What're your favorite MREs?

Talynt · Post by **Talynt** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:13 pm

I've had a few types of MREs in the past, some decent and some terrible. Any suggestions on meals and brands to try?

Orchid · Post by **Orchid** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:34 pm

Personally, I found the vegetarian MREs to be tastier and slightly less gag-inducing than the meat MREs - but there are a lot cheaper and far more delicious options for eating at Burning Man than that.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=30984

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:41 pm

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:43 pm

I used to shoot myself with my M203 to get my paws on a BBQ Meatballs MRE. Delish!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:48 pm

http://www.mreinfo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4419

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:20 pm

Mountain House is a good brand. I haven't tried many other brands, as the Mountain House are readily available. The Chicken a la king is pretty good.

kman · Post by **kman** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:49 pm

illy dilly wrote:Mountain House is a good brand. I haven't tried many other brands, as the Mountain House are readily available. The Chicken a la king is pretty good.

Mountain House is fast-to-prepare freeze-dried food, not an MRE. Stove to boil water is required for freeze-dried food, MRE's are Meals Ready to Eat. (Often better with some heating, but it's optional)

I used to be partial to the pasta MREs myself... tastes a lot like chef boy-r-dee!

(That said, mountain house food generally tastes a LOT better than MREs do)

Avoid the fish. *gag*

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:55 pm

Orchid wrote:Personally, I found the vegetarian MREs to be tastier and slightly less gag-inducing than the meat MREs - but there are a lot cheaper and far more delicious options for eating at Burning Man than that.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=30984

I love the "response vs avatar" relating to the above poster..............

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:44 pm

kman wrote:
illy dilly wrote:Mountain House is a good brand. I haven't tried many other brands, as the Mountain House are readily available. The Chicken a la king is pretty good.
Mountain House is fast-to-prepare freeze-dried food, not an MRE. Stove to boil water is required for freeze-dried food, MRE's are Meals Ready to Eat. (Often better with some heating, but it's optional)

I used to be partial to the pasta MREs myself... tastes a lot like chef boy-r-dee!

(That said, mountain house food generally tastes a LOT better than MREs do)

Avoid the fish. *gag*

Good to know.
Never thought about the fact that you need boiling water so its not 'ready'.

Orchid · Post by **Orchid** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:06 pm

ygmir wrote:
Orchid wrote:Personally, I found the vegetarian MREs to be tastier and slightly less gag-inducing than the meat MREs - but there are a lot cheaper and far more delicious options for eating at Burning Man than that.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=30984
I love the "response vs avatar" relating to the above poster..............

Avatar photo was taken after eating MREs for 3 weeks.

teardropper · Post by **teardropper** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:33 pm

illy dilly wrote:
I used to be partial to the pasta MREs myself... tastes a lot like chef boy-r-dee!

(That said, mountain house food generally tastes a LOT better than MREs do)

Chef Boy-R-Dee is a lot cheaper and if you put the can out in the sun on the playa it will get warmed up. All for less than a buck.

Clar-i-ty · Post by **Clar-i-ty** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:41 pm

I'll take your cheese wiz!

Rommel · Post by **Rommel** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:47 pm

Talynt wrote:I've had a few types of MREs in the past, some decent and some terrible. Any suggestions on meals and brands to try?

The Chicken and Rice is very good. I had a 9 year old pack, and could tell no difference in taste. Stay away from anything that has fish.

Rommel · Post by **Rommel** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:50 pm

Fire_Moose wrote:

Just know that MRE heaters produce Hydrogen gas/fumes once they are activated.

kman · Post by **kman** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:50 pm

teardropper wrote:
illy dilly wrote:
I used to be partial to the pasta MREs myself... tastes a lot like chef boy-r-dee!

(That said, mountain house food generally tastes a LOT better than MREs do)

Chef Boy-R-Dee is a lot cheaper and if you put the can out in the sun on the playa it will get warmed up. All for less than a buck.

But there's no dessert, no hot chocolate, and no tobasco.

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:33 pm

Our nearby neighbor Mongoose gifted us some MRE's ---definitily the pasta (rotini inparticular) one's were tasty. Also the squeeze tubes of peanut-butter were a nice treat (high calorie/carb's for fuel, too

!!)

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:58 pm

To me MRE means "when my girlfriend makes me a sandwich".

Pretty tasty and sometimes I can get a "footrub" afterwards.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:25 am

kman wrote:Avoid the fish. *gag*

Hmmmph!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:26 am

Rommel wrote:
Fire_Moose wrote:
Just know that MRE heaters produce Hydrogen gas/fumes once they are activated.

Great, anyone else want to play Hindenburg?

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:36 am

/shakes head

Oh...the fishmanity

kman · Post by **kman** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:07 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
kman wrote:Avoid the fish. *gag*
Hmmmph!

Avoid the fish, not the fishy.

Mulligan · Post by **Mulligan** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:54 pm

The ravoli was my favorite but I found out they're not making them in Menu C anymore.

I had some hamburger buns leftover from the night before and made sloppy joes on bread with them. yum...

My least favorite was the vegetarian pesto pasta.

We bought tons again this year and have decided not to pack a stove and grill like we did last year. I have a dragonfly that we can use for boiling water if we need to, but we ended up loaning out the stove last year instead of using it ourselves last year.

What're your favorite MREs?

What're your favorite MREs?

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