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[ musical flourish ]

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by playing with your food.

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You never know when NASA will need your PB&J potato chip

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sandwich recipe. Let's read the following passage. [two astronauts complaining about food]

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[ mumbles ]

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[ mumbling continues ]

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All right, which of the following statements is most accurate?

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And here are the potential answers.

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[ gong ]

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All right, we can shelve answer D first. [Napoleon asking Appert to make a sandwich]

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The passage does not mention Napoleon reaching out

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to Appert specifically.

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Napoleon was a little busy in the 1790s as we recall.

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All right, we can also eliminate answer C.

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Nothing in the passage leads us to believe that Napoleon was

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interested in science. [scientist in a lab performing an experiment]

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It's safe to assume that he was interested in not starving to death, however.

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We know that the answer can't be B

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because of the word "almost."

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Even though Appert's method was almost identical

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to modern day canning, it wasn't the same thing.

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So we can strike B off the list.

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Which is good news for Napoleon because, uh, well, who knows how much [Napoleon checking the price of a can opener]

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cash he would've had to pony up for someone to invent the can opener.

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That means answer A is our answer.

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Not only was the food fit to eat at any time

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during Napoleon's campaigns, but most of the time it was identifiable.

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And we can say the same thing about our cafeteria here at Shmoop. [man standing in a cafeteria with fruit, meat and food at the display counter]

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[ ew ]

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