I'm sure we've all been wondering...

October 22, 2001 10:14 PM

I'm sure we've all been wondering... "Hey, you 'gonna eat your shortbread cookies?" (Link taken from Bifurcated Rivets.)
posted by sharksandwich (5 comments total)

Accessory Pack Contents: red pepper, pepper, salt, sugar, spoon, matches (unprinted) and towelette (alcohol-free), napkin.

What are "matches (unprinted)"? No ads for truck-driving school on the cover?
posted by pracowity at 10:59 PM on October 22, 2001

Wow...I never thought I'd see a direct link on MeFi to an official United States Air Force website! If you're interested, you can check out the AF News site for daily press releases about other US Air Force news. AIRPOWER!
posted by davidmsc at 3:32 AM on October 23, 2001

This is a good link, if only for one reason: I'm tired of that lame joke, "Haw haw! How're they gonna eat them food packs? They're in the desert! They don't have water!"

It's, MRE: Meal Ready to Eat. It's not Hamburger Helper or pancake mix. And anyway, you think they've been drinking sand before now? They may not have a Mississippi River, but they have water. Humans require it. Or are they not human?
posted by Mo Nickels at 5:07 AM on October 23, 2001

Re: matches

Some of the MRE packs contain a heating element so that you can enjoy the warmed tuna loaf (seriously), which you can use the matches to start. For my money (and many of my military friends from way back in basic training), the PB is awesome on the hard crackers.

Of course, the matches may also be a throwback to WWII, when MREs included some smokes. "Smoke 'em if you got 'em!"
posted by davidmsc at 9:52 AM on October 23, 2001

> Re: matches

But why unprinted?
posted by pracowity at 10:55 PM on October 23, 2001