I apologize if my comments seamed rude to you. I am all for preparing long term storage supplies and appreciate the time and effort you took to make the video. I assure you I am not an unhappy person and am not trying to bring down others as you suggested. I was only concerned with the visual effect of the tobacco spit in the bottle while you were packaging the food.
Things like scurvy will become a reality with prepped food rations. U should throw a one-a-day vitamin in each pack for Vit-c....etc. protein bars or powder as well as nuts can be a substitute for lack of meat
What a wonderful and thoughtful human being you are for showing such care and concern for your family! You have my utmost respect and sincere gratitude! God bless you sir.😊
Well sir, I don't know about others, but we can only do what we can do, according to the needs of our families; and when funds are limited, (knowledge here) you can bet that what you have there is better then some others. I really liked the idea of putting a couple bottles of water in those MREs because clean water sources may not be available at all; especially if there's a nuke facility accident. Then everything around it would be contaminated. So Kudos to you, bro. Blessings to you and yours.
Keep up with the awesome videos... everyone does everything in there own ways and I appreciate that you take the time to share yours. Take care and God Bless you and your family...
good idea adding the water bottles in some of the mre's. i couldn't see my wife with a filter straw in some mud hole also, let alone 2 of my 3 kids. I'm in early stages of putting some together. thanks for the idea. although water can get very heavy, the smaller bottles might do just fine if the family were to get separated for some reason.
Completes can be heated over a fire. I called the company to find out for sure, and I use them camping all the time. I just dump them into a metal pie plate (I use for a plate) and place them on the fire, and stir them while the heat up. They are all pre-cooked so they just need to be warmed through.
Great variety and essentials, good job! I keep water in the car or back of my truck for engine overheating possibilities, but I hear you on the gas price factor.
If you are concerned about the water bottles getting busted in the car you could wrap the packs in bubble wrap before you put them in the duffel bags. That should help to protect them. Just a thought.
I use the beef stew and chicken dumping ones for civil war reenactments because they are fairly authentic (as long as no one sees the container) and do not need to be refrigerated.
Cokeman, I might put the water in a seperate bag just in case it leaks, it won't ruin your food. Thanks for this video. I too am working on BOBags right now. Great ideas.
This is a great video, with how much MREs cost, they aren't practical for somebody on a budget. Especially teen preppers like me. I'm definitely going to try making my own. Thanks for the video.
@SCRedoubt im not worried about it with God By my side i can accomplish anything thanks for addressing the issue and i only dip once or twice a day thanks for commenting and God Bless
Great..one suggestion though - for portable, packable ration packs you can not pack the water and instead carry a Sawyer Mini filter in your bugout kit. Water is heavy and takes up volume. In a BOB I find it better to carry the lightweight filter and find water where I'm going although keeping a liter for instant use. That way you can store more food ration packs in your bag that would last more days. Thanks..
My hat is off to you Bronson and any man who can drink Clover Valley coffee is one heck of a strong man. I always drink generic coffee and use generic everything, I am definitely not rich , but we tried Clover Valley coffee and "like ta died"! Lol, we just could not do it. Man , that was some rough coffee! We tried the Clover Valley kool aid type drink mix (orange ) and we are convinced it is what Jim Jones used to kill those poor people.We now refer to it as Jim Jones kool aid. God awful stuff!
Great idea! Although it is not cost effective with premade dinners. I can tell you that growing a garden and canning your crops is the best way to go. Better yet use what you would be canning and make homemade MRES.
I like mystery in my preps so I sometimes leave out the information on what the meal is and when we go camping, the looks in my kids faces are priceless when they open the shelf stable food. Oh, date the finished bags. Rule of thumb: Eat what you prep and prep what you eat. Food Fatigue can kill you.
Niaaaze! couple things i thought of... Tin foil, maybe 3 feet of it folded up should go in each MRE. Also, its probably good to have 3000+ calories a day in a camping out or bugging out situation bc you will probably be exerting yourself physically and mentally. Also, water bottles in your car are ok for bug out scenarios but in any other case its not a great idea to leave plastic water bottles in extreme heat. (Cancer causing) Nice meal, i am gonna have to steal some of your ingredients!
Great video on a good to know food prep. I have cases of MRE's that I got from the Reserves before I left in 2009. The perks of being in a supply company! But, they won't last forever nad my wife isn't too keen on them enyway, so this might be a better option for her pickiness! Now If I can just figure out how to get a can of Diet Coke in there...
By the way, bro...since the last time I was in here I went on to Amazon and got the Sawyer filter with the 3 bags and the 60 cc syringe to backflush the filter. It wasn't that expensive, and it's guaranteed 99.9999999 of ALL waterborne bacteria will be removed. Surpasses the CDC's requirements. Guaranteed 1 Million gallons on that filter. The three bags are sml, med, and lg. Took it camping is the water tasted great. You can fill them up, then squeeze it into any container you want. (con't.)
Great job! Just boaught a case of real ones and felt like I got ripped off. I'm gonna make my own -and look forward to good eats during difficult times!
So, just curious, how do those meals hold up in summer heat in the trunk of the car? I can see the water bottles slow leaking in the heat, the plastic will go if it's in direct sunlight but should be fine in the trunk, but those meals seem like they might need replacement every 6 months or so to be OK if you are in a hotter climate or just have a hot northern summer. Just wondering how they held up as it has been a few years(?).
There's no way those water bottles are gonna bust. They'll hold up to more pressure or vacuum than you could ever imagine, but if it's a concern just use something like Dasani bottles which would be even stronger.
Food idea for packing in garage for a few weeks( earth quake, bad storm,etc) problem is that unlike canned food what you're showing might only last less than a yr, and you'll have to rotate it to keep fresh.I'd go canned gooda or freeze dried for home, mres to be mobile or in car
Thanks..and thank GOD I don't have to do that too often. It does take it's toll after awhile. I just keep watching for the premium brands to go on sale...and I find them once in a blue moon. LOL :) My favorite is Dunkin' Doughnuts coffee, Tim Horton's and Starbucks...but they're getting way too rich for me. I do like Maxwell House Colombian, and it goes on sale more then others. To be very honest with you, unless I make any of them with distilled water I have 'major indigestion.' :D
Your home made MRE 's aren't bad they only thing I can say ie those compeats are Kent for a microwave to cook in.your better off getting Ramon noodles, spam singles, or like uncle Ben's rice packets cause those only require hot water or u can eat right with out cooking and bulk of those items are super cheap. A small cook set and backpackers stove may be a good edition to the food bag in ur car. Other wise good job and keep up the good work look into water purification and small storage systems
get you a little 1"x1" bags i got 500 bags fro $10 or less and put a couple dips of chew in each one works great and you have a dip or two after you eat.
Few comments I have on the MRE's you've created. The Shelf life is way too short in my opinion, the shelf life of tuna packet is 2-3 years now obviously you wouldn't want to wait until the MRE expired to replace it or you'd have periods of time that you are unprepared which means you'll be stuck replacing the MRE's every year or year and a half. You could dehydrate everything and get 10 years shelf life if you vacuum sealed it in a Mylar bag with a oxygen absorber and stored it at room temperature (70 deg F). Another Thing, you mentioned that you had kids too or other people that would be going with you. Why have all of the individual packets inside the bag? it adds a bunch of extra packaging material that makes it larger and heavier to carry. If you just packaged the 3 or whatever servings of each meal together in one bag you'd be able to carry more food for the same amount of weight / size and divvy it up when you get to where you're going to eat it.
um love the video, great ideas. But the grits, I might be from the north, but packaged grits, I don't know about that, are they OK some what decent?????
OH, nearly forgot. See Hiram Cook's video in here. He does a review on the Sawyer squeeze bags, and he puts food color in the water to see just how good this filter is, and the water comes out totally clear. Just wanted to add that, so you don't have to take my word for it. Later bro.
@@cokeman250 ohh chet nice im like i dont know how late to this video but hey. The water bottle thing is good. Because what if you do get stuck in a place were there is no water.
I don't like chew tobacco, or cigarettes,but I do love me some cigar's. So you might come up with a way to store some tobacco of your choice for comfort in your bags, just a thought.😋
IGood idea. I would say you underestimate the needed quantities. Kids eat like animals in the outdoors, and emergencies are even worse. Food is comfort to them. One pack of oatmeal or grits won't cut it. Double the small thing like that, add extra snacks and have items to boost the evening meal. Also water purification tablets in each bag. These are just my thoughts on the subject. I mean no offense. Thanks for making the video and have a great day.
two bottles are good for the first night of an emergency but you might consider the pen and educating your wife and kiddies. You can give someone a fish and that person will be satisfied for one meal but teach them how to fish and they will eat for the rest of their lives. Teach them to boil water, or put in purification tabs. The drinking pen is the best and even missionaries and ministries send them to 3rd world countries. Balance the MRE's vitamins, carbs, sugars, protein. survive healthy
Sometimes it just takes one more or the wrong day. Many factors go into the answer. I usually take the high road and don't comment back. I figured I would use it as a learning experience. The vid I made was really because of the guy commenting after you not because of you. But the vid I made was for everyone. God Bless
Just as an aside, many of those items are now available at the dollar store; like Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar...the latter a bit more. But even the off brands are good. I love that canned Mackerel from Dollar Tree...it's very good...and if you like tuna, you'll really like that one. Check them out...I don't think you'll be sorry. Even Clover Valley brand from Family Dollar is a decent product. I use the coffee and it's as good as the Kroger brand, and lots less expensive. Just sayin.
The water bottles might freeze and crack, better off dick taping them to the MRE that way the family can have the water without breaking the seal on the MRE. Another trick I did for the family was to remove the core of toilet paper then vacuum pack it. it shrinks to nothing.God Bless
Hello. This isn't a spam comment and I'm not trying to criticize you, but in my opinion I think you should add food to your "MRE" that is already cooked. Because MREs were designed to be eaten with or without cooking in the field. Now I don't expect you to be in a situation where cooking would be an inconvenience. But if your like me, what I'm "prepping" for is some sort of invasion or terrorist attack and personally I don't want my enemy to see my fire when I'm cooking food!
Everything in this MRE can be eaten without cooking it. if you can't tell that then you might want to start prepping common sense first and foremost. Yes it would be better heated just like a real MRE but doesn't have to be. God bless and I hope the best for you.
+cokeman250 really? Even the Horner? I thought it needed 90 second heating? I've never even seen one before so I don't know. I thought it was something that NEEDED cooking. Sorry man
+Kyle Arm I couldn't tell if you where being rude or not with the exclamation mark. So my bad if you where not being rude. The hormels do not have to be heated it's like anything from a can. Taste better heated but not necessary. Instant oatmeal same way. My kids have never heated their oatmeal the just add water and eat. The reason I use the hormels is because of the sleek shape and package instead of a can. Hope this helps.
+cokeman250 ok that's alright. I like to use exclamations a lot so I can see where you'd think I was being rude. But thanks this does help. I'm trying to put together my own "MRE" so it has what I like in it rather than having to force down the crap I don't like
I apologize if my comments seamed rude to you. I am all for preparing long term storage supplies and appreciate the time and effort you took to make the video. I assure you I am not an unhappy person and am not trying to bring down others as you suggested. I was only concerned with the visual effect of the tobacco spit in the bottle while you were packaging the food.
Things like scurvy will become a reality with prepped food rations. U should throw a one-a-day vitamin in each pack for Vit-c....etc. protein bars or powder as well as nuts can be a substitute for lack of meat
What a wonderful and thoughtful human being you are for showing such care and concern for your family! You have my utmost respect and sincere gratitude! God bless you sir.😊
Thanks Cokeman. You have inspired me to add some of these "MRE's" to our supplies. Appreciate the video.
Well sir, I don't know about others, but we can only do what we can do, according to the needs of our families; and when funds are limited, (knowledge here) you can bet that what you have there is better then some others. I really liked the idea of putting a couple bottles of water in those MREs because clean water sources may not be available at all; especially if there's a nuke facility accident. Then everything around it would be contaminated. So Kudos to you, bro. Blessings to you and yours.
Keep up with the awesome videos... everyone does everything in there own ways and I appreciate that you take the time to share yours. Take care and God Bless you and your family...
good idea adding the water bottles in some of the mre's. i couldn't see my wife with a filter straw in some mud hole also, let alone 2 of my 3 kids. I'm in early stages of putting some together. thanks for the idea. although water can get very heavy, the smaller bottles might do just fine if the family were to get separated for some reason.
Completes can be heated over a fire. I called the company to find out for sure, and I use them camping all the time. I just dump them into a metal pie plate (I use for a plate) and place them on the fire, and stir them while the heat up. They are all pre-cooked so they just need to be warmed through.
Great variety and essentials, good job! I keep water in the car or back of my truck for engine overheating possibilities, but I hear you on the gas price factor.
If you are concerned about the water bottles getting busted in the car you could wrap the packs in bubble wrap before you put them in the duffel bags. That should help to protect them. Just a thought.
I don't think it's silly at all, I see a man thinking and taking of this family. God bless
The bottles withstood the vacumn bagging process. That's pretty cool.
Great video Cokeman! I like these little day packs.
I use the beef stew and chicken dumping ones for civil war reenactments because they are fairly authentic (as long as no one sees the container) and do not need to be refrigerated.
Cokeman, I might put the water in a seperate bag just in case it leaks, it won't ruin your food.
Thanks for this video. I too am working on BOBags right now. Great ideas.
Great idea. I will have to give this a try myself.
This is a great video, with how much MREs cost, they aren't practical for somebody on a budget. Especially teen preppers like me. I'm definitely going to try making my own. Thanks for the video.
very cool... youve inspired me to make my own for sure
@SCRedoubt im not worried about it with God By my side i can accomplish anything thanks for addressing the issue and i only dip once or twice a day thanks for commenting and God Bless
Great..one suggestion though - for portable, packable ration packs you can not pack the water and instead carry a Sawyer Mini filter in your bugout kit. Water is heavy and takes up volume. In a BOB I find it better to carry the lightweight filter and find water where I'm going although keeping a liter for instant use. That way you can store more food ration packs in your bag that would last more days. Thanks..
Cool 😎 Thank you for sharing!
You are such a smart person.
And god is with you.
God bless.
Great video! It's given me a ton of ideas for what I will be packing . Got my mind working today, Thanks!
My hat is off to you Bronson and any man who can drink Clover Valley coffee is one heck of a strong man. I always drink generic coffee and use generic everything, I am definitely not rich , but we tried Clover Valley coffee and "like ta died"! Lol, we just could not do it. Man , that was some rough coffee! We tried the Clover Valley kool aid type drink mix (orange ) and we are convinced it is what Jim Jones used to kill those poor people.We now refer to it as Jim Jones kool aid. God awful stuff!
I think your idea is great.... I am going to attempt myself
Man what a great idea. I would not have thought about doin that.
Thanks for the nice ideas. May Jesus bless you and your family much.
Great idea! Although it is not cost effective with premade dinners. I can tell you that growing a garden and canning your crops is the best way to go. Better yet use what you would be canning and make homemade MRES.
I like mystery in my preps so I sometimes leave out the information on what the meal is and when we go camping, the looks in my kids faces are priceless when they open the shelf stable food. Oh, date the finished bags.
Rule of thumb: Eat what you prep and prep what you eat. Food Fatigue can kill you.
nice video and best entro iv ever seen
Thank you God Bless
+cokeman250 as to you to
Niaaaze! couple things i thought of... Tin foil, maybe 3 feet of it folded up should go in each MRE. Also, its probably good to have 3000+ calories a day in a camping out or bugging out situation bc you will probably be exerting yourself physically and mentally. Also, water bottles in your car are ok for bug out scenarios but in any other case its not a great idea to leave plastic water bottles in extreme heat. (Cancer causing)
Nice meal, i am gonna have to steal some of your ingredients!
Great idea, great vid, it's not silly, very smart
Great video on a good to know food prep. I have cases of MRE's that I got from the Reserves before I left in 2009. The perks of being in a supply company! But, they won't last forever nad my wife isn't too keen on them enyway, so this might be a better option for her pickiness! Now If I can just figure out how to get a can of Diet Coke in there...
Cabelas sells ziplock type vacuum seal bags that worked great for ours.
Thanks for making this video.. now I want one of those vacuum sealers.
great ideas..i need to get me a food saver .P.S.I also dip, so how about sealing up a couple of cans of snuff in a bag.and keep them in your vehicles.
I need some Mountain House meals. They look good.
By the way, bro...since the last time I was in here I went on to Amazon and got the Sawyer filter with the 3 bags and the 60 cc syringe to backflush the filter. It wasn't that expensive, and it's guaranteed 99.9999999 of ALL waterborne bacteria will be removed. Surpasses the CDC's requirements. Guaranteed 1 Million gallons on that filter. The three bags are sml, med, and lg. Took it camping is the water tasted great. You can fill them up, then squeeze it into any container you want. (con't.)
Great job! Just boaught a case of real ones and felt like I got ripped off.
I'm gonna make my own -and look forward to good eats during difficult times!
when I saw the spit bottle and heard about grits in a do it yourself MRE I knew I was in the right place..... what will u do for survival dip?
Now if you could only do it with a large pepperoni pizza:p Good video!
Nice! I use some of same stuff. Good ideas. Thanks.
So, just curious, how do those meals hold up in summer heat in the trunk of the car? I can see the water bottles slow leaking in the heat, the plastic will go if it's in direct sunlight but should be fine in the trunk, but those meals seem like they might need replacement every 6 months or so to be OK if you are in a hotter climate or just have a hot northern summer. Just wondering how they held up as it has been a few years(?).
There's no way those water bottles are gonna bust. They'll hold up to more pressure or vacuum than you could ever imagine, but if it's a concern just use something like Dasani bottles which would be even stronger.
Food idea for packing in garage for a few weeks( earth quake, bad storm,etc) problem is that unlike canned food what you're showing might only last less than a yr, and you'll have to rotate it to keep fresh.I'd go canned gooda or freeze dried for home, mres to be mobile or in car
Thanks..and thank GOD I don't have to do that too often. It does take it's toll after awhile. I just keep watching for the premium brands to go on sale...and I find them once in a blue moon. LOL :) My favorite is Dunkin' Doughnuts coffee, Tim Horton's and Starbucks...but they're getting way too rich for me. I do like Maxwell House Colombian, and it goes on sale more then others. To be very honest with you, unless I make any of them with distilled water I have 'major indigestion.' :D
Good idea!!!
So what did you decide to use as a cooking kit for your family's car kit?
Thats a nice spittoon you got there lol.Great video thanks for the info.Stay well
I like the hot chocolate idea man
Your home made MRE 's aren't bad they only thing I can say ie those compeats are Kent for a microwave to cook in.your better off getting Ramon noodles, spam singles, or like uncle Ben's rice packets cause those only require hot water or u can eat right with out cooking and bulk of those items are super cheap. A small cook set and backpackers stove may be a good edition to the food bag in ur car. Other wise good job and keep up the good work look into water purification and small storage systems
get you a little 1"x1" bags i got 500 bags fro $10 or less and put a couple dips of chew in each one works great and you have a dip or two after you eat.
Sounds like dessert to me!
great idea
note I hope it doesn't freeze where you live because if it does they may burst and when thawed ruin the oatmeal.
Few comments I have on the MRE's you've created.
The Shelf life is way too short in my opinion, the shelf life of tuna packet is 2-3 years now obviously you wouldn't want to wait until the MRE expired to replace it or you'd have periods of time that you are unprepared which means you'll be stuck replacing the MRE's every year or year and a half.
You could dehydrate everything and get 10 years shelf life if you vacuum sealed it in a Mylar bag with a oxygen absorber and stored it at room temperature (70 deg F).
Another Thing, you mentioned that you had kids too or other people that would be going with you. Why have all of the individual packets inside the bag? it adds a bunch of extra packaging material that makes it larger and heavier to carry.
If you just packaged the 3 or whatever servings of each meal together in one bag you'd be able to carry more food for the same amount of weight / size and divvy it up when you get to where you're going to eat it.
He is just trying to help everyone out....Why try to nit pick it apart?
nice vid but do we really need to look at you dip cup the whole time??
Just curious, how do you plan to cook your main course? if you are traveling and do not have access to a microwave?
the father and son camping trip thxs
um love the video, great ideas. But the grits, I might be from the north, but packaged grits, I don't know about that, are they OK some what decent?????
It's ground corn cob, they are pretty good with crumbled bacon and butter. Don't forget the salt either.
Sorry, I meant Dollar General, not Family Dollar.
@SultanOfShinola Thanks I understand Pickiness and lol on the diet coke God Bless
OH, nearly forgot. See Hiram Cook's video in here. He does a review on the Sawyer squeeze bags, and he puts food color in the water to see just how good this filter is, and the water comes out totally clear. Just wanted to add that, so you don't have to take my word for it. Later bro.
yrs is the correct abbreviation for years "smart" one.
Good info there. I'm wondering how the water bottles hold up, though? It's a great idea and I'm going to try it on a couple of BOMS for the car.
water bottles are still holding up 4 years later God Bless
@@cokeman250 ohh chet nice im like i dont know how late to this video but hey. The water bottle thing is good. Because what if you do get stuck in a place were there is no water.
great ideas thnx for sharing
What's the calorie count on this? Like 1000 or less? Not quite a day pack, you'll need at least 2 per day, 3-4 if under stress.
i sure hope your making room for the tin!
No need to put the top of the Hormel Compleat package in there. It says on the side of the bowl whats in it.
I don't like chew tobacco, or cigarettes,but I do love me some cigar's. So you might come up with a way to store some tobacco of your choice for comfort in your bags, just a thought.😋
Just seal it up and walla there ya go God Bless
I do not I work hard for everything I have thanks for watching and God Bless
add least you included water, mre's are ready to eat without water, nice job.
nice video
dude give him some credit it doesn't take a genius to open those and put them in a pot over a camp fire and it doesn't require a can opener...
IGood idea. I would say you underestimate the needed quantities. Kids eat like animals in the outdoors, and emergencies are even worse. Food is comfort to them. One pack of oatmeal or grits won't cut it. Double the small thing like that, add extra snacks and have items to boost the evening meal. Also water purification tablets in each bag. These are just my thoughts on the subject. I mean no offense. Thanks for making the video and have a great day.
how they holding up?
does vac sealing these do they last longer?
The shortest item in the pack is about 2 yrs it depends on what you put in I try to rotate them every 2 yrs hope this helps God Bless
About how much did each homemade mre cost
Love the food packs
Thank you for watching God Bless
two bottles are good for the first night of an emergency but you might consider the pen and educating your wife and kiddies. You can give someone a fish and that person will be satisfied for one meal but teach them how to fish and they will eat for the rest of their lives. Teach them to boil water, or put in purification tabs. The drinking pen is the best and even missionaries and ministries send them to 3rd world countries. Balance the MRE's vitamins, carbs, sugars, protein. survive healthy
If a water bottle leaks, it will kill the food. I would bag it separately.
You forgot to throw some dip in a bag ;) I dip too so no judgement lol.
Please watch my father and son camping part 2 I show you the answer to your question God Bless
Someone else posted a negative comment about the spit bottle about 6 months before I posted anything. Wonder why their comment didn't bother you then.
Sometimes it just takes one more or the wrong day. Many factors go into the answer. I usually take the high road and don't comment back. I figured I would use it as a learning experience. The vid I made was really because of the guy commenting after you not because of you. But the vid I made was for everyone. God Bless
Just as an aside, many of those items are now available at the dollar store; like Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar...the latter a bit more. But even the off brands are good. I love that canned Mackerel from Dollar Tree...it's very good...and if you like tuna, you'll really like that one. Check them out...I don't think you'll be sorry. Even Clover Valley brand from Family Dollar is a decent product. I use the coffee and it's as good as the Kroger brand, and lots less expensive. Just sayin.
thumbs up for some grizzly wintergreen.
FEMA says you should ditch your water after a year as the bottles leach chemicals into the water.
The water bottles might freeze and crack, better off dick taping them to the MRE that way the family can have the water without breaking the seal on the MRE. Another trick I did for the family was to remove the core of toilet paper then vacuum pack it. it shrinks to nothing.God Bless
Very informative video. I'm trying to develop a MRE that doesn't require any f the ingredients to be cooked any suggestions from anyone are welcomed.
can i get the link thxs and god bless
I'm not going to complain about your habit but you didn't add any dip to your mres.
What do you think the shelf life of these are man?
+dmbfan07cb around 2yrs I have eaten some lately that are around 4 taste good to me.
+cokeman250 thanks for the reply, will have to make a few of these, I don't like carrying freeze dried foods and MRE's are getting OLD!
What Link?
Man you don't eat much...I would eat that whole bag just as breakfast !
This is nice cuz the real MRE has extremely high calories that I can't eat them.
You ladies never seen a spit bottle? you want him to spit on the ground?... God Bless....
This is not the CokeMan I was looking for...
Hello. This isn't a spam comment and I'm not trying to criticize you, but in my opinion I think you should add food to your "MRE" that is already cooked. Because MREs were designed to be eaten with or without cooking in the field. Now I don't expect you to be in a situation where cooking would be an inconvenience. But if your like me, what I'm "prepping" for is some sort of invasion or terrorist attack and personally I don't want my enemy to see my fire when I'm cooking food!
Everything in this MRE can be eaten without cooking it. if you can't tell that then you might want to start prepping common sense first and foremost. Yes it would be better heated just like a real MRE but doesn't have to be. God bless and I hope the best for you.
+cokeman250 really? Even the Horner? I thought it needed 90 second heating? I've never even seen one before so I don't know. I thought it was something that NEEDED cooking. Sorry man
+cokeman250 but also I wasn't being rude you don't need to insult my common sense. We probably live in different areas and I've never seen that meal.
+Kyle Arm I couldn't tell if you where being rude or not with the exclamation mark. So my bad if you where not being rude. The hormels do not have to be heated it's like anything from a can. Taste better heated but not necessary. Instant oatmeal same way. My kids have never heated their oatmeal the just add water and eat. The reason I use the hormels is because of the sleek shape and package instead of a can. Hope this helps.
+cokeman250 ok that's alright. I like to use exclamations a lot so I can see where you'd think I was being rude. But thanks this does help. I'm trying to put together my own "MRE" so it has what I like in it rather than having to force down the crap I don't like