Today, I decided to be brave and eat the paella. Please, hold your gasps.
Upon opening it looked... Not as bad as I expected, actually. I would describe the smell as inoffensive, I understand that's not exactly high praise though.
Still, i'm not a quitter, so I gave it a quick stir, lit the stove, and got it going. The smell of it cooking was actually kinda pleasant. Vaguely fishy, vaguely tomato-y. It started to look a little better too.
I kept it stirring until the fuel tab burned out, gave it one last stir, said my prayers, and dug in...
...And it was really, really bland.
There were decent sized lumps of chicken, some prawns, bits of fish, mussels, peas, tomato, all the right things. It was just missing the flavour. I still took down the whole thing though, and so far I haven't died, so that's a plus!
To wash it down, I made up the Mango tea as per the instructions.
It was okay. Maybe a little sweet for me, but very drinkable all the same. Fairly subtle Mango flavour, but pleasant, and refreshing.
So, that's the really scary one over. Not sure what i'll tackle next, probably a few of those bars.