1991 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

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norge
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1991 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Post by norge » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:06 pm

Today we gave the spaghetti with meat sauce a chance :D
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The items layed out.everything pretty okay but creamer was rock hard and the tootsie roll tasted old paper....
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The meal plated, the spaghetti was stil good but smelled a bit cheese sharp because of the parmesan but stil no bad taste
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:D

A close up of the spaghetti
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so far it looks like the real old mres from 1983 hold up better than the 1990s ones... strange.

cheers ken and son

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Cortexmelon
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Re: 1991 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Post by Cortexmelon » Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:43 pm

I've noticed that A LOT, early 80s MREs hold up so well compared to other MREs. I always wonder what the true story is on that one haha ;)

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Re: 1991 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Post by norge » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:56 am

maybe they nuced the mres more back in the old days ? :lol:

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Re: 1991 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Post by Tedster » Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:32 pm

Cortexmelon wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:43 pm
I've noticed that A LOT, early 80s MREs hold up so well compared to other MREs. I always wonder what the true story is on that one haha ;)


You aren't the first to notice this, that's for sure. I believe it has to do with the quality or shelf stability of some of the ingredients used, particularly suspect are the fats or oils used today that are now considered "healthier". Palm oil is one example of a supposedly "unhealthy" oil no longer used the the way it once was. It also happens to have a very long shelf life and is not prone to oxidize or go rancid. Anytime Canola oil aka "Rapeseed" is used, sooner or later it will take on varnish or paint like taste and odor. Have seen this with commercial peanut butter in sealed containers.

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