{"id":5286,"date":"2023-05-13T12:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T13:00:05","slug":"how-to-feed-an-army-atlas-obscura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/13\/how-to-feed-an-army-atlas-obscura\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Feed an Army &#8211; Atlas Obscura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=625%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=1024%2C671&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=150%2C98&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=768%2C503&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?resize=624%2C409&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11573553-a3a3-40bf-8ae1-a01ed8f716144c61fde8dea08c4f52_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_229a.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5d65b646d030a146b6_US-Army-Research-Institute-of-Environmental-Medicine_Metabolic-Kitchen-in-Natick-Massachusetts_218.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The evolution of MREs is surprisingly fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8230;the Metabolic Kitchen, the lone culinary research and development center for the world\u2019s most technically advanced military, is what I\u2019m after. 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