Every IDF fighter who served until the end of the first decade of the 2000s is well acquainted with the green-and-yellow boxes that were waiting for every battle. The loops were part of IDF folklore and a must-have item, which added a tremendous spice (even if not tasty in all opinions) to service as a warrior.
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This is probably why when Baruch Heine, a chef who runs smoked meat workshops and runs the "On the Bone" Facebook group, offered two loaf boxes for sale, he received a flood of inquiries in response.
Collectors' Facebook groups immediately began posting the photo of the cans and spreading the word.
Loop cans offered for sale, Photo: Barak Heine
Haniyeh posted two loop boxes for sale yesterday afternoon (Monday) for the Facebook group "Pashpashuk-Collectibles" and said that they were "not available anywhere."
He knew it was an interesting item, but apparently he did not anticipate the flood either.
No less than 146 comments were recorded for the post, and he says that even in private messages he receives quite a few comments and questions.
"I was part of my service in Tze'elim," my father, one of the surfers, recalled in a post by Heine.
"After the exercises we would get battle dishes in the loop. I would make delicacies for the guys. Make a fire, fry with eggs, tomatoes and onions. It was delicious."
Simon, for his part, was less enthusiastic.
"Just smelling was a cause of nausea."
Delicious or disgusting?
Depends on who you ask.
Loop cans offered for sale,
"You do not understand, I am personally inundated with requests to purchase the cans," Barak laughs.
He bought the loop cans about six years ago, and now he has decided to sell them at the same price he bought - NIS 300 per can, NIS 600 for both.
"The last can was sold seven years ago to a collector for $ 100," he claims.
Although the cans expired in 1998, a few months ago, Heine, an avid meat lover, who runs the "to the bone" Facebook page, which deals with all kinds of meat, decided to taste the food and see if it was still good.
He opened the meat, which some would say looked expired when it was fresh, and prepared it with lamb fat.
"Wow, that was delicious," he says.
"I came out alive after the blessing of retribution," Heine laughs.
Expired long ago - but still delicious according to Heine, Photo: Barak Heine
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