Wasn't there this more or less bullshit story about McDonald's burgers sitting in their wrappers for a long time and nothing happened?
Can it survive Spiderman's pizza flipping?
replace that goddamn wheat snack bread and jalapeno cheese spread with this
Military sustenance is not merely a matter of fuelling the body, it is a matter of maintaining the sanity and morale of the troops. If the food you serve the troops isn't appealing and appetizing, they won't be as satisfied.
Also, this kind of MRE pizza could probably spice up mealtime for folks aboard the ISS. I bet Chris Hadfield woulda appreciated space pizza during his stint upstars, even though the food onboard the space station is apparently much nicer nowadays. In fact, during his stay there was a time when he contacted the guys who did Mythbusters and they sent up a recipe for a Space Burrito, which is amazing for space since when you're eating it in microgravity nothing can fall out. At the end of the video, Commander Hadfield said one of the foods he was looking forward to once he got back to Earth was pizza.
Here is Commander Hadfield and the Tracey Spacey Burrito.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-UKqGZ_hs[/media]
Kinda makes me wonder if it would be viable to build a space oven to cook bread in. Then again, bread means crumbs, which could get into the vents and CRIPPLE THE INSTRUMENTS! Same reason they probably don't allow crisps, though I imagine they'd allow fries onboard in theory, though they'd need to be ovenable since rehydrating a packetful would result in flimsy soggy chips, which any schoolkid from pre-millenial England will tell you is not nice. So all in all a space oven would probably work good for space-suitable oven chips, though break-baking would still be banned in theory.
Speaking of a space oven, I wonder how a cake would rise in microgravity? Probably either expand in all directions or have one big bubble in the middle. God, a space soufflé would be fucking IMPOSSIBLE.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;43915622]Wasn't there this more or less bullshit story about McDonald's burgers sitting in their wrappers for a long time and nothing happened?[/QUOTE]
There's the story and pics of a McDonalds burger(just bread and meat) and fries being stored in a baggy for up to 14-16 years or so and looking perfectly normal still. That doesn't mean it's edible.
[QUOTE=Major_Vice;43913944]Yum, extra chemicals please.[/QUOTE]
God the 'omg chemicals' hype is so fucking stupid, not everything in food is cancer-causing ball-shrinking enriched bleach powder.
Christ.
Y'know, I've always wanted to try MREs. I've heard their taste didn't use to be that great, but I've been curious about them for quite a while and wish there was an army surplus or something around here. They'd probably also be a good thing to stock up on in the case of an emergency, along with stuff like canned food. Great shelf life and they come with nifty gadgets like self-heating packets.
Combining pizza with that only increases its utility further. Pizza's a versatile food; it's handheld, yet you've got a big slab of it you can cut up into any size and number of portions, and it works with a whole bunch of toppings. Hell, they make [i]breakfast[/i] pizzas, with sausage and eggs on top of the cheese and that just sounds [i]delicious.[/i]
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;43914177]Well damn I must have shitty tastes cause I liked MREs when I had to eat them after Hurricane Katrina.[/QUOTE]
They taste great to me, most of the time. I got indigestion from eating one on my last FTX though.
I could barely eat anything for the two days we were in-field, which had a negative effect on my performance. Hell, I could barely lift my pack without help by the end of it.
Maybe I'm just annoyed that the MRE let me down when I needed it most.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;43914036]Watch as it tastes horrible, as per the MRE standard.[/QUOTE]
Not all mre's taste like shit.
Oh boo-hoo, so it's got a few extra chemicals in it. Yeah. I'm sure that these scientists, who are completely dedicated to making edible rations for soldiers, are going to neglect human nutrition entirely when they're creating this food for soldiers who barely ever get the luxury of eating pizza while on the field.
Anywho, pretty neat food science right there. Always cool to see this new stuff happening. Just gotta wait until they make "ADD WATER GET HAMBURGER" packets or something. Then my life will be complete.
Those things look like Totino's pizzas, man.
[QUOTE=milktree;43915844]replace that goddamn wheat snack bread and jalapeno cheese spread with this[/QUOTE]
Aye, fuck you mate, the wheat snack bread is amazing. Cheese spread, not so much, but that bread is the shit.
The vegetarian ones are amazing too. The best part of my short lived army career was eating vegetarian mres and selling contraband to idiots.
I could eat the chili MREs every day. They are the shit. Especially with that jalapeno cheese spread.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;43918388]Wheat snack bread is pretty much shit unless you have a decent spread for it, though i'll admit on long ass hikes it's fucking epic.[/QUOTE]
And like 99% of the times you get it, you get a good spread, or can find one. Peanut butter goes well with anything, and the snack bread is really sweet, which makes it perfect.
I learned this quickly in the Army, there's always someone that doesn't want something from their MRE, ask them for it, they're more than likely going to throw it away anyway.
We usually just all shared shit so everyone got at least a little something good. I would trade anyone for a vegetarian MRE if they got one and didn't want it (pretty much everyone, idk why), pretty much made me everyone's best friend.
Wheat snack breads are the bane of my existence. I end up tossing them and I just suck on the PB packs if I find any
I see the defense budget's been put to good use :v:
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;43914640]My guess is he's mentioning how organic crops require more water for the same yield as GMO Crops, and take more minerals and nutrients from the grounds then GMOs.
In turn this leads to a greater depletion of fresh water, and as such fucks over our planet.[/QUOTE]
Well that can't be all bad. Isn't there many things we have to use lots of water for? We waste fresh water on so many things we don't need. Even on things that slowly kill us.
[QUOTE=Juniez;43918537]I see the defense budget's been put to good use :v:[/QUOTE]
Hey, this project was completed. Unlike the OICW, Comanche, Crusader, F-35, etc etc.
And this one doesn't even kill people as a bonus.
Okay it might, but the food poisoning deaths will be unintentional.
[QUOTE=ilikecorn;43918316]Happened to me with chilli mac.. never.. again..[/QUOTE]
Stay away from the Chicken and Tomatoes with Feta. It tastes lousy, the sides are lousy, everything about that meal is lousy.
That "stuffing" was some of the slimiest food I've ever had to gulp down.
I had the misfortune of trying one of the Beef stew MRE's (not even a self heating one)
Never again.
[QUOTE=GunFox;43914565]
Jesus, this mindset is why we are still ruining the environment with organic crops. Just because it is artificial, it doesn't make it bad for you.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry but this last part just sounds hilarious, darn organic crops ruining the planet before artificial crops were even a thing.
I mean I just like my organic crops because they taste way better than anything I've ever eaten from a store.
[QUOTE=duckmaster;43919346]I'm sorry but this last part just sounds hilarious, darn organic crops ruining the planet before artificial crops were even a thing.[/QUOTE]
organic crops did cause problems back in the day though. Its such a big problem now because we have many more farms
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how the fuck do organic crops taste better
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that is literally placebo
[QUOTE=Kyle902;43919354]organic crops did cause problems back in the day though. Its such a big problem now because we have many more farms
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how the fuck do organic crops taste better
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that is literally placebo[/QUOTE]
Bullshit, the tomatoes I grow in the field aren't all pale and nasty, whether it's the soil or the tender care I don't know, but I definitely taste a difference between my tomatoes and store bought from nearby stores.
[QUOTE=duckmaster;43919376]Bullshit, the tomatoes I grow in the field aren't all pale and nasty, whether it's the soil or the tender care I don't know, but I definitely taste a difference between my tomatoes and store bought from nearby stores.[/QUOTE]
tomatoes are a special case that really isn't applicable to many other fruits or vegetables though.
Store bought tomatoes don't vine ripen because they would rot on the shelves. Instead they use a special gas to induce ripening.
Or you could just buy heirloom tomatoes
[QUOTE=duckmaster;43919376]Bullshit, the tomatoes I grow in the field aren't all pale and nasty, whether it's the soil or the tender care I don't know, but I definitely taste a difference between my tomatoes and store bought from nearby stores.[/QUOTE]
The tomatoes you grow haven't been refrigerated at any point, are ripened properly, and are fresh. The organic part plays effectively zero part in it.
To the contrary, in fact.
Penn and Teller performed a test of organic vs non organic tomatoes in a single blind test.
[video=youtube;5amLAMRQk5I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5amLAMRQk5I[/video]
I wouldn't mind trying some of this
I suppose a pizza's a pizza.
[QUOTE=Sir Spicy Buns;43917277]Not all mre's taste like shit.[/QUOTE]
I'd take the shittiest MRE's over three year old acid pizza.
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;43914269]apparently it just tastes like room temperature microwaved pizza. which I can only assume would be pretty awesome if you haven't eaten an actual meal in days while being shot at constantly.[/QUOTE]
TO be honest, after multiple stress filled days Id much prefer a good nice hot stew, with a real nice piece of bread.
[QUOTE=draugur;43918401]And like 99% of the times you get it, you get a good spread, or can find one. Peanut butter goes well with anything, and the snack bread is really sweet, which makes it perfect.
I learned this quickly in the Army, there's always someone that doesn't want something from their MRE, ask them for it, they're more than likely going to throw it away anyway.
We usually just all shared shit so everyone got at least a little something good. I would trade anyone for a vegetarian MRE if they got one and didn't want it (pretty much everyone, idk why), pretty much made me everyone's best friend.[/QUOTE]
That's the thing about MRE's in the US Military. They're almost all pretty good, but when a bunch of people are cracking them open, it's like opening a pack of Pokemon cards. What you get? This, what about you? Hey wanna trade?
And those god damn heater bags. Gets as hot as the fucking sun I swear
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