Emergencies only  

 Yep, I drank enough instant while serving in the Army I care not to do it. BTW, one time I heated water using dried camel dung and the cardboard from my MRE to get my fix. We were somewhere in Saudi Arabia circa 1990  

 Much respect for duty done. o7 

 Hahahaha! I did the same thing! SSgt Ness and I would go around collecting all the MRE coffee from the kids who didn't drink it. Ghastly stuff but effective.  

 Take about 20 creamers, mix in the hot cocoa and you'll be buzzing for a day. How I don't have diabetes from those days. Lol.  

 The cocoa was harder to get but I do remember combining the creamers and freeze dried strawberries sugar and crackers for a bit of an improvised cobbler.  

 I don't know if it's "really good" but we use this to make what we call a CFD. Coffee Flavored Drink. A spoon of "coffee" with two spoons of powdered creamer and two sugar cubes. Twist it all up in little dime bags and it makes a good backpacking coffee. Boil a little water in your cup, dump the baggie in, and enjoy your morning CFD. It tastes better when you're in the woods. Credit to Shug for the recommendation. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Z-B0YTr7PYs

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