MRE's and that type of thing
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I'm working offshore in Brazil at the moment doing three week shifts. One of the big problems is that the food is dreadful and we don't have any option other than eating what is given to us or bringing our own out.
I'm doing fairly physical work and when I've worked elsewhere I've always had a decently large breakfast and a two course lunch to keep me going through the day. At the moment all I'm getting for breakfast is some museli (Brazilian equivalent) and coffee, then the lunch isn't worth queueing (approximately 20 minute queue(400+ onboard)) for, so I might have a handful of dry cream crackers or bugger all.
I can survive with my evening meal which is chicken and rice (every day, even New Years Day this year) but I need to find something else for during the day.
A few of the guys have started bringing out their own lunches from the UK, such as pot/super noodles and the like. One lad brought out 3 weeks worth of these
http://www.armyrations.co.uk/acatalog/Wayfayrer_Rations.html
I tried one and it was honestly the best meal I've had out there and they are easy to prepare (20 minutes on the heads of a running engine).
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for anything else to take out there. I'll have one hold bag free for my flights from the UK, but the maximum weight we are allowed in the helicopter per bag out there is 10kgs.
I might order up some of the wayfarer rations, but if anyone else has been in the same position I'm all ears - it's bloody grim out there!
I'm doing fairly physical work and when I've worked elsewhere I've always had a decently large breakfast and a two course lunch to keep me going through the day. At the moment all I'm getting for breakfast is some museli (Brazilian equivalent) and coffee, then the lunch isn't worth queueing (approximately 20 minute queue(400+ onboard)) for, so I might have a handful of dry cream crackers or bugger all.
I can survive with my evening meal which is chicken and rice (every day, even New Years Day this year) but I need to find something else for during the day.
A few of the guys have started bringing out their own lunches from the UK, such as pot/super noodles and the like. One lad brought out 3 weeks worth of these
http://www.armyrations.co.uk/acatalog/Wayfayrer_Rations.html
I tried one and it was honestly the best meal I've had out there and they are easy to prepare (20 minutes on the heads of a running engine).
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for anything else to take out there. I'll have one hold bag free for my flights from the UK, but the maximum weight we are allowed in the helicopter per bag out there is 10kgs.
I might order up some of the wayfarer rations, but if anyone else has been in the same position I'm all ears - it's bloody grim out there!
An MRE is a single meal, the British ration packs contain enough food for 24 hours. The problem you have is that 10kg of either isn't going to last you very long at all. Given the choice, i'd take 10kg worth of British ration packs, as they contain three main meals per box as well as other sundries such as chocolate, soup, tabasco, tea and coffee, pate and biscuits etc. So if you have one meal a day and some snacks out of them, one box will probably last you 3 days. They aren't cheap though, and they aren't light either.
t loads and they're on a rig in the middle of nowhere.ciaranthemurph said:
Well that's a blast from the past, looks like the menu hasn't changed since I was in the CCF 20 years ago 
here is the company that does the expedition packs:
https://www.fuizionfreezedriedfood.com/default.asp...
https://www.fuizionfreezedriedfood.com/default.asp...
Yeah, the army rations seem to be the way to go. It's mainly just for lunch/morning to keep me going through the day, I can survive on the chicken and rice (every single night! 
) at night, or on the odd occasion the mystery meat and rice. The wayfarer stuff seems to be handy as you just leave them on top of the engines for 20 minutes and they are ready to go, although we do have a micro in our control room.
Also I've been given some packets of instant porridge as a 'hilarious' birthday present, but they will definitely be getting taken out in the kit bag this time out. Apart from cereal the choices for breakfast are 3 different colours of hot milk (white, pink and brown) and boiled bananas.
) at night, or on the odd occasion the mystery meat and rice. The wayfarer stuff seems to be handy as you just leave them on top of the engines for 20 minutes and they are ready to go, although we do have a micro in our control room.Also I've been given some packets of instant porridge as a 'hilarious' birthday present, but they will definitely be getting taken out in the kit bag this time out. Apart from cereal the choices for breakfast are 3 different colours of hot milk (white, pink and brown) and boiled bananas.
dazco said:
Why do they treat you so badly?
Because the ex-pats are in the minority out there, the Brazilians onboard say that the food that is on offer is better on our rig that anywhere else offshore down there and they are quite happy eating it.SystemParanoia said:
i wouldn't mind working on an oil rig... complete change of careerer with no transferable skills
any chance of pointing me in a direction i where could get started?
Need to at least get your survival, medical and nowadays your 'Green Hand' course. It's a fair bit of money and a big risk as it's no certainty that you'll get a job with those courses. They are run by companies like RGIT Montrose and Falck Nutek. I've seen lads waiting over a year for the call or just giving up. There are more things like this starting up though, sort of like apprenticeships http://www.oilandgastechnicians.com/.any chance of pointing me in a direction i where could get started?
ciaranthemurph said:
Yeah, the army rations seem to be the way to go. It's mainly just for lunch/morning to keep me going through the day, I can survive on the chicken and rice (every single night! ) at night, or on the odd occasion the mystery meat and rice. The wayfarer stuff seems to be handy as you just leave them on top of the engines for 20 minutes and they are ready to go, although we do have a micro in our control room.
Also I've been given some packets of instant porridge as a 'hilarious' birthday present, but they will definitely be getting taken out in the kit bag this time out. Apart from cereal the choices for breakfast are 3 different colours of hot milk (white, pink and brown) and boiled bananas.
thx for the heads up ) at night, or on the odd occasion the mystery meat and rice. The wayfarer stuff seems to be handy as you just leave them on top of the engines for 20 minutes and they are ready to go, although we do have a micro in our control room.Also I've been given some packets of instant porridge as a 'hilarious' birthday present, but they will definitely be getting taken out in the kit bag this time out. Apart from cereal the choices for breakfast are 3 different colours of hot milk (white, pink and brown) and boiled bananas.
dazco said:
Why do they treat you so badly?
Because the ex-pats are in the minority out there, the Brazilians onboard say that the food that is on offer is better on our rig that anywhere else offshore down there and they are quite happy eating it.SystemParanoia said:
i wouldn't mind working on an oil rig... complete change of careerer with no transferable skills
any chance of pointing me in a direction i where could get started?
Need to at least get your survival, medical and nowadays your 'Green Hand' course. It's a fair bit of money and a big risk as it's no certainty that you'll get a job with those courses. They are run by companies like RGIT Montrose and Falck Nutek. I've seen lads waiting over a year for the call or just giving up. There are more things like this starting up though, sort of like apprenticeships http://www.oilandgastechnicians.com/.any chance of pointing me in a direction i where could get started?
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