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Coffee…hot coffee.
Chicken Noodle
SKOAL wintergreen long cut
my favorite was the spaghetti MREs in the old dark brown bag. Mix in the crackers and cheese and it always brought a smile to my face, no matter how much it sucked.
Chicken and dumplins MRE, but mostly for the shock-lates.
Best thing I’ve ever made from an mre is chocolate pudding with many coffee packets added.
Marshmallows…not the tiny little ones, the really big ones and they need to get all crusty and black over an open fire!! Mmm…the breakfast of champions!!
Mr Noodles with added curry powder was a staple for a long time.
IMPs I liked Chicken Tit with Gravy with Rusks crumbled in,
MREs I liked the spagetti.
German rations I liked the pea soup or whatever the hell it was…
French rations I liked the beans and weiners.
The Corn Beef Hash MRE in the dark brown bag. That and a can of Copenhagen snuff makes for a good field evolution.
Captain Country’s Chicken of course. It was great for losing weight. You just starved.
Darn I feel old. I just saw that was phased out in 2004. Uggghhh.
Used to really like the beef frankfuter mre, with the jalapeno cheese.
Chicken Arrabbiata. Absolutely delicious, and sure to pick me up when I’m cold and wet.
Chicken and dumplings. I like the hot coffee sentiment though.
You put enough hot sauce on anything and it tastes good… Dunno – I’d say the corned beef was pretty tasty.
Stew and Chilli; lets not forget coffee and hot water to wash up with after a hard day hiking..
Snakes.
The Cheese Tortellini MRE
cocoa beverage powder with the instant coffee somewhat not cold.
Spagetti MRE w/ Tabasco. Actually any MRE with enough Tabasco hits the spot.
Capt. and Coke all the way !!
The true MRE gourmet knows that the winner is the one who mixes with a friend. We’ve tried several combinations, but one of the best from the current menu is to mix the vegetarian stew with the beef brisket. Seriously f’in good! As in, I’d eat it watching TV because I’m lazy, never mind field use 🙂
On the other hand, just pump me full of instant coffee and to hell with the rations.
The MRE southwestern beef and beans is great!
My favorite ration is the new Chicken and Pesto Pasta MRE. Probly the best one Ive had, truly good hot or cold.
chicken and dumplings MRE
Coffee is pretty damned good, especially the way these guys make it:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/cRIriU1ApVc
Cheese tourtiline MRE- cold/warm, it doesnt matter.
They are all nasty but the Aussie daily rations in the huge tin cans arent too bad.
The Lemon Pound cake that used to be in MREs, put it on the engine to warm it up…wash it down with some coffee….
It was like being at my Mom’s house, only dirtier and with people shooting at us.
Cigarettes and coffee?
If that doesn’t count, I have to say Norwegian Drytech (pasta bolognese), mixed with cream, garlic butter, horse sausage and bacon. The bacon was cooked on an MSR burner in butter, which doesn’t belong to me.
The Norwegian rations are horrible without extensive modifications.
chili and macaroni MRE
Almonds and dried blueberrys.
It has to be the treacle sponge from the older British rations. A sugar content that would give you diabetes if you looked at it and a tough consistency that made it an excellent go to if you ran out of ammo for your primary.
Scho-Ka-Kola. German dark chocolate with good taste and lots of caffeine.
coffee
hot chocolate
My favorite? Which ever mre that had the brown spice cake. Oh! And the old eggs with ham in the old dark brown bag.
For me it was always the old chicken cavatelli. I also enjoyed taking the chocolate mint brownie, and then smearing a mixture of peanut butter, cocoa powder and a sugar packet on top, total sugar rush. Some of the offerings in the new NG MREs are decent, just wished they had more calories in them, I’m a double rations type guy who is getting punished for all the fatties out there.
Trail mix
MRE – Chili Macaroni
Beef Jerky and Coffee cant be beat
Also cola bottle gummies
Pop-Tarts
Jalapeño cheese spread from the new MREs
I’m a pretty big fan of the spicy penne pasta or jambalaya MREs. And coffee, of course.
In the older style British issue ration pack the Yorkies chocolate bars were awesome. It’s now been replaced by a packet of nuts and raisins :'(
Boneless pork rib mre
Chicken fajita MRE and hot sause
Ravioli MREs. To me they taste the best.
PB&J’s all the way! With the crust! Mmmhh mmmhh B*tch!
sauce*
Chili Mac MRE. I’d trade all kinds of pogey bait for a pouch of that stuff!