S'pore food packs for Iran quake victims - WHEN the Singapore Red Cross wanted to make sure the food they were sending to earthquake victims in Bam, Iran, would be palatable to them, they got help from an Iranian businessman based here

idiots! why don't you get help from the poor suckers who have to eat the bloody things, i.e. NSFs? we can tell you just how bloody "palatable" that gunk is!

...These dark green pouches of food are what national servicemen take with them on field exercises. Throw the pouch in boiling water for a few minutes and the food is ready to eat

the food is never "ready to eat" unless you happen to be packing a hazmat suit and gas mask. and you've cauterised your tastebuds.

...The pouches bear special labels with instructions in English and Farsi, which were printed by the Red Cross

for the sake of the iranians, i hope it reads "DANGER: toxic substance. if ingested seek medical attention immediately"

...Mr Lim Theam Poh, manager of Singapore Red Cross' international services division, said: 'This is food that our soldiers who are preparing for war eat to get their energy, so it will be just as good for the earthquake victims.'

you poor, ignorant sonofabitch.
there are people who survive on biscuits and water for days, just to avoid eating that crap, i kid you not.