Ashikaga Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 During Hurricane Rita, I received a more than abundant supply of Meals Ready to Eat. Did any of you out there? It's a shame that I had to throw away a lot of the stuff in them: cookies, canned fruit, canned juice and soda, because I'm diabetic. I'm just about burned out on tuna salad, ravoli, lasagna, and Pringles. Did any of you experience any of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 haven't heard about the mre's...too bad about the cookies...actually, doesn't a serving of pasta have about the same carb amount as several cookies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 The MREs didn't have any canned octopus, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 The MREs didn't have any canned octopus, huh? (in my best Homer Simpson voice).......... Mmmmmmmmm............Octopus..............mmmmmmmmM ! ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 The MREs didn't have any canned octopus, huh? No octopus or squid. I actually gave the cookies to my local public library to give to the children when they come for Wednesday storytelling. (in my best Homer Simpson voice)..........Mmmmmmmmm............Octopus..............mmmmmmmmM ! ! ! Then he said: "DOH"!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 The MREs didn't have any canned octopus, huh? If you have more than one octopus is it octopus, octopii or octopuss...errrr....never mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I'm not sure how to conjugate it. You know, octopus isn't that bad. Sushi places dish it up all the time. But I could see where it would be gross coming out of a can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I'm not sure how to conjugate it. You know, octopus isn't that bad. Sushi places dish it up all the time. But I could see where it would be gross coming out of a can. Canned Platypus, now THAT is a delicacy my friends. Extra beaks please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 In case any of you want your own...http://cgi.ebay.com/12-MRE-MEALS-COMPLETE-...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Canned Platypus, now THAT is a delicacy my friends. Extra beaks please. Are you from The Land Down Under? In case any of you want your own...http://cgi.ebay.com/12-MRE-MEALS-COMPLETE-...1QQcmdZViewItem I think that I might get burned out on tuna salad and lasagna. Most of my MREs had cans of those items in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Why didn't you give your leftover MREs to someone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Why didn't you give your leftover MREs to someone else?I gave the cookies and the canned fruit to the kids at the library storytime (I can't eat those things because I'm diabetic). I kept the cans of lasagna and tuna salad. I ate some of the former this morning, and I'll eat some of the latter this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 In case any of you want your own...http://cgi.ebay.com/12-MRE-MEALS-COMPLETE-...1QQcmdZViewItem NO Thanks. I have had my fair share. The first few times I had them they were okay. Now, I would rather go hungry or find something else to munch on (protein bar). Yeah we still swap out the few good things in them, but we try to stay away from the main course(smell like cat food ). Although in some rare cases we do get sooooo hungry that we have no choice but to eat them.......we end up regretting it later. Good thing that at least once a year or so they come out with something new and they are always trying to improve on them. As for the MREs discribed with the soda and canned fruits, those are the civilian versions. We know them as "Jimmy deans" because sometimes they have jimmy dean sandwiches in them. Those are okay, get tired of those after a while though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 It seems as if there were a couple of different types of MREs. My parents, who live in an area devestated by Rita, were recipients of several boxes of MREs. There are some that had the canned stuff that Ashikaga mentioned. Mom pulled out the few things they wanted from those, like the Pringles, and the rest, like the Chef Boyardee crap, got donated to the local food pantry. Then there were the "good" MREs, which were like casseroles. Supposedly these weren't too bad (I'm sure they would get old fast if you had to eat them every day) and they kept those for future emergency use. My parents were fortunate to never lose water and to have plenty of food in house, so they never needed the MREs to have something to eat after the storm. They did have to drink bottled water for a couple of weeks (the city water was ok for bathing but not drinking) and so they got all the water they could. They still have a ton of it left -- I took a case back to Houston with me last weekend after I was up at their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 It seems as if there were a couple of different types of MREs. My parents, who live in an area devestated by Rita, were recipients of several boxes of MREs. There are some that had the canned stuff that Ashikaga mentioned. Mom pulled out the few things they wanted from those, like the Pringles, and the rest, like the Chef Boyardee crap, got donated to the local food pantry. Then there were the "good" MREs, which were like casseroles. Supposedly these weren't too bad (I'm sure they would get old fast if you had to eat them every day) and they kept those for future emergency use. My parents were fortunate to never lose water and to have plenty of food in house, so they never needed the MREs to have something to eat after the storm. They did have to drink bottled water for a couple of weeks (the city water was ok for bathing but not drinking) and so they got all the water they could. They still have a ton of it left -- I took a case back to Houston with me last weekend after I was up at their place.I live in Bridge City, which was one of the places devastated by Rita. What city do your parents live in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 MREs are apparently big business, they don't make em just for the military, they have them for civilian availabilty also, for all of those with their own bomb shelters. Companies, like Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, are continuously trying to improve on freeze dried goods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 MREs are apparently big business, they don't make em just for the military, they have them for civilian availabilty also, for all of those with their own bomb shelters. Companies, like Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, are continuously trying to improve on freeze dried goods.Once again, I ate some more lasagna and tuna salad. I've been using at least one can of each every day. If I don't get burned out of them, I should finish them all up by Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Canned Platypus, now THAT is a delicacy my friends. Extra beaks please. How about Planned Catapus - that will really set you off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N8TIV Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 I kinda like MRE's. They are very primitive, but surprisingly good. I usually get some for camping weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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