MORE Hot Weather Pack 1 snacking
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:41 pm
While watching the Seahawks play today, I decided to open one of my MORE rations for my game snacks. This was a fresh "Type II: Hot Weather Pack 1" with a date code of 7276.
Contents:
Caffeine Chocolate Pudding
Dried Cranberries (Osmotic)
Energy Gel, Mixed Berry (there are two in my pack, which I believe is an error)
Snack, Filled Pretzels, Cheddar
Beverage, Carb Electro (2) (Lime and Orange)
The Cheddar Cheese filled pretzels are pretty tasty. Not much different from a commercial product, except may a little bit drier. Good.
The Cranberries were good, too. There were actually too many in the bag for me to eat them all, though.
I quite enjoyed the caffeinated pudding. It had a "dark chocolate" taste, or maybe there was a touch of added bitterness from the caffeine. Daughter took one little lick and declared it "not good."
I mixed up the Lime drink in its drink bag with 12 oz of water as instructed. Actually, I could not quite get 12 oz in there and it was "over the line" (mark it zero). This amount of water made the drink WAY too weak. I think 8 oz would have been better...MAYBE 10. When I do the Orange I will for sure use less water.
The Energy Gel is just weird. I may not have kneaded it enough, but there was a small amount of liquid and the rest was a thick. lumpy jelly paste. Not smooth like the pudding or the peanut butter in other rations. The flavor was not too intense or too sweet. Not like jam at all. I think it would be fine for its intended purpose of sucking it down while on the march.
Rob
Contents:
Caffeine Chocolate Pudding
Dried Cranberries (Osmotic)
Energy Gel, Mixed Berry (there are two in my pack, which I believe is an error)
Snack, Filled Pretzels, Cheddar
Beverage, Carb Electro (2) (Lime and Orange)
The Cheddar Cheese filled pretzels are pretty tasty. Not much different from a commercial product, except may a little bit drier. Good.
The Cranberries were good, too. There were actually too many in the bag for me to eat them all, though.
I quite enjoyed the caffeinated pudding. It had a "dark chocolate" taste, or maybe there was a touch of added bitterness from the caffeine. Daughter took one little lick and declared it "not good."
I mixed up the Lime drink in its drink bag with 12 oz of water as instructed. Actually, I could not quite get 12 oz in there and it was "over the line" (mark it zero). This amount of water made the drink WAY too weak. I think 8 oz would have been better...MAYBE 10. When I do the Orange I will for sure use less water.
The Energy Gel is just weird. I may not have kneaded it enough, but there was a small amount of liquid and the rest was a thick. lumpy jelly paste. Not smooth like the pudding or the peanut butter in other rations. The flavor was not too intense or too sweet. Not like jam at all. I think it would be fine for its intended purpose of sucking it down while on the march.
Rob