Ration Packs: What’s Inside & Exercise Prep | British Army

[@ChelsieAngeles]

What's your favourite/least favourite ration pack meal?

[@msb.london]

Hope u remember me..

[@msb.london]

Did u got my mess or not... chelsie

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Am inclined to agree. Pindi Chana aloo is top tier.

[@msb.london]

@@ChelsieAngeles hellooo

[@ykkit29]

the worst meal is the all day breakfast hands down 🥴

[@michaelmcfarlane8199]

I remember being in Dartmoor (2002 or something) and the ration packs were great. Cardboard boxes back then rather than plastic bags. It was Duncans chocolate at the time, which was then replaced with yorkies. There were biscuit browns and chicken liver pate for example, very sophisticated. The oatmeal block was always a favourite for me and the boiled sweets were accessible. The hot chocolate sachet and other random bits all got thrown in with the porridge which at the time required water to be added to the dry mix. Boil in the bag meals were available in shiny silver pouches. Corn beef hash was essentially mashed potato with what resembled tobacco strands. Everything was delicious when hot but of course to remain tactical there were no fires at night. One of my favourite puddings was the rice pudding because it was great cold but there was a treacle sponge I think and that thing was a solid block for a very long time but if you had the luxury of heating it for a long while it was amazing. If it was a weekend exercise we would always bring additional food with us because we were always hungry. As always stuff your face with as much as you can handle before going out. Porridge, fried bread, cooked full breakfast....

[@benowen5174]

would be great to see how you pack your kit. Love seeing how different people pack the same kit

[@Greg23032]

During my service, 1960’s - 1990’s, the 24 hr. Rat packs as well as food, always contained a small envelope of Toilet Paper. Rarely used on short day exercises and frequently discarded. BUT during the Falklands War, when we had to make one 24 Rat pack last several days the Toilet Paper gained much respect. It was often only just enough. It was strong stuff too, you could even write on it. It also became the culprit for blocking up the civilian plumbing when you had the luxury of using a civilised WC. On extended operations I can assure you every scrap of the food was consumed.

[@AftabAhmedLakhani]

💞🇮🇳🍵

[@bronoun8884]

Every sheet had a stock number do it could be returned to stores also use both sides : it was shiney so it could be cleaned and reused . And then returned to stores 😂

[@stritvagen]

your pfp is literally some random 16y girl

[@bluewinterwolf]

Thank you for sharing mate, love to hear history from someone who was actually there. Have a great day and hope your doing well 😊

[@JamesBa08]

Menu 8 (2022 version) is probably my favourite overall. Menu 9 has the best snacks though.

[@adamreed4512]

Great content as always from Chelsie - and totally gorgeous to boot!!

[@jamesrea93]

Can you bring boiled eggs in the field ?

[@richielamb2733]

They’ve changed a lot over the years ….only had tinned rations ,4 menu’s….boil in the bag started coming in ,in my last couple of years . Even back then i through half of it away , used to make a nutty bag , rolo’s , nuts and raisins mixed all together,roll into a sausage shape in a bag ..instant energy rush …..just don’t look at it 👌

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Haha, god that sounds dreadful!!

[@richielamb2733]

@@ChelsieAngeles It taste like heaven after a couple days on exercise…..thats not all in one of the boil in bag packs was pears in chocolate sauce …..let your imagination figure out what that looked like 😂😂😂😂

[@ChelsieAngeles]

😂😂

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

@@ChelsieAngeles with the new menus I've found curry powder is a good thing to have in your webbing

[@Stanly-Stud]

The compo tins must've been a nightmare for light infantry 😮 Luckily we just stored all the boxes in the Gun 😅

[@bigjohn697791]

Used to be a cardboard box in my day 1999-2013 Loved the chocolate bars and Bean and Sausages and Beans and Burgers do they still do biscuit brown and pate

[@bikesharebags5192]

It's been a while, but when I was serving the fuel was hexamine blocks. Plenty of heat but cleaning mess tins was a shocker. Is dragon fuel the new stuff? One of the hazards with hexie was the fumes. I saw you overlapped the mess tins when boiling. I remember a mate's oppo doing this when brewing up. Hexie fumes went down into the water and they both vommed up instantly. None of us laughed. Much.

[@timbunker4529]

I buy them surplus for wild camping. They are really rather good.

[@peepresc8002]

Rations have changed since my day, everything was canned. Spent 28 days on same menu of, Steak Pudding, tinned Veg, (ABSOLUTELY GIPPING LOL) Fruit Pudding, for main meal. Bacon Grill my favourite and an oatmeal block for breakfast and usual Snacks like Biscuits Brown, Biscuits AB and Dead Fly biscuits lol, plus your standard sweets.

[@macstyle2012]

I am planning some long distance hikes around the UK when I retire in a few years - especially across the highlands of Scotland. These look great, what is the weight like? As I estimate I would need to carry up to 2 weeks supply of food in some of the remote areas of Scotland - like Cape Wrath trail.

[@artawhirler]

Welcome back! Good to see a new video!

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Thank you! More to come!

[@TaraConlon]

During my time innthe British army, we had 24hr rating boxes, crazy how over the years everything changes, I used JPA, and had 13 mins to complete a 2.4km run to name a few of the things that have now changed

[@mohammedmiah5294]

Great and l find it very useful. Thank you

[@mihalich7740]

01:05 - то есть, предполагается, что эта упаковка сухого пайка - на одни сутки одному человеку. Ага. Хорошо. Только в этой связи у меня вопрос: для какого времени года эта упаковка? То есть, для какого режима суточных температур рассчитано содержание этой упаковки?

[@joshmartin7520]

chelsie angeles its a bit of a weird question the fruit and nut mix you get in some menus can my pet budgie have them now I don't know if I've asked this before I generally cannot remember it's the fruit and nut mix and tropical mix I have from my prepping but not too keen on them as I prefer the sweet chilli peanuts or bbq peanuts

[@adrianthoem6415]

I went on a British Army look at life weekend in year 10 at school,we were issued 24hr rat packs,and that experience has never left me nearly 30 years on.

[@herbpanther]

Next time time you open your ration pack, please can you fill in the survey in there and send it in and we’ll have a look about changing things in there if you don’t like certain things.

[@heartbreakkid915]

Love to see a kit video

[@philiplaycock8944]

Great insight 😊

[@cubelectric6938]

The beef burrito is absolutely incredible but all my mates hate it and I can’t understand why Oh and a tip put hot chocolate powder with the instant porridge or the muesli and they are actually quite nice

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Same here. Now the hot chocolate/porridge combo is a game changer.

[@cubelectric6938]

@@ChelsieAngeles it’s great on an cold early morning

[@DiscusRussell]

I used to take rabbit snares on exercise. Its amazing even the CO becomes your friend when cooking your meal

[@kitpimp]

You are too adorable 😂😂😂 they should feature your videos on some DVD issued to recruits at Pirbright lol. 🤣🤣🤣

[@nordicsky]

Wicked, I must try some of those ration packs in the hills. Curry would be best. I like the idea of reusing the water for a brew and the fact there is no washing up.

[@wilsontma]

Been on 24 hours ration for full 6 months before. You definitely can do more than 3 days on them

[@josephm8292]

Would you get a bollocking if you decide not to heat your MRE and instead eat out of the pack?

[@laurawalker1509]

I did a Marines obstacle course as a civilian and found the calories in the energy sachets pretty disappointing (24h pack). I decided that I would end up enormous if I ate it all after just the obstacle course. I guess if you are out all day, you need the energy. I've stored the sachets in my car just in case I break down. I've kept the chocolate cake to eat though. I got menu 9 - the heated meal was yummy when I was cold and wet.

[@jurgenhirsch7207]

I wish you a beautiful Christmas Season 2022 an a Happy Year 2023. Greetings from Bavaria Germany

[@anthony_obrien4080]

Big fan of yours Chelsie because you think about your soldiering. I was an Infantry CPL grunting for 25 years before commissioning into the Nursing Corps down here in Skippyland much love 🍻🤙🍻🤙

[@JazzierCat]

Tip: use the clear bag everything is as a map case

[@Peskyjooba]

Can’t wait for this vid.

[@GlynneWright-zb4kf]

What are these flat new hexy stoves you bend yourself? (flimsey as well)?

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Yeah, pretty average but good if you don't have a own bought Jet boil. Does the job.

[@GlynneWright-zb4kf]

Smell of fish the blocks, same as the old Carr day and Martin hexy blocks if they were gettiing on in life smelled of bleach, carr, day and martin used to supply the army with boot polish, remember that! 🤔

[@AlAmin-iz6fj]

Nice to see you

[@harveyquinn5494]

I love ration packs ❤

[@enrique78109]

I too keep some Haribo’s in my pocket when I am out in the field. I pack a few packs, always great for morale.

[@zenon-paulking3399]

The best thing to ever grace a ration pack was the apricot desert, way back in the compo ration days. Army fruit browns were always a winner. As for the worst that honour belongs to the British army vomlollette.

[@mikel6517]

Too sickly sweet nowadays but where me yorkie bar. I a sure the daily calorie intake used to be higher 5000 cals, because of the work you did in the field. Dangerous if you are loosing weight

[@samuelholcombe2700]

i’m quite a fussy eater, is there much choice and variety in the ration packs? - glad to see you bring some of your own snacks i would do the same 🤣

[@richarddepledge960]

just bought some of the 2024 ones. Things have certainly changed a lot. I can remember serving in NI. 11 days straight in an OP same rat pack Lancashire hot pot!!! Got back in for 3 days then back out on another OP job. Guess what Lancashire hot pot!!!! Not amused as were the rest of the patrol. Turned out the storeman could not be arsed mixing it up so you got diff rats. We only carried a couple of days initailly when inserting into a job then when we got re supplied thats when we realised what an arse he was. Pretty sure he got thumped by one of the blokes who suffered the same fate as my patrol. We had to eat cold all the time and it got to you by about day 2!!

[@richardbaker8928]

Always take the full pack, you never know then things can change even on exercise and you or your mates may be happy to take spares from you

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

The hot chocolate mint is my favourite my miles menu 3 is definitely the best out there

[@PaddyMc85]

Thanks for the video and would love a little bag packing video. Have you tried a US MRE to compare. Some good choices and I like their heaters too. Fun fact: The company who source most UK MRE parts is based just around the corner form me. Useless fact!

[@ChelsieAngeles]

I haven't tried them but am interested to do so!

[@hairlessone1860]

@@ChelsieAngeles The SPAMs call them Meals Rejected by Ethiopians

[@xyiotegaming2023]

I'm in the Army Cadets, and ration packs, especially as of recent, are a bit grim, they weren't bad 3 years ago when I joined Cadets, but yeah lol love the vid

[@harveyquinn5494]

You are great 👍

[@TikJimmi]

Is it hot in here or is it just you raising the temperature with hot and spicy Ration Pack?

[@Jib230181]

Man I loved eating Ration packs especially drinking the hot chocolate as I think that’s the best hot chocolate ever! Lol better than Cadbury’s and other brands, famous biscuit browns and some of the meals are actually really good. Excellent instructions at the end of video exactly how I did it. Great video. Stay safe.

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Seconded. The hot chocolate is SO good!

[@FeelmyFondue]

British Army MREs are legit. Traded them mine for theirs at NTC in 2017.

[@andrewward2010]

Glad to hear that it tastes ok. If I hadn't seen this video I would be thinking that they didn't

[@devrajmajhi7340]

My knee scratch in bike accident .scratch long is 1.5 inches can i acepted or not in british army mam

[@BigM94sqd]

Monkeys don't smoke Not sure if the modern army still used the phrase when training recruits and junior officers? you may want to do the smell test when using issue rations and civilian alternative to boost the flavours, even your toiletries need to be plain, scented soap scented talcum powder all giveaways to the enemy. On exercise it is a question of how far do you wish to take it you will be surprised how much information you can pick up in doing sweeps along the route you take. During a training X a quick sweep of the area before we brewed up we found 20 hex burners one wash kit and a mark 5 helmet, this could mean we had 20 to 40 plus opposition nearby auto indicated but a couple of them were careless and sloppy. We picked up the trail by the sweet wrappers they had dropped plus section commander's notebook which gave us battle plan in the run up to it including the code words radio traffic. To crown it two of us walked to one group having a meeting in the middle of the track to which we stood behind them and listen to the briefing it took them a few minutes to realise we were there. The joys of having members of our group who had seen active service during Indonesian conflict and an Aussie who did his time in Vietnam.

[@RoughWalkers]

We review then on my channel They are better than they were years ago

[@michaelselwyn7629]

So what your advice on doing mod 1 as I am go in October

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Enjoy it and meet new people. MOD 1 isn't taxing. It explains what to expect from the rest of the training and gives you a taste.

[@Liam1991]

I'm guessing you've got the opportunity to go out in the field more than one weekend a year 😂 I like the way you pack your rations. Since I passed MOD 3 back in February, I've chined off the mess tins for a metal mug, and using the pouch I used for my mess tins to cram most my rations for the day. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing how you pack your kit. Be nice to get more ideas in packing my own kit. Although, I will have to wait until next April to do the next ITR CCS weekend 😤

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Yes, I've had the opportunity to go most months, which helps to understand your personal preferences for these things. Those changes will definitely make life easier for you!

[@rivaholdings4070]

Dear mam how should I contact you for donations

[@soggz4246]

Menu 10. Love it. Don’t touch the powdered drinks though,full of Aspartame. No good for ya. All the best 👍🏾

[@kevinroche3334]

Nor is getting shot, but they risk that.

[@kitpimp]

You are FAR too keen 😂😂😂

[@floydvaughn9666]

Don't discard the bags. They're pretty great for crapping in.

[@rivaholdings4070]

How to donate you please guide me

[@FireBulletrc]

They cawl it a lift cuz it lifshts you up innit

[@rikardosalampesi3677]

I LOVE YOU.......................CHELSIE ANGELES...........................................

[@msb.london]

Where u been long ?

[@pilgrum23]

Jet boiler

[@kitpimp]

Hunters chicken was the bomb

[@msb.london]

Hope you remember me ..

[@wilsontma]

So not got a jetboiler yet then

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Not yet! 😂

[@allmine1990]

haha I love the muesli, eat it cold as well 🤷‍♂😂

[@paolenchungkilong1558]

muah

[@bikerbison]

Where the fack has the boiled sweets gone!!!!!!

[@timhannah4]

Treacle Track Pads 😂

[@xuda7100]

U.S. MREs don't come with stoves. We eat our meals cold.

[@MichaelSaunders-y2m]

Flameless heating bags now,just add water

[@xuda7100]

@@MichaelSaunders-y2m No we just eat them cold.

[@msb.london]

Hi there..

[@RoughWalkers]

Where's your secret stash of haribos

[@sgtg4600]

You’re not cooking. You’re heating.

[@chloehunter41]

Currently 10 weeks into my phase 1 basic training. Favourite meal is the pasta Bolognese! The Chocolate cake is so nice too 🤩

[@ChelsieAngeles]

two favourites for me too!

[@LokRajGiriGiri]

MRE

[@mccreedy8019]

ρяσмσѕм 🤤

[@glennj6465]

Good drills young lady but you need to eat all your rations and then you won’t be loosing weight 2weeks in the field you will waist away 😳☠️

[@Martycycleman]

Lovely eyes

[@mihalich7740]

В видео снимается особа женского пола, а времени видео уделенного процессу готовки - всего ничего. Странно необъяснимо даже!

[@harveyquinn5494]

Muesli noooooo

[@feldgraufox4927]

Well you're not eating 4000 calories a day, you're eating half of that. Which is why you're losing weight.

[@samtaholo]

Exactly. It's basic maths.

[@mihalich7740]

01:05 - то есть, предполагается, что эта упаковка сухого пайка - на одни сутки одному человеку. Ага. Хорошо. Только в этой связи у меня вопрос: для какого времени года эта упаковка? То есть, для какого режима суточных температур рассчитано содержание этой упаковки?