1978 Chicken or Turkey, Boned Meal, Combat, Individual Review
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:25 pm
In addition to the the MCI I reviewed last night (viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11503) I also ended up opening this one. The preface from that review also applies to this one. This is a 1978 Chicken or Turkey, Boned MCI produced by Con Pac, Inc.
Here are the contents laid out on the tray. This MCI includes turkey, apple sauce, peanut butter, a B-3 unit and an accessory packet.
Speaking of the accessory packet, here's a look at it. As you can see, it just includes the standard components. The main difference is that it includes Beechies peppermint gum as opposed to the standard non-branded gum.
I was on the fence about heating the canned turkey up since the can was bloated. My fear was that it was going to build up pressure and potentially explode but I decided to put it in boiling water for just a few minutes. Here were the components in their cans just after opening them. And here's the entirety of the ration and a closeup of the turkey. Since face masks are pretty abundant these days, I decided to put one on before opening any of the cans. When I opened the canned turkey, I noticed a very audible "hiss" noise. While it smelled faintly like turkey, it also had a very metallic smell. My senses couldn't yell "NO!" any louder if they tried since the weird metallic/turkey smell almost made me gag. I couldn't bring myself to try even a small bite of it.
The chocolate toffee disks were actually somewhat tasty! If they had a cheap dollar store knock off of a Symphony chocolate bar, that's would it taste like. In the LRPs of the same age, these haven't held up well in my experience. They must last a lot longer if they are not exposed to air.
I couldn't even get all of the canned applesauce on the tray since a majority of it was basically stuck in the can. It had a bluish/green color to it and it felt a lot like old, wet coffee grounds. It even looks like that too! Given the soft texture of applesauce, I have no idea how it even turned into this. Maybe the MCI applesauce had a different texture to begin with.
The crackers and peanut butter all held up. These MCI crackers aren't really my favorite. Imagine if you took a slightly underbaked off-brand saltine cracker and made it stale. That's what these tasted like. The peanut butter wasn't oily which made it easier to spread on the crackers. I'm sure it was a welcomed addition back in the day.
Here are the contents laid out on the tray. This MCI includes turkey, apple sauce, peanut butter, a B-3 unit and an accessory packet.
Speaking of the accessory packet, here's a look at it. As you can see, it just includes the standard components. The main difference is that it includes Beechies peppermint gum as opposed to the standard non-branded gum.
I was on the fence about heating the canned turkey up since the can was bloated. My fear was that it was going to build up pressure and potentially explode but I decided to put it in boiling water for just a few minutes. Here were the components in their cans just after opening them. And here's the entirety of the ration and a closeup of the turkey. Since face masks are pretty abundant these days, I decided to put one on before opening any of the cans. When I opened the canned turkey, I noticed a very audible "hiss" noise. While it smelled faintly like turkey, it also had a very metallic smell. My senses couldn't yell "NO!" any louder if they tried since the weird metallic/turkey smell almost made me gag. I couldn't bring myself to try even a small bite of it.
The chocolate toffee disks were actually somewhat tasty! If they had a cheap dollar store knock off of a Symphony chocolate bar, that's would it taste like. In the LRPs of the same age, these haven't held up well in my experience. They must last a lot longer if they are not exposed to air.
I couldn't even get all of the canned applesauce on the tray since a majority of it was basically stuck in the can. It had a bluish/green color to it and it felt a lot like old, wet coffee grounds. It even looks like that too! Given the soft texture of applesauce, I have no idea how it even turned into this. Maybe the MCI applesauce had a different texture to begin with.
The crackers and peanut butter all held up. These MCI crackers aren't really my favorite. Imagine if you took a slightly underbaked off-brand saltine cracker and made it stale. That's what these tasted like. The peanut butter wasn't oily which made it easier to spread on the crackers. I'm sure it was a welcomed addition back in the day.