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Re: MRE'S

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--- In BackpackingLight@..., "dspellman2002"
<dspellman2002@...> wrote:

>
> --- In BackpackingLight@..., benjamin stiff
> <mybigredford@> wrote:
> >
> > has anyone packed with MRE's, i spoke with several people in the
> military who advise me not to use them and that there taste is not
> all that great anyways, i also heard that mountain house brand that
> you can buy at gander mountain and other sporting good stores are not
> all that bad. has anyone tried them? if so what do you think?
>
> MRE's are relatively heavy and take up a lot of pack volume, and while
> I've certainly had my share of them (not as a first choice <G>), I
> really don't recommend them for backpacking.
>
> david
>

Hormel makes some pretty good meals that are sort of like the MRE's.
I've found that they taste pretty good uncooked cold. They are made to
microwave in 90 seconds. and warm up well when unopened and put in hot
water. Same problems as the Mre's -> H-E-A-V-Y

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