>>449025It's true that we can't digest most nutrients from "dehydrated foods," such as beef jerky or banana chips, without extra water. That much is actually true. What is not true is that freeze-dried meals, once rehydrated, retain this characteristic. What retardanon seems to be saying is that pic related, which is a rehydrated Mountain House meal, swimming in water, will dehydrate whoever eats it because of some magical property of foods that aren't MREs. At this point, I honestly think that he thinks you're supposed to eat Mountain House meals dry, which is the only condition in which he'd be correct, and is, of course, ludicrous.