TROOPER'S INPUT
From: "Jim Good"
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:16 PM
Subject: C Rations
As I remember it, that could be dangerous.Ê They would sometimes throw the
ham and lima beans back at us.Ê They may not have had a large English
language vocabulary, but they knew what ham and lima beans were, and they
weren't interested in eating them.Ê Can't say as I blame them.
Jim
I used to throw the ham and lima beans and date pudding at the kids as we
drove by
Ê Boshell
From: "Keith Eaton"
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 9:52 AM
In late 70 they started to supply us with flex X explosive in place of c-4 it was in a stick about twelve inches long by about 3 or 4 inches wide and about 1/4 inch thick. It was greenish in color but it cooked better than c-4 it burned a little cooler so you didn't have to work about the c rats sticking to the pot.
Keith
C-Ration Stew - It Don't Get No Better Than that!!
PR and I were talking about C-Ration Stew, and How GOOD it Was:):)
A little bit of this and alot of that(HOT SAUCE)anyway!!
Kid
From: J.T. Tillman
To: A Troop, 4/12th Cav
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: Sitrep: Tanker's Stew
Ê
To make those C Rations bearable, a bunch of us would take out all of the main course cans from a case of C's, open them up and put them in a big pot we had ripped off from the mess hall.Ê These delectable meats got stirred together with a half a bottle of hot sauce and salt and pepper,Êheated slowlyÊand actually tasted fairly decent.Ê More than likely, our taste buds were totally burned out and we just "thought" that Tanker's Stew tasted good.
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
Ê
J.T.
J.T.
Ê
I remember theÊtanker's stew. It made the c-rats we couldn't stand bearable. I remember those littleÊ chili peppers that Zamora would get from home that he would put in the pot. I didn't care for the hot stuff very well so when Zamora putÊpeppers in I wouldn't eat it. It was funny to watch Zamora eat the stew and pop the peppers in his mouth as well. He would break out in a profuse sweat.
Ê
WhiteyÊÊ A 36 68-69
From: "glenn bowers"
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Sitrep: C Rations
Are you forgetting-
Hickory Smoke cheese spread and plain cheese spread. I also think that their was datenut cake? Also pork slices, beef slices, fruitcake.
From: "John Sharpe"
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Sitrep: C Rations
I think it was date pudding. One night on guard, I walked over to Tony
Hunter's track and ask him what he was eating. He said it was boned turkey. It was date
pudding. He had so much hot sauce on it he couldn't tell the difference.
From: "dkilmore"
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Sitrep: C Rations
We not only used c4 to heat c rats, but also TNT. It burned just as hot,
but smoked a bit.
I remember one person in our platoon, who I won't name, always forgot to
punch a hole in his c rat can before cooking it, it would get so hot and
build pressure then the can would explode in his face, I remember one
incident where after it blew up the guy sat there with a dumb look on his
face as several beans ran down his cheek. It was funny.
Don Wright (Whitey alfa three six 68-69)
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