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Over last weekend I had the chance to go canoe out to one of the little islands in Flagstaff Lake here in Maine, for an overnight with my buddy, Ed.
He wanted to take along a can of Dinty Moore beef stew just for old time sake, so I broke out a 2006 #19 Beef Roast w/Veggies full meal to take along.

When it got to dinnertime, I was surprised, and delighted, to find that the "beef roast" was a slab-o-meat, and not just another version of a chunks-o-beef stew. The consistency was just like that of the meat in my buddy's Dinty Moore... Tender, thoroughly cooked, and very, very tasty. It was about the size of a burger,so it seemed like more meat that you would expect in the stews, and was in a vegetables/potato mix that was basically identical to MRE beef stew. It was good enough to make me regret that it was my last one.
This was also the first time I have tried out a Ranger Bar as well. The one included was Caramel Apple. I was expecting something more like the HooRah bar, rather than the cookie consistency. However, when I split it with my friends, and we both agreed that it was right tasty... It was dry enough that it did require the tea we were drinking to wash it down.
I finished up my meal with a cherry-berry cobbler that I dropped in the pot of water I had heated my main in. After it had warmed up, it got poured over an MRE vanilla poundcake of unknown vintage, and was one of the best field desserts I had had in a long time.

I didn't get around to taking any photos of our chow because we didn't actually get around to eating until after dark. But here is a place shot taken while I lazed around in my hammock before dinner...

Great review, brings back memories.

I always used to save those for when i had long truck days at work. But, mine were the 2008, so instead of a ranger bar and cobbler I had dried fruit ( yay cranberries, osmotic) and the chocolate peanut butter spread. The fruit made a good snack, I would toss the entree in the steamer before lunch, crush up the crackers and dump them in, then for dessert spread the choc pb on the poundcake....one awesome, filling lunch.

This one didn't have the cobbler in it... that was an orphan from some other meal.

You truly can't beat the poundcakes. They last forever without getting dried out, and every one of them is tasty. With one of any of the soft-fruit sides heated up and poured over the top, it makes for pretty elegant eating in the woods.

Yes indeed rattattoo, the MRE poundcakes are all much better than the one flavor fits all MCI poundcake, although back when we had them the MCI poundcakes were pretty flippin' good----especially with fruit cocktail or a melted toffee disc on top.