Food

mr.mandrake · Post by **mr.mandrake** » 21 May 2007, 22:45

Waffelke: We buy "rice BB´s" and feed our enemy with it, then we steal their food.

waffelke · Post by **waffelke** » 21 May 2007, 23:08

realy are we gone do that ,rice bb mmmmm think-----think------think

nooooo give the bio ,

Forze · Post by **Forze** » 22 May 2007, 00:16

yes, waffelke, you may try to steal food, but not when i'm around, coz the food will be gone then

stoffi · Post by **stoffi** » 23 May 2007, 22:28

Since we can't cook things in the bush, I called the norwegian company "Drytech", which makes MREs (manufacturers of REAL) for the swedish military and civil market.

I told them my dilemma about not having access to hot water, as is directed on the package to be added into the MRE contents.

No problem, the cute female norwegian voice answered, —just pour cold water and seal the ziplock, put the MRE container close to your body and let it soften for up to 45 minutes. At least it's not going to be a cold meal. The main difference between adding hot water and cold water is that cold water will take around 30-45 minutes to soften up the contents and hot water only five. She also told me that it is entirely legit to eat the MRE contents straight off dry, but a word of CAUTION — it is important that you drink the required mixing-amounts of water afterwards. The MRE contents will later swell in your stomach. Drink lots of water.

I will surely not eat this stuff dry, but I'll definetely add cold water and then heat it up with my own body temperature.

Hope this info helps.

Petur · Post by **Petur** » 23 May 2007, 22:30

Yeah you can eat them dry, but it´s no good for your stomach.

stoffi · Post by **stoffi** » 23 May 2007, 22:33

Yeah, I'll second you on that one. I wouldn't risk it either.

But, the "warming-it-up-inside-the-clothes" is definetely a go.

waffelke · Post by **waffelke** » 23 May 2007, 23:07

i will try it ,wen we thake yous food

stoffi · Post by **stoffi** » 23 May 2007, 23:36

waffelke · Post by **waffelke** » 23 May 2007, 23:45

Brujo · Post by **Brujo** » 24 May 2007, 08:47

stoffi wrote:But, the "warming-it-up-inside-the-clothes" is definetely a go.

You might heat it even higher if you shove it up your ......

stoffi · Post by **stoffi** » 24 May 2007, 09:18

Whatever works for you, buddy...

Eldoriath · Post by **Eldoriath** » 24 May 2007, 10:42

Or you could bring a thermos with hot water? Worked for me during my conscript time =)

Requiem · Post by **Requiem** » 24 May 2007, 10:51

Or you could play Swedish Army and be close to hot dogs and hamburgers most of the time...

Torak · Post by **Torak** » 24 May 2007, 12:15

Guys, try to keep the discussion vaguely in the realms of reality... "We'll steal your food" was amusing for exactly a post and a half. Try to restrain yourselves.

stoffi · Post by **stoffi** » 24 May 2007, 16:44

Eldoriath wrote:Or you could bring a thermos with hot water? Worked for me during my conscript time =)

That won't be effective if you're playing as Special Forces or Spetznas. A thermos keeps the contents warm for varying lenghts of time, depending on the make and size of the thermos. However, the longest period of time I saw on a 1L version at the local outdoor-equipment-shop was 18 hours, so it wouldn't be a consistant method, since we're not allowed to have open flames in the bush, to boil up additional water.

Otherwise I would have brought a small jetboil to heat up water as we go along. It isn't guaranteed that SF will be able to heat up water, so I can't risk bringing something that won't serve it's purpose after the first day out in the bush. A thermos weighs more than a regular bottle and considerably takes up more volume than the contents it encloses.