Newbie cooking question.

Tars · Post by **Tars** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:55 am

Might seem like a silly question but...

In some of the MRE's you get two packs for the main meal i.e meatloaf and mashed potato. Should you cram both in the flameless heater or ...? Is there an artform to it?

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:56 am

Yes, you can put them both on a microwavable plate and then heat them in the microwave for about 1 minute and they come out great...

Zeiti · Post by **Zeiti** » Sun May 01, 2005 2:26 pm

DIRTYDAVE wrote:Yes, you can put them both on a microwavable plate and then heat them in the microwave for about 1 minute and they come out great...

Microwave ? YOu INFIDEL

Tars · Post by **Tars** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:58 pm

Anything more..... portable?

Post by **kman** » Sun May 01, 2005 8:04 pm

Hi Tars - welcome to the forums!

You can try to cram both the entree and the side into the heater but I'd worry about ripping the heater. What I do is put the entree in the heater, put the heater back into the entree box, and then cram the side into the box, too. It doesn't get as hot as the entree, but it gets hot enough for me.

Tars · Post by **Tars** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:48 am

Ahh thats a better idea. I didn't think both packs would fit in the heater. Stuffing it in the box should work though. The underside of the box always gets pretty damn hot so it should do the trick.

Hell Devil · Post by **Hell Devil** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:32 pm

One entree and one side in one heater works for me. Two 8 oz entrees do not. However, Dirty Dave is correct about entrees coming out great in the microwave. That's why I go through the trouble of carrying a small microwave in my pack when I go hiking. Worth the weight for the time I save.

Tars · Post by **Tars** » Wed May 04, 2005 8:43 am

Okies I'm really not this retarded normally but I figured this would give you a laugh. In a moment of tired hungryness I thought I would try the microwave idea. I think perhaps though you should have mentioned clearly for us idiots "TAKE IT OUT OF THE PACKAGES FIRST".

Fzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!

Post by **kman** » Wed May 04, 2005 11:14 pm

Heh heh...that's pretty funny. We can blame DirtyDave for trying to get your to blow up your microwave.

You didn't take any pictures!?

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:46 am

Hell Devil wrote:One entree and one side in one heater works for me. Two 8 oz entrees do not. However, Dirty Dave is correct about entrees coming out great in the microwave. That's why I go through the trouble of carrying a small microwave in my pack when I go hiking. Worth the weight for the time I save.

LMFAO! Give me a link to that portable microwave...LOL!