MRE's are currently undergoing a revamp by the government since so many of what few choices they have are disliked by our troops. These guys should have been eating the "C" rations that I ate in Vietnam, the dates on the cans were Korea era!!! That was one dead chicken in my dinner, older than I was at the time. The problems with MRE's will still be related to how wet they are, (only sort of) and how well a patient can swallow with all the mucous build up, xerostomia, mouth sores, etc. etc. Make your own nutritional blender drinks with protein powders, fresh veggies and fruit, and of course ice cream for tons of calories. They go down easy and you can pack on nutrition and calories at the same time...a some point in this treatment process most people come to the determination that without taste, it gets down to ease of consumption and nutrition. Everything else is meaningless.