Title: TASTE TEST & UNVEILING!: 1942 US Army Field Ration C B Unit MRE Cracked Open! Source:
You Tube URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8f5Kj_CrY Published:Mar 27, 2017 Author:Steve1989MREInfo Post Date:2019-04-27 13:01:12 by Liberator Keywords:WW2, Food, Preservation Views:1057 Comments:7
This incredibly well preserved World War 2 U.S. Army Field Ration Type C B-Unit was one of the main MRE components for the war effort. Mass produced at over 1 Billion, 300 Million B-units in 1942 alone, it was an iconic part of the U.S. Soldier's diet of WW2.
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Awesome. Fascinating. Good stuff.
1942 MRE Army ration was cracked open. Very thoughtful and creatively how these MREs were packed and preserved.
Would you eat any component of a 20 year old MRE? 30? 50? This was 75 years old.
Would you eat any component of a 20 year old MRE? 30? 50? This was 75 years old.
Yes. If it is not spoiled due to seals being broken or stored improperly,it will still be good 100 years from now.
The last time I ate WW-2 C-rations was some time in the 60's,and it was supposed to have been expired then. It wasn't. Hardest damn crackers you have ever seen in your life,though.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Dude lights up a 75 year old cigarette and actually samples some contents.
Lucky Strike,Pall Mall,or Chesterfield?
IIRC,for some odd reason most of the Lucky Strikes seemed to go to the USMC,but the Army made out because they got the Pall Malls,Camels,and the Chesterfields. The Camels were as short as the Luckies,but the Pall Mall and Chesterfields were at least twice as long,giving you a longer-lasting smoke out of the 5-pack.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
If it is not spoiled due to seals being broken or stored improperly,it will still be good 100 years from now.
Keyword: "IF".
I watched 3 demonstrations from this guy as he opened two 1942 MRE's and one from 1945. He got one good "hiss" from the 1945 one, indicating an excellent vacuum and seal. Contents were immaculate. I thought it was amazing just how much stuff they crammed into those cans.
In two samples the meat was fossilized. (The third had no meat.) Candies held up well. And yes, the crackers.
The last time I ate WW-2 C-rations was some time in the 60's,and it was supposed to have been expired then. It wasn't. Hardest damn crackers you have ever seen in your life,though.
That's wild. They even saved a WW2 C-Ration for you? Did it come with meat? Remember any other contents? Slightly crispy crackahs, eh? According to the reviewer, he LOVED those crackahs.
You might find the reviewer's You Tube site link interesting; At it, the guy pops open and samples MREs from at least WW2 through the 50s-80s and beyond.
In one MRE was an off-brand, but in another were Chesterfields. (Yes, Army.)
The Camels were as short as the Luckies,but the Pall Mall and Chesterfields were at least twice as long,giving you a longer-lasting smoke out of the 5-pack.
5-packs? This guy found a 9-pack of smokes in his 1945 MRE. In perfect shape. Camels were half the size of a Chesterfield?...That's weird. Well, I guess you had to smoke 'em fast. But...there was the guy, puffing the smoke, sipping the coffee (which he claimed was as good as diner coffee as he explained the history and suppliers of the MREs.)
FWIW, according to this guy, the Charms candy factory in my hometown of Bloomfield, NJ was one of three WW2 MRE suppliers. I believe General Mills was another.
The last time I ate WW-2 C-rations was some time in the 60's,and it was supposed to have been expired then. It wasn't. Hardest damn crackers you have ever seen in your life,though.
That's wild. They even saved a WW2 C-Ration for you? Did it come with meat? Remember any other contents? Slightly crispy crackahs, eh? According to the reviewer, he LOVED those crackahs.
Naw,someone discovered a case of WW-2 C-rations stored in their parents house after they died,and gave me some of them.
I have a couple of cases of C-rats from the 70's here at my house that were given to me. Better to have them and not need them........... I forget what the new stuff is called,but ate a lot of it when I was working with the army in the 80's or early 90's. Lots of dehydrated stuff that can be pretty good if you have good water. No cigarettes,though. BTW,expect to blow up to about 300 lbs if you start eating that stuff every day. It damm sure ain't Weight Watchers. It's was designed to keep a healthy,strong,18 year old infantryman that is working hard 18 hours a day filled with energy fuel. Just a little bit of that stuff will go a long ways for most of us.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
5-packs? This guy found a 9-pack of smokes in his 1945 MRE.
I remember full packs of cigarettes in WW-2 and PROBABLY Korean War era C-rats,but the stuff we got in the army in the 60's had mini-packs with (I THINK) 5 cigarettes in each pack.
Not as bad as you think when you consider you got 3 meals a day,which equaled 15 cigarettes.
Believe it or not,but Lucky Strike cigarettes went from a white package with a big red ball in the middle,to a olive drab green package with the big red ball. They used this in their advertisements saying "Lucky Strike goes to war!"
I suspect that was more wasteful than it was saving for the war effort because you can naturally bleach paper white as a part of the process,but you have to use dye to make it olive drab green.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
