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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:23:34 AM EDT
I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's.
The lastest guy was the best. He is in the Reserves and should know better. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there.  My consolation. I got to keep the MRE.  |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:27:26 AM EDT
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Yeap common misconception when I was in too. Nice to see not much has changed. Reminds me I need some new chem light batteries
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:28:23 AM EDT
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I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. The lastest guy was the best. Yes, he is a reservist. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there.
My consolation. I got to keep the MRE.
so what? ease back on the dumbassery today, mkay? |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:29:04 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,,
is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:29:53 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. The lastest guy was the best. Yes, he is a reservist. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there. My consolation. I got to keep the MRE. so what? ease back on the dumbassery today, mkay? I didn't mean it as an insult. But more as "He should fucking know." Wording changed. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:30:20 AM EDT
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0/10 not a rant at all
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:30:44 AM EDT
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Quoted: All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! I like the Cheddar Cheese spread. The only problem is you can taste it for the next 24 hours.  |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:32:24 AM EDT
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CCIR/ PIR: which MRE was it?
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:32:35 AM EDT
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Quoted: 0/10 not a rant at all I forgot to use the word "fuck". 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:32:54 AM EDT
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Quoted: CCIR/ PIR: which MRE was it? The kind that come in the box. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:33:18 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! I like the Cheddar Cheese spread. The only problem is you can taste it for the next 24 hours.
Cheddar Cheese with Jalapeno FTW! With Chili mac. 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:34:28 AM EDT
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I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. The lastest guy was the best. Yes, he is a reservist. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there.
My consolation. I got to keep the MRE.
You Sir are wrong there is an MRE with 4500 kilocalories! Link I think this is were the rumor got started. There is a ton of stuff in them and they are quite good! 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:34:36 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! I like the Cheddar Cheese spread. The only problem is you can taste it for the next 24 hours. Cheddar Cheese with Jalapeno FTW! With Chili mac. This. And the Jumbalaya. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:34:45 AM EDT
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CCIR/ PIR: which MRE was it? I think you mean RFI? |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:36:29 AM EDT
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I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that the .mil wanted soldiers to consume about 3000 calories A DAY while on active duty... 3 meals like that MRE puts you closer on track...
But I'm not in the .mil, so I'm probably wrong. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:37:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. The lastest guy was the best. Yes, he is a reservist. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there. My consolation. I got to keep the MRE. You Sir are wrong there is an MRE with 4500 kilocalories! Link I think this is were the rumor got started. There is a ton of stuff in them and they are quite good! There is. But that isn't the one they are talking about when 99.99999% of the people say that. They are talking about the one that 99.99999% of the soldiers eat. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:37:34 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! I like the Cheddar Cheese spread. The only problem is you can taste it for the next 24 hours.
Cheddar Cheese with Jalapeno FTW! With Chili mac. MRE Spreads
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:39:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that the .mil wanted soldiers to consume about 3000 calories A DAY while on active duty... 3 meals like that MRE puts you closer on track... But I'm not in the .mil, so I'm probably wrong. You are correct. And it actually has been a problem. Soldiers can expend 5000-6000 calories a day and there has been a few instances where a guy will lose several tens of lbs while eating MRE's. I know of one instance where a guy was hospitalized for malnutrition. It could be he just wasn't eating, but it did happen. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:42:40 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that the .mil wanted soldiers to consume about 3000 calories A DAY while on active duty... 3 meals like that MRE puts you closer on track... But I'm not in the .mil, so I'm probably wrong. You are correct. And it actually has been a problem. Soldiers can expend 5000-6000 calories a day and there has been a few instances where a guy will lose several tens of lbs while eating MRE's. I know of one instance where a guy was hospitalized for malnutrition. It could be he just wasn't eating, but it did happen. I can imagine that being out in the field, with an enemy engagement or two, and hauling all that equipment around... One could shred through 3000 calories without batting an eye. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:44:27 AM EDT
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After watching Cast Away with Tom Hanks, I now know I can live on two miniature crab legs, three minnows and some water droplets off a leaf per day.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:51:46 AM EDT
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Over 3K in the First Strikes.
There are quite a few people who spout the same bullshit about normal MRES, even after you show them the amounts on the packaging. Just remember you cant fix the dumb in some people. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 2:52:16 AM EDT
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I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. The lastest guy was the best. Yes, he is a reservist. I told him to bring an MRE to work, and he did. We added the calories PRINTED on the packaging. Beef Roast- 190 Steak Sauce- 35 Raisins- 140 Crackers- 180 Choc Peanut Butter- 240 Cocoa Powder- 180 Poppy Cake- 300 Gum- 10 (est) = 1275 He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there.
My consolation. I got to keep the MRE.
You Sir are wrong there is an MRE with 4500 kilocalories! Link I think this is were the rumor got started. There is a ton of stuff in them and they are quite good! There is. But that isn't the one they are talking about when 99.99999% of the people say that. They are talking about the one that 99.99999% of the soldiers eat. I've actually eaten quite a few of those in my day.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:02:15 AM EDT
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the original INTENT of the MRE was to get the MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENTS into ONE Meal kit..there are times a soldier/sailor/marine is only going to have time and ability to eat ONE meal in a day 1200 calories will keep you from falling down.
An Active soldier in the field, bustin hump is going to WANT 3000 cal a day,,and need it..but, IF he is in Germany or Japan or Based in the Hood washing tanks, he is not going to NEED 3000 cals a day..which is how we get Fat Master SGTS running the motor pool.. 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:50:05 AM EDT
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Quoted:He still wouldn't believe it. He walked off talking about how it was wrong and they put more in there.
Looks like we can't trust "they". I wonder what else "they" put in there.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:51:54 AM EDT
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I will be a happy man if I never smell or see the Country Captain Chicken MRE ever again.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:56:32 AM EDT
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I'm always struggling to find "or something" when I need to heat up my MREs, when there are no rocks around.
New England Clam Chowder is the best MRE entree I've tasted, hands down. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:58:22 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! Theres some PB called American Pride that I swear is the same stuff thats in the MRE's I get it at the local mom and pop grocery. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 5:58:37 AM EDT
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I do not think this qualifies as a "rant".
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:00:26 AM EDT
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Any chance us civilians can get a hand on these MREs? Would be nice to have when I don't really feel like preparing anyting for dinner...which is more often than not.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:04:51 AM EDT
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 Wow... when I was in the serving suggestion was tearing the top off the pouch. Now they suggest ice cream, cinnamon sticks, and china! You've come a long ways baby! |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:06:26 AM EDT
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I'm always struggling to find "or something" when I need to heat up my MREs, when there are no rocks around.
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:08:03 AM EDT
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The gum has 2000 calories
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:13:51 AM EDT
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The gum has 2000 calories I thought it was just to make you poo. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:16:27 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: The gum has 2000 calories I thought it was just to make you poo. No, the gum stops you up and the cheese is a laxative. Or is it the other way around?  |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:17:44 AM EDT
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3000cal MREs => chunky troops
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:18:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: I didn't mean it as an insult. But more as "He should fucking know." Wording changed. While calling out BS legends is always a cool thing, the calorie content of an MRE was never really stressed and no one really gave a crap. Its not something a "soldier should fkng know". If some senior NCO said it had 3k, folks believed it. Who cared much past that to investigate? All I know is I could eat 3 a day and still be hungry in the field. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:24:37 AM EDT
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I'm always struggling to find "or something" when I need to heat up my MREs, when there are no rocks around.
New England Clam Chowder is the best MRE entree I've tasted, hands down. RIP Clam Chowder 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:25:42 AM EDT
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was it during your airsoft tourney?
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:30:17 AM EDT
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A Soldier spread a false military legend about some trivial aspect of Army life?
The next thing you'll tell me is that a cop repeated inaccurate information about firearms or the law. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 6:38:33 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! You can probably find the mil-spec for it if you search hard enough. Hell, mil-spec brownies and aluminum foil were posted a week or two ago. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:16:26 AM EDT
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The gum has 2000 calories I thought it was just to make you poo. No, the gum stops you up and the cheese is a laxative. Or is it the other way around? That's my biggest pet peeve. I've even heard it from medics. I always told them, "With all the improvised medical devices and treatments that are taught, don't you think they'd tell you about the gum?" Then you'd see a light bulb turn on. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:45:38 AM EDT
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The MRE a day policy in OIF 1 of the 1st Marine Division caused me to lose around 35lbs in around a month.
There is no way you can support long term combat operations on one a day. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:49:52 AM EDT
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I'm always struggling to find "or something" when I need to heat up my MREs, when there are no rocks around.
New England Clam Chowder is the best MRE entree I've tasted, hands down. RIP Clam Chowder What, it's no longer being made??? I just ordered some entrees from The Epicenter! 
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:50:49 AM EDT
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TRANS FAT
oh and CHILI MAC |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:51:17 AM EDT
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Quoted: I don't know how many times I have heard this. I always tell them no, it is about 3600 in THREE mre's. There are a bit OVER 3000 calories in a 3x-a-day MRE diet... Not a single MRE. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:53:06 AM EDT
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Interestingly, the milkshake pouches are worh over 400 calories each, making them the densest MRE component.
My 72 hour kits are heavy on chocolate ones. Now, if you want serious caloric density, look at a jar of peanut butter some time. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 7:59:34 AM EDT
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I will be a happy man if I never smell or see the Country Captain Chicken MRE ever again. Haha, weird as that was one of my favorites... |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 8:09:37 AM EDT
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A Soldier spread a false military legend about some trivial aspect of Army life? The next thing you'll tell me is that a cop repeated inaccurate information about firearms or the law. PWND. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 8:12:56 AM EDT
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Quoted: I will be a happy man if I never smell or see the Country Captain Chicken MRE ever again. Come on, you know you want to try it one more time.  |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 8:16:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: Any chance us civilians can get a hand on these MREs? Would be nice to have when I don't really feel like preparing anyting for dinner...which is more often than not. Check ebay.com for the real deal or you could try civilian MREs. |
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Posted: 6/2/2010 8:20:37 AM EDT
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All I wanna know,, is where I can get the Peanut butter they use,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN BULK! 55gal drums prefered That shit is goooood! I like the Cheddar Cheese spread. The only problem is you can taste it for the next 24 hours.
www.mredepot.com |
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