1969 Vietnam Meal Combat Individual C Ration Spaghetti Vintage MRE Review Oldest Food
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- Check out this full review of a Vietnam War MCI or "C Ration"!
This is the food US soldiers ate when deployed in the Vietnam War.
Simple, much like an MRE but the meals were in cans. They used to have cigarettes in Rations until 1972.
This one here turned out to be in pretty bad shape except the cigarettes.
Check out this video and see for yourself!
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you enjoyed this one, as I certainly did making it!
-Steve
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LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
NICE HISS™
I'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING NEW OR OLD, ALRIGHT COOL SEE YA™ - Zábava
Everybody gangsta until the cheese spread hisses
dear god
Lived on these for 13months could only eat fruit cocktail and pound cake
HIDEOUS HISS!
Nice hiss.
Sounds like a blast door from a sci-fi flick
His stomach is having another vietnam war
Lol
Lmao
looooooool
Spaghetti PSD Flashback Incoming
hahahahahaah damn dude you win!
Steve is actually ninety-four. It's the irradiated food that gives him a youthful appearance.
It's the sheer amount of preservatives he's consumed from these rations.
Well, we are living in a simulation. The rules appear to be more complex than we were originally led to believe.
A lot of food is actually irradiated to kill microbes. Now, if the food were radioactive that would be a problem.
Actually he is six centuries old. His first experiment with military rations was during the Burgundian wars of Charles The Bold in the 1470s. He was confronted with hardtack biscuit accursed by God and man. He ate it anyway...
I sent my gramp this video, as he served in Vietnam, and I thought he’d like the content. Not only did he enjoy it, but he actually said that this ration was one of his favorites. Love this side of military history, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My personal favorite too.
I'd love to see men who faught in these various conflicts reacting to these videos.
Had to crush the cans before discarding. Kept Charlie from making booby traps out of them
So your grandpa was a war criminal. You must be proud 👍🏻👍🏻
Holla pops! 🎉❤
You know it's bad when the healthiest thing in the ration is the cigarettes
Nuclear damn lol
😂😂😂
When you put it that way...
Nice
I fell of my chair reading that
“I can smell that through the mask.”
Bro I can smell that through the video
@SpecOpsMemer your underrated af
@@KingCat3rax no YOUR breathtaking
I could hear it
that stuff sometimes smelled bad even fresh
Clean ur house
I ate C rations for 45 days. Only had a bowel movement 5 times and that was 5 to many. It was like passing a brick. Korea cold weather training January-February 1974.
Wow cool. How was life working at the bowling alley for the next 50 years after that?
Thank you for your Service
@@nsaterroristbomber66669 bruh
That cigarette isn’t worth alot
@@nsaterroristbomber66669your fucked up man
My old roommate was a vet from Vietnam. He passed of a pancreatic tumor a couple of years ago. He was on hospice at home when he left us (in the room that I’m in now lol). Just thinking that he probably ate some of these meals, and enjoyed some of theciggies. Rest in power Dee!
I hope you are still doing well
@@vane8615 thank you! I hope you are doing well also!
Hey man, i just want to wish you a good life and everything to your family. Rest in Power Dee.
@@re0028 awe 😊thank you! I hope everything the best for you and all of your family and loved ones too ✌️💜
Retired Navy here, hope you doing well in life. My condolences for your roommate. As you said, may Dee rest with much power!! You will see him again!! My belief.
"I don't smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" haha
Yeah, came down here to look for this comment lol. I don't smoke (Cigarettes) either, but it would be pretty fun to try those!
🤣😂🤣😂
@@rain6353 as did i hahaha
If you ever need a seasoned smoker to compare them against new smokes, I’d be willing to do that for you. 😂😂😂
I would imagine they have a better smoke flavor, because the only ones putting love in their job, were cigarette companies.
“Ima have to smoke a cigarette to get the cheese smell out my room”
legend
Open the windows if he has them .
What year did they realize that cigs could kill you?
Hazza yes smoking a stinky cancer stick is legendary
Triggered straight edge peeps xd
@@focusdj6987you fucking piece of shit
I love watching how much you appreciate a good historical cigarette. You're a national treasure, Steve.
bro was itching and shaking to get into that Cigarette portion of the ration
As an avid Steve watcher, I still find myself from time to time watching his old content. I have noticed the difference in his voice as he has grown, noticed the difference in scenery, but have never noticed a difference in quality of content or entertainment. Big W’s for Steve all around. Glad to see him back to uploading regularly and I always save his uploads for a late night watch in bed before falling asleep.
Just spread your legs for him already
you def jerked off one of his vids i can tell girl
same, been watching him since i was in 7th grade, i'll be 21 this year. time flies
@@k0biza ahh, you may have me beat. I’ve been watching about 10 years when I had my daughter. I have shared him out to so many family members and friends, I truly believe his content can cater to so many crowds. I started watching him when I was doing research on World War I. And have been hooked ever since. The education, the food, the edginess of eating said food despite it being super old and just the wildness of that, and of course the MRE crowd too. I even had a genuinely concerned conversation with my fiancée about him when he stopped posting for awhile. I will never stop watching SteveMRE. Love his content!
"I met this guy, he was buff, but when we got back to his room, it reeked of cigarettes and rotten cheese. He did offer me some 50 year old spaghetti, though."
Dude's forearms are pretty shredded
HaHaHa funniest comment on here! LOL.
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn Wonder if he shaves his arms.....look very hairless :D
@@divaden47 some later videos he gets a better camera..... it can pick up his hairy arms, trust me he has tons!
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn yeah, he's one of those cement layer worker guys according to wikipedia. so i guess that explains why he's a smooth-talking, mre-eating tank, he's lofting huge bags of cement all day
Vietnam Vet: "I've seen some things"
Steve: "I've smelled some things"
Idubbbz: I’ve been through worse...
James Tisdale that literally makes no sense
From vn with....blablabla
By the way 4 get it :v
😆
montroyryan cheesy 👎
You really, really don’t need to apologize for not eating this
i wouldnt get within a counties radius of this biohazard
I admire and respect your commitment to check everything out! You open rotten rancid food and probe it for your viewers amusement when all you wanted was a cup of coffee and a smoke. Love the videos and love learning about how troops were fed and are still being fed today in active service. Keep up the good work!
Hotdawg
They aren't getting this crap today, MREs are alot better.
@@chrisullery3386 derrr
@@Originalchubbz77 my bad I thought you meant that they were still getting that crap, I ate that shit in 1977 and was still in when the MREs came out.
@@chrisullery3386 no worries 😊.
If this guy doesn't post for a month I'll assume he died from an old ration.
Haha same he eats almost anything. Lol
Yeah, something happened..
Top 10 warnings no one took seriously
Imagine if the dude is afraid of eating ass?
@@greysonG10 lmao
The funny thing is, the pack of smokes are less likely to kill him than anything else in the box.
Eddy Is Ready I'll have 2 number 9's.
SmackDown! StopmotionTV a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip.
Aww Smoke, you full a shit!
Carl Johnson CJ?
Fabian Ramirez 2 number 45's one with cheese and a large soda
Hey dude totally random question but the music at the start of your videos is extremely relaxing, it has a nostalgic sound to it that makes me a feel a certain way I can't quite pinpoint.
Would you ever think of doing like a compilation of tall the songs together? In like a three hour video? That would be really awesome, and very appreciated.
Dude thank you. The music has always been a fun part of all of this. Been working on a ration photo compilation and the tunes for a while now. Not sure when it's going to be complete & released though.
Steve, you rock! Dialed this up on a whim and it's exactly what I needed to see and hear tonight. Thank you!
there's vomit on his sweater already, nam spaghetti
Slim? Lol
Lol genius
I said "daaaamn" out loud to myself this comment was so good.
Underrated comment
😆😆😆😆
You know its bad when he says, "I gotta smoke a cigarette to get this bad smell out,"
One of my coworker actually did this once. I was working at a fast food restaurant at the time, and they were cleaning the drains up front. The whole store smelled like death, so the *supervisor* started walking around, vaping, to try and cover it up. When that didn't work, he lit up a cigarette and did the same thing again. He was never reprimanded for this, and he was still working when I quit.
Your descriptions had me busting a gut! And what makes it REALLY funny, is that you didn't use any profanity or vulgarity at all!
Keep up the good work!
Had such a good time and lots of laughs watching this! Thanks Steve1989!
"i don't smoke cigarettes, but when i do, they're atleast 45 years old" brilliant
Skankhunt42 same
Mainly because the older the cigarette, the lesser the chemicals it'll contain
brilliant.
And so full of worm holes you have to smoke them like you are playing a flute
he is, the the most interesting man in the world
that cheese could be classified as a chemical weapon.
todd krager. that whole box looked like a biohazard
you could take a fart right in the face and not be bothered after smelling that cheese!
I'm daydreaming of throwing cans of cheese on villagers from a chopper while fortunate son is blasting on some side-slung megaphones
Could use it to make a real dirty bomb.
Haha xD
His knees weak,
Arms are heavy,
There's vomit in this ration already,
'Nam Spaghetti
As someone who has a very sensitive sense of smell, I have so much respect for your dedication!! 👏
imagine this ration was supposed to be opened by a hungry exhausted poor soldier 47 years ago and then a random guy opens it in 2016 :D kinda crazy
Pineapple
I like the way you think bud
Pineapple 2017*
Joshua Fairley ik lol im being sarcastic
+TheKilla1777 How is that sarcasm?
Yeah and he didn't even use an electronic can opener like it was still 1969
"I don't smoke cigarettes... but when I do, they're at least 45 years old"
- Steve1989MREInfo 4/11/16
The most interesting Steve in the world.
Gold
🤣🤣🤣
The only good reason to smoke
Solid Steve
I love watching your videos Steve. Thank you God bless you ❤️
Steve, I appreciate your videos immensely. Thank you for sharing your vintage MREs with us. By far, your information and commentary are the best out there. ✌
"i don't smoke cigarettes. but when i do they're at least 45 years old" ROFL
Best comment ever. When I heard him say that I thought it should be part of a commercial or something.
"I'm teeling ya, cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up"
I only smoke cigarettes older than my women.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID.........
Stay smokey my friends
Never have I been so entertained by a man opening tin cans.
Same
got damn true
Amen.
Neither have I. This is very entertaining.
Go to +Ashens channel
Such neat videos. I always enjoy watching things like this. Great video.
I just want to say I really like your intro and outtro music idk why but it just hits right. Reminds me a bit of some retro videogame music
I wonder how I ended up in here.. But this is actually kinda interesting to see
Flaws Yeah same
true
Flaws bro.... I was listening to slipknot.... And was somehow recommended this.
I was watching Oblivion videos.
Yep. Was watching Jojo and blackhead removal videos.
Hello, I'm from 2018. You've likely heard Steve say that this will be his last time ever opening processed cheese. I can tell you that he will keep opening processed cheese anyways.
Evora9B ... I'm watching on 1/25/19
Key K. Me too
02/13/19 here
12/3/19 booyah
APRIL 2019. pretty sure he is still eating processed cheese.
If I were to make a war movie, I'd cast Steve as the quartermaster in a heartbeat. The most chill dude on youtube
Oh, and he'd do the soundtrack as well
“I don’t smoke cigarettes, but when I do they are at least 45 years old.” That’s the best line
I have no idea how I ended up here.
Same
same.
its 1 am where im at and i have z mid term tomorrow. probably should be sleeping
+Ethan De Cohen good luck!
ayyy im a dork :D thanks :/
+Ethan De Cohen lol same hahah
I served two tours in Vietnam, 1965-66, 1970-71. My favorite C-rats were Ham and Eggs chopped and Ham and Lima's. Beef Spiced wasn't bad either. We usually had Tabasco sauce sent from home to liven them up a bit. The canteen water with halazone tabs tasted awful so we also had packs of Cool Aid mailed to us. They included heat tabs to heat the meals but I usually used C-4 explosive. You could pinch a small piece off and light it up. It was the "microwave" of field cooking, fast and hot! I didn't smoke so I would trade cigarettes to other Marines who did. We gave the Vietnamese kids the candy and cookies and hot chocolate packs that came in some rations. Marine Corps tours were 13 months long ,my unit was always in the field so we would get one hot meal a day most of the time. Rest of the time it was C-rats. for your meals and a rubber poncho for your roof. When you were killed the poncho also became your shroud.
Tom Boyte, Gy.Sgt., USMC retired
Tom Boyte Thank you for your service Tom. How fast would you go through a tobasco container/bottle?
Damn, took me back in time!
Thanks for your service.
Thank you for your service sir!
'rah Gunny. Thank you for your service.
This dude's the Bob Ross of MRE eating youtubers.
Hey man I love your show brother super job,been watching about two months now and you are the only CZcams channel I have ever liked ,subscribed and share.I can't wait to see what's next.
There's something magic about seeing a perfectly preserved packet of cigarettes from 50 years ago, it's like time travel.
Fallout...
I would smoke those smokes
Its a shame to open them but its nothing I wouldnt do
That’s back when they were healthy, before all the new ones were made with cancer in them.
@@billystink4611 yea, k.
"I'm telling you: cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." I would think it'd be hard to find many people who would actually disagree with you.
the french
Every french person with 2 million year old cheese waiting to eat it before they die.
XDDDD
Awesome review Steve! As you say... NICE!
Steve! So happy your channel is rocking man. Burner brother gettin it!!
"I don't smoke cigarrettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" - legend
niallzoful Id do the same
😭😭😭😭
My favorite part about these videos is how he openly acknowledges how disgusting all of this is but he keeps doing it even though nobody is making him, lmao
For science!!
Hell I wish he stopped
@@Por-poI more of a fetish
I grew up near Cherterfield, VA. Richmond had a lot of cigarette factories back in the day.
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Why
I love your videos man keep up the work
Dude is so chill. His "nice" gets me every time. Semper Fi brother
“I don’t usually smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they’re usually 45 years old.” 🤣🤣🤣
kantikun134970 what’s so funny kid
...at least 45 years old.
That part made me die
"Oh man this argh its just argh yeaa"
Rqti Lmao
i cant stand the commentary its like when youre watching porn and the dude keeps making sounds n shit
LOL
Throw up already
@@TheDiscusserOriginal I'd watch. "Niiice".
Thanks for showing these videos of war's past especially Vietnam windows to the past.
Steve great videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
This brings back memories! We would use thermo tabs to heat up the main course. I had this spaghetti meal as my first experience with c-rats. Why I remember.....heat from the thermo tab was causing the spaghetti to rise up out of the can!. My DI yelled at me for not putting a vent hole thru the middle to let the expanding air to escape!!! USMC 1972
awsomesause333 semper fi!
Great memories. Thank you for sharing sir
Legend!
we appreciate your service 🇺🇸
I'm sorry you had to experience such a futile war
"I tell ya cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." Lmfao
Wise words.
@@TJCusumano
5:11
He sounds funny lol 😆
I love these videos thanks for the share of history and the entertainment ❤
"Havent had a C Ration Malboro in like a year"
Top 3 best moments of the whole video.
He earned it.
I served in Nam from '70 to '71 and I'm still passing gas from that cheese spread. It honestly wasn't that bad but it gave Velveeta gourmet status. After C Rats I thought MREs were terrific!
Rrudy DeDogg Thank you for your service ❤️💪🏼
How old are you?
@@alexbondor9207 aww ur an ass lmao be more respectful
Hayden Dixon see what who did??
alex bondor scumbag
I love this one! Always come back to it
Hey honestly saw that it had been 5 months since your last video hope everything’s going well. Your videos are incredible and you can tell you actually care.
1969 : In future we are going to have flying cars
2019 : Millions watching opening of cans
Nuh-Uh, Cans with old, unedible food inside.
Jjsjajajajajaaaa...
And they are working on flying cars now. Cant wait till they actually make one and these comments can die
Just think. Watching opening of cans while riding in flying cars.
@@fluffdaluff6035 *AIN'T YA GOT ANY GUTS BOY??*
Imagine if smells could be transferred across devices
The horror! 😂
FUCK NOOOOOOO
Eugh.
I’d be dead with all the videos like these I watch.
czcams.com/video/0czFnIvKOJY/video.html
Chris Lewis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was in Boy Scouts in the 1970's and we regularly got oversized deliveries of surplus army chow from the local guard units, among them were C rations, large cans of "survival crackers" 1 gallon cans of the best peanut butter I've ever had and a bunch of other foods. I liked the C rations, though we didn't get any that had cigarettes in them. Watching you open this took me right back to my days as a Second Class Boy Scout. I was glad to eat these in my tent in the rain, and doubly glad the war ended before we had to eat them in the Nam.
My dad did two tours in Vietnam in the ‘60’s and came home about ‘72. He brought a bunch of these meals home intending to use them for camping. We kids would go into the garage and take the gum out and we would look for the cans that had a round chocolate disc in them and eat them. They were pretty good. He probably STILL has some in his garage now. Lol
It'd be cool if he could donate one or two to MRESteve to open and try on the channel
@@TextileGeorge I’m sure he would be happy to, if he still has them. I can sure ask him.
Let's get those out onto a tray. Nice!
And they’re probably no less edible than when he put them there! 😂
"How was Vietnam?" "I've smelled some things man"
Napalm in the morning, for example.
@@FrankieAmadeian. bruh napalm is powerful but it wasn t able to use(sorry my English is bad because i am Vietnamese)
@@kienthunder4974 You a talking bush?
@@pman123 bruhhh
"You weren't there, man... The cheese spread.. The fucking cheese spread..."
3:57
"Ewwgh..look at that...ewgh! it's so acidic and sour!...ehya uhg oh oo...yeah here we go! Hey, look at that!"
"Check that out, I don't think there's any rust in that can!"
Josh Michael 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m the 100th like
😂🤣
@@toadfrommario943 im the third like
Josh Michael Việt Nam
Really enjoy your videos, you do it up right ! 🙂
This channel is fascinating. I can’t stop watching. Subscribed. Bet that cig was delicious too
Hands down nicest hiss in all of hisses and we aren’t even blessed with a “nice hiss” :(
A hiss so nice yet so rancid that it left him speechless.
The hiss sounds sinister
exactly what I was thinking
That's because it wasn't a nice hiss, it was a bad hiss. It's only a nice hiss when the item inside is still okay to consume.
I instinctively said it in antipation for him saying it lol
Probably so comforting to have a meal, coffee, smoke, and good shit for those guys. The little things we take for granted.
This has to be one of the most interesting rabbit holes I’ve fallen into on CZcams. This is truly so fascinating!
Wow. I thought I'd never see those again. Thanks for the memory!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too…at that time (67-72) I was just a kid. I knew because the Soldiers used to give me every time they came back to the base in VungTau if I met them. Which I liked the most was the B3 box. What was in the memory is hard to forget each time it is looked back. Thank you to all the soldiers who served in Vietnam and GOD bless you all. ❤
The way he speaks of everything and how his voice sounds just makes it funnier 😂
Ohh ooooo,OOoOoOgiiiiii
😂😂
Niiccee!!
Yeah he's funny without trying to be...he's a natural 🔥🔥
I know. I'm crying watching this and listening to him.😂😂😂😂
Nam 1971, Thanks, I. Just got a flashback watching. It tasted and smelled as bad as it looked when it was “fresh”. The ham & beans were even a step down from the spaghetti ration. I bought a lot of beef jerky and candy bars to survive and traded or sold the rations.
Thank you, and all your fellows for Serving. Glad you got home. My uncle the Marine got home, the little girl who was going to be my new sister didn't make it out.
thanks for your service.
73. Vietnam..I liked it getter than mre
so what did people nickname the Ham and Lima Beans?
@@stevekillgore9272 I'm so sorry for your sister, my heart dropped as soon as I read that. :(
The blisters on your hands are admirable. Hitting the pull-up bar consistently.
Hey Steve, I've watched some of your videos like 7-8 years ago. Always loved them. I'm 33 now and I've been craving a Peter Gabriel SO picture for my home, in good quality. At 17:25 I spotted it. LOVE that you have that album. Take care my man. Love your stuff to this day.
Hey man right on thank you! Peter Gabriel is truly one of a kind. So is a gem. Him and his crew put a ton of amazing work into that album and it's truly timeless and inspiring. Thanks for stopping by, take care and see ya around.
I showed this to my Pop and he said "The goddamn sweet rolls always stick. Crack both sides and push it out."
Tunnel snakes rule sweet rolls
REALResident Gamer lol fallout 3
The noises he makes in resistance is just so funny to me.
Man 😂😂😂
Ma!!! The meatloaf!!!
His commentary sounds like Naked Snake having his everyday dinner in the jungle
@@prestobeats702 what is this?
what is this?
what is this?
what is this?
*EUGHH*
Wirklich cooler Kanal! Pas auf mit den alten C Rats! 🙏🏻
Really interesting piece of Vietnam food history. I liked and subscribe
My mans really unpacked a school lunch in front of us and thought we wouldnt notice
W4RM453G4RR1S0N no!!! Hahahaha lmao
damnnnn
accurate
*”Uhh nnhhya hhnya nnya nnhhha”*
- Steve
Thomas H wtf
nice
*ewwww*
Hey hey hey goooooodbye!
Time stamp?
When you were talking about the cheese being ghastly, I said it at the same time you did. Perfect synchronization lol.
Love your videos bro
"A CZcamsr eats 50 year old canned cheese. This is how his organs shut down"
I can just see ChubbyEmu doing an episode on this.
Ah yes, “a youtube”
“S189, a 20 something year old man, presenting to the emergency room...”
@@iwillhealjustiny8271 changed it just for you
In Steve's case, it would be "how his organs didn't shut down"
this was the best unboxing I've ever watched.
I have Brother who served in Nam. I'm sure it was good back then. Today probably Not. Hello.
This one by far the nastiest food I’ve seen.
Really enjoyed this.
That brought back memories. My favorite was ham and eggs. We became quite the chefs when it came to C rats. Guys would invent all kinds of different concoctions. The P38 was our most prized possession, without that you didn’t eat. There were always extra p38s at the bottom of the Crats case, but most times they were gone. The rear echelon mfrs would pick through the good shit and then repack them for us in the field. When guys saw it was an unopened case, they’d scramble to get the good stuff lol. 1st Cav 68-70
Couldn't you open it with a knife? I do that when camping and such, but maybe those old cans were tougher
His p38 is ready
Tar’s leaked, cans are smelly
There’s a spoon on his ration already
'Nam Spaghetti
(Edit: 'Nam Spaghetti does sound better lol)
Botulism Shady
Underrated comm
Under rated
RAW
Lol Proud to be the 200th like
Steve:
“Aw that’s disgusting”
Takes a deep inhale
“NICE”
*gags*
Gae
wow the sound of that 1969 air being released
When he goes, “OH, MAN!” you know it’s gonna be a banger. 😍
For those who are interested in how the C-ration was managed and prepared and a little about the life of a line doggy in Vietnam, here's a long post.
I say managed because, as a brand new 2d lt., one of the first things my platoon sergeant showed me was how to distribute our resupply drops (which he did as the platoon sergeant). There were certain ítems that were coveted -- pecan cake roll, pound cake, peaches and applesauce being at the top of the list -- and none of them came in the same ration.
So, to avoid conflicts and claims of favoritism, he would open each case, turn it up side down and move the boxes around to make them random -- because everyone quickly learned to memorize the location of each ration in the case. Then, each guy in the platoon, platoon leader and sergeant included took a turn pulling out their choices.
The bartering then began. You see, everyone wanted to do things like combine pound cake with peaches or pecan cake roll with applesauce. The problem being they each came in different boxes. The bartering often included one guy agreeing to trade a desireable can -- like spiced beef -- for an undesireable one -- like ham and eggs (affectionately known as ham and mfers) in order to get his prized peaches, or what ever.
The Tabasco company produced a C-ration Cookbook that was sent free of charge to anyone writing from a Vietnam APO (Army Post Office). Pizza could be made by taking out the cheese and all but one cracker from the B-2 unit; mixing the cheese spread with a spiced beef unit; dumping the mix on top of the remaining cracker; placing another cracker on top; putting the can back in the box and lighting the box on fire. The pizza was ready when the box went out.
Apple crunch could be made by mixing applesauce in with the pecan cake roll, puting the can in the box -- well, you get the idea.
If you had access to the local economy, ramen noodles were used as the starting ingredient in many a combat stew. The ammo can for machinegun rounds was a good size for cooking stew and easily carried. Of course, everyone carried a bottle of Tabasco sauce along with a bottle of LSA (gun lubricant) and had a can opener hung from his dog tags chain.
And that's the way it was.
Awesome, thanks for sharing Ed
great story! love finding hidden gems like this in the comment section
Damn, I really enjoyed that read.
Awesome story! Thank you for your service ♡♡♡
Great bit of history in his story, see what I did ? Good read mate, thanking you kindly
Next Video: Sampling 20,000 year old turkey found in stomach of frozen saber toothed tiger.
Carl Keller "Nice"
Lmao _nice_
The earth is flat and exist for only 500 years and ow dinosaures are fake
pyro maniac r/wooooooosh
@@lidulkadut i was kidding and by the way i watch r/wooooooosh too
I love that Steve doesn’t reach for an air freshener to get rid of bad smells, he goes for the cigarettes XD
Great man, a time capsule indeed. for me it really gives a look into life back then
Vietnam still gives PTSD, but now through a different medium.
Lol nice
Post traumatic spread disorder
Yuh oh
My god man that’s funny
@@MrsKrisLaw nice!