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Originally Posted by Red October1984
MRE's are great unless you have to live on a steady diet of them. After a while they all start to taste the same with the exception of Chicken Pesto Pasta.  |
MRE's are great if you're starving. They are NOT for long term use unless you run marathons or are into body building. Seriously, check the calories in one MRE.
Canned ANYTHING that includes tomatoes is a bad idea for extended storage. The higher acid content will destroy (steel or alum.) metal cans over time. If you can't live without tomato sauce, canned in glass holds up longer.
I found a nice alternative in a deceptive label for short(er) term "bail out" food (natural disasters, zombie swarms, loss of power, etc.).
Next time (in North America) you're at the grocery store or the big box store, look around for those
Hormel Compleats sealed mini bowls of horror.
They're cheap and shelf stable at room temperature (for an easy six months to a not-so-easy year) and pre-cooked. Meaning, peel off the plastic cover and chow down.
No, you don't want to serve this stuff at your anniversary dinner BUT the calorie content is high enough to get you through one more day.
The taste can be down-right nasty at times (besides the chili and chili with beans which is really good hot or cold) but in times of a real emergency, #### the taste. You just want to live without winding up with a case of dysentery or out-right food poisoning .
These things are also small enough so you can pack out seven or eight without giving up a lot of space and they tend to taste a LOT better than the standard MREs.
