ep only Hawk, Trap, Blake, Radar & Klinger are there when the ribs arrive. Even Igor (?) who brought them to the table didn't get any.

Danker could have asked for someone to retrive the matchbook so he could give it to Klinger.