Icemaker said:
Bought back some good memories..My Dad brought some of those home..I snuck some out and took them to my "fort" ...I guess my taste buds hadn't been developed to a sufficient level to dislike them..of course eating "forbidden goods" might have been an influence..
Thanks for the memory recall.
Some of the C-rats were not too bad. But it did get tiring eating the same few canned meals three times per day for a year with only very rare exceptions.
Here is what they consisted of:
There were slight differences depending of the year of the case.
There were at least two different cases, one with a much older date on
the case (195?). The more common case (when I served <September
1969-1970> had a date in the 60's on the case). But I think there were
10 meals in a case of 12 (I think two were repeated).
Ham and Lima Bean AKA "Mothas" (inedible) <older case only>?
Ham and Eggs (inedible)
beef steak (inedible)
Beef Slices with potatoes (edible)
beans and franks (edible)
pork slices (inedible)
turkey loaf (edible) *OR*
Boned Chicken (edible)
spaghetti with meatballs (inedible)
Chicken and noodles (edible)
Beans with Meatballs (edible)
Peaches (edible)
pears (edible)
apricots (edible)
fruit cocktail (edible)
pineapple chunks (edible)
pound cake (edible)
fruit cake (inedible)
pecan cake (edible)
Hot Chocolate.
bread pudding
white bread in a can.
green lucky strikes
peanut butter / jelly / cheese in cans with crackers
Old Gold, Pall Mall, Camel or Salem cigarettes.
matches
Chicklets
toilet paper
instant coffee
tropical chocolate disks wrapped in tin foil.
chocolate covered coconut candy (edible)
If anybody can add to or correct this list, please post me a message here.
-Don- in rainy SSF, CA