We were issued “fresh” MREs in the field once in a while, fairly direct from warehouse and they were noticeably better. The pound cakes were amazing when “fresh”, I’d have paid good money for a tall glass of cold Milk. We got "fresh" MREs once, I never had a "fresh" cheese spread before so I wasn´t...

The quality of ingredients were often actually better than the modern rations. The Cocoa, Coffee, and Beverage powders for example, and it isn’t even close. The biggest problem with this old rations (+40 years) is, the acid of the food, e.g. citric acid, starts to react with the inside of the can a...

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Tue Mar 11, 2025 1:58 pm

Most impressiv was the best before date on the main meal 2053

Wow, so they just took the MH best by date over. 30 years.
Thx for sharing!

Just ran across this: https://www.dla.mil/Troop-Support/Subsistence/Operational-rations/Close-Combat-Assault-Ration/ "The CCAR will be available in late 2024/early 2025" The link to the meuns does not work for me https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Rations/CCAR/CCAR_Me...

Did you guys tried this: If you think you may have been a victim of fraud or cyber crime, and live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, you should report this to Action Fraud at www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040 https://www.google.com/search?q=complain+onolineraud+in+uk&oq=comp...

As two years ago, this winter was also cold and dry so we set up a winter camp again. temps were down to -7°C (20F, the first night) so we used tent heaters :wink: fd5ccf27-0e96-461c-8a78-43b18718ec9f.jpg the mess tent IMG_5120.JPEG US bellied stove IMG_5126.JPEG and "Solijanka" soup for dinner. "So...

On Christmas 1944, there was a battle at Manhay, https://www.google.de/maps/place/Geschichtsmuseum+Manhay+44/@50.2901533,5.6577239,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47c04110e44e0925:0xfe20727c0779d285!8m2!3d50.2901533!4d5.6603042!16s%2Fg%2F11gvdj7jhm?hl=de&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3...

Next day IMG_4935.JPEG we visited a WW2 military fair IMG_4939.JPEG IMG_4942.JPEG IMG_4946.JPEG Note, that guy ask´s €1000 for (allegedly) original WW2 rations IMG_4950.JPEG IMG_4952.JPEG from the fair, we went to Bastogne Barracks where they have a museum but also do tank rides Display of an WW2 ai...

This year was the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. As we visited the celebrations in Normandy D-Day this year, https://www.mreinfo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=12739&hilit=normandy winter time means driving to Belgium, visiting Bastogne and their celebrations (again). So I rent a loca...

It´s French, but haven´t seen this before yet.