1980 Mountain House Shrimp Creole

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Salty Croc
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1980 Mountain House Shrimp Creole

Post by Salty Croc » Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:45 am

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Ok, this one was bad. When I bought it I knew the outer bag was compromised, but the meal was still protected in the inner bag, right?😉 So I thought I would give it a go. The inner bag was stuck to the inside of the outer bag and it had a foul smell right away. But hey, some of the old LRP’s have a funky smell but taste fine. Once I added the boiling water the stink got WAY worse. And didn’t get any better after letting it. Now I’m brave, heck I eat 40 year old cheese, but this one got me. I just couldn’t. It did make a huge pile of food and I wish it were edible.

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-Salty

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Re: 1980 Mountain House Shrimp Creole

Post by Smitty » Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:33 am

I was really hoping this would be a-okay. Such a shame! Good on you for not trying it haha.
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Re: 1980 Mountain House Shrimp Creole

Post by Salty Croc » Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:43 pm

Yeah, I would try just about anything but this one was a hard NO! Gonna try a "good" one next week 😄

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1980 Mountain House

Post by Tedster » Tue Jul 27, 2021 8:26 am

Yeah, once I saw the pic I could tell immediately the mylar/foil packaging was damaged. If the seal is broken unfortunately the food is not safe to consume, this happens in a matter of days or even hours.

The "vintage" Mountain House logos & colors, the packaging brings back trail memories, when you saw that stuff it meant you were on a REAL backcountry adventure. 20 mile day, and that was the "reward", FD crap with too much salt & MSG. Makes my feet hurt just looking at it. :)

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