Globe Equipment Lifeboat and LifeRaft Ration

[Oldsmokey]

1956 Globe Equipment U.S Coast Guard Approved Lifeboat and LifeRaft Ration. Hey everyone I really wanted to post this review on here because before I did my review I had a really hard time finding anything about the ration. Maybe this post will help someone else out in the future.

Can was a little beat up which just added character.

The contents laid out.
1. Sunshine biscuits x27
2. Hersheys Tropical Bars x7
3. Globe Equipment malted milk tabs in a can. My guess is 80-100 tablets.

Closer look at the malted milk tablet can.

This end of the can has the packed date of November 1956

First look inside the can.

The biscuits package with ingredients list barely able to read it because it ripped to pieces.

No rust inside the can at all. Just some leftover chocolate dust inside is what you see.

Everything laid out after emptying the ration can.

The malted milk tabs were the highlight of this ration for me. But a close second were the sunshine biscuits with their lightly sweet, buttery whole grain taste and also still perfectly crisp like the day they were packed into the ration.

The malted milk tabs were not to sweet but still sweet enough with a creamy, vanilla, and caramel taste. About 3/4 through eating the tab it gets nice and soft. I think a good description is if you'd make sweet and condensed milk into a candy.

[Travelowl]

Amazing! Thank you for the review and the good visuals!!

I never knew that malted milk candy was actually given credit as a potential survival item.

I do recall in SERE school that we were given "rations" for E&E kits at one point. The situation was role playing and I guess I wasn't being a team player when I bit into one and announced, "hey, these aren't bad, they're just malted milk candy!" An instructor told me to shut up and just play along

[limp_noodle]

Those malted milk tabs sound awesome.

[Oldsmokey]

Amazing! Thank you for the review and the good visuals!!

I never knew that malted milk candy was actually given credit as a potential survival item.

I do recall in SERE school that we were given "rations" for E&E kits at one point. The situation was role playing and I guess I wasn't being a team player when I bit into one and announced, "hey, these aren't bad, they're just malted milk candy!" An instructor told me to shut up and just play along

I was happy to get to share this one with everyone. When I bought this one I didn't realize how difficult it would be to find information on. But about the malted milk, I've had some from a 1942 k-ration, and another lifeboat ration from the 40s. Although I didn't expect them to be edible from my ration this time they turned out to be fantastic.

[Oldsmokey]

Those malted milk tabs sound awesome.

Way, way better than I expected. I've had a few other types from U.S rations but these by far were the best.

[steve1989]

That was is pretty good shape for 1956. The malted milk tabs in that can is such a unique part of this one. And still being edible/palatable is not super common.
I know that flavor and it's pleasant and satisfying. Like malted dried milk candies with enough sweetness to call it a candy. When softened up they get caught in your teeth if chewed.
The biscuits not being rancid is pretty amazing, and you got at least 1 good display tropical bar.

It's great to see this one on the forums in photo/written form it deserves such. Thank you for sharing it Oldsmokey! And hey I'll trade ya for a zip loc baggie of biscuits and a handful of malted milk tabs. Haha

[Oldsmokey]

Oh man thanks for checking out the written review. I did feel like this needed to get documented on the Internet since I couldn't find squat before the review.

I'm going to build you a box today and try to ship it out tomorrow. Hopefully there still in ok shape.