US Soldier Tries a British Ration for the first time ever!
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- Ever wondered what British Soldier's eat in the field and at wartime environments? Well surprisingly its much more than tea and crumpets! Check out everything they get in Menu number six. Designed to give them enough calories in a 24 hr period this thing has it all!
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0:00 Intro
1:30 Unpacking of bag
6:48 Keister Shaving Company Ad
07:59 Sampling items
29:21 Overall thoughts and rating
30:35 Orders - บันเทิง
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The whole video was amazing I was really curious about MREs my husband used to tell me about them and I always wondered what they were like so thank you for the awesome content 💜
I love you man but it's cringe when you don't eat something that's obviously meant to be heated like the beans. Sorry if it's no fun to do research but really.
Also, what is the music?
Yes, heat the beans!
Barbarian
@@nichevo1 I appreciate the feedback. In an effort to not burn my house down and eat it like soldiers in the field might I have chosen to eat everything cold. After 18 years of consuming MREs I can honestly say its pretty rare that I took the time to heat things up.
"I guess it's a British thing" - as a Brit, happy to say it is. We eat baked beans in tomato sauce on toast,with breakfast,with dinner.....you name it, we eat it with beans
I've heard that. Had beans on toast in Iraq at a chow hall for the first time back in 2007 and it was actually pretty good!
@@ButterworthdasyrupAdd some cheese and garlic powder to the beans, you have a winner! Found that out in a mess hall in Greece!
Toast the bread, bit of marmite, slap on some cheese slices, add beans with garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce. Smash it down! Brilliant little meal.
We even eat baked beans on toast with a side of baked beans.
@@BobbysGunChannelNot for me. Im an Aussie of Irish/Welsh parents and I love some HP sauce with my beans on toast so much I had a bottle delivered each month when I was in Iraq, couldn't get it sent through in Afghanistan though. Toasted cheese, toasted baked beans, toasted backed beans and cheese sandwiches I do enjoy but are molten hot out of the press.
I love how similar the Brits are to Americans when it comes to MREs, like: "Eat it or die, you aren't special." Meanwhile the French MREs come with candles and a tablecloth.
I have a few French ones, super excited to try those out
No joke though, got an MRE from a Legionaire when I was in Africa and it was fucking amazing.
@@Ducati121 When ever we came across the brits we would swap our french rations for theirs, because we prefer theirs to our ones. Brit rations from early 1990s came in a 📦 box, loved the pineapple in syrup 😋
Surely not a table cloth, possibly a white flag ready for the surrender
you want flavour?! here's a singular drop of hot sauce.
Wow. Steady on old boy. We've been drinking coffee since about 1650 🙂
If it's British and it just says "tea" without specifying a variety then it's English Breakfast tea. That's the default.
the seasme bar is for when you run out of ammo, you throw them at the enemy...but i believe that might be against the geneva convention
I thought it was the Geneva Checklist
All day breakfast is definitely one that needs to be warm to enjoy so different when it's heated
As Mother used to say "It's the most imporant meal of the day!" It aways tastes better warm, but I'd gobble it up stone cold if I had too!! Warm is sooooo much better though!!! And yes, MRE's do look like cat food but at least we don't have to eat paste out of a tube like the first Astronauts had to!!! Slava Ukraini!
The matches are storm matches. They stay lit in any weather.
So true, they burn through everything! Including your fingers!!!
assuming you can light them in the first place
Why would you eat any of it cold. They come in boil in the bag for a reason, drop in hot water for 5 mins, get the chilli sauce in and away you go
Because while they are already fully cooked and they might be better when heated you're not always going to have that option to do so when out in the field, so a lot of reviewers eat them cold for this experience.
@@LawfullSpookI was in the RAuxAF. Not only did we take a burko for heating our rat packs and obviously our coffee. But, we took a TV for important events like Rugby internationals.
@@josephturner7569 That's because the RAF's idea of going on exercise is staying in a 3* hotel ;)
I could listen to this man talk about MRE's for days
I am gonna keep this going for sure!
I think that's kinda the plan.
Tyler, since you only just discovered the joy of the orange/chocolate combination, let me recommend a Terry's Chocolate Orange which is also British. They're common around holidays now in the US. It's an orange sized ball of chocolate that you hit on a hard surface to break apart into slices. Enjoy!
I’ve had one of those as a kid around Easter, brings back some good memories!
My sister used my head to crack hers. I've banked the memory (yes, surprising I have any) and revenge will be sweet (it's been about 20 years) 😂
@@Butterworthdasyrup Or Jaffa Cakes ... mmmmm ... bugger, now I want a pack
Dude the seasame bars are one of the single worst things to grace our MRE's. Everyone uses them as cement for defence building or gifts them to this weird Lieutenant we have that loves them. I was gutted when working with American Troops and they were pulling M&Ms out of their rucks and I had apricot jam and an oatmeal block 🤣
Hahah I couldn't believe how hard it was!
Back in my day, it was a big old yorkie bar that had the words ' not for civvies' on the wrapper
The ones in the new cold climate rations are softer, much improved
I'd rather have the jam and oatmeal block. Never had any complaints with my MRE's and swapped away items like the chocolate.
🤣🤣🤣
Oatmeal Blocks have been in British Rat Packs at least since the 1980's and packed exactly the same - eat them as they are or dissolve with water and milk power to make a porridge.
The matches used to be called "Bengal Matches" and have a much larger phosphorus head than normal to make them much more wind resistent
The oatmeal bars were in Compo rations in the 60s at least :-)
I loved them. Really useful. Can eat on own or mix with hot chocolate, and other things lie jam & fruit to make an 'All-In porridge in a hurry. Here you could use the jam, sesame bar etc
Deffo better if you boil some water and pop the bag in for 5 mins. Makes it so much better.
Loved this, really great to watch!
The bird food sesame seed bar is my favorite thing on earth. It should taste like a light honey peanut brittle but its seasme seeds instead of peanuts. Seasme seeds are REALLY good for you!!! Its a middle eastern treat. I Loooooooove them
" Very Limey" ... laughs cause its a brititsh mre XD
The intro keeps getting better amd better 😂😂😂
My guy Jean Claude is pretty dang good
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@@Butterworthdasyrup also your audio quality is amazing
@@Butterworthdasyrupshoutout to Jean Claude
Yep, you get one cooker per day but normally use a jet boil to cook with...and yes, we cook our food unless we're on hard routine - it tastes far better when hot. Oatmeal blocks can be made into porridge with sugar, creamer and hot water. Great vid though
The oatmeal block porridge sounds pretty good
@Butterworthdasyrup it's delicious when you add the apricot jam on top 😋
The average British Squaddie often carried a bottle of Tobasco sauce to liven up the food. I'm old school so favourite was a can of chicken curry with boil in a bag rice. Cooked on a Hexamine stove. 😊
We also carry hot sauces of many different varieties in the field
If you want a real treat try the Australian 24 hour Ration, possibly the best ever made. The bag is a "poop bag", We leave NOTHING for the enemy to find..
I'm serious, it really is.
I' was a British Soldier in the 2000's and the American Soldiers preferred the RAT Packs the British had! Lancashire HotPot etc' to Swap!!! American lemon cake' I remembered NICE! but it looks like the New RAT Pack has taken the American MRE Style of Ration Packs.... Personally I thought that the MRE took up too much room in your Bergen!!! EAT and GO>>>>>> As mentioned below Tobacco Sauce was something we beef'ed up along with Toilet Roll lol. Good Caption Well done Sir' and keep up your work.
Back in my day, we had a big old yorkie bar that had 'not for civvies' written on the wrapper in our ration packs
I forgot to mention, a yorkie bar was a big bar of chocolate that broke into big pieces.
Back in the eighties there was a TV ad for yorkie that depicted a truck driver stopping for his break and pulling a bar out of his pocket while saying, "yorkie, not for woman" .
The army took the piss by writing not for civvies.
I hope this helps understand what I posted. Keep up the good work my mate 👍
@@matthewbishop9342it was "not for girls"
@OBWanKenobi nope, that was the retail version. The ones we had, had not for civvies on them
@@matthewbishop9342 I know that. You said "not for women" it was "not for girls"
@OBWanKenobi Google, British army ration pack from 1980. Click on images and scroll down until you find the yorkie bar with NOT FOR CIVVIES written on it. It's quite plain to see.
Feel free to apologise any time
Man the main meals come in a retort pouch for a reason. Heat them up. Just because there is no flameless ration heater doesn't mean you can't heat up some water and dunk the pouches in it.
Plus, if you've got a ride, there's a BV in there, so you don't even need the hexi stove.
Mate the all day breakfasts are awesome. When we're getting issued our ration packs before deploying I'm fighting tooth and nail for one's with them in.
The only way to consume the sesame bar is to soak it in your hot tea. Otherwise you’ll crack a tooth
12:00 so fun fact, 'Sesame and Honey' bars have been around for atleast 2500 years (probably more). It was a common snack for the Olympians in Greece.
They sell those in American hardware stores
They're now being dug up from Pompeii and put in ration packs!😂
@@utbdoug that's hilarious 😅
I am watching this while out on the field with the Greek Army. Great to see someone try a pasteli( the seasame bar) that the army gives us
Lemme get one of those Greek MREs mmmmmmm
@@Butterworthdasyrup I will try to get you one when I get back from the field
@@crazy_raccoon_photography8719 send one to Steve MRE :-)😊
“We’re gonna do it my way. America!” 🇺🇸 🎉
America, ALWAYS
*bald eagle screech*
The fruit juices are called “ Screech “,because they’re that rough,they make you Screech when drinking it.
The beans and sausage are best eaten warm,they just look like a pile of Gloop unheated.
They also get called 'battery acid' but screech is certainly more common.
When I was a Medic,we made it even worse by putting lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda,salt etc for dehydration during runs,route marches and operating on Very very warm days.
20 Gallon jerrycan of the stuff endeared you to the Troops ( Not )🤢🤢🤢
You put a lot of work into these MRE videos, they are awesome. I hope these videos get the views they deserve. Good job.
Hahah I hope they get the views too. I love making them!
I 2x that comment! ❤
Get some delicious Jaffa Cakes. If you liked the chocolate/orange, you'll probably like them. Also, for hiking/walks, NOTHING beats Kendal Mint Cake.
Gonna have to find some Jaffa Cakes and Kendal Mint Cake
I think you need to start eating these warmed up, at least the meal sections. The taste of the items will be so much better. That large sesame stick, oh my god, I love sesame snaps. I make my own, buy them it doesn't matter, they are so good. That large stick of sesame looked so good!
I assure you the sesame bar was not the best
Why don’t you heat up the mains? I know not always, but aren’t they mostly eaten that way in the field?
For one I don't want to burn down my house and two a lot of times meals aren't heated up in the field. At least thats my experience.
@@Butterworthdasyrup you don’t need to use the hexi stove, just put them in a normal pan of water on your kitchen cooker - or maybe a plug-in electric hotplate if you want to keep them on set. Because yeah, cold sausage and beans is going to be nasty.
That into what incredible man. You need to keep that and use it for almost every MRE review, lol.
Your videos have evolved so much, and I'm so happy I've been here since the beginning to see the growth.
Keep it up, Sir. 💯
Appreciate it! Love making these!
I think the weirdest MRE item I ate was a cherry pie filling type dessert, but I had my red lens on at night, and it looked like I was eating black poop chunks. Looked so awful but tasted so good! And I learned not to look at my food under red lens 😂
I too have eaten food that looked like it had black poop chunks in it haha
Most epic Military Chef i've ever seen. I'm glad i met you , Mr Butterworth ! ❤
These videos are so calming and funny. Loving them!
“Nice I like that” taking notes from our favorite mre connoisseur.
Steve
Both fire dragon stoves, and flameless ration heaters are used (NB you probably don't want to use those indoors; they give off fumes that set off smoke alarms)
The best way to heat is boil in bag (less cleaning) you can even buy extra long spoons to reach the bottom of the pouch 🤣
They are designed to be eaten hot, or cold, but most mains are better hot
What you get to heat your ration depends on what youre doing, the ration heater stove are default, but vehicles have a built in boiling vessel, field kitchens have bigger things for heating stuff up and some groups are assigned flameless ration heaters... Or we ate them cold in a hole in the ground... Shame they changed screech (the energy drink powder) so it no longer resembles battery acid...
The sessame bar is best warmed with a cup of tea...
Thats really neat that they have boiling vessels in the vehicles
@@Butterworthdasyrupmajority of British army vehicles had them fitted post Second World War as a number of tank crews were killed when stopping for a tea break… I know it sounds like I’m taking the piss but being serious
“There’s nothing on this bag indicating how to open it”
That one sentence alone is all that is wrong with this world !
YES!!! a new video, I have been trying to patiently wait.
Sorry for the delay. Hope you enjoy!
Brit rations are really good, some bits you like, some you don't like every other nation on earth.
The Curry is always brilliant!
20 days in the field no Royal Marine is saying 'ohh, the aftertaste...!' or 'Tea types we care about' or 'Al dente'
All that stuff and no flipping Kendal Mint Cake!
I've had that ration pack in the past. It lasted me 2 x 24hr camping trips, in a local wood, the powdered drinks I drank in the house.
I love that you put music in the background!
For some of it…
+10 for the Grey Poupon reference!
As a brit i can safely say we also love coffee ☕️
Great vid man!
Thank you!
And it happens to be of a fair higher standard than your typical US stuff. Those from the continent choke down the US attempt.
As a modern US Soldier (thank you for your service!) I think you should try and make pemmican and decide if pemmican should go back in the modern MRE for today's soldiers.
Plenty of videos out there on how to make it. I recommend the one from Townsends but pick whichever one you like.
Enjoyed every minute. Great stuff Tyler
Thanks Dennis!
I've used that heater and the UK ration packs. I'm not military and registered blind. Used then fir camping. Kept me going strong. So many calories. Fuel for days.
Enjoyed this vid.
Love these, i just binged them all - so interesting! And fun 😁
3:30 If things are still the way I remember, the ideal for storing socks and scants was the bag the cartridges came in (10 boxes of 20 IIRC). Fairly sturdy plastic with a very robust seal and a cutout handle. My first platoon sergeant fixed one in a stream bed (tent peg through the cutout) and when we got back a week later at endex, there they were. Dry, presumably clean socks and scants to wear on our luxury 4 hour 4 tonner trip back to barracks.
And the food is the way it is so that contact with the enemy is not going to be the worst thing that happens today.
The matches are that way because they are meant to be stormproof and work when they are wet or in the wind.
🤣🤣🤣I can't do that anymore! The Mustache-Logo 🤣🤣
The brew-kit bag can be used with the water purification tablets. Purify the water before putting it in your canteen.
“That’s a weird looking trash bag” a great opener 😂
Another great video! Concur with the beans on toast sentiment in the comments...it is a Canadian thing too, just not to the same scale.
I love the random appearance by your uniform nameplate at 1:10...I have collected a few over the years and I find it interesting how they squeeze down the longer names so they fit. On yours it looks like they cropped all the T's!
That’s changed a lot since my day back in 2000. The matches are waterproof and the lemon flavour drink was always traded for orange if you could get it! Looks like they ditched the Tabasco sauce, that made a brief appearance in the mid 2000’s. Good show.
That's breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, and morning tea snacks all in one pack. More than enough to feed a single brit for half a day. Now just wait for the evening meal kit, that's a mind bender that is.
Just discovered the longer videos and I'm here for it
Appreciate it a lot more to come!
with the stove, we get issued the stove and 6 "blocks" of fuel as a C sup, along with 1 or 2 24 hour rations, depending on circumstance
Love it! Great video
Soon you will get Korean ration
I would be honored to try it!
@@ButterworthdasyrupThe tracking number is CA011252760KR. Maybe you can get it within 2 to 3 weeks.
There used to be somethign in the US called a bumble bar. It was honey and sesame seeds, but it was softer and tasted pretty good.
The matches are windproof/waterproof.
The rations usd to come in cardboard boxes, but they decon plastic bgs recently. Some of the main meals in the rations are OK, some are rats, literally disgusting especially cold so they do tatse alot better when heated up, they done away with the chocolate bars and the proper creamy tea, real shame. The small munchies like the bird feed bar is just a waste of time, but the cookies are good and the marble cake is amazing, that is for winners .The cooker is what we get issued with the gel fire blocks so can cook heat up the boil in the bags with a mess tin, however, most don't bother as they use a jetboil or a small camping gas stove, depending role. The matches they now issue, the pink ones are crap, only get 5 when used to get 10 and the board is flimsy as f**k where as the matches we used to get were alot better by far as they light easier and the board with more rigid. Even though everyone had a lighter, the matches were still useful as they burn really hot and are windproof.
Another channel a few years back did the South Korean MRE's - I'd like to see you try one of those, and to see if it's been updated. The British squaddies who tried it, loved it.
Since you love all the difference in MREs have you watched Jolly (korean englishmans 2nd channel) when they tried a bunch of different countries? Its great that you served so well get that comparison but they got to try some very interesting ones. Oh and they just happen to be from the UK.
Interesting will have to check them out!
Why is this better than Hollywood level production?! There’s a fcktn of content on prime way worse than this.
Also…. Real excited for the spoon.
I loved oatmeal blocks. Really useful. Can eat on own or mix with hot chocolate, and other things like jam & fruit to make an 'All-In' porridge in a hurry. Here you could use the jam, sesame bar etc
The oatmeal block is for the fibre
Helps the other food to move thru your system.
Life boat matches. Stay lit any wet condition.
24hrs in the field and that oatmeal block is 👌
You look forward to it😂
Also, the newer rations now have the "flameless ration heaters" i use one on a visit to a base.
To be honest, I think I preferred the old "compo" rations that we had back in the day. Supplemented by a hot egg banjo!
The sesame block if it is anything like my time, it has multiple uses, you can use it as a weapon by throwing at someone, you can use it as armour, put it in your top left pocket to protect your heart (nothing short of a nuke is going to chip it), or be a bastard LT and when the copter drops you off in 5 ft of snow you can hand out a large bag of rations that consists of just the oatmeal bar.
You are too funny ! These are great. More.
The reason why the "gross items" like the oatmeal bar and the sesame& honey bar are included is because they are doing double duty as good calories and help with digstion. They are a combination of a high GI ( glycaemic index, the way of measuring how food affects blood sugar) sugar, called a simple carbohydrate, that gives you energy straight away and a low GI complex carbohydrate that takes your body longer to digest so you get energy for longer, not just a sugar rush. Designed to help you feel full and recover after physical activity.
Also the gum, oatmeal and sometimes cheese and chocolate appear as snacks but they are designed to help keep you regular.. Cheese or oatmeal = stops the runs, and the opposite effect comes from the gum or chocy = help you poop when you are constipated. So eat them as needed.
The nuts or seeds are included for the good fats and most are a source of plant based protein. For example peanut butter (or other nut butters like almond or cashew) is used in disaster relief as a complete food for toddlers. Most often seen in areas where famine occurs and the babies are dangerously underweight.
Sesame seeds, like most edible seeds, are good energy food, even if they get stuck in between teeth.
Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot
The cake is likely cooked in the paper to make it an individual portion. Much like a cupcake wrapper
Flashbacks to biscuits brown and the smell of hexiblocks taining the taste of everything.. Bliss!
There definitely has to be a big moustache on the wall behind you. Butterworth's Kitchen, or Moustache's Kitchen. There definitely has to be a big moustache on the wall behind you. Butterworth's Kitchen, or Moustache's Kitchen. Another name would be Chef Moustache.
Those Hex stoves are great, 1-2 blocks is enough to boil a litre of water and that'll cook your boil in the bag meals. Then you've got the hot water for a beverage too.
The little metal stoves come with hexane blocks for flameless fuel. They absolutely reek and turn all your kit black and slimy so not used unless you've no option.
Keep them coming.
I think that you should have throw the tea into a tub of water and said “take that King George!”
Honestly, thought about it
@@Butterworthdasyrup give into your intrusive thoughts
#AsLongAsItIsNotAboutRunningWithScissors
Fantastic video as always Tyler, I’ve actually had that exact pack, menu 6 a short while ago! I enjoyed it but appreciate Kate our pallets are a bit different. Everything does appear a bit like cat food, def better when heated, but guess it saves some of the work of digestion???
Yea I bet you anything this stuff would be way better heated up!
stop! it make me hungry!
believe those matches are the water proof and wind resistant matches us brits use been using them for a very longtime
An upgrade from the ones i was issued lol. Might be showing my age but any other british vets remember the mini tobasco sause and the not for civvies Yorkie chocolate bars?
I think I predated the Yorkies - we had the blue and white Duncans chocolate, and a pack each of biscuits fruit and biscuits brown in every menu.
Chonky ratpack! I used to hoard the cocoa powders and the seed bars theyre really good. With the bars though, once hot itll become a sticky clump. The pasta was the best meal 👌ace video! Big fan bud :) keep it up
Let’s get this out onto a tray… Nice
I remember the old belgian chocolate bar, white and red wrapper, and a pack of rigleys gum 😂
Watching the part about the hydration powder reminded me of how with our American MREs I got sick of the clumps. So I just started filling the powder packet just above the of the powder (kinda like a bowl of cereal) and mix into a grits consistency. Probably wasn’t great for my kidneys, but it was somehow more enjoyable I think.
More enjoyable because you consumed it faster prob haha
We used to eat the cordial powder by licking our finger and getting it to stick then suckling the powder off OR mixing it in the condensed milk to make a paste. Like a Lillie.. I was in the Aussie army cadets and we used the 1man24hrs RAT packs for weekend camps.
Bloody autocorrect.. I meant a lolly or candy
@@dotcassilles1488
We called that the dipstick method. Didn’t see too many people do it because of how time consuming it was.
No sunscreen?? How dare you damage government property!
Lol
We grew up getting honey sesame sticks for a treat every once in a while when we’d go to a Greek grocery store (my dads Greek)
I absolutely loved the new ration packets, but you really need to try one of the old ones, you can't beat dead fly biscuits and bacon burgers!
You got unlucky with the hot chocolate, they used to put orange or mint chocolate ones in, don't know about the new menus. Also missing the biscuits, brown. Love those things! Dunk 'em in your tea, put jam, peanut butter or cheese on 'em. Glorious things. The sesame bars have been in the rat packs since the 80s and they're still a great way to destroy your teeth. Break a piece off, let the sugars dissolve in your mouth rather than chewing. They're a really good source of quick energy while you're on the move though.
I really enjoyed this. I may well be subscribe! Thank you.
The older ones in the cardboard box were better. but with them being boil in the bag will say we all used to just roll them up tight and bung them in a jetboil cup with some water (people say you can make a hot drink with the used water. yeah, once, then you realise its worth the 20g of butane to boil fresh clean water next time XD)
'not for civvies' flat Yorkie bars (civvy versions used to say 'Not for girls' on them)
syrup sponge that could melt teeth at 100 paces.
bag of 'boilies' (i was lucky as green was my favourite, so you got 4 greens for a red (most peoples favourite))
the oatmeal blocks back when they had a hint of brown sugar, id pay actual money for on civvy street (no hobnobs just aren't as good)
oh and using 6 lemon screech packs along with your S10 respirator to do the 'battery acid challenge' with your buddies.
battery acid challenge. take standard 1QT water bottle, add 6 packs of lemon screech, top up with water, shake, put somewhere warm. when its about 100f cos its sat in the sun all day, get everyone together don respirators, connect the water port to the water bottle and start drinking. the winner is the one who has the least neon yellow/orange puke leaking out of their respirator, or if no one pukes than whoever got it down the first wins.
the real fun starts about 2 hours later when you work out what drinking 3 cups of sugar in one does to your guts XD.
the awful all day breakfast offered is also sold pre tinned here in the UK. bout the only thing its good for is when you cant be bothered to cook cos of a hangover, but its fairly poor stuff even the slightly better quality civvy tinned all day breakfast.
The tea does seem much better than the old instant white tea. though oddly i still have a cup of instant white tea (has the tea, milk and sugar in, just add boiling water) for a quick trip into nostalgia. but the instant white tea left a lot to be desired, certainly wasn't made using Yorkshire or Tetley tea as the base, but it was a sweet hot-wet and invaluable when it was cold. so probably explains the nostalgia of burning my hands on the metal mug in a attempt to stop shivering on a wet encampment.
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while we didn't have the same things as shown in the vid due to our packs being older (08-12) but in colder climates it wasn't uncommon to take your oatmeal block, (optional barter some of the red boiled sweets for more oatmeal blocks if you got lucky and got a red heavy bag of them) take however many oatmeal blocks you have, smash them in your mess tin, add per block 1 pack of the creamer (means youre having black coffee though) and optionally a packet (0.7oz) of sugar (i find the block sweet enough) then add a tiny glug of hot water, and stir. adjust to your preferred consistency and you have basically the childhood breakfast 'reddy-brek' heavily sweetened instant oats. can swap the sugar and creamer for your chocolate drink mix, but i preferred having my hot choc with the stupidly caffeinated coffee they used to put in (replaced with a name brand thats not nearly as strong) to cut down on the bitterness.
though id only make porridge if i was working with Charlie. cos he hated oatmeal blocks, if i only had the one block, would much prefer to have it with some 'cofftea' (looks like tea, smells like coffee. must be soup!)