Salt Lake chefs rate the MRE

Salt Lake chefs rate the 'Meals Ready to Eat' that thousands of soldiers eat every day.

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[jowell8891]

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

[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.

[Kontraktniki Myasnik]

How well something can be preserved takes precedence over how well it tastes, though. You have to have some balance there, and MREs are definitely an improvement over the C-rations. Sadly, I don't think you're going to be getting any "quality" food that can be eaten in the field any time soon.

[OldGirl Tweety]

Our guys should have delicious and wholesome food. The military should have top chefs design menus and dishes that are shelf worthy and delicious. Perhaps if they used herbs and spices it would improve the flavor.

[ThisFish888]

I would complain even more...

[smoketwenty77]

Oh they ate the cheese... I'd like to hear an AAR on the review LOL

[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

[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

[Joe Lovell]

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