Who here has already done this "experiment" the Army is trying to find volunteers for?

Early versions of the MRE were required to be eaten in order as you'd plug up otherwise. SMs had a problem with that. The worse example of an MRE is a packet entitled "Bean Component: Warning not for Flight or Preflight Use". Your gut would pressurize something fierce if you went up in a plane and they'd be sticky bombs. Only thing I'd know that would overcome the odor of hydraulic fluid on the Hercs.

I worked as a vet tech and our unit included the food inspectors. One of the food inspectors brought over a case of MRE's that was stinking. They had to decided if it was because of the way the MRE's were stored or if there was another reason. They opened up the case and individual MRE's inside our kennel area for the stray dogs and cats. It was the worst smell imaginable when they found the rotten one. It took days to get the stink out of the kennel. Not even the dog and cat poop was as bad as the stink of the rotten MRE's. I'm very careful about inspecting and opening MREs now.

Body Fat Test to follow right after.