The History of MRE Meals

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April 2018

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The History Of MRE Meals

The History Of MRE Meals MRE meals are popular with preppers, people who are storing food for emergencies, and people who spend a lot of time in the outdoors. MRE meals are ready to eat meals that have a long shelf life and can also withstand harsh conditions like floods, heat, and cold. MRE meals are actually military rations, and they were designed by the US Military. Civilians like them because they come in a wide variety of flavors and they actually taste good.

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MRE meals are lightweight, and they are easy to store for emergencies or toss into a backpack so you can eat them while you are camping. The meals come in a wide variety of flavors, and you can even find vegetarian options. Each meal is packed with everything you need to enjoy a full meal, including beverage powders, utensils, coffee, wet wipes, condiments, dessert, side dishes, and bread and spread. They also come with a flameless heater so you can enjoy a hot meal.

MREs were created because the original military rations tasted so horrible.Â

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They were always getting complaints about them, and no one wanted to eat them. The improved MRE appeared in 1975, and the military has continued to improve the meals and add more flavors so that the meals are actually something that people want to eat.Â

Modern MRE meals taste so good that civilians have caught onto them and they want to use them for emergencies and camping rations because they taste great. They offer you a full experience, and they are the perfect thing to get you through an emergency situation. Civilian and military MREs are different, and civilians are notÂ

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supposed to be able to buy military MREs. They have to buy the civilian version.

Military MREs contain some different things that civilians generally don't need like toilet paper, matchbooks, and gum. MRE meals come in a variety of delicious flavors like meatballs in marinara, ravioli, lasagna, chili, and many more. The meals don't need any preparation, and you can easily open them and use the heater to heat them up. The flameless heater only needs a little bit of water to function, and it will provide you with a piping hot meal.

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The MRE meals are lightweight, and they are perfect for stockpiling. They have a very long shelf life, and they can handle heat and cold. They will float if they are submerged in water, and the special packaging prevents vermin and insects from chewing into the meal.Â

If you keep your meals in a cool and dry place that is out of the sun, you can expect your meals to last up to five years. The shelf life decreases if they are in a warm place or stored in the sun. The meals are not marked with expiration dates, but if they go bad, you are going to know itÂ

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because they will taste spoiled. MRE meals are no longer just for the US Military, their popularity has spread, and they have found new life as emergency and camping rations.