Posted on Nov 28, 2017
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SPC Squad Designated Rifleman
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Tuna, or chili mac
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in the reserves we got Jimmy Dean lunch bags because we're Twice the Citizen!
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CPL Ralph Moschler
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They are all the same sorry
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CAPT Kevin B.
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Meals Rejected by Ethiopia? As I said before, we have no clue how to manufacture them. The French solved it 30 years ago. Just remember one of the original MREs had a packet called "Bean Component" with a larger note saying "WARNING: NOT FOR FLIGHT OR PREFLIGHT USE". As I said, no clue.
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PO3 Art Womer
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I had some of the "original" MRE's back in the mid 70's. They tasted like cardborad and really weren't eatable. I served with the old "C" rations and loved them. I also had whaht we called LURPS, given to Long Range Patrols. They were much better the the MRS.
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PFC Unit Supply Specialist
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Beef stew
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Sgt R Zan
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Skittles in Applesauce was my favorite treat. Discovered it by accident at Parris Island the first time we had MRE's; before the DI's even told us to surrender the geedunk. Luckily. mine wasn't the only MRE that didn't 'include' it.
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Cpl Justin Goolsby
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Chili Mac in my opinion was the best. Had a jalapeno cheddar cheese spread and the little bottles of tabasco sauce. It's also one of the few MREs that I can eat cold if I have to. Typically whether it's heated or not, I'll open up the pouch, stir in the tabasco sauce and eat it just like that. The cheese spread was a good snack too.
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SGT Morrison  (Mike) Hogwood
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MRE's need go back to the lab,C-rats were alot better,anything that needs rehydrating into food should not be consumed,back in the 80's they were very basic ,nothing beats the good ole john wayne bar in the c-rats,umm umm good
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The new chicken feta one is the best in my opinion. With anyone one the best way to eat it is to always mix in the bread/crackers and cheese if you get em after you heat it up.
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During Ranger School my buddy and I would literally sit and write up crazy ideas of what gourmet entrees we could imagine involving MREs. The best one at the time was a Chocolate Ranger bar with peanut butter, plain m&ms, sugar and creamer. Or the Chili and Beans with crushed crackers and jalapeño cheese spread and some bartered hot sauce/red pepper.

However, once we started droning further on, our recipes got lazier and we started mixing all kinds of stuff together just to get more calories out of crappy ones like chicken pesto or spicy penne pasta.
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SSG Steven Mangus
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So I would have to say the omelet with ham slow cooked on a squad stove with the white cheese packet melted in with some Tabasco. Then served on a cracker..can't forget the coffee mixed with the cocoa packet and creamer frothed on the same squad stove to wash it all down..
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PO1 Brian Austin
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Chili Mac with the cheese sauce and hot sauce added!
Always added hot sauce to any MRE i had.
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SGT Matthew S.
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For reasons I can't fathom, for some reason in Basic I enjoyed days that we got MREs for chow. Fast-forward a year or two (along with a deployment), and suddenly there was no such thing as a "good" MRE... only some that weren't as bad as others. I considered Chicken & Salsa one of the better ones, but it was several years before I was able to eat it with any regularity as my Platoon Sergeant at the time favored that one as well - and we all know where a lowly Private stands in terms of selecting a particular entree.

Never did do much doctoring or hold to any particular mix & match recipes, though. I was known, however, as one of the few Soldiers in my unit that could stomach eating an MRE cold.
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