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Favor C-ration?
11echo
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Mine was the "spiced beef", but I noticed EVER piece of meat in there had a hunk of gristle on it! Like some pet food place trimmed their meat and sold the trimming to some military contractor. *G* The one thing I hated most was the dreaded "fruit cake" ...only found one guy that liked that SSG. Trickle and I don't think he hated any C ration. I personally saw him going thru the garbage looking for cans of C's and normally found alot of fruit cake!
Those were the days ...eh? *L*
Those were the days ...eh? *L*
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Being in a Motortransport company we had it alot easier then most of the troops.
I used to put some water in a canteen cup and stick a small piece of C-4 on the bottom and light it. After about three or four pieces the water would boil and I would add some of the rice I scavenged from the caches we were destroying. Let it sit for 5 min. and then stick another piece of C-4 on it. After 5 or 6 applications of C-4 the rice would be cooked and I would add the ham and juices and one (only one) of those little red peppers that grew on the edge of the jungle clearings.
I didn't get to do it more than a couple of times but it sure made me think about being back in Manhattans' "Chinatown".
Aside from that fond memory.... C-rats sucked.
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We'd open up the boxes as soon as we went on patrol, and heat the cans on the tops of the boat engines. Good memories, but I don't miss C-rats.
Very filling. Heated in a canteen cup with C-4. Canned cheese melted into it. Tabasco sauce.
Also looked forward to peaches, poundcake, and pecan roll.
Least favorite: ham and eggs, datenut bread.
The biggest shock of my life came when I saw the MFG. date was before I was born . got over that on the 2nd day.
meat and stew, meat and beans??? Just kidding guys. About the last 2 or 3 months of WW 2 we finally got two more types. Not often though.
The cigarettes were the best thing though along with the big tin of powdered coffee which would make a whole canteen cup of potent coffee
before they went to the wimpy little package of coffee.
W.D.
When you are tired, cold, and hungry they were all good![;)]
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)if I wanted a "fox hole" to myself. Salem Cigs for trading with the locals (being nice cause it's Christmas)
If you could find a 90mm blank, the canned fruitcake could be loaded in front of it and you could take the headlight guards off an APC with it.
I still have the P38 that I took from a case of C-rations in the Ryukyus in 1963. Marvelous gadget.
Did not like our Tracker SNCO for the way he treated his people.
Peaches and pound cake was number 10
Peaches and pound cake was number 1! [:D] ...Scrambled eggs and fruit cake were number 10!!! [xx(]
Heating food or coffee is easier on a 105 crew. The powder charge bags that are discarded during firing missions contain hundreds of little rabbitt-like pellets that can be hand-fed under the food one pellet at a time till it's hot.
"I don't like pound cake ,I like donuts "
As to the question posed about "Favorite C- Rats" That's like asking "What was your favorite Fire Fight" The answer being " The ones you survive"
Drove a 5 ton wrecker in convoy most days my shotgun rider could stand on running board and with side panel of hood down put cans on the exhaust manifold of engine [:)] to heat after a few miles you had a hot meal [:p]used welding gloves to get off the engine[:I]
We did the same, when there was a vehicle avaliable. The glove they had with the extra barrel of the 60's worked as well as your welding mit![:)]