[pct-l] Meals Ready to Eat. Or MRE's

[Scott Bryce]

On 2/6/2011 12:36 PM, Gerry Zamora wrote:
> I have alot of friends in the military and I have been talking to
> them about my hike they all recommend MRE's as my food source as they
> provide around 3500cal at a couple of ounces per meal.

According to Wikipedia, a typical MRE weighs between 18 and 26 oz and
provides 1200 calories. That comes out to between 66 and 46 calories per
ounce. Typical backpacking food provides twice as many calories per
ounce. And at a cost of about $7.50 per meal, they are very pricey.

As someone else already pointed out, you will wind up with a lot of trash.