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MREs..yum, yum. Like the other old guys who witnessed the transition, I still preferred the taste and utility of C-rats. Nothing can beat a can of beans and weenies heated up on an engine manifold or over a smidgen of burning C4...those of us who served in the brown water navy (they call them Special Boat Units now) found another use for the peanut butter...the bilge pumps in our boats had a grease cap fitting, and we were supposed to re-fill them every few days so the pumps wouldn't burn up. When out of the heavy grease, the peanut butter worked just fine. My favorite all time C-rat was ..."turkey OR chicken, boned...". We called it "mystery bird...". Figured that if the maker didn't know which one it was, it must be a mystery. Ham and eggs (chopped) weren't bad either if heated and with a generous load of tabasco...got to stop...getting all misty eyed and sentimental...good thing about MREs is they don't make noise carrying them and they aren't heavy!
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