The Accuracy of a Website

[rationtin440]

I'm just looking for opinions on this; I have talked to many people who believe that the website http://www.reprorations.com is very accurate with their products, and others who say they are way off. Does anyone have any opinions on this? I suppose it would not matter much about the accuracy of these rations except to serious re-enactors, but I'm curious. Thanks.

[housil]

I like their products and I guess they are pretty accurate. I can only speak for the German rations.
e.g. they offer a German Tomato Kondenssuppe
We have condensed milk - until today - but soup?! I guess this could be because there is stuff like Campbell Condensed Soup in the States, but if we had it ??

For once I saw a can with a phantasie named city on but at least, most companies and cities they mention are real existing - until today.

[dirtbag]

For the most part, they are modern cans of spam, soup, chicken, etc, with reproduction labels. In some instances, the can is painted, as per the original.
The can of Kondenssuppe is most likely Campbells indeed.

Here is mentioned 'Instant soup '.
http://archive.org/stream/Oberkommando- ... an_djvu.tx

Click on 'Read' on the left top, go to page 49...
My German is non-existent, so you may translate for the rest of us??

[housil]

Here is mentioned 'Instant soup '.
http://archive.org/stream/Oberkommando- ... an_djvu.tx

WOW - what a great find. A German Wehrmacht cooking book

I guess it was never issued to the troops as it say´s "Entwurf", means it was the draft of a cooking book for hot climate.


The date was 06.1942. At 08.1942 "we" had to withdraw do to the Allied superiority. so no need for a cooking book anymore in Africa

Click on 'Read' on the left top, go to page 49...
My German is non-existent, so you may translate for the rest of us??

Of course!



At #1 they mention the "Suppenkonserven", canned soups. But at #2 they say "zerbröckeln" means crumble. This sounds like an instand, powdered soup but not a "condensed" soup beaucse condensed means very thick/rich, but still liquid. Actually it´s a concentrate.
At #3 they mention "kondensierte Milch", condensed milk.

But there is no "condensed soup" as on the lable from reproration.com says.

[dirtbag]

Mmmm, Yes and no...
http://www.dererstezug.com/thefullironration.htm

http://www.dererstezug.com/files/PDF/RA ... 5OCT10.pdf

[housil]

Mmmm, Yes and no...
http://www.dererstezug.com/thefullironration.htm

http://www.dererstezug.com/files/PDF/RA ... 5OCT10.pdf

Nice pictures of :

Powdered soup of the still in business KNORR company



Some more nice pea soup cans.

Today we have "condensed pea soup/stew":

They come in a case of 20 cans







Instruction: Add half a can of water to the concentrate and heat up

I´m sorry I don´t have pic´s of the soup.

[dirtbag]

How about this?

Czech Pea soup with bacon.

[housil]

Is it "condensed"?! Can´t read the label.

[dirtbag]

Using google translation, it says preparing 1/? liter portion, 20 G soup to 1/? liter water (vody)
Simmer 10 minutes???

At the bottom, something about 200 G makes 10 portions of 1/??? liter soup.

I can't be sure about the 1/? liter, hard to see!

So, yes it looks like a concentrated soup, and the german army used anything they could find to eat.
Official German Ration? ,not really.
Issued as rations, probably.

[alcockell]

I've got a copy of that Big Doorstep Guide to German rations - and provisioning wasn't done in the same way as the US or UK armies (or other expedionary forces). A LOT of commercial products were used...