Editing C-ration (section)

==="M" Unit===
The M-unit contained a [[canning|canned]] [[entrée]] originally made of stew meat (a mixture of beef and pork) seasoned with salt, various spices, and chopped onions. They initially came in three varieties: Meat Stew with Beans, [[Hash (food)|Meat with Vegetable Hash]], and Meat Stew with Vegetables (carrots and potatoes). The commonplace nature of the menu was intentional, and designed to duplicate the menu items (e.g., [[Hash (food)|hash]], stews, etc.) soldiers were normally served as A- or B-rations in Army mess halls.

Another new menu item, "Meat & Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce", was added in 1943. In late 1944 "Chopped Ham, Egg, and Potato", "Meat and Noodles", "Pork and Rice", "Frankfurters and Beans", "Pork and Beans", "Ham and [[Lima Bean]]s", and "Chicken and Vegetables" were introduced in an attempt to increase the C-rations' period of continuous use. The unpopular Meat Hash and equally unpopular experimental "[[Mutton]] [[Stew]] with Vegetables" meal were dropped. In the final revision, "Beef Stew with Vegetables" was added in 1945. By all accounts, after the meat hash and mutton stew, the Ham and Lima Beans entrée was the most unpopular; despite continued negative field reports, it inexplicably remained a standard entrée item not only during World War II, but also during the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Granfield, Linda, ''I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950–53'', Clarion Books, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0618177400}}, p. 48: Troops often gave away the ''Ham and Lima Beans'' cans to starving civilians, who after recognizing the contents, sometimes threw them back at the soldiers.</ref>