[Pol-92064]

Back in the 80’s the worst MRE meal we had was a dehydrated pork patty. You were supposed to heat up some water and put it in the bag with the pork patty. The Army did not allow us to heat water with fire in a fox hole. We did not have any heater packs like the MRE’s do now.

[RandFan]

That sounds disgusting

[OldMissileer]

Back in the 80’s the worst MRE meal we had was a dehydrated pork patty. You were supposed to heat up some water and put it in the bag with the pork patty. The Army did not allow us to heat water with fire in a fox hole. We did not have any heater packs like the MRE’s do now.

Remember those MRE's could also contain a dehydrated potato cake. Good luck trying to get it hydrated when you only had a half canteen of water and trying to eat it dry was near impossible.