Salt Lake chefs rate the MRE

[SmashTactics]

They should've tried the chicken and dumplings - the best!

[elendal]

not to be an ass but whats' the scale 3 out of 100 or 3/3?

[dragonflychainsaw]

it looked like they did that on purpose

[stopthesejets]

The word "chef" and Utah shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

[DeathBlade182]

Out there in the battlefield, one of the few pleasure a soldier can get is a good meal, and MREs don't quite get it right... but still, after a hard day of labor, you really can't complain about the quality of the food.

[whattheheck1000]

Look at the names of those restaurants... can't they be a little more creative? LOL

[Pheonix76549]

god the cheese veggie omlette is the worst and you WILL get horiible shits from that

[3inrifle]

Beats salt pork, hard crackers, and scorched barley and chicory pretending to be coffee.

[chaelia17]

when you are in the feild with nothing but mres to eat i promise you you will think its the best thing ever. its easy potable and a hot meal when you can get one. I will take all of these so call top chefs down range with me and see if their oponion changes

[agentz100]

you did it wrong. and manhandled it and woefully screwd them up

[anonynat]

At least they didn't try the hamburger and strawberry shake mix. Or, even worse, four fingers of death.

[FFassassin71]

...Well, what do you expect? It's supposed to be edible, but by no means tasty...

[PokerChingling]

I bet those ratings would go from 1-5.3s up to 10 if they were getting gunned down by terrorists and insurgents!

[BaKonStrip]

Staying alive in the field: Average rating 10.

[firestar9999]

i thought you had to boil the water... well i had to with mine... (mexican rice and sliced apples)

[175thranger]

shit I just ate one from 1990...

[bloodfartification]

@175thranger you should be fine lol they have a maximum (tested)  shelf life of 15 years... possibly more if its in the right environment.

[godzilla74114]

give em the omlet. >.>

[gotpsp06]

@godzilla74114 :s

[godzilla74114]

@gotpsp06 i guarendamntee you if they had to carry what the troops had to carry and be under the same stress the troops are, they would think the MRE tastes pretty good.

[Jestersage]

According to some of my friends in canadian force, their IMP taste better than MRE— At least the IMP taste like canned food according to them.

[HWGuyEG]

@Jestersage

I've tried both and the Canadian meals are better, however that isn't much of an accomplishment.

My friend has a pile of "Beverage Powder" packs, they taste just like the flavouring you buy at a store, pretty nice actually.

A funny meal name is meatballs with flavour sauce.

[agentz100]

@HWGuyEG it says maranara on the pack and lol. i saw Toaster Pastry, Strawberry

[Pheonix76549]

@agentz100 that toaster pastry is horrible

[LungTaLuver]

fucking idiiots i swear

[J1mmyAva1on]

Idc what those guys say...it kept our troops full for over 20 years

[jparker17]

Meals Rarely Edible. that is all.

[kelvinella]

u suppose to heat them up before u try, idiot

[rutiger45]

who cares what these homos think. MREs are designed to keep you from worrying about hunger in combat.

[AmericanWardog]

Bunch of pricks

[griff323]

How can you rag on the MRE. It feeds you. Your hunger is suppressed to keep fighting.

Shut up.

[airsoftplya98]

ok if your so fucking great go to Iraq and cook their meals. I eat MRE's all the time, speaking of which i just bought 5 today which i plane on eating before the weeks over.

[O8SERVER]

What a bunch of pricks.

I've found that MREs are actually quite good. Plus they are good for up to 10 years. A decade. That's damn impressive.

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

If the tempature is cool enough they can last even longer, And plus, this is the energy our troops have to use. I would like to try one, I heard most were good.

[spittle8]

@O8SERVER I just read on Wikipedia they only keep for 3 years, so I tossed one I'd had for 5 years that I was hoping to eat. What?

[O8SERVER]

Technically the 3 years is the "inspection date" not the expiration date.

[spittle8]

@O8SERVER So I should be good if I eat that shizzle? Retrieving it from the trash now!

[ChowdersHat]

WIth the waterproof packaging.... yes! And they keep for 10+ years

[Ninjamuffin7]

yea thats not true in the right conditions those things can last like 2 decades

not sure if i'd want to eat one of them that old but

[jowell8891]

When you're getting AK-47's shot at you, you're not going to complain about the taste...

[Vorxnyx]

They chose to try pretty much the worst MREs out there (in fact the omelet is so bad they discontinued it a year or two ago) plus they're smarmy and kind of annoying :(

[wardenphil]

Sorry, I accidently gave you a thumbs down when I meant to give you a thumbs up.

[AddictedToRitalin]

these people are fucking retarded. the whole point of mres is food that is long lasting and palatable. it's not supposed to be some gourmet piece of shit you serve in a restaurant

[noregrets4jack]

lol when ur hungry you'll eat almost anything, especially in those fields

[EdHardyKid15]

agree those things suck ass the only part i eat over here in the field is the skittles and bread

[supitstom]

These guys have to realize that MRE's aren't things served on a daily civillian cafeteria or restaurant. These foods were made for reliability, longevity, and quick and easy provisions. Also made for survival and of course, for war. These MREs a lot better than the c-rations, my friend's dad use to tell us. There's really no class whatsoever when trying to get "qualified chefs" to critique MRE's and these guys have no lives. MRE's do the job and I wouldn't have a problem at all with 1 if needed

[nethdaniel552]

WTF!!! all the MRE's they have tasted are the ones that suck! Most of the MRE are Good

[sorulz]

True that they all aren't that bad at all.

[ghs0113]

my favorite is the chili mac and jalapeno cheese sause

[N473W4J4]

What a bunch of stuck up assholes pretending to have "class"

[Mustang1204]

exactly what I was thinking.

[N473W4J4]

What mainly irritated me was their attitudes like they were better than it. They portayed themselves as overpayed, overpampered, and weak not giving enough thought to those who do it for a living. You know those that are trained to kill, if there is a next time for you (participants of the video) you would be wise enough to show some respect. Bad Show.

[cdmar33]

They should've made them eat Country Captain Chicken. Or was it Chicken a la King that I hated. I know I hated the hot dog one.

Spaghetti with meat sauce was great though, as was chicken tetrazzini and jambalaya. Those were awesome! It was hit and miss when I was in the field, but I loved some of them, and could usually trade out what I didn't like.

[arc2417]

jambalaya is good i didnt like the 4 fingers of death either

[johnnybravo6889]

you can't eat the cheese cold. its miserable. you have to heat it all up

that being said, the peanut butter spread is the best.

best meals: chicken with noodles, and chicken tetrazinni

hands down

[bamboodlesh]

It's food for out away from camp, it's not going to be not notch. I don't think these people heated the food, which makes it 10x better. Also, it tastes funny because they add calories and nutrients in it.

[TyAner]

Soldier Evaluation of MRE meals

Cheese and Vegetable Omelet = Fail

Pork Rib = Moderate Fail

Chicken breast = fail

Sloppy Joe = Moderate Fail

Beef roast with Vegetables = FAIL

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce = fail

Chicken Fajita = fail

Chili with Beans = win - surprisingly enough

Btw I am a soldier, after eating 2 of these things a day for over a month, I started to starve myself rather than eat them. After four months I was skinnier than was healthy, but I was litteraly sick at the scent of them.

[PapaSMURFFS]

We fought, traded, and stole to get MREs as opposed to our IMPs. Although this years IMPs are better at least.

[tyen001]

I would be more interested in what these chefs could concoct that could go into the same retort bag process the MREs go through, fit in the same space constraints, and comply with the same shelf stable requirements, and compare what they came up with against the MREs. Come to think of it, that would be a rocking Iron Chef episode.

[sschonew]

I agree. My thought as I was watching this was "could they do better while meeting the requirements."

[BLu3mach1n3]

Best part about MREs is the Hooah bars and candy. The dried cranberries are pretty awesome too, and the milkshakes aren't that bad, especially when you're fucking starving and haven't eaten a damn thing all day because you've been busting your ass for Uncle Sam.

[kbgmike05]

Those omelletes are so bad....besides that, MREs really aren't too terrible. If you're starving cause you couldn't eat for a while (and trust me, soldiers, marines, airmen and even some sailors sometimes can't get a moment to eat) MREs are fucking great. Veggie burger is the shit!

[123321katie14]

This is crap, our soldiers are fed well, and your all full of shit

[dsarti1]

Believe me if these spoiled rotten people were really hungry they would not be turning there noses up

[RK831]

Using restaurant chefs to judge MRE's is ridiculous. MRE's are intended for the field, not restaurants. Send those chefs out on bivouac for a week and they'll devour those MRE's. MRE's are my first choice when I go out camping. Of course, when at home I would rather eat a real meal.

[complotquebec]

Soldiers are just dumb, stupid animals, to be used as pawns in foreign affairs

-Henry Kissinger

[wardenphil]

No one is claiming that MRE's are like your Mama's cooking, but at least the ones I had in the 80's and 90's weren't THAT bad. They're intended for hard duty when there is nothing better. If these chefs evaluated most civilian convenience foods, their evaluations would be no better. I'm sure the chefs put in an honest day's work, but they cater to a crowd who doesn't - yet they have the most demanding of palates.

[doubledeckertaco]

drinking san pelegrino and fiji water, in some high end hotel probably. a far cry to eating these meals under the condtions one would encounter in iraq. these so called chefs have probably not done a hard days work in their life. anything looks good after a hard days work

[AllHailHaze]

They're not doing it right. They're not cold, tired, hungry, wet, and horny. Really though, minus the omelette, which really is as disgusting as an egg with a shelf life of three years sounds, most of the MREs are pretty good, or at least palatable.

[hachibeach151]

Thank God I'm a civilian, and not in the military.

hb151

[ETM299]

yes they did the water in the bag heats them up

[unquenchablefire]

Admittedly, the Cheese Omelet one is totally foul, and that's what they showed. It looks bad, and tastes worse.

Also, seconding the sentiment that if your spoiled ass is sitting there sipping on "premium" bottled water, you're not going to like something that can be kept in temps ranging from below zero to over 150, dropped from 100' up without a parachute, and lasts for three to five years.

And don't even try to knock the chicken fajita. Everyone i know loves that one.

[soonwillbe]

They didn't even use the heaters! No wonder why they don't like it!

[kookoocacapeepee]

I don't care what you people say, that sloppy joe looked good

[dorikaze]

It taset like crap, but when you have been kickin ass all day thats the best meal

[areallylongassname2]

Cold or hot with beer!

[unquenchablefire]

Yeah. It beats the shit out of going hungry, or forcing down another Hooah bar.

[red2alpha]

I could give a damn what a bunch of spoied ass chefs think about the chow I eat while protecting their freedom.

[Molloach]

America has the worst MREs in the world. They are the lowest bidders and all tastes like crap. France has wine in their MREs' and the Sinaporeans have exotic spices. French and Sinaporean MREs use organic products and although the shelf life is not as long,two years max, everything tastes good and high nutritional content with high caloric content;Superior in every way to American MREs made by a bunch of yokels in Indiana and Texas.

[bluelblock]

Shoot, even the california earthquake rations are better... they've got the little tiny bottles of tabasco sauce so even if it's unpalatable, you can at least block the taste with pure heat ;)

[fdsman]

Notice how the countries mentioned don't have a military worth pissing on.

[unquenchablefire]

MRE's have gotten a LOT better since the 80s. They're at the point where I actually like about half of the MRE menus more than some of the food at the dining hall. More than McDonalds, even.

And don't even begin to bitch about the nutritional content. There's enough calories in two of those to sustain an active soldier for a day, and one's enough if you aren't doing too much. They don't taste amazing because they aren't designed to be eaten for more than a week or so straight.

[nicklesdimes]

they forgot to cook it your idiot

[coverchenko]

what is the second song called.

[gfj1]

I guise buy yr cmts tr pusas tht nverd hd a lo pt wtot feed. Rte ur pin. But u wdsuc in disatr caus ov greed.