MRE Review: Chicken w/ Tomatoes and Feta (Mediterranean Chicken) from Sopakco

Here's another civilian or commercial MRE. This one is a Sure-Pak meal from Sopakco. The entree is Chicken with Tomatoes and Feta Cheese (also known as Mediterranean Chicken). Before the review I take a look at another meal made by the same company, packaged on the same day and featuring the same entree to see what (if anything) is different between the two. There was one very interesting difference that I knew about just by looking through the clear packaging. Genuine MREs always have pretty much exactly the same contents from case to case because of the specifications called for by the government. The commercially produced MREs have no such restrictions. They can either be exactly the same or vary greatly from meal to meal depending on what each company wants to put into them.
As far as the MRE itself, I've never had the Chicken with Tomatoes and Feta before, but have been looking forward to trying it. I've heard vastly differing opinions on this one, from it's the best MRE people have ever tasted to that it looks like puke and tastes disgusting. Not to spoil the surprise, but I really liked it. I think I might even go so far as to call it one of my favorite MREs. It has a pretty strong flavor (probably because of the feta) and I can see how it could be good for some and bad for others. I've tasted a few entrees lately that have been rather bland (and even needed to have salt added) so this was a nice change. It's pretty different from most MRE entrees, which is also nice in itself. This one (like many) is very high in sodium content (1,200 mg) and that probably has lot to do with the flavor. But, whatever the reason, I really enjoyed this one--despite the fact that it was four years old!

Chicken with Tomatoes and Feta Sure-Pak Meal from Sopakco:
-Chicken with Tomatoes and Feta Cheese
-Vegetable Crackers
-Cheese Spread
-Peanut Butter
-Corn Flakes Cereal Bar (2)
-Tropical Punch Beverage Base Powder
-Accessory Pack (Spoon, Napkin, Moist Towelette, Salt, Pepper, Instant Coffee, Creamer, Sugar)