In case anyone is interested in this, I have possession of the item now. I flipped it upside down and took another photo of the bottom to show what it looks like. There is no external signs of leakage or staining from the internal items. I sniffed around and it smells like old cardboard, nothing els...

I'm 54 and he's about 10 years older than me. So, yeah, I'm getting to be "vintage" myself

Jeff

The Jalapeno cheese spread and a tortilla is almost like a makeshift quesadilla, well not really, but you get my drift.

It was a natural for me to combine the two in the meatballs in marinara MRE I ate a week ago.

Jeff

It was stored in Southern California for at least 10 years. It was in the guys house, so indoors of a private residence. He was holding onto it as a "prepping" habit, (although not like the modern phrase indicates). He has other MRE's from a little bit later in his service career, ( I think you can ...

Hi - I'm new to the hobby and just yesterday I met with some friends who are former/retired US Mil. So, as a joke I gave a current MRE to one friend as a gag gift and the conversation reveals that he's got some vintage stuff from when he was in the military. I pestered him into sending me some photo...