A taste of England in a box
Sep 6th 2010, 4:05 am
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Re: A taste of England in a box
but having eaten my brothers food I can assure you he is a great chef and even done state occasions 
on his 21st birthday he was made to work a double shift for a foreign political leader, he was cross,but it turned out to be a ruse and he worked 14 hrs for his own birthday party plus 2 hours in the cells, when he was "arrested" cos he had cannabis in his locker, which he said he kept saying they are OXO cubes, as when confronted with the evidence he sniffed them 
and indeed they where, it was part of the prank
Sep 6th 2010, 4:27 am
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Re: A taste of England in a box
my brother is a chef in the British Army and returned from Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago 
, as with his 3 tours of Iraq he was working for the Americans, he prefers the British pack, finds the American one too sweet and salty, he says the on base rations for the American are more largess than the British, but gets cross that they are Junk food, he is preparing, nuggets etc, he say he does that for the British troops but mainly he is cooking proper food , not just reheating crap.
, as with his 3 tours of Iraq he was working for the Americans, he prefers the British pack, finds the American one too sweet and salty, he says the on base rations for the American are more largess than the British, but gets cross that they are Junk food, he is preparing, nuggets etc, he say he does that for the British troops but mainly he is cooking proper food , not just reheating crap.
Sep 6th 2010, 9:09 am
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Re: A taste of England in a box
Some of the US ones have a little heating element that lets you 'cook' some of the food. The candy is absolutely awful usually. The M&Ms were basically sealed in there when Clinton was President and are about as enjoyable as chewing on a rock.
Some of the candy in the MREs are surrounded by urban legends. For example the Charms candy are considered back luck (depending on the color) and often thrown out to avoid the 'curse' of the Charms.
http://afghanistansquid.blogspot.com...ndy-curse.html
http://www.iraqwararchive.org/data/m...rica/iol11.pdf
Some of the candy in the MREs are surrounded by urban legends. For example the Charms candy are considered back luck (depending on the color) and often thrown out to avoid the 'curse' of the Charms.
http://afghanistansquid.blogspot.com...ndy-curse.html
http://www.iraqwararchive.org/data/m...rica/iol11.pdf
Sep 7th 2010, 6:27 pm
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Re: A taste of England in a box
Sorry I've not read the whole thread but I have a friend who has been to Afgan a few times and he said that he is always swapping stuff with you US troops because they get better food....He said that a load of the UK lads got in trouble because the US lads wer walking round with UK army kit that they have been trading for food.
