By: Pat Cascio
Date: November 4, 2013
I know that a lot of active-duty military personnel hate MREs. However, if they ever had C-rations, they would think that MREs are gourmet eating.
As I stated at the start of this article, my wife and I actually enjoy MREs. We years ago, we ran across a deal on MRE entrees only, and we purchased several cases of the entrees, and quite often, that would be our dinner or lunch.
And, we’ve introduced many people to MREs, and no one ever complained about the taste of them, either.
They are a great thing for hunters to carry in their rigs and backpacks. And, needless to say, if you are reading SurvivalBlog, you are a prepper, and always looking for survival-type food.
My family and I carry a couple complete MRE meals in our BOB as well as a few entrees. If the SHTF, and all we have time to grab are our BOBs and weapons, at least we won’t be hungry for several days.
Additionally, the flameless heater can be used to help warm your body — just add the required water amount, seal the bag up, and put it under your jacket, and they’ll warm you right up.
The entrees are always changing on MREs, and that’s a good thing. Besides the chili MRE, we’ve all received apple and maple flavored oatmeal, spaghetti and beef sauce, a breakfast sausage patty, vegetarian ratatouille, beef ravioli in meat sauce, and several other tasty meals.
It should be noted that Meal Kit Supply purchase their MREs directly from a US MRE supplier, and ship directly from their warehouse, and then shipped to you. The other MRE suppliers have a much longer route, before they arrive in your hands.
And, although you can purchase MREs on eBay or other sources, you really don’t know what you’re getting — how old are they, how were they stored, etc. And, it is now against the law for anyone to sell MREs that are marked “US Property.”
Earlier, a lot of military personnel would take the MREs they didn’t eat in the field, to a local army-navy store and sell them — while it isn’t against the law for you and I to have their military MREs, it is now against the law for them to be sold.
MREs are relatively expensive to purchase, but if you want a complete meal, a three-course meal, that is tasty and nutritious, then it’s really hard to beat MREs.
My family and I also keep some freeze-dried packages of food in our BOB and our rigs, but there’s nothing like having a good three-course meal, out in the boonies, when you cold, tired and hungry.
Meal Kit Supply sells their MREs by the case — and there are 12 complete MREs in every case. Cost is $129.95. That might seem high, but consider that includes shipping, so that’s not a bad deal.
My entire family really liked the various MREs that were sent to me for testing — didn’t find any meals we didn’t like.
And, I believe if you served someone one of these MREs, without them knowing they were MREs, they would think you made the meal fresh yourself. Yes, they are “that” good.
Now all I have to do, is replenish my Meal Kit Supply of MREs one of these days.