Comments on: Local food or Identifiable food? http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/01/24/local-food-or-identifiable-food/ Life with three kids, five acres, a dog and only two, semi-sane adults. (...the nervous twitch is barely perceptible!) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:17:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JustMe http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/01/24/local-food-or-identifiable-food/comment-page-1/#comment-404 JustMe Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/01/24/local-food-or-identifiable-food/#comment-404 I knew you'd have to comment on this one. Being basically the only one I know with vast experience with MREs I thought you'd relate. He tried the fettuccine one too. I think he thought the egg one was better. Like I said, when you are hungry anything resembling food that might fill you up is fair game. 2000 calories sounds like a lot but I do know when a person is very active, like I am sure you were, then it goes fast. I knew you’d have to comment on this one. Being basically the only one I know with vast experience with MREs I thought you’d relate. He tried the fettuccine one too. I think he thought the egg one was better. Like I said, when you are hungry anything resembling food that might fill you up is fair game. 2000 calories sounds like a lot but I do know when a person is very active, like I am sure you were, then it goes fast.

]]> By: Eric http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/01/24/local-food-or-identifiable-food/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Eric Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:06:36 +0000 http://www.char-lyn.com/2008/01/24/local-food-or-identifiable-food/#comment-401 Hey! I liked the MRE eggs. He should have tried stuff from the original MRE's. They were truly an adventure. You know the old question; "What to Chinese people eat for breakfast?... Chinese food of course!" What do soldiers eat for breakfast? MRE's of course. They didn't have eggs back in the day. Having "spaghetti with meat sauce" at 4am is not real pleasant. At 2000 calories per meal, the kept you filled up though. There were times we would 2 per day plus a hot dinner. I still didn't gain any weight. When they started putting the little bottles of Tabasco in each meal, things got a little better. The dried fruit comes from right here in Albany, in case you didn't know. They were the best trading material. You always kept one of the dried strawberry packs around in case you got stuck with the infamous "Pork Patty" meal. You would trade the strawberries for anything other than the "pork patty". The "pork" consisted of a bone dry wafer that you were supposed to soak in hot water for 10 minutes, which when done, came out pretty good. But we never had 10 minutes and we certainly didn't have any hot water. So, you ended up crunching through this desiccated food stuff and guzzling water from your canteen. Ick. Hey!
I liked the MRE eggs. He should have tried stuff from the original MRE’s. They were truly an adventure.

You know the old question; “What to Chinese people eat for breakfast?… Chinese food of course!”
What do soldiers eat for breakfast? MRE’s of course. They didn’t have eggs back in the day. Having “spaghetti with meat sauce” at 4am is not real pleasant.

At 2000 calories per meal, the kept you filled up though. There were times we would 2 per day plus a hot dinner. I still didn’t gain any weight.

When they started putting the little bottles of Tabasco in each meal, things got a little better.

The dried fruit comes from right here in Albany, in case you didn’t know. They were the best trading material. You always kept one of the dried strawberry packs around in case you got stuck with the infamous “Pork Patty” meal. You would trade the strawberries for anything other than the “pork patty”. The “pork” consisted of a bone dry wafer that you were supposed to soak in hot water for 10 minutes, which when done, came out pretty good. But we never had 10 minutes and we certainly didn’t have any hot water. So, you ended up crunching through this desiccated food stuff and guzzling water from your canteen. Ick.

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