50 year old emergency rations found under the Brooklyn Bridg

Bil4444 · Post by **Bil4444** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:54 pm

Check this out

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060322/ap_ ... _war_trove

Forgotten stash of fallout rations from the cold war found in New York. Would be interesting to bid on box of these survival crackers.

There is also a video at the CNN site on this Indiana Jones type find.

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:42 pm

I was at Carlsberg Caverns in New Mexico a few years ago,They still had 55 gal. drums of water and crackers.Same with Grand canyon Caverns.No caviar tho...

Post by **kman** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:07 am

That's pretty cool. Thanks for the link!

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:35 pm

I've seen those cold war civil defense canned biscuits/crackers advertised in Shotgun News back in the '70-'80s, I think I've seen some on ebay before also. I wonder what they worth now, to collectors?

Post by **kman** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:21 pm

For me personally, they wouldn't be worth much. I'd just want to try a can to try them to see how they tasted. I guess I'm not much of a collector.

mw509 · Post by **mw509** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:36 pm

kman wrote: I'd just want to try a can to try them to see how they tasted.

from the article: "Weinshall tasted a cracker.

"It tasted," she said, "like cardboard.""

basicly an early MRE cracker

kyle · Post by **kyle** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:24 am

If anyone remember's , they tasted like cardboard when they were fresh!!!

Post by **kman** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:29 am

I wonder how those things compare to the Mountain House Pilot Crackers (in a can):

http://www.mtnhse.com/miva/merchant.mv? ... Code=30584

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:50 pm

Those pilot biscuits are the same ones that were in the MCI's ,(We called em c rats,who knew?). Anyway,I used to like them,ate a lot of em with peanut butter and jelly.Couldn't stand the meat products in the cans,all tasted like SPAM,and I HATE Spam!!!!.Peaches were good too!
I,ve got a NO. 10 can of biscuits in my "emergency stash" just in case I get hungry in the next 30 years!

Post by **kman** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:08 pm

I might have to try some of those MH pilot crackers. Over at the next group buy at warrifles.com, they're only $46 for a case of 6 cans. At $7 per can, that doesn't sound so bad - I just don't know what I'd do with the extra 5 cans. Stock them, I guess.