Hey Marion: I really meant that first line as a "funny" and did not take offence . And believe me I know how many ww2 vets have passed on. Now to question about food.
Mostly it was K and C rations with a occsasional" hot" meal brought up but always with
good hot coffee. A dogface was fueled by 3 things, coffee, cigarettes and looted booze.
When lucky to stop for a while in a shelled out village we "looked for" eggs, fat, and the
Kraut black bread. Also any chickens around and potatoes. This sure aided our meals
of K and C rations. Many times fires were not possible and our rations were cold. However setting a empty K ration inner waxed package on end it was possible to heat up a canteen cup of water when you liit the waxed box. This at least gave you fairly hot coffee from the breakfast ration coffee tin or package. (powdered). Sugar was also
included. I think that food was always on our mind. Crumbling the C ration round bisquits, adding sugar, dinner cocoa powder, and a crumbled fruit bar into some water
and heating over a waxed liner for heat made a nice supper dessert. The damn D ration bar was the last resort food. Good only for knawing on in a dire emergency.
Some kind of a almost inedible choclate ? bar but packed with calories they say. The
dinner K ration can of cheese with crackers was also a favorite. But not the lemonaide
package with it. A can of spam would be a blessing but was only with some "hot meals"
and not distributed to us. It would have made a nice meal though. The 10 in one meals were almost non extent to us and possibly part of "hot chow" when possible.
Not complaing, just explaining. Any more qustions???