DONT READ THIS IF YOU CANNOT LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!

This is absolutely HILARIOUS..for those of us who have eaten these things, we can definitely understand how she felt-----

The following is a true story... Told from the point of view of a young Marine.

I had a date the other night at my place. On the phone the day before, the girl asked me to "Cook her something she's never had before" for dinner.

After many minutes of scratching my head over what to make, I finally settled on something she has DEFINITELY, definitely had never eaten before. I got out my trusty case of MRE's. (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) Field rations that when eaten in their entirety contain 3000+ calories in each meal.

Here's what I made: I took three of the Ham Slices out of their plastic packets, took out three of the Pork Chops, three packets of Chicken-a-la-king and eight packets of dehydrated butter noodles and some dehydrated/rehydrated rice.

I cooked the Ham Slices and Pork Chops in one pan, sautd in shaved garlic and olive oil. In another pot, I blended the Chicken a-la-king, noodles, and rice together to make a sort of mush that looked suspiciously like succotash. I added some spices, and blended everything together in a glass pan that I then cooked in the oven for about 35 minutes at 450 degrees.

When I took it out, it looked like, well, ham slices, pork chops, and a bed of yellow poop. I covered the tops of the meat in the MRE cheese (kinda like Velveeta) and added some green sprinkly things from one of my spice cans

(hey, if it has green sprinkly things on it, it looks fancy right? For dessert, I took four MRE Pound Cakes, mashed 'em up, added five packets of cocoa powder, powdered coffee cream, and some water. I heated it up and stirred it until it looked like a sort of chunky gelatinous Shit , and I sprinkled powdered sugar on top of it.. Voilaanger Pudding.

For alcoholic drinks, I took the rest of my bottle of Military Special Vodka

(yes, they DO make a type of liquor named "Military Special"...it sells for $4.35 per fifth at the Class Six) and mixed in four packets of "Electrolytes

- 1 each - Cherry flavored" (I swear, the packet says that). It looked like an eerie Kool-Aid with sparkles in it (that was the electrolytes I guess... Could've been leftover sand from the last deployment to the desert ). I lit two candles, put a vase of wildflowers in the middle, and set the table with my best set of Ralph Lauren Academy -series China (that stuff is EXPENSIVE... My set of 8 place settings cost me over $600 on sale at the Lejeune PX), and put the alcoholic drink in a crystal wine decanter.

She came over, and I had some appetizers already made, of MRE spaghetti-with-meatballs, set in small cups. She saw the dinner, saw the food, and said "This looks INCREDIBLE!!!" We dug in, and she loved the food. Throughout the meal, she kept asking me how long it took me to make it, and kept remarking that I obviously knew a thing or two about cooking fine meals. She kind of balked at the make-shift "wine" I had set out, but after she tried it I guess she liked it because she drank four glasses during dinner.

At the end of the main course, when I served the dessert, she squealed with delight at the "Chocolate mousse" I had made. Huh? Chocolate what? Okay... Yeah... Its Chocolate Moose. Took me HOURS to make... Yup!

Later on, as we were watching a movie, she excused herself to use my rest room. While she was in there, I heard her say softly to herself "uh oh" and a resounding but petite fart punctuated her utterance of dismay. Let the games begin. She sprayed about half a can of air freshener (Air Freshener,

1 each, Orange scent. Yup. The military even makes smell-good) and returned to the couch, this time with an obvious pained look.

After 10 more minutes she excused herself again, and retreated to the bathroom for the second time, I could hear her say, "What the hell is WRONG with me???" as she again send flatulent shockwaves into the porcelain bowl. This time, they sounded kinda wet, and I heard the toilet paper roll being employed, and again, LOTS more air freshener.

Back to the couch. She smiles meekly as she decides to sit on the chair instead of next to me. She sits on my chair, knees pulled up to her chest, kind of rocking back and forth slightly. Suddenly, without a word, she ROCKETED up and FLEW to the bathroom, slammed the door, and didn't come out for 30 minutes.

I turned the movie up because I didn't want her to hear me laughing so hard that tears were streaming down my cheeks. She came out with a slightly gray pallor to her face, and said "I am SOOOOOO sorry. I have NO idea what is wrong with me. I am so embarrassed; I can't believe I keep running to your bathroom!!" I gave her an Imodium AD, and she finally settled down and relaxed.

Later on, she asked me again what I had made for dinner, because she had enjoyed it so much. I calmly took her into the kitchen and showed her all the used MRE bags and packets in the trash can. After explaining to her that she had eaten roughly 9,000 calories of "Marine Corps Field Rations" she turned stark white, looked at me incredulously, and said "I ate 9,000 calories of dehydrated food that was made 3 years ago?"

After I admitted it, she grabbed her coat and keys, and took off without a word. She called me yesterday. Seems she couldn't shit for 5 days, and when she finally did, the smell was so bad, her roommate could smell it from down the hall. She also told me she had been working out nonstop to combat the high caloric intake, and that she never wanted me to cook dinner for her again, unless she was PERSONALLY present and supervising.

It was a fun date. She laughed about it eventually and said that that was the first time she'd ever crapped in a guy's house on a date. She'd been so upset by it she was in tears in the bathroom while I had been in tears on the couch.

I know... I'm an asshole, but it was still a funny night.

in college (texas a&m) we used to cook a beef head in the ground... ok, we were all west texas ranch kids... we'd get the head from the beef center, dig a hole, line it with rocks, build an oak fire, let it burn down and put the wrapped, seasoned skinned head in the hole , overnight... then dig it up the next day and serve it with beans and tortillas... as long as the women in attendance didn't know the source of the mystery meat, we were ok... next episode :::: the javalina suprise........

That was Very entertaining. Thank you.

Makes me feel a lot more innocent. When I first entered college after 3 hitches in the Army, I had very little money for dates.

Didn't take long for me to find that the same cuts you can buy in the supermarket as beef, were also available in a ;ocal San Jose (CA) store...only they were all horsemeat at about 75% less cost than beef.

Served a lot of that to college girls "visiting" my tiny apartment and they either never knew or never cared what it was.

My God, just the thought of those MRES is enough to gag a maggot. I think that one of my biggest tears was when my son was taken by the rec. off. + he believed him about the quality of rations (thought he would eat cookies all day,etc.)Good news,he came back from the sandbox with only an 80% disabilliy + he + his wife works every marathon;btw this is no joke to me

Jimatcat, I belive that's call Barbacoa. My soon to be ex wife loves it and she knows where it comes from.

i was in the army when c-rats went out and mre's came in. i thought they were great after eating the c-rats left over from the vietnam war. i may not have it exactly right but i remember a c-rat meal called something like "chicken OR turkey with gravy" i remenber thinking "they're not sure which, but one of them critters is in here fer shur!!"

The Tabasco company used to publish the Unoffical MRE Cookbook. 1-800-634-9599 for a free copy. For those of us with some grey hair the thought of a C Ration meal of Ham & Lima Beans still brings a gag reflex.

ahhh yes...ham and Mo%$er F&^%kers...brings back some FINE memories when mixed with volcanic ash from Mt St Helens

Dehydrated pork patties work better than Imodium at welding you shut. Real simple...got the runs...eat two patties and drink no water for a day.

Asshole welded shut,priceless!

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Originally posted by JIm Yackley:
The Tabasco company used to publish the Unoffical MRE Cookbook. 1-800-634-9599 for a free copy. For those of us with some grey hair the thought of a C Ration meal of Ham & Lima Beans still brings a gag reflex.

Eaten a few Yank MREs and always wondered if Americans cant eat anything without Hot sauce. At least they come in a sealed plastic pouch. The Canadian ones are a paper bag.

Grizz

The Tabasco company has had a relationship with the Army since before WWll. As the company states with Tabasco you can overcome the taste of anything.