Wife keeps eating the MRE stockpile

[Poccur]

My wife keeps using the MREs...She has a taste for the vegetarian manicotti and supplies are getting low...

1, anyone know if it is possible to purchase just this entree on its own? will get her a supply so she leaves the SHTF supply alone.

2, anyone know the recipe they use for this entree..Maybe if we whip up a batch I can slow her down...

If the SHTF what will be left for her to eat? Personally I will have plenty of the ones she does not eat...Oh well, I will miss her:biggrin:

Cheers

Poccur:)

[owlcreekok]

Learn to cook my good man. There are, shall we say, "Fringe" benefits afforded a man that can and does cook to please his wife.

:shades:

[carguym14]

www.beprepared.com sells a lot of the entrees and other components.

I like the spiced apples and the veggie burger in barbecue sauce myself.Get on their mailing list-they run specials all the time.The manicotti are good too.I wish they still had the older stuff-I miss the ham slice and omelet.


Regards,Michael

[Stranger]

Damn, man. MRE are friggin' expensive. You might as well take her out to eat for some fresh mani. Better yet, make her fall in love with you all over again and get your butt into the kitchen. There ain't nobody in Central OK who makes a better lasagna than me!

[Muggzy]

Aren't the Swason (I call them TV Dinners) cheaper?

[owlcreekok]

There ain't nobody in Central OK who makes a better lasagna than me!

Not much to aspire to there, Stranger ! :wink:

Never could figure why it should cost so much to make a good lasagne, I mean good lasagne is good lasagne, but COME ON ! $20 - $25 for a pan full,,,,

Gimme $25 worth of beef ANY day.


Just thought I'd try ta yank another Okie's chain !

[mosbysmen]

build a cabinet and pad lock it or install a lock on the door , i told my wife if she kept taking food out of the pantry and not replacing it , i was going to use the lock that was on the door .

[ER]

COME ON ! $20 - $25 for a pan full,

I hear ya. For just me & wifey, a lot gets wasted if we don`t freeze some of it. I love lasagne, but can`t live off it, LOL. Nuked lasagne is pretty good too.

MRE`s? I tried to get my wife to eat one back about 91 or so, during the days of the old dark brown packaged ones. She couldn`t stand it(don`t remember what it was, but the menus were very limited then).

I haven`t had an MRE since `93. How are the new ones? Best places to purchase? Prices? I`ve been thinking of getting a couple of cases to put in the basement just in case.

[Stranger]

Originally posted by owlcreekok


Not much to aspire to there, Stranger ! :wink:

Never could figure why it should cost so much to make a good lasagne, I mean good lasagne is good lasagne, but COME ON ! $20 - $25 for a pan full,,,,

Gimme $25 worth of beef ANY day.


Just thought I'd try ta yank another Okie's chain !

I try to be humble. If I told the whole truth the world would never let me sleep.

What are you adding to your lasagna for it to cost $20 a pan? The most expensive thing I have in my pan is the $5 worth of ground chuck. Everything but the meat, noodles and the ricotta comes from the garden.

[owlcreekok]

Heck I took a wag at it. Seems like it cost me that much last time I did it. Provolone, Ricotta, Mozzarella, fresh : oregano, spinach, tomatoes, garlic, then the lasagne noodles, yeh about $8 in ground sirloin ( I HATE buying grease and water)

I've yet to get a piece of ground here ready for gardening. Dang hard pan clay. Couldn' raise a fight on it with a gallon of whiskey ! :mad:

[Treborer]

In the seventies some of my fellow "Lifers" had Asian wives, this was a good thing as regards sideways cracky, but tough situation for my fisherman buddy Msgt WTF K.B.

Seems he'd stock up on frozen bait squid, and when he'd go to get it from the deep freeze for an afternoon of fishing, well the freezer was empty of bait, as wife had eaten the Bait Squid for lunch.

Otherwise a magnificent woman.

:cry:

[fastfreddy]

My kids eat the chili-mac and the wife gets peeved because she likes to take the chili-mac on mission trips to Uganda...... she's not partial to the native goat dontchaknow.

Maybe I could trade ya some manicotti for some chili macaroni?

[Sig220]

Anybody got a list of the meals/menus of the different cases of MRE's. I know there is an "a" and a "b" case and the meal selections run like 1-12 and 13-24, but I don't have a list of them.

Also are there any other case lots besides "a" and "b".

BTW, I am talking about late dated MRE's, in the brown packs, not the clear packed ones w/o the heaters and etc.

[fastfreddy]

Sopakco (sp?) just has the A and B. I don't have the list, especiallly since mine got all picked over and rearranged. You can find the lists on the 'net. Chili-mac is in the A box ;)

[Sig220]

Dang, I am slow to get back into the hang of ALL answers are on the internet!!!

Anyway, the bags are tan, not brown and here is the menu selection from the two cases...........

"a" cases are menus 1-12, while "b" cases are menus 13-24

01 - Beef Steak w/Mushroom Gravy
02 - Pork Rib
03 - Beef Ravioli
04 - Cheese & Vegetable Omelet
05 - Chicken Breast
06 - Chicken Fajitas
07 - Chicken w/Salsa
08 - Beef Patty
09 - Beef Stew
10 - Chili w/Macaroni
11 - Pasta w/Vegetables
12 - Veggie Burger w/BBQ Sauce
13 - Cheese Tortellini
14 - Manicotti w/Vegetables
15 - Beef Enchiladas
16 - Chicken w/Noodles
17 - Sloppy Joe Filling
18 - Cajun Rice &Sausage
19 - Roast Beef w/Vegetables
20 - Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce
21 - Chicken Tetrazzini
22 - Jambalaya
23 - Chicken w/Cavetelli
24 - Meatloaf w/Gravy

The ones I have seen are packed in 2005.

[Temp]

Originally posted by owlcreekok
Learn to cook my good man. There are, shall we say, "Fringe" benefits afforded a man that can and does cook to please his wife.

:shades:

Cookin' for ya wife in exchange for nookie sounds like a good idea,... but first thing ya know, you're snugglin' up with Jabba the Hut,....

[owlcreekok]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

yer killin me Temp !

Too early I gonna have a accident ! :uhoh:

[Draven]

Originally posted by owlcreekok
I've yet to get a piece of ground here ready for gardening. Dang hard pan clay. Couldn' raise a fight on it with a gallon of whiskey ! :mad:

When i was a teen, we built 6" tall planting beds on top of the clay for the garden.....

[Firestarter]

Poccur,

I have your solution. Simply explain how friggen HIGH the calories are in them and she may quit eating them.

Hell they are made for folks that are busting their ass! This is the anti diet food!

[Mtn]

http://www.longlifefood.com/

[tac-40]

Everything you wanted to know about MRE's but were afraid to ask.:biggrin:

MRE Menu Changes and History (http://www.mreinfo.com/mre-improvements.html)


MRE's the Primer (http://www.mreinfo.com/)

[Geist762]

MRE's - Meals Rejected by Etheopia; Loved by Housewives.

Gotta Love it.

Geist762

p.s. There's something in that MRE kool-aid.
whoa.

[BlackCat]

You'd better chase her outta that pantry- MRE's have ways of making lardasses out of casual diners....
That and the SODIUM. Oh and let's not forget the whole "regularity" issue.

[FTW2012]

Try this, its better than MREs & CHEAPER!!!!!!!!


http://www.recipezaar.com/97107

[gearlogo]

Guys,

How can you eat MREs in a non emergency? I hated every one I ate in the service. Just eating chicken pot pie this week reminded me of eating a 35 degree temp similar tasting MRE and I almost Gagged.

I guess its just me. I lived mostly on pot tarts tuna and little hot dogs in the field and was better off it think.

I hear they are better now. Ijust cant bring myself to try one.

[Da Nerd]

ditto on korean era "C" rats

[Da Nerd]

Originally posted by Geist762

p.s. There's something in that MRE kool-aid.
whoa.

[Papadoc]

MRE is an oxymoron. They are not Meals, they are not Ready, nor are they Edible. :) Give me C-rats any day, especially liked the Ham and Eggs, yum........