Commercial products in MRE's

Richard w. · Post by **Richard w.** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:53 pm

bishopmarine wrote:the toffee with walnut candies cant remember the maker or the menu but they are good.

"Walnettos"

They are superb candies that should be included in every menu.

Nawt · Post by **Nawt** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:49 pm

The beef strip is a "slim Jim".
The Lipton Tea Bag (acc. pack E)
Shortbread coockies: Lorna Doone
Fruit bar: Daddy Ray's Nutra fruit.

And of course the M&M's indeed. l'l go trough my list and will come up with more.

(yes, sorry. I've already eaten the contents

)

Imon · Post by **Imon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:59 pm

I remember there was a oblong pack with coloured fruit gums called "Jelly bar" at the beginning of the MRE era.
I loved them,very delicious !
also I can remember at the beginning of the MRE era there was one round candy out of B-3-C-ration (taht one in silver foil) in the accessory packets but it was taken away out of MRE very soon.

norge · Post by **norge** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:56 pm

the jelly bars was also added to new style mres,i think
it was 2004 or 2005 menues.
but im not 100% shure about the menu years.
here are the pictures of my display with a few candy items
from old stock mres and lrrps and mci

here a picture of real old candy:

cheers from norge

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:15 pm

norge wrote:here are the pictures of my display with a few candy items from old stock mres and lrrps and mci

norge, again and again I´m impressed about your display

! It is really great! If I will find enough storage place, I will begin to display my "treasures" the same way like you do

!

So long mreheater72

norge · Post by **norge** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:25 pm

thank you

i was thinking about making more mre items displays to
with the things from the acc pack like coffe sugar and so on
and the different spoons.
but i need space to,maybe my oldest son can live in the garage

no just kidding,im gona start fixing the basement in my house
to make a real big museum with us army/usmc gear and rations

cheers from norge

Imon · Post by **Imon** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:55 pm

Hey norge, great display ! wow ! you collected all those wonderful things from the different time periods they have been into the MRE,C-Ration ...
I think I also had the most of the items of your display but I m not a collector I eat all my MRE I get or find.
But I have some old still closed C-ration (see also my photos at HTA),my great treasure is an old closed accessory packet with cigarettes and an unopened P38 can opener.
I also love the most of MRE but my favorite are the old C-ration, thats the reason why I eat MRE and collect the old c-ration now.

Post by **German_EPA** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:06 pm

i found a lipton ice tea in an 2005 accessory paket

Enchilada · Post by **Enchilada** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:02 am

I had peanut butter M&M's in a recent MRE.
Quite nice they were too.

Post by **MCIera** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:56 pm

In the current menus, I believe the Nacho Cheese Pretzels are a commercial product called Combos; the Baked Snack Cracker, Cheese, and the Baked Snack Cracker, Hot & Spicy, are both CheezIt crackers from Nabisco. I haven't seen one of menu items with the pouched Tuna, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that it is one of the retail pouched Star-Kist Tuna packages.