Loved the eggs and ham, not for the taste but for the protein, I needed lots of calories to maintain and was always looking for extras.
In garrison when I was a temporary battery clerk I issued myself two meal cards, one for the regular mess hall and one for the hamburger/chile dog mess hall so that I could eat two lunches at work every day, I also had separate rations since I lived off post with my new wife.
in the field i collected all the extra C-rations I could get.
Went through Typhoon Pamela in Guam 1976,
Destroyed our chow halls so all we got for about 3 months were C rats dated back to the 1950’s.
I worked Military air lift so I literally lived on the flight line for the summer.
In fact I don’t recall ever going back to the AF Chow hall after the Typhoon. We had become so adept at scrounging or using the system, we ate pretty good. I’d always find a reason to go the the Navy base chow hall on steak and lobster, barbecue, and Mongolian beef days. I’d order flight lunches since I was on Grave yard duty most the time.
But I virtually lived on C rats for 3 months straight.