tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528030472543374193.post3879433001982687200..comments2024-03-27T18:49:09.341-04:00Comments on The Purcell Chronicles: The MRE Continues To Be Improved Over The YearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528030472543374193.post-62320229972820237622019-01-17T11:37:34.527-05:002019-01-17T11:37:34.527-05:00In Korea in 1952 - 1953 we were given C Rations, b...In Korea in 1952 - 1953 we were given C Rations, but those were likely a far cry from what the soldiers get today. Back then the box would contain three meal cans of "Mystery Meat", a brick of cocoa, a pack of hardtack crackers, an envelope each of instant (rubber) coffee, creamer and sugar, a can of fruit, a wad of toilet paper and a pack of cigarettes. Being stationed deep in enemy territory, we received everything by air drop, and here's how old some of them were. Luck Strike cigarettes were originally in dark green packs with the Lucky Strike Logo. Early in WWII, due to the need for dyes by the military, the company launched an advertising campaign saying, "Lucky Strike green has gone to war", and they switched to white packs. Well one time in that horribly cold 1952 winter in North Korea, my C-Ration had a green pack of Luckies. I can remember how we rated the cans of fruit. The grapefruit sections were the most sought, and if you got one you could auction it off.Capt. Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643114430644299995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528030472543374193.post-91246268351662084692018-05-23T14:07:50.375-04:002018-05-23T14:07:50.375-04:00Well written and informative article. I experience...Well written and informative article. I experienced Mores in the 1980s, having C-RATs in the Security Police Academy at Lackland AFB TX,then again at AZR Machine Gunners School/ABGD Training at Ft Bullis TX (remember the scrambled eggs?). The MREs were a mixed bag,sometimes good, sometimes not so much. The addition of Tabasco minies was a blessing. The ability to use your mess kit and trioxide tablets/mini stove would determine preference on MREs. If you could heat it with water the dehydrated beef and pork Patties or actually quite good. The Vienna sausages (they called them something else) were pretty good as well. I didnt care for the barbecued meatballs or the chicken al la king, and only the chocolate nut cake dessert was palatable. The rest of them tasted like fruit cake which I still despise.lol The cheese pack with crackers were a welcome find, and the coffee pack was right up there with the TP pack in the condiments.<br />I'm glad to learn that the meals have improved, and those heater packs would have been a blessing.<br />A lot of good memories...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697743539574310805noreply@blogger.com