Tray Rations

[Big Galloot]

Actually, I like pink plates.

[kyle]

Hi All,sorry to change the sub.back to T rats,I have 5 to sell,perfect condition,stored cool&dark,all are 6lb 10oz. 2 Chunky Beef Stew,1 Chicken Stew,1 Chopped Beef Steak w/Potatoes & Gravy,1Chlie Con Carne w/ Beans.Make an offer.

[TurtleNomad]

I got my T-18 snickes cake...



Is this somewhere (civil) avialable?

SNICKERS CAKE -

I had to protect (hide) it from th rest of my family...

housil, I want a field taste test report, please.
Wouldn't that be a great way to fight off the cold, and maintain morale?

I've never even heard of these!

[TurtleNomad]

Bump!

As mentioned elsewhere, currently there's some good poly tray deals available at TheEpicenter and CheaperThanDirt.

There's been a lot of reviews over the years (this thread being the longest), so I'd appreciate some quick thumbs up/down/"meh" for the currently available varieties.

I'm particularly wondering about the "Creamy Gravy With Pork" because it's one of three on sale for $6 each (in packs of 2) at CTD (all marked with asterisks).

CheaperThanDirt:
Turkey Sausage Links In Brine
** Cooked White Rice
Chili With Beans
** ** ** Creamy Gravy With Pork
** Chicken Breast In Gravy
Beef with Creamy Gravy
Pork Carnitas
Cream Gravy with Ground Beef


TheEpicenter:

Breakfast:
Corned Beef Hash (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Pork Sausage Links (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Turkey Sausage Links (2011 production) Price: $11.95

Beef:
Creamy Gravy with Beef (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Cuban Garlic Beef (2009 production) Price: $9.95
Meatballs in Gravy (2009 production) Price: $9.95
Beef Roast (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Spaghetti with Meatballs (2008 end of year production) Price: $8.95
Beef Taco Filling (2011 production) Price: $11.95

Poultry:
Chicken Breast in Gravy (2011 production) Price: $11.95
Lemon Pepper Chicken (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Chicken Stir Fry (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Turkey Cutlets in Gravy (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Turkey Tetrazzini (2011 production) Price: $11.95

Pork:
Pasta with Italian Sausage (2011 production) Price: $11.95
Cheesy Potatoes with Ham (2011 production) Price: $11.95
Creamy Gravy with Pork (2011 production) Price: $11.95
Ham Slices (2010 production) Price: $10.95
Sweet-n-Sour Pork Chop (2010 production) Price: $10.95

Non Meat:
Macaroni-n-Cheese (2010 production) Price: $9.95

Side Dish:
Mashed Potatoes with Chicken Gravy (2010 production) Price: $6.95


Non-tray, graphics suite question:
Also, um, what's the current thinking on the most recent versions of Paint Shop Pro?
I lost my copy in the flood of 2008, and could really use something better than Paint and 16-bit WinGif (and a few homebrew tools, which I've been adding to as my frustration with Paint/etc continues).

I mostly do cropping, and batch format conversions, but occasionally want to do layers and transparent stuff. Nothing heavy duty.

[cavguy]

I have tried a few of those large tray brownie/ cake type trays that come in foil/plastic. These were part of the UGR A. We had a soldier who used to take the whole tray from the cooks and bring it back to the vehicle and we would all share it, I would always end up with "chocolate overdose!". They were pretty good as long as you only ate a small amount, really really sweet! Otis Spunkmeyer also supplied frozen cookies for the UGR A rations too again super sugar!

About the meat/veg/side type poly trays of the UGR H+S or Express, personally I never really liked them at all. They always tasted like crap to me even the Spaghetti + mac and cheese ones. I always figured they would taste like the MRE counterparts this was not my experience though, to me they always tasted very different very poor quality, lots of fat floating around the meat was just plain weird tasting. Cheese always tasted really fake like rubber... To each his own though I do really like the tray ration desserts!

[housil]

Wouldn't that be a great way to fight off the cold, and maintain morale?

To fight off the cold, I did an offroad ride today

and had some hot (alcohol free) wine

with Mrs. Housil at 14F

[Ruleryak]

Non-tray, graphics suite question:
Also, um, what's the current thinking on the most recent versions of Paint Shop Pro?
I lost my copy in the flood of 2008, and could really use something better than Paint and 16-bit WinGif (and a few homebrew tools, which I've been adding to as my frustration with Paint/etc continues).

I mostly do cropping, and batch format conversions, but occasionally want to do layers and transparent stuff. Nothing heavy duty.

Turtle - I highly suggest you check out pixlr.com - a free web-based photoshop style image editor. I use it all the time for quick edits - it has everything you'd expect from PaintShopPro or CorelDraw, and almost everything you could find in PhotoShop. It can save in dozens of formats, locally and via online image hosting services.