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Canned items are in evidence but unlabeled (at least in the photo's I've seen).

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some sort of beef stew

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ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

Well i might want to try the MRE:) you can buy them in poland they are smuggled out of Afghanistan

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

My army had C rations which contained a P 38 folding can opener, a 4 cigarette pack of smokes(usually some brand nobody would ever buy), some toilet paper, a can of whatever the main course was(there were maybe 8 different types), a small tin of hardtack,maybe a tin of peaches or fruit cocktail, or a pound cake(Ya' had to pound them out of the can into your canteen cup to mix in with the peaches to make a cobbler), and there may be a foil wrapped piece of hard delicious chocolate, and a plastic pack of plastic eating utensils with a packet of salt and pepper.....
In the field we tried to have a bottle of McIlhenny Tabasco with us at all times.

I could polish off a case of "C's" in 2 days..(Meant to last a week).

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Sea food:
Sardines in cans
Clams in cans
3-in-1: Clams, seaweed and beans
Rolled seaweed (seasoned) in cans
Laver in dried form and seasoned
Mackerel in cans
Salted salmon in cans
Dried cuttlefish
Trout in cans
Dried Bonito Fish

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ORIGINAL: John Lansford

I want to know what "Essence of taste (of vegetable origin)" is; perhaps just a tiny little hint of some kind of plant?  :)

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ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

During my time in, I was lucky enough to experience both the C-rats and the early MREs (or as we called them "Meals rejected by Ethiopians"). I prefered the C-rats myself.

The MREs had this packet of peanut butter that had the consistancy and taste of drywall spackle. Marked on the outside of the packet was the statement "Kneed before using". During one field exercise where we hadn't been feed on a regular basis, one of my fellow soilders pulled out the peanut butter, read that statement on the packet and said..."Well, there is no way I would be eating this if I didn't need it".

It doesn't make any sense, Admiral. Were we better than the Japanese or just luckier?

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3-in-1: Clams, seaweed and beans

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ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

My army had C rations which contained a P 38 folding can opener, a 4 cigarette pack of smokes(usually some brand nobody would ever buy), some toilet paper, a can of whatever the main course was(there were maybe 8 different types), a small tin of hardtack,maybe a tin of peaches or fruit cocktail, or a pound cake(Ya' had to pound them out of the can into your canteen cup to mix in with the peaches to make a cobbler), and there may be a foil wrapped piece of hard delicious chocolate, and a plastic pack of plastic eating utensils with a packet of salt and pepper.....
In the field we tried to have a bottle of McIlhenny Tabasco with us at all times.

I could polish off a case of "C's" in 2 days..(Meant to last a week).

You forgot the most important thing: a packet of instant coffee. My wife loved them damn things. When I returned to the states, our duffels were sent to the wrong place. Took 12 hours to get them to where we were. We had already cleared customs (on time) and had to sit in a "quarrentine" area until the bags got there. The MPs had to watch us to make sure none of us snuck out so by the time the bags arrived, they were a tad anxious to get done and head to bed themselves. When my turn came up, he didnt even look in it, just asked some questions any food ect. I told him I had about 150 c rats coffees in the bottom of the bag. He rolled his eyes and said "you didnt say that" "say what?" I said, "right, NEXT!". Apparently we werent supposed to bring them back in country either heh.

In the rangers we had something they called a Lerp (LRP - long range patrol). Kind of a fore-runner to the MRE, but god awful nasty. Dehydrated barf in a plastic bag, that no matter what you did, you couldnt re-constitute, so we ended up just eating them dry (when we couldnt forage something better, like live beetles or something

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ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

During my time in, I was lucky enough to experience both the C-rats and the early MREs (or as we called them "Meals rejected by Ethiopians"). I prefered the C-rats myself.

The MREs had this packet of peanut butter that had the consistancy and taste of drywall spackle. Marked on the outside of the packet was the statement "Kneed before using". During one field exercise where we hadn't been feed on a regular basis, one of my fellow soilders pulled out the peanut butter, read that statement on the packet and said..."Well, there is no way I would be eating this if I didn't need it".

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ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

During my time in, I was lucky enough to experience both the C-rats and the early MREs (or as we called them "Meals rejected by Ethiopians"). I prefered the C-rats myself.

The MREs had this packet of peanut butter that had the consistancy and taste of drywall spackle. Marked on the outside of the packet was the statement "Kneed before using". During one field exercise where we hadn't been feed on a regular basis, one of my fellow soilders pulled out the peanut butter, read that statement on the packet and said..."Well, there is no way I would be eating this if I didn't need it".

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

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ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

During my time in, I was lucky enough to experience both the C-rats and the early MREs (or as we called them "Meals rejected by Ethiopians"). I prefered the C-rats myself.

The MREs had this packet of peanut butter that had the consistancy and taste of drywall spackle. Marked on the outside of the packet was the statement "Kneed before using". During one field exercise where we hadn't been feed on a regular basis, one of my fellow soilders pulled out the peanut butter, read that statement on the packet and said..."Well, there is no way I would be eating this if I didn't need it".

Uhh....I never tasted drywall spackle..

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

Mentally, I may have forgotten the coffee subconciously becuase the packets provided so damned little that when put into a hot canteen cup, it was nothing but colored water, and then you burnt your hands on the cup to boot!