Remembering C-Rats:

[VIETNAM 1968]

After reading over all of the posts concerning smoking and the brands of cigarettes obtained in C-Rats, I started to remember the types of C-Rats I ate during my Tour in Nam. Even us Air Force REMFs sometimes were forced to eat C-Rats when it became impossible, or impractical, to get to the Chow Hall while working. The C-Rats would be trucked out to us while we were on the Flight Line. I also got C-Rats while on Fuel Supply Flights aboard C-130s and C-123s.

My favorite meal was Franks and Beans. Ham and Lima Beans tasted awful and were usually thrown away, instead of consumed, as they could not even be traded for something more tasty. I also liked the Canned Fruit in most boxed meals. Cling Pears were the most sought after and could even bring two cans of Applesauce when traded. Canned Apricots and Peaches were also favorites.

Anyone else have favorite or hated types of C-Rat main courses? What canned fruit did you like the best?

To all of my Vietnam Veteran Brothers and Sisters I again state:


WELCOME HOME


VIETNAM 1968

[DMZ-LT]

Got in a fist fight over the last can of Beef with Spicy Sauce once. I won.

[Bill Farnie]

Ham & Mothers numba' 10

Peaches and pound cake numba' 1

[MarineAO]

My favorite was the ham slices least fevorite (one I would not eat) was beans and babydicks hated that stuff and it was a hard one to trade as well the peaches were good though I prefered the mixed fruit.

[onesix]

Fruit! Pear halves, sliced peaches, fruit cocktail. Also Mulligan stew. Somebody always had a bottle of Tobasco sauce.

When I did my tour as an advisor in the Delta, we were put on separate rations and told to live off the economy. That is when I began to appreciate C's. I'd trade rat meat for ham & lima beans anyday!

[Bandman]

rat meat made good burgers, lizard meat was hard to keep together for a burger but it made a great stew if you could get tobasco .

[onesix]

...weren't too bad, but they were hard to peel.

[Bandman]

But you know what those eggs went good with :cd: , monkey brains.

[Advisor]

Awwwwww..I luved beans n' mofos'. Lived off the economy too..loved pho, thit bo sau was good too. puppy wus pretty good too. Didn't like fermented eggs much..smelled like rotten turds.

[onesix]

I see you went native.