>>64225110
>how the fuck do soldiers stomach this shit every day

They don't. MRE's are meant to be a short-term solution to feeding men on the field where they don't have reliable ways to feed them with other means.
It is ALWAYS preferrable to feed the men in military mess halls with actual food cooked from fresh ingredient by profes... by skil... by military cooks.

There are loads of horror stories on how prolonged periods of eating nothing but MRE's will cause horrible constipation. They are just that: a shelf-stable, easy to carry food meant to give you enough calories to last up to a week or two "out there". Being delicious was never a high priority but more of a bonus, if you manage to find an actually decent MRE.