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 PROVISIONS LOAD LIST - SEALAB H (Continued) 



♦Sources: 



Military if Federal Stock Number is shown. 

 " • ■ b. Sexton & Co. (Metropolitan Los Angeles), 18383 So. Susana Road, Compton, 

 Calif, Area Code 213-636-2311. 

 c. Contact reliable wholesale grocer for: 



(1) Borden's Freeze-Dry Omelet and Starlac. 

 (2)Nestle's Quik. 



(3) Chef Boyardee (American Home Food). 

 tSecure in plastic squeeze bottle, if available. 



JSpecial procurement, if desired - Defense Personnel Support Center, 2800 South 20th St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



By and large, the majority of foods provided for use were of the 

 Three separate items were included for test and evaluation: 



'heat and eat" variety. 



1. Commercial, freeze-dried omelet mix for breakfast meals and sandwiches 



2. Commercial tinned whole milk preparation, Sterifresh, marketed by Sausner Foods and 

 provided gratis by the New York Office of the Small Business Administration. 



3. Plastic prepackaged meals, frozen, provided by Thomas Distributing Company, Newport 

 Beach, California. This package could be immersed in boiling water for up to 15 minutes for 

 thawing and cooking. 



During the bottom stay for each team, aquanauts were requested to comment upon the de- 

 sirability of meals. In the main, meals were considered palatable and generally good, although 

 midway through each of the periods, some of the aquanauts complained about the monotony of 

 the meals. In subsequent conversations, it developed that variety is in fact the spice of life, 

 and that a good thing can be overdone. 



