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Food Packet Survival General Purpose
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:07 am
by jubifahrer
Hi,
can you please tell me somethig about the "Food Packet Survival General Purpose"
For what it is and do you know what are "wintergree tablets" ?
Here a picture of one i´ve got.
http://jeep.cfasp.de/upload/59968.jpg
thanks
rudi
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:06 am
by kman
Hi Rudi. You can find the official information about that ration here:
http://www.dscp.dla.mil/subs/rations/pr ... gpiabt.htm
Here's the description of it:
The Food Packet, Survival, General Purpose, Improved is used by the Services to sustain an individual in survival situations, including escape and evasion, under all environmental conditions, and when potable water is limited. Requested by the Air Force, it is used to sustain personnel in any survival situation for periods of less than 5 consecutive days.
I've eaten some of the bars from a survival ration before and they're very good. I haven't tried the wintergreen candy so I can't describe it to you. But I get the impression it's just a hard type of candy.
Wintergreen Bar
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:48 pm
by DangerousDave
It's a mint flavored bar of compressed sugar. I don't want to say confectioners suger, but thats what it is. Now thats something for a real survival situation. The other bars(Corn flake, granola, shortbread and chocolate desert(MY FAVORITE) are edible and very tasty. The only problem is finding them. They are more rare than current issue LRRP rats.
Re: Wintergreen Bar
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:37 pm
by jubifahrer
DangerousDave wrote:It's a mint flavored bar of compressed sugar. I don't want to say confectioners suger, but thats what it is. Now thats something for a real survival situation. The other bars(Corn flake, granola, shortbread and chocolate desert(MY FAVORITE) are edible and very tasty. The only problem is finding them. They are more rare than current issue LRRP rats.
I bought two of them on german ebay, 2 euro for one. Seems to bee a good price
Rudi
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:39 pm
by CaptBob
I bought two in a recent eBay auction. Final price: $5.01 apiece!
Notice the 2001 packing date!
The same seller is currently selling a 1988 version packed in an aluminum "Spam-type" can with a pop-top:
Check it out at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6604282674
It's a Dutch Auction with 15 available. Bid at $5
My favorite
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:50 pm
by DangerousDave
Old timey tin and aluminum cans with the Van Brode Milling Co. corn flake bars and Rice/Cornflake bars. MMMM. Very filling.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:04 pm
by mw509
CaptBob wrote:
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Yay dented cans of food from 1988
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:42 am
by kman
Nothing says "Good eating" like a spam-shaped can!
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:40 pm
by Sr. Wing Commander
I've eaten the one out of the can before. I think it was about 10 years old or so at the time. Wasn't bad. You drink about half a canteen with one of the bars and they swell up inside you, makes you feel full for several hours.
They were packaged in OKC, I wonder if I could get my hands on some.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:47 pm
by CaptBob
Sr. Wing Commander wrote: I wonder if I could get my hands on some.
You can. Six for $16 (so far):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6606351205
