Ok, has anyone ever had their CO explain their MRE to them?

[raccoon]

Or did you just know, without explanation?

[mikeytherat]

1. My CO could not explain the MRE to any of us, and NO ONE opened the

foil pouch marked "Corned Beef Hash."

mikey_the_rat

[DS1]

2. It was better than the omelet with ham

[mikeytherat]

3. Most things are.

mikey_the_rat

[ET Awful]

9. And both were better than "Beef Patty" or "Pork Patty" n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. I never had a C-Rat explained to me

Someone just tossed a P-38 and said "Bon Apetit"

MRE's are more, uh, "explainable"?

[BrotherBuzz]

17. Someone give me the heads up on the Ham & Mothers

He couldn't quite explain what they were, but I did appreciate the warning.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. Someone needed an explanation?

:shrug:

[raccoon]

6. This is a copycat thread. nt

[leeroysphitz]

7. If you think that then you've never had to reconstitute the dried hamburger pattie... n/t

Or the Styrofoam fruit cocktail. :puke:

[MicaelS]

8. I had a LRP ration

Back in JROTC Summer Camp in 1972. One of the nastiest things I ever ate. LRP ration Menu #4: Beef with Rice + cold water = crunchy beef and crunchy rice. Nasty. :puke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRRP_ration

[trof]

16. Lurps. Oh yeah.

[MrScorpio]

10. I spent 22 years in the Air Force and never once ate an MRE

Damn, I'm good

[MicaelS]

19. No, more likely

You were a REMF. :rofl: You have to be at the pointy end of the spear to eat MREs.

[JANdad]

11. I Dunno....

I liked the Chicken-a-la-King myself...

[Shell Beau]

12. All I know is that they are jam packed with calories!!

:shrug:

I have heard some of them are pretty decent.

[DS1]

14. 1,500 each for summer, something like 3,000 for cold operations

Which is the same as one of those hungry man dinners

[Shell Beau]

15. Those hungry man dinners have that many calories?

Yikes! That is a days supply right there. Which makes perfect sense if you are in the military and that may be your only meal for a while, but a damn tv dinner? :crazy:

[DS1]

18. ok, I was off on the calories

but everyone should read this review once

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0744/

[Swede]

13. My CO was a BMF and didn't give the SOP for MREs.

But I already knew how to open a bag.