MRE's

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The MRE dinner date

This is absolutely HILARIOUS..for those of us who have eaten these things
we can definitely understand how she felt-----

For all of you who Know what an MRE is... And those that don't this is
too funny and true not to read.

MRE dinner date, the following is a true story... Told from the point of
view of a young Marine.

I had a date the other night at my place. On the phone the day before,
the girl asked me to "Cook her something she's never had before" for
dinner.

After many minutes of scratching my head over what to make, I finally
settled on something she has DEFINITELY, definitely had never eaten
before.

I got out my trusty case of MRE's. (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) Field rations
that when eaten in their entirety contain 3000+ calories in each meal.

Here's what I made: I took three of the Ham Slices out of their plastic
packets, took out three of the Pork Chops, three packets of
Chicken-a-la-king and eight packets of dehydrated butter noodles and some
dehydrated/rehydrated rice. I cooked the Ham Slices and Pork Chops in one
pan, sautd in shaved garlic and olive oil. In another pot, I blended the
Chicken a-la-king, noodles, and rice together to make a sort of mush that
looked suspiciously like succotash. I added some spices, and blended
everything together in a glass pan that I then cooked in the oven for
about 35 minutes at 450 degrees.

When I took it out, it looked like, well, ham slices, pork chops, and a
bed of yellow poop.

I covered the tops of the meat in the MRE cheese (kinda like Velveeta)
and added some green sprinkly things from one of my spice cans (hey, if
it has green sprinkly things on it, it looks fancy right?

For dessert, I took four MRE Pound Cakes, mashed 'em up, added five
packets of cocoa powder, powdered coffee cream, and some water. I heated
it up and stirred it until it looked like a sort of chunky gelatinous
Shit , and I sprinkled powdered sugar on top of it.. Voilaanger Pudding.

For alcoholic drinks, I took the rest of my bottle of Military Special
Vodka (yes, they DO make a type of liquor named "Military Special"...it
sells for $4.35 per fifth at the Class Six) and mixed in four packets of
"Electrolytes - 1 each - Cherry flavored" (I swear, the packet says
that). It looked like an eerie Kool-Aid with sparkles in it (that was the
electrolytes I guess... Could've been leftover sand from Egypt ).

I lit two candles, put a vase of wildflowers in the middle, and set the
table with my best set of Ralph Lauren Academy -series China (that stuff
is EXPENSIVE... My set of 8 place settings cost me over $600 on sale at
the Lejeune PX), and put the alcoholic drink in a crystal wine decanter.
She came over, and I had some appetizers already made, of MRE
spaghetti-with-meatballs, set in small cups. She saw the dinner, saw the
food, and said "This looks INCREDIBLE!!!"

We dug in, and she loved the food. Throughout the meal, she kept asking
me how long it took me to make it, and kept remarking that I obviously
knew a thing or two about cooking fine meals. She kind of balked at the
make-shift "wine" I had set out, but after she tried it I guess she liked
it because she drank four glasses during dinner.

At the end of the main course, when I served the dessert, she squealed
with delight at the "Chocolate mousse" I had made. Huh? Chocolate what?
Okay... Yeah... Its Chocolate Moose. Took me HOURS to make... Yup!

Later on, as we were watching a movie, she excused herself to use my rest
room. While she was in there, I heard her say softly to herself "uh oh"
and a resounding but petite fart punctuated her utterance of dismay.

Let the games begin.

She sprayed about half a can of air freshener (Air Freshener, 1 each,
Orange scent. Yup. The military even makes smell-good) and returned to
the couch, this time with an obvious pained look.

After 10 more minutes she excused herself again, and retreated to the
bathroom for the second time, I could hear her say, "What the hell is
WRONG with me???" as she again send flatulent shockwaves into the
porcelain bowl. This time, they sounded kinda wet, and I heard the toilet
paper roll being employed, and again, LOTS more air freshener.

Back to the couch. She smiles meekly as she decides to sit on the chair
instead of next to me. She sits on my chair, knees pulled up to her
chest, kind of rocking back and forth slightly. Suddenly, without a word,
she ROCKETED up and FLEW to the bathroom, slammed the door, and didn't
come out for 30 minutes.

I turned the movie up because I didn't want her to hear me laughing so
hard that tears were streaming down my cheeks.

She came out with a slightly gray pallor to her face, and said "I am
SOOOOOO sorry. I have NO idea what is wrong with me. I am so embarrassed;
I can't believe I keep running to your bathroom!!"

I gave her an Imodium AD, and she finally settled down and relaxed.

Later on, she asked me again what I had made for dinner, because she had
enjoyed it so much. I calmly took her into the kitchen and showed her all
the used MRE bags and packets in the trash can. After explaining to her
that she had eaten roughly 9,000 calories of "Marine Corps Field
Rations" she turned stark white, looked at me incredulously, and said "I
ate 9,000 calories of dehydrated food that was made 3 years ago?"

After I admitted it, she grabbed her coat and keys, and took off without
a word. She called me yesterday.

Seems she couldn't shit for 5 days, and when she finally did, the smell
was so bad, her roommate could smell it from down the hall. She also told
me she had been working out nonstop to combat the high caloric intake,
and that she never wanted me to cook dinner for her again, unless she was
PERSONALLY present and supervising.

It was a fun date.

She laughed about it eventually and said that that was the first time
she'd ever crapped in a guy's house on a date. She'd been so upset by it
she was in tears in the bathroom while I had been in tears on the couch.

I know... I'm an slagger, but it was still a funny night.

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