Army ration packs
Discussion
I aquirred a 24hour army ration pack last night (can't remember how tho) and to be fair the food isn't that bad. Just having a midnight snack of sausage, egg and beans. Everything in the pack seem to be ok, the chocolate wasn;t too good but all in all for 24hours there is alot of food there. Just a guess i would probably say 3000 Kcal. Also there is the smallest bottle of tabasco sauce i have ever seem must be about 5ml.
the pack contents:
Chicken curry
Sausage egg beans
sticky toffee pudding
oat biscuits
oat block
fruit biscuits
can of mushroom spread
fruit spread (jam)
yeast spread (marmite)
chocolate bar
energy drink powder
tea
coffee
hot chocolate
Kleenex ???
boiled sweets
tabasco sauce
Quite a good little box
Just thought i would let you all know.
the pack contents:
Chicken curry
Sausage egg beans
sticky toffee pudding
oat biscuits
oat block
fruit biscuits
can of mushroom spread
fruit spread (jam)
yeast spread (marmite)
chocolate bar
energy drink powder
tea
coffee
hot chocolate
Kleenex ???
boiled sweets
tabasco sauce
Quite a good little box
Just thought i would let you all know.
mybrainhurts said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
Compo sausages.
Sounds like something revolting from Last Of The Summer Wine....oat blocks
do they STILL have oat blocks?
wow
anyway
that isnt a rat pack
a rat pack has curry you can't eat
or mutton you can't eat
and rice that you can't soften
but it does have fruitcake
and a can opener
and dried out whitened old chocolate
your rat pack?
Sheer luxury
"when I were a lad we lived in a hole in the ground
in Germany
dug by ourselves"
oh boy these threads take me back
soddit!
do they STILL have oat blocks?
wow
anyway
that isnt a rat pack
a rat pack has curry you can't eat
or mutton you can't eat
and rice that you can't soften
but it does have fruitcake
and a can opener
and dried out whitened old chocolate
your rat pack?
Sheer luxury
"when I were a lad we lived in a hole in the ground
in Germany
dug by ourselves"
oh boy these threads take me back
soddit!
Never EVER try to fry the mystery meat. It will stick to your mess tin like s
t to a blanket rendering it unusable, the 'meat' inedible, you still hungry and fog the air for miles around with a smell akin to burning pubes.
Rolos. With arabic writing on the label.
Storm matches. Errrr, maybe (memory failing).
There was a legendary thread on AARSE.co.uk where (I think) a trainee Rupert gave a blow by blow account of his consumption of a 25-year old ration pack. Much more entertaining than Gillian McKeith*
t to a blanket rendering it unusable, the 'meat' inedible, you still hungry and fog the air for miles around with a smell akin to burning pubes.Rolos. With arabic writing on the label.
Storm matches. Errrr, maybe (memory failing).
There was a legendary thread on AARSE.co.uk where (I think) a trainee Rupert gave a blow by blow account of his consumption of a 25-year old ration pack. Much more entertaining than Gillian McKeith*
- The Poo Doctor
Flintstone said:
Never EVER try to fry the mystery meat. It will stick to your mess tin like st to a blanket rendering it unusable, the 'meat' inedible, you still hungry and fog the air for miles around with a smell akin to burning pubes.
Rolos. With arabic writing on the label.
Storm matches. Errrr, maybe (memory failing).
There was a legendary thread on AARSE.co.uk where (I think) a trainee Rupert gave a blow by blow account of his consumption of a 25-year old ration pack. Much more entertaining than Gillian McKeith*
Ventures on there to have a nose as there is some brilliant threads on there. t to a blanket rendering it unusable, the 'meat' inedible, you still hungry and fog the air for miles around with a smell akin to burning pubes.Rolos. With arabic writing on the label.
Storm matches. Errrr, maybe (memory failing).
There was a legendary thread on AARSE.co.uk where (I think) a trainee Rupert gave a blow by blow account of his consumption of a 25-year old ration pack. Much more entertaining than Gillian McKeith*
- The Poo Doctor
O/T But this is a quality read.
http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=10839/po...
Mmmmm, rat packs. I remember the first one I ever ate, I was 13 years old doing some cadet exercise. I was chowing down on some biscuits brown and "pate" or some such when I started idly looking at the box which had a packing date (month/year) on it. I got a bit of a shock because, if memory serves, the date was the month and year before I was born.....
Used to loooove the corned beef hash though, I still have one in my cupboard from 5 years ago that I'm saving for a special occasion
Oh, and never ending mashed potato and beef strips meal (just keep adding water!) from the dehydrated rat packs, 'twas food of the gods 
Used to loooove the corned beef hash though, I still have one in my cupboard from 5 years ago that I'm saving for a special occasion
Oh, and never ending mashed potato and beef strips meal (just keep adding water!) from the dehydrated rat packs, 'twas food of the gods Edited by Mario149 on Monday 7th June 16:13
mcflurry said:
Mario149 said:
I got a bit of a shock because, if memory serves, the date was the month and year before I was born.....
AFAIK they have at least 5 years worth in storage at any one time Still here. Not dead.
Man I loved the old type rat packs. Bloody awesome. Did anyone else use to save meals from them as a quick snack when you came back into barracks pissed, and the kebab/pizza had long since been dropped into the gutter?
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