What do you think is the best MRE and how do you "prepare" it in order to make it better?

Best MRE is the one that stays in the sealed package !

Gawd, I still remember generation one of the MRE's. Chicken A'la King always smelled like vomit when you opened the package and looked like it as well. Then there was the pork and beef pattie, freeze dried they both looked the exact same. Once you mixed with water.....gross. We didn't have the luxurious generation II MRE's like they do now with the meal selections by Martha Stewart and the MRE heaters, etc.

My exposure to C-Rats only lasted when I was in the National Guard, after transfer to Regular Army it was all Generation I MRE's. The worst C-Rat was the Ham and Eggs in a can........lol...gross.

As I recall, nobody seemed to like any of the veggie varieties, however, I always preferred them over the meat ones. I never felt the need to doctor the veggie ones, however, I thought they tasted better cold.

While I'm not normally opposed to meat, the meat MREs I actually liked were few and far between. As such, it seems only fitting that the last unit I was assigned to before getting out actually had a few vegetarians in it. Needless to say, I learned quickly what parts of the MRE certain people were willing to trade and for what they would be willing to trade it for. Makes me wonder how many Veterans went into sales and used MRE bartering as a part of their resume...