Yeah, Spaw, it Is Meant for EMERGENCY use, My Climbing companion (when I was still allowed Mountains) always carried a vacuum Flask full of Food for Emergency use, he always tried to make it something you would ONLY eat in an emergency (unlike KMC which it was easy to snack on, on the move). On one memorable ocassion he filled it with (and am I GLAD no emergency arose) with Curried Oxtail Porridge!!!!!