tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post7803430817135781886..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Meal Pill Skeptic (1936)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-46836429167448031912008-12-21T18:22:00.000-05:002008-12-21T18:22:00.000-05:00There really are "food pills" for survival situati...There really are "food pills" for survival situations; they have fats, vitamins and minerals in them. The average man (150 lbs) has to eat TEN of them for one meal and it's recomended that you replace ONLY ONE meal a day with them.<BR/>An ad I've seen sells 100 pills in a quart bottle designed to fit in the US canteen cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-55881054128802903152008-11-18T15:40:00.000-05:002008-11-18T15:40:00.000-05:00as though eating or cooking was such a chore.Actua...<I>as though eating or cooking was such a chore.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, it was moreso than most people realize. Check out the info and video at PBS' <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/house/kitchen/cooking.html" REL="nofollow">1900 House</A> project. Things weren't that different 20-30 yrs later in food tech.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention for the vast majority of people (i.e. all but the well-to-do set) meals were genrally monotonous affair. This is where the tradition of extravagent holiday meals comes from. If food is not much beyond sustinence to you, a pill could be an ideal solution.<BR/><BR/>But cooking was ate up (no pun intended) a large chunk of the homemaker's day. <BR/><BR/>That said, I love cooking and food, so I too wonder why people didn't just hope for the kind of take-out and/or easily prepared food that we enjoy today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-27882081528951630772008-11-17T06:21:00.000-05:002008-11-17T06:21:00.000-05:00Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes a profound stat...Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes a profound statement on this subject:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY01eAnaEYQ&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-58728247549905013492008-11-16T17:20:00.000-05:002008-11-16T17:20:00.000-05:00I foresee an opposite future. Instead of concentr...I foresee an opposite future. Instead of concentrating food into pill form, I see food being less and less caloric, so you can eat more and not be so fat. People clearly love eating, why would we want to ban it?Leftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15040026919195783328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-35619284796792133462008-11-14T17:55:00.000-05:002008-11-14T17:55:00.000-05:00Reminds me of this comment on an earlier meal pill...Reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.paleofuture.com/2008/04/whole-meal-in-pill-1923.html?showComment=1208320320000#c4898184634885155387" REL="nofollow">this comment</A> on an earlier meal pill article, where I roughly estimated that a day's meal "pills" would have to be over 300 g and 12 cubic inches in volume.Aaron T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04635468085472594517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-10524757553560743492008-11-14T08:29:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:29:00.000-05:00I'm glad someone stood up to the tyranny of the me...I'm glad someone stood up to the tyranny of the meal pill! That was one of those especially weird prognostications just taken for granted in futurism... It just assumed that we'd want to eat pills because it was available, as though eating or cooking was <I>such</I> a chore. I can understand wanting a flying car, robot maid or moving sidewalk, but to stop eating? I <I>like</I> eating. I like the taste and texture and smell of food and the communal act of gathering with friends and family.Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.com