"Cheetos, Canned Foods, Deli Meat: How The U.S. Army,,," Topic
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| Tango01 | 01 Aug 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
…Shapes Our Diet. "Many of the foods that we chow down on every day were invented not for us, but for soldiers. Energy bars, canned goods, deli meats — all have military origins. Same goes for ready-to-eat guacamole and goldfish crackers. According to the new book, Combat-Ready Kitchen: How The U.S. Military Shapes The Way You Eat, many of the packaged, processed foods we find in today's supermarkets started out as science experiments in an Army laboratory. The foodstuffs themselves, or the processes that went into making them, were originally intended to serve as combat rations for soldiers out in the battlefield…"
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| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 01 Aug 2015 3:09 p.m. PST |
Makes sense. Quite apart from the logistic considerations, when you're under prolonged stress you tend to only nibble on really sugary or salty foods, and, my weakness, small cans of tinned fruit! |
| capncarp | 02 Aug 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
And one that came 'round 360 degrees: SPAM! As "Our Friends, the Russians", who received tons of it via Lend-Lease, called it,
Второй фронт/Vtoroy front= Second Front |
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bases up the rifle teams.