Forget frozen pizza; science has finally created a slice that can last three years on the shelf before going bad.
No, it’s not DiGiorno. It’s a ready-to-eat meal — known
as a MRE — created for the military. In combat zones where field
kitchens are not an option, soldiers rely on these meals, which don’t
need to be refrigerated or frozen.
Like most Americans with taste buds, soldiers love
pizza. In fact, it was the number one requested MRE. (The current
soldier favorite is spaghetti). But up until now military food
scientists could not figure out how to make sauce and cheese that
wouldn’t release its moisture into the crust, making for soggy pizza,
reported the Associated Press.
The culinary geniuses at a U.S. military lab in
Massachusetts fiddled with acidity of the ingredients, added ingredients
in the sauce and cheese that retain moisture, and redesigned the
packaging. The result: a prototype slice of pepperoni pizzathat can be
enjoyed right out of the bag.
It might not be the same as a pie fresh from a pizzeria’s oven, or
even hot, but in the field, a piece of room-temperature pizza will
probably be a welcome sight for most U.S. soldiers.
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