Thread 64446896

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.

>goyslop
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>goyslop, Vaguely Tactical and Military Related™
:D

>>64446916
Boxes are 30 dollars even where I am. At 2 dollars and 50 cents a meal, I lose money if I don't buy it.

>>64446896 (OP)
I recently got my hands on a pizza MRE. Never have I been more excited to be so disappointed
>>64446916
Just call it junk food you fucking child

>>64446936
>Just call it junk food
clearly that term has proved insufficient in getting the point across

>>64446936
I 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.

>>64446896 (OP)
The 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

>>64446916
We fight for all of the Jew interests so they'll give our soldiers at least decent food

>>64446936
Are 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

>>64446896 (OP)
I 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

>>64446896 (OP)
Good 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.
>>64446916
What is it like to be so needlessly miserable?

>>64446896 (OP)
Dude, 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!

>>64447043
idk if it's just me but i can stomach every one except the two pizzas, those things are legitimately almost inedible

>>64447041
Cold 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.

>>64447056
I'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.

>>64447074
I 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.

>>64447119
Yeah it always sucked ass.

>>64447124
>>64447119
the 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 puree
Oh 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?

>>64447141
yeah 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)

>>64447158
IMHO, 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

>>64447186
yeah the torilla was pretty crap. think it was 4-5 years from packing cause the mms expired in 2020
probably packed in 2018 or 19.

>>64447132
The chocolate one, the chocolate hazelnut one, none of them mix fucking well enough. The banana pumpkin puree is good, you should try it.
>>64447158
Chicken 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?
>>64447186
I 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 grounds
Why is it so tasty, bros?

>>64447228
>Chicken chunks to me is the worst but still edible
i 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

>>64447228
I 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
>>64447249
In 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.

>>64447270
as a Civie I like the cheese tortellini #13, and the the Beef ravioli #18
I 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

>>64447266
They 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

>>64447309
Cheese 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.
>>64447314
Lol no that's a surprise

>>64447249
I 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.

>>64447314
I'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.

>>64447314
I 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.

>>64447470
The applesauce pound cake is manna from heaven.

>>64447470
Am I odd for disliking the pound cake? Like I'd rather have a cracker. Or poptart.

>>6444740
Not that anon, have you got the bootleg nutella? it's Ok, sorta

Jalapeno 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 Stew
Applesauce Pound Cake
Cheez-its
Vegetable Crackers
Jalepeno Cheddar Cheese spread
Teriyaki Beef Stick
Lemon-Lime Gatorade

>>64446896 (OP)
After 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?

>>64447041
They cost a ton whenever I see them, otherwise they're great.
>>64447158
Put something on the chunks, bbq sauce makes it barbeque chicken, hot sauce turns it into chicken wings, or make it chicken teriyaki.

>>64447778
Gargantuan if true. Yeah I think you should eat and drink something better for you.

>>64447228
Fill 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.

>>64448407
I forgot to mention, dry powder will usually either float above the water or sit in the corners, so start there.

>>64446927
It's simple math, you loose money not buying a thing

>>64447035
Oh 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

>>64446916
Unironically 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.

>>64447041
how 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 (OP)
>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 inoffensive
By 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 in
I bet they're for the fiber. Soldiers are always complaining about terrible shits so adding fiber can stabilize things.

>>64448825
Every 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.

>>64448833
I 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

>>64449020
Not 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.

>>64448797
Whoa buddy, I never argued that you should live in China

>>64448705
Like this thread

>>64449025
Toilet, home.

>>64448362
I 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.

>>64449153
Bro even the govt says you shouldn't eat MREs more than 21 days in a row.

>>64447470
>dislikes pizza slice

>>64448833
1st 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 MRE
Bro if you killed your pancreas eating extraordinarily high sodium preserved food and beer while skipping water, then you might be a /k/ommando

>>64449651
This. 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.

>>64449663
Sodium 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

>>64449020
lol
>>64447778
>Only MREs
That'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 beer
HOW ARE YOU NOT DEAD!?

>>64449672
I'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.

>>64449693
I 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

>>64451064
MRE peanut butter is much worse than cheese. I feel you pain.

>>64451064
The 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.

>>64446896 (OP)
People 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.

>>64448780
just Jaun

Bumpin'

>>64452526
Mexican chicken one was pretty good. Was pretty funny to see them called "cheese flavored spicy cracker squares" instead of cheesits.

>>64446896 (OP)
Did it come with the Flameless Ration Heater? Those things are kino.

>>64451133
They'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.

>>64450495
Nigga 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 2024
yeah mres can go longer if stored correctly and its suggestion etc but thats the reason its 30-40 bucks from them.

>>64453025
This was last year, not peak covid panic prices
>>64453829
Ones I got are inspection date this year. I heard they are changing a menu item so old stock is being let go.

>>64446957
For 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

>>64446927
Go to a real store and check prices/kg. MRE is incredibly expensive compared to real food.

>>64453829
Expired isn't a thing. They have theoretical shelf lives based on storage temperature and age, they have stickers to help you gauge that. Pre covid you could reasonably pay $100 for a case that's inspection date was a few years before purchase. I have eaten 10 year old ones that were okay, I've eaten them when the sticker indicator has said they are too old and they were fine. I have gotten a few cases at around $30, most had fresh stickers, one was a little darker, one was darker than the control rig. That was the one I ate that was fine.

>>64455312
This. Also MREs will make you a fatass in no time.

>>64452526
Could I trouble you for an ID on that Bowie knife? I love classic western looking Bowies.

>>64453997
Stores don't fluctuate wildly based on algorithms, supply and whims like amazon sellers.

>>64447041
Pretty sure LRPs and cold weather mres were consolidated into the same thing. Also, they are not slept on, they are just expensive and less common.

>>64452530
Comfy. Where is this?

>>64447186
Maple Sausage mre was my favorite. Somewhere between a mediocre slim jim and pork jerky but it was unpretentious and the muffin top and blueberry oatmeal was good. Plus I never had to fight over it.

>>64446896 (OP)
Is this poptart MRE from the year 2003?

>>64459898
No, they are coded by the julian date system. Which annoys me as someone who might eat 15 year old mres.

https://www.mreinfo.com/mres/mre-date-converter/

>>64450527
acute pancreatitis is a sonofabitch, but heavy alcohol use can lead to chronic pancreatitis that can recur more frequently. On top of that, you can end up with necrotizing pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocysts, pancreatic cancer, etcetera.

alcohol bad for you.

t. medfag

Are these much worse than the regular MREs? I remember as a kid eating MREs and they were good, but these are pretty atrocious. Am I remembering wrong or are these totally different than the entree in the MREs

>>64465400
Cold weather mains? They're just single serve mountain house meals, are freeze dried and are quite different from regular MREs. Very tasty. I like southwest breakfast skillet and the clam chowder ones a lot.

>>64462751
Yeah I don't drink because I have insomnia and it sucks my sleep up every time. I have high cholesterol and work in a school with a turbonigger boss. The staff treated me like I was detoxing even tho my ald was normal because I mentioned drinking a few beers that weekend. Can karoshi tier stress, shitty mre diet, and no exercise pop your pancreas?

>>64465400
Those are different than the ones you remember and the regular ones available now. Standard ones aren't dehydrated and really are "ready to eat"

>>64447041
I'd have a bunch if they weren't hard to find.
Where'd you get that one anon?>>64447055
The Mexican ones are the best menus IMO.
It's kind of hard to fuck up most of the meals, plus the spices disguise the company taste decently enough.
The goulash one is the worst offender for that, I take my first bite and think "ah yes, tastes like sopacko."

>>64447056
I had a very hard time with my first jalapeno beef, only menu I had an actual stomach reaction to.
Next one went great, however, now it's one of my favorites.
I think my mistake was eating the mayonnaise with that one instead of throwing it in the trash immediately.
The pizza ones are definitely off-putting, but I can hork them down.
Pepperoni is marginally better than plain.

are MREs good if im underweight and want a simple + calorie dense meal while im at college? i'm kinda autistic about texture stuff and the more plain the better. i dont intend on eating them every day, maybe just 2-3 times a week.

>>64447132
>pumpkin banana puree
Texture is a bit rough, but taste isn't nearly as bad as you'd think anon!
Give it a shot, it's no zapplesauce but not the worst thing I've eaten out of a bag.

>>64447171
>had a dried hot sauce packet
I actually really fucking like these things.
Put half the pack in and see how you feel about it at first.
I assumed it'd be weak bullshit the first time I encountered it and just dumped the whole thing in, but it was actually hot enough that it overpowered the taste and kind of made it less tasty IMO.

>>64447247
>>brownie
Wait anon which menu did you get a brownie in?
I want to try this "chef's special"!

>>64465957
2-3 times a week isn't so bad. Why not.

>>64465957
Hormel ready meals and dehydrated mashed potatoes may be better for you if you're picky, you can buy specifically what you like rather than only eating 30% of a case of mres.

>>64452526
>>64452530
did 4chan start removing metadata from phone images?

>>64466537
It has for 10 or 15 years at least

>>64465982
Menu 9 Beef Stew
Circa 2016, newer ones don't have brownies.

>>64465957
If your picky you probably will hate at least half the mre options.

>>64455478
Imperial something or other, it was a gift from my uncle after I gave him an empty 50 cal can I found at a yard sale

>>64457308
Not saying but it's a mountainous region in the eastern US. I do have metadata off because I don't like getting doxxed.

>>64446916
>/pol/sloppa meme
We support Israel here, anon

Had a cozy MRE picnic today. Introduced a friend of mine who likes wearing Flecktarn to MREs (specifically Chili Mac) and now he loves them.

>>64449091
Like this board, honestly

>>64449623
Have you never had it? It's bad. Like worse than HDR bad. I'd say it rivals the vomlet but I haven't had it yet to say definitively. I haven't met a single vet that has anything positive to say about the pizza. Yes it is a major breakthrough in food storage technology, it's a modern marvel frankly. However it just plain sucks

>>64474874
It wasn’t really bad when I had it, just a bit dry.

>>64474874
If you're expecting dominos you'll be disappointed but as a shelf stable food reminiscent of pizza it's not bad.

>>64446927
>30$/box
damn I'd be morbidly obese if I could get them for that little. The cheapest cases I can get here are 90€