Re:US Army goes green-ish, wants soldiers munching on plant ...
by jerlam on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @08:07PM
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> there will be a great deal of compasionate hand wringing about palitability, texture, etc
Hand wringing? Giving your army palatable and tasty food is important, when soldiers don't eat it, they perform worse at fighting. That's why the US spends so much effort on changing their menus and trying to make their heavily processed food into something that looks appetizing, like the MRE pizza that somehow lasts three years:
Hand wringing? Giving your army palatable and tasty food is important, when soldiers don't eat it, they perform worse at fighting. That's why the US spends so much effort on changing their menus and trying to make their heavily processed food into something that looks appetizing, like the MRE pizza that somehow lasts three years:
https://www.tastingtable.com/2058307/how-military-mre-pizza-...