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  • M Maximilien

    A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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    The Man from U N C L E
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    Only if you like vegemite! You either love it or hate it.

    If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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      A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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      When my brother was assigned overseas he used to say, of U.S. M.R.E.'s, they will definitely give you hemorrhoids.

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      • M Maximilien

        A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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        Henry Minute
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        Eeee! When I were a lad we had this[^]. I just love the last sentence. :laugh:

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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        • M Maximilien

          A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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          TheyCallMeMrJames
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          I have a good friend who works in the weapons training facility at the Canadian Forces Base near my home. I had the privilege of touring the base with him, trying out the simulators and, sadly, eating the rations. They come cold, with some chemicals that heat the provisioned water to boiling to re-heat the "meat". You have to save some of the water if you want the coffee, but it wasn't clear on how to warm that up. You boil the pack of meat/sauce to a just-above-cool temperature and dig in. It doesn't look great, but it actually tastes okay. It probably would've tasted better if I didn't get some of the chemical-laden boiled water in my grub. It is way more effort than I'd have thought. Also, my cookies were all broken up.

          They Call me Mister James

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          • M Maximilien

            A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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            Kevin Marois
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            When I was in the US Marines I ate MRE's all the time in the field. I was in from 1984 - 1992 and the MRE's were dated from the late 1970's. Most of these types of rations are freeze dried and/or dehydrated. You have to reconstitute them with alot of water or you'll get dehydrated. As far as taste, the newer one's were ok. The older MRE's were renamed "Meals Rejected Vt Etheopians" for a good reason - they were REALLY bad.

            Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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            • M Maximilien

              A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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              Lost User
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              Good British food - curry and tabasco sauce!

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              • K Kevin Marois

                When I was in the US Marines I ate MRE's all the time in the field. I was in from 1984 - 1992 and the MRE's were dated from the late 1970's. Most of these types of rations are freeze dried and/or dehydrated. You have to reconstitute them with alot of water or you'll get dehydrated. As far as taste, the newer one's were ok. The older MRE's were renamed "Meals Rejected Vt Etheopians" for a good reason - they were REALLY bad.

                Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                Kevin Marois wrote:

                Meals Rejected Vt Etheopians

                Weird. I don't recall seeing many Ethiopians in Vermont... ;P :)

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                • M Maximilien

                  A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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                  Tomz_KV
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                  It would be interesting to see them at Walmart.

                  TOMZ_KV

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                    It would be interesting to see them at Walmart.

                    TOMZ_KV

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                    Single Step Debugger
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                    Not a chance for this; Walmart has a strict policy against selling something which is not made in China.

                    The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                    • M Maximilien

                      A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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                      baloneyman
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                      We (U.S.) used to have the Canadians beat with our C-rats. They even came with cigarettes! I think MREs were the politicos punishment for the loss in VietNam.

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                      • M Maximilien

                        A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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                        Tom Delany
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                        "musk flavor candy"???? :confused:

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                          Not a chance for this; Walmart has a strict policy against selling something which is not made in China.

                          The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                          Tomz_KV
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                          Sounds we've got work to do. It is going to be a hard battle to get our market back from China. Importing from India might be the way to go.

                          TOMZ_KV

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                            Only if you like vegemite! You either love it or hate it.

                            If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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                            The Man from U.N.C.L.E. wrote:

                            Only if you like vegemite! You either love it or hate it.

                            Of course he'll love it, everyone who isn't Developmentally Chanllenged (I heard that on the radio yesterday) loves :vegemite:.

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                            • M Maximilien

                              A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

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                              Lost User
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                              The US one even includes the toilet paper!

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                              • M Maximilien

                                A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder[^] I'd like to be an Australian soldier, it looks to me they have the best MRE around. And the Canadian one looks the worse. M.

                                Watched code never compiles.

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                                RichardGrimmer
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                                Wow - the British one has certainly come a looong way...no "biscuits fruit" or "biscuits brown AB"....the AB (allegedly) standing for Anal Blockage....eat the ABs to bung yourself up, then the chuggies (*laxatives*) to "restore normal function"....and a NAPKIN...what's up with that... Good to see the creamer's still there....good for signal flares that stuff ;)

                                C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.

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