French boxed rations in the 1980s included a small bottle of Cognac, and a full pack of cigarettes to go along with the Pate. They were truly excellent.
There was a story going around (don’t know how true it is) that during the first Gulf War. Supposedly, French rations were so desirable, their troops would trade their rations with other forces at a 3:1 exchange - 3 of your rats for 1 of theirs.