MRE Testing: Apple Turnover

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I was given a couple boxes of MREs from a friend today. I know, not your average gift. But they were given several cases of them after the hurricane and he knows that I am a fan of stocking up on emergency supplies and he had more than he needed and/or had room for. So he gave me two cases. I opened several of the MREs in one of them and organized them. Most of the ones I opened came with a shelf stable apple turnover in them. So I decided that would be the first thing I would sample out of them. First impressions. It was quite a bit moister/less dry than I thought it would be. It has more flavor than I thought it would. After eating. There was actually some apple and even some cinnamon flavoring. They reminded me of a cross between an apple toaster strudel that never got iced and sat out too long and a pop tart without frosting. Final takeaways. Good but not great. A handy little high calorie and high vitamin snack to keep on hand for the end of the world or in the truck in case of emergencies. Would I choose it over something else? On a regular day probably not. But I will be eating the other ones I got. They even have four grams of protein. That isn’t great but it also isn’t horrible. I give it three army tanks out of five. Maybe even three and a half. Have you ever had anything out of an MRE? I know after talking to @teamfreak16 and from my own experience , this is a vastly different treat than used to be in MREs.