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The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by biscuits brown » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:34 pm

I didnt know quite where to put this, but I dont think this subject has ever been covered.

What are the worst rations currently issued to national armies? Does anyone have any experiences or views as to this?

Maybe from responses recieved, we can create a "bottom ten" of the worst rations currently inflicted on certain unfortunate militaries :)

Any thoughts?

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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by Stef » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:15 am

Hi,
I think that batch of Russian rations containing dog food is fully entitled to compete?
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Post by ak70g2 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:37 am

Cousin, the current russian rations are amazingly good, I've tried one.
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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by Stef » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:02 am

Hi cousin,
you're lucky! I think the bad ones were finally sold to Friskies or Royal Canin and you had the good ones :wink:
Is that kasha some barley kasha?
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Post by ak70g2 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:37 am

Barley with meat. Very tasty.
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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by Cracker » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:00 pm

The dog food wasn't in the ration, but in the meals of an remote base.. (to save on the costs)

I find it very difficult to point out bad rations..

I know rations, like the dutch and french ones.. that are bad in usuability (or how ever you call it) but taste well.
I know selfheating rations that are darn handy to have, but taste like............

I don't think we can make a list of the worst 10, unless we give a grade to every "group"

userfriendlyness
shelflife
taste
healthyness
weight
calories (per day)
Sure, someone may one day kill me with my own gun.
But they'll have to beat me to death with it because it's empty.

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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by biscuits brown » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:40 pm

Cracker wrote:
I don't think we can make a list of the worst 10, unless we give a grade to every "group"

userfriendlyness
shelflife
taste
healthyness
weight
calories (per day)
Good idea Ted. I propose

A excellent B adequate C poor for each of those categories you propose. I would substitude ease of preperation for user friendliness. Its a bit more "concrete" :)

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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by Cracker » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:07 am

i'd go for a 1-10 scale, its easier to calculate
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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by LogDayFreshHots » Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:39 am

Believe it or not I think I have the absolute winner in the worlds worst ration contest. I will let you guys determine the 1 to 10 or A to C 'best/ worst' ratings. Shouldn't be too difficult with this baby!

Ready?

North Korea :shock: :oops:

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Re: The worst rations in the world? opinions and experiences

Post by Cracker » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:47 am

Why would those be the worst? We don't even know what's in them. We had a nice discussion on them, about a year back I think.
I still think they don't have such bad rations. They probably have chinese made rations or items. And yes, they are probably crappy.. but we cant judge
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