StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: training exercises

ratpack [canned / tinned] cheese - So, during several training exercises in the Group Control, we ended up eating from "ratpacks" of a decent vintage. it was almost completely impossible to melt this, however we tried nuking it [oven, grill and microwave] I can't say I really enjoyed it in the way I would a slab of Wensleydale, but it was edible. Of the other items in the 8-man packs ; the "Biscuits, oatmeal" - being very hard - were best beaten up and cooked as porridge ... Some of the canned & packet [boil-in-the-bag] meals were actually quite nice ! It was quite a challenge, logistically speaking, to cook / feed a crew & a half plus the "extras" like the warning team in the small galley and clean up properly afterwards.