/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Yes i like my food without salt/fat/sugar. Why cant they jsut serve tofu with a water sauce?

fucking plebs right?

$7 for each MRE? Do they know that they could feed people healthier food for much, much less per meal?

Hmm, so my options are no food, or food with lots of fat/salt/sugar? OH NO! Big Government helping feed people who are hungry after a disaster has happened! THE SHAME!

>>4010810
salty, sugary, fatty foods > no foods

People should learn to stop complaining if the alternative is starvation.

Seriously people whine too much.
Yes, they could have delivered other types of food, but lets face it. FEMA is an emergency response, not a foodie association. The affected people could really do worse than a MRE.

If anything, the MRE is the ideal emergency ration - it's high and salt and sugar and fats to KEEP YOU ALIVE for a longer period. It's not meant to be a life-long culinary delight.

MRE for initial response, regular canteen foodlines for medium term support is the way to go.

for the record eating mre will give you massive constipation...just sayn

>>4010837

But.... who would feed the fat cats then?!?!?!?

Think about the fat cats before you suggest more reasonable policies.

>THEY PUT SALT SUGAR AND FAT IN MY FOOD

What would you prefer to eat? That's what the human body needs. And a 1000+ calorie meal would be great for when there's limited food supply. Fuck, i'd rather be given that than a salad, atleast I could get by on one of those meals a day.

They're fucking hurricane victims, they're not going to be fed gourmet food and no one is going to give a shit about your pretend gluten intolerance or vegetarianism. Those people should rightfully starve to death for being so fucking self-centered

>>4010837
>hurricane destroys your neighborhood
>destroyed
>no kitchens
>give MREs because you don't need a kitchen to make them
>/ck/ still cant understand that
>still bitching that these people have no food and are complaining about the quality of free food

this thread is bound to fail... those mre eating fatties still don't have internet. har har har!

>>4010874

I seriously hope you're referring to obese felines, good sir.

The fatcats had the means to evacuate themselves prior to the emergency.

>>4010897

Maybe they should have gotten themselves out of dodge before the storm hit.

You need fats salts and sugars when you have to do physical shit every day and don't have the luxury sitting around. When you're a hurricane victim, you have to find yourself across floods, walk long distances and climb over shit. They give MREs to infantry because they are running around all day with heavy armor, they need all the carbs they can get.

FAT, SUGAR AND SALT ARE BAD, NO EXCEPTIONS. MY CHILDREN DESERVE THE BEST THE WORLD HAS BECAUSE I SAY SO EVEN THOUGH I'M COMPLETELY UNINFORMED ABOUT NUTRITION.

Fucking soccer moms.

>getting free food
>complaining about it

What the fuck is wrong with people? In some countries, people would be grateful just for the free food.

>didn't stock up with foods for an emergency that they were warned about the severity

don't give a shit

>>4010895
Exactly this. If you're sleeping in a cold-as-fuck house with no power for days and spending all day cleaning up your wrecked house, a little extra fat, sodium, etc. is not a big deal. I'm not sure what's up with the whiny dietitian, people who aren't cleaning up wrecked houses have still had their lives disrupted and most of them probably haven't hit a gym since Sandy.

Do they not understand an MRE is supposed to last you all day? It's not intended to be a three-times-a-day thing.

Jesus Christ there's been countless days in the field when I barely needed a whole MRE to keep me full

I have a quick solution for these veggie loving hippies - send me your MRE, I'll be happy to keep them.

>>4011023

Oh god that feeling. I didn't have a gym for over a week and I fucked up a tendon when I got back since I went from being stuck in my apartment 24/7 to going overboard with the return to freedom. So now I have to give my ankle a rest for another couple of weeks while I recuperate.

Shit sucks man.

>>4010810
Occupy Sand is the only group doing it right.

>>4011023
I do a lot of cold weather camping, and I always bring fatty foods specifically for at nighttime because they seem to keep me warmer at night.

>>4011036
It pleases me greatly to see vegetarians put in a survival situation and faced with the harsh reality that their "choice" of eating lifestyle means nothing in the face of famine. America needs more food shortages. We would be so much stronger for it.

That's the idea. An MRE is meant to keep you alive for as long as possible. The 'catch' is that they're giving you exactly what you need when you're starving and you don't know where the next meal will come from.

>>4011047
that and people just need to man the fuck up and take responsibility... always whining and blaming others

>>4011047

Actually the recipients of the aid aren't the ones complaining. It's the NY Post, which is owned by a far right loon who controls most of the media your type of people get your "news" from.

got to "the Sandy five"

ALL MY RAGE

first world problems overload

That's because it's ration food, you retard. Stuff like sugar and fat is raw energy that will keep you going. It's not about making sure you eat the healthiest of diets; it's about making sure you don't fucking die of starvation

>MRE
1180 calories, 45g fat, 1,330mg sodium
>2 BigMacs
1100 calories, 58g fat, 1,940mg sodium

what now?

>mfw Army faggotards defend their horrendously disgusting packs of dog shit "food"

Oh, God.
Those people are not going to be prepared for MRE shits.
The East Coast is going to have backed up plumbing for weeks.

How exactly do you eat MREs? Do you need water (which I assume they don't have much of) or heat?

>>4011470

They come in special magic packages. You simply put the MRE in a package and it reacts somehow and heats the food.

>>4011151
So it is infact better than a big mac but they didn't compare it with equal size portions? And their conclusion is essentially just as stupid as saying; "it's packed with more sugar than a sugar cube!"

Fucking media.

>>4011520
>So it is infact better than a big mac
N-no.

>MREs
>Made for the military in situations where food must be compact and calorie-dense (good packing efficiency)
>Implying they are intended to be eaten three times a day like a normal meal

If this were a scenario where people were only able to eat 1-2 times a day, MREs would be perfect. They're all just stuffing their faces and getting porky, so they are apparently not as in need as FEMA of the NYC government has been made to believe.

>>4011525
Yes it is. The MRE will have a higher amount of protein and less fat. Are you dyslexic?

>>4010810

Wouldn't macro/calorie dense foods be ideal for refugees with already limited access?

This article is retarded.

Hey, if MRE's are good enough for the boys in Afghanistan, they're good enough for people in a temporary crisis #manthefuckup

>>4012956
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>welp all my shit was destroyed
>no more house
>car washed away
>no food
>hope my kids dont starve
>hopefully someone helps me by handing over some free food
>you know, so my kids dont starve

FUCKING SODIUM!!?!?!?!?!
IN MY FREE LIVE SAVING EMERGENCY FOOD!?!1

FUCK!!!

>>4012961
Why is everybody spamming this smiley face?

>>4012979
One time I found that spooky skeleton copypasta and I posted it to /x/ and went back three hours later and the front page was FULL of that shit. These things just catch.

>>4012979
It's the start of an epic new meem, obviously.

>>4010837
Does it make more sense for FEMA to buy thousands of MREs with a shelf life of 5 years, or buy fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats every single week in preparation for a storm?

If someone bitched about an MRE to me I would literally kick them in the shin as hard as I could and then slap them on the top of the head like a Stooge.

>>4012994
>5 years

...Try 20.

>>4013000
I like to imagine they have some from WWII that are just underneath the rest and they can't get to them because you gotta put the new ones on top.

What the fuck, now SALT is bad for you?

That's right. Because people in stressful situations where their food intake is zero, need to be concerned about not taking in salt, sugar and fat.


Except no.
That's backwards.
In a survival situation every calorie counts, and you're a moron.

>>4013114
Too much salt can fuck your system up, yeah, but OP is just BS sensationalist media.

>>4013089
Those are the best ones... aged to perfection.

salt...fat...sugar

blood pressure, calories to shiver out, and a quick burst of sugar energy... whats wrong?

Until these folks get stable again, they should eat exactly like this. MRE's are FOR this very purpose. If it wasnt for their homes being completely obliterated, they could have had food stored up, but considering the circumstances, they should be thankful to have MRE's. Better than starving.

>>4010837
luxuries man...

Now if only FEMA could get its act together and keep their facilities safe and clean. That would be nice.

>>4013131
the worst part is, in a post disaster scenario where getting water can be difficult, a shortfall of sodium will cause the body to dehydrate more quickly... with salt, basically, the less you eat the more critical you get it regularly.

A week of disaster recovery and a person can go from eating a whole bag of Lay's salted saltato chips with salt flavoring, to savoring a single pack of saltines, because their body is just plain out of salt.

>>4010943
People have to go back home and pick up the damaged shit, and salvage a home if it's still standing, Some need those MRE's and LOL

>quoting new york post

>>4013000
I have eaten a 20 year old MRE. It tasted pretty much exactly like a new MRE, with the only exception being the candy was usually all fucked up. Funny, really, the 20 year old meat entree was fine (speaking relatively, of course) but the M&Ms had gone bad.

Anyway, MREs are perfect for this kind of thing. >extreme shelf life
>densely packed
>easy to store and ship
>Easy to distribute (no set up, no kitchen, just hand them out. no power needed)
>durable packaging to resist adverse environment one might encounter in a disaster zone
>dense calories
>contains moral items like coffee (kind of) and candy
>those little toilet paper bundles are awesome