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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:10:38 AM EDT
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None of it looks really horrible, but none of them look all that appealing either
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We still include matches in almost every nation's MRE's but no cigarettes? Lame.
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Hell, I'd like to try some of those.
I've eaten quite a few MREs (the real ones, from the Marine Corps) and the ONLY one I found awful was the vegetable patty meal I think they're designed to weed out the vegetarians in the military by killing them slowly. And I even LIKE veggie burgers (the civilian ones) |
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If you're into such stuff, check out MREinfo.com.
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Interesting, only one country that had anything for dental care, and only one country with a multivitamin.
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Hmm...I want to buy some of the Italian MREs.
Tortellini in my MRE ETA: the poster above me is talking about the Italian MREs having dental care, multivitamins and fiber tablets. According to MRE Info.com they also issue little airplane bottles of liquor Speed |
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/04/weekinreview/20100905_gilbertson.html?th&emc=th Great web page. Really goes to show how the militaries of the world have put some effort into giving their soldiers something better than a can of beans and a spoon. I thought it was amusing that the Australians get vegemite. Ever had vegemite? Australians apparently like it, though! |
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Australia's has Vegemite AND "Musk-flavored Candy."
Mmmm-Mmmm! |
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The Lithuanian and Ukrainian MREs sound positively horrible. Even the South Korean kimchee looked better
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Poland's looks like ALPO I thought it looked like Dinty Moore. |
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Hmm...I want to buy some of the Italian MREs. Tortellini in my MRE ETA: the poster above me is talking about the Italian MREs having dental care, multivitamins and fiber tablets. According to MRE Info.com they also issue little airplane bottles of liquor Speed They won handily. |
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Hmm, is there a source for foreign MREs? The french one looked quite good, and the one with the herring in oil.....
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None of that crap can hold a candle to Ham and Motherfuckers and a good pound cake!
My combat ration came from the can! |
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During Desert Storm I had some French ones, including wine...not bad.
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I was hoping the ones from great britian included a anti stab knife
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Thank you to all of our soldiers and allies that have to eat that shit while fighting for us...
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Once again, the Italians rule the culinary world.
The one from Lithuania looks like it would be the easiest on the stomach. The Spanish one looks great too. |
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Lithuania and Sweden look nasty. The Ukraine just plain gets screwed!
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Anyone else notice that the Ukrainian meal was an "Officer's meal". Wonder what the enlisted get?
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Anyone else notice that the Ukrainian meal was an "Officer's meal". Wonder what the enlisted get? You really want to know??? |
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Quoted: i think Canada looks the most edible... Tried them, they are quite good. |
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Fucking frogs get confit of duck and venison pate.
Denmark's looks a little spartan. So does Sweden's. Cod stew. |
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i think Canada looks the most edible... Tried them, they are quite good. The canadian ones are fantastic. |
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Fucking frogs get confit of duck and venison pate. Denmark's looks a little spartan. So does Sweden's. Cod stew. Seriously - if I came from a place where cod stew was a mainstay on the menu, I'd be looking for something different in my damn field rations! |
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Quoted: Once again, the Italians rule the culinary world. +1. I ate in an NCO mess on an Italian aircraft carrier. Holy crap their Navy food is better than our restaurants. |
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I trained with Spanish Marines back in the early 1980's and they had some clear alcohol beverage in theirs.
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Fucking frogs get confit of duck and venison pate. Denmark's looks a little spartan. So does Sweden's. Cod stew. It's actually quite tasty. There are far worse meals. Especially the older ones that came in cans. Those meals were nasty. |
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The similarities are surprising. By looks I would rank the french as the tasties, and the australian as the most bountiful.
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The South Korean MRE looks delicious. The Australian and UK's MREs look like what comes out after eating an MRE.
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Once again, the Italians rule the culinary world. +1. I ate in an NCO mess on an Italian aircraft carrier. Holy crap their Navy food is better than our restaurants. A little off-topic, but you started it: Back during Vietnam I was with the Royal Australian Air Force in Penang, Malaysia for a short time. In the NCO Mess we had china plates, silver silverware, crystal glasses, linen tablecloths and a houseboy in a starched white jacket who held the menu while you made your selection from the choices offered. There was also a wine selection. I was impressed until I got drunk and they took all my money at darts. |
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+1. I ate in an NCO mess on an Italian aircraft carrier. Holy crap their Navy food is better than our restaurants. Our wardrooms are just like restaurants... the food is very good and you have to pay for it. The surf and turf was always first class to me. |
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Once again, the Italians rule the culinary world. +1. I ate in an NCO mess on an Italian aircraft carrier. Holy crap their Navy food is better than our restaurants. A little off-topic, but you started it: Back during Vietnam I was with the Royal Australian Air Force in Penang, Malaysia for a short time. In the NCO Mess we had china plates, silver silverware, crystal glasses, linen tablecloths and a houseboy in a starched white jacket who held the menu while you made your selection from the choices offered. There was also a wine selection. I was impressed until I got drunk and they took all my money at darts. That last part made me laugh. |
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Quoted: Quoted: +1. I ate in an NCO mess on an Italian aircraft carrier. Holy crap their Navy food is better than our restaurants. Our wardrooms are just like restaurants... the food is very good and you have to pay for it. The surf and turf was always first class to me. The Italian NCO mess was as nice as a officer's mess on a US carrier. Food-wise the Italians win. BTW the Spanish have full-service bars for their senior NCO's. |
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Quoted: The similarities are surprising. By looks I would rank the french as the tasties, and the australian as the most bountiful. Tried a french one and thought it was horrible. Fancy food just doesn't travel as well as simple stuff. When you look at quantity you need to consider the scale of issue as well. The Brits and Australians tend to issue a 24hr pack so what you see is a full day's food. The Canadian and US rations are individual meals. I had a fun time trying to explain to a Brit Sgt Maj in Kandahar that the rations we gave them were supposed to be three per man per day. |
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The "whole fiber tablets" in the Italian meal sound pretty handy.
Leave it to America to pair a tortilla, a BBQ pork rib, and potato soup. |
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