All that aside, it is still an interesting read. I've often wondered about how each ration pack compared to the others. I remember enjoying them when I was a kid. Occasionally my father would bring some ration packs home from work (my father was military for those who don't know) and we would rip into them. They weren't as fancy as the modern ones, but I remember the peanut butter in them was in a small tube, similar to a toothpaste tube. It wasn't any specific brand, but I remember it being sweeter than normal peanut butter, and it was fantastic. My brother and I would eat it right out of the tube and not bother putting it on the melba toast that came with it.
Modern MRE's seem quite extravagant compared to what we used to get though, and we thought that a three course meal in a box was pretty amazing back then.
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