1980's accessory packet B mini review & NATO/Euro gear day
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:11 pm
We had a little snow up here today, so my son went out and set up a shelter made of 1950's Belgian NATO and Austrian Army shelter halves.
He made lunch of modern MRE Beef stew and British Chocolate Orange drink on Swedish Army Equipment
The drink was a gift from Steve 1989.. Thank you Steve
Hot Drink NATO style
I drank U.S. MRE soup base and coffee from a 1970's Russian Army Mug. Also MRE Type I instant coffee from Swedish Army mug.
Soup still good after all this time
The beef stew has been reviewed so I will just say the British Chocolate/Orange hot drink was outstanding on a cold day. My son told me it tasted like a civilian drink. I had one sip and agreed it is a outstanding mix. Head and shoulders above 1970s/80s/90's cocoa powder. Tasted sort of like Christmas candy that has booze in the center. The candy you don't give kids.
Me I stayed outside the shelter and made vintage soup base, Coffee and tried the Chocolate fudge bar. This accessory pack had been out of the pouch since the 1980's when I kept it in field jacket pocket. So out of the brown bag for maybe 30 years.
The soup base tasted similar to fresh American Civilian Wyler's french onion soup mix. No funny taste, not stale , very good and better than Bullion cube. In fact I drank it all.
I did not get sick, in fact I felt great to have the hot soup in snow. I drank it in a vintage Russian Army Mug from Cold War 1970's They make good equipment simple and practically indestructible (Thank you Kremlin)
The MRE coffee on the other hand had sadly past if life. I did not use the creamer knowing from past experience that it gets oily as years roll by.
The coffee tasted like aluminium foil. I could not drink it. The Chocolate fudge bar was also past it's life. One bit and it was over. It had a sour taste. I had to get mouth
wash to remove the foul flavor.
Open after a bite
But I was no worse for it. Drank a beer and all was well.. By the way the West German Jacket from the 1950's is a great piece of kit. I love it and my wife now has a good West German Flecktarn jacket from Late 1980's (I think). I enjoy getting all this stuff outside
- cooking on the Swedish alcohol stove in natural conditions
The drink was a gift from Steve 1989.. Thank you Steve
- Great outdoors meal of beef stew and crackers
- English Hot Orange/Chocolate
- hot chow NATO style
- Accessory Pack B
- Soup Base Gravy 1980's in Russian Army Mug
Me I stayed outside the shelter and made vintage soup base, Coffee and tried the Chocolate fudge bar. This accessory pack had been out of the pouch since the 1980's when I kept it in field jacket pocket. So out of the brown bag for maybe 30 years.
The soup base tasted similar to fresh American Civilian Wyler's french onion soup mix. No funny taste, not stale , very good and better than Bullion cube. In fact I drank it all.
I did not get sick, in fact I felt great to have the hot soup in snow. I drank it in a vintage Russian Army Mug from Cold War 1970's They make good equipment simple and practically indestructible (Thank you Kremlin)
The MRE coffee on the other hand had sadly past if life. I did not use the creamer knowing from past experience that it gets oily as years roll by.
The coffee tasted like aluminium foil. I could not drink it. The Chocolate fudge bar was also past it's life. One bit and it was over. It had a sour taste. I had to get mouth
wash to remove the foul flavor.
- fudge bar
- not good
- all is well
