MRE's

[EricTheAngler]

I just had my first mre my friend gave me. I enjoy the contents oddly. Anyone have any idea were to buy them for a good price?

[gardnerjigman]

Amazon is where I got the ones for my family emergency kit. 

[EricTheAngler]

I just bought a 6 case of surepak mres from amazon. 

[fishinfiend]

After hurricane IVAN i had them for 9 days. Surprisingly good. Love those tiny bottles of tabasco. lol 

[EricTheAngler]

41 minutes ago, fishinfiend said:

After hurricane IVAN i had them for 9 days. Surprisingly good. Love those tiny bottles of tabasco. lol 

What brand did you eat?

[clayton86]

Enlist in the army you can eat them blow stuff up and get paid.........

 

 

i always dug for the buffalo chicken, sausage and gravy, boneless pork rib imitation. Best three there is. If you can find one and want to really challenge yourself get a veggie omelette one and actually eat it bet ya can't lol. 

[ww2farmer]

Are they really any good? The only "army type" field rations I ever had were WW2 K-rations. Back in my WW2 reenacting days (late 90's - mid 2000's) we would make (or buy) period correct ones right down to the OD green tuna can of "mystery meat" , 4 pack of non-filtered ciggerettes, and postage stamp sized sheet of toilet paper. 

I usually smoked all the ciggs, spread the meat on the dog biscut crackers and ate it while holding my breath, traded the gum, powder drink mix (coffee, milk, or fruit punch depending on if it was the Breakfast, Supper, or Dinner box) for more ciggerettes, and farbed out and brought my own toilet paper hidden in my pack..........because lord knows what it came with was surely not enough to clean up the mess that was caused after eating these things day and night for a week. If we were lucky, some one in the unit made period correct D-bars................ a block of baking chocolate that was hard as brick. Once a wise guy made the D-Bars with a hint of exlax...................hilarity ensued................many a pair of vintage WW2 issue field trousers were ruined that weekend. I have seen real combat vets who were not man enough to eat this smorgasbord for days on end LOL.

[lo n slo]

1 hour ago, clayton86 said:

Enlist in the army you can eat them blow stuff up and get paid.........

 

 

i always dug for the buffalo chicken, sausage and gravy, boneless pork rib imitation. Best three there is. If you can find one and want to really challenge yourself get a veggie omelette one and actually eat it bet ya can't lol. 

lol (USMC in the house)

we had to eat the old timey c rations back in the day. i swear, some of those boxes were left over from Nam. i recall using the cracker can, along with a heat tab, as a field stove. 

7 minutes ago, ww2farmer said:

Are they really any good? The only "army type" field rations I ever had were WW2 K-rations. Back in my WW2 reenacting days (late 90's - mid 2000's) we would make (or buy) period correct ones right down to the OD green tuna can of "mystery meat" , 4 pack of non-filtered ciggerettes, and postage stamp sized sheet of toilet paper. 

I usually smoked all the ciggs, spread the meat on the dog biscut crackers and ate it while holding my breath, traded the gum, powder drink mix (coffee, milk, or fruit punch depending on if it was the Breakfast, Supper, or Dinner box) for more ciggerettes, and farbed out and brought my own toilet paper hidden in my pack..........because lord knows what it came with was surely not enough to clean up the mess that was caused after eating these things day and night for a week. If we were lucky, some one in the unit made period correct D-bars................ a block of baking chocolate that was hard as brick. Once a wise guy made the D-Bars with a hint of exlax...................hilarity ensued................many a pair of vintage WW2 issue field trousers were ruined that weekend. I have seen real combat vets who were not man enough to eat this smorgasbord for days on end LOL.

we traded those dried out cigs to some Italian solders for some of their rations, which happened to include plastic packets of Grappa. yes, they were provided alcohol in their rations! that stuff was nasty as hell but it took the edge off during field operations in Sardinia. 

[Fish the Mitt]

12 hours ago, clayton86 said:

Enlist in the army you can eat them blow stuff up and get paid.........

 

 

i always dug for the buffalo chicken, sausage and gravy, boneless pork rib imitation. Best three there is. If you can find one and want to really challenge yourself get a veggie omelette one and actually eat it bet ya can't lol. 

Oh god, veggie omelette [insert puke emoji]!!! [Infantry - USMC]

I actually loved the Boneless Rib Imitation. The chicken breast was good also because the seasoning provided was surprisingly good. Never jumped on the chili mac bandwagon like the other Marines. 

[ww2farmer]

British troops in WW2 got a daily "rum ration"..........I guess it was to make up for the piece of shoe leather they were expected to chew on for food.

[buzzed bait]

my dad used to buy them from army surplus stores.  we'd take them with us when hunting and camping. some were much better than others, but i can't quite remember any of them right now.

[fishinfiend]

15 hours ago, EricTheAngler said:

What brand did you eat?

Provided by uncle sam delivered by the national guard 

[mrmacwvu1]

mountain house makes good camping food

mountain house makes good camping food

[Fishing Rhino]

Okay, I'll play.  I had to google MRE to find out what you all were discussing.  I knew it had to be some type of military food that didn't require refrigeration, or cooking.

I remember them being called K rations.  Interesting enough, there was also, (maybe there still is) a dog food by the name of Ken L Ration.  The most commonly discussed military food was chipped, creamed beef on toast, known as SOS.  Or maybe it was creamed chipped beef on toast.

Since you guys seem to be into this stuff, here's a recipe for you.  It's probably better than what the Army served up.

http://www.food.com/recipe/creamed-chipped-beef-sos-92174

[tipptruck1]

51 minutes ago, Fishing Rhino said:

The most commonly discussed military food was chipped, creamed beef on toast, known as SOS.  Or maybe it was creamed chipped beef on toast.

 

My grandpa was a ww2 vet. I swear even in his 70s. That was his favorite food. 

[Ratherbfishing]

On 4/7/2016 at 0:25 AM, tipptruck1 said:

My grandpa was a ww2 vet. I swear even in his 70s. That was his favorite food. 

I hear that in England, SPAM is considered a delicacy.  

[A-Jay]

4 minutes ago, Ratherbfishing said:

I hear that in England, SPAM is considered a delicacy.  

A-Jay

[Crappiebasser]

On April 7, 2016 at 0:25 AM, tipptruck1 said:

My grandpa was a ww2 vet. I swear even in his 70s. That was his favorite food. 

My dad and granddad actually taught me to like it once I was grown. As a kid I always thought it was made with real 'S'.

[Catt]

On April 8, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Ratherbfishing said:

I hear that in England, SPAM is considered a delicacy.  

It is in Hawaii

It's their national food, ya can get Spam burgers everywhere!

WalMart sales a extremely similar produce but I can't remember who makes it. It's on the aisle with the can tomato products.

My wife bought some for her lunch & my first thought was meals ready to eat!

 

[nick76]

I remember as a kid that my best friend's dad had cases of MREs he has brought home from the national guard.  He stored them right next to the footlocker that contained his Playboy Collection.  We would steal the chicklets, peanut butter, crackers and a few other items out to snack on as we flipped through his magazine collection.  Those were the days!

[SDoolittle]

Having been in the Army for 19+ years, I'd say I've eaten about as many MREs as anyone. I just finished what should be the last field problem of my career, and with any luck, I'll never eat another MRE in my life.