[Sca-cooks] Triple lie - Meal, ready to eat

[Olwen the Odd]

>Quoted from Olwen the Odd - 5/17/02, 10:41 PM +0000:
> >>on 5/17/02 10:38 AM, Marilyn Traber at marilyn.traber.jsfm at statefarm.com
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >> > Actually, we keep MREs around in camp as a threat. Anybody who
>complains
> >> > about the food can subsist on MREs ;-)
> >> > Never had any takers!
> >> > margali
> >> >
> >> > the quote starts here:
> >> > Actually, go to any Army/Navy store and pick up some MREs. Haute
>cuisine
> >> > they're not, but they're surprisingly palatable, and require no
> >> > refrigeration or special equipment.
> >>
> >>     I always heard it was "Meal Refused by Ethiopians"  :-)
> >>
> >>     Actually though, I have found some of the MRE's to be pretty good,
> >>esp.
> >>once you use the Tabasco sauce included.    Much better than the old
>canned
> >>c-rats.
> >>
> >>     You can make a decent cookie-like object by mixing the contents of
>the
> >>hot chocolate and creamer packets together, and then setting the package
>on
> >>fire.
> >>
> >>     I'm getting this sudden image of Marzipan MRE packages......
> >>
> >>     - Padraig o Connell
> >
> >Really?  Do you need some marzipan to complete this thought Padraig?
> >Olwen who could oblige.
>
>MRE = Marzipan Replaces Everything?
>--
>  Edouard Halidai (Daniel Myers)

Christ, I *had* to come to this punchline just as my boss walked in!  Poor
thing.  He just rolled his eyes and shook his head and sauntered on out as I
fell into a heap of laughter on my desk.
Olwen, who does replace almost everything with marzipan.

_________________________________________________________________
Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com