Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by ElevatorFan73 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:45 pm

RockyRaab wrote:I general, I don't like the fact that there are so few breakfast menus. I'll second the need for some kind of folding cup. (If they served coffee in those bags at some high-level general staff meeting, it'd happen overnight.) I'll also echo the need for more spices, packed separately for those who prefer bland foods. I don't like the fact that the FRH is so anemic it barely warms one item.

I don't chew gum, but I have tried the stuff they put in MREs. Once.

I'm lucky: I liked everything I've ever eaten. So even though some entrees do taste odd, I didn't find any unpalatable enough to not finish them. Among my least favorites were the older chicken breasts - chicken is so bland that all I tasted was the MRE preservative.

I really wished there was more breakfast items as well, the breakfast MRE's seems to be favorites among others..
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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by housil » Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:43 am

There isn´t a ting I really "hate", but I wish they had a little bit more salt in their dishes.
I´m also no a this big fan of that hot tex-mex dishes.

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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by RockyRaab » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:55 am

I think that's a matter of culture, housil. Teutonic tastebuds aren't trained to enjoy peppery dishes. My parents were of German and Czech heritage, and I had never tasted hot sauce or peppers until I was an adult. I fell in love with "hot stuff" at that point. But not without pain! As the saying goes, it was an acquired taste.
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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by housil » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:48 pm

Mrs Housil *loves* hot dishes, but your are right, it´s an individual thing.

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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by Name_not_found » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:40 pm

I dont like the apple cinnamon ranger bars, harder than wood, and drier than a desert

Spice is subjective, i have eaten a naga scoripion (never will again), since then nothing is really "too hot".
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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by Ruleryak » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:29 pm

Scorpions are spicy?

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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by Name_not_found » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:32 pm

Ruleryak wrote:Scorpions are spicy?
HAHA YES!

I mis-named, it was a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.

I think i would have rather eaten a real scorpion, absolutely insane.
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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by housil » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:21 pm

I have to confess, I tried it today for the first time
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YUCK!!!
I´m not sure if they suppose to taste like this or if the walnut became rancid?!

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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by mreheater72 » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:31 pm

Olli,

I have never seen before TOFFEE WITH WALNUTS :o ! I know the CHOCLETTOS, but that kind of candy is new to me :? ! They come out of a MRE packed 2005?
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Re: Things that you HATE/DON'T LIKE in MREs?

Post by housil » Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:25 pm

mreheater72 wrote: They come out of a MRE packed 2005?
Yes. They came with a #24 Meatloaf w/ gravy
Did you ever had a "Müller Milch Walnuß"? They have also a very rich walnut taste - too rich for me. These ones were similar.

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