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US military creates indestructible sandwich
New Scientist ^
| 10 April 02
| Duncan Graham-Rowe
Posted on 04/10/2002 2:39:53 PM PDT by aculeus
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Hold the mayo.
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posted on
04/10/2002 2:39:53 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Some "news." They served these 35 years ago in the dining commons at UMass. I recently found one in a box of old school books. Using it for a lally support wedge in my basement.
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posted on
04/10/2002 2:42:45 PM PDT
by
pabianice
To: aculeus
Yummy!
To: aculeus
US military creates indestructible sandwich The mess cooks on my first ship invented these things years ago. They called them "box lunches."
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posted on
04/10/2002 2:43:20 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
To: aculeus
Do you get fries with that?
To: thud
Ping!
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posted on
04/10/2002 2:48:01 PM PDT
by
Dark Wing
To: aculeus
The pocket sandwiches won't see action until 2004. But like dehydrated egg, freeze-dried coffee and processed cheese - all originally developed by the military - the long-life sandwich will probably find its way into grocery stores. Twinkies are still the benchmark for extended shelf life. Half-life of 6,400 years or so as I recall. ;o)
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To: aculeus
Now to figure out how to store cereal in milk without it getting soggy.
To: aculeus
Soldiers who tried the pepperoni and barbecue-chicken pocket sandwiches have found them "acceptable". That doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement.
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04/10/2002 2:51:18 PM PDT
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Who dat?
To: aculeus
Can we use them to penetrate Saddam's Bio Weapons hardened bunkers?
To: aculeus
The Germans had their "pocket" battleships. We have our "pocket" sandwiches. Now if only we had a "pocket" beer to wash it all down.
To: aomagrat
We got the box lunches from the line kitchen when I worked flight line. I saved the meat from them and made a flak vest.
To: LibWhacker
"Now to figure out how to store cereal in milk without it getting soggy." Perhaps some sog-proof cereal with some long shelf life milk.
To: Tennessee_Bob
Bread so hard mold wouldn't grow on it.
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04/10/2002 3:13:04 PM PDT
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aomagrat
To: Risky Schemer
I believe they never classified Twinkies as food.
To: aculeus
How much does MI sandwich cost, these days?
To: Who dat?
Soldiers who tried the pepperoni and barbecue-chicken pocket sandwiches have found them "acceptable". That doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement.
It sounds like the federal standard for so-called "generic products" (i.e., school lunch products). That is, "nutritious, palatable". And little else...
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posted on
04/10/2002 3:16:40 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: aculeus
MAybe this is a silly question.
Why not irradiate the food and vacuum seal it?
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posted on
04/10/2002 3:21:21 PM PDT
by
rmlew
To: pabianice
They served these 35 years ago in the dining commons at UMass. Sounds like the "chemically inert" pancakes at the Student Union at UMR - aka "neutron foam patties".
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