B&M Bargains Rice bag thingies

[Stevie777]

Last Year B&M Bargains were selling little bags of prawn flavoured Rice, Just add water and re-seal bag for a few minutes. They dont sell them anymore for some reason, dont know why as i couldn't get my hands on enough of them and they never seemed to stay on the shelves for very long.
They were very reasonably priced if i remember correctly, around 60p a unit. I took 20 or so with me camping last year, very lightweight and compact, they even came with a little plastic spoon inside. does anyone here remember them.?

Does anyone know of a alternative replacement.?

 

[dewi]

Pot Noodle?

You can buy boil in the bags, cheap enough... but there is no flavour to them... its just plain rice. But, quick trip to Aldi and you could grab some salmon strips... cook it, break apart and mix with a bag of rice... delicious.

 

[Stevie777]

Pot Noodle?

You can buy boil in the bags, cheap enough... but there is no flavour to them... its just plain rice. But, quick trip to Aldi and you could grab some salmon strips... cook it, break apart and mix with a bag of rice... delicious.

20 pot noodles takes up waaaay to much space and getting rid of the plastic in your fire is not ideal, These rice thingies were awesome, mild fishy flavour to them and when done would take up very little space until i found a bin., I was living off the beach at the time so the rice complemented the sea food...I like my sea fish taste, what can i say..

 

[OldJimbo]

Those were great!
I'd tried a pack in Alberta and loved the stuff. I actually checked out the factory (online) which produces them in Thailand and found out that they had high standards - since I'm a little wary of stuff produced far away.. I bought out the total inventory of the store to bring back to BC, but failed to find any supply here.
If I remember correctly, the huge appeal other than the taste, was that unlike pot noodles the salt content was reasonable for a person on a low sodium diet.

 

[mick91]

Have you tried mug shots? I generally take a few kinds they have rice, pasta, noodles etc. They're about 50p and genuinely nice. Only seen Mexican and Thai curry in the rice ones but probably do more. Tesco and asda definitely do them and I'm pretty certain I've seen them in aldi odd time too. I love the Mac and cheese one with a few slices of chorizo in. Quick easy and tasty

 

[Stevie777]

That's it, I'm on a mission to find these things, the Factory who produce them must still exist. I'll go to another B&M's today and ask the staff as i'm sure they would have bought them also they were that good.

 

[neoaliphant]

Mugshots are 3 for £1 in B&M and poundland etc, and come in chicken as well
pack up quite small as well

 

[Stevie777]

Mugshots are 3 for £1 in B&M and poundland etc, and come in chicken as well
pack up quite small as well

Trying to stay away from the high salt content in those mug shots and the like...

These rice things were perfect, well, perfect for me anyway. A nice mellow prawn flavoured rice and just enough in each bag to keep you going when you added in your sea food, Mussel's Cockles, razor clams,etc. salt was at a minimum. i never got a chance to have a look for them at another store today, but it's on my to-do list.

 

[nitrambur]

Was it Satake magic rice?
http://www.satake-group.com/news/2011/110808.html
No idea where you get them, try a chinese supermarket

 

[Stevie777]

No, these were ready in 4 mins. same idea though. I might still have a plastic spoon, I'm away to find it see if it's got a brand name on it.

 

[Stevie777]

Found the spoon, it has a Marking on it, cant make out what it is though, looks like a interlinked R and C or P and R or C...who knows. I'll find them eventually...something tells me they said Prawn flavoured Jasmine rice.

 

[nitrambur]

7 minutes for this one http://raanthai.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000...ce---Curried-Shrimp-Flavour---MAMA--3554.html

 

[Stevie777]

7 minutes for this one http://raanthai.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000...ce---Curried-Shrimp-Flavour---MAMA--3554.html

Link not working correctly.

 

[OldJimbo]

Found the spoon, it has a Marking on it, cant make out what it is though, looks like a interlinked R and C or P and R or C...who knows. I'll find them eventually...something tells me they said Prawn flavoured Jasmine rice.

PR on mine.

 

[Stevie777]

PR on mine.

Must be the spoon makers mark.

 

[nitrambur]

Sorry about the link, try this http://raanthai.co.uk/shop/Handi-Rice-Instant-Rice---Curried-Shrimp-Flavour---MAMA--3554.html

 

[Chiseller]

I reckon they are the ones I remember ...... good detective work 👍

 

[Robmc]

I reckon they are the ones I remember ...... good detective work ��

Also available at Tesco apparently.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=279841268

 

[Native Nathan]

I empty Pot Noodles in to ziplock bags they take up way less space, Just make one up at home in you Bushcraft / Glamping mug and make a note of the water level

 

[Stevie777]

Sorry about the link, try this http://raanthai.co.uk/shop/Handi-Rice-Instant-Rice---Curried-Shrimp-Flavour---MAMA--3554.html

That's the Badgers alright, but they certainly weren't £1.45, 60p max, might even have been cheaper...Nice find.

Seems like other Bushy people have the same tastes as myself... I'm gonna have to source these, but not at over double the price. I'm pretty sure the ones i had were the Thai green curry with shrimp flavoured ones.
http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11693