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You can see a list of rations from around the world here http://imgur.com/gallery/BvExp9V http://imgur.com/gallery/BvExp9V http://imgur.com/gallery/USkcw http:/

• smcl 9y ago
  In the first link they all look surprisingly edible. I think that the french one also includes some brandy which is pretty cool. The caption on the Russian one about the "Cblp" (Сыр, pron. "seer") made me smile :)
• bane 9y ago
  There's an entire community of ration reviewers on youtube, one of the best is gundog. If you watch enough videos they'll start to reference each other in trades of hard to get rations. https://www.youtube.com/user/gundog4314 https://www.youtube.com/user/gundog4314 You can also just buy them, they aren't cheap though http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmilitary+ration.TRS0&_nkw=military+ration&_sacat=0 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m5... I've eaten a few of the U.S. ones. Most of the menus are surprisingly good. The thing that blew my mind the first time was the flameless heater. If you're clever with it you end up with a nice hot meal. Kind of amazing considering they specifically don't want to use any chemical preservatives, but still have long life and thermal range stability.