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The Future of MREs

Posted by michael on from the blinded-me-with-science dept.

jonerik writes: "MSNBC features this article today about scientists at Washington State University who are attempting to perfect a way to add two staples of American cuisine - eggs and macaroni & cheese - to the US military's MRE ration packs. The problem has been that MREs need to have a shelf life of three years. The scientists have focused on microwaving the rations during the packaging process instead of the traditional method of boiling the contents (which alters the smell and color of eggs and cheese and makes pasta soggy)."

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  1. Reason? by LiquidPC · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is there a particular reason theyre spending money (a great deal, I assume) on paying scientist to figure out how to add eggs and mac'n'cheese to rations, other than "A lot of people eat it". Seems like a waste of money to me.

    1. Re:Reason? by ElectricRook · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      not any more wasteful than spending money designing and creating newer and bigger SUVs

      Not all of us want to live in your party's thumb.

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      - High Tech workers, please say NO to Union Carpenters, their Union sees fit to control our compensation.
  2. Why is military stuff always on Slashdot??!?! by mr_don't · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Slashdot:

    I've posted pretty much this same comment before, but:

    From the demographics I once saw on the OSDN Website, it looks like the readers of slashdot are the type of people who are well-off, white, and fairly unlikely to ever experience war except through Quake, CNN, or Neal Stevenson Novels. Why are there always military articles posted on Slashdot?

    Nerds and geeks will forever be the whimpering lapdogs that build the technology for killing! Racial military minority representation has risen from 14 percent in 1975 to 26 percent. This is faster than the rate that African Americans and Latinos have attained Internet access! Slashdot readers are smart, when will the poseur editors get over their military wanna-be aspirations?