So let's start with the turkey breast. It came with quite a bit of gravy so when I poured it onto the plate, it pretty much soaked the crackers and pretzels. Not a big problem. The turkey itself tasted pretty odd. It's nothing like I expected. It was very processed and the chemical taste was strongly present. It was also pretty hard to cut. The potatoes were soft and the gravy was okay. Overall, I didn't really care for it. I wish they would have included mashed potatoes in this MRE instead. I think that would have made the experience a little better.
The cheese pretzels were tasty and are just like the new ones. You can never go wrong with those. The crackers weren't baked enough and were pretty soft, so I didn't even finish those. The peanut butter tasted fine as usual and also tasted the same as the kind produced today. The chocolate sports bar is comparable to the chocolate First Strike Bar they put in the current MREs. It tasted about the same, but there was a small coating of chocolate over the bar and was a great desert! I'm glad they still produce a variant of it today.
I found it odd that they included two Grape drink mixes. Maybe it was a mistake, but I'm perfectly okay with it. It mixed nicely and is comparable to the carbohydrate electrolyte beverage you get today, except it was colored purple instead of blue! I already had some coffee today, so I put that aside. The gum was a little hard but I could tell it had real sugar in it. It wasn't as minty as the current MRE gum, but it was still enjoyable for the 10 seconds it lasted.
