r /><br />The larger box in which this individual serving, (actually, containing 3 servings -- 7 ounces), black plastic box came, described the contents as being ""Packed in Aspic"".  And so it is.  When the vaccum-packing, transparent plastic covering is removed, there still is another transparent layer to be removed.  My own experience with ""aspic"" had heretofore been, mainly, with learning of the title of a movie, ""A Dandy In Aspic"", starring the late, (and really great), Laurence Harvey.