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Default Recipe for Unimix or Other Nutritionally Complete Food?

Frogleg wrote:

> On 5 Nov 2003 10:07:41 -0800, wrote:
>
>
>>>>I read about a food called "Unimix" which is supposed to be
>>>>nutritionally complete, and was wondering if anyone had a recipe for
>>>>it. Alternatively, if anyone has a recipe for some other
>>>>nutritionally complete food (like bars of some sort that I can eat day
>>>>in or day out) or even places where I can buy such a food, I would
>>>>greatly appreciate it.
>>>
>>>I can find no reference to "unimix" that refers to a food substance.

>>
>>Do a google search for "Unimix food" (without the quotes) and you will
>>receive many hits. Disregard the first few, and you'll see articles
>>that mention it in passing as a famine relief food.

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>
> Well, blow me down. "Unimix" didn't turn up anything food-related on
> the first couple of pages and I gave up.
>
> Adding the qualifier yielded quite a few hits on a food material
> developed by Roche of Switzerland which appears to be a high-protein
> fortified flour used as a food *supplement* in emergency situations.
> It's *not* a complete food or a complete diet.
>
> A "recipe" for UNIMIX is a contradiction in terms. If you believe it
> to be a complete nutritional program, then surely all you have to do
> is spoon it out and swallow. Various diet foods and nutritional
> substitutes for Real Food exist -- sugar, water, protein powder, and
> vitamins. UNIMIX is probably Boost without the water.
>
> If you're interested enough to query a cooking group, why not consider
> cooking Real Food? People don't eat kibble -- goats eat kibble. There
> is no human "cuisine" based on a basic mix of nutritional absolutes.
> In desperate situations, supplements may need to be supplied, but
> flour, cooking oil, and vitamin pills aren't food for life.
>
> One of my brothers had a housemate who decided unheated cans of
> condensed soup were adequate for human life, and bought a case to
> sustain him over a busy week. A youthful constitution can survive just
> about anything. :-)



Eeeeeeew! Gross!

Peg