MCW Beef Stroganoff
MCW Beef Stroganoff
Lucky me I could get my hands on a couple of cases MCW, the first ones I got.
I was too curious so I had to open a pouch to see what´s inside
The entree of a RCW compared to a MCW
they are equal
590 kcal of food but almost "low fat" (3,7g/100kcal)
That´s almost two MRE entrees
The view inside
After soaking 10min
For better display, poured on a soup plate
Note the amount of food, that´s almost 2 servings.
I like the Mountain House freeze dried staff for it´s great taste, so this dish was great as expected with just a little lack of salt.
So bad that there is no salt in the accessory packet anymore, but now the Tabasco in a pouch.
So that´s what a "starch jelly candy" means
I was too curious so I had to open a pouch to see what´s inside
The entree of a RCW compared to a MCW
they are equal
590 kcal of food but almost "low fat" (3,7g/100kcal)
That´s almost two MRE entrees
The view inside
After soaking 10min
For better display, poured on a soup plate
Note the amount of food, that´s almost 2 servings.
I like the Mountain House freeze dried staff for it´s great taste, so this dish was great as expected with just a little lack of salt.
So bad that there is no salt in the accessory packet anymore, but now the Tabasco in a pouch.
So that´s what a "starch jelly candy" means
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Re: MCW Beef Stroganoff
Thanks for the review housil!
I would venture to guess the brown entree is from an Long range ration? (as they are identical to mcw except for the color of the bag.)
Did you taste the sports bar and starch candies?
I would venture to guess the brown entree is from an Long range ration? (as they are identical to mcw except for the color of the bag.)
Did you taste the sports bar and starch candies?
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Not yet, I already have my todays amount of caloriesName_not_found wrote: Did you taste the sports bar and starch candies?
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Are those the ones from the auction I posted?
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Then they arrived pretty fast. I'm still waiting for mine.housil wrote:Yes
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It took only three days
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Re: MCW Beef Stroganoff
Awesome pics and review housil! I recall in the 1980s my national guard unit was shipped several cases of the cold weather rations by mistake, and as I recall each ration had two main white pouches. The MCW appears to have consolidated everything into one main pouch.
Re: MCW Beef Stroganoff
Thank you for the flowers
You are right, the "Ration Cold Weather" were two, taped together white pouches
The "Meal Cold Weather" is, as NNF mentioned before, "just" a Long Range Patrol ration in white color.
You are right, the "Ration Cold Weather" were two, taped together white pouches
The "Meal Cold Weather" is, as NNF mentioned before, "just" a Long Range Patrol ration in white color.
Re: MCW Beef Stroganoff
Lunch time means another eating time
So I opened that candy and the black candy shouted "eat me, eat me" to me
I expected a Coke gum taste but it was licorice. YUCK
The other were a nice, soft, jelly candy with fruit taste.
The 200kcal sports bar
(forgot to take a picture )
A sticky, rubber like bar
with sugar/chocolate crystals and pieces of nuts inside. Very rich chocolate flavour. I ate only half of it (due to my diet!)
So I opened that candy and the black candy shouted "eat me, eat me" to me
I expected a Coke gum taste but it was licorice. YUCK
The other were a nice, soft, jelly candy with fruit taste.
The 200kcal sports bar
(forgot to take a picture )
A sticky, rubber like bar
with sugar/chocolate crystals and pieces of nuts inside. Very rich chocolate flavour. I ate only half of it (due to my diet!)