Emergency Flying Rations
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Emergency Flying Rations
I was given some Mk 4 and Mk 9 Emergency Flying Rations (oddly enough by the Navy's Survival School) in 2000. They were packed in 1999.
What is in them?
Are they still suitable for use in emergency?! Or just suitable for pig fodder?
Thanks.
What is in them?
Are they still suitable for use in emergency?! Or just suitable for pig fodder?
Thanks.
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I think you should sample them and then - hopefully! - report back!
(I seem to remember you took part in a long distance air race some years ago, were the rations for that trip?)
(I seem to remember you took part in a long distance air race some years ago, were the rations for that trip?)
mk9: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081465
"Emergency Flying Ration containing 2 straws, 2 packs chocolate-flavoured food, 4 wire handles, a beverage pack, sugar pack, beef stock pack, and instructions."
mk4: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081463
"Emergency Flying Ration containing boiled sweets and wire handles to convert tin to cooking vessel."
Take a bite and report?
"Emergency Flying Ration containing 2 straws, 2 packs chocolate-flavoured food, 4 wire handles, a beverage pack, sugar pack, beef stock pack, and instructions."
mk4: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081463
"Emergency Flying Ration containing boiled sweets and wire handles to convert tin to cooking vessel."
Take a bite and report?
For MREs better go french:
https://mremountain.com/collections/...nt=44602267085
https://mremountain.com/collections/...nt=44602267085
No piano in there?
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Treaders - you are quite right. What a memory! We spent a day at Gosport beforehand.
There is piano wire in the Mk 9, but I haven't opened any of the little parcels. And I haven't opened the Mk 4 tins.
Whilst I can see it would be highly entertaining for fellow forum members to "taste & report"
, the point of my question is can I sensibly continue to use them as emergency rations, say if I were to force land in the Highlands, and the locals only offered me stuffed sheep's heart or something?!
hoodie - great video - I particuarly like the gesture the bootie makes when he says officers have "different taste"!
There is piano wire in the Mk 9, but I haven't opened any of the little parcels. And I haven't opened the Mk 4 tins.
Whilst I can see it would be highly entertaining for fellow forum members to "taste & report"
, the point of my question is can I sensibly continue to use them as emergency rations, say if I were to force land in the Highlands, and the locals only offered me stuffed sheep's heart or something?!hoodie - great video - I particuarly like the gesture the bootie makes when he says officers have "different taste"!
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I still recall the headlines on the newspaper I got from my last Officers' Ration pack. I was shocked to read the terrible news about the sinking of the Titanic.
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You're lucky, mine gave me details about the siege of Mafeking.
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The sweets had a problem because they became a wet and sticky mess in the tin after opening. After eating the sweets you found a polly bag to stop the sweets going sticky
I thought the emergency flying ration was called the navigator.
From the site posted by Less Hair:
https://mremountain.com/blogs/news/g...for-your-needs
How important is shelf life?
The industry average for shelf life is about 3 years. If you need very long shelf life, freeze dried rations usually last longer and can last up to 7 years.https://mremountain.com/blogs/news/g...for-your-needs
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Surprised youve got an unopened MK4 tin. We Squippers at Leuchars always had a tin opened in the drawer. Purely for testing purposes ;-)
