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Vets: How old is this Army food? #6982781
09/04/20 06:51 PM
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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982782
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Can is a little rusty.....

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982786
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pre-1981 for sure. At that point MRE's showed up in the Regular Army. I know some of the C-Rats we were eating then were nearly a decade old. lol

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982795
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One thing is for sure; and with the label still visiable is that they used BPA plastic to coat it. Any of you marines have swollen prostrates ? now you know why !

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982798
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In 1990 we were in the field and I dug up a can of crackers dated 1967. Can was in good shape so we opened them and they were just fine.

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982800
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60’s-70’s - probably too old for you to try it - I remember it being labeled chopped ham & eggs and it wasn’t too bad back in the day. Try it out on a buddy and get back to us...

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982831
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We had em in 78 yet. Those eggs had a weird greenish tint to them but were OK in the dark LOL. They took the smokes out of them before then.


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982837
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In 1960 we eat a lot of c-rations. C-rations go back a long ways. LOL


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982839
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Had them in Nam, when you lit up cigs they burned like a fuse. These were left over fm fighting the Japs in the islands.


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982841
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Green Eggs and Ham. That is what I called them
Still had them into 82, and then they had that dehydrated stuff.
The memories. Lol

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982848
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The dehydrated stuff was the old LRRP rations. You could pour some water in one, tie it off and put it in your shirt in the morning - after humping a ruck all day In the boonies you had hot chow at dinner time. Not good, but hot.

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982849
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Had them in 55-58 some were not to bad. Tried to feed sausage patties and gravy to a dog and he ran from it!


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982852
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Stick yer tongue through that rust hole and have a taste.Did ya smoke the five pack of smokes yet?


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Deerhunter51] #6982884
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Originally Posted by Deerhunter51
60’s-70’s - probably too old for you to try it - I remember it being labeled chopped ham & eggs and it wasn’t too bad back in the day. Try it out on a buddy and get back to us...


Saw a guy on you tube eat part of a civil war hard tack. By that logic you’re still well within the edible range.


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982891
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C-Rats and LRRP rations will outlast us all.
Don't open 'em unless you use a P-38 - LOL!
As far as C-rats... Ham and Limas - nasty-NASTY stuff!


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: cheechako] #6982893
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Originally Posted by cheechako


Saw a guy on you tube eat part of a civil war hard tack. By that logic you’re still well within the edible range.


Steve1989 makes some good old MRE videos. Here is the civil war one.




Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982897
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SOS (stuit on a shingle) it was warm some times.


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982898
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Had them 76-79. Some weren't too bad, depending on how hungry I was.


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Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: Canvasback2] #6982900
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There is a date of 45 on the box

Re: Vets: How old is this Army food? [Re: ShawneeMan] #6982918
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Originally Posted by ShawneeMan
C-Rats and LRRP rations will outlast us all.
Don't open 'em unless you use a P-38 - LOL!
As far as C-rats... Ham and Limas - nasty-NASTY stuff!



Ham & limas was my favorite.

I still have a whole case of C's in the back room. Vintage 1965


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