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General Categories => Survival/Emergency Preparedness => Topic started by: son of liberty on January 11, 2010, 08:10:06 PM
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has anyone ever gotten sick or heard of any bad experiences from eating mre,s. i have suffered from severe migraines in the past. certain foods and chemicals cause them. so i was wandering whether or not i should stock up on them. ???
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Well one fateful weekend I had the misfortune of eating them for 3 meals in a row. Lunch, Dinner, Lunch next day.
They tasted fine to me I enjoyed eating them.
Let just say they did not enjoy my latter half of my digestive tract.
I think with some *additives* of some sort it would of been a fine experience.
No headaches or any other ill effects that I can remember.
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thanks for the imput. if digestive problems are the only thing i encountered id be happy. i think i will stock up on a few and save them for a last last resort :)
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These are supposed to be available at Costco: http://www.readymeal.com/ (http://www.readymeal.com/)
I've heard both good and bad reviews of them, but have not tried them myself. May have a bit more variety then regular MRE's.
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awesome! i will look into those. if i end up tryin one of them i let ya know how they are. :)
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have you tried tactical bacon? it comes in a can with like 50 slices of precooked bacon. it has a 10 year shelf life. ive heard good things about it. i have a couple of cans, but haven't opened them up. just google it and you can find stuff about it.
but for MRE's, ive had no problems with mine.
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Check out TheEpicenter.com. They have a few different brands of MREs, also freeze dried/dehydrated food and a few other items for those with preperation on their minds.
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I have had extensive experience LIVING on MREs ..... though it was years back (late 80's to mid 90's). They may be different now, but the basic idea is the same: Shelf stable 2000 calorie meals that don't NEED any preparation (though it helps) sufficient to keep a young active soldier killing other young active soldiers. 6,000 calories a day is a pretty rich diet- if your metabolism isn't "eating" what you are..... could be trouble..... if you are sedentary, 1 MRE will keep you going, but you will feel hungry.
A lot of the stuff is (or was- I am speaking of MREs I ate) dehydrated, either completely or partially. The crackers were a belly filling miracle ..... and a money maker for unscrupulous >:D old salts: find some noob and bet them $50 that they can't eat a pack of MRE crackers in 5 minutes :-X.
Another thing that may be causing your gastro-intestinal distress is that you are not drinking enough water and or getting enough/too much fiber. (If you only eat only the peanut butter and crackers, you will bind your colon up to to medical emergency level......)
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I just opened up some 10-year old MREs... the peanut butter, veggie crackers, & poppy seed cake was OK, but the jalapeno cheese spread... I wouldn't have dared to touch the other stuff if I opened that one first.
Not sure if I want to open the pork patty.
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We referred to the dehydrated beef and pork patties as "Track Pads", because they were about that tough, and just as tasty....
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A few years ago there was a recall on the mres that has the shakes and coco powder,I ate them all the time in boot camp and tech school and was fine.Maybe you just got a lemon.
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I have heard MRE's are "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians"
I went through the Corps with C Rations so never had the luxury meals :)
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I've had both. I prefer the C Rats.