MRE

Joe brought back a special surprise from Korea that we enjoyed last weekend - a pair of MREs!  (Meal, Ready-to-Eat.)

Yes, it was about as exciting as it sounds.  But surprisingly enough, it was a hair tastier than expected.  We decided to enhance the MRE experience by having an "MRE picnic" at White Beach.



Oooh boy, here we go.




Lindsay's Veggie Lasagna MRE!  God Bless Evansville, Indiana for making these things.



MILITARY RATIONS ARE GOOD PERFORMANCE MEALS.  "I can't believe I performed like this for a month." - Joe

Lindsay's crackers, with peanut butter.  Both are items that are hard to screw up - these were not bad.

Joe's cheese spread and tortillas.

Joe's cheese spread and tortillas.

Warming up the entrees in the chemical heaters (just add a little water and, as the packet says, lean against "a rock, or something.")!

Joe's pork rib with barbecue sauce.  Could have been worse.  BBQ sauce is also hard to screw up in long storage, and covers many sins.

 

Veggie lasagna.  Mine didn't heat up quite as well as Joe's pork rib.  Unfortunate.



Our picnic site.

 

All in all, the MRE was not terrible.  Of course, I only ate it one Saturday for lunch.  Joe ate them every day for a month.