[FreedomFarmer]

HA!

I thought they had a different name. Mealtime in the boonies, you could always hear "Ham and MOTHER..."something, which is why the NCO's alway opened the carton upside down.
(Those beans were almost always in the third box from the end.)

I've never seen an MRE, but I knew oldtimers that claimed to Love K rations. I really liked the freeze dried LRRP rats. Add water, roll the top, and stash it in your thigh pocket. I got a case of Airforce in-flight grub once. No taste in the air, but good in the mud.

The transdermal patches in the article sound nasty to me. Who wants to do PT down wind of someone wearing a Sour Beer and Pickled Pigs Feet patch.

[cavtrooper21]

Yea, most of the senior NCOs in my first line unit called them by that indelicate name too, but since I did not want offend anyone (or bring back bad memories) I called them what it said on the side of the can!
MREs aint bad, I'm planning on getting 1 or 2 cases to keep around for emergency rations. Most surplus stores near a military post will have some lying around
Warning ! Make sure the case is glued shut... if it isn't, someone's been raiding the ol' cookie jar.
Scouts Out!