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Packrat & I are heading out for a little weekender at Fiery Gizzard. I'm bringing only MRE food to eat. I'm using the MRE heaters so I'll leave the stove at home. Pack weight is at 16 pounds with food and water.
walkindude
6:46:33 PM
10/25/02

You are going to make good gas!

8)

Can't you smell that smell???

Hheheheheheh!!!!
Crazy Mike Backpacks
6:51:26 PM
10/25/02

Which MRE's? My favorite was the chicken and rice, number 11 I believe. They started to come out with all kinds of meals when I was in the process of leaving though, so I don't know if the number still applies... BTW, if you open the heater up and crumble the stuff that heats up into an empty soda bottle, throw in some water and screw the cap on tight, it makes a REAL loud explosion.
Corporal Nasty
6:51:43 PM
10/25/02

Can't you smell that smell???

Hheheheheheh!!!!"
Crazy Mike Backpacks
06:51:26 PM
10/25/02

Damn, Crazy Mike, I have GOT to hike with you sometimes! LOL
StoveStomper
6:54:27 PM
10/25/02

Anytime you want I am always ready too meet new people and make new friends!

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
6:56:20 PM
10/25/02

I like the taste of MRE's.

I liked the taste of C-rations until I had to live off them for two months.

Can I get a salad here?
bacpac
6:57:04 PM
10/25/02

Meals Regurgitated Easily
Meals Rejected by Everyone
Mighty Raunchy Eats
Geobeet
6:57:10 PM
10/25/02

C-rats were not that hot. It was just easier to eat out of the cans than the plastic-foil packages. And you had that little P38 can opener that was fun to use.
Geobeet
6:59:00 PM
10/25/02

I also think they plug you up too!

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
7:01:36 PM
10/25/02

YES, they PLUG you up but they are fun to eat now a days...when you HAVE to eat them, you bytch...when you CHOOSE to eat them, they are a joy...they come with EVERYTHING...including the hot sauce...and you save on toilet paper too.
wolfeyes
7:03:54 PM
10/25/02

I have financed my retirement by selling P38's on E-bay :-)
bacpac
7:04:04 PM
10/25/02

Correction
I looked at the weather and it's gonna be warmer than I thought so I backed down to a lighter bag, traded the tarp for the hammock, and grabbed a smaller pad. Now the total weight is 14 pounds.

I'm bringing a Cheese Tortellini Meal and Spaghetti w/ meat & sauce Meal. My two favorites!!
walkindude
7:05:05 PM
10/25/02

You are gonna poop alot Walkindude...just a warning there...
wolfeyes
7:06:20 PM
10/25/02

Wolfeyes I know what you mean but I like to poop in the woods!

8p
Crazy Mike Backpacks
7:06:23 PM
10/25/02

Crazy Mike...PooPoo
I LOVE to POO in the woods too, but those stop me from the enjoyment...so I gotta wait til I get home and have been home for a couple of days...then I am homebound. HEHEHEHEHHE!!!
wolfeyes
7:10:07 PM
10/25/02

dam, a poopin pimp.......
stratdewd
7:12:17 PM
10/25/02

Talk about thread degeneration!
Geobeet
7:14:46 PM
10/25/02

Poopin is good!
wolfeyes
7:15:10 PM
10/25/02

How was the river Wolfie???
Geobeet
7:15:30 PM
10/25/02

Degeneration...that is what MRE's do to ya Geobeet!
wolfeyes
7:16:46 PM
10/25/02

River was good....Daffers got stuck in a tree...she thought she was a cat...and it was VERY COLD there. Snow.
wolfeyes
7:17:50 PM
10/25/02

I take a dump every day.

Turds don't scare me.
bacpac
7:18:25 PM
10/25/02

Yeah, I stopped camping when it gets too cold. Proved I could do it when I was young, so there's nothing left to prove.

First MREs I had were covering a military reserve exercise. I had the "scrambled eggs." So they say.

So the next day the Air Farce set up a field kitchen and had hot breakfast, scrambled eggs. Same damn thing as the MREs. Bletch!

They also have them when I cover the local Junior ROTC summer camp. Some are not too bad, some are not at all good. The Tabasco comes in mighty damn handy sometimes. Instead of a gelatinous mess you have a hot gelatinous mess.
Geobeet
7:22:13 PM
10/25/02

A dog that thinks she's a cat. Ya gotta send her to Sarabelle for training.
Geobeet
7:23:09 PM
10/25/02

LMFAO!!!!
Yes, the scrambled eggs are something to question, but Daffers? She climbed that tree to get her butt warm cause the ground was too cold and I got her down BEFORE she jumped..she was going to JUMP about 15 feet. She is a Jack Russell and nothing, I mean NOTHING scares them, except people knocking on the door. Then she hides behind me while barking.
wolfeyes
7:26:54 PM
10/25/02

Sounds like the dog in "Patton."
Geobeet
7:29:31 PM
10/25/02

Did I fail to mention that I am in front scared as all get out and there is my dog....the one I bought to protect me, and there I am, shaking in my jammies trying to make sure she won't get hurt?
wolfeyes
7:34:38 PM
10/25/02

Maybe the toilet paper will come in handy. You hant me to give you a poop report Sunday? LOL.
walkindude
7:35:17 PM
10/25/02

Sure, Walkindude...if THAT will make you feel much better THAN...love to hear the report...you know I will listen...
wolfeyes
7:38:20 PM
10/25/02

Just keep in mind-
MRE=NOPOOPIN
NOPOOPIN=NORELIEF
NORELIEF=BOUNDUP
wolfeyes
7:43:39 PM
10/25/02

Wd you need to take a big poop after you eat that!

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
7:46:56 PM
10/25/02

mre rations
Good meals , pricey but useful to keep in the rucksack . MRE and C-rations will bind you especially if you save the peanut butter and cheese for something to do when on hole watch. However I have found that hiking with pack will keep one loosened up .
mcgrunt
1:20:18 PM
10/26/02

In my best Robert Duval voice
"I love the smell of MRE gas in the mourning".
sandy
4:06:57 PM
10/26/02

wolfeyes
Sounds like my WIFE's dog, only it wouldn't climb a tree. I live in the city so have take the dog for a walk. If meet someone on the sidewalk she wait's until after the weird-lookin' pass and then turns around and barks! And by that time I'm between the dog and the weird person. I keep threating my wife that I'm going to trade the dog in for a fish!
stumprider
5:01:12 PM
10/26/02

Stumprider
That's funny! Mine also barks at big trucks and motorcycles when we are driving. Not cars, though. I got broken into about three years back and she slept right through it along with me. But, I still love her.
wolfeyes
5:04:48 PM
10/26/02

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