C-ration

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Name	C-ration
Base price	20 zm
Nutrition	300
Turns to eat	1
Weight	10
Conduct	vegan

A C-ration is a kind of comestible that appears in Nethack. It is similar to a cram ration, and is suitable for vegans.

Generation

Yendorian Army fighters(of all ranks) have a ¹⁄₂ chance of being generated with a C-ration.

Strategy

C-rations can be eaten in one move, making them valuable for quick nutrition in desperate situations, and are plentiful if you can clear out barracks, such as those found in Fort Ludios and the Castle. However, K-rations and C-rations are effectively identical, except that K-rations have a higher nutrition value and are thus preferred on the Astral Plane.

Messages

This C-ration is bland.

You ate a non-cursed C-ration.

Origin

C-rations are a real-world ration type issued to U.S. military soldiers from 1938–1958 (the current issue is the MRE ration), most notably during World War II. They were very simple fare to say the least, and quickly gained a reputation for being monotonous.\