Tray Rations

[madcapmagician]

Has anyone tried any of the tray rations. What did you think of them and what kind did you have

[housil]

Has anyone tried any of the tray rations. What did you think of them and what kind did you have

I´m having almost 70 T-18.



They are avialable in different containers:


and different meals like:

CHICKEN BREAST MEAT IN GRAVY
HAM SLICES IN BRINE
BEEF PATTIES IN BROTH
TURKEY SLICES W/ GRAVY
PORK RIBS, BONELESS IN BBQ
CORNED BEEF HASH
BEEF STEW
BEEF CHUNKS/NOODLES/SCE
CHICKEN W/ VEGS IN TERIYAKI
SPAGHETTI W/ MEATBALLS
MEATBALLS/BROWN GRAVY
PASTA & ITLN SSGE LNKS/TOM SAUCE
LASAGNA W/ MEAT SAUCE
OMELET W/ BACON & CHEESE
OMELET W/SMOKED Sausage & Potatoes
SCRMBL EGGS W COLORING
POTATOES,SWEET,GLAZED
RICE ORIENTAL
POTATOES W/ BACON PCS/SAUCE
BEANS W/ RICE & BACON
APPLE DESSERT
BLUEBERRY DESERT
POTATOES, MASHED W/ BRN GVY
PORK & BEANS
POTATOES/DICED W IN SAUCE
White Rice

etc...

See the tread we had before about:

viewtopic.php?t=83&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0




No, I don not sale...

[slister33]

nice pics. I think the tray ratiosn are used by army now since my buddy from the marines said they dont use tray ratiosn.

[housil]

nice pics. I think the tray ratiosn are used by army now since my buddy from the marines said they dont use tray ratiosn.

See little "movie", 10 minutes footage from german TV about MRE´s and Army field kitchen trailer, using rations...

[kman]

slister33, I thought it was just the opposite - that the Army wanted to stop using the tray rations but the Marines wanted to keep using them. Let me see if I can dig up the link real quick...

Nah...can't find it. Maybe they were just talking about the older t-rations. Everything I'm finding online right now seems to be talking about the trays in the UGRs.

[kman]

Wow housil...you definitely win in the "most tray rations" contest!

[slister33]

Maybe things are changing; my friend said he never saw a tray ration in his 15 years (1988-2003) of service but kman ur the ration pro and maybe my friends mos(military job) didnt feed them with tray rations.

[mreheater72]

In my collection there are about 25 tray-rations, mainly cakes and most of them in metal cans, for exampel "Spice Cake with Vanilla Crumb". I think they all have a very, very good taste! Do anyone know, how long these metal can cakes are still eatible (I have two from 1994 and still have not opened them)? The most cakes you can buy today, are wrapped in a transparent plastic pouch, are these also called tray-rations?

They are avialable in different containers:

Have they stopped the producing of the metal can tray-rations, which is shown on the upper part of the second photo?

Best wishes mreheater72

[housil]

In my collection there are about 25 tray-rations, mainly cakes and most of them in metal cans, for exampel "Spice Cake with Vanilla Crumb". I think they all have a very, very good taste! Do anyone know, how long these metal can cakes are still eatible (I have two from 1994 and still have not opened them)? The most cakes you can buy today, are wrapped in a transparent plastic pouch, are these also called tray-rations?

They are avialable in different containers:

Have they stopped the producing of the metal can tray-rations, which is shown on the upper part of the second photo?

Best wishes mreheater72

First of all they had this metal containers, then they replaced them with the plastic containers for the entrees (and omletts etc)



and the dessert only (as much as I know and have...)



The cake in the metal containers never came in plastic containers.

They changed the cakes from the metal containers in "cold cakes" like:





and "warm cakes":



and others:



I never had a "rotten" cake, doesn´t matter how old they were. They contain to much sugar to spoil (I guess).

[mreheater72]

Great photos, olli your knowledge is unbelievable! Thanks a lot!

So long mreheater72