"How To Live On MRE's For 21 Days"
How to Live on MREs for 21 Days? Lots of Water, Expert Says - Kit Up!
"MRE Recipes"
MRE Recipes
Just from experience, it's the condiments that make MRE's palatable over a long haul. Invest in a couple small bottles of Tabasco sauce. You don't have to use the Napalm Grade stuff. The McIlhenny family makes a bunch of different varieties of the stuff. Some nasty. Some mild. Some differently spiced. Click on the PRODUCTS tab at the top to see all the varieties.
Original Red | Sauce | TABASCO® Brand Legendary Pepper Sauce
I get mine from the Epicenter in Eugene, OR. They're great folks:
Search results for: 'tabasco'
Back during Vietnam, Tabasco company used to publish a highly-treasured lil cookbook brochure for spicing up C rats with their sauce. They sent the cookbook out to GI's for the asking. Good people! Despite my regular searches over the years I have not been able to find a copy. Lost mine in many moves back when I was a younker.
When you go MRE-ing, throw in a double handful of condiment packets from your local fast-food joint: Ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, etc. After a while just any way to change the taste is welcome.
Lastly there's the "The Unofficial MRE Recipe Booklet" drawn by Mort Walker who drew the old "Beetle Bailey" cartoon strip. Some good stuff there. I have an original copy of this one in my archives just for history's sake.
The Unofficial MRE Recipe Booklet
How to Live on MREs for 21 Days? Lots of Water, Expert Says - Kit Up!
"MRE Recipes"
MRE Recipes
Just from experience, it's the condiments that make MRE's palatable over a long haul. Invest in a couple small bottles of Tabasco sauce. You don't have to use the Napalm Grade stuff. The McIlhenny family makes a bunch of different varieties of the stuff. Some nasty. Some mild. Some differently spiced. Click on the PRODUCTS tab at the top to see all the varieties.
Original Red | Sauce | TABASCO® Brand Legendary Pepper Sauce
I get mine from the Epicenter in Eugene, OR. They're great folks:
Search results for: 'tabasco'
Back during Vietnam, Tabasco company used to publish a highly-treasured lil cookbook brochure for spicing up C rats with their sauce. They sent the cookbook out to GI's for the asking. Good people! Despite my regular searches over the years I have not been able to find a copy. Lost mine in many moves back when I was a younker.
When you go MRE-ing, throw in a double handful of condiment packets from your local fast-food joint: Ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, etc. After a while just any way to change the taste is welcome.
Lastly there's the "The Unofficial MRE Recipe Booklet" drawn by Mort Walker who drew the old "Beetle Bailey" cartoon strip. Some good stuff there. I have an original copy of this one in my archives just for history's sake.
The Unofficial MRE Recipe Booklet
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