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50 year old emergency rations found under the Brooklyn Bridg
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:54 pm
by Bil4444
Check this out
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_ ... _war_trove
Forgotten stash of fallout rations from the cold war found in New York. Would be interesting to bid on box of these survival crackers.
There is also a video at the CNN site on this Indiana Jones type find.
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:42 pm
by dirtbag
I was at Carlsberg Caverns in New Mexico a few years ago,They still had 55 gal. drums of water and crackers.Same with Grand canyon Caverns.No caviar tho...
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:07 am
by kman
That's pretty cool. Thanks for the link!
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:35 pm
by DangerousDave
I've seen those cold war civil defense canned biscuits/crackers advertised in Shotgun News back in the '70-'80s, I think I've seen some on ebay before also. I wonder what they worth now, to collectors?
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:21 pm
by kman
For me personally, they wouldn't be worth much. I'd just want to try a can to try them to see how they tasted. I guess I'm not much of a collector.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:36 pm
by mw509
kman wrote: I'd just want to try a can to try them to see how they tasted.
from the article: "Weinshall tasted a cracker.
"It tasted," she said, "like cardboard.""
basicly an early MRE cracker
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:24 am
by kyle
If anyone remember's , they tasted like cardboard when they were fresh!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:29 am
by kman
I wonder how those things compare to the Mountain House Pilot Crackers (in a can):
http://www.mtnhse.com/miva/merchant.mv? ... Code=30584
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:50 pm
by dirtbag
Those pilot biscuits are the same ones that were in the MCI's ,(We called em c rats,who knew?). Anyway,I used to like them,ate a lot of em with peanut butter and jelly.Couldn't stand the meat products in the cans,all tasted like SPAM,and I HATE Spam!!!!.Peaches were good too!
I,ve got a NO. 10 can of biscuits in my "emergency stash" just in case I get hungry in the next 30 years!
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:08 pm
by kman
I might have to try some of those MH pilot crackers. Over at the next group buy at warrifles.com, they're only $46 for a case of 6 cans. At $7 per can, that doesn't sound so bad - I just don't know what I'd do with the extra 5 cans. Stock them, I guess.