|The inside of the pouch is not coated. The outside is. We were taught |to discard the heating water. I've eaten far more mre's than I ever |wanted to. A week on those things will bind you up more than 10 lbs of |cheese. I actually liked the old C rations better. Except for "Ham and |M-F's" The fruit cocktail in the mre's is very good when moistened with |7 UP instead of water. But the C rat canned peaches were all we could eat |when it got over 100 degrees F. The canned chedder chese and John Wayne |crackers were good too. A pinch of C4 would cook the C's in thier own can |and the box burned good too. The spoon was sturdy enough to dig a fox |hole. Meals Ready to Eat. That's three lies. |Hooray for tobasco sause. |73 Gary I have no doubt what so ever that my liking of MREs is due to the fact that I can CHOOSE to eat them as opposed to HAVING to eat them. 8-) Isn't there a Ham and M-F MRE? I have avoided that entree so far and intended to keep it that way. I think the "binding action" comes in handy, so to speak when in the woods. I think this was a design point for the MREs. I'll have to dig up a past issue of Invention and Technology( I think it was that magazine) that had a story on the history of food in the US military. Very interesting. From the WWI E rations, WWII C rations and todays MREs. I'll have to dig into the boiling water pouch issue. The materials in the MREs have changed quite a bit even since I last bought some. Later... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: >SNIP< > I actually liked the old C rations better. Except for "Ham and > |M-F's" > |Hooray for tobasco sause. > |73 Gary I HAD to for years, and now I choose to(both C and MRE). Love them all! I take that back, I'll trade you all my date pudding for them eggs, ham, and water added. Yummy!! Dito on the tabasco sauce. James > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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