Turns out they aren't joking, they're about as serious as this documentary footage of the daily life of a soldier in the Finnish Military. :wink: Close, but that was our dear NATO-neighbor, and as you can see from this actual, real training footage, they are much better equipped, in every possible ...

They are a very popular store here in Finland, I've bought stuff from them myself many times. They are usually brutally, and hilariously, honest with their product descriptions (at least in Finnish), so you know what you're getting when ordering from them. If the stuff is falling apart or banged up,...

Thanks, folks, for the kind words. The taste buds are back in somewhat operational state, and preparing for new culinary experiences and experiments.

I might've embellished some details a bit, or as the Finnish politicians say, "I might've modified the truth". We Savonians are storytellers by nature, so we tend to do that a bit, all in service of a good story, of course 8) The Tabasco incident was fairly accurate tho... But I have to say, the thi...

Edit: Images temporarily unavailable due to the author moving his own image storage 8) Having sourced a suitable tray, it was finally time to sample this culinary curiosity, generously provided by our esteemed member, gundog4314. As another esteemed member of the MRE community, gschultz9, has alread...