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memories............................be warned the sausages were removed from the packs in 1993 due them going rancide after 40 years.

chicken curry my fav. but had to take extra chilli sauce and curry powder to make it differant. the stewing steak was another good one..... give them a 40 year old rat pack now.... they will soon stop complaining.....

memories the fun of the Army.... pilchards went a long way when fired out of the fh 70 :-)
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im sure an american mate told me once their rations come with a selection of sauces and condiments, and no self respecting grunt would be without his tabasco bottle.
maybe to hide some dodgy tasting rations?
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Although ration packs do have a long shelf life there is a caveat.
Quarter masters departments get fairly regular instruction to recall for destruction a whole batch number where something is found to have gone off.
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Hence a lot of the 10ish year old ones having the great "Cheese Removed" stickers on (there's something about the phrase that makes me smile)



Davsato - Yep - MREs come with a small (5ml?) bottle of Tabasco sauce in each. The thing that people never realise about MREs is that each packet is "a meal" not "a day"

Although most brits tend to be able to make an MRE last a whole day!


I've variously lived off the last three generations of brit rat packs - from the tins (bacon grill is awesome) to the start of the boil in the bag, and now to the really brilliant stuff, including Tuna with lime juice and all sorts of great food.


But it is pretty bulky/heavy - so you'd not want to carry too many days worth on the bike if you're going any distance. Personally I'd look to carry some as emergency rations, as they do last well - but not for daily consumption. Even if I do love a lot of them.
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As a young soldier the one compo ration items that stays with me was the "cheese processed" or was we used to call it "cheese possessed"!
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memories............................be warned the sausages were removed from the packs in 1993 due them going rancide after 40 years.

chicken curry my fav. but had to take extra chilli sauce and curry powder to make it differant. the stewing steak was another good one..... give them a 40 year old rat pack now.... they will soon stop complaining.....

memories the fun of the Army.... pilchards went a long way when fired out of the fh 70 :-)
Really! news to me still hay ho,
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I'll stomach any of the above at a push except NATO coffee. Why the heck they thought mud, milk powder and twelve sugars per cup would help is anybodys guess. I'm going with the theory you weren't meant to drink it, it's emergency face or boot black really.

Visit your local supermarket, plenty of nice warm in two minute stews and curries in bags, usually about 99p a go.

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