2009 Nr. 23 : Chicken Pesto Pasta + others
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:15 am
Hello , my first post in here and it's gonna' be review of Menu 23 , assembled in 2009 , eaten 2011 
Here's what we see after unpacking the MRE.
From left to right we have:
-Main course (Chicken Pesto Pasta)
-Pudding dessert powder (I had vanilla one)
-Mango peach applesauce (That's interesting naming to me. I mean , how can APPLEsauce be other taste than apple?
)
-Wheat snack bread
-Accessory pocket A (Coffee , creamer , salt , sugar , moist towelette , toilet paper , matches and in mine there was red bell ground pepper)
Matches are interesting case as well , on the package they say that they are especially designed for damp climates , however they won't light when exposed to very damp air ( I know , I know , it says several weeks xP )
-Lemon-lime beverage base powder
-Cheese spread with bacon
-Instant beverage bag (very useful for me personally. Here in Poland , we're used to other measure scales. We use milliliters and liters instead of ounces and gallons).
-Mre bag
First thing I tried was side dish , mango-peach applesauce. Sadly , I don't have a photo of how it looked like , got the idea of photographing it too late
Here's how the box looks like:
Take a closer look , and notice vitamin C amount:
I say , it's better than flu shot
From now on , I'm gonna' eat one of those every week or two during winter and I should be safe , what You think?
Another interesting thing is what I found out after turning the box:
Done eating? Cut out this postcard from the box and share taste notes with family
As for taste/look notes:
The sauce was very good. It had nice , orange-yellow color with noticeable tiny pieces of fruits. It also tasted good - sauce was pretty sweet in taste with light hint of sour. Although it was appealing by look and taste , it's smell wasn't so good - it smelled noticeably of chemical add-ons.
And now... For the main course:
This one MRE I had at home , so instead of using heater , I just put it in the water and boiled for a moment.
The dish was very tasty , my personal second best so far. It's a pasta in Italian sauce alright , with pieces of chicken and beef strips. Spices of the sauce are pretty noticeable , but it's not hot itself , more like a... Herbal taste I guess. Adding red pepper helps and the whole thing gets a little hot then
After main course , it's time for dessert
Interesting story with beverage. It's "Lemon-lime flavored , no fruit juice". Oxymoron?
Pudding Somewhere in the other thread someone had chocolate one and was wondering about vanilla one. So here it goes , review of vanilla pudding
I decided to make it the way other user did it. So instead of stirring it in the bag , I put everything in the bowl , added water and stirred with the spoon.
The pudding is fairly thick and very , very sweet. Vanilla flavor is noticeable , but You won't avoid chemical hint. However I think soldiers won't complain... After all , it have to give energy , taste is secondary thing
Don't have photos of wheat snack bread being eaten with cheese spread , but that one probably everyone knows how tastes like.
Overall it's a good and tasty menu and I'd for sure take it one more time.
As for bonus for the thread - I've also had Menu 16 (Chicken Fajita) , Menu 22 (Chicken and dumplings) and Menu 5 (Chicken Breast) all assembled in 2009 , eaten 2011.
Chicken Fajita was my first and I liked it very much. It's my personal best so far. Chicken pieces in spicy sauce is a yes to me. Tortillas were wearing strong smell and taste of chemical add-ons. Rice wasn't bad , but a bit dry for my liking.
Chicken breast is something I won't ever get again. There was a lot of 'water' in it after heating , the meat wasn't tasty , it tasted chemically and had a sponge structure. Cornbread stuffing - some say it's great. I guess it's a matter of taste , for me it was awful.
Chicken and dumplings was not so good , but not all that bad either. Whole thing was in some white sauce. Adding Tabasco was a must. Choclettos candy was great. It's like toffee rolls in chocolate or something like that. I didn't had French toast cookie like it's listed on the site , there was oatmeal cookie instead. Grape jelly was great add-on for wheat snack bread.
What's yet waiting to be tried is Menu 20 - Spaghetti in meat sauce I've heard it's one of the better ones so I'm hopeful for it
Along with the reviews , I have an information of sorts. It seems to me I might have allergy for some ingredient that is in every MRE (maybe some chemical add-on). First I thought that it might be cinnamon , but then I watched to not eat anything that have cinnamon in it and yet still I get symptoms. Basically , my tongue gets... Weird structure on the sides. I don't know what that might be , but it happened every time after I ate MRE.
Alright So here it is. My first post and a review at once. Feedback will be appreciated , I hope that my review was useful to other users
Greets from Poland!
Here's what we see after unpacking the MRE.
From left to right we have:
-Main course (Chicken Pesto Pasta)
-Pudding dessert powder (I had vanilla one)
-Mango peach applesauce (That's interesting naming to me. I mean , how can APPLEsauce be other taste than apple?
)-Wheat snack bread
-Accessory pocket A (Coffee , creamer , salt , sugar , moist towelette , toilet paper , matches and in mine there was red bell ground pepper)
Matches are interesting case as well , on the package they say that they are especially designed for damp climates , however they won't light when exposed to very damp air
( I know , I know , it says several weeks xP )-Lemon-lime beverage base powder
-Cheese spread with bacon
-Instant beverage bag (very useful for me personally. Here in Poland , we're used to other measure scales. We use milliliters and liters instead of ounces and gallons).
-Mre bag
First thing I tried was side dish , mango-peach applesauce. Sadly , I don't have a photo of how it looked like , got the idea of photographing it too late
Here's how the box looks like:
Take a closer look , and notice vitamin C amount:
I say , it's better than flu shot
From now on , I'm gonna' eat one of those every week or two during winter and I should be safe , what You think? Another interesting thing is what I found out after turning the box:
Done eating? Cut out this postcard from the box and share taste notes with family
As for taste/look notes:
The sauce was very good. It had nice , orange-yellow color with noticeable tiny pieces of fruits. It also tasted good - sauce was pretty sweet in taste with light hint of sour. Although it was appealing by look and taste , it's smell wasn't so good - it smelled noticeably of chemical add-ons.
And now... For the main course:
This one MRE I had at home , so instead of using heater , I just put it in the water and boiled for a moment.
The dish was very tasty , my personal second best so far. It's a pasta in Italian sauce alright , with pieces of chicken and beef strips. Spices of the sauce are pretty noticeable , but it's not hot itself , more like a... Herbal taste I guess. Adding red pepper helps and the whole thing gets a little hot then
After main course , it's time for dessert
Interesting story with beverage. It's "Lemon-lime flavored , no fruit juice". Oxymoron?
Pudding
Somewhere in the other thread someone had chocolate one and was wondering about vanilla one. So here it goes , review of vanilla pudding I decided to make it the way other user did it. So instead of stirring it in the bag , I put everything in the bowl , added water and stirred with the spoon.
The pudding is fairly thick and very , very sweet. Vanilla flavor is noticeable , but You won't avoid chemical hint. However I think soldiers won't complain... After all , it have to give energy , taste is secondary thing
Don't have photos of wheat snack bread being eaten with cheese spread , but that one probably everyone knows how tastes like.
Overall it's a good and tasty menu and I'd for sure take it one more time.
As for bonus for the thread - I've also had Menu 16 (Chicken Fajita) , Menu 22 (Chicken and dumplings) and Menu 5 (Chicken Breast) all assembled in 2009 , eaten 2011.
Chicken Fajita was my first and I liked it very much. It's my personal best so far. Chicken pieces in spicy sauce is a yes to me. Tortillas were wearing strong smell and taste of chemical add-ons. Rice wasn't bad , but a bit dry for my liking.
Chicken breast is something I won't ever get again. There was a lot of 'water' in it after heating , the meat wasn't tasty , it tasted chemically and had a sponge structure. Cornbread stuffing - some say it's great. I guess it's a matter of taste , for me it was awful.
Chicken and dumplings was not so good , but not all that bad either. Whole thing was in some white sauce. Adding Tabasco was a must. Choclettos candy was great. It's like toffee rolls in chocolate or something like that. I didn't had French toast cookie like it's listed on the site , there was oatmeal cookie instead. Grape jelly was great add-on for wheat snack bread.
What's yet waiting to be tried is Menu 20 - Spaghetti in meat sauce
I've heard it's one of the better ones so I'm hopeful for it Along with the reviews , I have an information of sorts. It seems to me I might have allergy for some ingredient that is in every MRE (maybe some chemical add-on). First I thought that it might be cinnamon , but then I watched to not eat anything that have cinnamon in it and yet still I get symptoms. Basically , my tongue gets... Weird structure on the sides. I don't know what that might be , but it happened every time after I ate MRE.
Alright
So here it is. My first post and a review at once. Feedback will be appreciated , I hope that my review was useful to other users Greets from Poland!