Food Packet Survival General Purpose

jubifahrer · Post by **jubifahrer** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:07 am

Hi,

can you please tell me somethig about the "Food Packet Survival General Purpose"

For what it is and do you know what are "wintergree tablets" ?

Here a picture of one i´ve got.

http://jeep.cfasp.de/upload/59968.jpg

thanks

rudi

Post by **kman** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:06 am

Hi Rudi. You can find the official information about that ration here:

http://www.dscp.dla.mil/subs/rations/pr ... gpiabt.htm

Here's the description of it:

The Food Packet, Survival, General Purpose, Improved is used by the Services to sustain an individual in survival situations, including escape and evasion, under all environmental conditions, and when potable water is limited. Requested by the Air Force, it is used to sustain personnel in any survival situation for periods of less than 5 consecutive days.

I've eaten some of the bars from a survival ration before and they're very good. I haven't tried the wintergreen candy so I can't describe it to you. But I get the impression it's just a hard type of candy.

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:48 pm

It's a mint flavored bar of compressed sugar. I don't want to say confectioners suger, but thats what it is. Now thats something for a real survival situation. The other bars(Corn flake, granola, shortbread and chocolate desert(MY FAVORITE) are edible and very tasty. The only problem is finding them. They are more rare than current issue LRRP rats.

jubifahrer · Post by **jubifahrer** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:37 pm

DangerousDave wrote:It's a mint flavored bar of compressed sugar. I don't want to say confectioners suger, but thats what it is. Now thats something for a real survival situation. The other bars(Corn flake, granola, shortbread and chocolate desert(MY FAVORITE) are edible and very tasty. The only problem is finding them. They are more rare than current issue LRRP rats.

I bought two of them on german ebay, 2 euro for one. Seems to bee a good price

Rudi

CaptBob · Post by **CaptBob** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:39 pm

I bought two in a recent eBay auction. Final price: $5.01 apiece!

Notice the 2001 packing date!

The same seller is currently selling a 1988 version packed in an aluminum "Spam-type" can with a pop-top:

Check it out at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6604282674

It's a Dutch Auction with 15 available. Bid at $5

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:50 pm

Old timey tin and aluminum cans with the Van Brode Milling Co. corn flake bars and Rice/Cornflake bars. MMMM. Very filling.

mw509 · Post by **mw509** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:04 pm

CaptBob wrote:

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Yay dented cans of food from 1988

Post by **kman** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:42 am

Nothing says "Good eating" like a spam-shaped can!

Sr. Wing Commander · Post by **Sr. Wing Commander** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:40 pm

I've eaten the one out of the can before. I think it was about 10 years old or so at the time. Wasn't bad. You drink about half a canteen with one of the bars and they swell up inside you, makes you feel full for several hours.

They were packaged in OKC, I wonder if I could get my hands on some.

CaptBob · Post by **CaptBob** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:47 pm

Sr. Wing Commander wrote: I wonder if I could get my hands on some.

You can. Six for $16 (so far): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6606351205

Food Packet Survival General Purpose

Food Packet Survival General Purpose

Wintergreen Bar

Re: Wintergreen Bar

My favorite