Here's an outside view of the bag, unopened. It was in good shape. No rips or holes!
Upon opening the bag it had a distinct smell of plastic with a lingering hint of basement dust. Perfect! Weirdly spicy... Oh no
This bag was terrible to open, the tear notch was basically never cut all the way through. But that will never stop me! I WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED BY AN MRE BAG!
- Meal unopened
- Contents
Omelet with Ham: 3025
Potatoes Au Gratin: 3047
Crackers: 3075
Oatmeal Cookie Bar: 3074
Cocoa Beverage Powder: 3019
Mars Solid Milk Chocolate Bar: No date Mark; undetermined
Sugar Free Diet Soft Drink Mix Fruit Punch: 3091
Grape Jelly: 2350
Accessory Packet: 3082
Let's open the accessory packet! As I tore open the Accessory packet I immediately noticed an off spicy smell and I instantly thought "AWOL Tabasco" but to my surprise the bottle had its full contents and wasn't empty at all and everything else held up very well including the gum. (Note: I decided to try a piece after this review and let me just take a second to REALLY ADVISE AGAINST THAT IF YOU LIKE HAVING TEETH!)
- Accessory packet
- Crackers
- Pibble
- You jelly?
- Plated
Well, what can I say... As I'm stared down by a 22 year old plate of glorified cat food I'm not going to lie I was slightly intimidated. But I know what has to be done! I built up the necessary testicular fortitude and I took a small bite and put it in my mouth... Whoa... Okay... Yep, I'm still here! Surprisingly it didn't taste as bad as I'm building it up to be, it was just a very familiar taste, the ham was like any other ham from this period and the omelet did remind me of the newer cheese and veggie loaf style omelet. I thought "okay, not so bad" so I tried the potatoes and I'm not going to lie they weren't spoiled, BUT I HATED IT! NO GO FROM THE GET GO! UNDERSTAND ME HOOAH?
It was just so bland and the texture is just how you'd imagine 22 year old potatoes would taste after sitting in a retort pouch and varying temperatures.
And finally let's see how the desserts held up, first I'll start with the oatmeal cookie brick thing that I had to break apart with an air hammer. It was super dry so it tasted fine, but damn was it rock hard!
- OATMEAL
- Marz Barz
Now we all know how far U.S. MRE's have come with R&D from their initial launch in the early 80's. From the days of freeze dried beef patties(I have one in the collection actually) to the current rumors of an actual possibility of shelf stable pizza being on the ration menu for soldiers in the near future I feel as if we have come a very long way! Although that doesn't mean there weren't any hiccups along the way. I believe this specific menu was one of those hiccups, and even after trying to bring it back to life in 2005 the MRE omelet's have never been a hit. This specific meal dos stand the test of time wonderfully! But I can tell you what, if I was at the range all day and I got one of these thrown to me id probably skip the entree and just eat the side contents. That being said everyone I'm going to have to give this menu a NO GO... But maybe I'm being too harsh, I guessing if we're talking about how well the menu and its contents held up I would have to give it a GO... But only if it has a medical waiver and doesn't have any tattoos.
And now it's time to end. Thank you for reading everyone and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed reviewing it. Please keep an eye out for upcoming reviews as they will be coming within time.
Stay hungry!
Craig & Ace OUT!
