Posted on Jan 24, 2014
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I know most of you are thinking the cheese omelet is the worst, an it's the truth, it is. I love the Buffalo Chicken and Chicken Fajita myself.
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To me, it's always been about the whole bag.

Best:  The 2002-2004 Beef Stew.  Great stew, vegetable cracker, jalapeno cheese, a pound cake (or M&M cookie, I forget), and a chocolate milk shake.  'Tis a shame that they changed the components and the stew.

Second best:  Breakfast Omlette.  I get it, a lot of people hated the entree. It was alright if you mixed it with the hashbrowns and hot sauce.  But a square cinnamon roll, black berry jelly, and hashbrowns?  What is not to love?

Worst:  Not a meal but an individual item.  Wheat Toast Bread.  Abundant, always stale, and often moldy.
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SPC(P) Motor Transport Operator
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I never thought to mix it with the hash, the sides that cam with it was great. An the bread, you might as well have eaten the box.
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LTC Greg Henning
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c-rations eggs and ham
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Cpl Joshua Caldwell
Cpl Joshua Caldwell
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I always wanted to try C-rats but I am sure I would have regretted it.
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LTC Greg Henning
LTC Greg Henning
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Cpl Joshua Caldwell - Beef and potatoes (beef and shrapnel) was a close second. Peaches were the best.
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SSgt Terry P.
SSgt Terry P.
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LTC Greg Henning The C's ham and eggs were bad,but i would have to go with ham and lima beans,myself.
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SSgt Terry P.
SSgt Terry P.
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LTC Greg Henning - Never could understand why the peaches and pound cake never came in the same meal. lol
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Anything vegetarian
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Cpl Joshua Caldwell
Cpl Joshua Caldwell
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thank God I got out before we had veggie options. that might have sent me over the edge.
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I signed for something on deployment.Well inside a box was a bunch of who knows how old cold weather MRE`s in white bags instead of brown. And one of the flavors was shrimp chowder I think, it was really good.
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SFC Gary Fox
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My favorite was the BBQ pork and Rice. The worst was the Veggie Omelet. The best desert was the pound cake. I would take the cocoa powder, add a little sugar, some of the powdered creamer, and a little water to mix it up into a frosting for the pound cake.
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The first MRE's sucked, everything was dehydrated but I missed the ham slice after a hard day. Best desert was the pound cake? No way ! you could drain an oil tank on one of those and never lose a drop. I miss the old chocolate covered cookies we called road wheels.
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Chicken Ala king

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MSG Career Counselor
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HANDS DOWN THE BEST MRE IS CHILI MAC!!!!!!!!!!!  Put some Tobasco sauce in their and BAM!, that a meal for real champ!
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Agreed!
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SFC James Baber
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I think the consensus here is the beef or pork patties, they were the worst especially for the generation of Soldiers that came in from 1980 until about mid 90s, and the bad thing if I remember there was sometimes 2 of each to a case of 12 so more Soldiers got screwed at times than all did.


I used to love the chicken ala king or the chili mac in the early 90s, but they did away with both sometime in late 90s/early 00s. Alas, those of us that are really old school will still cherish the C-rations that you could still get into the mod to late 80s depending on where you were stationed even with MREs already being in the system by then, some installations supply depots would give you a choice of what you wanted when you went to submit requisitions for FTXs so they could get rid of C-rats and many units would rather take them over MREs, I know when I worked for my 1SG as a PFC and SPC at Ft Sill in the mid-80s, I would always be getting at least 2-3 cases of C-rats for each FTX that we had even if the company supply SGT was getting MREs for the field kitchen (5-ton type) back then.

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1SG Michael Blount
1SG Michael Blount
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Vegetarian was the absolute worst MRE ever created.  I wouldn't give it to a dog I didn't like.  Running a close second is the egg omlette.
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SSG Rafael Rodriguez
SSG Rafael Rodriguez
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I remember one day i told my wife that i will cook beef stew and i took the MRE Beef Stew, heated up and gave it to her, told her here's my beef stew and she tasted it and told me that "she love's me and from now on she will cook  the beef stew", that was funny, she did notice the difference:)
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SSG Richard Stevens
SSG Richard Stevens
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i would have to say the pork patty
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SGT Mark Halmrast
SGT Mark Halmrast
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Pork patty was awesome when mixed with crackers and cheese and water, heated w/heat tabs (if not tactical.)

Eaten straight up, though, they were the worst.
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SSG Clint Browning
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Dehydrated beef or pork party.  Tasted like dry dog food smells.
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Edited 12 y ago
The omelet is the worst, what makes it even worse is when you have no time to warm it up or use the spoon and must quickly squeeze the food out of the bag and straight into your mouth!
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doesn't taste bad with texas pete with lime. also when they had shredded potatoes with bacon, mix it all together. better than some others...
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LCpl Douglas Landrith Jr
LCpl Douglas Landrith Jr
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God damn Gunny, I just puked a bit in my mouth
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