MRE thread? I just ate the creamy fettucine alfredo and it wasn't awful. From the way people talked about it, I thought it would be worse, instead it was just kind of bland and inoffensive. My bigger point of contention is those shitty wheat, white, and multigrain snackbreads they put in, does anyone like those? Give me the crackers any day, you can crumble them up and put them in the main too.
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>>64446916Boxes are 30 dollars even where I am. At 2 dollars and 50 cents a meal, I lose money if I don't buy it.
>>64446896I recently got my hands on a pizza MRE. Never have I been more excited to be so disappointed>>64446916Just call it junk food you fucking child
>>64446936>Just call it junk foodclearly that term has proved insufficient in getting the point across
>>64446936I really think the pizza MREs are overrated but that's fine by me because I can trade them for the ones I like. I also think chili mac falls a bit short.
>>64446896The only MRE I've eaten was the Beef Stew, which honestly wasn't that bad. I recently got 18 assorted MREs from a yard sale that I'll save for the nuclear apocalypse>>64446916We fight for all of the Jew interests so they'll give our soldiers at least decent food
>>64446936Are you me? I also got found a pizza mre and was excited to have it, after the first bite I absolutely hated it, but the raspberry drink was delicious
>>64446896I don't get why these are so slept on, Is it the need needing to boil water thing or is it just because they aren't widespread? they're basically LRP's
>>64446896Good for you OP. Spinach feta is broadly the least desirable in my experience. I always avoided them, but found a bit of salt goes a long way in them. My first platoon commander would always draw his MREs last like a good leader should, and almost always got stiffed with spinach feta. Madman. As far as the snack breads, Those were things I'd stuff in my cargo pocket and have on a patrol, I also liked the tootsie rolls for that same reason. >>64446916What is it like to be so needlessly miserable?
>>64446896Dude, MREs are mostly tolerable and some good. It's not 8ish years plus ago anymore. They will also got be... ok more mexican but better!
>>64447043idk if it's just me but i can stomach every one except the two pizzas, those things are legitimately almost inedible
>>64447041Cold weather MREs are great, but yeah boiling water is a huge pain in the ass. Even in a cold mountain environment where you had no option but to do it, there is a lot of lost time and resources boiling it. On one op I had maybe two mains in a whole week and subsisted off the snacks because the only way to get water up there was by boiling it, very time consuming and you don't get a whole lot of water for the volume of snow you boil.
>>64447056I'm not very picky either. Even the pizza I don't mind, but the snacks are pretty disappointing. Garlic bread sticks, cheese and chocolate protein powder... no thanks.
>>64447074I like the garlic breadsticks and cheese but that protein powder drink fucking sucks, I can never get it mixed well enough, it's always chunky.
>>64447119Yeah it always sucked ass.
>>64447124>>64447119the chocolate hazelnut one?that one sucks ass,had the pumpkin banana puree in the Mexican stew and didn't even try it cause it sounded bad
>>64447132>pumpkin banana pureeOh thats new. I tried that and it was okay. That one wasn't powdered right? MREs used to have a powdered pudding which I really liked, especially if you don't put a lot of water in it, it's basically cake batter.
last one i ate somewhat recently was the chicken chunks. it was ehhhh. i get why my buddy gave it to me for free. basically canned chicken and 2 tortillas. im sure theres mres that taste worse but this oh this is supposed to be a meal?if you could add the chicken to another mre if you wanted more protein that seems good. on its own how is it a meal?
>>64447141yeah not powdered, Its one of those fruit puree squeeze pouches they put in them now the other one I've had are quite good. it seems like they only put the little tobasco bottles in certain MREs now the aforementioned ration had a dried hot sauce packet that I missed when I opened it, i'll have to save it for something else, I don't know if it'll be good enough to be comparable (this was from an inspect by 2025 batch)
>>64447158IMHO, any Mre that has a tortilla is incredibly disappointing, the tortillas usually crack and end up as bad as the crackers, the maple flavored patty and beef jalapeno patty outclass them easily and that's not something to be proud of, a can of deviled ham spread would probably be more palatable
>>64447186yeah the torilla was pretty crap. think it was 4-5 years from packing cause the mms expired in 2020probably packed in 2018 or 19.
>>64447132The chocolate one, the chocolate hazelnut one, none of them mix fucking well enough. The banana pumpkin puree is good, you should try it. >>64447158Chicken chunks to me is the worst but still edible. I'd definitely trade it though. I've never had a lemon pepper tuna which I hear is the worst because every case B I've ever bought has had the tuna swapped out for the chicken chunks. I'm guessing there was a tuna shortage in the early 2020s?>>64447186I like the beef ones and the rice burrito ones, but yeah chicken chunks is very disappointing. The ones I got had great sides though to make up for it.
>brownie>covered in peanut butter>sprinkled in coffee groundsWhy is it so tasty, bros?
>>64447228>Chicken chunks to me is the worst but still ediblei didnt think they were bad like if i bought canned chicken it would taste the same. however it didnt feel like a meal. you add canned chicken to stuff. you dont just eat a can of chicken unless you are starving.
I munched on hard tack when hiking in the White Mountains this week. Highly recommend bringing it as a source of carbs
>>64447228I think the lemon pepper tuna starkist packet ration is going to be this more modern generation of MREs veggie omelet, I don't think i even want to bother with opening that one
>>64447266>>64447249In my first unit chicken chunks and tuna were always really popular. Its really not bad, just mix make a tuna salad, mix n the corn nuts, do the same thing with the chicken.
>>64447270as a Civie I like the cheese tortellini #13, and the the Beef ravioli #18I asked my grandpa about his experiences with c rations during his stint in the Marines 1962-65 and all he really said was the pound cake was good but anything else wasn't really notable
>>64447266They pulled the tuna in the 2022 run, there was something wrong with it. Package says tuna but when you open it it’s jalapeño beef patty
>>64447309Cheese tort and beef ravioli I always liked as well, not my go to only because they tend to give me heart burn in the field. I've been wanting to get a couple MCIs off ebay, maybe try an old cigarette or a snack that may have survived. >>64447314Lol no that's a surprise
>>64447249I agree They aren't bad but they aren't great either. You know what they are? They are the exact same bits of chicken you would find in can of Campbells chicken noodle soup, in fact I added them to that this very week. But on their own they are just slimy and nothing, and a cheese pack and a tortilla aren't enough to make up for that. If they were in some kind of noodle and chicken soup MRE, they'd be great. >>64447314I've bought case B's from 2021 and 2022 and neither had the tuna, just Chicken Chunks so whatever happened it was more than a year.
I finally bought one of those A/B menu double boxes off Amazon and have been working through them. They mostly range from decent to actually really damn good, with Chili Mac, Beef Taco Filling, and Chicken & Noodles with vegetables being the best mains so far. The only outright bad one so far has been the Pepperoni Pizza slice. I'm dreading the cheese pizza one. They just can't get bread right in these things; the italian breadsticks and cinnamon bun sides were also pretty bad. The tortillas are...edible if you're starving, but much less welcome to see than the crackers, especially the vegetable crackers.They've got that pound cake down to absolute SCIENCE though--delicious every time.>>64447314I was wondering about that. I just figured they ran out and did a substitution, like they did with EVERY GODDAMN CHEESE SPREAD BEING REPLACED WITH PEANUT BUTTER.
>>64447470The applesauce pound cake is manna from heaven.
>>64447470Am I odd for disliking the pound cake? Like I'd rather have a cracker. Or poptart.
>>6444740Not that anon, have you got the bootleg nutella? it's Ok, sortaJalapeno cheese may be gritty, oil separated and kinda sad but it seems my grandfather's marine heritage makes me love it without question
What would your ideal MRE look like? For me it would be Mexican Chicken StewApplesauce Pound CakeCheez-itsVegetable Crackers Jalepeno Cheddar Cheese spreadTeriyaki Beef StickLemon-Lime Gatorade
>>64446896After eating only mres and beer since July, I was hospitalized for pancreatitis. That said I've been stressed as shit too but what are the odds this played a role?
>>64447041They cost a ton whenever I see them, otherwise they're great.>>64447158Put something on the chunks, bbq sauce makes it barbeque chicken, hot sauce turns it into chicken wings, or make it chicken teriyaki.
>>64447778Gargantuan if true. Yeah I think you should eat and drink something better for you.
>>64447228Fill to level, squeeze the air out, then seal. Instead of just shaking it, mush the globules of dry powder. Once it feels more slimy than gritty on the inside, you’re done. It usually takes me a couple minutes until it feels fully mixed.
>>64448407I forgot to mention, dry powder will usually either float above the water or sit in the corners, so start there.
>>64446927It's simple math, you loose money not buying a thing
>>64447035Oh no, I knew it was gonna suck from the word go. Literally every vet told me it sucked, it's why I wanted to try it so bad. I have a strange attraction to things which are objectively terrible
>>64446916Unironically this. My taxes are paying for them anyway, damn right I'm gonna be trying and stocking up on the best MRE's I can find lmao.
>>64447041how much cooked mexican do you think they put in there?
>>64448420>You should starve so I can win an argument. And that's why nobody likes you.
>>64446896>I thought it would be worse,It used to be worse. The US used to neglect MREs because our supply lines were so strong. Why bother when the men are only a couple hours from a field kitchen? GWOT told us otherwise.> instead it was just kind of bland and inoffensiveBy design, of course. They wanted something easy on the stomach and palette. If you wanted more spice then you can carry a bottle of hot sauce. >My bigger point of contention is those shitty wheat, white, and multigrain snackbreads they put inI bet they're for the fiber. Soldiers are always complaining about terrible shits so adding fiber can stabilize things.
>>64448825Every vet I've ever talked to about MREs says one of two things. They either back you up for weeks or give you the worse shits of your life. There's no inbetween.
>>64448833I never had any issues with eating MREs, but when I come back home and am off them and back to regular food it does get pretty rough for a couple of days.
>>64448903>in America, the rations are so good they come with withdrawal symptoms
>>64449020Not even. I'm glad to have regular food, its just that when I switch up I take these massive shits. I'm pretty regular with MREs, poop about once a day, but when I switch off I spend a lot of time on the toilet.
>>64448797Whoa buddy, I never argued that you should live in China
>>64448705Like this thread
>>64449025Toilet, home.
>>64448362I thought I hacked food with the 3 dollar mres but the health insurance company will have the last laugh. We're financially boned either way bros gods peed.
>>64449153Bro even the govt says you shouldn't eat MREs more than 21 days in a row.
>>64447470>dislikes pizza slice
>>644488331st time I had an MRE I didn’t shit for days. 2nd time I shat like an Indian
>>64447778>>64449153>The two most common causes of acute pancreatitis are a gallstone blocking the common bile duct after the pancreatic duct has joined; and heavy alcohol use.>I ate nothing but beer and MREBro if you killed your pancreas eating extraordinarily high sodium preserved food and beer while skipping water, then you might be a /k/ommando
>>64449651This. The MREs are designed for guys out in the field doing physical work, not couch commandos. I took a look at the Mexican Chicken Stew entree the other day, that thing has less than 300 calories but a single serving is FORTY THREE fucking percent of your daily sodium. Maybe that's why it tastes so good.
>>64449663Sodium is part of it, but it also serves as the primary preserving agent. We solved food spoilage in pre modern times, it's called moisture and salt is the cure. It is so fucking funny to me that this dude didn't bother to read the nutrient info required by law and on each piece of MRE. Even funnier if he had the convo would have been>Hmm SHOULD I be eating 150% daily sodium value? Maybe, definitely with beer that also dehydrates me.>This is goyslops fault and not the fault of being an adult who can't read nutrient info
>>64449020lol>>64447778>Only MREsThat's... worrying. You should still be okay with enough water but you really ought to buy some fresh fruits or veggies now and th->No water, only beerHOW ARE YOU NOT DEAD!?
>>64449672I'm part gook so I thought I could all the sodium but it's the cholesterol and shit that fucks you. And yeah, beer but that was only the past 2 weeks. Now I get to order ginger ale at the bar like a faggot for the rest of my life.>>64449693I think I actually did die and this is hell, but if they have this much tramadol in hell I'm ok being here. When it runs out if my belly feels like it's back to being full of razor wire I'll know I guess.And now we all learned what happens when a man in his 30s eats mres for 3 months straight. Hmu for an interview glowies/stay tuned for my book. Maybe dubs can name it
>>64450495>Now I get to order ginger ale at the bar like a faggot for the rest of my life.Did you fuck up your liver? What happened?
Got fucked over recently anons>be me>on hunting trip for 6 days>buy case of 12 from amazon>open beef patty MRE, personal fav>peanut butter>weird but ok, eat and go to bed>next day>pork patty breakfast MRE>fuckyeah.jpg>peanut butter>ohh, okay I guess>open all MREs to rat fuck for cheese>A L L P E A N U T B U T T E R>currently killing myself, knew a $30 case was too good to be true
>>64450495>rretards like this make me understand why there are warning labels on things
>>64451064MRE peanut butter is much worse than cheese. I feel you pain.
>>64451064The first time I ever bought a case of MREs, I paid 90 dollars for it. My LGS fucked me over. I didn't know at the time.
>>64446896People complain about those things Not because they ate one of them, but because they've eaten a ton of them. And sometimes thats the only food they get for weeks. All mres have a similar after taste that is probably attributed to one of the many preservatives they add to them. That after taste gets old pretty quick.
>>64448780just Jaun
Bumpin'
>>64452526Mexican chicken one was pretty good. Was pretty funny to see them called "cheese flavored spicy cracker squares" instead of cheesits.
>>64446896Did it come with the Flameless Ration Heater? Those things are kino.
>>64451133They've been $80-$120 a case for most of history, getting them for $30 a case has been absurdly cheap. You can't judge their value by what people have been dumping them for the last few months.
>>64450495Nigga I thought folks were smart. Why the fuck did you think I should do this and why the fuck didn't you up your water? I mean jfc I hope you weren't eating an MRE a day either because they are plenty cal and energy heavy. Also this is not the fault of the MRE this is a user error and a hilarious one at that. Just remember every ginger ale is because you didn't bother using the meat in your skull first
>>64453025>getting them for $30 a case has been absurdly cheap.its cheap cause the ones amazon is selling is"expired" with inspection dates from 2023 or 2024yeah mres can go longer if stored correctly and its suggestion etc but thats the reason its 30-40 bucks from them.
>>64453025This was last year, not peak covid panic prices>>64453829Ones I got are inspection date this year. I heard they are changing a menu item so old stock is being let go.
>>64446957For me it's the sides in chili Mac. I love lemon poppyseed and twizlers and it's got both. It was also the last MRE I had in basic so it biases things a bit there too
