2008 Menu: Spicy Penne Pasta with Vegetarian Sausage
Spicy Penne Pasta with Vegetarian Sausage Review By Todd Farino
This was another fantastic MRE. It wasn't one of the top 10, but all-in-all a very good MRE. The entree Spicy Penne Pasta with Vegetarian Sausage was exactly what it said it was, SPICY. I added Tabasco sauce like I always do, but it was not necessary. The meal was not only spicy, but it was full of flavor primarily garlic. I did add salt to the entree itself and that added to the flavor, but it didn't help the vegetable sausage. I have to say that the vegetable sausage wasn't the best part of the meal. It was chunky and rubbery. Mixed in with the pasta shells and sauce it was OK, but I probably could have done without it or at least with real meat. The entree was definitely worth having and it is one you will enjoy and remember.
The rest of the MRE was average and lackluster. It came with dried fruit, pound cake, and crackers. Since the crackers came with peanut butter I wasn't too thrilled with it because I would rather have jelly. The pound cake was outstanding as usual, and the dried fruit was pretty good. Overall, the MRE as a whole was missing some things. It didn't have candy, but it had a pound cake. The side it came with was good (dried fruit), but I would have liked to get something different like pretzels, clam chowder, or just something more dinner oriented.
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This was another fantastic MRE. It wasn't one of the top 10, but all-in-all a very good MRE. The entree Spicy Penne Pasta with Vegetarian Sausage was exactly what it said it was, SPICY. I added Tabasco sauce like I always do, but it was not necessary. The meal was not only spicy, but it was full of flavor primarily garlic. I did add salt to the entree itself and that added to the flavor, but it didn't help the vegetable sausage. I have to say that the vegetable sausage wasn't the best part of the meal. It was chunky and rubbery. Mixed in with the pasta shells and sauce it was OK, but I probably could have done without it or at least with real meat. The entree was definitely worth having and it is one you will enjoy and remember.
The rest of the MRE was average and lackluster. It came with dried fruit, pound cake, and crackers. Since the crackers came with peanut butter I wasn't too thrilled with it because I would rather have jelly. The pound cake was outstanding as usual, and the dried fruit was pretty good. Overall, the MRE as a whole was missing some things. It didn't have candy, but it had a pound cake. The side it came with was good (dried fruit), but I would have liked to get something different like pretzels, clam chowder, or just something more dinner oriented.
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