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do MRE's actually taste like anything? I have a hard time believing that food food that can last that long would taste like food.

I like most of the new ones. I haven't tried the latest menus I just got though. They are only rated for 3 years at room temp, then they can get cleared for an extra year after that with batch sample testing and each year after that.

A lot of the stuff in them is actually consumer stuff except the main entrees. Combos (pretzels filled with processed cheese), Tootsy Rolls, Skittles, Folgers freezed dried coffee, Powerade drink mix etc etc.