MRE

The MRE (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) is a consumable item in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.

Background
The MRE, an abbreviation for Meal Ready-to-Eat, is a highly nutritious field ration for use by United States Armed Forces servicemen in combat and field conditions where organized food facilities are not available. The main meals in the pouch come pre-cooked in "boil in the foil" packets that can be warmed by immersing them in water that activates heating cells in the MRE pouch. MREs were first issued in 1981 on a limited basis and finally replaced the older canned rations when stockpiles were used up in 1986.

Characteristics
Military individual field rations were used by the United States army and are found extensively in the area surrounding the Divide. The MRE contains boneless pork chop as the main course along with standard sundries. This food item is one of the few radiation free foods in the game, and its nutritional value in hardcore mode is amongst the highest found in any food, on par with the much heavier caravan lunch.

Locations
This is a list of fixed non-random places where you can find MRE.
 * They are often found in military shipping crates scattered all over the Divide.
 * At the Canyon Wreckage: on the left, there is a wooden board that says "Lonesome Road". In the duffle bag below this, there is an MRE.
 * If you leave Ulysses alive after the final mission, he will be at the entrance to the Canyon wreckage. If you ask him if he has recovered anything from the dust of Hopeville, he will give you 4 MREs and other minor loot.

Behind the scenes

 * The real-life MRE Menu No. 2 was boneless pork chop from 2000-2001. Menu No. 2 is currently Chicken Fajita. The resale notice was added in 2001. The bag design more closely resembles older MREs.
 * The real-life ZIP code of Mullins, South Carolina, where MRE supplier SOPAKCO is based, is 29574; ZIP code 12490 corresponds to West Camp, New York.