MREs Entrees

[Ben Lenett]

All:

If you have a need to stock up on some MRE's, "The Ready Store" sells MRE Entrees seperately so you don't waste money and space on other junk.

http://www.thereadystore.com/emergen.../emergency-mre

Excellent customer service and they offer other essentials you may find necessary as well.

Stay safe.

Ben

[usaffarmer]

At what point is an expired MRE to old to eat?

[ncfishman]

they dont really expire, they have an inspection date. check this site out

mreinfo.com

[shadowalker]

Depends on the temperature at which they are stored. Lowering the temperature 10 degrees doubles their life usually, this is true for a lot of other food as well.

[Machinehead]

Freeze em.

[ncfishman]

how many cases do you keep on hand?

[Kimbo]

One MRE (the military issued one not the civilian bought kind) can sustain you for one day. I would keep a case of military MRE's on hand and another box of canned goods. In a cool temperature, shelf life is about 5-8 years from what I've been told. First things to go "bad" is peanut butter and cheese. Inspect your food before you eat it.

[LawDog]

Does anyone else know of any other places to get full cases of MRE's at a decent price. I am looking for 2 cases for LEO deployment. I thought MRE's would be great because we would be living out of our cars for the first few days. Anyone have other ideas besides mre's? I guess my requirments would be: take up as small a sapce in a full patrol car (older Impala), easy to prepare, can be eatin hot or cold, individual meals can fit in to a daypak or hydration pak. Thanks for the thoughts.

[RogerinTPA]

Lawdog, you can also consider freeze dried food a lot of campers use, sorta like civilian "LRRP" chow, but more of a selection. They take longer to prepare and you will need to carry more water for drinking and for food prep. Personally, I'd stick with the MREs.

Sources for freeze dried food:

http://www.backpackerspantry.com/

http://survivalacres.com/

http://www.mountainhouse.com/

[Heavy Metal]

One MRE (the military issued one not the civilian bought kind) can sustain you for one day. I would keep a case of military MRE's on hand and another box of canned goods. In a cool temperature, shelf life is about 5-8 years from what I've been told. First things to go "bad" is peanut butter and cheese. Inspect your food before you eat it.

Depends on your definition of sustain.

One MRE has around 1200 to 1400 calories if you consume 'everything' included in the package.

1500 or fewer calories is consdered starvation level for most adults.