Brit troops have all the toys!

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I've had British MREs and they are fine. I heard US ones aren't that great either.

I'm sure they're okay if you like British cuisine.
The U.S. ones can be fairly good, too. It just depends on which one you get, and what kind of food you like.

Heh, I always kind of liked eating in the field for the show that accompanied it. The line to get into the MRE cases was always slow, as everybody went through the case to try to find a "good" MRE.
Once everybody got what they wanted (or what was left) the whole thing turned into a scene worthy of a street market in Marrakesh.
Everyone trading and re-trading to try and cobble a decent meal together.
"Jalapeno Cheese Sauce" was particularly prized, but not as much as regular "Cheese Sauce" unless one got one of the newer MREs with the oily, lumpy cheese sauce. Poundcake and "Cookies with pan-coated chocolate dics" (M &M cookies)
were also favorites. Any of these were easily worth a good entree or 2 good side dishes, but woe betide the poor sap that got "Country Cap'n Chicken" or "Jambalaya". They had nothing to trade.

Then again is any boil in the bag food really any good?

It can be, if you're hungry enough.