Ration Packs

[Robson Valley]

It's interesting how so many prepared "convenience" foods taste like sheet if they get frozen.
Canned soups, stews, all kinds of beans. I left a bunch of those things in my summer lake house one year.
Got back, end of June the following summer. Sheeeee-it! was that stuff foul-textured.

By contrast, I cook up burgers, kefthedes, chili, taco meat, etc., for 10 serves and freeze it = just fine, reheated.
Those ration-packs can sit for months at room temp (truely?) and be as edible as they were last summer?

 

[MrEd]

It's interesting how so many prepared "convenience" foods taste like sheet if they get frozen.
Canned soups, stews, all kinds of beans. I left a bunch of those things in my summer lake house one year.
Got back, end of June the following summer. Sheeeee-it! was that stuff foul-textured.

By contrast, I cook up burgers, kefthedes, chili, taco meat, etc., for 10 serves and freeze it = just fine, reheated.
Those ration-packs can sit for months at room temp (truely?) and be as edible as they were last summer?

Main thing I have noticed is colour changes, taste seems to stay broadly the same until they are a good while old then they get either bland, stale or rancid tasting lol

 

[santaman2000]

He mentioned a bread which was packaged in cellophane. He said the GI’s swapped their food rations, cigs, packets of cigs, chockolate for (german style) rye bread, fruit and veg.

2 cigs a day? I guess the planner of the rations was a rabid anti smoker?
It is an insult!
They could by cheap smokes delivered from US.

Nah. The 2 cigarettes were just intended for an after meal treat; not a days supply (and 2 per meal would have been 6 per day)

 

[Darryl of Sussex]

I’m still looking for a UK source for military ration packs from around the world. eBay is an option but I thought i’d ask if anyone here has any other sources.

Best wishes,

Darryl

 

[MrEd]

I’m still looking for a UK source for military ration packs from around the world. eBay is an option but I thought i’d ask if anyone here has any other sources.

Best wishes,

Darryl

try pools surplus in hartlepool - they have a website and a facebook page, my friend jack is the owner and has found me weird stuff before so worth giving him a shout and see what he can do

 

[tankie]

Amazon has U.S packs available

 

[tankie]

Darryl have a look

http://www.mreinfo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9981

Try this site ,full of leads

 

[Darryl of Sussex]

Darryl have a look

http://www.mreinfo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9981

Try this site ,full of leads

Hi. Thanks so much. That is exactly what I was looking for. I found loads on eBay but mostly not stocked in the UK.

Best wishes,

Darryl