1995 m&m´s

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1995 m&m´s

Post by jubifahrer » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:24 am

Yesterday i got 20 brown MRE.

i opened one, to take a look how old they are.

There were 1995 chocolate m&m inside.

very delicious, very nice color.

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why do they tell us in the supermarket an best before date of not more than 2 years ?

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Post by German_EPA » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:06 am

why do they tell us in the supermarket an best before date of not more than 2 years ?
maybe because the m&ms out the the mre are in one or two (nearly) airtight bags...
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Post by C-rats » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:05 am

Because they want us to eat them up faster, thereby creating more sales.


Those sly devils.... :twisted:
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Blue M&M

Post by jfko6 » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:02 pm

Notice there are no blue M&M's in that bag.
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Re: Blue M&M

Post by davek » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:19 pm

jfko6 wrote:Notice there are no blue M&M's in that bag.
And there ARE tan ones! If you didn't eat all of those, I bet someone would pay a bunch of money for those on eBay. Every time I find a doubled Cheez-it or huge cornflake I am tempted. People have paid thousands of dollars for outsized Chee-tos, potato chips, and so on. Perfect tan M&Ms would be gold!

And the reasons those kept well also include the shell itself. It would keep the cocoa butter from leaching out of the chocolate, preventing the off-taste of chocolate with that whitish "bloom." They were picked for their stability, but I am a little surprised that 13 year old ones are still ok. If someone offered me a 1977 bag of M&Ms when I was 13, I would have turned it down.

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No blue M&M's

Post by madcapmagician » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:41 pm

Blue m&m's were only added later on in 1995. They had a contest in 1995 to choose the next color, and blue was the winner :idea:
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Post by bl00k » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:55 am

I had some Crispy M&M's from a 2004 MRE and they didn't taste that good. They looked fine and were edible, but tasted a bit off.

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Post by mreheater72 » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:32 pm

Hi Rudi,

can you post some more pics of the other entrees??

Hagen (mreheater72)

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