I ordered 14,400 calories of “Mayday Emergency Food Rations”, and they arrived today. The box was surprisingly heavy, about 7 pounds. I ordered the 3600 calorie bars, which are divided into 9 pieces. Each piece has a full day’s worth of most nutrients. On the packaging it recommends eating 1200 calories per day. Presumably this suggestion is meant for an actual emergency where 1200 is a lot more than nothing, but it does make me question whether eating 2000+ calories worth for an extended time is a good idea.
I ate two pieces (800 calories) for dinner tonight. In hindsight I wish I had only eaten one, or had spaced them out a little more, because I feel vaguely nauseous now. The taste is a palatable apple cinnamon flavor. The texture leaves something to be desired. The packaging claims it is “non thirst provoking”, but I’m still glad I had some water to go with it.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:43 am
[...] So the other day Andyl was talking how if it was possible to eat a food bar that had all the nutrition he needed, he’d switch over and eat only that. First we thought of Clif Bars or Balance Bars. As you can see, though, you’d have to eat a lot of those and you’d end up getting too much of some things and not enough of others. I then searched for “food bars” and what do you know? Mayday food bars! They’re approved by the US Coast Guard! If you eat five four-hundred calorie servings a day, you’re pretty much set on most of the things your body needs. Andy ordered some and they arrived yesterday. Before I’d gotten home he cracked them open and eaten two servings as his dinner. I decided to try one. They come in these blocks that look like little chunks of coffee cake. They even have an apple-cinnamon sort of taste. The thing is, they are dense. Imagine saw dust that’d been compacted by a 10-ton press. They also have no moisture in them at all. They don’t have a lot of sodium so they’re advertised as “non-thirst provoking” but I was glad I had some water (and soda) to go along with my chunk. I ate this piece and about 3/4 the way though BAM! it just hit me. It’s deceiving because of it’s small size, but this is a LOT of food and it just slams into your stomach. I was full for hours afterwards. [...]
May 11th, 2006 at 10:42 am
this would’ve been slightly cooler had it arrived 8 days earlier.
but still, thumbs up!