2015 Military Grade XMRE 1300XT Individual Meal (Menu #6 Penne Pasta w/ Vegetable Sausage in Tomato Sauce)

Picked up the beef brisket mre as I am testing a load of camping food for a 1-2 week trip through the desert. Everything about the new mres is great. Flavor seems to be dinty moore beef stew mixed with slow cooked brisket chunks, not at all a bad flavor. This is what I wrote while testing it out:xmre - beef brisket mreoatmeal cookie: tastes like a gingerbread cookie - *****white wheat snack bread: soft ver of hardtack - ****chocolate peanut spread: reeses pieces in liquid form - *****beef brisket w/ gravy: tastes as if dinty moore made beef brisket - ****coffee, creamer, sugar: better than many instant coffees - *****ration heater: works extremely well - *****beverage bag: works well enough for heating coffee - *****salted corn nuggets: not the worst, better than corn nuts - ****tropical punch drink mix: flavor aid with sugar - ******* 1/2That being said, I would definitely order it again. As I will be backpacking most of my food, I figure I can justify the weight of two of them just to have a nice hot meal. The rest of my food will probably end up being freeze dried goods. This is a far cry from the old mres that resembled cardboard or dog food if you were lucky enough to get one with something resembling meat.

I finally tried one of my XMREs that was 5 years old and sitting in the trunk of my car for almost 4 years. I was pleasantly surprised to find the whole thing was in great shape and tasted delicious. The Southwest Style Beef tasted similar to Stagg chili, but the quality of the beef was much better than what you find in Stagg chili. There was more food in the XMRE than I needed and had trouble finishing all of it. I'm not much of a coffee drinker but decided to try to coffee anyway. I could tell the coffee wasn't great, but if you're desperate for coffee or a hot drink, it would probably do the trick.

I was very happy with my purchase. It arrived early, in great condition and the product still has a good bit of time before it officially expires. The food itself is good so far and the overall product is very similar to an actual U.S. Military MRE which makes the overall experience feel genuine.I would definitely want to buy another and there is not much to complain about.Pros:Shipping is quickFood is good (Subjective, but in my opinion is is good)Nice designGood shelf lifeCons:The cookie I recieved was broken into several small pieces but this is a very minor complaint as your mileage may vary

Used it on a backpacking trip to Half Dome, had tons of carbs which is what I needed to finish the trip. Coffee and fruit punch wasn't great but chocolately peanut butter spread was tasty. Would buy again if needed a meal for an overnight trip. Compact and convenient, delivered ahead of schedule.

They have everything you need in an emergency. Taste better than expected but my expectations were not that high. It is great that they have matches, coffee and everything you could need for a day.

Awesome, arrived quick with everything perfectly intact! I got hooked to watched MRE taste tests on YouTube and I had to try one for myself. I watched EmmyMadeInJapan do a taste test of the chili and macaroni so that is the what I bought. It was a lot of fun to heat up the food and open everything and mix the drinks. I enjoyed it very much!

The food was surprisingly good for an MRE.

I had menu 4 with the Chili and Macaroni. Everything in the pack was very tasty except for the chocolate peanut butter which was just okay. Aside from that I'll probably order it again. I ate half of the MRE after a ruck and was quite full.