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I hate this type of reporting where a few cases of people not liking something are generalized to an entire population.
They are pretty good. I think better than camping food sold at REI. They’ve sold well on eBay forever. The fan base is consistent.
Can't read due to pay wall but I'm kind of offended by the headline. MREs have gotten better over the years, give or take a few missteps, and haven't been anywhere near bad (yes, even veggie omelet can be salvaged) for decades. The current lineup[0] is downright decadent, at least in the US, and has been for longer than any writer at NYT has been alive. [0]: https://www.mreinfo.com/mre-menus-2021/
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A pocket rocket and canister of isobutane is cheap and will never expire though. Problem solved.
You'd better have good ventilation though which might not be the case in some kind of "bunker".
I'd love to see some rigor to this study.
In that respect, I aim for 80/20: Some canned and dry goods, a good first aid kit, lots of water, a full tank of gas, and some backup power. My apocalypse model does not include zombies.
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Where I went to college, moonshine is a big thing and is relatively easy to get once you know some locals. I've tried it multiple times and it was always absolutely vile. It would usually come in a reused plastic milk jug. There was nothing you could mix it with and not taste the horrible flavor. I had a friend who made his own stovetop still and despite it probably being slightly poisoned with methanol, it actually…
Depends on who makes it and their skill. I've tried stuff from TN that's at or better than mid-tier commercially sold vodka. I also have an undiluted jar from a friend as a birthday present at 180 proof. Surprisingly, it's entirely drinkable, with essentially no aftertaste.
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You'd better have good ventilation though which might not be the case in some kind of "bunker".
This is how nearly every conversation I have about sensible preparation eventually goes. It's a fun, but mostly person-specific set of assumed characteristics that each solution must satisfy, usually contradictory with the other persons assumptions. I'd love to see some rigor to this study. In that respect, I aim for 80/20: Some canned and dry goods, a good first aid kit, lots of water, a full tank of gas, and some b…
That pound cake that comes with many MREs is one of the best things I've ever tasted. It actually has a kind of fakey/chemically flavor to it (if I remember it's usually apple flavor?), but for some reason it's still good, and the moistness and texture of the cake is exceptional. I wish they just sold those pound cakes by themselves.
Here you go: https://www.mredepot.com/MRE-Vanilla-Pound-Cake-p/aq0005.htm Annoyingly expensive per-calorie, of course.
Lived 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…
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This is how nearly every conversation I have about sensible preparation eventually goes. It's a fun, but mostly person-specific set of assumed characteristics that each solution must satisfy, usually contradictory with the other persons assumptions. I'd love to see some rigor to this study. In that respect, I aim for 80/20: Some canned and dry goods, a good first aid kit, lots of water, a full tank of gas, and some b…
What study do you mean? Maybe you answered the wrong comment?
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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?
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Here you go: https://www.mredepot.com/MRE-Vanilla-Pound-Cake-p/aq0005.htm Annoyingly expensive per-calorie, of course.
How the hell have they managed the supply chain such that they can sell a limited item like a specific MRE dessert for roughly the same price as a gas station muffin or sweet?