tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post464994603763836441..comments2024-01-20T06:49:41.144-05:00Comments on Jen of Nunavut: Romantic candle light dinner with army rationsjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870234938205295011noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-77144927472230328092009-10-18T15:52:52.462-04:002009-10-18T15:52:52.462-04:00I don't know how I missed this entry back when...I don't know how I missed this entry back when you wrote it, but I love it!<br />I would have been just like Nathan, uber eager to just try them all out, regardless of taste!Jackie S. Quirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470854932663182657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-33013115241787353732009-07-31T08:46:52.965-04:002009-07-31T08:46:52.965-04:00hahaha I can so relate. After the Rangers complete...hahaha I can so relate. After the Rangers completed some arctic sovereignty patrols they left behind some of those rations and Matthew and I tried them and cooked them up, lol. One time it had been months since our one and only store had been out of chocolate bars. I was pregnant and dying for chocolate so a ranger that was in town went into the storage shed and opened a TON of boxes of rations and took out all the chocolate bars and gave them to me. I was eating the bars for breakfast, lunch and dinner for days hahaha.Jen Madernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-63106039115991362852009-07-24T19:13:46.115-04:002009-07-24T19:13:46.115-04:00That is absolutely hilarious...oh, and the juice b...That is absolutely hilarious...oh, and the juice bag looked suspiciously like a pee-bag one would find in a hospital (please excuses the non-tech terms). Bon appetit!Tara Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613736000868437175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-28191852976748964032009-07-24T15:28:37.912-04:002009-07-24T15:28:37.912-04:00I've heard on numerous occasions that Canadian...I've heard on numerous occasions that Canadian MREs are among the best tasting in the world. From the look of those pictures, I can't imagine how awful the MREs from OTHER countries must taste! Those don't look too appealing!<br /><br />The weird hard bread kind of looks like Newfoundland hard bread. That's about the only bread I know of that would have a long shelf life, so maybe it's the same stuff?Adam Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390422813912866583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-47226530700807880872009-07-24T14:10:17.982-04:002009-07-24T14:10:17.982-04:00Looks scrumptious. I ended up with a few odds and...Looks scrumptious. I ended up with a few odds and ends from some army rat packs when I lived in Saskatchewan and brought them along with me to Nunavut. Included in this was a packet of bread just like you had. I'm not sure what its shelf life is but I've had some after its been stored for 5-6 years and suffered no ills effects. I'm sure the bread could double as a floatation device in a pinch or it could plug a gap in a quinzee.<br /><br />The meals are pretty filling if not glamorous. It looks like the menu has expanded somewhat since I was in the Reserves since I've never heard of Beef Macaroni Chinese Style. Seems yummy enough though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com