2 x Meal Kit Supply

[housil]

This week Mrs Housil and I drove down to Italy to meet Kman.

We made our 700km way over the Alp Mountains


The Swiss/Italian border on top of that mountain ahead


The border at 2.115Meter (7.000feet)


The lake and village of "Montespluga" up there

Elev. 1.908Meter

We drove around the lake at lunch time


and took a break

[housil]

Thanks to Kman, I got my hands on some Meal Kit Supply rations:


The civilian style (right) #5 "Penne w/ vegetables and sausage crumbles"
The MRE style (left) breakfast one #6 "Apple Maple Oatmeal"

The opened #5

First thing I noticed, the different FRH with instructions in four languages - even in German

The next different thing

Don´t put the meal inside but wrap the FRH around

While eating the well known fruit salad


I opened the #6 oatmeal ration

All items seemed familiar from the US MREs, except the FRH

Also heating the oatmeal dish next to the penne

on the snow

They worked very well even at this elevation and close to zero

[housil]

That´s the first time I had a WSB with that changed formula


It seemed more "fluffy" to me

I liked it!

The accessory packet

with coffee mate (!) and napkin

The #5 Penne w/ vegetables and sausage crumbles

Due to Mrs Housil, it was really delicious with a nice spice(y) taste

I know it´s a breakfast dish, but we eat continental so I had it for lunch

warm oatmeal

and maple muffin top




I really liked that oatmeal/maple dish. Very great taste, very filling

[mreheater72]

Olli, thank you for the nice pictures and the great review . The "APPLE MAPLE OATMEAL" and the "MAPLE MUFFIN TOP" look very yummy !

[Name_not_found]

Great post!

That scenery is just fantastic, almost too good to be true


Were the heaters salt water activated or normal?

[housil]

It was normal water activated.

We drove across 5 countries and saw lot´s of nice



mountains



and Italian villages

[mreheater72]

That´s the first time I had a WSB with that changed formula


It seemed more "fluffy" to me

I liked it...

A "changed formula" ? Please let me know what had changed.

[housil]

Please let me know what had changed.

The result...
It´s more "fluffy" like a toast bread and a little more thick. Also the taste is slightly different - better if do you ask me. Not this sweet anymore

[rabidwolf]

The #5 Penne w/ vegetables and sausage crumbles

Due to Mrs Housil, it was really delicious with a nice spice(y) taste

I agree with Ms. Housil, the Penne w/ vegetables and sausage crumbles does have some kick.

[Ruleryak]

Great review and pics as always housil! Looks like a nice warm meal for a cold journey over the alps - probably a great deal better than what Hannibal's troops were eating a few thousand years ago