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08-01-2004, 05:58 AM
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#46 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | i take it the food wasn't much cop then??
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08-01-2004, 12:56 PM
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#47 | | Minister of Whoopass
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i take it the food wasn't much cop then??
| Not sure what thtat statement means, but MRE stands for Meals Ready to Eat... Brown and green plastic bagged package with a full meals daily nutrition stuffed inside...
A few were actually quite good... The beef stew, when heated up, was good, although u wouldnt dare try to put it in ur mouth cold...
Amazing how the texture, taste, and smell of a certain food can vary so damn much with just 40 degrees worth of heating...
The other thing bad about MRE's is that, if u eat them long enough, u'll never have to have a bowel movement (take a dump)... Walking around in the desert with that bloated feeling is the worst... 
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08-01-2004, 02:28 PM
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#48 | | Master of Ewes
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i take it the food wasn't much cop then
| that basically means "i take it the food wasn't much good then"..................
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08-01-2004, 02:55 PM
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#49 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | The food sucked... 
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08-01-2004, 06:28 PM
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#50 | | Senior Member
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Country: | That's what you Americans thought of yours, and that's what the British thought of theirs. But my dad swapped a lot of his Rat Packs with American ones.
You lot had tabasco sauce with some of yours, so I heard.
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08-02-2004, 12:19 AM
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#51 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Yea a small little bottle of it... I dont use it so i gave em away... There was candy, as well as crackers and peanut butter.. That was the best...
I used to eat the hell outta peanut butter... Great source of protein and energy...
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08-02-2004, 02:17 AM
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#52 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Did you ever swap with any Brits, while out in the Gulf? Some nice Rat beans and sausage...I've had that, my dad brought loads back. Lovely stuff. 
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08-02-2004, 07:44 AM
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#53 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | i dont recall ever having swapped out food stuffs with you Brits, or anyone else...
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08-02-2004, 08:51 AM
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#54 | | Senior Member
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Country: | That's your loss then.
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08-02-2004, 03:34 PM
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#55 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | more advertising for the brits, not only do we make good boots, we make good "just add water" meals.................
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08-02-2004, 10:09 PM
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#56 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Well actually the British forces didn't like their Rat Packs, as the Americans didn't like their own. So they swapped because they loved each others, and the British ones had curry in them.
The thing with the American ones was they had little bags that you opened then shook and a chemical reaction would heat the food. Not the British, they still had the old stove and metal spoons. 
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08-03-2004, 05:54 AM
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#57 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | This is true... And not true... Some of the guys loved MRE's, and i would save and store the ones i liked for eating when onboard ship...
Some of the food they served onboard wasnt fit for human consumption, especially when bein at sea for 2 months straight with no port call...
Most of them also had chicklets in them, which is gum...
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08-03-2004, 01:36 PM
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#58 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i can't stand gum....................... Quote: |
The thing with the American ones was they had little bags that you opened then shook and a chemical reaction would heat the food. Not the British, they still had the old stove and metal spoons.
| that's the brits for you....................
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08-03-2004, 06:03 PM
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#59 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Dude, when ur sittin on ambush for 6 hours in the swealtering heat, with these flies as big as sparrows buzzin you incessantly, GUM IS DA BOMB!!!
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08-03-2004, 08:26 PM
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#60 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Did you get shipped out to the Gulf? My dad was always flown out to warzones, C-130 down to the Falklands with about 6 other lads and lots of cargo. Special flight, they wanted him down there quick. And a 747 to the Gulf, then a Chinook to his base in the middle of nowhere.
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