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Originally posted by Cassandra:
A retired army vet told me that 1 MRE contains 2000 calories and is enough for one person per day. He said we lived with that OK, you just have to make a little sacrifice...

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Originally posted by maladat:

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
A retired army vet told me that 1 MRE contains 2000 calories and is enough for one person per day. He said we lived with that OK, you just have to make a little sacrifice...

https://www.goarmy.com/soldier...ls-ready-to-eat.html

>Each MRE provides an average of 1,250 calories (13 percent protein, 36 percent fat, and 51 percent carbohydrates) and one-third of the Military Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamins and minerals. A full day's worth of meals would consist of three MREs.

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Originally posted by maladat:
Each MRE provides an average of 1,250 calories... A full day's worth of meals would consist of three MREs.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by maladat:
Each MRE provides an average of 1,250 calories... A full day's worth of meals would consist of three MREs.

Unless they're going to be doing strenuous physical activity for an extended period, the average person doesn't need 3750 calories a day. 2000ish to 2500ish daily calories is normal for the average person.

Hence my earlier recommendation that, if you want to stock up on MREs, figure 2 per person per day. That's 2500 daily calories.

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Originally posted by K0ZZZ:
I just picked up 3 or 4 more meals from the local Sierra store last weekend. When you get the 20-25% off coupons it helps even more to stock up.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
And while preparing for whatever may befall you, dont forget your pets need to eat.
Unless you plan to eat them, of course.
My cat enjoys Dinty Moore stew. And he enjoys Hormel (no bean) chili.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
FUCK YOU Mountain House. Jerks cancelled my order and waited four days to tell me. Need new source of similar food if anybody can suggest something similar.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Costco and REI are out. Man I wish I knew this four days ago when I ordered the food. Looks like I'm gonna be buying some beans and rice.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Their canned roast beast is pretty good too.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Went to REI in person (only out online currently), bought a crap ton of stuff from them, like half of their inventory. Also I ordered from Sierra Club a similar amount of stuff at much lower cost. If the Sierra stuff shows up, I might return some of the REI stuff because between the two I spent $575 which is way over budget.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
I can't get you anywhere near your price point. 2 people x 2 months for $200 isn't going to happen unless you resort to survival bars and multi-vitamins.

I can, however, vouch for the quality of the foodstuffs offered by My Patriot Supply.

It's tasty and good for 25 years. You'll probably spend close to $1K for 8 full weeks for 2 people @ 2K calories per day, but you won't notice you're eating survival food. I think they offer financing, too. For a 25 year investment, that's only $40/year for peace of mind that you won't have to worry about starving in the event of disaster.

ETA: My Patriot Supply sells the Datrex emergency survival bars if you really want. You'll need about 38 packages to stretch two months for 2 people and that's gonna run you less than $300. I did Medifast for 30 days and these probably taste better, so you could probably pull it off if you wanted to.

-Rob

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Why’d ya go to REI? And the other place? That stuff is stupid expensive.

Go get a bunch of cheap stuff at Walmart or Aldi.

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Originally posted by comet24:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Went to REI in person (only out online currently), bought a crap ton of stuff from them, like half of their inventory. Also I ordered from Sierra Club a similar amount of stuff at much lower cost. If the Sierra stuff shows up, I might return some of the REI stuff because between the two I spent $575 which is way over budget.

A friend of mine said they saw someone buying a bunch of those meals in the Fairfax REI yesterday.....