Cooking in the Danger Zone | October 01, 2010 | 15 comments

Afghanistan: Cooking in the Danger Zone

MikeBunnell
Intrepid food journalist Stefan Gates cooks his way around Afghanistan, including a brief stint with the US Army, where he learns how to make the most of the pre-packaged, high-protein rations known as "meals ready to eat," or MREs.

If Vanguard did a food show, it'd be Cooking in the Danger Zone. Gates goes on a worldwide odyssey to check out the crazy (to us) foods that people eat in the far flung corners of the globe. In each episode he samples the culture and meets the locals before diving into the local delicacy.

Watch Cooking in the Danger Zone on Current TV, Sundays at 10/9c.
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  • HellastOne
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      HellastOne  

    • ...
      Chili Mac will never let you Down...
      its just too Bad the *Same* cant be said about People...
      how Many people have fallen never to get up again having chili mac as the last thing they ingested?..
      One finds it odd how people seem to look around their surroundings but never Really See what this world and the (People) running it are doing to it and the other people in it who are willing to do what ever they are told for a box of live ammunition some Rations and the promise of a guaranteed better tomorrow... for only the Brave the fearless the Strong the Ambitious the Spectacular man and Woman can join a faction such as the US Military... place is not made for Dummies... oR something... good Job you Heartless ignorant ruthless BasTerds...

    • 1 year ago
  • donkeyfly69
  • Phil_Kayumba
  • NLCHOUSTON
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      NLCHOUSTON  

    • Hey guys, the Afghanistan episode of Cooking in the Danger Zone, was awasome even better with the lil tour of the Russian memorabilia of tanks left behind by the Russian's back on the war of the 1980's

    • 1 year ago
  • donkeyfly69
  • Yon_KoKo
  • NatasRedrumDog
  • Natalie_Williams
  • saskia
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      saskia  

    • it's amazing how powdered food, heated by a water-dependent chemical reaction, is considered edible... I wonder what it tastes like!

    • 1 year ago
  • NatasRedrumDog
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      NatasRedrumDog  
    • saskia:

      The chemical reaction that heats up the food, doesn't actually make contact with the food. It's not as bad as you think, its pretty much canned food put into a foil pouch. No powder involved.

    • 1 year ago
  • CarlosIsDown
  • doody21
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      doody21  

    • Chili Mac, what they fail to tell you is the nutritional guide to this stuff. I tried one once, over 400% DV of sodium and 80% saturated fat in one entree. But the Army cares for it's soldiers.

    • 1 year ago
  • CarlosIsDown
  • frank_runyeon
  • Tophermen

episodes

AFGHANISTAN
Sunday, October 3, 10/9c

SOUTH KOREA
Sunday, October 10, 10/9c

UGANDA
Sunday, October 17, 10/9c

TONGA AND FIJI
Sunday, October 24, 10/9c

CHINA
Sunday, October 31, 10/9c

NUCLEAR NOSH (CHERNOBYL)
Sunday, November 7, 10/9c

COOKING WITH REBELS (BURMA)
Sunday, November 14, 10/9c

COLD CUTS (ARCTIC CIRCLE)
Sunday, November 21, 9/8c

CASTE OFFS (INDIA)
Sunday, November 28, 10/9c

COOKING WITH EL PRESIDENTE (VENEZUELA)
Sunday, December 5, 10/9c

CAMEROON AND ETHIOPIA
Sunday, December 12, 10/9c

MEXICO AND HAITI
Sunday, December 19, 10/9c

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Sunday, December 26, 10/9c

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