Ya know guys, almost all the gun shows have MREs and even a lot of surplus stores have them. Failing that, most reserve units and National Guard drills distribute them as food (I'm not saying they are or aren't). If you go sometime, pick up a package and try it. No reason to admit you've never tried one.
I've still got the better part of a case in the basement. When my grand kids come over and I ask them what they want, often as not the answer is "Army Food". We trudge down into the dungeon and one by one they pull out the bags until they find one they like. They've still not even started on the bottom layer. Next show that has them individually, I'm going to see if I can just buy another chicken and noodles or sloppy joe. The kids raved about those. As much as the food, they even like the Christmas atmosphere of opening the overwrap and sorting through the little packets of side dishes.
People keep giving me meals they won't eat, and I keep adding them to my stash. Oh, I really like the blueberry-cherry cobbler desert. The peanut butter spread isn't terrible, and the jelly packets act as a lubricant to make it go on the cardboard like bread substance. Even my wife ate most of the cinnamon biscuit. The ziplock drink bag is pretty durable and can be used for keeping stuff dry. The dessert thing that said it was toffee turned out to be commercial tootsie rolls. Wife at those, too. And she liked the chicklets to chew. Opening a pack is now a family affair, with my oldest confiscating the tiny bottles of Tobasco. Grand daughter took the TP to the bathroom with her. She threw it away in favor of commercial TP. Smart girl. Buy an MRE, you'll get that much fun out of it.
