On Jun 4, 12:52Â*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> On Jun 4, 1:35�pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
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> > 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
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> > Can:http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...80%C2%99s-Cele......
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> > >> See you next time,
> > >> -bwg
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> > > 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!
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> > > It ain't new. ;-)
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> > 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
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> 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. Â*Even grits lovin' hillybillys from the deep
> south wouldn't eat petrified bacon straight from the can.- Hide quoted text -
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I certainly wasn't equating canned bacon with MREs. I probably should
have read the OP more closely. I thought he was saying that canned
bacon was a new thing, and I pointed out that it wasn't new. I don't
know MREs, other than what I've seen on documentary and news programs.

N.