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    Spanish–American War, the U.S. Army ration, as decreed by the Continental Congress, was the garrison ration, which consisted of meat or salt fish, bread or hardtack...
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    The C-ration (officially Field Ration, Type C) was a United States military ration consisting of prepared, canned wet foods. They were intended to be served...
    26 KB (3,803 words) - 15:04, 19 November 2023
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    essential foodstuffs". To assist with rationing, ration books were introduced on 15 July 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat, and sugar. During the war, average...
    46 KB (5,014 words) - 16:57, 24 April 2024
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    were rationed by August 1942. Strict rationing created a black market. Almost all controlled items were rationed by weight; but meat was rationed by price...
    52 KB (5,865 words) - 23:03, 12 May 2024
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    The K-ration was a United States military ration consisting of three separately boxed meal units: breakfast, dinner, and supper. It was originally intended...
    21 KB (3,055 words) - 03:52, 18 October 2023
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    was a United States military ration of canned and preserved food, issued from 1958 to 1980. It replaced the earlier C-ration, which it was so similar to...
    20 KB (2,769 words) - 17:44, 1 January 2024
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    domestically produced, commercially available items. Each ration contains: canned meat, small can of meat spread, crackers, instant soup, cereal bar with fruit...
    120 KB (10,396 words) - 12:27, 21 March 2024
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    A garrison ration (or mess ration for food rations of this type) is a type of military ration. Usually distinct from field rations, the term has varying...
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    A field ration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed in the field, in combat, at the front...
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  • Ration, the first to release horse meat in their pet food after purchasing cheap horse meat from PM Chappel. Ken-L Ration was owned by Quaker Oats, but the...
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    subject to rationing, with each individual receiving specific amounts from available supplies. Military-issued goods and the rationing of such goods...
    31 KB (3,151 words) - 09:16, 13 February 2024
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    pronounced "lurp") was a freeze-dried dehydrated United States military ration used by the Department of Defense. Developed in 1964 and intended for wide...
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    flat-bottom, ovoid "Meat can, body", designed to receive the "meat ration", the meat portion of the pre-war canned Reserve Ration. The "Meat can, body", with...
    20 KB (2,937 words) - 06:45, 13 February 2024
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    The First Strike Ration (FSR) is a compact assault United States military ration. It is designed to be consumed on the move during the first 72 hours...
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    S. influence in the Pacific islands. As a consequence of World War II rationing and the Lend-Lease Act, Spam was sold in the United Kingdom. British Prime...
    55 KB (5,120 words) - 03:53, 24 May 2024
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    Mutton was popular in Northern Gaul and Britannia, but pork was the main meat ration of the legions. The Roman colonies provided many foods to Rome; the city...
    30 KB (3,696 words) - 20:19, 31 May 2024
  • The Jungle Ration (or "J-Ration") was a dry, lightweight United States military ration developed by the U.S. Army during World War II for soldiers on...
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    ships. English soldiers also used the term "bully beef" for their tinned meat ration. This may still have been soup and bouilli in 1871 as there is an account...
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    stamps were used to ration meat and butter, and blue stamps were used to ration processed foods. To enable making change for ration stamps, the government...
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    dog food by many companies under many brands, most notably Ken-L Ration. Horse meat as dog food became so popular that by the 1930s, over 50,000 horses...
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