knuterikt
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Seems they have several distributors in UK
Found one Real Turmat Freeze Dried Camping Food Pack, Multi-Buy Backpacking Meal
Ration packs.
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Found one Real Turmat Freeze Dried Camping Food Pack, Multi-Buy Backpacking Meal
V1701
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I have a penchant for bacon Spam, shallow fried or grilled til crispy on the outside and eggs that keep well and shouldn't be refridgerated anyway - bacon & eggs for the fridgeless, lovely...
Andrew_Trayfoot
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I have an Omni oven. Sits on the hob and does part baked very well.
Andrew_Trayfoot
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Freebee
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this takes some beating:
pcatterall
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In the 60s I was attached to a local army unit of the federal army in Aden for two months and was given 60 british army 24 hour packs ( all identical)…….not recommended! My Adenese chums were sympathetic though and supplied chapatis and goat meat to augment! On the boat we keep emergency 'Smash' Niddo milk powder and tinned stuff. Boring but a step up from those army packs!
matt8442
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Hi there, If you can get them I’d recommend the British Army 24 hour rations, they have a lot of content, come with a good variety of meal choices, and taste very good. Plus for those that remember them you get the green packs of biscuit browns, which have the added bonus of stopping you from going to the toilet for 4 days straight! (With the shortage of toilet roll in the world this may benefit someone) on a lighter note, the US Meals Ready to Eat are ok, and have the bonus of coming with a self cooker bag of which you just add a small amount of water to the bag and it cooks the meal in a pouch. But on a safety note these cookers can explode if overfilled so be cautious if using.
Blue Sunray
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Biscuits brown are long gone as are any decent chocolate bars (or even less than decent ones with Arabic on the wrapper and white bloom on the chocolate). Though the current GP Rats are not at all bad they don't store long term as well as the old ones. I have, by cock up rather than conspiracy, ended up with a box of 10 x 24 Hr vegetarian menus under my desk which is looking like quite a nice reserve at the moment.
MRE heaters don't explode unless you want them to (or are terminally stupid) - but I wouldn't use them on a boat - for a start where are you going to find "a rock or something" ;-)
Bring back babies heads and cheese possessed!!
MRE heaters don't explode unless you want them to (or are terminally stupid) - but I wouldn't use them on a boat - for a start where are you going to find "a rock or something" ;-)
Bring back babies heads and cheese possessed!!
V1701
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For those with strong stomachs who have already had their dinner check this out...
Old Bumbulum
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Russian compo is available on Amaxon - for a hefty price and looks pretty good, though with (for an Army) a hefty burden of garbage.
Rather irritiating video below - skip through it to find out the contents of the pack.
Rather irritiating video below - skip through it to find out the contents of the pack.
BrendanS
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OMG, I thought Frey Bentos was bad, but that chicken........
matt8442
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Ahh I loved Cheesed Possesed. Lol not as good as the dead fly biscuits though, you could dunk that in a cup of tea and it wouldn’t break!
Shuggy
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I have a mahoosive inverter and a toaster. Those who remember GC1 from this place may laugh.
prv
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Maybe they were best for their particular military purposes - good packaging, long life, etc. They certainly aren't best for taste. Not inedible, but very artificial and chemical-tasting.
I've had one Russian pack and was unimpressed - some cheap meat in flexible cans, masses of biscuits, and a single sports-drink mix. But possibly I got a defective one or something, as I've seen videos where they had more in.
They are - excellent. Who else would put wild boar paté or venison in a military ration?
. I must have had a couple of dozen of them at least over the past couple of years, and I have twelve in the drawer behind me right now, as well as a stack of main meal tins and the little heating sets out of opened packs where I didn't need a whole day's worth.I've had one German one a while ago. I don't really remember it but I don't think I was especially impressed. And I understand they have a very small range of menus.
I have a pack of Biscuits Fruit in my work bag, in case I suffer a repeat performance of the time I went to do a quick job on a boat alongside a pontoon and then found myself shanghaied out for a sea-trial with no lunch. I had to buy them specially though, they don't show up in every rat-pack like they used to.
As you can tell - yes
. You can buy all kinds of foreign rations on eBay. I don't recommend trying the Spanish one - seemed to be little more than a couple of cans and some vitamin pills, I assume they don't actually live off these in reality. The Lithuanian ones are simple but good-quality, I like those. You need good teeth for their biscuits though. And I remember the Polish one being huge and with lots of processed meat in it. The French are still by far the best, though.
And, incidentally, I wouldn't choose any of them for stocking up a boat. The purpose of military ration packs is to make logistics simple - "ten men, three days? Ok, here's thirty boxes. Next!". Much simpler than having to assemble and transport a whole shopping list of items. Also to be easy to prepare without a kitchen, or to eat as-is if necessary. But neither of these really apply on a boat, so you'll spend less money, take up less space with packaging and unwanted items (on rations you'll be awash with drink and soup packets, folding stoves, and plastic spoons) and have more variety by stocking up conventionally with individual long-life items.
Pete
duncan99210
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Go to “emergency” meal on board for us is one tin baked beans, one small tin sweet corn, one jar bockwurst, chopped. Put into pan and warm through. Eat with ketchup and bread.
Cold hand meal go to is tuna wrap: large tin tuna, half small tin sweet corn, finely chopped onion, mayo (optional) or balsamic vinegar. Mix together and serve in tortilla wraps. Wraps keep for months, as does mayo.
I’ve eaten far too many 24 hr compo packs over the years to have any fond memories of the constipation inducing gloop. Except the tubes of condensed milk: they were heavenly but removed in favour of powdered milk long, long ago.
Not bothered with ration packs for sailing but there’s plenty of good tinned stuff on the shelves these days. Easy to make meals with minimal or no fresh.
Cold hand meal go to is tuna wrap: large tin tuna, half small tin sweet corn, finely chopped onion, mayo (optional) or balsamic vinegar. Mix together and serve in tortilla wraps. Wraps keep for months, as does mayo.
I’ve eaten far too many 24 hr compo packs over the years to have any fond memories of the constipation inducing gloop. Except the tubes of condensed milk: they were heavenly but removed in favour of powdered milk long, long ago.
Not bothered with ration packs for sailing but there’s plenty of good tinned stuff on the shelves these days. Easy to make meals with minimal or no fresh.
Homer J
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Why not ask your chef and galley team what they would recommend to restore your jaded pallet, surely you won’t stray far from helicopter range of land.
Am I on the right forum?
Am I on the right forum?
Concerto
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I ordered their special introductory offer (in news blog about caravanning) of 10 meals (5 x 2 ) for the special price of £19.99. This evening tried the chicken chasseur. It was tasty but the meat content was only about 80 to 100g. Certainly worth keeping a selection on the boat for a tasty meal that is quick if you have access to a microwave but a bit slower in the oven or a saucepan.
Old Bumbulum
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Oddly enough I've tried that chicken. We bought a tin in Ponta Delgada en route to Bermuda many years ago and it came out exactly as it appeared in the video. Although hardly recognisable as such the rest of the crew called 'fowl'. I thought as you did.
However with the bones picked out it made a fabulous (and I mean fabulous) stew with the gravy thickened with flour and some white wine added, served with mashed Azores spuds.
One of my most memorable meals afloat, though admittedly before fridges were common and meat was at a premium on a long voyage.
I do wish thre was more variety in tinned meats in UK though. Whatever happened to bacon roll? And yes, those sausages packed in grease to fry them in.
Bear in mind the really stupid omission - crazily absent - is irradiated food as used for decades in space. Ordinary food cooked or raw, meat, fruit or vegetable, is bagged in heavyweight polythene like MREs and bombarded with neutrons to sterilise it.
Taste and texture is unaffected and it lasts almost indefinately. It needn't even be expensive. This can be restaurant quality stuff - Why why why is it not available?
BrendanS
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not allowed other than for herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings for many years, but mainly consumer resistance. They think it's radioactive!! Better to find a different name for the process
Crazy-Diamond
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Marks and Spencer's tinned meals - Lamb curry, Chilli con Carne etc - really good, with lots of meat, unlike most tinned rubbish
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