Brooks Hamaker (my buddy since 8th grade) has
a great post over at eGullet (a culinary site) about his post-Katrina experiences with MREs, the military style "Meals Ready to Eat".
I returned a few days after the storm with my brother (this was not legal at that point, but I am nothing if not a scofflaw redneck and a few downed trees and hot wires are not nearly enough to keep me away from my friends when they need some help) the little town that I have spent the last 15 years of my life in had been changed forever dramatically. Totally. Completely. Enough of that. Read the Hurricane Katrina thread for more details and depressing photos. I am here to talk about a stunning discovery that I have made as a result of this horrific event.
I have discovered that MREs (the abbreviation comes from it's full military nomenclature, "Meals, Ready to Eat") are better than TV dinners and sadly, probably better than most school lunches or meals in the average Midwestern truckstop. Really. They're not that bad. And besides that, from a technological standpoint, they are absolutely amazing.
Read it all...
Also in Brooks' post:
(crossposted at my blog)