WTB C-Ration B-1 Unit candy discs.
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:14 pm
Hi folks,
I am a long time collector of military stuff, and consumer of MREs.
As a child, growing up in Sumter, SC, my buddy and I used to "play Army" in the woods and fields around our homes, dreaming of the day when we would be old enough to go into the services. My best friend went in and is now a "lifer" in the Army National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at aged 10, so that cut me out of the services. I wanted to go Airborne like my uncle was in Vietnam; but, at aged 28, they found that I also had MS, and had had it since I was a child, it just didn't cause me real issues until later in life. Hindsight tells me its good that I was kept from joining up, but I still support our troops, especially my buddy.
Anyways, when we were kids, our fathers, both stationed at Shaw AFB used to get us C-Rations from the commissary and we would take them when we played "war games". One of our favourite things in the rations were the cans of candy discs that came in the B-1 rations. I remember the chocolate and toffee ones the most. They never seemed to melt, even in the SC summer heat. They weren't too sweet, and we preferred those to the pound cake, nut rolls, etc.
My buddy received the Bronze Star on his last deployment, and is now up for a real exciting move in his career, and honestly, I couldn't be more proud of him!!!
I got this idea that I wished I could get an old C-Ration with the candy discs to surprise him with and do a Facebook video of us trying them. I know the canned meat and other foods in the ration would be way to old to eat; but the candy and crackers should still be okay to consume, so I thought I would try and find some. I did find some on a few sites that sell MREs; but they are kind of pricey for just the candy and crackers, so I thought I'd check here and see if anyone had a can of "candy discs" from a B-1 Unit they would be willing to sell me to surprise my buddy with. By the way, I am a trained chef with Food Safety certification, so I know how to determine if old food is still edible, so I believe we would be okay eating the chocolate.
So, if anyone could help me out with this, I would be greatly appreciative. I just would like to do something special for my friend who is "doing the fighting" for both of us.
Just send me a message or comment on this thread, and I will work out payment and such. I'll also post pics and video when we try it.
Take care and thanks,
Ken
I am a long time collector of military stuff, and consumer of MREs.
As a child, growing up in Sumter, SC, my buddy and I used to "play Army" in the woods and fields around our homes, dreaming of the day when we would be old enough to go into the services. My best friend went in and is now a "lifer" in the Army National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at aged 10, so that cut me out of the services. I wanted to go Airborne like my uncle was in Vietnam; but, at aged 28, they found that I also had MS, and had had it since I was a child, it just didn't cause me real issues until later in life. Hindsight tells me its good that I was kept from joining up, but I still support our troops, especially my buddy.
Anyways, when we were kids, our fathers, both stationed at Shaw AFB used to get us C-Rations from the commissary and we would take them when we played "war games". One of our favourite things in the rations were the cans of candy discs that came in the B-1 rations. I remember the chocolate and toffee ones the most. They never seemed to melt, even in the SC summer heat. They weren't too sweet, and we preferred those to the pound cake, nut rolls, etc.
My buddy received the Bronze Star on his last deployment, and is now up for a real exciting move in his career, and honestly, I couldn't be more proud of him!!!
I got this idea that I wished I could get an old C-Ration with the candy discs to surprise him with and do a Facebook video of us trying them. I know the canned meat and other foods in the ration would be way to old to eat; but the candy and crackers should still be okay to consume, so I thought I would try and find some. I did find some on a few sites that sell MREs; but they are kind of pricey for just the candy and crackers, so I thought I'd check here and see if anyone had a can of "candy discs" from a B-1 Unit they would be willing to sell me to surprise my buddy with. By the way, I am a trained chef with Food Safety certification, so I know how to determine if old food is still edible, so I believe we would be okay eating the chocolate.
So, if anyone could help me out with this, I would be greatly appreciative. I just would like to do something special for my friend who is "doing the fighting" for both of us.
Just send me a message or comment on this thread, and I will work out payment and such. I'll also post pics and video when we try it.
Take care and thanks,
Ken
