Posted on Feb 11, 2023
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I don’t see a date on the package. But I’ve had it since 2014. #15 Southwest Beef with Black Beans
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CPT Steven Cunningham
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I felt anything but fine eating fresh MREs. All those calories gave me terminal indigestion. Try an energy bar.
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CPT Steven Cunningham
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I actually preferred C-rations.
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CPT Special Forces Officer
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As long as the package is intact, I wouldn't be too concerned. Don't squeeze the food into your mouth and accidentally ingest the bag exterior printing & color. It could give you explosive diarrhea.
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SSgt Forensic Meteorological Consultant
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I think MREs is ingenious because this may be Elon Musk and to a large Paradigm shift where it will be cost effective. Tesla is the true driving force behind what see today. The MRE will be standard with due dates, extending shelf life of food. Trust on this.
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LCpl Tactical Network Specialist
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Makes good Catfish bait.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
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As long as it isn't the dehydrated strawberries! lol
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
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Probably, I ate a lotta Cs that were a decade or more old.
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SPC Chris Parks
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Go to Steve1989MREInfo on YouTube. You’ll be much less daring than he has been.
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TSgt David Olson
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Don’t know about MRE ‘s, only ate them a few times, terrible. Now C rations, I ate and smoked WW II, and Korean conflict fruit cocktail, Pall Mall cigarettes, beans and franks, pound cake, chocolate powder, and more in Vietnam.
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SGT Erick Holmes
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The question should for all of us who has eaten MRE's will we be ok hahahaha
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Sgt Robert Anchors
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depends, how much beer do you plan to wash it down with?
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SSgt Pat Elko
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Finally, a topic worthy of discussion here (some have gotten way off base lately)!

I've eaten one and portions of them (chocolate covered cookies) that were 15+ old. They tasted good and I was fine afterwards. As others have said, bloated packaging, smells bad, tastes bad, looks oddly discolored versus just age discolored, damaged packaging, chuck it; otherwise, you will be just fine.
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