MREs improved greatly.
Just as I would take home C-rations to supplement my diet when I was in the Army, (my wife didn’t like them though), I buy MREs when I run into them at garage sales and they are cheap enough, they are plenty good enough to feed to the males in most households.
I’ve seen the MRE’s at garage sales out here, too. Maybe it is because I’m female, or maybe because I’ve always eaten fresh food, but I’d still rather kill and grill a rattlesnake-I grill nicely spiced and marinated snake-it is pretty tasty.