China Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Meals Ready To Excrete Soldiers serve up amusing mixed reviews of military grub-in-a-bag AUGUST 20--Next year, the U.S. military will begin production of a new line of Meals, Ready-to-Eat, those indestructible chow packages that help sustain American soldiers. MREs, which are distributed to servicemen during operations where regular meal preparation is not possible, are packaged to last for three years (or six months in 100 degree temperatures). The new MREs were developed, in part, after a late-2005 taste test involving 400 soldiers stationed at Fort Greeley in Alaska. Each serviceman involved in the field evaluation filled out comment forms, which were then compiled in a report prepared by Department of Defense officials. A copy of that entertaining document, filled with the blunt appraisals of junior Frank Brunis, can be found below. Eight complete meals were tested, with mixed results. One soldier complained that a chicken and dumplings MRE triggered, "a flatulence symphony in my tent all night." A stuffed cabbage MRE led one evaluator to exclaim, "The meal sucked! Do you even try this crap before you give it to us?" That same MRE also led another reviewer to write, "Don't ever give the stuffed cabbage to a soldier again, even POWs deserve better." One evaluator questioned whether the new MREs should actually be tested by non-military diners: "Soldiers will eat all of this nastiness no matter what, because we have to eat." Not all reviews were negative, however, especially when it came to a chicken loaf MRE with a tasty dessert. "The vanilla pudding is so good that I ripped it open. Licked the inside and rolled around on top of it like a dog," one enthusiastic soldier noted. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 thats what you get when you interviews soldiers in Alaska.. Thats funny though.. ITs true doe they even consider what it would taste like before they make it. Cabbage COME ON.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Force Cane Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 it is kind of funny- I like so many different types of food that I actually enjoyed our MREs. then again, they are USAF MRE so probably better than any of the other services! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mass_SkinsFan Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 There's a reason they're called MRE's..... Meals Rejected by Etheopians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I love that every 5th comment is to either add more tobacco, booze or baby wipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 it is kind of funny- I like so many different types of food that I actually enjoyed our MREs. then again, they are USAF MRE so probably better than any of the other services! You've obviously never had to eat MREs for months at a time.....and I'm pretty sure MREs are MREs. They don't make them service-specific. Some of the comments were pretty funny. No idea why they'd test them at Ft. Greeley though. Those guys are already pissed off from being at Ft. Greeley :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacase Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ahhh, the memories.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I remember my son saying they weren't bad. Of course that's after eating my wifes cooking. :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Meal ready to eat, none of which is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 You've obviously never had to eat MREs for months at a time.....and I'm pretty sure MREs are MREs. They don't make them service-specific. Some of the comments were pretty funny. No idea why they'd test them at Ft. Greeley though. Those guys are already pissed off from being at Ft. Greeley :laugh: exactly I lived on a steady diet of MRE's for months at a time and if I hadnt needed the calories I would have preffered wet dirt and poison berries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 exactly I lived on a steady diet of MRE's for months at a time and if I hadnt needed the calories I would have preffered wet dirt and poison berries No doubt. I'm good until I get through the whole selection for the 3rd or 4th time. By the 2nd time through, I've already eliminated about 50% of the meals because they're nasty. By the 3rd and 4th time I'm down to 2 or 3 meals that even sound remotely appetizing. They have come a long way in the last 15-20 years though, I'll give em that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Chicken and Salsa is so money. That was by far my favorite one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 If you can find an army surplus store, they're great to take camping. Everything you need right there in the bag. The little stove to heat up the chicken I thought was a really cool invention. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I remember my favorite was the Chicken a la King. The least favorite was the piece of reddish colored, rubber coated, slab of masonry they called Strawberry shortcake. Cut only with an M-16 or higher caliber cutting utensil. If I had chewed that thing hard enough, I think I could have pulled my own wisdom teeth. Though I will say that I did eat 3 of the things, (every last bit of them), in one sitting one late afternoon after a particularly grueling day of maneuvers against the Para Rescue guys,(fortunately, surgery was avoided). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsBry Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 My favorite was the chicken and rice, number 11 I believe. I'd mix in the cheese, crackers, and Tobasco and I was all set. That was the only one I could eat over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 There's a reason they're called MRE's..... Meals Rejected by Etheopians. Actually that would be spelled Ethiopians . . . I would expect someone as knowledgable about the world as you claim to be to know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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