Oldest MRE or oldest other food you have eaten

bl00k · Post by **bl00k** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:05 am

I wondered what the oldest MRE or other shelf-stable food you have eaten was. So i'm talking about the time between when the food was produced and when you ate it. How did it taste?

The oldest i have eaten is an Almond Poppy Seed Pound Cake dated 4038 on 8279 (6 october 2008). So that's 4 years and 9 months old. It tasted great! I'd say it was a tiny bit dryer but other than that still in perfect condition.

I'm guessing this will turn out to nothing when we hear what you all have eaten.

Post by **German_EPA** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:12 am

i guess my oldest was a cracker (pd 1987) or a walnut cake (about 1980)

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:57 am

Hi,
an old MCI from the Viet Nam era (don't remember the date) but it was in the mid 80's , only 10 years after the end of the war.

SpikNik · Post by **SpikNik** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:16 am

My first MRE entree, eaten last year, was a pork one from 1997.

Straight in at the deep end

bishopmarine · Post by **bishopmarine** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:13 am

the oldest i have eaten is a ham slice mre from 1987 i ate it a few weeks ago so it was about 21 years old. it tasted fine.

Bypah · Post by **Bypah** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:09 am

I ate some ol'MRE's from the early 80's and I even wrote in the forums about it. They were between 25-26 years old....yummmmmm

Hey ask norge ,he is the king of old rations....

Peace!

Post by **German_EPA** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:14 am

dont forgett kato

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:23 am

bl00k wrote: other shelf-stable food you have eaten

1988 EPa entree.

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fdsman · Post by **fdsman** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:09 pm

German_EPA wrote:dont forgett kato

40 year old MCI grape jelly

norge · Post by **norge** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:25 pm

1987

1986

1993

yumi

1994

1995

the rations have eaten the last 2 years

cheers norge

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