# How do MREs taste?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mres-taste/579267>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 21, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mres-taste/579267 "2011-04-21T19:07:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mres-taste/579267/61 "2011-04-27T17:21:03Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Are you _nuts_? MREs have nothing to do with food!

Niether do Pop-Tarts, but I’ve been known to enjoy one.

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**Author:** ![Blackhawk441](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Blackhawk441](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackhawk441)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mres-taste/579267/62 "2011-04-28T00:48:30Z")

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I’ve had one as a novelty and it wasn’t bad at all considering it’s meant to be thrown out of a helicopter in a combat zone.

Although an old Air Force relative of mine says that MRE= Meals Rejected by Ethiopians.

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