The author spends a day in the forest eating Canadian army dry rations. The rations include a variety of food items such as KitKat bars, Mars chocolate bars, peanut butter, jam, and M&M's candies. The author also discovers a dish called "Poutine" which consists of meat, potato sticks, and gravy. Throughout the day, the author tries different food items and is surprised by the variety and quality of the rations. The author also discovers a giant mushroom and wonders if it can be eaten.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The narrator is trying out a Canadian army dry ration.
2. The ration comes in a large bag with multiple components for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
3. The breakfast ration includes a KitKat bar, Nescafe, and a package of tic-tacs.
4. A brown spoon-fork is included in the ration.
5. The ration includes two soft pita breads sealed in a package.
6. A Vanilla drink mix is included, which can be filled with water and shaken to create a thick, viscous drink.
7. The lunch ration includes a package labeled "Putin" which contains meat with potato sticks in a liquid gravy.
8. The "Putin" dish is a Canadian dish called Poutine.
9. A Mars chocolate bar and a package of fake M&M's candies are included in the lunch ration.
10. The lunch ration also includes a package of powdered yogurt that can be filled with water and a nuclear drink mix.
11. The dinner ration includes a package of pressed and dried red meat in a sweet sauce.
12. A package of real M&M's candies is included in the dinner ration.
13. The dinner ration includes a package labeled "Hamburger" which contains two soft buns for a hamburger.
14. A package of pasta in tomato sauce with small meat balls is included in the dinner ration.
15. A dessert package containing pieces of apricots in sugar syrup is included in the dinner ration.
16. The narrator finds several large mushrooms in the forest while trying out the ration.