Dutch "Lentis w/ Beef"

[housil]

The Dutch rations never come with lunch nor dinner entrees, these entrees are usually separately distributed.

They have either the British style one in a bag or the French style in a can (that comes from the same manufacturer).

Lucky me I got a whole case of entrees "linzen met rundvlees" (lentils w/ beef).

The box was THIS sturdy, I had to cut the top open.

A single can out of the case. They are the same like the French ones, just with 400g instead 300g like the French. That´s 532kcal and A LOT´s of food. The material itself seems a little bit "softer" like the early one´s due to a thinner material.

The pulled open can, looked like any "canned lentils stew", no "special" smell

On a plate ready for the microwave...

Nice lentils and vegetables with still a great texture, also nice, little junks of beef.
In Germany, "lentils" should have a sour vinegar taste. These hadn´t. With some phantasie, they had a slightly sweet taste.

[Name_not_found]

Thanks for the review housil

This looks like a nice meal, and plenty of calories!

I didnt know the lunch and dinner came separate, how many is that case meant to feed?

[housil]

I didnt know the lunch and dinner came separate, how many is that case meant to feed?

That case holds 20 cans.

[Unimproved]

You'd be very lucky if you got one of these for lunch...standard lunch is simply more "Biscuit Brown-S" from the ration.


As for the lentils, they're not Dutch meals, half of our meals are French ones with a different can. But we do have Sauerkraut w/ sausage .

[mreheater72]

Olli, looks very fine ! But believe me, always heat your rations pouches/cans in boliling water (if available) instead of microwaving, so they will taste better still ! There is really a difference in taste existent!

[housil]

As for the lentils, they're not Dutch meals, half of our meals are French ones with a different can.

The Dutch and the French entrees/cans came from the same manufacturer. The only difference is the Dutch has 400g, the French just 300g.

always heat your rations pouches/cans in boliling water

You are right. When ever we heat them up it a pot with boiling water, the entrees taste much more better.

[luis0449]

Looks delicious. Here in Spain we add a bit of vinegar (don`t ask me why, I don`t know), but as I said it looks delicious.

thanks for sharing.

Luis

[housil]

Looks delicious. Here in Spain we add a bit of vinegar (don`t ask me why, I don`t know), but as I said it looks delicious.

thanks for sharing.

Luis

Same over here, we usually also add some vinegar to "lentils stew/soup" to give it a slightly "sour" taste.

[Bypah]

Yep, when I cook my lentil stew always add a little of vinegar to enhance the flavor too....

[Nawt]

I didnt know the lunch and dinner came separate, how many is that case meant to feed?

That case holds 20 cans.

"normally' every person/soldier is issued 2 cans per day. So a case feeds 10 persons.