Favorite MREs?

[SoldierOfTheKing]

All right could the posters share with us which MRE entrees they are most partial to? Myself, I think the chicken cavitelli is rather underrated. It's right up there with chili mac in my book.

Posters from other countries, what's best in the field rations issued by your armed forces?

 

[jcook922]

All right could the posters share with us which MRE entrees they are most partial to? Myself, I think the chicken cavitelli is rather underrated. It's right up there with chili mac in my book.

Posters from other countries, what's best in the field rations issued by your armed forces?

Chili Mac, Vegetable Manicotti, that weird veggie burger with the BBQ sauce, and anything that usually comes with M&M's.

That actually makes me want an MRE right about now, or maybe I'm just really hungry because it's lunch time and I skipped breakfast.

 

[MrJim]

I was in 82-85; MREs were something brand new. During the field part of basic the instructors said we were the first to try them out. My first field exercise with the 10th Marines (Arty) we had C-rats~and I still have the John Wayne. (Never had any of the "old timers" say the MREs were better than C-rats.) Everything after that was MREs...I understand that there has been some changes over 20+ years. It was all edible but nothing was exceptional. We did work at getting the Pnut butter to help clog the plumbing while we were in the field

It's been so long I can barely remember the menus anymore but any of the meat patties that had to be resurrected with water were just really bad...and the best trick at the time was to mix the creamer from the acc'y pack with the dried fruit (strawberries or peaches) and water.

Many jarheads took along pogie bait and accessories to help with the MREs~ramen noodles and hot sauce were necessities..

 

[Waren7]

Vegetable Manicotti, I usually like the veggies ones because they have fruit in them heh.

 

[StromRider]

The Canadian Army uses IMP's - Individual Meal Packs - http://www.mreinfo.com/international/canada/canadian-imp.html

I've been out for almost 10 years now so the menu has changed somewhat but I do remember my favourites being lasagna and shepards pie.

The rats were generally pretty good but one rarely had the time/water necessary to prepare everything in them properly. Ones like the Salisbury Steak or Swiss steak were good because they came in a gravy that you could dump the instant potato or rice into.

I wasn't much of a fruit eater as a kid and it was through eating imp's that I grew to like pineapple, pears and cherries. Being for Canadians in our climate there were lots of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate

 

[Autumnleaf]

Back when I was in I liked the ham slice MRE best. Its funny how most Marines seemed to complain about them but when I ended up with a couple cases, they got thrown out because they had bad chicken chow mein in them, my wife and toddler daughter chowed down on them. I came home from work one day hot, dirty, tired, and hungry so I went to where I put the MRE's and found only a couple of them left. When I asked my wife about it she said they're good so she ate them instead of making lunches or breakfast.

 

[StephanStrategy]

I find I do not have a favorite. I guess I just tolerate the MRE because nothing else is available at the time.

But I do get upset if there isn't any Tabasco sauce; that's the best part IMO.

Mike

 

[MrJim]

I find I do not have a favorite. I guess I just tolerate the MRE because nothing else is available at the time.

But I do get upset if there isn't any Tabasco sauce; that's the best part IMO.

Mike

some things never change...

 

[jcook922]

We were doing ORE Initial Response this last weekend, so long 14 hour+ shifts through the night without any real chance to leave for food, so we had MRE's. It'd been a while since I'd had one, but I ended up with my old staple.. Veggie Manicotti. Got that thing 5 times in Warrior Week in Basic, and in SF school out of 2 cases (24 total) I think I had like 9. That flavor just seems to follow me around.

 

[JesusFreak2008]

Let's See...MRE's..

Well first off, I am the weird one that loves them..of course my boyfriend says otherwise because I'm not the one in the field for fourteen days having to eat them. I think they are delicious.

I'd have to say my favorite one is the Salisbury Steak, or as JCook said, anything with M+M's lol..

 

[Screamin'Eagle]

I prefer the ravioli or cheese tortellini...any of those pasta meals are pretty darn good

 

[Billnew]

didn't have any favorites for the limited MRe's I tried.
Some of them do sound good.
I started in the AF with C-rats.(I think rats would have been better tasting.) MRE's are alot lighter to carry, and more tolerable.
I heard they were getting better options, when I was getting out.
AFSP did go out for 10-14 days.
Anything not in a can(later plastic) sounded delicious after 4 days.

I thought about buying some MRE's at the local swap meet. But nothing I remembered sounded good. My daughters wanted to try them too.
Maybe next time,I am there I will buy some.

 

[Waren7]

Okay after having to eat them for 6 months straight along the Iran border, I changed my mind. I choose beef stew.

 

[Rik]

I remember my first one in 1989, it was a salisbury steak but back then the meat ones were dehydrated so it tasted like a dog biscuit. My favorite was to take the jalapeno cheese and mix it in with the chicken and rice. One time some guys in my old unit pooled all their stuff together and actually made a pizza out in the field.

 

[Gishin]

Chili Mac is the king of MREs.

 

[Fenrir003]

I tend to like pretty much anything that doesn't have omelette in the title. Oh, and anything that has comes with candy.

 

[Brother_Mark]

Meatballs and spaghetti sauce! (Also came with that neat packet of Tabasco sauce that made Army chow ... edible!)

In Christ,
Brother Mark +