ArtistsRifles Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Menu 17 has an Oatmeal Block, not sure which other menus have them, I only have a list for menus 11-20. Here are some photos of 2/3rds of my Oatmeal Blocks, the other tin is in my truck and available for viewing at Wicksteed at War this weekend, look for the West Wilts MVT banner Wish I was going - still got the old P38 can opener on my key ring!! :-) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwardle Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Wish I was going - still got the old P38 can opener on my key ring!! :-) :-) They are still supplied in the 10 man ration packs! Or they were 6 years ago when I was given a 10 man pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 They are still supplied in the 10 man ration packs! Or they were 6 years ago when I was given a 10 man pack. I haven't seen a 10 man pack in 30+ years For ease I've been getting the 10 x 1 man pack boxes from evilbay for use at shows. - saves taking fresh food other than maybe bread. First box i got were late 80's and were very good - had Biscuits AB, Biscuits Fruit AB, Oatmeal Blocks and Yorkie bars in them with a nice selection of meals. Last box I got was a more recent issue - most of the good stuff was gone - breakfasts were replaced by friggin muesli for gods sake!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 There is a quite resonable Civvy substitute. Huntley and Palmers Capt. Scotts Expedition Biscuits, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laboisselle Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Was that supplied via any motorway services stopped at on the way to the excersie? :nono: Yep, that's it - stomping about in your full greens getting funny looks from the tourists and truck drivers. Happy days! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I found the Izal toilet 'Paper' (I use the word 'Paper', advisedly! :-X ) very good for rubbing down wooden furniture on Rifles!..............LOL :cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Great for tracing bits of maps as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.303fan Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 i would still eat the 1970's tins. about 15 years ago i got a fet tins of cookies dated 1950 from a nuclear shelter. they were dry but still good to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngant Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Hi, I can state with certainty that these were contained in 24 hr rat packs in 1969. Hope that helps! There was a white squeezy tube of condensed milk to go with the tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdrop358 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) I've been given an open but complete 24hr GS from 1995 if anyone wants it, it's no longer edible but may be of use in a display. Beans and bacon, menu A. All the packaging is intact just no longer edible. This is the green foil packs for the biscuits and oatmeal block type. Edited June 10, 2016 by snowdrop358 spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I've been given an open but complete 24hr GS from 1995 if anyone wants it, it's no longer edible but may be of use in a display. Beans and bacon, menu A. All the packaging is intact just no longer edible. This is the green foil packs for the biscuits and oatmeal block type. Are you sure it's no longer edible?? In the mid seventies we were eating packs dated late 50's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 As an aside. My son Tom, now strapping six foot plus and a Farther himself, was born three months premature. He was unable to breast feed so was given a concotion of artfical milk, it stunk something rotten but he lapped it up. One of the nurse's told me that though the stuff was remarkable it had a chequered history. Apparently at one time it had been trialled in Royal Marine rations, they hated it! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Ah ! Biscuits Dog, Cheese Posessed, and a squirt of Jam. :cool2: Marvellous ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Not coming to you for a barbaque! :red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Ah ! Biscuits Dog, Cheese Posessed, and a squirt of Jam. :cool2: Marvellous ! Cheese, Possessed was very much sought after by an acquaintance. He was a keen angler and had discovered it was irresistible to carp. (I suspect it was promptly banned from use in competitions.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Cheese, Possessed was very much sought after by an acquaintance. He was a keen angler and had discovered it was irresistible to carp. (I suspect it was promptly banned from use in competitions.) It was called Cheese possessed for a very good reason!! :wow: :wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Feeding to prisoners was considered a cruel and unusal punishment. Apparently first made in US by Kraft in 1916, when the MOD must have obtained it supplies, found this quote Competitors referred to it as embalmed cheese.:-D For those who have never endured, think of a large lump of the orange muck on cheeseburgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifficer Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Biccis Brown Just like eating manhole covers, cheese possessed, fun if you threw a tin in a fire and ran like hell. There is a recipe on the internet for oatmeal blocks, give it a try! best of luck Artifficer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Have a part complete late 60s/early 70s 24 Hr compo ration if anyone interested. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwardle Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Have a part complete late 60s/early 70s 24 Hr compo ration if anyone interested. Thanks What does it consist of & how much are you asking for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Tins-Steak and Kidney Pudding,Cheese Processed,Bacon Burgers and one other(stored away again and cannot remember what the other was).2 x packs biscuits plain,1 x sweet,Oatmeal Block,Tea and Sugar,Tube of Jam,instructions,the original box and thats about it I think. Cannot upload pics but can email over to anyone interested. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamouti Ben Yafo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I sampled some of this stuff in the early 80s, via a friend who was in the TA, in the form of a few 24 hour ration packs. I was home for a couple of weekends from college and he was peddling them for less than I would have paid for supplies in the local shops. I was also curious. Green metallised plastic packaging, IIRC, for the Biccies AB (I liked these; there again I was always happy enough to nibble a dry savoury cracker with my tea) etc. But the only difference I could discern between Bacon Burgers and Bacon Grill was in the direction in which you sliced them. Quite tasty stuff, anyway. The grey Steak and Kidney Puds were good too; I think they might have been the same as the Goblin branded individual ones in the supermarkets at that time. Overall I was surprised at how good it was. Thought you might like a civvy 'gourmet' opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I'm surprised nobody has posted this, Royal Marines guide to the modern officers ration pack. Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 There must be room for a Servant or Batman in the officers ration pack, to cook his meals :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 There must be room for a Servant or Batman in the officers ration pack, to cook his meals :whistle: No, he and the gourmet chef are only found in the ten man packs. Poor Darlings have to rough it with the issue Aga for individual packs. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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