Trying an MRE 

It really says that on the package? That’s great lol

yeah haha! you can see it a few seconds into the video. made me have a giggle lol

​@@Shiesteyyes I actually had to look at one I have it does say that

Honestly thank you, that made me laugh

My “rock or something” was just once the side of someone’s foot who was cold-cocked out asleep

“Rock Or Something” army precision work lmao

Came to comment that. Always cracks me up. "I don't know, find something. Quit fuckin' bothering me."

I'd usually sit down and use my boot sole for it

Its actually because marines were starving because they couldnt find rocks so they had to add the "or something"

Yeah my brother who is in the army came home and he gave us a box full of mres. I tried one and i noticed it said that on the bag and i thought it was funny

They don’t take up much room in your stomach either. I’ve always been hungry unless I ate 2 per meal

Some taste good

my cousin in the Canadian navy smuggled me and another cousin out a pulled pork Imp or MRE in the states when he was at training in the arctic. Legit 8/10 meal but i was also kinda stoned so take that with a grain of salt

Depends on which number you pull

@@samurai_8917 being stoned changes a 4/10 meal to a 8/10

Very true. A friend gave me this same one and a few others. I was moving to another county back in 2009. They were left and forgotten in my car for about 5mth. Things got crazy with the move. I went back to my home town. 578 miles away. There was a horrible freeze/snow storm about 250 miles in. My car froze up and left me on the road for 71 HOURS! No one could get to me. I had my dog as well. I did stop and load up a cooler with water and sodas for the trip. I was only 45 miles from my hotel. Fortunately I had blankets that were my dogs and all her goodies for the stay in my home town. Her food and such. I did have extra clothing. But not really any food for me. I was moving this around to sleep while waiting on help and the roads to clear. I found the MRES!!! LOL this was the one I ate first. Not bad at all. I've never been so excited to find missing items in my life. Lol

When is hot as heck out, a cold MRE ain’t bad either. Room temp works for normal inside…

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@@marikiemarie7622 🤣❤️

Shh... Only intelligent people know what you're saying.

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@@Sniperboy5551 💯

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Nah, the best one is the fajitas.

​​@@bigdaddydons6241The worst one I ever had was ham omelet... Literally guys throwing up. It was bad to be the last guy's back from patrol that day!! Nothing left but ham omelet.

@@maxxcarver5502 I've heard horror stories about people using their omelets like bouncy balls. I'm pretty sure it's been taken out of production from the bad reception

@bigdaddydons6241 I'm pretty sure you're right. I've looked for them after i've gotten out. Just to show people how horrific they were. Saw a video on youtube where they talked about the worst m r e's in the world. I got all excited and it was expecting to see it there on the list. nope. Apparently I was especially blessed while I was in the military. Like I said we got back from patrol. All that was left was ham Omelet. Sergeant Boone was older than us and knew better. He ate everything in the packet including the gum and drank the hot sauce. But he would Not eat the ham omelet meal!! lol. have a good one

Back in the day the best was chili Mac. Highlight dessert would be M&M's😅

There some really really good MREs. Ive tried many from different countries. I think one american had some kind of spicy cheese cream but i forgot which one. That was so fucking good.

The longer the war The fatter our pocket - Military Industrial Complex

@@quackatit jalapeño cheddar spread

Better than K rations

The British rat packs are shit I belive in Afghan our lads would go and Nick your American MREs because they where 100 times better 😂

They have improved vastly in the last few years. I got chili Mac that came with fritos. Actually very good. If you have the chance To stash up on some, can be the difference between eating nothing or those.😮

I'm not even sure if it's possible for MREs to expire... at least the modern ones. I can't remember seeing expiration date on the packaging.

MRE’s are meant to be high calorie generally high carb meals because they are for field work And you’re burning calories (and probably not getting that much sleep) in the field. You used them in the right conditions to make them taste good 😂. Like that first sip of water after a tough hike, it hits different than on your couch

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Either that or the chocolate peanut butter! Both are gems to find in the field 😂

Oh hell yeah! The cheese spreads were so good. Ate a bunch of them after Katrina, they would just throw cases into your car.

Jalapeño cheese spread and bread/crackers in the main meal is always the way to go.

Nah try a proper British rat pack once had one older than me nothing in them is good but the energy powder which some lads snort or use as snuf not good

In airborne school we had a kid eat 27 packets of those. Bad day

I hope in my time of survival I am with someone like you!

You know, I never thought about that, basically the little pouch inside that bag turns into essentially a short circuited battery when it comes in contact with water, and I know that salt can increase the conductivity of water...

Chili with beans is pretty good

Brooooo it was either chili with beans, chili Mac, or another one I vaguely remember that was a sausage gravy oriented one 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Good to know.

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No "hiss" either

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@@spilcerkingodeath welcome home!

Ate some MREs this past fall. They had skittles in them! And they weren’t expired yet, lol

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U scared me for a sec I thought he was … gone gone

Nah crazy russian hacker pashtiet for life

All I had to eat for a month were MREs back when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, I hope I never have to go through that again

If there’s wood there’s ways to cook

When you are starving that's when you break out these cullinary masterpieces.

​@@imnotagamer22without electricity, no stores are open, and everything in the fridge and freezer goes bad. What will you cook with your fire then? I do agree though, for the beginning . Every hurricane we get here in Louisiana, I make a fire, & cook all of the meat we have, and everything else that I have time to, without wasting food. However, after a week with no power, anything in the fridge is bad, but the power and water can stay off for several weeks. This has happened several times in my life, and the MREs are really good at that time.

@@imnotagamer22 you can’t just cook on all wood. You gonna cook on pine buddy? 😂 Plus, idk if you know this or not hurricane season is during the hottest part of the year. Last thing anyone wants to do when it’s hot outside and you have no a/c because you have no power or even if you do have a generator you’re not running the a/c because it’s not essential, is to cook over a hot open fire.

I did exactly this and we’d also lay the heater down with the heater side on the ground so it’d heat quicker. It says not to on the instructions but when it’s cold out and you want a warm meal fast 🤷🏻

Putting the heater back in the cardboard is pro tech. Spoken like a true warfighter. Never forget “nutrition is a force multiplier” haha

Yeah also some of the heaters are duds, if filling it to the line doesn't work just put a tiny bit more in there. I've gotten them to be boiling hot at which point the MRE is no worse than canned spaghetti and meatballs which is what it's based off of. Still hurts the stomach tho because of all the preservatives.

I’ve always had good results giving the heater packet a twist, like giving it an Indian burn before adding the meal pouch.

add salt to the water before adding it. I think for whatever reason the salt that is in them cakes up, or was removed, or they are sourcing them from shitty suppliers. It almost always makes them functional again. and the MRE comes with more than enough salt to power the reaction in the seasoning/accessory bag.

Or just add them to the cereal mix. The point of raisins is not just sugary and (leftover) vitamins, but to counteract the constipation from the peanut butter.

@@pteppig this is new information to me. I didn't know peanut butter was a driver of constipation. I'm eating. A peanut butter sandwich right now. I don't understand constipation anyway, never been constipated in my 46 years, not after surgery, or on 7 years of opiate maintenance therapy. Idk I drink lots of water. 3 quarts a day

​@@johnhurtme you don't know constipation until you've been in the field for a week and haven't shit once. MRE's should be considered as treatment for diorea, they're that bad. You need every bit of help you can get.

​@@wyattroncin941 Depends on the person. MREs pass right through me. It will even smell like the entree!

@@wyattroncin941 I've always drank... drunk... consumed a lot of water. Never been a problem. I have a quart stainless tankard that I drink full twice in the morning and once in the afternoon, plus at least a pot of coffee, and a coke or two a day. That's if I'm not sweating bad, just at the house

MREs are great. You just don't want to live off them for a day or two. But it's like a four course meal in a little packet.

The freeze dried peaches from the 90s were soo good I loved those things lol.

There are some that are fantastic in my opinion like beef stew and chili Mac. Chili Mac comes with jalapeño cheese spread. Then there are straight awful ones I refuse to touch, like the beef patty option. I liken it to dog food.

Unheated soup out of the can. Can't go there

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This man speaks truth, chili mac and the pepper cheese both slapped also the pound cake

@@danlorett2184 tbh most of the MRE desserts are pretty great

You sound like dano seasoning guy 😂😂

I still have MRE withdrawal from hurricane Irma and Ian. Love them no matter how bad they actually are.

I dunno why people don't like them. Every MRE I've eaten has been fine and some really good. Maybe them having to eat them constantly ruins it. They are a bitch to open everything etc. Seems like it could be streamlined somehow to be less trash.

It all depends on which one you get and perspective I suppose. I ate the tuna one and still remember the awful taste.

Same here, dad brought some in we were struggling at the time, when you're really hungry they're good 😅 I didn't like a couple of them tho

@@sabrinareneekelly3777 If you're hungry enough, you eat whatever is put in front of you, and you don't complain. I had a childhood like that, before my mom married my stepdad.

Exactly! Times were hard, my grandparents always said you can either eat what's in front of you or starve. When you're that hungry you'll eat it and be thankful, dad always said we gonna have poke and grits, poke your feet under the table and geit your teeth.

@@sabrinareneekelly3777 lol! Never heard that one before, but it's good. Though I did hear "eat it or starve" quite a bit. There were weeks where all we had in the house was popcorn or pancake mix. I was born to a single mom in the early '70's. My grandparents helped her when they could, but they obviously didn't approve. That's were I learned " it is what it is" and "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit."

Ah yes the notorious wheat snack bread. Only being beaten in a competition of disgust by rice cakes and chow hall eggs.

did they at least come with a rock or something?

They are MUCH worse cold and over the last 20 years many of the different meals are much better than in the 90s. Some of those would cure your hunger by nausea

I think heaters were late 1990s. I remember getting them in 1997. You can also use the fumes to make you go to sleep automatically. 60 infantry guys on a bus windows closed using MRE heaters was recipe for an accident

In my experience that doesn't taste like home😅😅😅😅

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oh my god the Menu 24 Chipotle tacos i had once from my buddies old MRE was actually pretty solid for something meant to last 20+ years

Oh boy, that whole process really sounds appetizing! 😜

I used to do that out in the field I also found a trick to get the whole heater evenly hot is to close the end of the bag and tilt the water and press down on the pad and it would get the whole heater pretty hot

Right, I always laugh when products are advertised as military grade. My response is always "so made by the lowest bidder, from the cheapest materials, in the shortest development/QC/production time? Yeah no thanks"

I've never had enough time in the field to actually heat them up. Plus, it doesn't make them that much more palatable.

they have salt packs included for a reason.... 🤪

@@rustybricks1924 it’s not like it’ll taste any better😅

​@@saddoombringer2149he said that it wasn't bad at all and salt makes everything better. Idk what you're on about.

Haha, yeah I was surprised by that too since they already contain like 1000% of our daily salt allowance.

@@UltraInstinct71I’ve been in the Marine Corps for almost 2 years. I have eaten countless MREs by now. Never, not ONCE, have I ever used a salt packet, even if I’m eating an MRE of my own accord. It’s just too much and I can’t imagine using that much in a single main meal bag

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All ones I've had were pretty good except for that omelette You're right on that.

Ah yes the vomelet

@@benpeters-brown5317 😜

vomlet

I had that exactly one time during basic and still gag thinking of it

Peanut butter is damn near a super food. It's one of the most nutrient and calorically dense foods, period. 2 tablespoons and you've got a decent percent of your daily vitamins. Legume goop is underrated.

​@@Phearsum nuts tie you up tho.

No, they lose their zip big time, when they are “new” they get hot AF though.

So I've heard that raisins can kill dogs. But there are also raisin dog biscuits at the pet store?

@@coledibiase5971Huh?? Are you sure that they’re actually raisin and not some kind of substitute? Because raisins are so dangerous that they make chocolate seem like acceptable dog treats

@@coledibiase5971 depending on the size of the dog, a single raisin can be enough to bring on sudden kidney failure. Raisins/ grapes and currants are deadly to dogs. They're likely using a substitute like when carob is used and called "chocolate" for dogs. Many things that are completely harmless to us like garlic, onions and paracetamol/acetaminophen can lead to an incredibly painful end to our pets. Even basic indoor plants can be lethal to them.

@@jorlejocano not really, even a puppy would still need to eat a few for that to occur 😂 a 12 pound dog would need to eat around dozen.

​​@@axuwu6939y miniature dachshund pokey ate 24 full size school sale milk chocolate bars, he had the runs for a couple of days and that was it, the vet told me that it would take a much smaller dog to have died from that, so chocolate isn't as bad as everyone says, I still wouldn't feed it to my dog and I should add in no one should feed it to their dog, but it's not deadly, but a few raisins are, they can kill a dog in days

Totally different experience but I lived on the streets as a teen and was generally starving. A local church provided a hot meal three days a week and holy heck you learn to appreciate food no matter what it is! When you’re really hungry, food takes on a whole other meaning. Even a plain slice of bread 💚 So yeah while my experience is very different from yours I do understand what you’re saying ^_^ Thank you for your service 🙏🏻

I like to use the saying “hunger is the best seasoning” when you are grateful for anything to eat when you’re starving or have been out all day working yourself ragged.

@@whiterabbit6148 I call it “hunger sauce” - makes everything taste better ^_^

the cheese is rare, most had peanut butter. When i was in if you got the cheeze packet it was like winning a scratch off.

@@badjuju2612 that’s some good cheese! 🤣🤣

I don’t think the word “legit” is needed in your comment.

@@XploreAz i don’t think your comment was needed nerd

@@collingalbraith4343 it was. Someone has to try and stop brainless people from saying “legit” all of the time. It’s like you all just learned a new word and then try to throw into every comment. Dummy.

@@collingalbraith4343 it was. Someone has to try and stop brainless people from saying “legit” all of the time. It’s like you all just learned a new word and then try to throw into every comment.

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He didn’t get it out onto a tray though, 2/10 barely watchable /s

The three cheese tortellini with smarties, a pound cake, and the jerky is the pinnacle of MREs and I would literally prefer it to a 3 michellin star restaurant

And enough calories for marching several miles per day. They're also known to cause diarrhea or the flip side constipation. They shouldn't be eaten unless in a "few other options" situation.