Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 What's an MRE? 430816[/snapback] Field rations for the military. "Meal, Ready to Eat". Basically three lies for the price of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 You are aware of course what m.r.e stands for? Meal, rejected by the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good: Beef with Mushrooms Bean Burrito Country Captain Chicken Pasta in Alfredo Chili Mac Bad: Pasta with Vegetables Beef Stew Beef Patty Pork Chop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCBillsFan Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good: Beef with Mushrooms Bean Burrito Country Captain Chicken Pasta in Alfredo Chili Mac Bad: Pasta with Vegetables Beef Stew Beef Patty Pork Chop 430863[/snapback] Spaghetti in meat sauce is good too. Especially with the cheese and tabasco mixed in..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Spaghetti in meat sauce is good too. Especially with the cheese and tabasco mixed in..... 430906[/snapback] Good man. I trust Iraq has proven hospitable. God bless ya. Do they still make the hot dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Spaghetti in meat sauce is good too. Especially with the cheese and tabasco mixed in..... 430906[/snapback] Gotta have the tobasco. I think the Beef Terryaki comes with powdered chili and it's pretty good too. Everyone hates the vegie crackers, but I think they're pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonprophet Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 When I was in the Marine Corps from 94-98, we pronounced MRE as "Mr. E". My battalion managed to acquire the oldest MREs in existence; the M&M packets featured promotional artwork from the 1988 Olympics and the chocolate in the M&Ms and Mars bars had degraded into cocoa powder by the time we got to them. We looked forward to training at Army installations because we knew we'd be getting more modern i.e. better tasting MREs there. It was also fun to discover how many varieties that we'd been eating hadn't been manufactured for many years; the Army personnel we talked to hadn't heard of several of them. The cheese spread seemed funky the first time I ate it, but you start to crave it after awhile. Eating MREs for every meal leads to severe constipation; they should have included Preparation-H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Eating MREs for every meal leads to severe constipation; they should have included Preparation-H. 430918[/snapback] The tabasco helped with that. I remember my MRE days fondly. When it's cold and rainy and you're sitting on a guard point overnight, nothing warms the body and soul quite like an MRE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 The tabasco helped with that. I remember my MRE days fondly. When it's cold and rainy and you're sitting on a guard point overnight, nothing warms the body and soul quite like an MRE. 430957[/snapback] C-rats for me. I got out because I couldn't handle the taste of MRE's. Just kidding of course but c-rats were a lot better then MRE's just heavy to carry around if you had to carry your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 This is the TOTM (Thread of the Month) so far. Just got back from my grandson's. Will never eat chocolate pudding again after that diaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 C-rats for me. I got out because I couldn't handle the taste of MRE's. 430959[/snapback] And on-end they towered over you... (Any time, any subject... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiz Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good: Beef with Mushrooms Bean Burrito Country Captain Chicken Pasta in Alfredo Chili Mac Bad: Pasta with Vegetables Beef Stew Beef Patty Pork Chop 430863[/snapback] It's been a while since I've had one, but do they still have the Chicken A-la-King(blah!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 It's been a while since I've had one, but do they still have the Chicken A-la-King(blah!!) 430997[/snapback] That WAS terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCBillsFan Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good man. I trust Iraq has proven hospitable. God bless ya. Do they still make the hot dogs? 430908[/snapback] Iraq hasn't been too bad so far. We get shelled with mortars a lot and I've taken small arms fire once but other than that not bad. I don't think they have the hot dogs anymore. If they do I haven't seen them. They were pretty good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuvtalker Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Ahh, the Chicken A-La-King. I used to always try to get the MRE's that had the cheese spread. I served in the US Army from 91-99, so the one's that were big during my tenure were: Chicken A-La-King Chicken w/Rice Pork w/rice in BBQ sauce spaghetti w/meat sauce Beef Stew Every so often you'd catch one with a bag of M&M's in them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkwwjd Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Best part about MREs is the chemical that is used to heat the meal. Take the packet and dump some (or most) of the chemical into an empty 2-liter bottle. Put a 1/4 cup of water in, screw on the lid ... and run. Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Best part about MREs is the chemical that is used to heat the meal. Take the packet and dump some (or most) of the chemical into an empty 2-liter bottle. Put a 1/4 cup of water in, screw on the lid ... and run. Fun times. 431067[/snapback] The water initiates an exothermic (heat-generating) reaction typically between a stabilized elemental magnesium and an easily-available anion. I think the anion is chlorine coming from wetted, slightly acidic NaCl. I'm an ex (as in extinct ) chemist. Elemental Mg and assorted Mg salts were one of the staples of we college student's homegrown wisea$$ explosives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Melted Retatta Enchilada 430835[/snapback] Oooh...my stomach hurts just thinking about it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 You are aware of course what m.r.e stands for? Meal, rejected by the enemy. 430850[/snapback] Thats the politically correct translation. Another common but less sensitive one: Meals Rejected by Ethiopians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 in the last 30 minutes it just became Meal Ready to Exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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