Sheldon wrote:
> On Jun 4, 1:35?pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>> On Jun 3, 11:04 pm, -bwg > wrote:
>>>> As if "Cheeseburger In A Can" weren't enough, via Gizmodo,
>>>> MREdepot.com brings you Bacon In A
>>
>>
Can:http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...80%C2%99s-Cele...
http://gizmodo.com/5012656/canned-ba...-heart-failure...
>>
>>
>>
>>>> See you next time,
>>>> -bwg
>>
>>> I got news for you - back in the day (the 50s and 60s), we ALWAYS
>>> took commercially canned raw bacon in cans to our fishing camp in
>>> Minnesota - refrigeration wasn't needed - it tasted as good as any
>>> refrigerator- case bacon from the supermarket - it was great for
>>> that purpose!
>>
>>> It ain't new. ;-)
>>
>>> N.
>>
>> MRE's are certainly not "new", as indicated in the original post.
>> ?Although why someone would be eating MRE's in 2008 is beyond me.
>> ?They do have a great shelf life LOL
>
> Calling canned bacon an MRE has to be an error... it's definitely not
> ready to eat, it's only minimally processsed, right out of the can it
> still needs to be cooked. Even grits lovin' hillybillys from the deep
> south wouldn't eat petrified bacon straight from the can.

Since you're actually replying to posts replying to me, I'll say this: my
father ate more C-Rats than he did MRE's.

C-Ration, Revised (1948-1958)
After the failure of the E-Ration, there were several improvements made on
the basic C-ration. Most involved ration variety and content, different
sizes and shapes of cans, and improverments in packaging. The C-ration
series was eventually phased out and replaced by the Meal, Combat,
Individual ration in 1958.

Sample C-4 Ration Contents
A sample C-4 ration (stamped March 1954) contained:

a.. 1 Instruction sheet
b.. 2 Cheese bars (1.5 net ounces)
c.. 2 "Cereal Class 5" bars (1.5 net ounces)
d.. 3 Type XII Style 1 Enriched chocolate bar (1 ounce)
e.. 1 "Jelly Bar" (2 ounces)
f.. 2 "Fruit Cake Bars" (2 ounces)
g.. 3 sticks Topps peppermint chewing gum
h.. 3 Domino sugar packets
i.. 2 Nestea "soluble tea product"
j.. 1 Pure soluble sugar
k.. 1 "Soluble cream product"
l.. 1 bottle Water Purification Tablets, Individual, Iodine
m.. 1 plastic bag