How about viewingВ a real C-Ration cookbook. McIlhenny son of the 2nd company president of McIlhenny Company from his experiences with C-Rations as a soldier during WWII came up with the idea to send soldiers copies of the Charlie Ration Cookbook filled with recipes for spicing up C-rations with Tabasco Pepper Sauce wrapped around two-ounce bottles of Tabasco Pepper Sauce along with a handful of a P-38 type can openers all in a waterproof canister. Ahh, comfort food in the middle of the jungle. My favorite recipeВ was to get a can of bread from the B-3 unit and a can of cheese from a B-2 unit open both cans but do not take off the lid place both cans in an empty B Unit box light the box on fire until it burns completely remove the bread and open it pour the melted cheese over the bread and voila a toasted cheese sandwich. Do you remember your special recipes? Those wonderful recipes that you made up so the CвЂ™s were more palatable. If I remember correctly, we used heating tablets in our stove to heat a can of whatever (no ham and lima beans for me) вЂ“ well I guess that qualifies as a hot meal. Well, with a STOVEВ you made, right? It was reported in the media that each soldier in Vietnam had a hot meal each day. OK, now that your memory is refreshed, do you remember how you cooked your C-Rations.

The daily ration of 3 meals provides approximately 3600 calories.вЂќ Each complete meal contains approximately 1200 calories. Although the meat item can be eaten cold, it is more palatable when heated. Four can openers are provided in each case of 12 meals. Each menu contains: one canned meat item one canned fruit, bread or dessert item one B unit an accessory packet containing cigarettes, matches, chewing gum, toilet paper, coffee, cream, sugar, and salt and a spoon. Twelve different menus are included in the specification. Its characteristics emphasize utility, flexibility of use, and more variety of food components that were included in the Ration, Combat, Individual (C-Ration) which it replaces. This is the official QuartermasterвЂ™s description of C-Rations used in Vietnam вЂњThe Meal, Combat, Individual, is designed for issue as the tactical situation dictates, either in individual units as a meal or in multiples of three as a complete ration. Who could ever forget about C-Rations? Well, my friends, let me refresh your memory and tell you everything you need to know but have forgotten about those wonderful meals.

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