It can't be THAT bad, tho I think the old canned C-rations we got in the 1980s Army were as good if not better than the MREs, Unless you got the lima beans. It was hard to get the heat tablets to light, but the canned main courses were usually edible cold, especially the spaghetti. Remember the fruit cake? It wasn't that bad, tho I was usually ravenous and would eat most anything.
Thinking about eating a box of rations in the 90-degree pouring rain somewhere in Bumfuck, Alabama I am struck with both loathing and nostalgia.
It can't be THAT bad, tho I think the old canned C-rations we got in the 1980s Army were as good if not better than the MREs, Unless you got the lima beans. It was hard to get the heat tablets to light, but the canned main courses were usually edible cold, especially the spaghetti. Remember the fruit cake? It wasn't that bad, tho I was usually ravenous and would eat most anything.
Thinking about eating a box of rations in the 90-degree pouring rain somewhere in Bumfuck, Alabama I am struck with both loathing and nostalgia.