How Often Do You Consume MREs

excelblue · Post by **excelblue** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:32 am

How often do you guys consume MREs here? Once per day, once per week, etc.? How long does it take you to go thru a case of MREs?

I'm wondering if I'm being a bit wasteful by consuming an MRE for lunch at school every day. I mainly justify it because it comes off hotter than the school lunches at a slightly cheaper cost, is high tech, and has lots of nutritional value (unlike the school lunches, which have almost none).

Post by **kman** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:40 am

It depends on what I'm up to or how I'm feeling in a particular week. I probably average one a week - but sometimes going weeks without and sometimes going through a whole bunch at once.

wolfmonk · Post by **wolfmonk** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:03 pm

I keep them mostly for emergencies, though when I first started buying them it was hard for me to build my stock because I kept eating them.

Now I'm over the initial fascination and know what most of the meals taste like, so I don't dig into them unless I'm really broke or unless I'm rotating for newer meals. I'll also try the new flavors or items as they come out so I'll know If I want to add them to my supplies.

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:05 pm

When ever I get a case or 2, I say to myself, I'm going to save these for an emergency. But, all of them are history in about a week or 2. I do have a case A and B packed November 2006, hidden away in my Dad's garage, 50 miles away, and I ordered him to not let me bust them open. He guards them with a vicious Shepherd and an M1911A1.

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:25 pm

Heres a pic. of DangerousDaves' cupboard, to answer the question.LOL

Post by **German_EPA** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:52 pm

DangerousDave wrote:Heres a pic. of DangerousDaves' cupboard, to answer the question.LOL

Post by **kman** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:06 pm

Nice, DangerousDave - that's my kind of kitchen!

bishopmarine · Post by **bishopmarine** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:29 pm

i eat about 2-3 per month. sometimes more sometimes less. more in the summer. i like to take on hiking or bike riding.