Talk:Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Someone should add a new section/page on the reduced-calorie humanitarian MRE's used in Iraq & Afgahnistan, among other places. These were/are yellow & blue in packaging, and the menus are tailored to specific regions (vegetarian for certain cultures, for example).
I do not think that outright wrong and highly misleading units of measure would belong in an encyclopedia. The "calorie" is a 1/1000 of a kcal and it really does not help that some "lay men" might use it. -- Egil 07:04 Apr 1, 2003 (UTC)
- Your change looks good to me; I just didn't want the context to be lost (nutrition as opposed to physics). Hephaestos 18:18 Apr 1, 2003 (UTC)
Would like more information on non-entree items, such as distribution among menus, nutritional information, alternate uses, etc. For example, a table with:
| MRE contents | Manufacturer | Nutritional information | Menus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Dairy Shake | The Wornick Company |
|
1, 3, 15 | Severe laxative properties |
70 grams sodium?
Boy, this food kills your soldiers. -- Toytoy 20:47, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
That was only an example for a table, not the actual contents.
Better, better & better
- In 1983, a field evaluation was conducted with the 25th Infantry Division for 34 days. They ate nothing but MREs three times a day. Although troops rated the ration as acceptable, consumption was low - only about 60% of the calories provided were consumed.
- Another test in 1986 with the same division resulted in increased consumption and acceptance.
you suck cocks My theory: The knew if they reject the MRE, they'll be forced to eat the new formula next year. So they learned to eat the MREs. Poor soldiers. -- Toytoy 15:05, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
What is an Entree?
As a speaker of recieved English I was wondering what part of the meal the Entree is supposed to be?
--Sf 11:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
See the articles on entree and main course. It's the "important" part of the meal.--Westendgirl 02:30, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Freeze dried entrees?
- Made by the same people who make the famous Mountain House brand of freeze dried food, and these are over-runs from last years military production. Their shelf life is 5 years.
- These are just the Entree from the ultra rare, Long Range Patrol (LRP) rations. ...
- The Beef stew is packed in white packages to help conceal in snow pack situations. The Chicken is in brown packaging (not shown, and in very limited supply).
So they have freeze-dried MREs (chicken & rice, beefstew)? -- Toytoy 15:12, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Just thought I'd mention: In basic training at Ft. Knox (2001), we would kill each other for the vegitarian MRE's, simply because they would let you eat the candy to keep your calorie count up.
PS: They ARE NOT freeze-dried, but just packaged and preserved to withstand some six-billion rads of gamma radiation or so. The MRE XX Series is quite good, actually, with even the Bean Burrito passing as both somewhat edible and able to stop small-caliber rounds. On the upside, with all of the preservatives, I don't think they will have to enbalm me when I die...
Foreign MREs
The failure to properly dispose of 330,000 MREs from Britain should be incorporated here. freestylefrappe 21:53, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
Maker
Who makes MRE's for the US Army?
Supercool Dude 22:04, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
large portion of text found on this page was directly taken from above link. Positive it violates some copyright...
Photos of contents
I've changed the image of the contents to Image:MRE contents.jpg, since Image:Contents of MRE.jpg had some weird licensing issues. Of course, as I was uploading it I found Image:MRE No. 23.jpg on commons. Oh well. I think mine looks better. ;-> Should we also include Image:MREGal.jpg? --Christopherlin 09:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I can also get an image of the orange-colored humanitarian daily ration. --Christopherlin 09:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
MRE humor/satire
How about this one: Image:MREGal.jpg? Found it on commons. --Christopherlin 04:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Menus
The menus section seems far too long and inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. We should probably shorten it to just one year, as an example. —Keenan Pepper 06:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
- Seems such a shame to eliminate all that compiled knowledge. Unless it is easily accessible on a website. Then we could just link to it. Otherwise, if no such lists are around the Internet, maybe we should consider making an article "List of MRE menus by year" or somesuch. --Crisu 05:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)