Midnight Pub

MRE Menu #24 review

~shiloh

A buddy of mine's in the National Guard, and yesterday, he got back from drill and threw an MRE at me. This morning, I decided it would be breakfast, probably lunch too. So I began my day with a run, then, still sweaty and panting, I ripped open the pouch to find something like 8 smaller pouches of colors varying from olive green to tan, with bland black text. I went for the Southwest beef and beans pouch, the toritilla pouch, and the ever-mysterious Flamelss Ration Heater. What a contraption. I read the label a few times to figure out how the fuck the different pouches go together, then slid the beef and beans pouch in with water and prayed that it works. About 15 minutes later, it was lukewarm, so I pulled out the pouch, tore a hole in the corner, and squeezed it onto the waxy tortilla. The paste had a pukey look to it, but I could see beans and corn in it, so that's a plus. Tasted almost exactly like you would expect it to, like a real beef and bean burrito, but muted.

The lemon pound cake though was surprisingly good. Nice texture, good taste.


tffb

The chocolate brownies with MRE peanut butter are what dreams are made of! Lol! I remember having that combo many times, and I adored it.

Good to see ya, Shiloh :)

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shiloh

That sounds pretty good! My roommate liked my review enought that he said he'd give me a different one next week. So hopefully its got the brownie and the peanut butter.

Good to see you too! As an aside, I thought about you the other day. My roommate and I have been smoking cigars about once a week, and its been good, but a bit pricey. Last week I ordered a corncob pipe to try his pipe tobacco. Something cherry blend, I don't really remember. But it was definitely a process compared to cigar smoking. Light, relight, on and on. It was cool, though. I felt like I had to work for each puff.

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tffb

That's awesome! I definitely enjoy pipes over cigars as pipes have more variety in tobacco options. Cigars always have some form of cigar leaf in them, though they are more full-bodied and "full" for that reason. I love cherry aromatic pipe tobacco, as it reminds me most of what a pipe "should" smell/taste like. Classic. Good to see ya :)

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