MREs ration packs

The Sandbox General
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Ever tried eating MREs? I just bought 2 boxes off ebay.

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:popcorn: ← not an mre

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They are okay. Some almost good, some pretty bad.

No desire to try them again. It’s like Lunchables level of edible. Albeit typically hot with the built-in heat pack.

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If you’re looking for reviews, this guy on YouTube eats a bunch, some of them are quite old.

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They’re fun to eat. It’s exciting opening all the little packages. I wouldn’t make a habit out of it due to the very high sugar content.

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Ya I know of that guy.

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true

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My MREs are here! shipping was so fast!

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Less than two hours…that is fast.

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No, I bought them a few days ago.

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Do either of them include the tiny bottle of Tabasco?

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I’m not sure yet. I hope so.

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We had them for lunch during Desert Storm when I was in 6th grade.

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Really? Why?

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It was some kind of support the troops thing or something. We also had a soldier come and talk about being over there too. That was 31 years ago so my memories are pretty vague.

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cool!

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Not MRE, but I’ve tried some dehydrated meals while camping, would definitely recommend for hiking camping, but you need to add your own boiling water.

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Remember:

  1. Even the military doesn’t want its troops eating MREs for more than a couple of days in a row.

  2. One of the military considerations for circumstances where a soldier might need to survive on MREs for a couple of days is a desire to not have to deal with too much poop. The implications of this are left as an exercise for the reader.

Point 2 is the reason I keep a couple of tubs of dehydrated food around in case of disaster, rather than a couple of cases of MREs.

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My oldest son is in the Marines. When he says hey, anyone want to try MREs with me? it’s not because you’re sitting down to something akin to a Thanksgiving Dinner, unless you’re thinking of one out of a horror movie.

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