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You're right: two breakfast menus.

I have a regular doctor and a VA doctor. My regular guy tells me I am very slightly high in potassium, and shrugs. The VA doc thinks being one tenth of a something-or-other over the normal range is significant. I'm going with my regular Doc's assessment - I'm symptom free and my kidneys have managed to make it 71 years. I'll avoid bananas and avocados and cantaloupes and anything else I find that's high in potassium (few nutrition labels even list it) but if anybody thinks I'm giving up tomatoes they'd better think again.

Anyway, back to the world of high carb, high salt, bags of junk food they call US MREs.

RockyRaab wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:55 am

Anyway, back to the world of high carb, high salt, bags of junk food they call US MREs.

I knew there was a reason why I liked them so much.

Yeah, I hate it how if your blood pressure comes in around 125/85, they look at you like they can't figure out why you're still alive.

Back to the menus:
I love how the menu names change. Like menu 3. IN 2015 it was Chicken w/Noodles, in 2016 it was Chicken w/Egg Noodles & Vegetables, in 2017 it's Chicken, Egg Noodles, and Vegetables, in Sauce. Do you think they have meetings and argue what each menu name should be from year to year? Changing the names is good in that it helps us decide which decade a date code is but I would guess that is not why they do it.

Sorry guys, but i got confused by an eBay offer...
The person offers 37!! different MRE menues at the moment (some are out of stock okay but he list 37 different menues):


-Menü 1
Chili with Beans (Paprika mit Bohnen)

-Menü 2
Beef Shredded in Barbecue Sauce (Rindfleich mit Barbecue Soße)

-Menü 3
Chicken, Noodles and Vegetables in Sauce (Huhn mit Nudeln, Gemüse und Soße)

-Menü 4
Pork Sausage in Creamy Gravy (Schweinswurst mit Sahnesoße)

-Menü 5
Chicken white Tomates and Feta Cheese (Hähnchen mit Tomate und Fetakäse)

-Menü 6
Beef Taco (Rindfleisch)

-Menü 7
Brisket Entree / Beef Brisket / Beef Petty Grilled (Rindfleischbrust gegrillt)

-Menü 8
Marinara Sauce with Meatballs (Hackbällchen in Marinara Sauce)

-Menü 9
Beef Stew (Fleischeintopf)

- Menü 10
Chili and Macaroni (Nudeln mit Paprika)

-Menü 11
Vegetable Lasagna Vegetarian (Gemüselasagne vegetarisch)

-Menü 12
Spicy Penne Pasta Vegetarian (würzige Penne Pasta vegetarisch)

-Menü 13
Cheese Tortellini Vegetarian (Käse Tortellinis vegetarisch)

-Menü 14
Ratatouille Vegetarian (Ratatouille vegetarisch)

-Menü 15
South West Beef with black Beans (Rindfleisch mit schwarzen Bohnen)

-Menü 16
Pork Rib (Schweine Rippen)

-Menü 17
Pork Saussage Patty, Maple Flavored (Schweinswurst in Ahornsoße)

-Menü 18
Beef Patty (Rindfleisch Ravioli mit Bratensoße)

-Menü 19
Beef Patty Jalapeno Pepper Jack

-Menü 20
Spaghetti with Beef and Sauce (Spaghetti Bolognese)

-Menü 21
Tuna / Lemon Pepper Tuna (Thunfisch mit Pfeffer und Zitronen)

-Menü 22
Asian Style Beef Stripes with Vegetables

-Menü 23
Chicken Pesto Pasta (Hühnchen mit Pasta in Pesto)

-Menü 24
Chicken Pulled in Buffalo Style Sauce / Buffalo Chicken (Hühnchen nach Büffelstil Art in Soße)

- Menü 25
Chicken Fajita (Hühnchen Fajita)

- Menü 26
Sloppy Joe (Burger mit Hackfleisch in Soße)

- Menü 27
Chicken with Salsa (Hähnchen mit Salsa)

- Menü 28
Beef Enchilada in Sauce (Rindfleisch Tortillas in Soße)

- Menü 29
Veggie Burger in Barbeque Sauce / Vegetarian ( vegetarischer Burger mir Barbeque Soße)

- Menü 30
Mexican Style Chicken Stew

- Menü 31
Asian Style Beef Stripes with Vegetables

-Menü 32
Creamy Spinach Fettuccine


-Menü 33
Chicken Burrito Bowl


-Menü 34
Elbow Macaroni in Tomato Sauce


-Menü 35
Hash Brown Potatoes with Bacon, Peppers and Onions


-Menü 36
Chicken Chunks White, Cooked

-Menü II
Vegetable Crumbles with Pasta in Taco Style Sauce (Gemüsepaste mit Soße)


Before, I thought, that only 24 different menues were available for the MRe programm. 1-12 in case a and 13 - 24 in case b... has anybody some more details?

(here is the evay offer in German language https://www.ebay.de/itm/ORIGINAL-US-MRE ... ctupt=true )

many greetings from Germany

Ive got to try this menu!!!!
Menü 29
Veggie Burger in Barbeque Sauce / Vegetarian ( vegetarischer Burger mir Barbeque Soße

It appears that some of those might be discontinued items, and that he numbers them according to his own system, not the official one.

How often do you Americans change the MRE menus anyways? It looks like every year has something different, while I'm used to the French RICRs which have been the same for over a decade... Not that there's any real need to change them! (Apart from the Creole pineapple rice, this is a godless abomination and even street cats usually don't want the pork that's inside)

And regarding the listed menus, I can recommend the Chicken Pesto Pasta and Beef Shredded in Barbecue Sauce one, while you'd better stay away from the Lemon Pepper Tuna. By the way, aren't there many choices because breakfasts are listed as well? (not familiar with US culture, but I've heard that hash browns are a morning thing... might be BS though)

RCIR's are subject to change too. Menu 10 for example, from pork to duck.

Gotta get my hands on the pizza someday.

Now that #7 is interesting, man. Beef strips in a tomato sauce? Sounds like they tryed to copy the German EPa Hamburgers in Tomato Sauce. Seems the Germans discontinued that main for a couple of years, then brought it back, due to popular demand. I'll be looking for that #7 and yes, probably be disappointed. We'll see.

Goulash sounds right up my alley. Eager to see how it turns out.

The problem (as always) is that you have a taste memory of real goulash, but the MRE version is going to come up short of that. WAY short. It'll be bland, with that heavy preservative and plastic flavor, served up with hot and cold spots from a half-ass FRH, and in a puny serving size.