Here's another civilian.commercial MRE review. This one is an A-Pack Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini meal from Ameriqual. Ameriqual is one of the three companies that make genuine MREs for the U.S. Government. This one is from 2009, meaning that it was five years old at the time of filming. Chicken Tetrazzini was an entree in genuine MREs form 2000 to 2005. Apparently it is still produced for civilian MREs even though it's been discontinued from the genuine ones (or at least it was still around in 2009). The age didn't seem to be too much of a problem, except for the Osmotic Raisins. I was a bit surprised to find them smelling a little musty and being very grainy and almost crunchy. That was the only part of the meal I wasn't able to eat. Even the commercially packaged M&Ms stood up pretty well for being five years old. I wasn't crazy about the chicken tetrazzini. It seemed like it would be very good, but was actually rather bland. That might have had to due with the age, but I'm thinking it was more the dish itself. Once I added some salt (which wasn't included in the MRE) and pepper it was fine.

Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini (Ameriqual A-Pack Ready Meal)
-Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini
-Crackers
-Peanut Butter
-Osmotic Raisins
-Oatmeal Cookie
-Plain M&Ms
-Beverage Base Lemonade
-Flameless Ration Heater
-Salt Water (to activate FRH)
-Spoon
-Moist Towelette
-Pepper