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dolariI'm feeling 75% better today. And since the thought of food didn't leave me queasy....
MRE #1: Cajun Sausage, Red Beans and Rice. Raspberry applesauce. Wheat bread with grape jelly. Pumpkin poundcake. Orange kool-aid. Dehydrated coffee with creamer. (And, of course, salt, pepper, napkin, wet wipe, and A Spoon)
First off, they're much bigger than I originally thought., The pictures I saw made them look like each meal is about the size of VHS cassette, but they're actually about as long as a shoebox and half as high. I heated the red beans and rice in the oven in it's package for a few minutes and made the orange drink as per instructions on the packet, and ended up with an extremely overpowered drink. Had to dilute it even more to get it to taste right.
The redbeans and rice were EXCELLENT. Not gourmet quality but definately not cold Chef Boyardee level mediocre food. I'm not a big fan of applesauce but I'd never had raspberry applesauce. That's some tasty stuff.
The wheatbread wasn't what I was expecting, though. It was more of a dough-patty. If you help it one way, it looked like a slice of bread, but turn it upside down and it's an ass. I guess that's how you tell in the world of Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell. It wasn't really just bread, but more of a sweet shortbread. I added grape jelly to it before I tasted it, so I ended up with almost a dessert rather than a slice of bread.
The pumpkin poundcake was given to Dean (I'm not a fan of pumpkin) and the powdered coffee/creamer will be saved for anyone who drinks coffee (we don't).
In all, it's not bad, very filling (Yes, I said earlier I hardly feel full, but I do feel downright HEAVIER) and keeps forever. It does have about 1200 calories a meal, which is a tad high, but again, it's not an everyday meal. Just a "I forgot" meal. 12 meals, 6 types, so 5 are now at home and 6 in the back of my pickup.
Anyone want 12 cups of powdered coffee? :)
MRE #1: Cajun Sausage, Red Beans and Rice. Raspberry applesauce. Wheat bread with grape jelly. Pumpkin poundcake. Orange kool-aid. Dehydrated coffee with creamer. (And, of course, salt, pepper, napkin, wet wipe, and A Spoon)
First off, they're much bigger than I originally thought., The pictures I saw made them look like each meal is about the size of VHS cassette, but they're actually about as long as a shoebox and half as high. I heated the red beans and rice in the oven in it's package for a few minutes and made the orange drink as per instructions on the packet, and ended up with an extremely overpowered drink. Had to dilute it even more to get it to taste right.
The redbeans and rice were EXCELLENT. Not gourmet quality but definately not cold Chef Boyardee level mediocre food. I'm not a big fan of applesauce but I'd never had raspberry applesauce. That's some tasty stuff.
The wheatbread wasn't what I was expecting, though. It was more of a dough-patty. If you help it one way, it looked like a slice of bread, but turn it upside down and it's an ass. I guess that's how you tell in the world of Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell. It wasn't really just bread, but more of a sweet shortbread. I added grape jelly to it before I tasted it, so I ended up with almost a dessert rather than a slice of bread.
The pumpkin poundcake was given to Dean (I'm not a fan of pumpkin) and the powdered coffee/creamer will be saved for anyone who drinks coffee (we don't).
In all, it's not bad, very filling (Yes, I said earlier I hardly feel full, but I do feel downright HEAVIER) and keeps forever. It does have about 1200 calories a meal, which is a tad high, but again, it's not an everyday meal. Just a "I forgot" meal. 12 meals, 6 types, so 5 are now at home and 6 in the back of my pickup.
Anyone want 12 cups of powdered coffee? :)
