MREs

[Katahu]

[BFMF]

Now there's an idea of what I can do with those extra MRE's i've got laying around the house

Somebody once told me the shelf life of an MRE, but I can't remember how long it's supposed to last. Personally, I think it's the tabasco sauce that expires, and not the MRE food itself

You can also make little MRE bombs out of the MRE heater. It's almost harmless, but it does make a nice little bang

[ctjoyce]

I love my MRE's (the military ones, not the stuped civilian ones). Alawaies bring 2~3 when I play airsoft, and have one in my survival vest (CAP). However I wouln't be supprised if the hard tac was bullet proof.

Esselbach the shelf life is around 7 years, which is good, as thats about the time its going to take me to process one chillie mac one. http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com/ti ... 0facts.htm

Cheers
Cameron

[BFMF]

Esselbach the shelf life is around 7 years, which is good, as thats about the time its going to take me to process one chillie mac one.

LOL. Tell me about it. The first time we really had to eat MREs, we spent 5 days in the field, eating MREs for two meals a day. You can imagine the problems we had

I never ate so much Chilli Mac in my life untill I went to Basic Training. At the Chow hall, they would sometimes serve it 3-4 times a week. We would have grown tired of it, but we were so hungry we really didn't care. To make things interesting, we would sometimes bet on what days and meals it was going to be served

[legoalex2000]

well i cant blame ya when MRE means Meals Rejected by Everyone...

my biology teacher got back from Iraq after the initial 9/11 reportings. he brought some MRE's and our class played a game.

the game was to try to eat both crackers in under 2 min. no water before or during.

i was close, at 2:12...

Ramos

[ctjoyce]

And no one broke their teeth? Wow.

No the worst part of being on a military facility for a week is not MREs but the cooks. Walking into the chow hall the first day, and seeing a bunch of the guys pouring tabasco onto everything and saying "just trying to kill the taste" was a bit unnerving. After my first day of eating there MREs seemed like a godsend, but then again they still had the cocoa powder in them at the time, so we all made ranger pudding in empty water tight containers. Oh how I miss encampments.

Cheers
Cameron

[candle_86]

I must say, being in JROTC and going to leadership school for the AFJROTC I never had an MRE, and had a really nice cott to sleep on also. I miss the food, tasted better than what I got to eat at home. I'm looking forward to boot camp, I hope the army can cook as well as the Air Force

[elite marksman]

You want good food in the military? Look no further than the Submarine service. Since you don't get to see the light of day for six weeks in a row, you get really good food, probably the best in any of the services.

[Romulus111VADT]

If you want a taste of C-Rations like we had in Nam. Go to your supermarket. Look for the Hormel section with all the little cans. Then pick out a nice bunch.

[myshelf]

when i was doing my service the stuff would be "replaced" after 12 years, halfway to expiration.
"replacing" meant the old rations were sold as surpluss, failing that they would be issued instead of normal meals.

[Katahu]

I actually like MREs. There is always variety and they won't spoil for the next 7 years.

[BFMF]

I don't mind most of the MRE menus, but I think some of them are just nasty :-/

[Romulus111VADT]

I'm willing to bet that the C-rats that were taken as Korean war issue were more than likely miss read.

I kept thinking about it and there may have been boxes/cans that were dated say 1965-1966-1967, etc, etc. where the 6 in 60-66 etc., may have been malformed and mistaken for a 5. After really trying to remember 30+ years ago. I did remember that WWII C-rats were in silver cans and ours were od green.

Our gormet menu


All the extra goodies


Our P-38 Can opener


The accessory pack-

I'll give you three guess's as to what the circled item is...

[BFMF]

The accessory pack-

I'll give you three guess's as to what the circled item is...

My first guess would be the little thing of wrapped/folded toilet paper?

[Romulus111VADT]

My first guess would be the little thing of wrapped/folded toilet paper?

Yep, LMAO, at times you could get $20.00 for a real roll of toilet paper. The rolls were normally available at most firebases. But allot of men forgot to take one along when they went on any LRRP's (long range recon patrols).

If anyone wants to experience the fun. Take a modern small pack of Kleenex that women carry in the purses and have at it....lmao....you'll find an entirely new appreciation for good old Charmin. Not to mention soap and water...

We use to call those tiny pieces of toilet paper. "$hit Tickets".