I haven't laughed that hard in a long while.....brings back memories.....good times....LOL!
The worst part was that we had to pay for the damned things.
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No more short term canned prep food for me.
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I haven't laughed that hard in a long while.....brings back memories.....good times....LOL!
The worst part was that we had to pay for the damned things.
My understanding from many prepping years is tomatoes and tomato based substances don't fare well - I believe I was told along the way it was because of the acidity
That being said around circa 1985 - I ate canned C rations that if I remember correctly were canned in 1942 - 44 - The only thing I found unedible was what I thought was potted meat and I was later told were hotdog links that had apparently congealed into one mass - The kind old gentleman who explained it to me said they weren't even worth a damn to begin with -
40+ years & and I have no idea how they were stored - I never got sick and like I said except for the hotdog things everything tasted pretty good
This was also in the days before they had vinyl lined cans - so I would assume food should keep even longer than that now - I would recommend not cooking your food in the water the vegetables are packed in after a long out of date storage because of the PCBs that may be released into it from the vinyl - for obvious reasons you shouldn't heat anything in a can over a campfire anymore either -
I rotate my stock and regularly eat canned peas corn and green beans that are three or four years out of date
Always rinse them and never cook them in the water they were stored in and boil them sufficiently and you should be good to go
That being said around circa 1985 - I ate canned C rations that if I remember correctly were canned in 1942 - 44 - The only thing I found unedible was what I thought was potted meat and I was later told were hotdog links that had apparently congealed into one mass - The kind old gentleman who explained it to me said they weren't even worth a damn to begin with -
40+ years & and I have no idea how they were stored - I never got sick and like I said except for the hotdog things everything tasted pretty good
This was also in the days before they had vinyl lined cans - so I would assume food should keep even longer than that now - I would recommend not cooking your food in the water the vegetables are packed in after a long out of date storage because of the PCBs that may be released into it from the vinyl - for obvious reasons you shouldn't heat anything in a can over a campfire anymore either -
I rotate my stock and regularly eat canned peas corn and green beans that are three or four years out of date
Always rinse them and never cook them in the water they were stored in and boil them sufficiently and you should be good to go
I remember eating C-rations with pack dates of '67 & '68 in '84. They were highly prized when they could be obtained in lieu of MREs.
I agree. Tomatoes have a high acidity and that's bad for seals. Most cans today are a two-piece can with only the lid sealed. Old three-piece cans with tinned lids and bottoms were the worst for tomatoes. I've had to get a two-by-four to knock cans off grocery shelves where the acid in the tomato cans fused the tin to the steel over the years. This of course was due to non-rotation of stock.
MRE.. Just because it don't hiss, don't mean it wont taste like piss
The absolute worst of the worst were the dehydrated rations for LRP. When I drew the pork and scalloped potatoes I just didn't eat. I'd rather eat the big carton the rations were packed in.
True...true....like candy.
Any food with a metallic taste is a NO GO...or you will GO and GO and GO...
