Now that, TEEEJ, takes me to a very different memory, many years on......
MRE's - colloquially known as Meals Rejected by Ethiopians.......
Can I say that now?............
I was visiting Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert California to watch an Army Armoured Attack at the US National Training Center which we were supporting with air....
I left Nellis/Vegas in the early hours, drove to Fort Irwin, got into a HMMVW and drove out into the inky blackness with NVG's to be in place on the top of a viewing ridge for the dawn attack. The sunrise over the desert was quite amazing - but I was introduced to a Breakfast MRE heated on the engine block of the HMMVW.
I have to say that it was really very good! Better than a McDonalds B'fast burger!
The food on the Shack was better - but the scenery at the National Training Centre California and the weather there was better!
Both give good memories, though!