British Army Ration packs....Question?

[Mole1811]

Hi all,

In my old bergain I have discovered a treasure trove of Ration pack left overs (Yummmy!) back from my training days.

My question to you all is........they all say packaging date 2004 but don't seem to have any form of use by date on them. I am safe to assume that this means as long as the packs etc are still sealed then it is safe to heat up and munch down on the old burger and beans???


Cheers

Chris

[a_flea]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

Think their shelf life was 3-4 yrs or summet, I'd still eat them though...

[SgT BULLETPR00F]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

They have a stupidly long life, something like 10-15 years so yeah there fine to eat mate.

[a_flea]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

They have a stupidly long life, something like 10-15 years so yeah there fine to eat mate.

I stand corrected, I always thought it was less... Unless I'm thinking of the previous generation.

[Jasont21]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

Ive read the foil stuff lasts 10 + years from packaging date if kept cool. The old tinned stuff prob longer and recently read a guy eating tinned biscuits that were 25 years old and still 'crispy'

[Pasty]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

If you have some biscuit brown and pate send them my way to test

[Mole1811]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

LMAO I remember once upon a time when I was in the Air Cadets...When we got to the gliding school my pilot officer pulled over and popped the bonnet on the car.

Whats he doing we asked..........retrieving his 1950s ration pack that he had just heated up in the engine bay on the run up there.

We were talking early 2000's here lol 50 year old haha

Put it this way ive got enough soup and NATO standard tea/coffe to sink a small ship. No pate unfortunately but the biscuit fruits and browns are plentyful p

[Pasty]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

You can never have enough Nato tea and coffee or biscuit brown that stuff is nuke proof

[Chosen-Man]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

I wouldnt advise it. The pack dates we get only stay at the depot for a maximum of 6 months, when units demand them they should either use them all, or send back the left overs for disposal.


Basically, yes you can eat them. However it is at our own risk.

[Pasty]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

I've eaten more than my far share of this older than 6 months and am sure lots of others on here has

[Chosen-Man]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

If you read the post it says PACK date. Not expiry date.

[seansamurai1]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

I've eaten more than my far share of this older than 6 months and am sure lots of others on here has

Still am. Nowt wrong with me. Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhonnnnest!

[madwelshman]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

Lol, anyone remember the "white" rolo's?

[Pasty]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

Arabic Yorkies weren't nice

[hoggy21]

Re: British Army Ration packs....Question?

Jesus, i remember when you used to get the 'white' chocolate in the blue or red packs. Blue was biscuit and fruit chocolate, red was normal if i remember correctly.

Ive still got rat packs that are years old, and yeah they are normally alright to eat.

Its not biscuits brown with flies, its biscuits fruit btw! Horrible things, too much cinnamon in them!

My worst rat pack experience was when i get to my first unit and we went on exercise with some old arctic ration packs which had to be used up. The stuff was all dehydrated to prevent it freezing. Nothing like watching your food turn back to powder whilst its pissing it down in Sennybridge, and having to use up all your water for a bloody meal. Only saving grace in those things were the porridge oats and hot chocolate powder, which with a sachet of sugar were superb!

Jet boil and foil packaged rat packs. No better combo. No bloody hexi!

Oh, just so you know. If you run out of hexi, biscuit browns burn for a good couple of minutes. So do pringles, but the amount of fat on pringles is stupid. Dont believe me? Get a single pringle and set fire to it. Watch how much fat comes off it. I wont eat pringles ever again after seeing that 'experiment'.

Oh, and hexi TV!!