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Army rations rehydrated by urine
newscientist.com ^
| July 2004
| Duncan Graham-Rowe
Posted on 08/15/2005 2:05:08 PM PDT by steel_resolve
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To: steel_resolve
Man, give the the old C rations any day of the week!!!!
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:22:59 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(The government and courts are stealing your freedom & liberty!)
To: eastsider
Confucius say: `he who cook carrots and peas in pot, very unsanitary!'
For real, our survival medicine course in Vietnam said you can cleanse an open wound with (your own) urine.
Yet another reason to `piss cold' when your unit is hit with an unannounced urinalysis.
But I agree, I'd rather eat the new ration dry crunchy.
To: dirtboy
You can always drink Coors Lite as a transitional step. I think that's why they call Coors Light "canoe-sex beer" because it's "f'n close to water".
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:24:54 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: steel_resolve
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:25:30 PM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
To: steel_resolve
I'm eating here!! Should've had Barf Alert before the headline
45
posted on
08/15/2005 2:27:13 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Laughing at Liberals, it's not just for breakfast anymore!!)
To: steel_resolve
Pissah!
Would Pabst be just as good?
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:27:19 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: steel_resolve
BLEAH!
47
posted on
08/15/2005 2:27:21 PM PDT
by
orionblamblam
("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
To: steel_resolve
And to think you had to pay to get this service in San Francisco...
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:27:27 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: steel_resolve
Will wonders never cease....
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:27:29 PM PDT
by
NTW64
To: steel_resolve
Urine luck with Golden Showers Brand mre's. Just go, and you're ready eat. "Mmmm, just mom used to make."
That's right billy, , now, don't forget to eat that brownie!
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:28:01 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1500 replies and not a single post!)
To: Peter vE
>> Not only does the MRE taste like s##t, now this! ROTFLOL!! Thanks a lot, now my wife knows I'm surfing FR
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:29:44 PM PDT
by
DelphiUser
("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
To: elcid1970
Original recipe all the way!
To: mmercier
I've never been in the military but I've had a few MRE's and they're pretty good. I've heard they lead to a 'ahem, blockage' problem after while. Much better than the c-rats my dad brought back form WWII and Korea. I took them camping in 1979 and they were truly disgusting. I'm sure the age had something to do with it but we called one container, beef with worms,mmmmmmm.
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:31:37 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: steel_resolve
This just goes to show that Frank Herbert was a genius.
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:34:50 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: steel_resolve
This article must be old. I haven't seen freeze-dried rations since the early 80's when we had to suffer with potato patties, beef patties, pork patties, etc. Yeah, they all tasted like S#*t, but you'd never be able to tell what you were eating while sitting in that cold foxhole in the middle of the night.
Trying to find a way to lessen the water load of a soldier is a big mistake. The body requires a certain amount of water per day to maintain homeostasis, and lessening that amount will result in dehydration. Perhaps in a survival situation, this technique is viable, but not for everyday use. I think a distillation process would be better than a passive reverse osmosis process.
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:35:09 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
To: steel_resolve
Eleonor Clift would love this if she could get Bill Clinton to send her a gallon of urine.
To: steel_resolve
Gives a whole new meaning of "pot to piss in"
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:41:28 PM PDT
by
radar101
To: steel_resolve
What is our country coming to when our nations finest have to cook their meals with pee? Better that than the swamp water. Urine is pretty sterile, swamp water has enough "bugs" in it to give a whole division the Turkey Trots.
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:43:54 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: Sax
Ok, what kind of emergency would require pi$$ing on it, rather than eating it dry & crunchy? Water shortage. Since the urine is filtered, the process effectively recycles the water content of the urine. It would help to prevent dehydration.
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:47:37 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: Billthedrill
All I am saying, is "give pees a chance." ROTFLMAOAPMP (but not 'recycling'. :) )
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posted on
08/15/2005 2:48:40 PM PDT
by
El Gato
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