So if I was talk about, say, browning some hashbrowned potatoes with a little onion in some bacon grease in a skillet, smoothing it out as a crust, then putting down a quarter inch layer of thin sliced ham and some just as much chipotle cheddar, sliced, then covered with a couple eggs with a little milk scrambled into it and stuck under the broiler for a few minutes is not somethign you want to hear about?

Nor is fresh baked corn bread with butter and honey served next to it?

*grins* I know I'm horrible.

I'm there! My theory is if it's wrapped in or cooked in bacon, it's got to be good!!!! Now I'm hungry too! I guess I'll just grill some bacon wrapped quail with onion and jalapeno.
kmat

The SOS and Datrex rations are designed to have a shelf life of 5 years under "extreme climatic and storage conditions". (That's from SOS Food Labs.) I had some of the SOS ones in a BOB in the back of a vehicle for a few years, through hot summers and sub zero winters and eventually ate a block of them hiking when they only had a year left and I was cycling them out. I don't think I could tell much of a difference in a side by side test of some fresh ones quite frankly. Of course, when I'm hiking, I'll eat anything, so maybe it's not a valid test...

You know, the next time I'm up in Vermont I may just have to kick your ass for that last post!

-Blast

I may have already eaten? but that post still makes you suck! Enjoy your meal. Let me know if you?re willing to FedEx some over.

[censored] mushrooms, and the sweetest vidalias onions, basted in the drippings and a light vegitable broth. Either way, served next to baked potatoes from a local farm, steamed in the coals sweet corn picked that afternoon served with lime-chili butter, and either coleslaw so fresh it crunches or a green salad with fresh daylily buds and homemade italian dressing.

So, planning a special trip to kick my butt?

I think in past life, I worked as a cook in a lumber camp or something. And no one went hungry.

Buuuuuurrrrrpppppp! Blast, road trip? Pack some short fuses!
kmat

"...normal conditions..."

Words like "normal" and "average" tend to scare me.

What is normal for one may be extreme for another...

How do the US militairy people protect there MRE's in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan,etc?? Some sort of aluminium foil pouch?

At larger facilities, MREs and other stable rations are stores in air conditioned warehouses. In the field and smaller facilities, you just eat them- the logistics faerie brings you more, wether you like it or not.