I always wondered exactly just what kind of chocolate that does not melt was on those cookies. But I ate them anyway.

Me too! Loved the Ham and Eggs, looked like Alpo and there was a never ending supply because only me and our Chieu Hoi would eat it.

You MRE winers must have never had C rations, Ham and Mother and Pauls eggs and ham were the second worst . I liked the fruitcake so could trade with anybody, seemed like nobody liked the fruitcake, Pound cake with can of peaches was food for the Gods. Some long ago memorys brought to the top. Sure am going to enjoy supper tonite. Bob

Best mre I had is when I threw it in the trash and went to the guest house and got a jager schnitzel and hefe weisbeer. .lol ! Course that was 30 some years ago. Bless you all for your service!!

My favorite was always the dry pork Pattie. And the cheese spread and crackers. Chicken a la king was second favorite

When I arrived to my first unit, the sergeant thought that it would be a good idea for me to eat chicken-ala-king and turkey with gravy everyday for 10 days. It was years before I could eat poultry again.

My favorite was meal #9: meatballs rice and tomato sauce (smoke flavor added). Came with a candy bar. Also had crackers, hot cocoa, and creamer- great for making "pudding!" (1989-92)

Waxed over I’d guess.

Love jager schitzel. The hefe weissen brings back to many memories these days.

I wonder what the shelf life is on the MREs??? The C rats not much good to say about them other than you really missed home cooking still got the P38 what a souvenir.

Saw a guy get food poisoning when I was in basic from the chicken a la king. Couldn’t eat that anymore. I think the spaghetti was my favorite

In the dark brown cases, I liked the spaghetti and meatballs. It had M&Ms in it. Saw two grunts fight over it once. You put your chocolate cocoa in the apple sauce for chocolate pudding. Yes, you would find artery material in the beef stew. Take your sugar packet, pour it in your creamer packet, light it on fire for a marshmallow. When I ETSed in 95, my platoon got to go to the field for a week just to try out the new light brown packs. Now they were gourmet!

Loving this thread already lol.
For some of you old cats talking about c rations you'll probably love this guy's channel.

Photo for the old timers - sorry for tonight's nightmares.

I will starve before I ever eat another MRE. T rats were ok, lasagna and the blueberrie cake were the bomb back in the day At my first duty station in FT Devens MA, we were the test dummies for Natick. They had us try the LARP meals, 5 bars of saw dust, YUCK!

That's what it was. I knew it was veggie something. Wasn't the lasagna like I said it was this

Best thing in the old C-rations from the late 60's was the Camel straights!!!!

Could be worse .

chilli mac and the chicken ala king. When I was real young I remember my Uncle Marvin giving us some of his rations when he was home on leave from Vietnam. Grandma always conficscated the small packs of smokes I cant remember what brand.
J

Our German ones are best given to the enemy as they tend to do more damage than most of our antiquated weaponry.