for those of you focused on food science and technology research (all 2 of you ;), here’s a breakthrough that you’re gonna wanna file away in your mental shoebox: army rations rehydrated by urine… this was just covered in summary by new scientist. yeah, i thought that i was gonna hurl when i read this news…but then again, such technology could have perhaps saved the life of beloved mama cass elliot from that ham sandwich back in ‘74…

executive summary: us military food scientists have developed a dried food ration that can be rehydrated with swamp water or urine (from “the Combat Feeding Directorate, part of the US Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts.” …the same group that brought us the “indestructible sandwich” that stays supah-fresh for 3 years)…”One day’s food supply of three meals weighs 3.5 kilograms..can be reduced to about 0.4 kilograms,” says spokeswoman Diane Wood…

but gosh, how does it work you ask? an athirst soldier pees into a foil packet with 2 inner pouches separated by a special membrane…pee goes through membrane into the dehydrated food, dissolves large molecules in the food and the resulting concentration generates an osmotic pressure that pulls in more pee…yes, over the long term this could cause kidney damage…but in the short term? can you say YUM!?

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