Taste Test – MRE Menu 19 Beef Patty, Jalapeno Pepper Jack

Meals Ready to Eat (aka MREs) are the United States military rations. In my canoe trip days I used to purchase these in bulk. They are much too heavy to form the majority of your food on an extended trip but they were a pleasant supplement. What I used to do was disassemble the package and gather together the side dishes, deserts, main entrees, etc. I could then add a few items to the bulk of my food supply. I purchased a MRE to see what has changed in the past twenty years and to show Alex what they were like.

Heating unit, instructions and nutritional information are all relatively recent additions

The Au Gratin potatoes were actually verry good 8 out of 10

Processed beef patty…

… with BBQ sauce

A couple of tortillas included

Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal cookie for desert

excellent 9 out of 10

A mixture of condiments

the cheese spread and peanut butter (not included in this meal) were always favorites served with pilot crackers on our trips

The meal was quite good 7 out of 10

Great for car camping but for canoeing buy a case, break apart and add individual items to your meal plan as they are quite heavy