Amazon Exploring MRE Style Food Packaging

Didn't Amazon buy Whole Foods? Maybe they can make organic been sprouts that can be shipped all over.
 
MREs are awesome, I don't care what anyone says. I've had more than I can count during service and always felt in tip top shape. Maybe some people's sensitive systems can't handle it.
 
techie81 said:
MREs are awesome, I don't care what anyone says. I've had more than I can count during service and always felt in tip top shape. Maybe some people's sensitive systems can't handle it.
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Yep, while in the Army, they recommended an MRE about a day before a PT test. Really does help. They are not for the average person, they are for people who need performance AND these MREs are designed to be consumed with a lot of water as in, the people that complain about these MRE's are ones who consume these and do not drink enough water.
 
I knew people in the service and could buy things that the general public couldn't. I really wanted to try MREs. Still do.
 
bigstusexy said:
I knew people in the service and could buy things that the general public couldn't. I really wanted to try MREs. Still do.
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I'm pretty sure any civilian can go to any military surplus store (normally near most military installations) and buy MREs there. They are somewhat expensive though at around $10-$15/piece.

I still have one of my favorite MREs with the milkshakes from when I was deployed back in 2007. :D
 
This thread helped me recall fond memories of MRE cheffing stuff back in the 90's... The amazing things you could do with the escalloped potatoes with ham and the cheese packets... Promptly followed by a lack of a bowel movement for an uncomfortable amount of time, then anus-splitting birthing of on-fire yule logs (because you rarely ate stuff without tabasco, too). Ahhh, the memories. Maybe this way, more people will learn about that joy.
 
Paul_Johnson said:
If you are at REI you are talking about rations that are meant to be eaten when you are exerting A LOT of extra effort. The same goes for MRE's. Your caloric burn and nutritional needs are way different than when you are playing games on your couch.
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THANK YOU.

I hear stuff like this all the time on MRE's and food from REI, this is not normal every day meal replacement. When you are hiking (or in the Military) and sweating your ass off with very high physical exertion, you want as high a calorie content in the smallest and lightest package you can get, you are packing this stuff with you after all, and people don't understand they are meant to have those levels, as you will be burning it off in no time. My guess is that Amazons will not be of this type, and will have contents of what one would expect from "normal" processed/frozen foods. If they do have high levels like an MRE, depending on weight, I might have a new hiking meal to try out.
 
T4rd said:
I'm pretty sure any civilian can go to any military surplus store (normally near most military installations) and buy MREs there. They are somewhat expensive though at around $10-$15/piece.

I still have one of my favorite MREs with the milkshakes from when I was deployed back in 2007. :D
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You can find them for around $8 each if you hunt around and buy bulk, or less if you get the separated units, that just have the food/snacks in them, no heaters etc which most people I know go for, as they carry their own stove/heater when camping/hiking.
 
dwd999 said:
I'm thinking positive--Amazon could use these to solve a lot of the world's hunger problems in places like Africa, where any meal is preferable to starvation.
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It's been my understanding that most of the hunger problems places like Africa is less about food, and more about assholes using food as a weapon. But maybe this is too much Hollywood as so many things are.
 
BlueFireIce said:
THANK YOU.

I hear stuff like this all the time on MRE's and food from REI, this is not normal every day meal replacement. When you are hiking (or in the Military) and sweating your ass off with very high physical exertion, you want as high a calorie content in the smallest and lightest package you can get, you are packing this stuff with you after all, and people don't understand they are meant to have those levels, as you will be burning it off in no time. My guess is that Amazons will not be of this type, and will have contents of what one would expect from "normal" processed/frozen foods. If they do have high levels like an MRE, depending on weight, I might have a new hiking meal to try out.
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The first line on the label isn't the only one that matters. I never even mentioned calories so I don't know why people are focusing on that.:unsure: The label I posted has 103% of your cholesterol for the day and 9g of saturated fat in a single serving (which probably wouldn't constitute an entire meal in itself).
 
DedEmbryonicCe11 said:
The first line on the label isn't the only one that matters. I never even mentioned calories so I don't know why people are focusing on that.:unsure: The label I posted has 103% of your cholesterol for the day and 9g of saturated fat in a single serving (which probably wouldn't constitute an entire meal in itself).
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And you are still thinking in relation to a normal work load of day to day, not hiking 15-20MPD, while carrying a loaded pack over some very steep and varying terrain. Or in the Military where you are dealing with untold situations and physical load. Hiking, depending on speed, personal height, weight, miles, pack weight etc etc can burn 4-8,000cal a day, and all those numbers are based on a 2,000cal diet. Cholesterol intake can also have little to do with your blood levels of good/bad cholesterol, that label does not tell you which or where that cholesterol comes from, and under very active levels you need cholesterol. The problem comes from people eating foods with high levels of LDL and live a very inactive life style with little to no intake of good HDL and developing an imbalance of the two.
 
BlueFireIce said:
And you are still thinking in relation to a normal work load of day to day, not hiking 15-20MPD, while carrying a loaded pack over some very steep and varying terrain. Or in the Military where you are dealing with untold situations and physical load. Hiking, depending on speed, personal height, weight, miles, pack weight etc etc can burn 4-8,000cal a day, and all those numbers are based on a 2,000cal diet. Cholesterol intake can also have little to do with your blood levels of good/bad cholesterol, that label does not tell you which or where that cholesterol comes from, and under very active levels you need cholesterol. The problem comes from people eating foods with high levels of LDL and live a very inactive life style with little to no intake of good HDL and developing an imbalance of the two.
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Thank God someone else understands that 2k calorie bullshit. Those values are for people who work in office jobs and the like. Not for people who have physically demanding jobs, I really don't know why people do not know this.
 
Comixbooks said:
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Regular MREs aren't great and some of the flavors are terrible. Now, cold weather MREs are fucking amazing. I tried every flavor they had off those. All good. I ate way more than I should have of those things. They're around 4500 calories a piece. I ate 3 in one day once.

I guess, since we were halfway up a mountain in Afghanistan, that they thought we'd need them or something. Although the shit was designed for like, arctic conditions, not mild winter weather in the mountains.
 
Oh baby! This is not good for my productivity :p

NickJames said:
Some are good, my issue with them is that half of them all US Army issued ones taste the same. I can't taste the difference between cheese tortellini and beef stew. I think it's all the sodium that just makes all the meals tastes like generic canned food. At least this applies to US MREs, not sure about other countries. The shit this guy eats from places like Russia and Canada look downright gourmet.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA
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