I tried my first one maybe 22 years ago. I was on a camping tip and picked up a couple.
When I tired one, it was unusually good. I thought it might have been partially because I was physically active and was hungry.
Having tried them a few times since, they really are of excellent quality.
BTW, a few months ago, I was in a Wal-Mart and noticed some Coleman meals on clearance for less than half price. I got a couple thinking that they had to be OK if they carried the Coleman name. Well they weren’t OK. They were so bad I could not finish them.
Winco foods near me had a cart near their customer service place that was filled with them!
So I asked, they said it was end-of-season, and sold me the whole cartload for half price.
It was about 135 bucks worth (at half price), and it immediately went into my survival stuff!
It’ll probably outlast me...