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I just posted this story in another thread but it's kind of relevant to what we're discussing here:

137-year-old brew tastes 'absolutely amazing'
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obviously, it’s better to find vintage drinks than vintage food

The older ration found in my area was a c-rat buried in a cave since 1944. The friend who dug it out first though it was a mine: as he touched it with his shovel, the tin exploded with a strong noise, some 50 years old rotten beans flew throughout the room and he was all covered with a stinky sticky brown sh!t from his head to his knees
The air in the cave was stinking so much that nobody could approach it for a few days.
He didn’t want to try the cheese in the other tin, we’ll never know how it could have tasted

Now when I find an old unopened tin in a cave, I leave it alone...

Wait a sec... he thought it was a mine, so he poked it with a shovel?

no: he though he hit a mine when he heard the big bang, closed he eyes, felt he was all covered with something wet and though it was his own guts because of the sh.. smell

Oh man, Stef. I was laughing my ass off about that story until I read your second comment. I forget that unexploded ordinance can be a real problem when you're out exploring like that.

Still...I'm glad it worked out ok...that's a great story.

Well, this cave was used as a depot by the Germans then the US Army in late 1944: it was full of mess kits, rations, medical supplies and even a few German Glasminen 43 (glass mines).

They were intensively used as jam or flower pots by everybody in the area

Thanks God, none of them was active but now as I realise how unexploded ordinance can be dangerous, I think we were crazy.

kman wrote:MREs are kind of funny like that - you end up saving what you think is the worst one for when you're most desperately hungry and then you find out that it's actually pretty good.

I've never had a problem with the Bean and Rice Burrito - only had a couple of them but they're pretty good with the picante sauce. IIRC, I think DirtyDave loves them.

The MRE I'm saving (meaning I'm scared to eat) is a 1992 Omelet with Ham - but I don't know if I'll ever be hungry enough to try that one. Maybe curiosity will get the best of me someday.

I think I'm the only person that likes CCC. Was out pig hunting early one morning, tossed it on the dashboard to let the defroster heat it up. Darn tasty at 6:30 in the morning.

And of course there are two fears. The fear of taste. And the fear of the after-flatulence. Eeek!

CCC is also one of my favourites- a nice mild Bhuna sauce (that'd be tomato based curry to y'all ) and good noodles....Lots of filling nosh.

Hey Demoncase - looks like you win the prize for the 5000th post here on the forums! I just wish I had a prize for you.

And isn't it ironic that the 5000th post here is something to do with Country Captain Chicken?

Make my prize a CCC MRE and that would be the ultimate irony

Failing that I'll just bask in the glory