I get this one all the time. People have heard lots of stories about MREs, some of them good, most of them bad. I have tried a lot ofMREs in my day and I am a pretty honest critic of food (ask my wife!). The truth is MREs are about as good as any canned food that you would buy in the store. If you can eat canned chili or Chef Boyardee, than you will be able to eat most MREs.

I do have my favorites as well as the nasty ones. I would share them with you, but I have also found that other people have the complete opposite opinion. For example, I really like the beef pot roast with veggies, but a lot of other people here at The Ready Store are not a big fan. It has a big piece of beef pot roast and yummy veggies in a gravy. I think it is awesome but other people here can hardly look at it. Then again, I am not a fan of the vegetable manicotti, but a lot of other people here really like it. They like it as much as I hate it.

Anyway, as far as how an MREs entrée tastes, think of it as canned food. Most of it is alright, some is really good and some is nasty. I can say this much, we have people here that eat MREs for lunch a lot so it can’t be that bad. And when you are hungry, it tastes good in a whole new way.