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Does anyone else who knows Brit ratpacks remember 'Training Rations' from a few years back?

Only issued them once but I remember I was well jealous of my oppo who got lamb balti! Seem to remember them being dehydrated meals in a green paper bag instead of a retort pouch.

Did these exist or am I just misremembering it? And did they get rid of them pretty sharpish? I guess it was to save on ORP when only training but they wouldnt be as good as ORP for proper field training, and if you are stuck in a farm somewhere in SENTA they could just bring up the CQMS's party with field kitchen anyway...

I knew I wasnt imagining it, found a piccie:



Green paper bags instead of retort pouches - and the balti was pukka!

Sorry for digging up an old thread, but I was thinking about these the other week and wondered if they really existed or were something that had been thrown together for the exercise we were on in 2001.

I had some bits and pieces left of some of them until last year when I had a clear out, but I remember the two whole vacuum packed frankfurters being the best of it. The noodles weren't bad either when mixed with the soup packet. I never could get the rice pudding to go soft though...

Oh yeah,

They wre real. I had some back in 2003 and then never saw them again. They were very nice as they had alot of goodies in them.

They do exist, and they are still available

http://rations.vesteyfoods.com/ration_p ... ?ptypeID=5


They are sold by the manufacturer direct and on UK ebay.