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Overview
Daniel ate an MRE featuring cold, bland, and stodgy pasta with overpowering ketchup, found the meal awful compared to options like a pot noodle, and abandoned finishing it, saving it for the next day.
Daniel attempted to rinse away the unpleasant flavor with a KitKat, producing a bad combined taste reminiscent of KitKat mixed with vinegar.
Themes
Dissatisfaction with the MRE pasta and ketchup due to its cold temperature, heavy ketchup, and bland, stodgy texture.
Criticism of military MREs and preference for a pot noodle.
Decision to abandon finishing the meal and save it for tomorrow.
Unpleasant flavor resulting from eating a KitKat immediately after the meal.
Developments
Daniel ate an MRE containing cold pasta and ketchup.
Daniel stopped eating the MRE and decided to save it for the next day.
Daniel ate a KitKat after trying the MRE.
Uncertainties & gaps
The composition or nature of the brown substance in the meal was unknown to Daniel.