Canadian IMP-Salmon

Enchilada · Post by **Enchilada** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:43 am

I just got a "02" salmon filet ration and on the outside packet there is a green warning sticker telling me "do not eat the liquid honey" that is in the ration pack.
Can anyone tell me whats wrong with the honey?

Jaylo · Post by **Jaylo** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:44 am

After hitting up google it seems DND (IMP manufacturer???) recieved reports of troops getting ill after eating the Honey...instead of recalling they added the little green sticker.

I suspect that it's come kind of failure in the foil envelope: highly sugared foods are very acidic and aggressive and will eat away poorly applied polymer coating on the inside of food cans and sachets.

Post by **kman** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:41 am

That's almost funny...imagine getting an IMP or MRE with a sticker on the outside that says "do not eat the IMP" or "do not eat the MRE".

Enchilada · Post by **Enchilada** » Wed May 03, 2006 10:23 am

Thanks for your reply,glad you told me otherwise I may have risked it and got ill.
I,ve had Canadian raspberry jam and that was ok,still at least I got the salmon!

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:09 am

If I recall correctly,there was some of the sachets that had Botulism in the honey,which is a threat in all honey as it is not pastuerized (It's raw )
HTH

Stevie762 · Post by **Stevie762** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:23 am

I ate a "99" beef tortellini that had a couple of honey packets in it.
They were crystalised, so I put them in some hot water till they warmed up and put it in the peaches fruit pack. I couldn't figure out why they put honey in the IMP's anyway. glad I didn't get sick

There wasn't a sticker on mine, and I'm still here

pablo_fiasco · Post by **pablo_fiasco** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:44 am

they probably put honey in them becuase "normally" honey has a shelf life of "almost" foreever,

they occasioanlly dig up pots of honey in (i think it was egypt i heard?) that is still ediable despite being buried centuires ago

Post by **kman** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:32 am

Personally, I love the honey in the IMPs. It would nice if they'd include that in the MREs - then you could have peanut butter, honey, jam, and cheese spread (not all at once!).

Stevie762 · Post by **Stevie762** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:39 pm

I thought the honey was very good. I just didn't know if it was meant to put in coffee or something else. Do the canadians eat it like candy ?
just wondering if it's a common item they pack in the IPM's.

Post by **kman** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:59 pm

I think it's a pretty common item to pack in IMPs. The last IMP I ate had this nice dinner-roll type of bread in it so I cut that in half and poured the honey on the bread. Good eating.