Day 5 was a piece of cake. A piece of dry, lemony, crumbly, cake. But really, it was quite easy for the first 20 hours. Then 8:00pm rolled around, and I went to Trader Joe's to buy food for my midnight dinner.

Walking through that store looking at all that food was torture. Passing by the sample station and not eating food??? Blasphemy! I got home, and watched The Simpsons movie, while I ate some more rations, and drank some more water. Tasty...

10:45pm rolled around, and it was time to start making my dinner. I had decided on Chicken Bacon Penne with Creamy Avocado sauce. I had decided before I went to TJ's, since that's what I bought groceries for. First I cooked the bacon. The smell of bacon will drive anyone mad, let alone someone who hasn't eaten normal food in 5 days.



Then I made the chicken, while I started on the sauce. I was going to buy TJ's guacomole in place of avocado, but they were out, so I just bought fresh avocados. Having never used fresh avocados before, I didn't think to check if they were ripe, nor would I know how to. (Though, I did look it up later.) I peeled them, then found out they were very hard, and not squishy, so they sadly went to waste.

The sauce just ended up being a cheesy (ricotta) creamy sauce, but it was still good as I would soon find out. I looked at my computer clock at one point and saw that it said 12:04am. I sprinted back into the kitchen and started gobbling bacon. Orgasmic doesn't even begin to describe the taste. And I didn't even have to change my pants.



The experiment was fun and torturous, but it makes for a good story. I definitely don't regret doing it; stupid ideas like this are my thing. Will I ever eat these rations again? Of course, over the course of the week they kinda grew on me. You may scoff at them, but if they're good enough for disaster survivalists, they're good enough for me.

Fun experiment
I enjoyed the lemon cake
Now, back to real food

Godspeed.
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Had a headache yesterday because I forgot to eat for a while. It's not just the rations though, that happens even when I'm eating real food. I haven't been keeping close track of how much I've been eating, but I think it's somewhere in the 1400-1600 calorie range. Just however much it takes to make me not hungry.

Been drinking lots and lots of water. I wonder how long I could do this for. Clearly I would need some sort of serious motivation; whether it be money or fame. (Will and Beyond doesn't quite count...) Probably a while, and that would make my feast all the more glorious.



Speaking of water, I'm glad I'm just drinking normal water, and not emergency water, like pictured above, or the packets I have, pictured here.

Oh man, oh man, less than 14 hours to go. I'm so close that I can taste it. I'm going to start cooking at like 10 or 11 tonight, so that way, the second the clock strikes midnight, I'm beginning my feast? Any suggestions for a first meal?

Photo: Flickr

I kinda miss food
How long could I do this for?
Not gonna find out

Godspeed.
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Day 3 was a success, and as it's passed noon, I'm more than 70% done with this little experiment. This has definitely gotten easier over time, but I'd be lying if the sight, smell, and discussion of food still didn't make me long for real food...

It's been entertaining to hear people's response when I tell them what I'm doing. A few people think it's a great idea, but more think I'm an idiot. I too would think I'm an idiot. In fact, I'd probably be a huge jerk and torture the person, but let's not get any ideas.



I've gotten most people to try the rations, and most people are pretty disgusted by them. A few people have seen it as I do, that they're not that bad. Nobody's claiming they're good, but they're tolerable. Those rations pictured above look just about as tasty, but they come with an awesome pictoral instruction manual.

On a completely unrelated note, here's a sad article about the looming death of the Mars Phoenix rover.

Photo: Flickr

Delicious rations
Consider the challenge met
Two more days 'til food

Godspeed.
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Day 2 was actually better than day 1. I guess the hardest thing to do is the transition between real food and lemon chalk. Smelling Taco Bell at lunch was unfortunate, but I just broke off a piece of rations and took a walk.

I've been asked numerous times why I'm doing this:
1. Just to prove that I can.
2. I have oodles of these rations, there's no point in having them just sit here.
3. As a bonus, I'm saving a bunch of money on food this week.
4. Another bonus is that it gives me something to write about here.



People have also me why I don't do it for a full week, or just 'til I run out of rations. I love food, oh so much. Giving up real food for this long is hard enough. Mmm the taste of a nice juicy cheeseburger... okay, enough of that.

Photo: Flickr

Just three days to go
Am I able to do it?
Well, I've gone this far...

Godspeed.
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In case you missed the first post, I will be eating nothing but emergency rations for a (business week).

If you would like to join me in an act of stupidity solidarity, let me know, I have more than enough.



The first day wasn't too bad. Breakfast was good, and lunch was pretty good too. People kept mentioning real food, sometimes just to drive me crazy, but I held up pretty well. What really got me was the smell of my roommate making pasta while I had my lemon 'cake' in front of me.

I'm not sure if I missed food or coffee/juice more. This is going to be a rough week. It's unfortunate that I can't back out now, but oh well. Mine probably taste better than these do:



Photo: Flickr

Lemon yellowcake
Not bad for breakfast and lunch
But dinner was rough

Godspeed.
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Homeland security was going through all of the departments and making sure everyone's emergency supplies were adequate and up to date. Apparently everyone's water and emergency rations were expired, so they were going to get thrown away.



Before we did that, a few of us tried out how they tasted. The water was disgusting; it tasted like you would expect it to considering it was more than 5 years old. There were mixed reviews about the rations. Mixed in the sense that everyone except me thought they were repulsive.



I thought they tasted like lemony goodness. They obviously weren't great, but very edible. I didn't keep the water (other than a few packets to make other people try it), but I kept all 72,000 calories worth of emergency rations. They recommend 1,200 calories a day, so I could be safe for 60 days. If something were to happen before they replenish the supplies, I would get to play god, since I would have all of the food supplies.



My goal is to eat nothing but emergency rations for one (business) week. Starting at 12:01am Monday, and up until 12:01am Saturday, I will eat nothing else. This will also exclude non-water drinks, so no juice either. I will post a daily log here, and you will get to see/read about this painful experience.

You can stay tuned by checking the site, or subscribing to the RSS feed. All future posts will be tagged as rations.

Wish me luck...

A week with no food...
Well, not real food anyway
We'll see how this goes

Godspeed.
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