Dr. Phil McGraw Army Meal Prompts Vegetarian Questions
Written by Vegetarian Star on January 26th, 2010 in Food & Drink, TV Hosts.
Dr. Phil gave both some food voyeurism into one of his latest meals as well as some advice about repelling mosquitoes in a recent Tweet.
The food sounds great, but the anti bug biting advice…not so great.
“Jordan chks in: About to dine on a veggie lasagna MRE. Ate two match heads Army guys say sulfur keeps Mosquitos off of u.”
According to Backpacker magazine, the advice about eating match heads should be taken out by a grenade:
“It’s a myth. Matches contain poisonous chemicals in addition to sulfur. Save them for cooking dinner and not your intestines.”
Yikes!
But those vegetarian MREs made especially for the troops sound delish!
What are the options for a vegetarian defending his or her country?
The Epic Center showcases a variety of ready to eat meals the United States military provides to their service members and at a glance, the variety is impressive.
Veggie burgers, vegetable lasagna, vegetarian chili with beans and veggie crumbles over pasta with marinara sauce.
Beans, cheese and faux meat will satisfy some, but where’s the tofu, fruit and soy milk?
And are any of these entrees vegan for our egg and dairy free soldiers?
Still waiting for Dr. Phil to update his Twitter about the taste.
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May 4th, 2011 at 8:06 am
As a vegetarian soldier currently deployed to Operation New Dawn, I can speak first hand on the vegetarian offerings of the Army. The MREs have definitely gotten better, and there are 4 meals out of 24 available MRE menus that are vegetarian. However, none of these are vegan.
In the Dining Facilities, it can actually be more difficult to find sufficient vegetarian options. Non-animal proteins are extremely limited. As you mentioned, they rarely, if ever, offer tofu, tempeh, or brown rice. Soy milk is usually available, but it is often consumed by our meat-eating counterparts, as an alternative to the shelf stable tetrapak cows milk that is offered.
May 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am
I too, am deployed in support of OND. The DFAC is not very feasible for our lifestyle. I have less energy and now, to make things even more difficult, the places we could purchase hummus from are now off limits. Yes, soy milk is usually available, as previously mentioned. And it is true that the carnivors do consume all of our soy milk, which leaves us empty for a few days at a time. I have yet to see any form of meat replacement or cheese alternatives. I wish that there were.
Veg Soldier–if you’d like, perhaps we can meet up if we are at the same location?
May 9th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
@ Veg Soldier, nice to hear first hand about the veggie meals in the army. Thanks.