In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
>
> >>>> 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.
>
> Did I miss something here? I thought we were discussing canned bacon?
> How did MREs and C-rations come into this?

Whatever you do, Goomba, don't accuse Jill of DWP (drunk while posting).
She doesn't like that.

The original post cited a store with MRE in their name, and who appears
to sell MREs, among other things. The item cited was fully cooked bacon
in cans. The second post brought up uncooked canned bacon. We used to
eat this when I was a kid. It would in fact be great for camping, as it
required no refrigeration. It tasted fine to me, just like any cheap
bacon.

I think it's just thread drift.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA