What were they eating in Das Boot?

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Back when I joined the Army they were expending the last of the old, canned C-Rats and I distinctly recall that occasionally the canned ham/pink meat/mystery meat and canned chicken would often have unidentifiable bits of gristle and fur that needed to be separated from the "edible" bits. Field exercises without the cooks and the kitchen trailer became much better when we went to heat and eat using boil-in bags.

From memory, the best canned C-Rat was the Swedish bacon and the worst was probably the ham and lima beans.

-C

Ate my share of that fighting forest fires away from a base camp (helitack, etc.) At base camp, we ate like kings.
Sheesh; forty years ago now.