Original sentence: While a soldier could use the handled pan to cook raw food, it is really too shallow and thin to serve as an effective skillet, and was usually restricted to heating the canned meat ration or reconstituting items such as dried eggs
Edited sentence: While a soldier could use the handled pan to cook raw food, it is really too shallow and thin to serve as an effective skillet, and was usually restricted to heating the canned meat ration or reconstituting items such as powdered eggs