2008 Menu: Beef Enchiladas

Review By Todd Farino

When I pulled this MRE from the bunch I have to say I wasn't excited. For the most part, Mexican meals don't come out the best in MREs. Beef Enchiladas was an alright MRE. The Entree consists of two spicy Beef Enchiladas. Here is the rest of the MRE.

Refried Beans

Oatmeal Cookie

Vegetable Crackers/ Jalapeno Cheese Spread

Cheyenne Pepper

Red Punch

Entree: Beef Enchiladas

The Beef Enchiladas are in fact two Beef Enchiladas just like you'd get in a restaurant. Normally I don't like entrees you don't have to kneed before you eat them, but I did kneed the Beef Enchiladas. It made it much easier to season and eat later. It is key that you eat the Beef Enchiladas hot. Do not eat them cold. Alone, they are quite spicy. Salt made them much more edible, but if you like your food very spicy add the pepper and you will be very happy and your eyes may even water. The Beef Enchiladas were a bit mushy, but I don't know what else you can get when you store tortillas with juices in a airtight MRE package.

Side Dish: Refried Beans

I do not like refried beans, but I have to admit that the refried beans in this MRE were actually good and worth eating, though I could not finish them. I tried them three different ways. I did heat them up in the heater, by putting them in after the Enchiladas. If you have an extra MRE heater, use it. Refried beans are much better if they are heated up. Plain, they were OK. I then added salt and they were very good, and probably the best. Again, if you need a little spice in your life go for the pepper with salt. It was very good and make the overall meal worth eating.

Snack: Vegetable Crackers/ Jalapeno Cheese Spread

Always good crackers and extra spicy cheese spread added to the overall taste of the Mexican meal.

Dessert: Oatmeal Cookie

The cookies are one of the best part of the MREs. The Oatmeal cookie was moist and messy, but very good and made the meal worth eating.

The rest of the MRE was normal. I do like the fruit punch drink and that is always great to mix with the sugar in a water bottle. It also came with coffee, but I did not drink any coffee.

Entree: 3.5 Stars
Side Dish: 3 Stars
Dessert: 5 stars
Snacks: 4 Stars
Rest Of MRE: 4 Stars
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