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How do you think they survive in the Middle East? Plenty of MRE's have been eaten over there by our military folks over the years. My cousin says many of the MRE's were much better than the food that was served to them in the mess hall. It's way warmer than 100 degrees there!
I never heard of MRE and read through the whole thread to find what it stands for.Suddenly It popped up as Meals Ready to Eat ( MRE) ..I never bought that .
"There's all kinds of Youtube videos showing people opening and eating the old C-Rations from Korea/Vietnam. Smoking the cigarettes out of them.. Eating the chocolate.."
well, yeah...
If the cans aren't bulging or rusted through, the contents are likely edible.
Especially the chocolate. LOVE that stuff!
The pound cake... Oh, yeah, GOOD cake!
Ham and eggs... VERY few people liked that, I was one of them. I could always trade the cigarettes for a can.
Beef steak and gravy...
Many times I looked at what the chow hall had, and got a package of "C"s instead.
I sure would like to find a case of meals now, at a reasonable price.
I still have a P-38 around here somewhere...
My mouth is watering just thinking about them.
I came home from 'nam before the MREs (and the M-16) got there. Lucky me, I missed them both! Then.
But later, in the Reserve, they got me. I was not impressed with either of them.
Edit: I have to wonder about a discussion of MREs in "food and drink", though. Many of us would agree that they barely qualify as either!
I heard MRE's dont last as long if stored in temp over 80 degrees? instead of 3 years they might only last a year
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Originally Posted by ABQConvict
If they are no good over 80 degrees I suppose they havent been used in Iraq. Or anywhere outside the arctic.
Not being able to withstand years-long storage above 80 F (which was what the OP postulated) hardly precludes use in Iraq. If accurate, it only precludes years-long storage exposed to that heat.
But it's not accurate. MREs are designed to withstand months-long exposure to temperatures well above 80 F, and years at or below that temperature.
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Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder
I've never seen an MRE with dehydrated ingredients. If an MRE had dehydrated ingredients it wouldn't be a Meal Ready to Eat (MRE).
Many MREs I consumed had dehydrated pears/peaches/pineapple/etc. You could eat them right away - they were just crunchy instead of soft (and you might as well have - I sometimes soaked the damn things overnight, and they'd be mushy on the outside with crunchy centers). But then, I haven't had any in a quarter century, so I can't speak to today.
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Originally Posted by CapnHawk
MRE: Meals Rejected by Everyone
Meals Rarely Enjoyed
Meals Rejected by the Enemy
Meals Refusing to Exit
They were Meals Rejected by Ethiopians when I had them. This doesn't make much sense now, but in light of the Ethiopian famines of the 1980s, it was understood at the time.
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Originally Posted by ss20ts
How do you think they survive in the Middle East? Plenty of MRE's have been eaten over there by our military folks over the years. My cousin says many of the MRE's were much better than the food that was served to them in the mess hall. It's way warmer than 100 degrees there!
Again, the question wasn't 'Do MREs immediately disintegrate at high temperatures?' but 'Can they survive for years at high temperatures?'. The fact that a well-supplied modern military with a fully-developed supply chain uses them in a desert doesn't answer this question. (the answer is 'yes', but not because some U.S. Army troops have eaten MREs in Fallujah in July)
Oh - and even in boot camp, the mediocre chow they served us was a lot better than MREs.
Again, the question wasn't 'Do MREs immediately disintegrate at high temperatures?' but 'Can they survive for years at high temperatures?'. The fact that a well-supplied modern military with a fully-developed supply chain uses them in a desert doesn't answer this question. (the answer is 'yes', but not because some U.S. Army troops have eaten MREs in Fallujah in July)
Oh - and even in boot camp, the mediocre chow they served us was a lot better than MREs.
Like I said, they survive in the Middle East which is hotter than hell year round. They're designed to last for years in all kinds of weather. No one said anything about troops eating them in July in Fallujah.
I lived on only C-rations for one year and lost 40 lbs.
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I guess the original poster figures that everyone was in the military.
