1991 Chicken and Rice

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1991 Chicken and Rice

Post by Jim_M1988 » Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:23 pm

This is one I checked out approximately 7 months ago with my sister at her house. I tend to lean towards eating the more "vintage" rations but always had issues with image size on here, which is why this has taken me so long!

Chicken and Rice menu no 11, 1991. This one was a real score, all was very edible apart from the cheese - which was left to my sister to try as controversially I am not a fan of cheese! Even the Tabasco sauce was light and clear which is usually a good sign of how well the other contents has held up!
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Contents were;
Chicken and Rice
Crackers
Cheese Spread
M&M's (Plain)
Grape Beverage Base
Cookie, Chocolate Covered
Plus accessory pack, spoon, Tobasco.
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I have a preference for brown bag MRE's, I like the menu layouts and prefer the use of sugar rather than sweeteners, although I am partial to the Iced Tea that you find more commonly in the Tan bags :).
The grape beverage was fantastic, the old beverage bases mix up well and as far as I'm concerned have a much cleaner taste than the new versions with sweeteners etc - although I do still really like the modern Orange BB.
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Crackers were perfect, I've not yet had any bad MRE crackers, no matter how the rest of the contents has held up. The same can not be said for the B-Unit crackers I have tried!
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Tasters Choise, creamer and sugar were all fine. Cookie, chocolate covered was also great. I've experienced bad after tastes with some of these in the past, but this one was perfect and well paired with the coffee. M&M's also were brilliant - not a complete bag of sour dust! I can never get my head around how commercial candy sometimes stands the test of time so well!
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The main is one of my favourites (this and the Corned beef hash). No sour taste or numbness, this one was like new. Although soft I actually like the texture and flavour of the Chicken and Rice, although after getting a whiff of the cheese we decided to pair the crackers for the remaining half of the main!
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Makes me wish I'd taken more photos of some of the others I have eaten, especially the earlier 80's stuff. I'm hoping to find the time to post a few more reviews, so maybe I'll have a hunt through my old photos and see what else I can find also!

Cheers
Jim

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Re: 1991 Chicken and Rice

Post by cavguy » Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:19 pm

Nice review! This meal used to be one of my not-so-favorites, as this meal was notorious for having small chunks of chicken bone in it!

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Re: 1991 Chicken and Rice

Post by Jim_M1988 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:45 pm

cavguy wrote:
Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:19 pm
Nice review! This meal used to be one of my not-so-favorites, as this meal was notorious for having small chunks of chicken bone in it!
I believe that! I've had maybe 4 of these and no bone yet, although they've all been early 90s....maybe they improved them slightly!
Salty sent me some early 80s frank's I want to try soon. Currently munching my way through a 96 RCW. Never had an RCW before and so far it has been a delight! I love the spaghetti!

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Re: 1991 Chicken and Rice

Post by ReadinessReviews » Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:39 pm

I freaking love this Menu. Great review buddy!

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Re: 1991 Chicken and Rice

Post by parafireboy » Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:18 pm

Great review, thanks for sharing!

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