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> I'm fine with eating dried fruits and roasted nuts. I don't see why there isn't more of that type thing in military field rations. Probably because dried fru
by dpark 8y ago
> I'm fine with eating dried fruits and roasted nuts. I don't see why there isn't more of that type thing in military field rations.
Probably because dried fruit and roasted nuts are both pretty expensive compared to normal rations.
Also I’m pretty sure my digestive system would be pretty unhappy if I were eating primarily nuts and dried fruit for days or weeks on end.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago"I don't see why there isn't more of that type thing in military field rations." does not mean "Let's feed troops exclusively dried fruit and nuts and nothing else." Re expense: They spend millions on research to develop new MREs. If "Healthy, palatable food that already exists costs too much" is a primary basis for rejecting it, something is wrong with this picture.
- mrguyorama 8y agoDried fruit and nuts ARE a significant part of many different Country's soldier meals. The problem is that it just doesn't do for a soldier's morale what something like pizza or chili does. A soldier doesn't want health food, he wants comfort food