You're right about nuts housil, I have had my share of bad luck and can certainly attest to that and not just with MCI orange nut rolls or MRE orange nut cakes! I'm still wondering about the orange part itself though----do you know if orange in anything can give it a bitter taste if it has been sit...

I admit, this thread does leave me curious about military surplus MRE's you can find on Ebay or other sale venues. Mainly in that while the odds are of these cases having been 'lost' are fairly high, what sort of legality may be involved with other smaller quantities one often encounters?