Brown Bag Menu Question

[Smitty]

Good catch!

[norge]

date codes are 0283, 0308, 0288.-- 1990 ?
in 1988 the big numbers was added to the mre bag so its after 1988.

That's what I was assuming, a 30 year-old ration. I'm no expert, though.

What do you mean by "big numbers"? How were the date codes printed prior to 1988?

Thank you for the info!

-Zed

the big numbers on the side,menu numbers not date codes
cheers ken

[Xan_Man85]

I can tell you with certainty that it came from a standard case of 1990 MREs. They came from a career Army MSgt. that retired sometime in the mid 90s. I bought this case from him along with two cases of 1982, and a case each of 1989, 1990, and 1992. Here are some pics of the case it came from. It was still sealed and had the bands on it.

[Kays1968]

I can tell you with certainty that it came from a standard case of 1990 MREs.

Great information and photos. Thank you!

-Zed

[norge]

I can tell you with certainty that it came from a standard case of 1990 MREs. They came from a career Army MSgt. that retired sometime in the mid 90s. I bought this case from him along with two cases of 1982, and a case each of 1989, 1990, and 1992. Here are some pics of the case it came from. It was still sealed and had the bands on it.

90case1.jpg

90case2.jpg

90case3.jpg

nice, but do you remember the menus and numbers on the mres? just curios to know

[Kays1968]

nice, but do you remember the menus and numbers on the mres? just curios to know

The menus and numbers (for six, at least) are the ones I showed. My six bags came out of the box in Xan_Man85's pictures.

-Zed

[Xan_Man85]

I can tell you with certainty that it came from a standard case of 1990 MREs.

Great information and photos. Thank you!

-Zed

You're welcome!

[Xan_Man85]

I can tell you with certainty that it came from a standard case of 1990 MREs. They came from a career Army MSgt. that retired sometime in the mid 90s. I bought this case from him along with two cases of 1982, and a case each of 1989, 1990, and 1992. Here are some pics of the case it came from. It was still sealed and had the bands on it.

90case1.jpg

90case2.jpg

90case3.jpg

nice, but do you remember the menus and numbers on the mres? just curios to know

Of the 6 remaining rations, there was a Menu 12 (Escalloped Potatoes w/ Ham), a Menu 2 (Corned Beef Hash), Chicken Ala King, Beef Stew, and two more that have either gotten sold or have otherwise disappeared. The bags for the Chicken Ala King and Beef Stew had bags that were completely falling apart, so I probably threw them away and put the components in a ziploc bag.

[norge]

thanks for the info Xan and Kays

[rareauldmealtimes]

Late to this thread but I freaking admire Zeds follow through on this post. Epic. Thanks for effort as it was an interesting read.