Well I had a perfect excuse for trying one of the civilian DRYTECH ration meals for dinner. I got this unusual item from our Norweign friend NORGE and let me say this meal is veeeerrryyy good! For those of you who have had the Norweign military meals this is something along that line but has more flavour to it.
The meal I had was the "Game Casserole" or Vildtgryde. The packaging was a bright orange color and about as tough as the packages that the military meals come in. Also I figure if your lost then this can be used as a signal panel for rescuers to signal your position,
The top has a zipper on it to seal it up when adding the water. Always a good idea. The meal is freeze dried and when opening it looked very appetizing even in dried form. The English direcions said to add water to the fill line and stir completely. Well, I had some practice with the military meals and that fill line thing is pretty tough to master, even if your just eye-balling it. So I put hot water in half way and stirred it up real good. I should note that I used a fork to turn all the dry blobs and clumps which sometimes the water doesn't hit. Then kept turning away until I had a somewhat smooth paste. I added more until it got to the top. I sealed it up and let it sit for an hour and 15 mintues to fully reconstitute. Just a habit for me and to be sure.
When done I had a pretty thick texture. Next I switched to the spoon: good move on my part. The texture is very thick, and the taste is that of game and onion or onion powder. The ingredients say just onion but I think it's the powder form. The game (vension) is pretty good though some were a little more tough than others. For those of you who are unfamilar, the ingredients said "reindeer" but to us in the USA we have reindeer in the Pacific Northwest but we call them Caribou.
I couldn't detect any other of the ingredients but I suspect they were in there. When done I was truly filled up and once in awhile burping onion or venison. All in all it was very delicious meal that was very hearty. Though I probably would recommend having this out on the trail because it's a little too filling and I suspect the calories are up there aways. But for those of you who want a different sort of civilian line meal then definitely get this! This DRYTECH meal line is up there with Moutain House.
Nothing on the mfg. website if they will ship to the US. They do list the menu prices.