TEXT: Rations  
   
  Meal rations come in four types: F-ration, B-ration, C-ration and S-ration.  Those in charge have used these 
  rations for the past fifty years.   
   
  The F-ration is food cooked either at the base or in the field by the company kitchen.  The components are 
  either fresh during the harvest season or canned (institutional sized).  The cooks make breakfast from a pork 
  product with eggs or oatmeal, fruit, and biscuits.  Lunch is usually sandwiches on the base or stuffed pitas in 
  the field.  On base dinner is a meat (in descending order chicken, rabbit, turkey, pork, or beef), two vegetables, 
  a fruit, leaven rolls, and dessert of pudding, gelatin, baked fruit pies, and, sometimes, cake.  Field dinners 
  substitute quick bread (usually corn muffins) for rolls and exclude a dessert.  For all meals, a selection of 
  cheeses is available and the choices for drink include milk, fruit juice, water or tea.  
   
  The B-rations are backpack rations composed of vacuum-packed items in thermoplastic.  The contents of the 
  individual packages are preserved by drying, pressurized cooking, salt or sugar curing, pasteurization, or 
  pickling.  Natural antimicrobial additives and antioxidants added to the packaged food increases shelf life.  The 
  packs open with the knife included in the soldier’s utensil kit.  Dry condiments (salt, sugar, seasonings and 
  herbs) and powered drinks use wax paper containers that can be torn open by hand.  The issued bayonet can 
  also open the packs but this is discouraged to prevent contamination of the food.  A cardboard contains a 
  meal.  A slightly larger cardboard box holds the three meal boxes, the soldier’s daily ration.  Each box and each 
  item has a printed label listing the contents.  Below is a listing of possible contents in a B-ration meal.  The 
  daily ration includes one box of each group (B, L, and D) and a vacuum-packed chunk of hard cheese.   
   
  No. 
  Entrée  
   
  Other  
   
  Fruit 
   
   
  Dessert 
  Drink (Condensed) 
  B1 
  Ham w/egg 
   
  Oat Ohs Cereal 
  A/P/P  
   
  Biscuit w/jam  
  Milk 
  B2 
  Bacon w/egg  
  Flake Corn Cereal 
  A/P/P  
   
   
  “ 
      
    “ 
  B3 
  Sausage w/egg 
  Rice Squares Cereal 
  A/P/P  
   
   
  “ 
      
    “ 
   
  No. 
  Entrée  
   
  Other  
   
  Fruit 
   
   
  Dessert 
  Drink (Powdered) 
  L1 
  Meat Spread  
  Crackers 
   
  None  
   
  Cookie  
  Tea or Grape Juice 
  L2 
  Cheese Spread 
      “ 
   
   
     “ 
   
   
  Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
  L3 
  Peanut Butter  
      “ 
   
   
     “ 
   
   
  Fruit Turnover  
  “ 
   
  No. 
  Entrée  
   
  Side Compliment 
  Other  
   
  Dessert 
  Drink (Powdered) 
  D1 
  Beef Stew 
   
  Crackers 
   
  Vegetable 
   
  Fruit Turnover  
  Tea  
  D2 
  Chicken Stew  
      “ 
   
   
  Vegetable 
   
  Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
  D3 
  Rabbit Stew 
   
      “ 
   
   
  Vegetable 
   
  Cookie  
   
  “ 
  D4 
  Beef Ravioli 
   
  A/P/P  
   
  Vegetable 
   
  Fruit Turnover  
  “ 
  D5 
  Chicken Breast 
  Potatoes 
   
  Vegetable & Bread 
  Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
  D6 
  Chicken Chunks 
  Noodles 
   
  Vegetable & Crackers Cookie  
   
  “ 
  D7 
  Chili Meat in Sauce 
  Macaroni 
   
  Vegetable & A/P/P 
  Fruit Turnover  
  “ 
  D8 
  Chili Meat in Sauce 
  Red Beans 
   
  Vegetable & Crackers Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
  D9 
  Ham Slice 
   
  Cheese Macaroni 
  Vegetable & A/P/P 
  Cookie  
   
  “ 
  D10 
  Meat Loaf w/gravy 
  Potatoes 
   
  Vegetable & Bread 
  Fruit Turnover  
  “ 
  D11 
  Pork Chop 
   
  Cheese Macaroni 
  Vegetable & A/P/P 
  Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
  D12 
  Roast Beef w/gravy 
  Potatoes 
   
  Vegetable & Bread 
  Cookie  
   
  “ 
  D13 
  Tomato Meat Sauce Spaghetti 
   
  Vegetable & Bread 
  Fruit Turnover  
  “ 
  D14 
  Turkey w/gravy 
  Potatoes 
   
  Vegetable & Bread 
  Dessert Bar 
   
  “ 
   
  
  A/P/P = Apple, Peach, Pear 
  Vegetable = Common Beans, Cowpeas, Maize, Squash, Root Vegetable, Cabbage 
  Bread = Quick Bread Biscuits or Muffins, Sourdough Rolls 
   
  Reserved for long-range, extraterritorial, patrols are C-rations.  The foods in the C-ration are usually cooked, 
  freeze-dried and vacuum packed in thermoplastic. Natural antimicrobial additives and antioxidants added to 
  the packaged food increases shelf life.  The packs open with the knife included in the soldier’s utensil kit.  Dry 
  condiments (salt, sugar, seasonings and herbs) and powered drinks use wax paper containers that can be torn 
  open by hand.  The D meals exclude the dessert and the other component of the meal but have increased 
  portion sizes for the entrée and side compliment.  C-rations do not include any of the L meals because two of 
  the modified D meals are included in the ration instead.  The daily ration includes a snack composed of a 
  vacuum-packed chunk of hard cheese and sealed crackers.  
   
  The S-ration is labeled as such because it provides a bare necessity for survival or sustenance while evading 
  enemy forces.  S-rations include vacuum-packed, prepared, beef jerky, hard cheeses, trail bars, etc. with 
  added antimicrobial additives and antioxidants. S-rations do not have the shelf life of C-rations and are a bit 
  bland in appeal but they are the most portable of the available rations.  The S-ration is not designed to supply 
  the soldier with a high calorie intake as required for normal operations and training situations.  
   
   
   
   
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Twilight 2000/3rd party/Twilight 2000 - Rations For All.pdf