Talk:LRP ration

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I ate these things a few times in Vietnam. They did not rehydrate either quickly or well. We tried most everything - boiling water, letting them soak, etc - and they were always crunchy, kind of a cross between malted-milk balls and canned chili. It's true they were lighter than Cs (MCIs), but they sucked nonetheless.

We didn't get a two-hour lunch. So heating water and/or letting the meal soak for a while was not an option very often. In short, these things were impractical.

I think everyone in the quartermaster corps, including colonels and generals, should be forced three times a day, 365 days a year to eat the crap they gave us.

Peter

Petesally (talk) 20:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

LRRP RATIONS

I served in the Recon Platoon, HHC 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Div. in '70-'71. We were normally issued 2 lrrp rations and one C ration per day for missions. Contrary to what was stated in the article (In 1994, a new version of the LRP ration called the LRP-I (Food Packet, Long-Range Patrol - Improved) was created. It was a 11 oz. (313 g) ration that came in a brown plastic retort pouch that allowed the user to reconstitute and cook the ration directly in the pouch. This was an improvement over the earlier LRP packet, which had to be boiled or soaked in a canteen cup or other cookware.) we did not have to heat our lrrp rations in a container. They came in a heavy plastic container ('retort') stiffened on the bottom with a piece of cardboard, into which water was added. Some meals required more soaking than others, particularly the Chili con Carne, in which the beans were like rocks unless soaked for almost an hour. The Pork and Escalloped Potatoes were reviled by everyone. As a result, no one carried either of those in the field, although the Chili was usually saved to eat in the rear. The favorites were usually the Chicken and Rice and Beef and Rice. Please note, these 'retort' containers were used in '70-'71, well before the 1994 cited in the article.

Clifton B. Sommer pukinbuzzard@email.com 12:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.113.214 (talk)