Britsh Army 24Hr Ration Pack/Rations Menu C

Rotting_Eyes · Post by **Rotting_Eyes** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:55 am

I've found this ebay seller that is selling Britsh Army 24Hr Ration Pack/Rations Menu C , Don't you guys buy them all up

, I want to add one or two to my stock pile .

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true

Off the subject I've just got six mre's for 1988 , Im not to sure if I should eat them or not

, Should I eat them ?

Post by **kman** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:34 am

Hi Rotting_Eyes - welcome to the forums!

As for those 1988 MREs, I'd say go ahead and try them. Just use some common sense when opening the various parts - don't eat anything if the package is swelling or torn, smell everything first, take a small taste to make sure it's ok, etc. If anything seems "off", don't take a chance and just toss it.

Lifesaver · Post by **Lifesaver** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:13 pm

Hey Rotting-Eyes,

If you are going to bid on those British 24 hour rations, I would send a note to the seller asking about shipping fees, first. In the past, I have done that. I have been quoted as high as $35 to ship ONE 24 hour ration to the states. The lowest cost I have been quoted was $18. Again, that quote was per ration. IMHO, that makes the cost of these rations more than I want to spend. YMMV.

Lifesaver

Bil4444 · Post by **Bil4444** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:52 pm

I did a BIN for four of these 24 hr ration packs and the shipping was calculated at $92. Needless to say that the UK seller was kind enough to cancel the sale.

Post by **kman** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:18 pm

Wow! That's a lot of shipping!

dermeister025 · Post by **dermeister025** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:20 am

Yep, i was gonna bid on 4 of them from the UK but the seller estimated around 55 pounds for shipping... that works out to what, about $120 canadian? so it looks like my only chance is trying to find someone in north america that has them. Royal Mail has some pretty outragous rates, i hear quite often that it's more expensive to ship something from UK to here than to ship the same thing to there.

Rotting_Eyes · Post by **Rotting_Eyes** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:19 am

yes , I agree with you guys the shipping was ALOT ...... oh well

As for my first mre from 1988 (chicken ala king)
smells good , taste very good
looks very odd though

Nice chatting with you guys , see you around forums

CaptBob · Post by **CaptBob** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:44 am

I have a case of MREs from 1988. And I've opened a few of them -- previous post: viewtopic.php?t=288

Bottom line: most survivable, entrees; least survivable, drink mixes and M&M's.

Enjoy!

MreKampr · Post by **MreKampr** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:39 pm

CaptBob wrote:I have a case of MREs from 1988. And I've opened a few of them -- previous post: viewtopic.php?t=288

Bottom line: most survivable, entrees; least survivable, drink mixes and M&M's.

Enjoy!

From reading tests the items that go first seem to be spreads,jams,candies
lol..the m&m,s are still current production items
i wonder how long the military have been using them
they call them pan coated disks!

http://www.mreinfo.com/mre-menu-2006.html

lol..lookin at the website it looks like since WWII
http://us.mms.com/us/about/history/

That has to be a record for a mil ration item