BLACKHAWKNJ
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The ones I absolutely refused to eat were the one that came out in the 1970s marked "Soylent Green".
Do you remember "C" rations? If so, what was the worst and best?
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george minze
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Canned corn beef (or they said it was corned beef) In Korea in the winter if you could make them hot they weren't disgusting just plain old ugh. got to Japan I thought I was in heaven. You could put on wieght there believe that. You could shower every day what a luxury. Like every baby faced cpl. I wanted to stay there forever but reality set in and then I wanted "go stateside" God Bless the US Marines changed my life forever...
Beef with spiced sauce was the basis for making good chow if you knew how to forage. The nicotine Nazis made them take smokes out of C's in the early 70's.
Every old soldier still has his P-38 on his keyring, and if he's a good old soldier, the keyring is a grenade pin!
Every old soldier still has his P-38 on his keyring, and if he's a good old soldier, the keyring is a grenade pin!
HarryWatson
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Beanie weenies and spaghettie and meatballs were the best. I never could eat the sausage patties.
I learned to eat, and even like, the ham and green lima beans. If you could eat those, you never went hungry.
I learned to eat, and even like, the ham and green lima beans. If you could eat those, you never went hungry.
Does anyone have one of the C Ration cookbooks that the Tabasco Company produced?
IIRC you could write Tabasco and they would send you one free.
Mine was lost years ago, wish I still had a copy.
Tabasco was one of the few companies that did any thing for the field soldier.
rayb
IIRC you could write Tabasco and they would send you one free.
Mine was lost years ago, wish I still had a copy.
Tabasco was one of the few companies that did any thing for the field soldier.
rayb
Tho I answeared earlier about c rats and mre's the worst food I had was issued to us (D 1/48th Inf 3rd AD)by the Belgian Army during an exercise in Germany in 1984. This was my 1st and only time that I ate cold congealed canned cow tongue.The only saving grace was the fresh bread and butter that they issued every day
Sargeyork
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I always saved the ham and eggs and warmed them somewhow for "morning" type meals, corned beef hash and lima bean ham were only eaten if nothing else was left. Pound cake,canned fruit, cookies and John Wayne bars were prized and commanded high value in trades, the small cheese and peanut butter cans were easy to keep in a pocket for a quick warm sneak a snack.
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michaelknifenut
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Mine was a bolt action 22 with a peep sight that came from a range.I was 14.Don't remember the brand but it was very accurate.Bought a longer clip for it because it looked cool to me.Ended up trading it on a VOX organ.Wish I still had both of them,the VOX in particular...Mike
Long Barrel
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Rayb,
The Tabasco company supported the troops (and still does) very faithfully.
The chairman of the company at one time was a WWII vet and USMCR Brigadier General.
The Tabasco company supported the troops (and still does) very faithfully.
The chairman of the company at one time was a WWII vet and USMCR Brigadier General.
Alpo
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Could be wrong, but I bet this was supposed to be on the "what was the first gun you bought" thead.
7003006
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M dad told me they would either use c-4 or burn the oil off the top of the penut butter or put bug spray in a can and heat with that.Originally posted by BOB THE PALINDROME:
Take a can of ham slices and find/beg/acquire some pineapple jam. Carefully remove the ham slices and then replace putting a layer of jam between each slice. Heat and serve!
Anyone else use C-4 to heat water for coffee? Anyone else use the C-4 out of the back of claymores?
'79 we deployed and an officer from another outfit came along to observe. God awful cold, and dark-we started a small fire to heat our C's-yep-an explosion and the outsider caught the contents of a can of jam on his butt. He thought we were being attacked. After we stopped laughing we checked to make sure he didn't have any more closed cans in the fire.
29aholic
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Yep Ham and M'F'er's were the worst, but I loved the big thick crackers and the canned cheese
29aholic
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I have used C-4 and I have also used a C-rat can full of sand and soaked with JP-4...kinda like a Sterno
Rayb,
I have my original copy of "The Charlie Ration Cookbook or No Food Is To Good For The Man Up Front". Got it in Vietnam in 1969 while serving in the Seabees. I still get a kick out of it. A copy can be viewed at this link:
http://www.thefontman.com/crat_cookbook.html
The McIlhenny company produces a later version for the MRE's. A quick call to the company will get one sent to you quickly.
Take care.
Dave
I have my original copy of "The Charlie Ration Cookbook or No Food Is To Good For The Man Up Front". Got it in Vietnam in 1969 while serving in the Seabees. I still get a kick out of it. A copy can be viewed at this link:
http://www.thefontman.com/crat_cookbook.html
The McIlhenny company produces a later version for the MRE's. A quick call to the company will get one sent to you quickly.
Take care.
Dave
Me again, Check this link for a copy of both cookbooks.
http://david.brubakers.us/cook...rationcookbooks.html
http://david.brubakers.us/cook...rationcookbooks.html
CH47gunner
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Been there, done that.
JP-4 doesn't burn very well tho - like kerosene, wouldn't work in my Zippo either.
On the bunker line, the NCOIC had to go thru and inspect the individual bunkers and replace all the claymore's that didn't have any C4 left in them.
Bruce
During the Vietnam war Brig. Gen. Walter S. McIlhenny, U.S. Marine Corps, son of the 2nd company president of McIlhenny Company from his experiences with C-Rations as a Marine during WWII came up with the idea to send soldiers copies of the Charley Ration Cookbook filled with recipes for spicing up C-rations with Tabasco Pepper Sauce wrapped around two-ounce bottles of Tabasco Pepper Sauce along with a handful of a P-38 type can openers all in a waterproof canister.
Here is a copy you can download.
http://www.thefontman.com/crat_cookbook.html
