RE: [HoE] Milrats/MREs(was: Longevity)

["Heivilin, Jim" <banzai@missouri.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: deadlander@juno.com [mailto:deadlander@juno.com]
> Subject: Re: [HoE] Milrats/MREs(was: Longevity)
> 
<snip>
> They do make great food for those long pack-only trips into the
> mountains, though.  Besides, after being raised on my mother's meatloaf
> MREs were a step up.
> 
Boy, that's cold! <g>

<snip>
> I was actually partial to the Corned Beef Hash.  At least it came out of
> the pouch looking like Corned Beef Hash.  I am not a big fan of "Pork
Cookies".
> 
That must have been one of the new ones.  Never got it (but then I was never
luck when it came to drawing it out of the case and I was loath to use my
position/rank to get my pick (never seemed fair but it never stopped others
from doing that).

<snip>
> >A couple of the MREs came with a "candy-bar" that was in great demand - 
> 
The best of these in any of the Milrats was what was known as the "John
Wayne bar".  It came in the tin of crackers in the C-Rats.  It was sort of
like a Nestles crunch bar but better.  A circular, foil covered
cookie/candy-bar about three inches across.  People would kill for these.
When you got one you were golden for about a week.  

<snip>
> Like I said before, these make for great fodder if you have to pack all
> of your food in.  Here in Arizona we have to carry 4 gallons of water for
> a 2 day trip and if you can shave off a few pounds by packing MREs you
> live with it.
> 
And MREs don't require any water to prepare (unlike freeze dried foods). 

<snip>
> Also called "Sea Biscuits" by my grandfather.  He said that everything
> that came out of the tins had the same consistency as uncooked biscuit
> dough.
> 
Memory has erased all of my C-Rats stories except one and I won't bore you
guys with it.

Jim H.

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