25 year MRE's

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25 year MRE's

Post by Bypah » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:18 pm

Recently I got some 1980's mre items and well I tried some of them. :shock:
Items were:
-chicken and ham loaf -fruit and pineapple nut cakes
- a ham loaf
- chicken a la king
-dried beef patties (2x)
-crackers and pb
-cocoa and dried fruit mix
-dried peaches

I remember some of those "first generation " mre's when I was a kid. I used to receive them from an aunt that was in the army,those were her b-day gifts to me...at the time It was a novelty and I loved them!!! :D well I still love my MRE's!!

Now for the tryouts....All of the entrees were in their boxes,no dents and the packages had no ruptures. When I opened them It surprised me that after 25+ years they still had the vaccum!!! altohug the contents didn't look nice at all :shock: The ham loaves they were darker and the chicken a la king a big "goo"....at least my doggie loved it!! ...lol
The fruit cakes looked dark,all of the fruit gone.They also had a good vaccum, a nice metallic smell ..but....I wasn't going for them :shock:
The peanut butter was all but a goner too. :(

BUT.....the FD held their ground, The fruit mix was still good after25+yrs! :shock: It had a good vacuum seal and it tasted like it was packed yesterday!!!! I ate it dried and it was good.The peaches were a black dried thing...not good!

Also the beef patties tasted ok,a lil' stale but edible.I ate them dried too. The crackers??? they were not so good,they didn't had the vaccum seal and whn I opened them,hthey were crunchy...at least my doggie loved them....lol
Finally the cocoa...after 25+years it tasted ok,nice and frothy....:-)

Would i do this again??NOOOOO :shock: !!!!
I like to just rememder those days when as a kid enjoyed my aunt's MRE b-day gifts.NOW?? I just buy them and enjoy them fresh....:-)

Ahhh...sorry for the pics , I got none :-(...but take my word for it TRUST ME! 8)
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Post by Big Galloot » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:33 am

Perhaps you can arrange to have a cat around for your next test.

While some may disagree, I feel that feeding your MRE to a cat provides for a truly definitive test.
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Post by kman » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:40 am

No pictures?!! Oh, the humanity! :-) Would have loved to see some pics of that Ham Loaf. Might have made good material for an "MRE Halloween of Horrors" front page for the website.

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Post by German_EPA » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:56 am

thats a strange thing... they use cats for testing MREs all over the world... :? :lol:

(..except in norway and japan... ) :D (im just kidding :wink: )
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Post by Bypah » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:05 am

I'M ALIVE!!!!!! :lol: After eating the FD fruit mix and the beef patties!!! :P
Sorry about the pics :cry: I heard that the cats are a delicacy in some parts of the world...lol :shock: (joking!! :lol: ) Also mi minpin is alive and well too.... :)

But ...I open up and enjoyed a can of vegetable beans goverment issue....8+ years old :shock: .....It was goooddddd.... :D with some nice up to date wieners.....yummmm :P

Have a good one everybody!
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Post by MR.EMAN » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:44 pm

Well someone's gotta say it...

PICS, or it DIDN'T happen!! :lol:

Glad to see others willing to temp fate by testing old rations. Only encourages me to keep trying older ones as well.

@ Kman. I've eaten four 12 year old IMP's this week. Had beans & weiners this morning. Gimme another day and I'll have some good "material" for MRE Halloween of horrors :lol:

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Post by Bypah » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:47 am

MR.EMAN wrote:Well someone's gotta say it...

PICS, or it DIDN'T happen!! :lol:
Well...1st I don't have a digital cam or scanner.... :shock: :roll:
2nd Have faith my friend ...FAITH....lol :lol:
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