Vintage MRE's from ForeignMRE.com
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:18 pm
I just received two vintage MRE's from ForeignMRE.com
Menu 9 Meatballs, Beef and Rice, in Tom. Sauce
Menu 15 Beef Enchiladas
Of course I immediately ate them, or at least the mains.
#9 was a Brown Pouch with the main dated 1267 (1991). It was as I remember, almost no rice to speak of, lots of sauce, meatballs about ¾" in size. Meatballs were a bit dry inside and the BBQ like sauce very rich. Thought about putting it on MRE Rice but used MRE Tortillas instead because I have a ton of them.
#15 was a Khaki colored pouch and the main dated 4121 (2004) and the Refried beans dated 4085. Three long beef enchiladas with plenty of sauce.
Both mains and the refried beans were perfectly edible. I like the current meatballs in tomato sauce better than these meatballs in bbq sauce, though I wish the meatballs were bigger. The beef enchiladas is one of those menus I don't know why was discontinued, I really enjoyed them. I enjoyed the refried beans and those would go well in several MRE's, especially a vegetarian menu to make burritos with, along with the cheese and perhaps rice. I really miss the mexican rice side. The MRE also came with Picante Sauce which I didn't use. Large pouch of it too. I have yet to try the other components like the Cheese w/Jalapeno, Peanut Butter, Cookies and Cream cookie, Vegetable Crackers, etc but I will update as I do. I was very, very happy for a couple of components - the freeze dried peaches, and the Chocolate Covered Cookie! Those are among my all time favorites.
The point of this post is really just to say that the Vintage MRE's I ordered were absolutely edible. Even the FRH in the 2004 ration still worked! I expect the rest of the components to be good too. They must have been stored well. I would not hesitate to eat the other Vintage menus ForeignMRE.com is offering. I don't get these to collect, I get them to eat! What a blast from the past.
Thank you Art and Nina!
ETA: Crackers in the 1991 and 2004 rations were fine, not stale or rancid smelling/tasting. The Vegetable crackers still tasting really good. The 2004 Creamsicle Cookie was delicious. The Cheese with Jalapeños was as brown as Peanut Butter, but was still edible.
Menu 9 Meatballs, Beef and Rice, in Tom. Sauce
Menu 15 Beef Enchiladas
Of course I immediately ate them, or at least the mains.
#9 was a Brown Pouch with the main dated 1267 (1991). It was as I remember, almost no rice to speak of, lots of sauce, meatballs about ¾" in size. Meatballs were a bit dry inside and the BBQ like sauce very rich. Thought about putting it on MRE Rice but used MRE Tortillas instead because I have a ton of them.
#15 was a Khaki colored pouch and the main dated 4121 (2004) and the Refried beans dated 4085. Three long beef enchiladas with plenty of sauce.
Both mains and the refried beans were perfectly edible. I like the current meatballs in tomato sauce better than these meatballs in bbq sauce, though I wish the meatballs were bigger. The beef enchiladas is one of those menus I don't know why was discontinued, I really enjoyed them. I enjoyed the refried beans and those would go well in several MRE's, especially a vegetarian menu to make burritos with, along with the cheese and perhaps rice. I really miss the mexican rice side. The MRE also came with Picante Sauce which I didn't use. Large pouch of it too. I have yet to try the other components like the Cheese w/Jalapeno, Peanut Butter, Cookies and Cream cookie, Vegetable Crackers, etc but I will update as I do. I was very, very happy for a couple of components - the freeze dried peaches, and the Chocolate Covered Cookie! Those are among my all time favorites.
The point of this post is really just to say that the Vintage MRE's I ordered were absolutely edible. Even the FRH in the 2004 ration still worked! I expect the rest of the components to be good too. They must have been stored well. I would not hesitate to eat the other Vintage menus ForeignMRE.com is offering. I don't get these to collect, I get them to eat! What a blast from the past.
Thank you Art and Nina!
ETA: Crackers in the 1991 and 2004 rations were fine, not stale or rancid smelling/tasting. The Vegetable crackers still tasting really good. The 2004 Creamsicle Cookie was delicious. The Cheese with Jalapeños was as brown as Peanut Butter, but was still edible.