I ate the lentil stew and the shortbread cookie. I stuck the pouch in my portable
oven for about 20 minutes, opened the pouch,couple squirts of hot sauce let it cool down for a bit. Pretty good, much better than the MRE I had years ago. I will eat
the other entree later when I get hungry again.

Based on watching Steve1989 and storing them in a cool dry place I bet at least a few years beyond 5 years

mresteve rockin' this t-shirt:

That looks great, I'll eat it.

To think, the gaza shits are whining about this food.

There's literally one video about this, and the dude didn't even live in Gaza. Just saying.

I'm an animal. Have no problem cutting the corner off and squeezing out bites as I walk.

Familiar with power gels that get really interesting sucking them out of the package at 25f degrees and cliff bars that become a challenge to get down at the same temp.

For those of you who bought multiple cases don't expect to get a variety of main meals.

I personally think the reason they are selling them cheap is due to them not being packed correctly. We purchased 5 cases last year and have gone through two of them so far; it doesn't seem to matter what meal number the pouch says all of them are either rice with veggies, peas in tomato soup, lentil stew, or barley stew.

I have seen none of the other main meals that they suppposedly have, even though the outer bags have all had different numbers on them.

if you were to buy an entire pallet i'm sure it'd be the same difference

a different pallet somewhere else will have different menus, it is what it is

$35 shippped, dude.  i shipped a 5lbs 4oz 18x12x7 box today via priority mail and it cost me 30 american fucking dollars

Ordered a couple of cases, going to be a bit disappointing if SHTF never happens!

Throw them inside your armor for a half hour

Like a saddle steak but slightly less disgusting.

This thread also made me want to open one this weekend. Here is how to prepare them spicy using only what is in the ration.

First boil the pepper flakes into tea/extract. see how red the water gets. tender tummy beware
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the consistency seems about like campbells condensed soup

Yeah. About like the bean with bacon. Their directions is usually " add one can of water to the can of soup" which is a little too runny for me except if you're on a winter outing and need the fluids and warmth anyway. That's a tried and true method for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Nice.

The red pepper is almost a must with them.

I've eaten many ten year old MREs and haven't gotten sick, but I will warn you that a steady diet of MREs long term (over a year) will permanently fuck up your guts.

I have a bazillion MRE heaters, and not sure what to do with them but I will say that is the ONE thing that HDRs are lacking.

Wife and I tried a couple humrats.  The main units were tasty as were the cookies. The pop tart sucked ass. IMO too much sugar substituted for main units.  
All in all a good deal for the price

I got several cases with 2022 inspection dates back in late 2022.  They take up a significant amount of space in my gear room, but they are cheap insurance a and a good supplement to your normal everyday rotation of food stuffs. Combine with a few buckets of mountain house and good to go for most emergency situations any of us would face.

They are decent for the price in my opinion.  Just said fuck it and ordered two more cases with 2023 inspection dates.

Between a couple older cases of regular style MRE and these I need to start taking them camping with me

Yeah I’m going to start eating mine up in 3-4 years if it doesn’t come.

Nice!

Anyone who ordered the HDRs in the OP get theirs yet? My first order came within three days but the second order is stuck on “shipping label created”.

No, that sounds correct. Were your cases packed by Sopakco?

Each of the 3 manufacturers only have 4 or 5 different mains and the numbered menus are each some combination of two of those along with (usually) an identical set of side items.

"A gift of food from the United States government paid for by mortgaging the future of our citizens and their descendants, against their will" wouldn't fit on the packaging.


What I wouldn't give for a good ole Pork with Rice in BBQ Sauce with a chocolate covered oatmeal cookie.

Gorilla cookies are the best thing ever put in an MRE.

Just ate a regular MRE with 2018 inspection date for lunch today.  Everything was edible and I enjoyed it.  

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So if they have a 2018 inspection date that makes them born around 2015?  So a 9 or 10 year old MRE?

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Brought both the regular MRE and humanitarian ration...  Decided to go for the older MRE today.  I have enough that I need to use a few up.  

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so you're saying that for each menu option you've gotten "B" from the list here?


   Menu 1 - Variation [random] of the following:

a. Bean Salad, Brown & Wild Rice with Lentils: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
b. Barley Stew, Lentil Stew: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
c. Beans & Rice in Tomato Sauce, Herb Rice: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack

   Menu 2 - Variation [random] of the following:

a. Bean Salad, Rice & Beans: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
b. Barley Stew, Peas in Tomato Sauce: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
c. Red Beans & Rice, Yellow Rice: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack

   Menu 3 - Variation [random] of the following:

a. Bean Salad, Lentils & Vegetables: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
b. Barley Stew, Rice & Vegetables in Sauce: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
c. Lentil Stew, Herb Rice: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack

   Menu 4 - Variation [random] of the following:

a. Beans with Potatoes, Brown & Wild Rice with Lentils: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
b. Rice & Vegetables with Sauce, Peas in Tomato Sauce: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
c. Pasta in Tomato Sauce, Yellow Rice: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack

   Menu 5 - Variation [random] of the following:

a. Lentils & Vegetables, Beans with Potatoes: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
b. Lentil Stew, Peas in Tomato Sauce: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
c. Lentil Stew, Red Beans & Rice: Includes Crackers, Peanut Butter, Jam, Pastries, Cookies and Accessory Pack
Please Note: Menu contents are subject to substitution, removal and/or change by the manufacturer.

Those Reeses have to be pretty stale.

I just got my first 2 in today!
1 more coming Thursday.

For whatever reason I've got into watching MRE videos from Steve1989 and Me Ancient recently.

My wife is actually into them as well. I had some thoughts of going camping for night or so and bringing some MREs along to add to the fun.

It looks like the best deal is $11 per on some actual MREs with FRHs? How can this be right?

Basically $130 for 12 meals. Seems ridiculous.

inflation is a bitch, my dude.

The lentil stew was good but the pasta with beans and tomato sauce sucked. Strawberry poptart had weird crunchy chunks in it and tasted like ass. fig bar was alright.

The key to this is randomly finding some AD dude slangin' Menu A and B cases on OfferUp LOL

I bought 4-5 cases and felt dirty as fuck until he told me some stud prepper bought 100+ cases from him

no good deals like that in my AO, big shooter.

Nice! If you eat one and disappear, we’ll tell the world of your sacrifice!

steve1989 transcends ordinary video entertainment, my 6 year old will sit and watch steve

seems to be a genuinely nice guy but he's in his own world and on his own time.  was having a conversation with him one minute and i haven't heard from him in a year now.  ought to write him a real life go through the mail letter since that's the only address i have for him and ask him where the hell he went.  he's not dead, there's been new videos released...

Yep, from looking at what you posted I have got the "B" option from every menu only.

We have opened 18 pouches so far and I am hoping that the next case will add some of the other mains. I would like the potatoes and other rice options, its going to be a long haul if my other three cases are all "B" options also.

They were not stale and surprisingly good.  I have a couple more boxes with similar inspection dates.  Probably time to start using them on occasion.  The humanitarian rations should be fine for the next few years for emergency standby.  I don't see myself replacing the older regular MREs as I use them because of current prices.  I always liked having a couple boxes on hand for a quick grab and go option.  Last time I bought an A+B it calculated out to about $4.50 each shipped.  Not paying current asking price for what they are.

I am one of those who actually enjoys them on occasion so I would rather use them up while they are still usable.  I would probably feel differently about them if I had to live on them for any period of time like many here have.

I guess I would rather use them within the best by date, and replace them. You're not saving money letting them go bad. They aren't bad either. These aren't C rations or anything like that.

I think they should get here today, looking at tracking

Breakfast!

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When did you get a tracking email.  I haven’t even received an email receipt yet?

We sent off a couple of "dancing bears" (old AF name for the fat boy program, when they forced them to go to an aerobics class) to the desert, to a bare-bones location that, at the time, was MRE only. The MREs weren't rationed, and these dumb fucks were apparently going through three and four a day, at 1,300 calories each. That didn't work out so well.

I think the longest I had to live on them was three weeks. They'll do some strange stuff to your bowels.

The six cases that I got from Amazon arrived yesterday. They had an 8-23 inspection date. The temp stickers were good as well. Not bad for under $200 delivered.

I have one of the yellow ones that I brought home from Iraq as a souvenir.  I had no idea you could buy them on the retail market.

Interesting...

You should have at least received a receipt/order confirmation. I would email them if the purchase went through and you didn't.

I want that shirt!

Got my case on Monday.

The blackeyed peas in tomato sauce is really good with salt and some hot sauce. The barley stew was hard to get down. It's super thick and gloopy. The shortbread cookie tastes like sawdust but the peanut butter, jam and crackers are ok

Going to order a case off Amazon to see if the menu options are different

I've always wondered why they don't put Metamucil in them. A good fiber intake is very healthy and generally makes people perform better when they're not constipated which is an absolute miserable feeling.

Have your butthole roto-rooted once and fiber will become your religion. Guaranteed.

#metoo