Army Ration Packs - Sell by date?

spike's · 30 Aug 2007 at 13:37

SB118 said:
Eat the carboard box they came in, much tastier.

so true,
how they can call the chocolate you get "yorky" i will never know.

( gf is in the TA, have tried the yorky once, never again. )

SB118 · 30 Aug 2007 at 14:04

a1ex2001 said:
Rat packs are pretty rank to be honest, all so a word of advice from someone who has been there make sure you eat absolutely everything! Half the contents is designed to block you up and the other half to relieve you so if you don't eat a good mix of everything you will either be going to the loo a lot or not going at all neither of which is good.

Brown biscuits = cork.

Fudge bar = removing the cork.

We had a guy who was a chocaholic, so we used to let him have ours. We were so kind

Sone · 30 Aug 2007 at 14:24

first time i went to the states FHM overthere had a comparsion of ration packs.

British ones came off by far the worst

a1ex2001 · 30 Aug 2007 at 14:27

SiriusB said:
As for the calories it's only all wrong if you use the whole lot in a day. That would be 3 meals, dessert, all the buscuits, chocolate, pate, sweets and possibly even the toiletpaper/tissues!

you should eat the whole thing to avaoid potential problems with going/ not going to the loo etc!

And now they don't taste nice I have had the 'pleasure' of living off them for a few days at a time once or twice and they are nasty. The boil in the bag ones are admitedly loads better than the ealier dehydrated ones but still disgusting!

.walls · 30 Aug 2007 at 14:59

SB118 said:
Brown biscuits = cork.

Fudge bar = removing the cork.

So true... and a top tip for festies... start of the weekend, cork up with a bag of biscuit browns, end of the weekend (when you've got a nice toilet...) un-cork

Ex-RoNiN · 30 Aug 2007 at 15:04

Burned_Alive said:
Just, why?

x2

WHY would you want to eat that stuff?

Kona* · 30 Aug 2007 at 15:48

Ex-RoNiN said:
x2

WHY would you want to eat that stuff?

They cant be that bad surely?

Dave M · 30 Aug 2007 at 15:53

better than most supermarket ready meals

Not as good as mom's home cooking though.

SiriusB · 30 Aug 2007 at 15:55

Telescopi said:
better than most supermarket ready meals

Not as good as mom's home cooking though.

I agree.

And I have never had any trouble with my daily waste evacuation through using ration packs in any combination.

a1ex2001 · 30 Aug 2007 at 16:32

SiriusB said:
And I have never had any trouble with my daily waste evacuation through using ration packs in any combination.

You must truly have guts of steel, it is well documented and acknowledge that rat pacs can cause toilet problems. Why do you think it's says in big letters in the docmentation eat everything!

Azagoth · 30 Aug 2007 at 16:39

If you can source them, the current US Army MRE's are bloody tasty. Especially the Cajun rice & Bangers, Meatloaf in Gravy and Spicy Pasta!

tom_e · 30 Aug 2007 at 17:05

I quite like most of the stuff in the rat packs although any of the custard desserts can be a bit rough and ive never had many toilet problems when eatting them in weird and wonderful combos