Army rations

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Hey,

I'm going hiking around Snowdonia for the next few days. We're camping out in the wilderness and I'm trying out some ration packs for the first time, simply to keep it quick and easy when eating. Has anyone ever tried them? I'm not expecting them to taste like anything more than dog food but it should be interesting living on them for 3 days... lamb curry, vegatable something, sausage & beans, MoD rice, treacle pudding. My poo is going to turn nasty isn't it? :( :D
 
My dad used to bring em home for me to eat when i was pratting about playing army men with my mates and they're not that bad iirc. But don't expect to be pooing very regularly after eating the dumplings ;)
 
Millets do these rations in a kind of bag, which you shove in boiling water for a few minutes. They're £3.50/bag (1 meal per bag) and you can get casseroles, sausages+beans, currys, chocolate fudge cakes....

Unfortunately they don't put food products on their site.
 
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blighter said:
Millets do these rations in a kind of bag, which you shove in boiling water for a few minutes. They're £3.50/bag (1 meal per bag) and you can get casseroles, sausages+beans, currys, chocolate fudge cakes....

Unfortunately they don't put food products on their site.
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You see, I heard that a lot of these packs you buy with the name on them are just rebagged army rations. They have a higher price just because a company has their name on it. Apparently they're all made in the same factories? Anyhow, I bought a selection, some with a label (costing about £3 - £4ea) and some from army surplus (£2ea). I'll give a taster's review when I get back, oooh!
 
Captain Planet said:
Hey,

I'm going hiking around Snowdonia for the next few days. We're camping out in the wilderness and I'm trying out some ration packs for the first time, simply to keep it quick and easy when eating. Has anyone ever tried them? I'm not expecting them to taste like anything more than dog food but it should be interesting living on them for 3 days... lamb curry, vegatable something, sausage & beans, MoD rice, treacle pudding. My poo is going to turn nasty isn't it? :( :D
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Army packs arnt to bad these days :)

I work in a Supermarket and there are Thousands of Dehydrated foods you can buy now and all you need to do is add milk and boiling water to to make something pretty nice :)
 
Zip said:
Army packs arnt to bad these days :)

I work in a Supermarket and there are Thousands of Dehydrated foods you can buy now and all you need to do is add milk and boiling water to to make something pretty nice :)
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surely milk wouldn't be too good to carry around with you? :confused:
anyway you, get on msn :D
 
Zip said:
You can get Powderd milk where you just add water to :)
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i'm tired atm and I read that as powdered milk where you add milk to rehydrate it lol :D I was thinking, doesnt that defeat the purpose :D
 
Yeah forget the milk! I'm carrying a lightweight pan and a stove. Water will be collected from streams and the food boiled in a bag. I feel like Ray Mears :cool: ...actually, Ray would have caught his own game, skinned it, gutted it and cooked it on a spit.
 
Captain Planet said:
Yeah forget the milk! I'm carrying a lightweight pan and a stove. Water will be collected from streams and the food boiled in a bag. I feel like Ray Mears :cool: ...actually, Ray would have caught his own game, skinned it, gutted it and cooked it on a spit.
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Jack Bauer would just need to tell a wild boar to cook itself and it would ;) :D
 
I have around 10 24-hour ration packs sat under my bed. They are bloody brilliant.

1: Although they are meant for a whole day of eating they will last much longer if you have other non-ration food with you.

2: The brew kits in them last bloody ages. I can still have chewing gum, tea, sugar and matches left over days even weeks after the rest of the ration pack is long gone.

3: Zero mess. Stick foil packet in mess tin and boil for 5-8mins. Remove foil bag, open eat. Pour now boiled water into mug for a brew. Winnar!

4: They have lots of snacks you can shove into your daysack for when you go for a hike.

5: Massive variety of meals. Lancashire Hot Pot and Lamb Stew are among my favourites :D

6: Get em on ebay in bulk and it will cost you a lot less. They also have a shelf life of about 10 years so there is no particular hurry to get through them.

7: They are very compact so you can fit one or two snugly in a rucksack and lots more in a car!

8: They are very, very tasty.

There are only a very few downsides:

1: The tub of pate is god-awful.

2: You could kill and skin an animal with a biscuit brown. You could probably chop firewood with it too! :p

So in closing, rations are good.

EDIT: Not much game in Snowdonia... except maybe sheep. Also powdered milk is your friend for camping trips if all you need it for is brewing up. [Although the ration packs have whitener in the brew kits anyway!]

Where in Snowdonia are you going exactly?
 
I quite like them, though stay the hell away from the corned beef hash, its grim :(. The fruit biscuits are quite possibly the nicest biscuits I've ever eaten as well :D. The lamb curry isn't too bad, had that before, as are the lamb and beef stews. I also seem to be one of the few who actually like the tin of pate, goes well with the biscuit brown :(.
 
Shotgun_ned said:
The fruit biscuits are quite possibly the nicest biscuits I've ever eaten as well :D.
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They are lovely!

I also seem to be one of the few who actually like the tin of pate, goes well with the biscuit brown :(.
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Well, anything to take away the taste of the pate :p
 
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