Wow. Not bad. Better than my old ladies cooking. Grilled chicken or whatever the hell it was. Sure beat C rats hand down.
I am sure after a few weeks of eating them you could get sick of them real quick.
But I was impressed with the taste and quality of the whole package.
We used to carry a case of C rats which was not lite.
If nothing else these have got to be easier to carry for our young troops.
Took me a damn hour to figure out how to cook the damn thing.
Even my cat liked the chicken. Come to think of it it did taste a little bit like cat.
Never ate one of course, but the vets who have and still have nightmares from it say the cans are labeled "ham and lima beans". I am sorta picturing a SPAM chunk with Lima beans embedded in it but am told it was more like Ken L Ration dog food with large green things in it.
We have a lot of dog food for the two we care for. All pride aside, some of it don't look too bad at all. A bit of salt with some good liquor, you are set man.
I want to know if anyone out there was told that the gum in the newly issued MRE's were also a laxative? While I was in the Corps we were told that a number of times out in the field. I never noticed anything different than a sore corn hole. Captain's Chicken, Cheese and veggie omelet were two of the worst MRE's to get stuck with in the field. Glad I don't have to eat that stuff anymore.
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my kids love em
gotta agree sure glad i dont have to eat them anymore:rofl:
got a couple of cases still just for emergencies-just as long as i keep em away from the kids!!!
I have had a couple of the LRRP meals, they had a dehydrated hambooger patty and some beans in tomato sauce. Made a passable chili when mixed together and ate with crackers. The patty was actually quite tasty. We have certainly come a long way in field rations since WWII.
BTW, was talking to my Marine friend who helped finish off the WWII C Rats, he said the one thing they really liked about them was they came with a small pack of cigarettes. Still fresh even after all that time. Usually Chesterfields or Pall Mall.
I generally like the current MREs okay, and have a few cases set aside for 'hurricane evac" duty. The only entree I couldn't stomach was the "Beef in Jamaica Sauce" - oohhh... that stuff was nasty.....
Even the "Ham & MFers" was better. :grumble:
The pork patties made a pretty fair sandwich, but you did need plenty of something wet to wash it down.
The ones I had [pork slices, with juices] were better than SPAM.
2 slices fit on "standard" bread perfectly, so I cook 2 peices of spam and fry an egg at the same time, and put them on the bread with some american cheese, I'd assume it'd work with those...
Dad served in the Marines from 1948 to 1972.The last 19 as a reservest.When he came home from the two week summer training every year,he brought back a couple cases I would use for camping.Loved those coco bars.:thumbup1:
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