On Tue, 10 Oct 95 21:27:59 CDT <SSGSPEAR@aol.com> said:
>made out of kevlar instead of steel, no more "stews".  For the unintitiated,
>this "stew" was when everyone would put the "entree" (sounds better the main
>can) in a helment and add heat and a lot of tobasco.  Not the best in the

a LOT of tobasco!! even more than Justin Wilson uses on his Cajun cooking
show. :)

>C-Rats kept for a LONG time, too.  When I was in USMC boot camp in 1974 some
>of ours were made in 1943!  Some with chicken noodle soup!  Still have my P38

yup. when i was overseas in 1969, i got c-rats dated 1953. still edible and
(depending upon the contents) somewhat palatable. sort of. sometimes.

so if you non-military types are reading this junk, you might ... MIGHT, mind
you ... consider army/military food such as C-Rations and MRE's as "camping
food" ... it's usually cheaper (if you can find it) than the stuff Campmor
and REI and the like will sell you. and i never ever heard of any soldier
who was killed by eating the stuff. :)

joel
USAFR 1967-1968
USA   1968-1970
VWBUS 1970-present :)