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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:02:55 PM EDT
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C-ration?
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:05:35 PM EDT
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C-ration? AKA Combat Ration. Metal cans, Lucky Strikes etc... |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:05:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: C-ration? What soldiers ate before the MRE and it's jalapeno cheese and vegi crackers, pound cake, and milk shakes Pound Cake. 
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:08:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: CC-ration?  D  K  10 IN 1 |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:12:17 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad.
Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:15:23 PM EDT
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Pork, lard, and beans
So yum 
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:16:51 PM EDT
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I didn't make this thread because I didn't want to get a warning for posting repeat/similar threads.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:29:35 PM EDT
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When you're drunk camping in the woods and your buddy has a case of C-rats in the trunk of his 57 Chevy.
It all tasted pretty damn good.
GM |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:30:22 PM EDT
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Beenie Weenies. I saw fights over them.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:39:27 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. The Japanese had it even worse. They were issued uncooked rice and meat. Expected to cook themselves. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:48:59 PM EDT
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Pecan nut roll.
Hands down the best thing from a can |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:49:05 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. The Japanese had it even worse. They were issued uncooked rice and meat. Expected to cook themselves. -"Expected to cook themselves. " - Unintended double entendre? |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:50:02 PM EDT
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I was probably the only soldier in the US military that liked the C-ration Ham and Lima Beans.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 2:56:09 PM EDT
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Only experience I ever had with 'em was finding the odd and end
on Radio Island. They taste good as hell when you're a kid and it's "Army food" |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:04:03 PM EDT
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I was probably the only soldier in the US military that liked the C-ration Ham and Lima Beans. http://www.c-ration.com/media/C-ration%20bilder/PB190023.jpg Hey look there is less poison crap in them than in alot of food we see on our shelves theese days. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:05:14 PM EDT
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I liked " ham, sliced, cooked with juices" it had fruit cocktail in the box
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:06:25 PM EDT
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Never had any.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:12:10 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot? 
I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:22:13 PM EDT
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German chocolate cake
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Posted: 7/22/2011 3:54:22 PM EDT
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I don't think anyone on this board actually participated in WWII.
But I was issued some 1970's, post-Vietnam (no cigarettes) C-rations during my first three years of service. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:01:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: Beenie Weenies. I saw fights over them. My BIL brought one of those cartons back from Viet Nam and gave it to me. I was impressed how good everything in that box was. The others, not so much.  |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:01:39 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot?
I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. You left out the "Ersatz" part. Kind of like a tube full of "Lard flavored oleo". Or the horror stories I heard about their ersatz coffee. Basically brown water with a touch of chicory. Yum. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:04:26 PM EDT
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Only experience I ever had with 'em was finding the odd and end on Radio Island. They taste good as hell when you're a kid and it's "Army food" Which Radio Island? The only one I ever heard of is near Beaufort, NC. I suppose there are several, though. ETA: I had some of the Vietnam leftovers as a kid. None really impressed me but they were different. I seem to recall that the crackers were simultaneously nasty and tasty...
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:07:39 PM EDT
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I was probably the only soldier in the US military that liked the C-ration Ham and Lima Beans. http://www.c-ration.com/media/C-ration%20bilder/PB190023.jpg The Forest Service used to issue this stuff to their firefighters in the early to mid sixties. I didnt mind the lima beans, and the pound cake would go down okay. Usually the cake was safe and wouldnt make you sick. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:08:27 PM EDT
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Pork, lard, and beans So yum Freezing to death due to lack of calories and protein means it may be yuck but it saved a whole lotta lives. Hi cal, high fat beats vegetarian hash when you're fighting a war and burning thousands of calories a day. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:09:02 PM EDT
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Only experience I ever had with 'em was finding the odd and end on Radio Island. They taste good as hell when you're a kid and it's "Army food" Which Radio Island? The only one I ever heard of is near Beaufort, NC. I suppose there are several, though. ETA: I had some of the Vietnam leftovers as a kid. None really impressed me but they were different. I seem to recall that the crackers were simultaneously nasty and tasty... That's the one. We went to the beach there a great deal in the 70s-80s when I was growing up there. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:09:06 PM EDT
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Pecan nut roll. Hands down the best thing from a can Pound cake wasn't bad either. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:10:11 PM EDT
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Why only C-rats? No love for the K-ration?
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:10:56 PM EDT
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Beenie Weenies. I saw fights over them. This might be the first time in my adult life that I have heard the name "beenie weenies" since I was a child. I didn't realize it now, but back when I was a kid - Momma would make "beenie weenies" and it was like a 5 star occasion. I had no idea why it was called that, or where the dish even came from.. PS. We ate it so much, i doubt i could even smell it without getting a little bit ill these days. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:18:25 PM EDT
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I was probably the only soldier in the US military that liked the C-ration Ham and Lima Beans. http://www.c-ration.com/media/C-ration%20bilder/PB190023.jpg Hey look there is less poison crap in them than in alot of food we see on our shelves theese days. Ham and Motherfuckers. To this day my Father, a Vietnam Vet, refuses to eat lima beans. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:27:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. "Gott in Himmel! Jew again!" |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:33:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot? I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. You left out the "Ersatz" part. Kind of like a tube full of "Lard flavored oleo". Or the horror stories I heard about their ersatz coffee. Basically brown water with a touch of chicory. Yum. Iron Rations  |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:33:44 PM EDT
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All I had in the Army was C rations. The ham and lima beans were pretty good. Cigarettes were traded for the brand you liked. Whoever liked PallMalls was in luck.
A great quote from Lt. Col. Anthony Herbert: "Majors were a dime a dozen. No one wanted one. A joke running around was that a battalion was offered a Major and they refused. The officer in charge said, "We will trade you a Major for a case of blanks and a case of C rations. And if you're short, you can keep the blanks and the C's." |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:39:12 PM EDT
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I was probably the only soldier in the US military that liked the C-ration Ham and Lima Beans. http://www.c-ration.com/media/C-ration%20bilder/PB190023.jpg Those weren't too terrible. Remember the Ham and Eggs? Only time I ever actually saw real green eggs! |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:40:48 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot?
I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. You left out the "Ersatz" part. Kind of like a tube full of "Lard flavored oleo". Or the horror stories I heard about their ersatz coffee. Basically brown water with a touch of chicory. Yum. Iron Rations Yum. babycrackers and canned mystery meat. Pass the ersatzkaffee, Hans. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:46:02 PM EDT
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I don't think anyone on this board actually participated in WWII. But I was issued some 1970's, post-Vietnam (no cigarettes) C-rations during my first three years of service. When I was in Basic Training (USAF, April 1984), they were handing out C-rats during one of our field days, guys in line ahead of me where handed boxes with cans, and my group ended up with First Gen MRE's.  I got the Meatballs in BBQ Sauce. 
Neighbor of mine was in the Army in the 60's & 70's, so I got my hands on some of the post Vietnam C-rats, I remember eating spaghetti, and Ham & Beans, and I also remember the small cans of peanut butter. Stuff was pretty good. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:50:48 PM EDT
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I don't think anyone on this board actually participated in WWII. But I was issued some 1970's, post-Vietnam (no cigarettes) C-rations during my first three years of service. When I was in Basic Training (USAF, April 1984), they were handing out C-rats during one of our field days, guys in line ahead of me where handed boxes with cans, and my group ended up with First Gen MRE's. I got the Meatballs in BBQ Sauce.
Neighbor of mine was in the Army in the 60's & 70's, so I got my hands on some of the post Vietnam C-rats, I remember eating spaghetti, and Ham & Beans, and I also remember the small cans of peanut butter. Stuff was pretty good. +1. Same here. I was in a year before. The cans filled with rocks worked great on the trip wire for sound. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:52:28 PM EDT
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I don't think anyone on this board actually participated in WWII. But I was issued some 1970's, post-Vietnam (no cigarettes) C-rations during my first three years of service. When I was in Basic Training (USAF, April 1984), they were handing out C-rats during one of our field days, guys in line ahead of me where handed boxes with cans, and my group ended up with First Gen MRE's. I got the Meatballs in BBQ Sauce.
Neighbor of mine was in the Army in the 60's & 70's, so I got my hands on some of the post Vietnam C-rats, I remember eating spaghetti, and Ham & Beans, and I also remember the small cans of peanut butter. Stuff was pretty good. Were the TI's giving a warning about "pregnant cans"? |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 4:53:56 PM EDT
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My dad had a shitload of C rats when I was a kid. I remember them being pretty good. A lot better than any MRE I've had.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:06:35 PM EDT
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You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot?
I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. You left out the "Ersatz" part. Kind of like a tube full of "Lard flavored oleo". Or the horror stories I heard about their ersatz coffee. Basically brown water with a touch of chicory. Yum. Iron Rations Yum. babycrackers and canned mystery meat. Pass the ersatzkaffee, Hans. Ahh, mystery meat. When I was in Israel, I bought two cans of mystery meat. It was in hebrew and you couldn't really tell if it was pork, chicken or beef. Anyway, my guide asked me why I was buying it and pointed out that she wouldn't buy it herself. I told her that I wanted to present them as souvenirs of my trip to Israel. She told me that I should find some nicer Israeli product to bring home as gifts and that she would be embarrassed to give that meat. Nope, mystery meat it was. I'm sure my siblings still have it too. This year it was mystery meat and comatose level hotsauce from Beleize. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:08:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'm gonna bet it wasn't pork.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You hit some of the sites that keep track of how these evolved, and suddenly those U.S. ww2 rats don't look so bad. Some of the stuff the Germans came up with was downright grim. What, you don't like that grease in a tube that they would spread over their schwarzbrot? I hate the ham and mo-f***s. The regular pork and beans were good. You left out the "Ersatz" part. Kind of like a tube full of "Lard flavored oleo". Or the horror stories I heard about their ersatz coffee. Basically brown water with a touch of chicory. Yum. Iron Rations Yum. babycrackers and canned mystery meat. Pass the ersatzkaffee, Hans. Ahh, mystery meat. When I was in Israel, I bought two cans of mystery meat. It was in hebrew and you couldn't really tell if it was pork, chicken or beef. Anyway, my guide asked me why I was buying it and pointed out that she wouldn't buy it herself. I told her that I wanted to present them as souvenirs of my trip to Israel. She told me that I should find some nicer Israeli product to bring home as gifts and that she would be embarrassed to give that meat. Nope, mystery meat it was. I'm sure my siblings still have it too. This year it was mystery meat and comatose level hotsauce from Beleize. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:10:15 PM EDT
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You'd have to be pushing 60 to have any extensive-enough culinary history with C rats in order to have an opinion on the topic.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:13:38 PM EDT
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When my Scout Platoon was issued MRE's for the first time we thought it was wonderful. Even now older soldiers wonder what the heck you newby's are bitching about.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:13:38 PM EDT
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Beenie Weenies. I saw fights over them. Dad (VN vet) mentioned that one of the Lts in his unit had the nickname Lt Beanie Weenie because he had the uncanny knack of showing up right as somebody popped the wire on a case of C-Rats & would snag the franks & beans. After Hurricane Camille (dad was stationed in Gulfport, MS) C-Rations were all we lived on for a good long while. Being a wee sprog at the time I don't recall eating them...as a goofy teenager (80s-I think MREs had just started coming out) I did try some sort of chocolate cake C-Rat I bought at the local surplus store. Dad warned me i wouldn't like it....& he was right.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:19:04 PM EDT
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RHIP
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:25:25 PM EDT
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Quoted: You'd have to be pushing 60 to have any extensive-enough culinary history with C rats in order to have an opinion on the topic. Not really. We had WWII era C Rats as kids in the early seventies. Scouts and such. I was also issued Vietnam era C Rats in 1990 while on range detail in basic training. Much better than MRE's. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:25:36 PM EDT
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The White Bread with Grape Jam was not too bad.
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:28:03 PM EDT
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You'd have to be pushing 60 to have any extensive-enough culinary history with C rats in order to have an opinion on the topic. Not really. We had WWII era C Rats as kids in the early seventies. Scouts and such. I was also issued Vietnam era C Rats in 1990 while on range detail in basic training. Much better than MRE's. This- I saw loads of 60's/70's era field rations turning up "surplus" as late as 92. A lot of them were pregnant or leaking though. |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:29:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Pecan nut roll. Hands down the best thing from a can Pound cake wasn't bad either. When I was a kid we would buy the pound cake at the war surplus store. Yummm |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 5:29:41 PM EDT
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You'd have to be pushing 60 to have any extensive-enough culinary history with C rats in order to have an opinion on the topic. Not really. .Mil was issuing C rations all the way up to Gulf War 1 in 91 I started seeing variations of MRE type meals in 83 or 84 and at the time the Canadians had the best stuff going. |
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