[ARC5] MREs

[Gary Pewitt]

S.O.S. referred to creamed chipped beef on toast and was only available 
as class A or B chow.  Class A was hot in a mess hall.  Class B was hot 
(? sometimes)  transported to the field in Mermite cans.  Class C was 
C-rats which could be eaten after heating or eaten cold.  I was never 
subjected to K ration bars which were combat rations/energy bars used in 
WWII and possibly in Korea.  When stationed in Japan you could check out 
life rafts from the base recreation center and they contained life boat 
rations with K's and such exotic things such as Charms candy (like a 
square lifesaver without the hole) as well as something that looked and 
smelled like bacon which I never got up the nerve to try.   I actually 
liked some of the C-rats.  The boned chicken was just like what you can 
buy in any grocery store today.  The steak and potatoes were good if you 
cooked them.  The ham and mother f**kers were allways the last items 
left in the case because -nobody- wanted them especially after they (and 
you) had been burning in the sun all day.  If you had some Tobasco the 
scrambled eggs and ham was pertty good too.  The John Wayne crackers 
still are the best I've ever eaten.  And everybody loved the canned 
peaches.  The only really good desert in MRE's was the fruit cocktail 
and only then if you had some 7UP to re-hydrate it with instead of 
water.  In later years when I was in the N.G. summer camps I'd volunteer 
to take the NCOIC post over the middle weekend so the married guys could 
go home for some comfort.  They usually paid me in Cases of MRE's.  Some 
guys developed real skills in preparing C's and even MRE's.  One more 
thing, the plastic spoons in the C's were the best ever made.  
Incredibly tough, and it would burn like a candle if you needed it to.  
Man I sound like an old fart with his memories, hell I guess I am.  73 
Gary   N9ZSV


On 3/30/2013 9:29 PM, Dennis Monticelli wrote:
> In WW2, my dad told me that he and his buddies referred to the rations as
> "sh*t on a shingle."
>
> Dennis AE6C
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:17 PM, <n2lxm at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> The new M.R.E.'s are better than ones from the early 90's. And much
>> better then " C " or " K " rations
>>
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