Posted on Nov 28, 2017
What do you think is the best MRE and how do you "prepare" it in order to make it better?
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SGT Dave Matteson
LOL!! I like some of them...if you have them lying around and want to get rid of them send me a message and I'll send you my address :D
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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.
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.
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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...
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...
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Me too, C-Rats all the way, my favorite was Bennie wienie. And we got a 4 ccigarette pack
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Cpl Scott McCarroll Those Nasty Dry Korean War Cigarettes were Horrible. The Dry Stick Gum Blgghhh.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
I don't think most of us are old enough to have experienced the C-rations. The pre Vietnam through the introduction of the MRE period served the Meal, Combat Individual, although everyone still referred to them as C's. As bad as the original MRE's were, it's selective memory to forget that about half of the M (Meat) components were damn close to inedible, Beans and Mothers, the nasty Beef and Potatoes with about an 1" of congealed grease on the top, beef slices with spiced sauce, and some others I don't remember right now. The peanut butter spread in the B unit was about half oil, but the cheese spreads were OK and the D units deserts were edible. I only got the last part of these since the conversion had officially started when I enlisted, but apparently we had a pretty serious stockpile of the these since they keep showing up on occasions until at least 1985.
The Beanie Weinies were good and the Spaghetti was OK. Most of the rest were like the majority of the early MRE', which proved that you could eat almost anything with enough hot sauce and cheese spread on it. I found this article on the MCI's. http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Meal,_Combat,_Individual_ration
The Beanie Weinies were good and the Spaghetti was OK. Most of the rest were like the majority of the early MRE', which proved that you could eat almost anything with enough hot sauce and cheese spread on it. I found this article on the MCI's. http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Meal,_Combat,_Individual_ration
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Tied between chicken a' la' king and the burrito. Tabasco or Louisiana hot sauce make everything task better in MRE land.
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C-Rats were great I loved the canned peaches and traded my entree if you could call it that for the other cans of peaches in the unit. The meat looked a lot like SPAM. The C-Rations were stamped 1967 on the boxes and this was 1982.
It all took time to heat them though and I think the old school exhaust manifold was the best until a can of beans blew up because a Pvt. didn't punch a hole in the can with his P-38. The motor sergeant was madder than hell and told the Pvt he was going to eat every bean on that engine till it was clean.
Then the Gen I MRE meals came out and they weren't first class but you had more choices. I would mix the rice with the chicken breast and use my Tabasco Sauce bottle and a few others from my buddies and would lay it on the exhaust manifold of my Jeep or on a deuce manifold to heat it up just like the C-Rats.
No need to be a savage and eat it cold now is there? When the Gen II meals came out it was like a freaking buffet at the casino....well maybe not quite that good..... but the heaters were nice. I remember some guys in the unit making Ranger Pudding out of the cocoa powder with some water and some coffee creamer. Definitely some inventive ways to eat this type of meal.
I don't know what they are eating in the field now but it has got to be better than those in the past.
It all took time to heat them though and I think the old school exhaust manifold was the best until a can of beans blew up because a Pvt. didn't punch a hole in the can with his P-38. The motor sergeant was madder than hell and told the Pvt he was going to eat every bean on that engine till it was clean.
Then the Gen I MRE meals came out and they weren't first class but you had more choices. I would mix the rice with the chicken breast and use my Tabasco Sauce bottle and a few others from my buddies and would lay it on the exhaust manifold of my Jeep or on a deuce manifold to heat it up just like the C-Rats.
No need to be a savage and eat it cold now is there? When the Gen II meals came out it was like a freaking buffet at the casino....well maybe not quite that good..... but the heaters were nice. I remember some guys in the unit making Ranger Pudding out of the cocoa powder with some water and some coffee creamer. Definitely some inventive ways to eat this type of meal.
I don't know what they are eating in the field now but it has got to be better than those in the past.
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Cpl Scott McCarroll
When they handed the C-Rats out they opened the case then with a black marker covered what it was so that you couldn't pick and choose, you then had to trade for what you wanted
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Haven't done much preparing yet, but any of the chicken ones are good. If you're going to get Asian Beef Strips make sure you cook the rice. The beef can be eaten cold, the rice can not. It stays in the form of a brick otherwise.
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SSG (Join to see)
Asian Beef Strips is gross, I tried it once when it was "new" and I vowed never again. I would agree that the chicken ones are a safe bet
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