Hormel

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Hormel

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

How do you fix the microwave meals without a microwave?

Jen · Senior Bucketkeeper

With your gamma ray gun. Duh.

arbilad · Head Chef

At Nauvoo someone (I think it was Mirk) said that you can eat them without heating.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Oh, yeah!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Essentially it's the same as though you canned the food, but it's now packaged in microwaveable containers, I believe. (I haven't tried them, but I'm assuming since Dinty Moore stew (which is nummy to me, at least) comes in a can... I assume it's the same idea... )

--Ray

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

You can eat them without heating them. You can boil them to heat if you don't have a microwave. I eat several a week. They are quite tasty.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Hmm... I'll have to pick some up next time I go shopping to try them out.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Chicken alfredo is the best. Closely followed by the chicken dumplings and meatloaf.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

My oldest daughter is an alfredo FREAK!

So, basically they're like a tv dinner that's not frozen...?

arbilad · Head Chef

I suppose that they're cheaper than MREs

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Much cheaper then MRE's.

Coco, you will have to go look at them. The TV dinner comparison is not quite right, but not totally wrong either. More like an non frozen Michellini's.

DaKnife · Senior Member

Cheaper than Free?

One definite advantage to serving in the military, is the collection of MRE's I've built up over time.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Are you storing them in a cool place to extend their shelf life?

DaKnife · Senior Member

Some yes, I also try to rotate them.

They have an official shelf life, but actual life is substantially longer.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

I know. The cooler the better/longer.

They are outrageously expensive now. I have not bought any new ones in over a year. I used to eat the "saltine cracker" and cheese spread as a snack at work. It would cost me about $2-3 now for that snack.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

So, I bought some today while I was out grocery shopping. $2 each at Wal-mart. Nice. I couldn't remember which types you'd recommended, so I ended up getting pot roast, roast beef, and something else.

Not too bad if I just pick up a couple each time I go...and can keep people from eating them faster than I replace them.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Chicken alfredo, chicken dumplings and meatloaf are my favorites.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Dang! I totally forgot about them this week. I've got salt on the brain. Like I'm gonna get a few dozen pounds of salt I think. Anyway-- I guess they'd be near the ravioli and microwave mini-cup dealies, huh? *remember*

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Yeah...right there. With the canned chili and canned stew stuff too.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Okay, I got four of them tonight. They were over by the Cup O' Noodles and stuff like that - our Wal-Mart's messed up with holiday aisles or something... anyway. I couldn't remember the flavors, either, so I got the ones with the most calories.

Also bought 20# of salt. Bring it on.

-- Edited by Cocobeem at 19:58, 2008-01-24