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Hi guys,

a few days ago NORGE animates me to make a review of a good old darkbrown MRE .

viewtopic.php?t=1878

Today I decided to go in my basement and looking for the right one to do that:

MENU NO. 2
CORNED BEEF HASH
SO-PAK-CO, INC.


After opening the MRE it turned out that it was packed 1989. The appearance of all packages was great .

Here are some pictures of the entrees:

All at one view


CORNED BEEF HASH; 9082; SO-PAK-CO, INC.
APPLESAUCE; 9138; SO-PAK-CO, INC.


COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER; 9088; JIANAS BROS.
BEVERAGE BASE POWDER LEMON-LIME; 9151; TRANS-PACKERS SERVICES CORP.


BROWNIES, CHOCOLATE COVERED; 9173; STERLING BAKERY, INC.
APPLE JELLY; 9046; THERMO PAC, INC.


CRACKERS; 9173; SO-PAK-CO, INC.
ACCESSORY PACKET A; 9178; SO-PAK-CO, INC.
SPOON; NIB; without tip


I compared the entrees with menu list from mreinfo.com

http://www.mreinfo.com/us/mre/menus-vii ... -1989.html

and found some differences :
FRUIT FREEZE DRIED here is APPLESAUCE
OATMEAL COOKIE BAR here is BROWNIES, CHOCOLATE COVERED

Tomorrow I will open all packages (norge, you can visit me if you like, I certainly need some competent advices, simply take an airplane and fly to NUREMBERG, the remaining way to "FICHTELGEBIRGE" you can take a train ) , taste the contents if it is possible and show the whole procedure here the next days !

I hope that at least some entrees are still edible !

So long mreheater72

If we get you and norge in the same place trying out old rations, then we're definitely going to need Housil there, too, for his medical experience! :-)

yes!
looking forward to see the taste test
at first look everything look great,no leaks or bulging
good vacum so its should not be a problem to do a full
scale eat/test.
what i follow is smell,taste,the looks of some items migth
change with the years but not in the taste or eat value!
i have eaten a lot of old rations and have not gotten il,
just normal mre gas .
when it comes to a germany tour id love to,but i have to
try next summer since i work a lot in the summer
and i also fixing the house i live in...
housil: we migth need a medic in case mreheater72
let me gig in some crats he have in his collection
big cheers from norge

kman wrote:If we get you and norge in the same place trying out old rations, then we're definitely going to need Housil there, too, for his medical experience!

I´m on the way...

first i thought norge makes a taste test again - but then i was surprised as i saw mreheater72 is doing that...

but in the end:

a few days ago NORGE animates me to make a review of a good old darkbrown MRE .

i was right norge has to do something with that

btw: has anyone seen/read kato the last time???


great pics (why were the colors of the items in the dark brown bags that different? the new mre are all the same color...?! diverse manufacturers?

Hi guys,

I opened all packages today in the afternoon:

Here are the photos with comments:

CORNED BEEF HASH and APPLESAUCE without cardboard


COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER, still powdery, no clumping


BEVERAGE BASE POWDER LEMON-LIME, still podery, no clumping


All at one view
COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER and BEVERAGE BASE POWDER LEMON-LIME taste sweet and yummy as always


CORNED BEEF HASH, perfect smell, good appearance , in spite of that I didn’t taste


APPLESAUCE, perfect smell, perfect taste , the color might have been become a little bit darker than a “fresh” one. I ate it completely


CRACKERS (not broken, perfect condition) and APPLE JELLY, perfect smell, perfect taste, no difference between some from 2007, yummy, ate it completely


BROWNIES, CHOCOLATE COVERED perfect smell, perfect taste, I enjoyed it , in my opinion better than all present bars (ranger, chocolate sports bar, …). By far the best entree of the whole MRE


Close-up of cutted BROWNIES, CHOCOLATE COVERED


ACCESSORY PACKET A, all entrees were in best condition , the coffee, creamer and sugar I will take for breakfast tomorrow , CHICLETS were a little bit hard, but still tasty


I’m really surprised of the very good condition of and 19 year old MRE . All entrees were still edible (although I didn’t eat the CORNED BEEF HASH)!! The appearance, smell and taste was great and I’m still alive . Housil, I think you can turn back !

Norge, I’m glad that I decided to taste a dark brown MRE, but there are waiting some more in my basement …

So long mreheater72

brave fellow!!!!!
im glad you gave it a try out,next time you
just have to try the dinner
as i wrote before i have never been sick or ill
afther eating a mre,any model.
just follow the smell-taste-look-leaking procedure
i think you will be just fine.

your mre was perfect! now i have to do another
test to

cant wait until the next old stock mre test from you!!

cheers from norge

norge wrote:your mre was perfect! now i have to do another
test to

cant wait until the next old stock mre test from you!!

cheers from norge

I´m waiting impatiently for your next test !

I just consider what menu no. I will choose next!

So long mreheater72

Hey norge???
On the picture you posted the item besides the caramels is an oatmeal/granola bar???

If it is, it looks similar to the ones in the survival GP cans I'll be sending you....

hello bypah and mreheater72
bypah: yes its a oatmeal bar,they used to be a lot of
them in the old brown bag mres.
to bad they dont use them any more :cry

mreheater72:here is what im testing tomorrow,but when i
chosed this i didnt now how old it was its to new......
but 1994 was a good year in the american mre district
(tryed to be funny,you know wine district,good year )

here is the menu:

i noticed that this mars bar was soft,shaken it a bit and its powder dry.
the rest you will have to wait.

will also try some bread,brown baged,have to check the date
tomorrow.


cheers from norge