"How The U.S. Army Influenced What Is Now Being Sold..." Topic
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Tango01 | 05 Mar 2016 10:15 p.m. PST |
… In Our Supermarkets. "Someone—maybe Napoleon, maybe Alexander the Great—once said that an army marches on its stomach. And why shouldn't it? Starving troops have more pressing priorities than winning battles. The US military knows this well, and it's been spearheading food science research for well over a century in order to build the world's most efficient army. But the countless innovations it's developed are hardly confined to the canteen—in fact, we can find them in every supermarket in America, and even abroad. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo, a food writer and journalist, has been researching the US Army's food science innovations for years. As the author of Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the US Military Shapes the Way You Eat, she spent hours at the Natick Soldier Center, a military base located just outside of Boston. Natick is a hive of military innovation, where engineers develop everything from boots to meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) for American soldiers. And after those advancements have made their way into soldiers' meals, they often trickle into the consumer market…"
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Jamesonsafari | 06 Mar 2016 10:55 a.m. PST |
They also change the MREs to reflect current food trends. I think he may have the tail wagging the dog here. |
Coelacanth1938 | 12 Mar 2016 9:35 p.m. PST |
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