MoD Rice

Today: something totally you-can't-buy-this-in-the-shops exclusive.  The lesser spotted Ministry of Defence 'MoD Cooked Rice.'  This was sourced for me by The Adventurer, who spends much of his free time yomping across remote parts of the world in green splodgy clothes, dining quite well it turns out.

He suggested I might like to try it after I complained to him the limitations of my temporary accommodation kitchen which consisted of 1 microwave and 0 other stuff.

The dull label "MoD Cooked Rice" did not deceive me as I could spy some yellow rice mixed with spice within.  The label said boil in the bag- note well people, microwaving in the bag is not be be recommended unless you want a scale model of The Hindenburg in your microwave.  Fortunately I rescued it just in time to prevent an action replay of what happened to the actual Hindenburg.  The better option turned out to be emptying the rice into a bowl, adding a couple of tbsp water, and heating.

The end result is highly impressive: if I was served this in a curry house I would not be disappointed.  The rice is the perfect consistency, none of that strange bite that pre-cooked-pre-packed rice has.  The label states Basmati Rice, maybe that's why the grains stay perfectly separate.  It also contains onion, sunflower oil, salt, ginger puree, some E numbers (which I will gloss over....) and, to add an air of mystery, "spices."

The ginger and onion work well, and some detective work- i.e. eating them- revealed the spices to be cumin seeds and turmeric.  Delicious!

I also have to hand it to the MoD: if they can make yummy food that will last 3 years or more in the pack and still get 7/10, I am sure they can engineer some shit-hot technology to defend the realm.