Singaporean Military 24 hour Ration
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- Hi everyone. Today we are looking at a Singaporean military ration. I've had this ration for some time, but due to a few issues with missing components I've held off the review until now. Unfortunately, the seller wasn't clear on this and although I still don't have everything that it should contain (missing a couple of snacks and the stove), the bulk of it is here. In this video, you should get a good idea of what a Singaporean soldier receives. Let me know if you've tried this ration before, either as a member of the military that was issued it, or like me, have purchased one to test.
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many singaporeans were probably unaware you wanted to try these rations, else you might get plenty of volunteers sending you full ration packs. Interesting review
Oh wow that would have been great 😊👍🏼 I might have to ask next time. Thanks very much 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
I buried many chestnut chicken rice during my time
@3rapryde 😂😁👍🏼👍🏼
i buried the dog tag. i was surprised he is able to bite them.
😁🤪
I'm telling everyone to like your video because you paid at least 75euros for our army ration, and for surviving the constipation-inducing biscuits.
Thanks very much, that is very nice of you 😊🙏🏼 Yes it was expensive, but I enjoyed trying it. Have a great day 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors you got scammed real bad LOL
@HelloSkyHere Yep I’m afraid so.,When I first ordered it I thought it would be fine (most rations cost between €15-€80), but when it arrived without most of the components, I was disappointed ☹️ Anyway, it worked out in the end. All the best 🇸🇬😊
u mean dog biskut
The constipation is a godsend when you don't want to shit in the latrines and can hold out for the entire field camp. Just eat all the fiber bars when you get back to camp and clear your system
wow you actually played the national anthem with a live recording, kudos man.
Thanks very much 😊🙏🏼🇸🇬
A. We don't have the time to heat them.
B. We normal suck it out the bag through a smaller hole.(You can eat on the march)
C. the butter cockies can fill you stomach with a little water.
That’s interesting to know. Thanks a lot 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
cockies...
There’s 2 more ways to eat them biscuits…
1. Make a paste with the milo power and use it as a spread for the biscuits
2. Add a little water to the biscuits and watch them turn into cake
Great tips! Thanks a lot 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
I hear y’all stick it between your back and bag to warm it up haha
A Singaporean here who went through that with the ration pack. Your comments are fairly consistent with my personal experience on that. Glad you enjoyed the ration.
Thanks very much, I’m happy to hear that. Have a great weekend 😊🇸🇬☀️
If Singapore has 20° C, we will all be celebrating! Our coolest for the last few years has been 21° C! When I serve Miami between 1987 to 1989, our own army boys, cook the food, horrible!😏 thanks for the review👌
Yep I think I messed up my temperatures 😬 Thanks for sharing your experience and all the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
You are right. When in operation, I would take the dessert as breakfast, plus the beverage powder. I would just empty the powder in my mouth and wash it down with water. We keep the coffee powder for nights when we had to stay awake. Haha😅 The biscuits and fruit bars were great as snacks or light meals when we were moving. The main meals were consumed when we had the time. Usually we just place the meal pouches on the vehicle’s engine hood and come back to eat them after setting up our area. Pocari sweat was a life saver in those conditions.
Nata here actually means nata de coco, which means coconut jelly, which was probably the translucent white cubes you ate in the video. It’s quite different from Nata. Hope this helps! 😊
That’s really interesting, thanks very much. It’s always nice to hear from someone who actually used the ration in the field. Yeah you’d need the coffee for the long nights 😁👍🏼 The pocari sweat was great. I could definitely see why it would be a life saver 😊👍🏼
Ah ok. I must have gotten it mixed up with Nata. That’s very helpful, thanks very much and all the best from Greece 😊🇸🇬🇬🇷
Dessert as a breakfast? Your evil towards yourself hahaha. I always save it for end of day. Finish RM or Recee or Night Shift whatever it is, that's the time for the desert ahahaha
@AmTpGaMt The other two meal pouches didn’t seem nice for breakfast, which is why I’d go for the dessert as a breakfast. But I can see what you mean about having a dessert at the end of the day as a treat 😊👍🏼
Nata on the dessert pack meant Nata de Coco. It a jelly made with coconut fibres.
And yes Milo and Ovaltine both exists in Singapore, with the market favouring Milo.
Thanks for clarifying that for me 😊👍🏼 All the best 😊🇸🇬
Just a random add on: There is Horlicks here too.
Unofficial rules for field rations
1. Spicy ones taste best
2. The vegetarian ones are generally the worst ones
3. We can subsist off the accessory packs for days
4. Whenever available, ALWAYS HEAT IT UP!
Great rules to have. Thanks very much for sharing 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Oh fuck I still remember the dreaded Cabbage Rice pack 😂
Lo mai gai is the worst
eat the dry biscuit if you don't wanna have a doo doo come suddenly
eat the apricot bar when its time for the doo doo to come out
@306316 Thanks for the tips 😁👍🏼 All the best 😊🇸🇬
Thank you for hanging our flag, that's sweet of you, nice review!
And yes like what comments say, its alot hotter and more humid over here in Singapore :)
Thanks very much 😊👍🏼 Yep I kinda misjudged the weather over there. I thought it was 25 degrees, but all year round. I hope to visit someday as it looks like a beautiful place. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors Welcome to Singapore! Keep ur videos coming ◡̈
@@GreeklishOutdoors average i'd say is 30-32c year round, which is around 34-38c when you factor in humidity
🥵🥵☀️☀️
@@GreeklishOutdoors If you do visit, keep an umbrella on you at all times, it can go from sweltering summer to thundering Typhoon in a matter of seconds randomly
man's so positive, love this review on our ration!
Thanks very much 😊 All the best 🇸🇬😊👍🏼
Thanks for the review! Sharing some of my experiences here from years ago:
1. If I had seen the insides of my main meal packs, I likely wouldn't have eaten them. The noodles looked ok, the rice looked disgusting.
2. Turn the biscuits into cakes with a bit of water from your canteen. Some friends pour water into the biscuit packaging and made cake. I just ate them dry.
3. The cereal bars were the best.
4. All powdered drinks were consumed as dry powder. Even coffee. I wash down the dry powder with water.
5. Nobody I knew actually cooked out in the field. It'd just attract ants.
Thanks for sharing yours experiences. Yes not the most appealing, but most ration pack meals don’t look great in their packaging.
Great idea, I’ll try that if I get another one of these rations 👍🏼
Yes I liked the cereal bars too 😊
A few people have mentioned pouring the powdered drinks into their mouths. Not something I’d thought of.
Yep I can imagine. I have a big problem with ants in my field.
All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Love this so much! Very wholesome and relaxing video for a review of SAF rations.
Honestly, I think we are very lucky considering I’ve seen a few other reviews of rations from other countries with horrible ratings hahaha.
Thank you very much, I'm happy you enjoyed the video. Yes I can definitely say there are much worse rations out there. I enjoyed trying this one. I have found the shared experiences of individuals, like yourself who were issued this ration, very interesting. All the best :-)
Singaporean here! 🇸🇬 Thanks for doing an army rations review on our country!
Hello 👋🏼 It was great to try one of your countries rations 🇸🇬 Thanks for watching and have a great day 😊👍🏼☀️
Reviewed like a true professional! A military ration professional. Thanks for the fun review! Makes me hungry :)
Thanks very much 😊👍🏼
Oh wow, this definitely brings back alot of memories!! I'm sending a thumbs up your way and a comment to boost your engagement rate! Hopefully that will contribute to your 60 + 15 Euro. You've definitely put in a lot of effort to creating this video and i appreciate it! Keep up the good work! 👍🏼
Thank you very much, that is very nice of you. I’m glad it brought back memories for you. Have a great day 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Great video! Served my nation but not in the military side, this gave me an insight of what I would’ve been eating if I was drafted into the military side! All the best for your upcoming videos!!!
Thanks very much. I’m glad you liked the video. Much appreciated and have a great day 😊👍🏼☀️
10:49 you're right about this. We treat that more as an outfield refreshment drinking it out of the bag to replenish fluid and energy.
Good to know. Thanks for sharing your experience 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
And I think it’s brilliant that you reviewed Singapore military ration. Majority of your viewers here will be Males specifically because of our conscription for all males so it’s a lot of bad (some good) memories of our time in the military, no matter the age.
I have been overwhelmed (in a good way) with all the comments from ex- and currently serving members of the SAF. It's been great to hear from people and I'm happy the video has brought back memories (hopefully more good than bad). Have a great evening :-)
That is a very fantastic review of the Singapore Army Rations as it make me recalled back in my days in Basic Military Training as we tend to exchange the food ration packs especially Pasta flavour 😊
Good old days indeed when you are out in the field and good stuff of the Javanese Noodles !!
Thanks very much 🙏🏼😊 It was great to try it. Nice to hear your experience and that you enjoyed it. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors thanks very much and awesome, cheers !! 😎👍
Used to just place them on top of the Landrover bonnet to get heated up ... Thanks for the interests in our combat rations!
Good idea 👍🏼 It was great to try one. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Singaporean here, omg watching you eat the rations brings back so much memories. usually we just eat without heating it up, though heating it up would probably make it taste better.
Hello!👋🏼 I’m glad it brought back memories for you. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend 😊🇸🇬☀️
oh man the apricot bars were my favourite.. great video
Yes they are very tasty. Thanks very much 😊🙏🏼👍🏼 Have a great evening
The dessert pack is best enjoyed cold and when it is, its very refreshing especially on a hot day out in the field. Cheers for the review.
Great tip, thanks very much, I’ll have to try that the next time I have one of these rations 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Excellent review!
Thanks very much. Have a great weekend 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Add water to the biscuit, it becomes a sponge cake
Great tip, many thanks 😊👍🏼
It becomes soggy biscuit
@fluffers3793 Easier to get down though 😊👍🏼
We use that soggy biscuits to jam our buttholes so we don't need to shit outfield lolx.
Thanks for the video. And so nice of you putting our flag at the back. ❤
During my time, our batch of combat rations wasn’t that nice. But depending on what package we can. Usually hand out randomly. But we do exchange with fellow mates around. I remembered there are also another pack where they consist of matchboxes, solid fuel, sewing kit, dental kit as well.
The coco pack you mentioned similar to Ovaltine. MILO pronounce (mig-low) 😂 it’s a Singaporean coco drink brand. Glad you like them. Keep them coming. Thank you.🙏
Served 6th SIR @ Selarang camp.
Thanks a lot. I’m glad you liked the video. Nice to hear about your experience with the rations. It’s good to get the point of view of someone who was issued them. Thanks for letting me know the correct pronunciation of MILO 😁👍🏼 Yes it was very tasty. I hope to try other variations in the future. Congratulations on your service and best wishes 🙏🏼😊👍🏼🇸🇬
I was from 6SIR too... at Tuas. ROD in 1988. whn did u move to Selarang? during my time combat rations = Sardines, Baked beans, Hard tacks, Chocolate bar, Isotonic drink (not Pocari). 😵
where got sewing kit, dental kit together with solid fuel, match box. haha
from 3SIR Bedok camp in mid 90s...
milo (pronounced mai-low) is the unofficial hot chocolate drink in singapore & malaysia.
thanks for bringing back our memories of the singapore ration pack!
Thanks. I’m glad I brought back good memories for you. Have a great week 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Oh nice review there. Personally back when I was still serving my national service in the army, I would look for the accessory packs that have the butter biscuits, they actually come in 3 types, Chocolate, like the one you ate, plain wheat and butter. As you probably found out from trying it out yourself, it's pretty tough to bite down on hahah. An officer of mine taught me how to turn them into 'spongecakes" by just tearing off one side of the wrapping and while you are holding it, pour some water onto the biscuits so they get soggy and you can just chow down on a clump of them. Though in regards to the fruit bar, most guys in my platoon actually hold off on eating it until the last day of any outfield (field exercises) that we're on, as it is quite common for someone to need to use the bathroom after 4 or 5 days of rations have backed up in the system XD
Thanks very much. I didn’t know there were different types of biscuits. That’s interesting to know. Good tip with adding water to them. I get what you mean about the fruit bar 🤪👍🏼 Thanks for sharing your experience. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Hey, thanks for trying our rations. Somethings I’ve picked up over my conscription, the food heats up nicely if you leave it on a hot jeep, you can make a pudding out of the biscuits (some of my favourite even in civilian life.) just cut a small hole and fill the bag of biscuits with water, once it rehydrates it becomes sweet, slightly milky and in my opinion, very textually satisfying.
Some of us chew the drink powder with a little water. And we all make the same joke about the apricot bar: it is an intestinal cleanse. One bar and your bowels will be cleaner than it’s ever been.
That’s very interesting to know. Thanks for sharing your experience and tips on how to eat it. I’ll definitely try it this way the next time I get one of this rations. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend 😊🇸🇬☀️
Glad I don't have to rely on ration packs at that price 😮
Love your vids mate 👏👏👏
Yeah me too. It’s bad enough reviewing two a month 🤪🥴 Thanks very much Steve. Have a great weekend. Are you out camping again? 😊👍🏼
@@GreeklishOutdoors not this weekend unfortunately
I was away at Ambleside with York scooter club last weekend I fear that her who must be obeyed might kill me if I push it too much ☠🤣🤣
@stevebaker9341 😂 Yeah you don’t want to be in the bad books 😊👍🏼
favourite way to eat the biscuits, open the biscuits from one corner, and fill the packet with plain water, just about 3/4 full. loved it during my time! we used to call it chocolate cake for cocoa
Great tip. Thanks for sharing. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors you can do that with the default flavour ones also, i call them wet cakes. they have a cake consistency after doing that
What a coincidence, that dessert you had (Sweet pumpkin with barley and nata) was my all-time favourite meal to have. I remember collecting a bunch of those from around my platoon and eating multiple per day
That’s nice to hear. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your experience. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Regarding those dessert packs, I was once on an extended cross country exercise in Australia where we didnt have enough water. Those dessert packs (mine was a barley soup) were life savers for hydration. I think thats why they're there. Served in 46 SAR, ORD in the early 2000s. Nice review.
I’m glad you had the dessert packs or you could’ve been in real trouble ☀️ From all the people I’ve spoken to, the dessert packs seem to be way more popular than the main meals. Thanks for sharing your experience. Have a great weekend 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Nata in this case refers to Nata De Coco some sort of coconut jelly bits... which is common in canned fruit cocktails and often used in shaved ice dessert.
Thanks very much. It seems I got the definition mixed up 🤦🏻♂️ Ah that’s interesting. It was definitely tasty. All the best 😊👍🏼
Im A Singaporean, Thanks For Trying Our Military Rations!!!!!!!
It was great to try one of your rations. Thanks for watching and have a great day 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
My respect to you, sir.
Thank you 🙏🏼 Have a great day 😊👍🏼
Combat rations during my time were mainly canned food. I remember we have a can of curry chicken, can of beans in tomato, some dog biscuits, a small chocolate bar, jam for the biscuits, i think lipton lemon tea, isotonic drink powder
Thanks, it nice to hear what the rations used to be like. Still sounds pretty good. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
@@GreeklishOutdoors My mother actually likes the biscuit. But the camp sentry knows our training schedule and would check our bags to confiscate the chocolates and biscuits when we booked out on Saturday
You should organise an exchange of military rations from different viewer/subscriber countries for tasting! 😃
That’s a good idea! 😊👍🏼
Lovely review, while we do have these ration available in my vocation... we sometimes opt for fresh bbq instead :)
Thanks very much 😊👍🏼 That’s good to hear. BBQ is always good. Have a great day 😊🇸🇬
fantastic video, the choco biscuits , fun fact we usually put water in the biscuits package to make a chocolate brownie thing , you should try it for fun sometime if you ever get the chance
Thank you 🙏🏼😊 Yes I’ll definitely try that the next time I get hold of one of these rations. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Great job.
Thank you 😊👍🏼🙏🏼
We jokingly call the biscuits “dog biscuits” because they’re so hard and dry. We usually dip them into hot drinks to make them more palatable, almost like a cake if you do it right. My personal favorite flavor is the coco, then the butter flavored ones.
😁👍🏼 That’s a fun name for them. Good tip. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Im about to go to the singaporean military soon. Thanks for showing what im going to be consuming in the future 😂
Best of luck during your service 😊🙏🏼 I hope you enjoy the food 😁👍🏼
I hated the packs. They're purposely created to facilitate bowel movement, but dropping your pants in the equator is a siren call for the nearest brigade of mosquitoes.
😂😂💩 🦟 ooh yes I can relate! There are so many here in Greece where I live
Really? I thought they were made to constipate us LOL. I managed to hold it for a week until I got back to camp.
😁💩👍🏼
Milo and Ovaltine are competing brands in the cocoa-malt drink market! 😂😂😂 Nice fun review. There are more 24hr rations available.
😂👍🏼 Thanks very much. I’ll keep an eye out for more rations. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Fair review. I was in the Singapore army 20+ years ago. Even then i find the ration packs were quite tasty. Maybe only the white rice pack I wasn't too fond of. Everything must have been much tastier now. Poccari sweat was a life saver. I think that's how it got me to become a fervent customer. I swear by that brand whenever i need a good isotonic replenishment drink.
Thanks very much. That’s interesting to hear. Yes the Poccari sweat was amazing. Unfortunately you can’t get it here in Greece (I had to buy it from a company abroad). All the best 😊👍🏼
Coconut juice 🥥, the better, more natural isotonic alternative doesn't come in powder form, unfortunately.
Omg you're right. It's surprising that it's hardly changed in 20 plus years!
I guess you don't mess with perfection?! 😂
i like how the second any video mentions singapore we all just appear and go: hi 👋😀
Hello 👋🏼😁
we dont usually heat up our packs, we make a small hole & suck it out like a paste (most of time we ate during our march)
milo powder can be eaten dry (if u are feeling bougie, wet chocolate cookies with powder milo)
chocolate cookies tasted great soaked with a little water
dessert pack are usually eaten for breakfast instead
That’s very interesting. Thanks for the tips and sharing your experience with these rations. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Used to heat these on my jeep engine after a long days of driving. Love it
Great idea 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
On the Dessert entree, Nata actually refers to Nata de Coco, which is just jellied coconut water with a pleasant mild sweet taste.
Personally, I usually consume the Dessert as soon as possible, either after either of the main entrees, or on its own, as it's one of the heaviest items in the whole ration pack (unless you're unlucky enough to get a canned drink in the accessories pack). For breakfast, a combination of those biscuits and a fruit bar is more than enough to start out the day with, though it might differ between individuals.
Thanks very much for clarifying that 😊👍🏼 Great to hear your opinion on how you’d eat the ration. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Truth is that Singapore is hotter, more humid and you will find it very uncomfortable to be in the sun like this for even 15 mins. It’s a different experience from your 20 degree Celsius home.
I’m sure the humidity in Singapore is very uncomfortable. It’s seems there is less variation in the heat compared to here…. Although 20 degrees is just the beginning of spring for us. Temperatures will soon start to rise above 30 degrees 🥵 Quite a difference from where I grew up.. All the best 😊👍🏼 🇸🇬🇬🇷🇬🇧
@@GreeklishOutdoors Heatwave in asia. Looking at possibly 40 degrees.
Yeah it is hell right now... even if you are under a roof, with a fan blowing at you max, you will still have a sweaty shirt... no escaping the heat unless you got air conditioning.
@JimJ-ju5lx Oh wow, that is hot! Take care and all the best 😊👍🏼 ☀️
Air conditioning is a must these days. At my old place of work they replaced the air conditioning with a natural ventilation system…. Which obviously didn’t work. But at least it wasn’t 40 degrees back then. Take care 😊👍🏼🇸🇬🇬🇷🇬🇧
Pro tip if you are armoured vehicle crew, put the main dish on the engine to heat it up if the vehicle is stationary. My favourite is the chicken frank.
Great idea 😊👍🏼 Yeah the chicken frank was good 👍🏼 All the best 😊🇸🇬
While 20 degrees is considerably hot for many, typically the temperatures experienced by a lancheowpeng would be closer to 35 to 40 degrees.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much 😊👍🏼Yes I think I made an error with the temperature comparison. 35-40 degrees is very hot. That is definitely only summer temperatures here in Greece. Have a great day 😊👍🏼
@@GreeklishOutdoors you too! I'm looking at your other content now! Please keep doing what you do.
Thanks very much 🙏🏼😊
This was a cool review Jono very different ration
Price is the only difficult thing to Swollow here to be honest
ATB Simon
Thanks very much Simon 😊🙏🏼 I agree it was different from others and a nice change. Yep, the price wasn’t great 😬 Have a nice weekend and all the best mate 😊👍🏼☀️
Great review my man💪 i kinda missed my army days and eating those rations while out doing outfield training. You were asking if the dessert was more suited for breakfast, actually it depends on the individual soldiers. Most would probably have the biscuits with Milo or coffee for breakfast like me. I didnt see any Maggi instant noodles there.. that would be supper for us. Again, thanks for your time trying out our ration packs, you would have loved the Maggi instant noodles.. this you would have to hide at all cost.. other soldiers would steal it for themselves.. thats how popular it is outfield😬.
Thanks very much 🙏🏼 That’s really interesting to hear. Thanks for sharing your experience. It would have been nice to have tried the Maggi noodles. Have a great week 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
When I was in the outfield, whenever we parked the vehicle somewhere, we usually would take the chance to put it on the engine area and heat it up.
Good idea 🇸🇬👍🏼😊 Thanks for sharing your experience
Hi,
(1) 20 Deg Celcius is a temperature we in Singapore would beg for. Nice and cooling ! :)
(2) For the cocoa/plain biscuits of 5 pieces, you can snip away the top portion of the wrapper. Add water. Let it seep for a few seconds. Drain out the water. Then, you will have an improvised "cake". It tastes good and will less likely cause constipation out in the hot fields.
Hello 👋🏼 Yes I think I got my temperatures wrong 😬 Thanks very much for the suggestion. If I get hold of another ration from Singapore I’ll definitely try that out. All the best 😊👍🏼☀️🇸🇬
A typical day here is around 35 degrees Celsius. How nice that a hot day for you is 20 degrees 😁
Yep I made a bit of an error there 🤪 20 degrees did feel like a warm day when I filmed it 😊☀️ However, it will be reaching mid-30s here in about a month ☀️☀️☀️That will be hot, although not as humid as Singapore 🇸🇬
You should have tried the cabbage rice. You will “love” it alot
Ooh that does sound great. Thanks for the suggestion 😊👍🏼
If you have the chance to try the chocolate biscuit again, a ‘pro’ tip we developed along the way to make it tastier. Make a small hole in the bag, pout some plain water in. Give it some time to soak up the water. open up and consume. Viola! you have yourself almost a chocolate sponge cake out in the field. At least its more palatable compare to its original state. Things you experiment out in the field when the going gets tough 🥳
Thanks very much. That’s very cool. I’ll definitely try it the next time I get hold of one of these rations. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Yes we do eat the Desert pack for breakfast. During field camp I usually ate that with one of the biscuit packs for breakfast. Not too bad. Anyway, great video, though I do wish you had managed to get one of the more coveted ration packs. Some of the other flavors were, at least in my opinion, much better.
Thanks for confirming that 😊👍🏼 Cheers that’s good to hear. Yes I’d definitely like to try some of the menus. Hopefully I can get a full ration and a little cheaper next time 😊 All the best 🇸🇬👍🏼
As a Previous SAF army infantry guy and i have multiples outfield ,the biscuits and milo serve as breakfast as well as the protein bar. the cocoa biscuits will turn into cake if u dip it in water,while the 2 main course serve as lunch and dinner. Dessert are fot after dinner snacks.
Thanks for reviewing my country army ration! have a great day
That’s great to hear. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. The next time I acquire one of these rations I will try them that way. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors alright hope u enjoy our rations,have more great videos coming up,all the best to you too!👍
woulda sent you this for free! great video!
Thanks very nice of you. Maybe when I’m ready to try another I’ll get in touch 😊🙏🏼 Thanks very much and have a great day 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
@@GreeklishOutdoors you're most welcome :) have an awesome day too!
For powdered drinks, its usually a mouth of powder( not too much) and a bit of water then you mix it up in your mouth
I might try that next time. Thanks 👍🏼😊🇸🇬
mukbang army ration edition. Nice review from SG
Thanks very much 🙏🏼 All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Amazing
Thank you 🙏🏼 Have a great weekend 👍🏼😊☀️
The drinks we don't usually put it in the bottle. Powder in your mouth and then drink the water, way more refreshing.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’ll definitely have to try that the next time I get one of these rations. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
We never bother to make hot drinks with the Milo or coffee packs most of the time since it’s so hot. We just take the powder as it is and chase it with a swig of water.
Interesting to hear, thanks 😊👍🏼
Most of the accessories are things you can buy off the shelves so you are not missing out much. The main course, dessert, energy bars and biscuits are those you can't buy off the shelves.
Ah ok thanks. I don’t feel like I’ve missed out too much now. Have a great day 😊👍🏼☀️
havent had these in over 10 years.... but like you said, they arent as bad as they look. tasted pretty good when youre out in the field
I thought it was pretty good too. All the best 👍🏼🇸🇬😊
Hey mate we usually fill some water into the plastic packaging of the choco biscuit and let it soak for a bit and eat it like a biscuit pudding.
Sounds good 👍🏼 I’ll have to try that next time. Cheers mate 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Greets from Singapore, adding to contribute as a team.
On the pack, the short form SFI is SIngapore Food Industries Limited.
Cheers, may food be the Peace binding Force that Humanity builds strength upon.
Greetings from Greece 😊 Thanks for the information and your wishes 😊🙏🏼 All the best 🇸🇬🇬🇷☀️
Nata is short for nata de coco, which is the white cubes that were in the dessert. It’s a coconut-based product
Thanks for clarifying that 😊👍🏼 All the best 🇸🇬😊
I am from Singapore. There's also the maggi instant noodle pack which is part of the pack.
Thanks for letting me know 😊👍🏼 That would have been a nice addition 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Nice
Thanks very much 😊👍🏼🙏🏼
Interesting video, however I do have to point out where you said it's 20 degree celsius and it feels like Singapore. 20 degree would be a godsend for us! Singapore hardly ever drop below 26 degree and usually hover around over 30 degrees and maybe 36 to 38 on some days. If you have a chance to try out the fruit bar from the army, I would recommend you trying it out. It prevents the soldier from taking a shit for a few days.
Side note - The Milo is pronounced as "Mai-lo" instead of "Milk-O"
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Thank you. Yes I realise I got the temperature mixed up 😬 I’ll look out for another ration so I can try the fruit bar. Ah ok mai-lo. Thanks for that. Great to have you join us. Have a great week 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
SAF combat rations are also formulated to prevent you from pooing which is (seemingly) for tactical efficiency
Interesting, thanks. Surely that would make you more and uncomfortable over time 😬💩 Have a great day 🇸🇬👍🏼
Certainly looked interesting.
Yes it was a nice change 😊👍🏼 Have a nice weekend ☀️
@@GreeklishOutdoors You to.
This is the first time I see the actual ration and is heated
Usually we straight up eating with the package without heating them
It’s a habit for me to heat rations up. I would have liked to try the dessert cold though. Thanks for sharing your experience 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
thank you for trying the Singapore MRE! Would you consider the Japanese one too?
Yes I’d love to try a Japanese ration. Unfortunately I’ve never seen any available. If you know of any, please let me know. All the best 😊👍🏼☀️
The Pocari sweat powder, usually we just eat and pour water into our mouth since we don't have time to wash the bottle. and the coco biscuit, we just eat it with water because it is really hard... and lastly we avoid fruit bar until the last day of our outfield ...
Very interesting to hear your experience. Thanks very much. Have a great weekend 😊☀️🇸🇬
Around 2018~ish they had ice lemon tea from a brand called Fresh Up. Really good, but way too sweet.
That’s interesting. Thanks for letting me know. I always have an issue with drinks powders being too sweet, so I always add a lot more water than they recommend. Have a great weekend 😊👍🏼
Remembered there used to be this "duck rice" in SG combat ration menu that even stray dogs wouldn't eat when we tried feeding them that during our outfield exercise 😅
Oh dear that doesn’t sound great 😬 🤪
Its braised chicken rice actually. And yup it was the worse of the worse. We thought it was added on purpose so no one would find fault with the other mains.
Wait were you with me? Ulu Sembawang Signaller training? We tried feeding the dogs they ran!
Fun fact: Milo originates from Australia! I didn’t know this myself being a Singaporean since it’s such a common drink in Singapore and only found out when I moved to Australia!
I didn’t know that. I thought it originated in Singapore or Malaysia. Thanks for sharing 😊👍🏼
Back when I was serving, my platoon was always given boxes of different ration packs for us to choose from. Because I dont want to take a shit in the field, what I would do is swap out all the main meals for the deserts and bring them out onto the field. As for pocari sweats, coffee or cereal sacchets, most of us would just dump the powder into our mouth followed by water
That’s interesting to hear. Thanks for sharing your experience. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
the glutinous rice with chicken is a popular one.
Thanks for letting me know. All the best 👍🏼😊🇸🇬
I would dip those biscuits in coffee to soften them before eating😊
Great idea, thanks! Have a nice day 😊☀️👍🏼
you should make a "pound cake" with the biscuits as pointed out by many fellow singaporean soldiers here already. but other than that glad u enjoyed our army ration!
Thanks for the tip. I really enjoyed trying it. Thanks for watching and have a great day 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Never enjoy any version of ration during my NS days, but I'm kinda wanna try it again.
Oh no, that is a shame. Were the ones you had different from the version I tried? All the best 😊👍🏼
@@GreeklishOutdoors Yes, they actually made quite a number of changes over the years on the main dishes, those that you had tried weren't available in my time. There wasn't any pocari sweat, instead we had lemon/peach tea, packet of instant noodle and etc.
@vinc5318 Oh ok that’s good to know, thanks 😊👍🏼 The pocari sweat was very good. I’ve tea sounds good too though. All the best ☀️
well, in my earlier army days, we were still having canned food which is unfortunately limited in choice and also become an extra weight to carry. those biscuits used to be called dog tack biscuit and is generally disliked by many. however, i think they are kind of good especially when you do not have the time to sit down for a proper meal because those biscuits if you do eat all five of them can certainly last you for awhile. now it is much light weight with these foods and definitely more variety to choose. generally, it is biscuits and milo or coffee for breakfast and noodles or rice for lunch and dinner respectively. i normally skipped the desserts as well as the fig roll. not a fan of sweets.
That’s interesting to hear. Thanks for sharing your experience. It seems the rations have improved quite a bit over the years. That’s good to hear. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
Thanks a lot for this interesting adventure!
Probably I missed something- but how come you stay in lovely Greece?
Greetings and best wishes from Germany
I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊☀️ Half of our family are here in Greece (I have some in Germany too), so a few years ago we decided to leave the UK and settle here for a more peaceful life. All the best 😊👍🏼☀️
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Should try the Malaysian military rations. They are very high calories as they are designed for jungle operations where you tend to burn calories very quickly due to mountainous jungle terrain coupled with swamps in the lowlands. When we used to bring back extra rations home to eat, we would gained weight very easily! Oh, and the US marines that we trained with loved them and tried to trade their MREs for our rations :)
Yes I’d love to try the Malaysian rations. I’ve only ever seen one online for sale and it was super expensive. I’ll definitely keep my eye out for one though, as they look bursting with food. I’m sure US troops wanted to swap as theirs are much smaller. All the best 😊👍🏼
20degrees would be a cold day in Singapore, we usually averages around 28 to 32 degrees during the day
Yes I made and error there. It’s more like here (Greece) in summer (but with more humidity). All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
The best dessert is the red bean one. Damn you make me miss my army days..
Sounds good. I’m glad I brought back good memories 😊 All the best 🇸🇬✊🏼☀️
I prefer the desert packs. Watery and sweet and easy to eat.
Especially at night, when it’s very cold in the early morning, it becomes a cold treat from the usually hot and humid weather.
The main packs makes me wanna go to the toilet often and I try not to eat it if I can help it 😂 As for the biscuits (or dog biscuits as we sometimes call it), it’s really tasty and easy to eat though a bit dry, but I just take sips of water (we need to hydrate anyway) with it. Helps you with “gaining” constipation too (pros and cons depending which type of person you are 😂)
The dessert pack was good. I imagine it’s better cold. Thanks for sharing your experience. It is interesting to hear. Luckily I wasn’t effected with constipation after eating this ration 😂👍🏼 All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
yup, you're right, we eat the dessert pack for breakfast.
Great, thanks for confirming that! All the best 😊☀️👍🏼
You wouldn’t believe how much I got out of those fig bars, it was a life saver in getting alot of energy. Usually we would avoid the main meals and survive through the accessory packs and desserts, the main meals you could definitely smell and taste the preservatives, some of the meals even smelled like cat food.
Once you moved on to unit life you’ll get better and sought after mains like carbonara noodles, some of us would ransack our store room to eat the ration and skip the cookhouse
That’s interesting to know. Thanks for sharing your experience. I really enjoyed the fig bars. Have a great weekend 👍🏼😊🇸🇬
i'm really glad singapore is constantly improving on their rations. when I was in the army, the flavours were horrendous. When I was training out in the field, I survived solely off the dessert packs (that my platoon didn't want) and accessory packs 😂. Added some water into the choco biscuit and let it soak for a bit and turn it into some kind of cake texture.
Good news that they have improved over the years. Sorry you had a rough experience with the older rations. The cake mixture sounds good 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing your experience 😊👍🏼🇸🇬
I doubt you know what is horrendous. Even the first MREs issued were pretty good especially compared to cookhouse food in those days where the cookhouse was ran by fellow conscripts and not outside caterers. Let's just say the noodles were dry but stick together more than those you see in the video. As for the veggies, you'd have to be careful not to break your tooths on the grains of sand due to the cooks not caring to wash them properly. The taste? Even the chicken wings tasted like cardboard. The combat rations were maggi mee, tin of diced pork or mutton for muslim, calberg chocolate. hardtag. And you don't get to choose coz that is the only option. Every out camp, it is the same combat ration. Oh ya, you get to choose I forgot, chicken, seafood or curry for the maggi mee and that is it.
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Even during my reservist 7 to 12 years ago, the majority of us only ate the dry ration pack + the dessert pack.
The 2 main meal packs were usually thrown away.
It probably tasted better as you warmed up the wet rations before consumption.
While they may have improved since, the wet rations usually have a strong smell that smells artificial or chemical. That smell goes away when the food is heated up. This excludes the dessert pack which is great even at room temperature.
Thanks for sharing your experience with these. That is very interesting to hear. All the best 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
Wow, throwing away the main meals seems to be a common thing for Singaporean soldiers. Thanks for sharing your story on these. Have a great day 😊🇸🇬👍🏼
im a soldier from the 2000s. the menu have changed a bit. it will be luxury to heat the food, we are often not allow or dun have time to do so.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the rations. Interesting that many soldiers from SAF don’t heat up the food. All the best 😊👍🏼🇸🇬