perdu Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) With our old rat packs that meant original recipe Nescafe and powdered white stuff And five minutes of bliss as the oatmeal blocks disintegrated and became possibly the best meal of the day Unless I had fruit pudd'n in the rat pack edited to add, I did a gardening exercise on my old 'escape belt' a couple of years ago Even I would never tackle Mutton and Rice after this long so I slung it at last Edited January 24, 2016 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I remember the Rolo's always being white they were so old, and the packaging had arabic writing on it for some obscure reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Oh dear Debs we are taking PCs thread wide and far away LOL but yes, the chocolate was always 'interesting' And Hershey hadn't even stolen Cadbury back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 I feel like you guys have lead slightly more interesting lives than me. I did once eat eleven hot dogs in as many minutes on a dare, however. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I feel like you guys have lead slightly more interesting lives than me. I did once eat eleven hot dogs in as many minutes on a dare, however. I would suggest that many of our friends here have had VERY interesting lives PC, I however practised for a possibility I did not want but was very ready to deal with, so don't put me in there with the good uns But in practising I had a bloo*y wonderful life but... eleven? I never did that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Eleven?!!!! Dear gods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 With toppings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 It's not the eleven hot-dogs that impresses me, I believe I could probably do that many and as long as I am never put to the test I can go on believing it... ... but in ELEVEN MINUTES? *doffs hat respectfully* Glad to see you got a little time in at the workbench PC Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 *doffs hat respectfully* All men have greatness in them. I was merely fortunate enough to be summoned by its call. Glad to see you got a little time in at the workbench PC And a little more today. Looks like there's not a seam up noseways, I think, so that bullet may be dodged. Still some more priming (and likely some filling and sanding) yet to go. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Eleven hot dogs... respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I remember the Rolo's always being white they were so old, and the packaging had arabic writing on it for some obscure reason. You are forgetting the tinfoil being melted into the Rolo's in creases and folds and being so friable that picking it out was some form of mental cruelty that was no doubt frowned upon somewhere in the UN. Unless of course you had a Geordie in your section by the name of Mad Thommo. One of the last remaining 22 year Sappers who provided an evenings entertainment in the sandy place 25 years ago by throwing caution to the wind and going for broke with the Rolo's, tinfoil and all. He had squaddie tourettes at the best of times, but when the tinfoil bridged his fillings, it took it to a new level. I'll give him his due though he finished the packet. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I remember the Rolo's always being white they were so old, and the packaging had arabic writing on it for some obscure reason. It was probably because we sold special non melting rolo's to the Middle East and then they flogged them back to us when passed the sell by date. IIRC they weren't melt in the mouth Rolo's. But rat packs did teach me one thing though.......how not to be a fussy eater! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcawthorne Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 It was probably because we sold special non melting rolo's to the Middle East and then they flogged them back to us when passed the sell by date. IIRC they weren't melt in the mouth Rolo's. But rat packs did teach me one thing though.......how not to be a fussy eater! But there was always the "Baby's Head" to cheer you up!! No matter how hard Fray Bentos tried (but failed) over the years to persuade Mrs FC of the joys civvies could have had, the sheer beauty of a hot suet steak pudding when you were on your chinstrap was something to behold (not so much joy when it was hard routine and they were cold though)! Was I the only freak that preferred them to Boil in the Bag Rat packs? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Pusser's "Baby's Heads" are the food of the Gods. Or so they seemed at the end of a long cold day on the Flight Deck in the Falklands, with which I will always associate them. I reckon I pretty much lived on the things throughout May 1982! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 B...baby's head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Tinned suet steak pudding, universally known as a "baby's head" - certainly throughout the RN, and I suspect all 3 services. See also "poo-poo on a raft" (kidneys on toast) "train smash" (sausages in tomato sauce) and many other delicacies Poo-poo on a raft might possibly gave fallen victim to our prim & proper swear filter. The first word should rhyme with "fit" Edited January 25, 2016 by Ex-FAAWAFU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcawthorne Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 B...baby's head? Here you go PC mate, fill your boots... http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Babies_Heads or a more appetising explanation..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_and_kidney_pudding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Tinned suet steak pudding, universally known as a "baby's head" - certainly throughout the RN, and I suspect all 3 services. See also "poo-poo on a raft" (kidneys on toast) "train smash" (sausages in tomato sauce) and many other delicacies Poo-poo on a raft might possibly gave fallen victim to our prim & proper swear filter. The first word should rhyme with "fit" Poo-poo on a raft sounds not unlike our **** on a shingle (first word rhymes with "fit"). Although we used chipped beef instead of kidney pieces. Cheers, Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Actually the modern 'Compo' boil in-the-bag curries are bloody marvelous! Can't beat Baby's Heads though... Oh, and the odd Egg Banjo of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Ooooh, steak and kidney pudding... yum! I'm not allowed that anymore, of course... Mrs B read somewhere that it causes something serious. Very scientific. I would gladly swap 'babies heads' one a week for a couple of years in the old peoples home... Anyone else squeeze tubes of jam on their 'biscuits'? Suck on a tube of condensed milk? No? Just me then... We had 'five boys' chocolate in our packs, something I hadn't seen for years. "Tell the kids today and they won't believe you" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Biscuits Squashed Fly AB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Here you go PC mate, fill your boots... http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Babies_Heads "but were primarily used on Exercise for their amusement value as the tins, if placed in a mess tin of water and heated, would eventually detonate with spectacular effect, showering Soldiers in the vicinity with hot fat, suet crust and some strange meat substitute" I cant help but giggle inanely to myself at the above, I am getting some strange looks in the office! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Good to see this one making progress PC. I trust the family including Madeline and yourself are all well? I feel like you guys have lead slightly more interesting lives than me. I did once eat eleven hot dogs in as many minutes on a dare, however. Personally I've found the most 'interesting' parts of my life are easier to talk about now with the lads than they were to live through at the time but such is the symptoms of Good Old Days syndrome. These days I'm happy to live a quiet life. One thing about the rat-packs or Meals Rejected by Ethiopians was they made you appreciate the home cooking provided by your significant other. Even if she did keep a packet of OMO beside the kitchen window... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Ah, the old OMO packet trick. A certain Helicopter station & a certain newspaper come to mind. Ratpacks? - Bacon burgers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Bacon Burger? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! That's almost as bad as Bacon Grill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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