Key thing in this article is that the US military is failing to feed naval crews adequately. Meals look like this now
Very different from how enlisted sailors are usually fed, and an indicator that the US is likely unable to adequately support any kind of war
The article failed to identify the gray fruit roll up
looks more like gray spam meat that went bad.
I’ve eaten military and maritime cuisine and I genuinely have no idea what that is, or is supposed to be. I see carrots, cat puke, and… it’s like what you’d get if you pureed meat, then extruded and preserved it. It’s like when you see fictional scifi space meals, that aren’t food, just nutrients.
Think that extruded think is a sheet of rubber gasket material.
Could be wrong.
Probably just as chewy, though
I think it’s what’s left after putting a Jolly Rancher under the insole of a midshipman’s shoe for a couple days
jolly rancher would be too bougie.
I think they ran a can of spam through the potato peeler.
or let age like meat would in the sun.
Looks like gyro meat. Like lamb/beef strips
its probably from low quality meat from animal.