1 Case HUMANITARIAN DAILY RATION MRE - RANDOM MENU - Inspection date of 10/2022 or Newer

I've been buying these for years from various vendors, but this vendor is by far the best. The cases are cheaper, in better condition, and they charge NO shipping. Other vendors charge $10 to ship this case. In addition, they are double boxed. Other vendors just ship the box the food came in, and they are so grungy when you get them, I would have to clean the boxes off before bringing them in my house.Additionally, the orange dot is still orange, not filled in gray or black like other shippers, meaning that the food has been exposed to extreme temps. I live in Texas, and during the summer, many times we don't cook because the house gets so hot that it won't cool down. So, we'll sometimes use these as a meal. We can get 2 to 3 meals out of each individual package. It's alot of food. I can eat one entree and a cracker, and I'm full for hours. Personally, we like the food, but it's not for everyone. I don't heat mine, and I usually don't even season them. If you have to have meat, then you won't want these. That's okay though, I'll buy them! :) I find the desserts, cookies, pastries, peanut butter and jelly etc. to be fine most of the time. We have had some that were pretty stale but were still edible. Those did not come from this vendor, however. For $32, you get 20-30 meals, and that is absolutely a steal! They keep for a very long time and are great for emergencies also.

Very wholesome and filling entrees. Oatmeal cookie still had softness to it and was bursting with flavor. I did add butter and Cajun seasoning to the main entrees to make it more desirable but was still somewhat seasoned to begin with, although a little bland.

The good:-Well packaged, all rations arrived in very good condition.-Each meal has enough daily calories to sustain an averaged size adult. Note that, I mean "world average", not USA average.-The designers of these HDRs were very careful to make them (at least) palatable to a wide range of people from different cultures.-This purchase constitutes a fabulous value in terms of calories and convenience per dollar spent.-The HDRs are great for my needs- a quick way to prepare food for Backpacking/camping, and meals to put in my "Go Bag"The bad:-When you are trying to please a diverse customer base, you usually don't create a product that anyone really loves. The meals are exceedingly bland; they shouldn't upset too many hungry people, but "yummy" is not the type of salutation you will usually hear about them.-The meals are all meatless, makes sense, given the intended recipients but, it adds to their blandness. IMHO, It takes more effort and skill to make a vegetarian meal taste good when you can't cheat with a little meat. Also, its nice to have some protein when engaging in a strenuous hike!The Ugly:Well, not that ugly... The "inspection date" is the date that the rations were visually inspected and then packed. The rations themselves are a couple of years older than that. Something to remember when watching the storage shelf life!

100% package condition (same as US MRE) - very good value if you want an military grade MRE product. The two cases I bought on separate orders were packed January 2021. individual items are December 2020 production.Contents:Only two "menus" both have the lentil stew pouch which is very good, the alternate is a beans w/ tomato sauce or a pasta w/ tomato sauce. All are on the bland/savory side but tasty as well. More pleasant than some of the other US MRE type menu items. Beans are the protein source, but are firm and not mush. Take away is these are equal to or better than a good quality canned/frozen baked beans/chili.Two packs of the MRE square crackers. 1 pack strawberry jam (good), 1 pack creamy peanut butter (good). One double pack of fig bar (good condition & flavor). One double pack of strawberry pop-tarts (branded) w/ no frosting which are so-so flavor and condition. (I'm disposing of these). One shortbread cookie (good condition and decent flavor). US MRE type heavy brown plastic spoon packaged with a napkin, wet nap, salt & pepper, sugar, crushed red pepper packets. One book of regular paper matches (not moisture resistant type).I plan on eating these in the next 12-18 months. Experience has been that the MRE system foods slowly ends up tasting more & more like the packaging past 5 years

The complete lack of variety in these is so bad that I'm almost call it a scam. I read multiple reviews how heavy it was on lentil stew, but I didn't realize it would be literally 100% of my meals. Unless you love eating the exact same meals, desserts and sides included, for 10 meals, I'd get something else.𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞:Lentil Stew x 10Pasta in Tomato Sauce x 6Beans in Tomato Sauce x 4Crackers (2 pack) x 10Fig Bar x 10Peanut Butter x 10Strawberry Jam x 10Unfrosted Strawberry Poptart x 10Shortbread x 10Accessory Pack (no drink mix, coffee, or hot sauce) x 10𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦:• It's only ~$3 per meal, which includes two entrees. They aren't good entrees, but at least they're cheap.• Mine were approaching their inspection date, but all tasted fine and had staleness issues.𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦:• When I opened my box, I was happy to see that my case included two of each menu type. I thought this would guarantee me variety. Instead, every single box was completely identical except for one entree, which was split between two samey options.• Nothing was particularly appetizing. Lentil stew was fine, but not good enough to eat it ten times in a row. The distinction between pasta or beans in tomato sauce is minimal and both were hard to finish. Fig bar was revolting, but if you like fig newtons it might be okay. The best things were the crackers with jam and peanut butter and the shortbread cookie.