On trying new foods

[muchabstracted]

I went for a walk today, and wandered in a nearby convenience store. They have some ready to eat Indian meals from a brand I've never seen before, so I wanted to look at the ingredients, fat content, quality of box design... It was mostly unremarkable, except for the part where the food was prepared by a subsidiary of the Indian Ministry of Defense.

*blinks*

I think I'll stick with Trader Joe's after all.

On a related note, what sort of food do you think the Department of Homeland Security would create? Or our Department of Defense? Molotov cocktails, maybe... "Quench your thirst with a BANG!"

Comments

[lyriendel.livejournal.com]

Actually, the companies that provide MREs (which I think are quite tasty, at least the ones I've tried, not that I'm very picky) could be thought of as subsidiaries of our Department of Defense. Only they're probably contractors.

What brand Indian food? I've had a couple, both tasty.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Oh, good point. Maybe that's all it meant.

I think it was RTG, or something similar.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing. All those shelf-stable Indian meals showing up on the shelves pretty much are MREs.

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Well, I was entertaining the thought that it was a new form of warfare, meant to kill unsuspecting folks living in the US. Possibly my sense of humor is a little gruesome.