Article - What Happens When You Eat Nothing but MREs

[TWP]

VERY GOOD ARTICLE on the consequences of relying TOO MUCH on MRE's...

http://www.askaprepper.com/happens-eat-nothing-mres/

I've spend a few months on "mostly' MRE diets, while dredging for gold in California.   One Word: Constipation...

Read the article and adjust your prepping diet plans to include OTHER food sources.

[WolfBrother]

One thing that stood out to me was the logistical support "normally" have.  Hot meals etc  flown/trucked in or else supplies brought in to support a field kitchen.

I have eaten, in the field, C--Rations, LRRP (freeze dried) rations, and MREs.

If you had a way to heat water -  the LRRPs were good chow.
If you have and can use the MRE heaters - they turn cold food fairly warm.   Makes the meal better.
When you've been humping it in the jungle all day - you get hungry enough to eat C's.
I was eating one when one of the guys said, "Hey Doc, the box your C's came in is dated 1954"
It was 1971.  MMMMMMMMMMMMMM good

[TWP]

I believe those Cs qualified as "aged and ripe".

I'll stock MREs as a reserve food, but I'd hate to be stuck with ONLY those...

Freeze drying at least preserves some of the enzymes and vitamins which are cooked out of MRE's.

[230gr]

Maybe they should issue packets of Polyethylene Glycol 3350 (MiraLAX) with the rations.

[WolfBrother]

In 1986, while in the TxARNG I had a MRE that hat three cooked freeze dried pork patty.  A bit later she the squad I was in had lagered in for the night, I quietly passed gas.  My partner gagged and masked up. When it was all over, one of the guys asked if I had cancer. That particular meal made me into a weapon of gas destruction.  From then on, the squad made sure that I DID NOT have that meal.


In general, I like them, but that one specifically did not like me.

[owldancer]

In 1981 I had some C's while on an outing, it was still good especially with Tabasco.
(When I was young I was told to always bring Tabasco with)

Have not had an MRE.

[TWP]

My MREs also had a Tabasco bottle in most boxes.  NOT on my list of edible spices...

Comparing MREs to Cs, I would, in my limited experience of C rations, give the award to MREs.   More and better flavor is the only criteria.

On a side note, if we ever get out of one or more of the middle east conflicts, I expect to see a flush (pun intended) of MREs hitting the market at lower prices.   This happened after Desert Storm (Iraq) concluded, I expect to see it again.

Since I do consider MREs to be a viable item in long term food stocks, I'll keep my eyes on our local and online outlets for Mil. Surplus cases.  They may NOT be what I want to eat, but they are, technically, food which stores well.

[230gr]

consider MREs to be a viable item in long term food stocks,

I considered MREs as special purpose rations for Bugging Out, patrolling, or other situations where a cooking fire would be problematic.