An MRE (Meal Ready-to-Eat) generally contains a main dish, side dish, bread, dessert, and a powdered drink mix. Some current main dishes include spaghetti and meatballs, vegetable lasagne, chicken breast, and beef stew.
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a prepackaged tray of food usually made with ready to eat items like sandwhiches and simple side items that can last a long time but usually not as long as MREs. Tray Ration.
Makes MREs edible.
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No, and a lot of what's said about MREs is urban legend (such as the gum being formulated to plug up the old rectum). Health problems... if you eat them habitually, they'll fatten you up rather quickly. MREs are intended to be eaten in a heavy work environment, and they contain some 2000 or calories.
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Interesting question. Having experienced MREs when they were first introduced, I would have to say no. Quite the opposite actually. Those who eat MREs on a regular basis learn quickly to get bread and butter, a lot of butter from the field kitchen, and chase a few slices with a lot of butter with the MRE contents. I suggest keeping a couple bottles of magnesium citrate back at garrison for when you return from the field.
MREs didn't exist in World War I. They came along later.
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I suppose they would if they bought it on their own. When they eat MREs, some of the meals have items in them which contain chocolate. If you're asking whether soldiers are receiving chocolate for enlisting, I'll first tell you the question is completely asinine, and then that the answer is no.
Premade backpacker meals are good, and if you are a bit adventurous military MREs are not the worst way to go. Bothe require you to just add water, the backpacker meals the temperature of the water will affect the temperature of the food. With the MREs they come with heater packs that you add water to.