Esbit and Esbit-Cooker

ak70g2 · Post by **ak70g2** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:48 pm

Olli, there's a damn communist food? ARE U NUTS? You'll be poisoned!

Post by **German_EPA** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:53 pm

olli wrote:yea i was wondering too, about DDR having a price on every item, it makes things look like beeing comercial instead of millitary...

do you trade a VERBANDSPÄCKCHEN with one of my KEKSKOMPRIMAT?

i am going to open one now.... xD

if you are still alive now after eating this cookie - yeah i would like to... pm me...

olli · Post by **olli** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:58 pm

ak70g2 wrote:Olli, there's a damn communist food? ARE U NUTS? You'll be poisoned!

xD hehe
brothers in arms, isnt it???

just bite of a small piece from one corner, tasted bad and salty, i think it had a more neutral taste in its best days...

Post by **German_EPA** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:10 pm

olli wrote:
ak70g2 wrote:Olli, there's a damn communist food? ARE U NUTS? You'll be poisoned!
xD hehe
brothers in arms, isnt it???

just bite of a small piece from one corner, tasted bad and salty, i think it had a more neutral taste in its best days...

like the salty crakers out of the RCIR?

olli · Post by **olli** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:16 pm

no, its more like a boullionwürfel, suppenwürfel (sorry dont know english word) with a neutral salty taste of old fat... its also not total dry like crackers, there is some water in it, maybe soaked out of the air over the years...

Post by **MCIera** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:53 pm

That would be bullion cube in Englisch

olli wrote:no, its more like a boullionwürfel, suppenwürfel (sorry dont know english word)

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:04 pm

German_EPA wrote:VEB is written on every military item i know.

VEB is for "Volkseigener Betrieb" (=people owend company), a typical comunistic term in the former DDR (GDR=German Democratic Republic or "East Germany" for short) for a state-owend company.
Has nothing to do with military...

Privat property was proscribed in the DDR as "privat property" is a typical, capitalistic, western thing.

Every company, farm (were called LPG = landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft = agrarian production companionship) was property of the state

Post by **German_EPA** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:12 pm

have a look at GDR....

housil wrote:
German_EPA wrote:VEB is written on every military item i know.
VEB is for "Volkseigener Betrieb" (=people owend company), a typical comunistic term in the former DDR (GDR=German Democratic Republic or "East Germany" for short) for a state-owend company.
Has nothing to do with military...

Privat property was proscribed in the DDR as "privat property" is a typical, capitalistic, western thing.

Every company, farm (were called LPG = landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft = agrarian production companionship) was property of the state

olli · Post by **olli** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:33 pm

MCIera wrote:That would be bullion cube in Englisch

lol thanks, i wrote bullionwürfel + suppenwürfel, cause i thought boullion would be a regional word where i live in the german region next to the french border.. i thought only we call it boullionwürfel and the rest of germany would say suppenwürfel... guess i was wrong...

Post by **MCIera** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:41 pm

Yes, they're called bullion or boullion (both spellings are used) cubes over here as well. It's primarily composed of salt and artificial flavors, along with a little fat from the chicken or beef.

There is a product that is called "soup base" that is primarily used in the food service industry, that is based with meat as the primary ingredient (chicken or beef) and then a lot of salt. It is becoming more available in grocery stores now, but as you might guess, they cost much more than the boullion cubes.

Odd that those crackers/biscuits would get so salty over the years.

olli wrote:lol thanks, i wrote bullionwürfel + suppenwürfel, cause i thought boullion would be a regional word where i live in the german region next to the french border.. i thought only we call it boullionwürfel and the rest of germany would say suppenwürfel... guess i was wrong...