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Hi Guys,

Picked this Spanish lunch ration for Muslim staff up the other day and thought I'd share.

Okay first up, the unopened ration:
Packaging is pretty sturdy but not up there with the strength of an MRE. It feel thinner. Best Before date is November 2014. Now for the contents:
Everything neatly packed. The instruction booklet is in three languages, Spanish, English and French.

Shot of the English page:
AS you can see, the main meals for this pack are 1 bag of chicken noodle soup, 1 tin of cooked chickpeas, 1 tin of squid in vegetable oil and a tube of quince cream. I'm still unsure of what to do with the quince jam (jelly) as they do not provide any crackers or biscuits to eat it with.

Everything laid out:
Because there is no way I'm eating the squid, ever, I thought i'd give the chickpea's a go. Close up of the tin:
The tin itself had a best before date of November 2015 printed on it, however there were signs of rust on the lip of the tin.
Opened with fuel tablets just before heating.
At this point I have to say this is the worst ration I've ever had in terms of user friendliness. By that I mean the matches are made of cardboard and break easily when trying to light them. The fuel tablets provided kept going out, even though there was no wind. This is what I ended up with:
One fuel tablet was insufficient to heat the chickpeas (maybe they're meant to be eaten cold? I'm not a chickpea person, so who knows?), so I decided to light two at once. Those kept going out so I just eventually gave up and decided to taste the chickpeas which were just above lukewarm temperature.
The result? I took one spoonful and chucked the rest in the bin. They tasted like chickpeas in tomato flavoured water. I did not like this at all. As I said previously, I didn't bother with the squid but I might open it and take a pic just to see what it looks like.

So from what tasted here today, I think it must suck to be Muslim on patrol having to eat a lunch ration in the Spanish Army. Unless you really like squid and chickpeas. In which case it'll probably not suck so much.

Thx for sharing that rar ration review.

It would seem that the Spanish don't much like Muslims. Memories of the past, perhaps?

What have you got against squid? It's delicious. (Or more properly said, it CAN be delicious. Packed in oil? Maybe not.)

Yeah it's more the squid in oil that I don't like. I had a bad experience with a tin of squid previously, never again! But deep fry the squid in batter and I'm there every time

Ah. Explanation noted. I only commented because ration reviewers aren't usually picky eaters, and your comment seemed anachronistic.

I take the rest of the ration....
Chick peas are good unless you're used to it.

RockyRaab wrote:Ah. Explanation noted. I only commented because ration reviewers aren't usually picky eaters, and your comment seemed anachronistic.

Then I guess I'm a bit anachronistic. I'm will to try new things, but sometimes my brain just says,"NO!". Take for instance a bag of chips I saw today. Lays Cappuccino flavored potato chips. That got a no, something just didn't seem right.

rabidwolf wrote:

RockyRaab wrote: Cappuccino flavored potato chips

Peoples who make these, eat also little kids...

The Spanish rations also have a squid in ink sauce meal. I love squid but could do without the ink sauce! I bet the squid in oil is "A" ok.

housil wrote:

rabidwolf wrote:

RockyRaab wrote: Cappuccino flavored potato chips

Peoples who make these, eat also little kids...

Do what?