The wait is over. Thanks to the U.S. Army, all of us survivors will be able to eat pizza for at least three years after your favorite New York deep-dish pizzeria is turned into a zombie infested, radioactive nightmare. How is this possible? An apocalypse proof pizza-flavored MRE was just revealed.
As we survivalists all know, MRE's are the meal of choice once the bombs or zombies start falling. They last a very, very long time, perhaps rivaled only by "food" from McDonald's. Thankfully, instead of possibly possessed Big Mac's, instead, we can have pizza. Lauren Oleksyk, a food technologist/scientist/wizard with the U.S. Army, revealed the latest MRE type after five years of research.
According to Tech Insider, "Sometime in 2017, soldiers will be opening up MRE #37 and tearing into the pizza pouch, scarfing down a slice of pie that Oleksyk says tastes like "day after pizza" or the kind you'd find in a school cafeteria. While it won't taste nearly as good as a New York slice, it will likely be decent enough to lift morale in a combat zone."
In order to create these special pizza MRE's, Uproxx reports that the food wizards had to "chemically re-engineer the sauce and make sure that normal dough and cheese could last for three years sitting in 80 degree heat." An accelerated test (putting the MRE in a 100 degree environment for six months) was performed, and evidently is equivalent to three years at 80 degrees.
And happily enough, soldiers who tested the rations seemed to like them. Which is really good, as the researchers believe the pizza will be a boost to morale for overseas soldiers.
And seriously, who doesn't want pizza?
So what do you think about this apocalypse proof pizza? Is it a waste of taxpayer dollars, or a wise investment for the well-being of our troops? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below!
