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Well, I can think of two things good to say about C-Rations.  (1) they were 
better than K-rations.  (2) They were better than the food on the mess 
decks (USS Valley Forge in the Spring of 1968).  To the point that the Grunts 
had to mount armed guards to keep sailors from stealing cases of them off of 
pallets on the Hanger Deck scheduled to be lifted ashore to the BLT the next 
morning.  My favorite was the Salsbury Steak.  But you're right about the 
Tabasco.  I can't comment on the tuna, as I wouldn't eat tuna fresh off the 
boat.  And in fairness to Navy chow generally, we had an Ensign as Commissary 
Officer who should have been deep-sixed.

In a message dated 10/4/2010 11:05:30 PM Central Daylight Time, 
w4eal at gmx.com writes: 
> Oh boy C rats. My favorites were the spaghetti with the 1" wad of orange 
> grease attached to the lid and the pork roll with the lump of fat that 
> looked like an eyeball staring at you. Yummy. In 71 &72 the ration cans had 
> 52-53 dates on them. The tuna was good after you squeezed the oil out of it. 
> We couldn't wait for the chopper to drop that pallet. Gourmet
> all the way. The local fish nailed to trees tasted better. Tabasco sauce 
> made anything taste good. The cigarettes with the brown spots were good too.

Robert Downs - Houston
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