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ThePoet
Joined: 15 May 2004
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 Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: Where can I get MRE's |
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Sometimes i don't feel like cooking, or I am going out and don't know when I'll have time to stop...so I take along an MRE. I got a box of them in a Black market store in Busan once, but I'd like to find a place a little closer to home (Daegu). If someone could email me with this information, I'd appreciate it.
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scarneck
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| Prowl around Camp Walker, Camp Henry. There should be a shop somewhere near there. |
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Ramones
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Or talk to a supply ArmyMan and see if he can give you a good price on a box of MREs.
After a hurricane when I was in Florida the National Guard was giving case of them out. Some of them tasted quite good - just add water! |
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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Look around Namdaemun, next to where they sell the blue jeans and other stuff. |
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the_beaver
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Ramones wrote: |
Or talk to a supply ArmyMan and see if he can give you a good price on a box of MREs.
After a hurricane when I was in Florida the National Guard was giving case of them out. Some of them tasted quite good - just add water! |
Add water? I don't think you were eating an MRE...
OP, you do know that each MRE has about 3,000 calories, right? And certain ingredients meant to stop up the works so that you don't have to crap in your foxhole, right? The gum that comes with the MREs has laxative added so as to allow you to make your own determination as to when you are safe to evacuate.
Just thought you should know. |
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the_beaver
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| flotsam wrote: |
| Add water? I don't think you were eating an MRE... |
The heating pad requires water. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
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| Add water? I don't think you were eating an MRE... |
The heating pad requires water. |
True, but I don't think that's what was meant. Who would use the heater out of the woods? |
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Ramones
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Some of the MRE's giving out after the hurricanes required the added of water to start some chemical reaction that cause the food to get hot.
Usually meat items were like pot roast and beef stew.
Other MREs were just lots of finger food in a box - chicken salad spread, crackers, granola bar, juice, things like that. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Ramones wrote: |
Some of the MRE's giving out after the hurricanes required the added of water to start some chemical reaction that cause the food to get hot.
Usually meat items were like pot roast and beef stew.
Other MREs were just lots of finger food in a box - chicken salad spread, crackers, granola bar, juice, things like that. |
The food required water...or the heater? |
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ThePoet
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I am aware that everything in the package adds up to about 3000 calories...I am not planning on eating them every day, or even often. They are just good to have in an emergency or when going out and I might be stuck in a hotel room or something.
Still haven't seen a definitive place to get them.
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Ramones
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| The food actually required the water. once you mixed the water and the food packet it got hot - pretty cool to watch. |
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flotsam
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Ramones wrote: |
| The food actually required the water. once you mixed the water and the food packet it got hot - pretty cool to watch. |
Hopping innovation, Batman! |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Add water to the freeze-dried food like the mixed fruit, but it doesn't heat it up. Only that heater pad does that when you add water.
BTW, the coffee creamer is highly flammable and if you smash the heater pad when it's dry, place it in a closed container and THEN add water, it'll explode.
I understand there's even a better selection and even a vegetarian version now. Nice! "Back in MY day.....!" Course can't compare to C-rations I'm sure or hardtack way back when, but the one constant: SPAM. SPAM will outlive all other foods. And Tabasco! (Do MRE's still contain those little bottles of Tobasco?) |
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Wrench
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| MRE are also insanly high in Cholesterol. |
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