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Natick Corn Flake Survival Bar Study
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:53 am
by Hardtack
Hold on tight its going to get real geeky here!
Study Of The Use Of A Corn Flake Crumb Matrix For Corn Flake Bar, Survival type
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/733947.pdf
Its a rough scan and some parts are hard to read. It talks about experiments with the corn flake bar used in LRRP rations and the Food Packet Survival General Purpose. 28 pages of ration mad science. I found it trying to figure out how to make my own corn flake bars
Re: Natick Corn Flake Survival Bar Study
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:46 pm
by Norton
Very interesting although it takes some time to read. I do not remember civilian dry cereal bars in 71'. But you can see where this was heading.
I think there was a compressed cereal bar in the WW2 K ration, but I have not seen a photo of the actual item. I am surprised they put so much effort into a corn based bar.
For food value Oats would be a better choice for a survival bar.
Also I remember this basic message format being used in Army Signal School 79'.. Text layout and the unclassified block on top.
It was nostalgic
Re: Natick Corn Flake Survival Bar Study
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:42 pm
by BillHoo
Norton wrote:Also I remember this basic message format being used in Army Signal School 79'.. Text layout and the unclassified block on top.
It was nostalgic
Was that when the signal academy was still at Fort Monmouth, NJ?
Re: Natick Corn Flake Survival Bar Study
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:25 pm
by Norton
BillHoo wrote:Norton wrote:Also I remember this basic message format being used in Army Signal School 79'.. Text layout and the unclassified block on top.
It was nostalgic
Was that when the signal academy was still at Fort Monmouth, NJ?
No it was FT Gordon GA
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72 Echo Still remember hearing Poem I am Signal played on 45 RPM record at Graduation and getting crossed semaphore flags for your collar
Never saw NJ I have a friend that went to Monmouth and from what he said Gordon seemed like a 5 Star resort. Actually Gordon was a good post and my Cousin went through there in 74'
Re: Natick Corn Flake Survival Bar Study
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:04 am
by rattattoo
Norton wrote: "For food value Oats would be a better choice for a survival bar."
I wonder if it is possible that this is based on the long-trail "thru-hikers", experience/belief that crushed Fritos™ [corn/maize] are one of the best caloric values you can carry.
I don't know what the science in that claim might be, but I do know that in all the trail towns, Fritos™ are the one thing that's always out of stock at the market. When you think about it, a Fritos™ "bar" sounds pretty damn good.