Clove gum was never put in the ration.. The cigarettes are important.. in fact you could get a lot of brands and would come in “motel packs” the packs were called that because hotels would leave 5 cig packs on top of the Bible in your room.. The wax box was to protect the food and would also provide a fire starter if you were heating your food..
Great video. Where did you purchase this? My 9 year old daughter is very interested in ww2 rations and I'd like to surprise here with this. Thanks for the content!
My father in law had to survive on these he told me they were awful ....sometimes they hunted small game just to supplement these ration they didn't give enough in these rations....
No that is actually proper nomenclature.. It goes.. breakfast , Dinner. Supper… That is why a dinner bell is called a dinner bell it was to call people out of the field to come in to eat at noon.. It started to change in the middle sixties..
FYI -World War 2 chocolate or the D ration was meant to taste as bland as a boiled potato. This was to discourage the soldiers from eating them too fast since they considered chocolate to be high-energy food. Furthermore, they were so hard that soldiers needed to use their K-Bar knives to shave off small pieces to eat.
@@NedFlanders612 I once knew a WW2 vet before he passed away 9 years ago, and he confirmed how bad those bars tasted. And he didn't recommend biting into them. Those bars were literal bricks. The reason behind the hardness was to make them last longer in hot climates like the Pacific Theater or summer in Europe. Fun Fact, in the Pacific Theater, they created a candy shell so the chocolate melts your mouth not in the sands of Iwo Jima. That later became the slogan of M&Ms, "Melts in your mouth, not in your hands."
Meanwhile steve1989 is eating 100 year old rations from the borewar
Nah, American civil war
He is a unicorn
And he actually eats the food unlike Ryan
@@HonkerinoXD true, very disappointing
Dinner is lunch supper is the last meal of the day
Dinner is what we now call lunch
Dinner is a formal evening meal.
Clove gum was never put in the ration..
The cigarettes are important.. in fact you could get a lot of brands and would come in “motel packs” the packs were called that because hotels would leave 5 cig packs on top of the Bible in your room..
The wax box was to protect the food and would also provide a fire starter if you were heating your food..
Nice review Ryan, it sucks that the food was expired
Nah he was too scared
Breakfast was Breakfast Lunch was Dinner and Supper was Dinner so just some info
where did you purchase that reproduction I've been looking for actual reproduction world war II rations as a surprise for my father.
I want to try these . I wonder if they are obtainable In fresher conditions .
*yes*
I ate Vietnam rations as boy that my brother in law gave me pork an eggs did not like it an he was a army cook.
Great video. Where did you purchase this? My 9 year old daughter is very interested in ww2 rations and I'd like to surprise here with this. Thanks for the content!
My father in law had to survive on these he told me they were awful ....sometimes they hunted small game just to supplement these ration they didn't give enough in these rations....
They were aweful on purpose. They didn't want soldiers gloming them down. Just palatable enough for when you were hungry.
WWII rations included Spam luncheon meat and Hershey chocolate bars !
In army parlance supper means dinner and dinner means lunch.
No that is actually proper nomenclature..
It goes.. breakfast , Dinner. Supper…
That is why a dinner bell is called a dinner bell it was to call people out of the field to come in to eat at noon..
It started to change in the middle sixties..
THE CAN OPENER IS A P,38 I CARRY ONE
There is a P51, a bigger version.
Makes you appreciate real food.😁
Nice hiss
What was that lame nibble on the chocolate bar.
Come on my brother..
FYI -World War 2 chocolate or the D ration was meant to taste as bland as a boiled potato. This was to discourage the soldiers from eating them too fast since they considered chocolate to be high-energy food. Furthermore, they were so hard that soldiers needed to use their K-Bar knives to shave off small pieces to eat.
@@Animeaddiction naw man, our guy needs to take a chomp; even if it tastes horrible.
@@NedFlanders612 I once knew a WW2 vet before he passed away 9 years ago, and he confirmed how bad those bars tasted. And he didn't recommend biting into them. Those bars were literal bricks. The reason behind the hardness was to make them last longer in hot climates like the Pacific Theater or summer in Europe. Fun Fact, in the Pacific Theater, they created a candy shell so the chocolate melts your mouth not in the sands of Iwo Jima. That later became the slogan of M&Ms, "Melts in your mouth, not in your hands."