What I had for dinner when the power was out!

Andy DeWolfe

Culinary

Class 8

 

My favorite thing that I ate when hurricane Sandy came was MRE’s (meals ready to eat). I got the meals from Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department because of hurricane Irena last year. When the hurricane came Fema (Federal Emergency Management Agency) gave us the MRE’S and water. I took about 4 cases of water and 4 boxes of MRE’S because they were left overs. The meals last for eight years if closed.   

The meals were really good they have different verities from spaghetti and chili and more.  They also have a cookie of some kind, peanut butter, crackers, a pop tart, and a kind of powder drink. The MRE’S that I picked comes in a water proof bag and includes salt, pepper and utensils.

The meals are premade when you open them up. You use the salt water to warm the meal up. The heaters are like hand warmers but they are a lot warmer.  To activate them you need to add the salt water, then the food gets warmed. 

Then you eat it!!