self-heating meals...

[palefrost]

Check this out! I was just reading Cooking up innovations on the CNN page and i noticed this one. It sounds kinda neet for a quick lunch or something.


The idea: Kiss your microwave goodbye. Quick Cuisine offers shelf-stable, ready-to-eat meals that contain their own heating device. The technology - similar to that used by the Army for its MREs - lets a meal cook at 140 degrees in 10 minutes with the push of a button.

Created by Swiss chemist Nicky Sevim and developed over four years, the meals are already available in Europe and are especially popular in the United Kingdom, where 350,000 are sold each month, mostly to office workers and campers.

The debut: Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, and 7-Eleven will start carrying the meals this fall for $6 to $7 a pop.

Steinke's Verdict: High potential. "American consumers love convenience food," she says. "If it really is made with better-quality ingredients, it'll be successful." She estimates 2007 U.S. sales of $5 million to $6 million.



Here is the whole page. some of the upcoming ideas are stupid but it will be fun to see which ones fly and which ones die in the future.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/09/01/8384331/index.htm

[sarah]

The latest trend in 'get you fat quick' except this product doesn't need heat... I like the idea, but I also think we are too dependant on the quick fix. I miss the days of good old home cooking.

[Brandon]

I can't wait for the Star Trek replicator to come out.

Computer. Hot chocolate, milk, fluff.

Processing.

*ding* Your cocoa is now ready!

Next I want those crazy shwooshing doors!

[sarah]

Nah... I'm waiting for the teleporters. HaHa

[palefrost]

I can't wait for the Star Trek replicator to come out.

Computer. Hot chocolate, milk, fluff.

Processing.

*ding* Your cocoa is now ready!

Next I want those crazy shwooshing doors!


Speaking of Star Trek (the orginal series) did you hear about the revamping CGI they are working on? The first episode that was done will be airing September 16th last i heard. Omg i just hijacked my own thread! :eek:

[Brandon]

Speaking of Star Trek (the orginal series) did you hear about the revamping CGI they are working on? The first episode that was done will be airing September 16th last i heard. Omg i just hijacked my own thread! :eek:

No I didn't hear anything about it and yes you just attempted to hijack your own thread!

[l99999us]

I'll have to keep a lookout for that.....

peace

-Todd

Speaking of Star Trek (the orginal series) did you hear about the revamping CGI they are working on? The first episode that was done will be airing September 16th last i heard. Omg i just hijacked my own thread! :eek:

[palefrost]

Take a peek here http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=24344 On the site they have another article on it as well.

[OneofaKind]

The latest trend in 'get you fat quick' except this product doesn't need heat... I like the idea, but I also think we are too dependant on the quick fix. I miss the days of good old home cooking.

It's not something I would normally be interested in. However, giving it a second thought it might be good for low budget short holidays away from home.

[LyricB]

You know, as someone who has had the self-heating MRE's while serving in the military I can't say I'm all that jazzed about using it in civilian life. What ever happened to heating stuff up on the stove anyhow?

[palefrost]

You know, as someone who has had the self-heating MRE's while serving in the military I can't say I'm all that jazzed about using it in civilian life. What ever happened to heating stuff up on the stove anyhow?

I can see it as a great lunch alternative if you work in a small office without a microwave or if you are traveling. Heck even a college kid could find a use for it. Camping could use it. Do people still camp? LOL I think the quality of the meals they offer will decide if people do it though. ITs about 8 bucks each so i want something tasty myself.

[LyricB]

Yeah, okay, good point palefrost. I guess I just avoid anything that I had to do when in the military. Like those people who wear camoflauge as a fashion statement...bet they wouldn't do that if they had to wear it every day for four years.

[Brandon]

When I was in the service I hated MRE's. I thought they tasted gross and had a funny texture to them. I can see using them for camping and such but I wouldn't want to eat them all the time. I did find the self-heating part cool though. The first time I did it, I was highly amused.

[LyricB]

Well then, maybe people will buy these self-heating meals for the amusement factor. :) I'm with you on the funny texture and taste of MREs though.

[palefrost]

When I was in the service I hated MRE's. I thought they tasted gross and had a funny texture to them. I can see using them for camping and such but I wouldn't want to eat them all the time. I did find the self-heating part cool though. The first time I did it, I was highly amused.

You were in the service? For how long? What did you think of it? What service. I think its interesting to see how it effected your political views...

[Brandon]

I was in the Army. I never made it out of Basic due to medical conditions (or so the Army says). At first it was hard and frightening, but you adjust and it became easier.

I joined up to be a calvary scout (19D, for all you MOS freaks out there). Basic was going to be 16 weeks long (I think the Marines are 13 weeks).

I got out a year before 9/11 happened and the division I was going into suffered medium to heavy casualties.

I am not really sure it changed any of my political viewpoints in the long term. Jim can verify that I was overwhemingly patriotic to the point of insanity when I was sent home.

When I was getting ready to be sent home, I was placed into another company. Due to the free time we had there, I found that there was an abudance of racists. I was bunking in one room that was pretty diverse and 4 weeks later I was the only white guy in the room. After a week my roommates apparently had a problem with me. They dragged me and my stuff into another room.

When you live with a massive amount of racists, you sometimes can't help but say something you wouldn't normally say. I found myself having a hard time watching my words, because I knew I would regret saying something horrible.

Other than that crisis, I found the Army to be about brotherhood and working as a team to achieve a goal.

Now lets get back to self heating meals!

[Plumley]

Well then, maybe people will buy these self-heating meals for the amusement factor. :)

Now, see, I'm one of those people. I love gadgets and new and unusual things so I was interested as soon as I saw the meals had that feature. On the other hand, I find food that doesn't have to be preserved or refrigerated kind of scary. :)

[xboxundone]

I dont think it will do away with the microwave... but does give some campers options if they don't want to do up a fire but want a hot meal :)

[kida]

My dad likes to use MRE's when we go camping. If these meals are like that, then yeah they're find for camping or when you're in a fix, but not all the time. And at $8 a pop? That would have been way too expensive for me while I was in college (just a couple of years ago). I lived off ramen noodles and the McDonald's $1 menu when I wasn't eating at the cafeteria. If I was going to spend $8, it was going to be at a real restaurant or at the movies.