Some vintage US group ration cans/trays with tiny holes

[mreheater72]

Hi guys,

a couple of weeks ago I opened some vintage US group ration cans and trays with tiny leaking holes:

• FRANKFURTERS CANNED WHOLE (Can)
• BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE FLAVORED WITH BACON (Tray Ration)
• CHOCOLATE PUDDING (Tray Ration)

All rations were stored in my basement, I cannot remember that the containers leaked when I was stocking them, beside the pudding. I opened the containers in a corn/grain field near my home, so I had no problem with disposing the contents of the rations .

No I want to show a review with photos of that stretching event :

Let´s begin with the FRANKFURTERS:

Upper lid of the can "FRANKFURTERS CANNED WHOLE" packed by BRIAN BROTHERS PACKING CO.. The finish is in a bad condition, also some heavy dents are apparent


Close-up of the printed code "FD48" no idea of the meaning and the age of the can. Do you have?


Close-up of a heavy dent of the can at the rim, here the can is leaking through a tiny hole


Side-view of the can, see the rust and the dents


Another side-view of the can, see the rust and the dents


The bottom lid of the FRANKFURTERS can


That photo was shot after opening the can with a P38 can opener. The condition of the 19 little FRANKFURTERS is surprisingly good , I expected some black spoiled sausages with very bad smell


Close-up of the FRANKFURTERS


Another close-up of the FRANKFURTERS, the smell was ok


The FRANKFURTERS out of the can, the white matter you can see is cold fat


Another view of fhe FRANKFURTERS out of the can


View into the empty can, no corrosion, all ok


Close-up into the can, here you can see the leaking point from the interior of the can


The next day all FRANKFURTERS were lost, so at least a fox or some other animal get happy with that nice meaty meal .

[mreheater72]

The next ration I opened was a tray with "BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE FLAVORED WITH BACON", see the pics:

Top side of the tray ration "BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE FLAVORED WITH BACON" packed by VENICE MAID CO., INC.


Here the code printed on the ration, I guess "1086" means day 86 of 1991, according to that late March 1991


Again the code "1086" printed on the lid of the tray in blue color


The bottom side of the tray ration


Printing on one side of the tray ration


Here the tiny hole in the container


Close-up of the leaking hole


The opened tray ration, perhaps with the P38


Close-up of the contents of the ration, the beans and the sauce look ok, the bacon had turned dark


Close-up of a bacon-piece


Another close-up of the "BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE FLAVORED WITH BACON"


The empty tray ration container, the white inner finish looks ok


Here the tiny hole seen from the interior of container. It seems that the corrosion of that tray ration containers arise from the interior

[mreheater72]

Now the last of the three vintage US group rations I opened: For dessert tray of "CHOCOLATE PUDDING"

The lid of the "CHOCOLATE PUDDING" tray ration packed by E. HUTTENBAUER & SON, INC.


The code printed on the lid: "8236" for the day 236 of 1988 or "1102" for the day 102 of 1991?


The bottom side of the ration, at the left upper corner there is a heavy dent that obviously causes a tiny hole for leaking


The printing "CHOC. PUDD." on one side of the tray ration


One rim of the can shows also some leaking


Here the tiny hole and also a leaking rim


Close-up of the tiny hole in the container


Opening the tray with the P38, here you can see the leaking pudding because of pressure in the container


Same as before, close-up


The opened tray ration with the "CHOCOLATE PUDDING", not really appetizing…


Close-up of the pudding, you can see the mess, happily I opened it at a field and not in the kitchen…


Another close-up of the pudding with very liquid texture, but the smell was fine like chocolate


The empty tray ration container, the white inner finish looks ok


The tiny hole in the container because of the heavy dent


All ration contents (beside the pudding) were lost the next day, some animals ate them with pleasure for sure .

All in all the ration contents were in good condition, although all the showed rations were leaking…

So long mreheater72

[cavguy]

Nice pictures! I remember the chocolate pudding it was absolutely horrible even when new.... Did not taste at all like chocolate pudding to me.

[German_EPA]

both thumbs up great pictures!

[housil]

First of all, I´m very sorry about that lost...

Great pictures and you are a "freak" again opening all the T-18 with a P-38 I did it once and ruined all my fingers and nails

Once a year I controll all my stockings as I have had some spoiled containers too and doesn´t want them to "explode" into my basement

[Name_not_found]

Great Pics!

I cant believe the hot dogs, they looked perfect

[mreheater72]

First of all, I´m very sorry about that lost...

Great pictures and you are a "freak" again opening all the T-18 with a P-38 I did it once and ruined all my fingers and nails

Once a year I controll all my stockings as I have had some spoiled containers too and doesn´t want them to "explode" into my basement

No problems with the P38, it is always fun to me to use that brilliant little tool .

I watched that problem with the tiny holes in vintage metal trays also by other containers (Ham Slices, Omelete with Ham) in the past . It seems that that holes appear in each tray ration; it is only a question of time

Great Pics!

I cant believe the hot dogs, they looked perfect

You are right, it is crazy that those sausages are in that perfect condition even with a hole in the can

So long mreheater72