Was unsure where this thread belongs, but here goes. At the risk of sounding like a total wolly. I've been given a few bits of sub zero kit, including a box of "arctic candles" by a friend who's in the forces and recently did some arctic warfare training. Nothing special to look at, just a white kind of thick candle.
Now my question arises as my mate reckons they're edible and are used as emergency food when it hits the fan, last ditch kind of situations. Now if this is true they're surely a worthy item in emergency kit or bug out. Can anyone confirm or deny that? They smell a little like a sweetened lard. Almost white chocolate smell mixed with animal fat smell. Ordinarily I would have passed it off as him trying to get me to eat wax, but the smell has me wondering. And I'm sure people understand my reluctance to take a bite.
Now my question arises as my mate reckons they're edible and are used as emergency food when it hits the fan, last ditch kind of situations. Now if this is true they're surely a worthy item in emergency kit or bug out. Can anyone confirm or deny that? They smell a little like a sweetened lard. Almost white chocolate smell mixed with animal fat smell. Ordinarily I would have passed it off as him trying to get me to eat wax, but the smell has me wondering. And I'm sure people understand my reluctance to take a bite.
The ones I had were distinctly "savoury".
