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Unloved by generations of soldiers, the MRE finds a fan base
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>I begrudgingly eat US MREs once every 3-5 years for about a week or so as I replenish my one case of MREs for earthquake supplies. What's the TCO on using MREs for disaster prep? I did some light research a while ago and figured it was pretty pricey compared to buying traditional nonperishables (eg. instant noodles, canned vegetables, dried beans). Plus, those foods are easier to work into a conventional meal than M…
MRE's are self-sufficient packets (almost - you need water) that you can hand out to people who have no other supplies or tools or equipment or perhaps shelter after a disaster and they'll be able to feed themselves a hot meal. Like, if there's a dozen starving people, then throwing a MRE box and a water canister out of a truck (the original article includes a photo of such distribution - https://archive.md/lu4zn/eaf…
> you need a stove, you need a pot, you need a can opener, you need a bowl and a spoon/fork
For the military, I'm sure that's important. But surely anyone enthusiastic enough about prepping to stockpile MREs will already have a can opener and a camping stove?
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I love this guy's channel. He's the only guy I've seen who has the guts to eat MRE's dated since WWII and perhaps older. The most recent I've seen was him comparing MRE's from the PRC (yes, China), Taiwan, USA, Russia, etc.
I remember watching one of his older videos where he zoomed in on a package as he was trying to open it. I couldn't help but notice the very bad tremor in his hands. Made me wonder if the toxins in old MREs he's been eating have somehow contributed to that. Nonetheless, a very interesting channel for sure.
No, not at all. Steve is just very excited. Most of the stuff that he eats is uncommonly hard to get and can cost upwards to hundreds of dollars, especially if its in any good shape.
Re: Unloved by generations of soldiers, the MRE finds a fan base
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MRE's are self-sufficient packets (almost - you need water) that you can hand out to people who have no other supplies or tools or equipment or perhaps shelter after a disaster and they'll be able to feed themselves a hot meal. Like, if there's a dozen starving people, then throwing a MRE box and a water canister out of a truck (the original article includes a photo of such distribution - https://archive.md/lu4zn/eaf…
> you need a stove, you need a pot, you need a can opener, you need a bowl and a spoon/fork For the military, I'm sure that's important. But surely anyone enthusiastic enough about prepping to stockpile MREs will already have a can opener and a camping stove?
Not necessarily. Not everyone who might stock some is a "doomsday prepper." They're handy if power gets knocked out for a week due to a natural disaster. A few years ago, we lost power for almost a week. We had a gas stove and could still cook; but, neighbors with all-electric kitchens could not.
Re: Unloved by generations of soldiers, the MRE finds a fan base
#86Ahhh, brings back memories of ratpacks and “biscuits, brown”.
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#87Keep in mind that the US MREs are loaded in calories. Something like 1300 per MRE or somewhere around there. Might not be the best option if you're not highly active.
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#88Lived off the Canadian version of MREs for 2 weeks when I was in Haiti after the earthquake. Definitely not a fan. One of the things that always impressed me about the Canadian lunch ones is they had a chocolate bar (candy bar for the Americans) in them. It was 30+ C degrees during the day and as long as the chocolate bars stayed in the sealed packaging they were solid but but the moment you opened the packaging the chocolate would melt in 5 minutes. Not sure, what black magic made it possible to chocolate solid in 30 degree C weather.
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#89Steve1989MREInfo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA Nice!
His videos make me oddly happy
Came here to say as I was reading this I was thinking "They sure as hell better call out Steve1989MREInfo" and then I got so much joy seeing his photo in the middle of the article.
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Normal vodka is diluted industrial ethanol. A very diverse range of spirits are bottled from the same train tanker cars of industrial ethanol, optionally adulterated with flavoring and coloring. I used to have friends that ran a bottling plant for state-wide distribution of several hundred well-known brands. All of their alcohol came from ADM in bulk. Not all spirits are produced this way but the vast majority are. T…
where are you talking about? Russia? US?
U.S. of 'Murica. S.F. Bay Area, no less.
Frank-Lin Distillers.
Animats's description is a classic:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9059821
Several other times: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
I've dug into them as well: