desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 30, 2019 10:09:55 GMT -8
This guy has a pretty interesting YouTube channel. He collects and reviews old and current rations. He also provides some history. All the rations are in the original packaging. He opens them and shows the content of each container. Most interesting of all, he actually eats or tastes the various products. Even ones that are up to 70 years old.
Here is one of his videos where he presents a 1942 U.S. Army Field Ration D. It's an informative video series. Finding examples for subject content must be hard to do. I'm going to subscribe to his channel. We should be grateful for our modern survival ration/trail food options.
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rangewalker
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Post by rangewalker on Nov 30, 2019 13:39:52 GMT -8
Most interesting of all, he actually eats or tastes the various products. Even ones that are up to 70 years old. My Depression era Mother, adept home canner, would be mortified. The woman knew more about botulism and other food processing issues than anyone I ever met since. My parents were bomb shelter survivalist that kept and rotated out supplies from the food closet year to year. That said, when I was a teen backpacking favorites in my little group were C ration pound cakes and ham patties. Forest Service fire crews got Korean War vintage meals up until the mid 70's. A nearly two percent spoilage rate in WWll rations was acceptable margin among food contractors. After the war, American and French criminal gangs flooded Europe with suspect rations on the black market. |
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Post by calidream on Apr 5, 2020 17:31:37 GMT -8
From my blog at ckjournal.com/vn-66-67-part-2-hill-55-dodge-cityC-Rations we had in Vietnam. My favorites were beans & wieners, meatballs & beans, & boned chicken, though I ate a lot of eggs, water added with ham because I could tolerate it and people would just give it away, so I could use other stuff to trade for the coveted fruit cocktail, pears (mmmmmm, pears), and pecan roll. Sometimes you could get together some pears and pound cake for a true feast. Crackers with peanut butter were okay, but even I wouldn’t eat the “candy disc, chocolate” – or the ham & lima beans (“ham & mother-fuckers” as everyone called them). Beef steak (it was a steak, alright), ham, turkey loaf, beef/potatoes/gravy were okay if you were really hungry. I don’t remember meat loaf (lol – are you kidding me. How bad would that have been?) or spiced beef. The caraway cheese always irritated me – who eats caraway seeds? But I liked the pimento cheese. I loved the cocoa and jam & cookies. The bread was lame. I ate a lot of fruitcake because I was one of the only ones who would, so there was always plenty of it. I almost always had a bottle of Tabasco. (Writing this journal is sufficient unto itself, but if it turns out that someone reads this to me when I’m old, please read all the ingredients below – Thanks.) B-1 Units Meat Choices (in small cans): Beef Steak, Ham and Eggs, Chopped Ham Slices, Turkey Loaf, Fruit: Applesauce, Fruit Cocktail, Peaches, Pears Crackers, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Candy Disc, Chocolate Cream Coconut, Accessory Pack* B-2 Units Meat Choices (in larger cans): Beans and Wieners, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Beefsteak & Potatoes & Gravy, Ham and Lima Beans (AKA ham & motherfuckers), Meatballs and Beans Crackers, Processed Cheese Spread with either Caraway or Pimento Fruit Cake, Pecan Roll, Pound Cake, Accessory Pack* B-3 Units Meat Choices (in small cans): Boned Chicken, Chicken and Noodles, Meat Loaf, Spiced Beef Bread, Cookies, Cocoa Beverage Powder, Jam (Apple, Berry, Grape, Mixed Fruit, Strawberry, Accessory Pack* The Accessory Pack had a plastic spoon, salt & pepper, instant coffee, sugar, creamer, 2 Chiclets, cigarettes – 4 smokes/pack like Winston, Marlboro, Lucky Strike (my favorite three), Salem, Pall Mall, Camel, Chesterfield, Kent (nasty things), Kool (Winnie the Penguin says, “Smoke Kooool!”), matches, & Toilet Paper. We all carried a “P-38” can opener and usually had heat tabs or C-4 to heat things. |
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crawford
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Post by crawford on Apr 7, 2020 10:14:48 GMT -8
Working with the Dutch Army once, they wanted to trade rations for our MREs. I got pate and melba toast for one of our MREs, and it was good! I also once traded with some UK boys in Iraq, MRE for a large tin of Apple Bread Pudding. It was wonderful.
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Post by johntpenca on Apr 22, 2020 13:12:25 GMT -8
C-Rations we had in Vietnam. I'm glad you survived that ridiculous war. |
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