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Re: MREJAP is at it again: Thai Ration

biscuits brown — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:10:18 -0700

mrejap is a hero

MREJAP is at it again: Thai Ration

Menu_9_Stew — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:25:56 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdwRPN_It9A

Very tasty looking.

Re: Beef brisket review with pictures.

trueoptimist — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:06:22 -0700

Hey I had the same thing a little while ago only it was in a sopakco 12. It tasted like it had a LOT of smoke flavoring added-- making it very flavorfull but almost overpowering... was it like that for you?

Re: International rations on newyork times website

Treesuit — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:35:36 -0700

Did anyone notice the Swedish ration? That by far that is new to me and perhaps one of the most hard to get rations. Lithuania is a rarely seen one too.

Re: Sopakco's and more

dirtbag — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:41:16 -0700

Mmmmm, Fried Wabbit!!!

Re: A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder

biscuits brown — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:12:53 -0700

Thats not cool Olli. You have intellectual copyright, and this is commercial.

A decent freelancer would have cited sources at least, I would.

Sopakco's and more

trueoptimist — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:12:38 -0700

I tried and have pictures of some sopakco 12's and a fsr italian sandwich so i'll post a review as soon as i have some free time... while you're waiting enjoy this picture of a bunny!

funny-pictures-principal-kitteh.jpg

Re: A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder

housil — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:50:05 -0700

The author and photographer was here at forums and asked for the rations.

search.php?author_id=1117&sr=posts

I sent him several that are now displayed at the New York Times

I´m just sorry that the NYT never mention their sources so we couldn´t read he got some of them from MREINFO Forums

Re: A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder

HungryMan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:44:26 -0700

What a great article and first-hand insight into MREs from the battlefield. Great pics. of intl. rations as well. Would be nice to know if the contents shown are both current and accurate. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Korean Ration Pack

housil — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:43:59 -0700

That´s great!

Re: International rations on newyork times website

hannonmc — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:46:03 -0700

Yup... that was the same person who did the photos.

Personally, I think they should have kept some of the packaging, or at least staged it more appealing. For example, the RCIR has so much more food than what is pictured. They only showed one meal from the Norwegian pack.

I also liked how they added the skittles to menu 2. Looks like 2009 version?

Re: WARNING! Nut raisin mix

Cracker — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:38:17 -0700

I think I ate about 30 of those packets by now, never had problems with them. I will put the remaining ones in the parcel.

Korean Ration Pack

WILD_WEASEL — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:18:13 -0700

Hello,

I’m currently stationed at Bagram, Afghanistan. Just got a current issue Korean ration pack. I’ll post photos as soon as I get some decent bandwidth.

Cheers,
W-W

Re: WARNING! Nut raisin mix

ak70g2 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:03:50 -0700

You know, we eat this mix together, haven't any trobles at all. Actually Mihai ask me for some mix... He likes very much.

Re: International rations on newyork times website

Cracker — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:44:16 -0700

I even know where he got the rations.. haha
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3888

Nice, but I miss the Dutch one.

Re: check this,10 in one ration pictures

Cracker — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:32:04 -0700

The war ended here at 4. may 1945.. in my region (Eindhoven) it already ended at the 18th of september, 1944..
We didn't starve, and everybody worked for the DAF truck / trailer factory or for Philips (lamps, radios, knijpkat (squashlight without batteries), fieldphones etc) all in german hands.
Wages were normal.. nothing was wrong, untill someone decided to liberate us.

Actually, in Eindhoven nothing happened during the invasion. Only when we were occupied, the resistance blew some stuff up, our factories (it's an industrial city with an military airport) and railroads got bombed by our "saviours". After we were liberated, the Germans decided to bomb Eindhoven. Well, after all that, nothing was left.

The same with the rest of southern Netherlands.. everything got blewn to pieces, military, industrial, civil.. it doesn't matter. Even blue-blue situations were quite common.
They even stopped the attack of the XXX th Armouredcorps with american antitank mines.. laid down by US paras...

In the North, the Germans got bombed/shelled as hell, but everyone knows.. bombing trenchlines and foxholes only has little effect (only direct hits work..)
The big cities in the west weren't liberated.. but got starved because the Germans stopped supplies from the east and south, to retaliate on the resistance and allied attacks.

Near Rotterdam they had the fooddroparea "Terbregge" and made a pact with the Germans: We only supply food, and don't come over a certain line (in the case the great rivers) and you guys don't shoot at us.
But, the germans didn't supply vehicles to the Dutch. That is why there was a line of aprox. 4000 people to move the rations into the city.
In total there were 11 000 tons of food and supplies dropped, the RAF bombercommand did 3100 sorties, the USAAF 2200 sorties. The sorties consisted out of 60 to 400 bombers.
The swedish also delivered wheatflower with ships. Which did alot more then the airplanes (ships carry more bulk..) so it would be better if the brits did the same.

At the moment I can't find any feedback on the parachute cannisters during Manna/Chowhound, only on the bombers without parachutes on the cargo. Also, only the RAF bombercommand dropped the 10-in-1 boxes. The USAAF dropped 800 tons (!) of K rations.
The boxes from the bombers were dropped at altitudes of 120m to 150m (390ft to 490ft), with an speed of about 150-200 kmh (100 to 130 mph) to stay in the air.
There are situations known of rations smacking through the rooftop, and the (wooden) floor underneeth, ending up in bedrooms.
On all occasions, the RAF mosquitos marked dropzones for the bombers, but mostly as close to the big cities as possible. Lifestock was just collatoral damage, because the fields needed to be used as dropzones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations ... _Chowhound

International rations on newyork times website

pablo_fiasco — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:30:27 -0700

Didnt see this posted anywhere,
14 differnt rations and contents pictures courtsey of the ny times:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010 ... rtson.html

AND a related article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weeki ... .html?_r=1

Re: cadillac

housil — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:24:45 -0700

Treesuit wrote:... awful Chicken Al A Thing that nobody would eat.

I like(d) it
I´m still mixing chicken fricassee with mushrooms, peas etc. to get a "Chicken a la King"-style dish (just add some worcestersauce )

A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder

Wookard — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:23:17 -0700

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/04/weekinreview/20100905_gilbertson.html

Related Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05gilbertson.html?_r=1

Re: cadillac

Treesuit — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:00:00 -0700

That is pretty interesting guys seeing as how I never saw or heard of either one of those MRE's when I was in. I started eating MRE's in 1988 and I can only remember the awful Chicken Al A Thing that nobody would eat.

Re: check this,10 in one ration pictures

Treesuit — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:57:34 -0700

Well I was surprised at this bit of info, I had never heard of this before even when studying European history during that time. I'm glad at least the USAAF and the Allies had something in mind even if it was rather dangerous.

BB, I couldn't help thinking why the Allies never did drop the D or K rations? Yes, they were light and had the same calorie intake as the C-ration but much more portable. 10 in 1 just seems like overkill to me unless somehow-somebody thought the 10 in 1 or 5 in 1 was better suited for survivability long term? I can't imagine coming out one day to get the paper, looking up at the sky to see what the weather is and having get hit in the head with a cardboard box of food. To me that would not be the way to go.

MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

HungryMan — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:23:10 -0700

housil wrote:The biggest disadvantage of Mountain House over here is: Not available...

Btw, thanks for the excellent pics and I'm in the same boat..you're telling me how good it is.. and I can't get quantity.

The other thing I (think I) know is about European food processing standards for this type of product. I used to handle food processing pumps and was always amazed (and impressed) that manufacturers were often basically trying to design around your higher standards because few here fought for what Europeans considered (rightly) important in areas like Clean In Place (C.I.P).

In other words...only 'the best' will do for me when it comes to reputable manufacturers; as a lot of us out there have dealt directly with the other side of a coin that is simply not acceptable.

Re: MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

dirtbag — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:17:31 -0700

A couple of years ago, I bought a 'mixed case' of 6 - #10 cans, supposedly enough for 1 person for a month, for IIRC $130...
I added a can of Pilot Biscuits for $15.
Storage life of 30 years +...!
It'll keep you alive, while you look for something tasty to eat!
This, plus assorted cases of MRE's, and MCW's etc, I've got enough for 2-3 months for 2 people.

Re: MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

HungryMan — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:02:49 -0700

dirtbag wrote:There will be a sale on MH # 10 cans, from October 1-14 at
http://www.ldpcampingfoods.com/
This stuff is getting expensive!

2 people for a year(something like 57 cases)...almost 10 grand...you betcha!

Do you think that a similar package could ever be sold that simply included an equal sampling of the original topic?

Eating less than desirable food over a long period of time would be made easier for me knowing that I was eating the best example in each category while always having the option to mix it up a bit.

Re: MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

HungryMan — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:46:35 -0700

Thanks, Treesuit.

I very much appreciate the people who have taken the time to respond to my range of questions here on this forum and hope to return the favor some day as well. We're still very interested in any further opinions on the topic and will be making some decisions soon on 'sticking with the (consensus) best' in these categories.

Again, I very much respect your opinions and you've all certainly helped us out a lot with some big deal stuff whether you realize it or not.

Bisquit

DangerousDave — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:26:00 -0700

Any recent reviews, for 'Biscuit'? It's simple, I like the wording. Just "Biscuit". I tryed one, early '09 packed. Needs butter.

Re: check this,10 in one ration pictures

biscuits brown — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:57 -0700

Thanks C, impossible times that people had to live through. The tragedy of a civilian getting killed by a ration drop on the last day of the war is hard to get your head around.

We have it all so easy now.

Dropping 20kg cases of 10 in 1 at 500 feet sounds terrifying. That would smash through a roof like a bomb. Why not millions of K and D rations? They had 100s of millions in store, especially the D. The K weighed a .5 kilo and the D just over 130 grams.
D and K had been airdropped before, and fired by artillery shell during the Mortain counterattack in august, and Bastoigne, but 10 in 1s no.

Re: MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

dirtbag — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:26:29 -0700

There will be a sale on MH # 10 cans, from October 1-14 at
http://www.ldpcampingfoods.com/
This stuff is getting expensive!

Re: MREs vs. Dehydrated vs Food Bars: Who has the best?

Treesuit — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:36 -0700

Hungryman,

Yes, Housil is right. DryTech is very good and offers a lot in the form of calories and does have some variety. Mountain House is right up there are well. Lucky for us here in the states we have in in abundance. If you want to you could contact Housil, Norge or some of the other European memebers and see if they could send you a DryTech ration. DryTech is pretty standard for some of the armed forces over there.

Re: starch jelly,jolly ranger candy need picutres and the real t

norge — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:19 -0700

jolly rancher is the rigth candy name but jolly ranger would be cool to

cheers ken