09-14-2012, 11:07 AM
This is a repost of a thread I made at poofa, regarding an MRE I tried after a year of temperature abuse at PA extremes.
So a little over a year ago, I built my get home bag and successfully tested it out by getting home from work with it.
The only meal in the bag is the contents of one modern military issued MRE. Those are nothing new to most folks here, but I was interested in how it would hold up after a year of sitting in my truck, up to 10 hours a day, in all the extremes of temperatures..., from below freezing to over 100F in my truck. I know they're good for five years or so when stored properly, so I wanted to see what happens after a year of not being stored properly.
So today, for the first time in a year, I unpacked my ghb and prepared the MRE for dinner.
First, I never used one of those heaters before since I tossed it out for weight savings last year. Holy cow, this thing is slicker than cat shit. Just a few table spoons of water and 10 minutes later, my meal was piping hot.
While the main dish cooked, roast beef with vegetables, I ate the spiced pound cake and chocolate peanut butter. The cake was a bit crumbly, so I plastered the butter all over it to hold it together. Delicious, it was still mostly moist and the butter was as if I just bought it at the store. I also ate the raisins and they too were as if I just bought them. Tasty.
Then for the main meal, there were no funny smells and it looked fine. Tasted great and I haven't died or gotten the runs so far.
So I feel better about abusing an MRE for a year in my ghb. I'll probably just continue switching it out every year, but at least now I know it'll hold up for at least that, probably more.
Justin
So a little over a year ago, I built my get home bag and successfully tested it out by getting home from work with it.
The only meal in the bag is the contents of one modern military issued MRE. Those are nothing new to most folks here, but I was interested in how it would hold up after a year of sitting in my truck, up to 10 hours a day, in all the extremes of temperatures..., from below freezing to over 100F in my truck. I know they're good for five years or so when stored properly, so I wanted to see what happens after a year of not being stored properly.
So today, for the first time in a year, I unpacked my ghb and prepared the MRE for dinner.
First, I never used one of those heaters before since I tossed it out for weight savings last year. Holy cow, this thing is slicker than cat shit. Just a few table spoons of water and 10 minutes later, my meal was piping hot.
While the main dish cooked, roast beef with vegetables, I ate the spiced pound cake and chocolate peanut butter. The cake was a bit crumbly, so I plastered the butter all over it to hold it together. Delicious, it was still mostly moist and the butter was as if I just bought it at the store. I also ate the raisins and they too were as if I just bought them. Tasty.
Then for the main meal, there were no funny smells and it looked fine. Tasted great and I haven't died or gotten the runs so far.
So I feel better about abusing an MRE for a year in my ghb. I'll probably just continue switching it out every year, but at least now I know it'll hold up for at least that, probably more.
Justin
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