MRE #17 - Sloppy Joe

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:07

MRE #17 – Sloppy Joe

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:07

In the bag.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:08

“Entrée” meat with sauce prior to attack.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:08

Sloppy Joe slop ingredients

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:08

Sloppy Joe slop nutrition

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:09

Double dose of wheat snack bread

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:09

Wheat snack bread ingredients and nutrition

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:09

Dessert will be “shortbread cookies”

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:10

Shortbread cookies have nutrition?

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:10

I a blurry form of logic would specify that baked snack crackers are a “natural complimentary dish” to sloppy joe

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:10

Let’s throw in a little jalapeño cheese spread to…well…

I’m not sure what.

But, let’s throw it in anyway. What the hell. Its just a colon.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:11

Speaking of “what the hell,” just what the hell is in this stuff?

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:11

Last but not least,

BEVERAGE POWDER
CARBOHYDRATE ELECTROLYTE
GRAPE

Stand at attention when you say that dammit!

Squeeze the alcohol out of the wipes in the first aid kit and and you’ve got MD 20/20.
Oooooo-raugghhhlehhh!

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:11

Well at least it has salt and potassium. Probably won’t make up for the fluids you’ll lose if you use it to make homemade Pruno in an ammo can.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:12

Before we move on, a quick look at the accessories.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:13

Alright let’s get started eating this stuff.

Right out of the pack, we have…

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:13

Who forgot to take the dog out!
Woof, WOOF-WOOF-WOOF!!!

Who forgot to take the dog out!
Woof, WOOF-WOOF-WOOF!!!

Who forgot to take the dog out!
Woof, WOOF-WOOF-WOOF!!!

Come on, sing it! I know you know the words!

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:13

What can I say about this?

I just stick it under my nose and pretend that I’m

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:14

Be sure to clean under the rim!

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:14

Hey!

A double Cleveland Steamer!!!

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:15

While we’re in the mood, might as well cut the cheese.

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:15

I know you save your appetite for dessert!

**W.E.G.** · April 19, 2007, 18:15

Alright, seriously.

The sloppy joe wasn’t bad. Tasted just the same as the stuff made with the mix from the grocery store. Maybe a little odd on the wheat snack bread, since the wheat snack bread isn’t exactly a fresh poppyseed Kaiser butter bun.

The crackers were exactly like the Cheez-Its from the grocery store. That cheese splarp is pretty dense. You can basically forget about cutting any cheese if you eat that stuff. But, it really doesn’t taste bad. I think next time I might nuke it in the microwave to soften it some, then dip the crackers in the softened cheese.

The shortbread cookies were unexpectedly good. These were fresh, buttery, and with good texture. I don’t normally dig shortbread cookies. I think I have bad memories of shortbread cookies as the last-to-be-eaten cookies at family get-togethers where the bigger kids already bogarted-up the chocolate chip cookies and the brownies. Plus the shortbread cookies were always the offering of some elderly aunt who had long-since lost her sense of taste and smell, as well as much of her eyesight, and who did all cooking from recipes she “remembered.” Auntie, how come these cookies taste like corn meal and salt?

**Jon Frum** · April 19, 2007, 18:25

Not too bad but the sloppy joes invarably give me heartburn--carry Tums. Lots of fat in those meals. Milkshake is 500 cals.

**Shootability** · April 19, 2007, 18:43

I hope you had some salt to add - no sense in failing to get 200% mdr per meal.

homelandprotector · April 19, 2007, 18:52

Please NO!!!!!!....Not the SLOPPY JOE'S

**JohnnyMac** · April 20, 2007, 06:17

Quote:

Originally posted by W.E.G.
Hey!

A double Cleveland Steamer!!!

THAT'S JUST WROOOONG!

Arizona Highlander · April 20, 2007, 10:10

W.E.G., I don’t know what you do for a living, but whatever it is, you ought to quit that crap and start writing for someone like Letterman or Leno. This thread has some of the funniest stuff I’ve read in months!

And, ironically, the info here is terrific, too. Much appreciated!

SmokeEater2 · April 20, 2007, 17:00

W.E.G, If you don't stop eatin' so many of those things your gonna' be dragging your colon on the ground. Colon's do not enjoy this sort of treatment.

deerollman · April 20, 2007, 19:35

113% of sodium intake, daily, from one meal. of course not including the cheese spread and drink mix (with electrolytes, in case the GIs are running low on salt

). i would guess all in all thats 150% of sodium in one meal, if you can actually eat it all.

Diomed · April 20, 2007, 22:14

I would not want to be W.E.G.'s proctologist. Sure, you'd be making a pile of money, but at what price?

Just not worth it.

**W.E.G.** · April 20, 2007, 22:18

My proctologist is the only one I've ever know who uses anti-sieze on his examination scope.

I comp'd him a set of Nomex coveralls.

April 19, 2007, 18:15	#23
W.E.G. Administrator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 1211 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 31,054	Alright, seriously. The sloppy joe wasn’t bad. Tasted just the same as the stuff made with the mix from the grocery store. Maybe a little odd on the wheat snack bread, since the wheat snack bread isn’t exactly a fresh poppyseed Kaiser butter bun. The crackers were exactly like the Cheez-Its from the grocery store. That cheese splarp is pretty dense. You can basically forget about cutting any cheese if you eat that stuff. But, it really doesn’t taste bad. I think next time I might nuke it in the microwave to soften it some, then dip the crackers in the softened cheese. The shortbread cookies were unexpectedly good. These were fresh, buttery, and with good texture. I don’t normally dig shortbread cookies. I think I have bad memories of shortbread cookies as the last-to-be-eaten cookies at family get-togethers where the bigger kids already bogarted-up the chocolate chip cookies and the brownies. Plus the shortbread cookies were always the offering of some elderly aunt who had long-since lost her sense of taste and smell, as well as much of her eyesight, and who did all cooking from recipes she “remembered.” Auntie, how come these cookies taste like corn meal and salt? __________________ . . . Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.

April 19, 2007, 18:25	#24
Jon Frum Curio & Relic Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 8473 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,265	Not too bad but the sloppy joes invarably give me heartburn--carry Tums. Lots of fat in those meals. Milkshake is 500 cals. __________________ "We must, indeed, all hang togather or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.": Ben Franklin Detain and Deport!

April 19, 2007, 18:52	#26
homelandprotector Registered FALaholic #: 16592 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 6,136	Please NO!!!!!!....Not the SLOPPY JOE'S __________________ We need about 3000 Ron Paul's in Washington.....HLP

April 20, 2007, 17:00	#29
SmokeEater2 Registered Contributor FALaholic #: 10990 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NC Arkansas Posts: 3,296	W.E.G, If you don't stop eatin' so many of those things your gonna' be dragging your colon on the ground. Colon's do not enjoy this sort of treatment. __________________ "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." ~ President Theodore Roosevelt Welcome to New Zimbabwe, Previously known as the United States of America.

April 20, 2007, 22:18	#32
W.E.G. Administrator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 1211 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 31,054	My proctologist is the only one I've ever know who uses anti-sieze on his examination scope. I comp'd him a set of Nomex coveralls. __________________ . . . Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.

April 19, 2007, 18:43	#25
Shootability Formerly Solvability Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 6448 Join Date: May 2002 Location: HSV Posts: 2,702	I hope you had some salt to add - no sense in failing to get 200% mdr per meal.

April 20, 2007, 10:10	#28
Arizona Highlander Registered FALaholic #: 20277 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 475	W.E.G., I don’t know what you do for a living, but whatever it is, you ought to quit that crap and start writing for someone like Letterman or Leno. This thread has some of the funniest stuff I’ve read in months! And, ironically, the info here is terrific, too. Much appreciated!

April 20, 2007, 19:35	#30
deerollman Registered FALaholic #: 18699 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NC Posts: 3,126	113% of sodium intake, daily, from one meal. of course not including the cheese spread and drink mix (with electrolytes, in case the GIs are running low on salt ). i would guess all in all thats 150% of sodium in one meal, if you can actually eat it all.

April 20, 2007, 22:14	#31
Diomed Registered FALaholic #: 21212 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: US Posts: 722	I would not want to be W.E.G.'s proctologist. Sure, you'd be making a pile of money, but at what price? Just not worth it.

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