On Jun 4, 1:35�pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
> > On Jun 3, 11:04 pm, -bwg > wrote:
> >> As if "Cheeseburger In A Can" weren't enough, via Gizmodo,
> >> MREdepot.com brings you Bacon In A
>
> Can:http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...-heart-failure...
>
>
>
> >> See you next time,
> >> -bwg
>
> > I got news for you - back in the day (the 50s and 60s), we ALWAYS took
> > commercially canned raw bacon in cans to our fishing camp in Minnesota
> > - refrigeration wasn't needed - it tasted as good as any refrigerator-
> > case bacon from the supermarket - it was great for that purpose!
>
> > It ain't new. ;-)
>
> > N.
>
> MRE's are certainly not "new", as indicated in the original post. �Although
> why someone would be eating MRE's in 2008 is beyond me. �They do have a
> great shelf life LOL

Calling canned bacon an MRE has to be an error... it's definitely not
ready to eat, it's only minimally processsed, right out of the can it
still needs to be cooked. Even grits lovin' hillybillys from the deep
south wouldn't eat petrified bacon straight from the can.