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Army Rations
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Thomas99
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Someone gave me a box (10 packs) of 24 hour army rations. On the side it's got printed "06/04"...is this the use by date or the manufacture date?
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Barneysmom wrote: »Where did they come from?
Someone who left the army gave them to me.Founder member MSE Jet Airways Mile High Club
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mate i have eaten compo that was 6 years old and tasted just as sweet and the newer stuff....but that was the old tin stuffIf you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly
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Got to better than the faded chocolate bars and spangles in the ones I used to eat.0
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hi im a chef in the army i can tell you the date was when the box was packed and they recommend a 10 year shelf life hope this has helpedyou cant change yesterdaybut you can make tomorrow better0
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So your friend in the army stole them and gave them to you?
There's too much of this thievery from the forces going on.
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how do you know he stole it, they get given away......tho most people dont take them after an exercise. I have had a box full of boiled sweets in my office for the past 2 months that was kindly dumped......just binned them all as no one took any......wasteful i know but what else are you going to do with them??0
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Barneysmom wrote: »So your friend in the army stole them and gave them to you?
NO, he had a small appetite and saved the extra he couldn't eat :rotfl:Founder member MSE Jet Airways Mile High Club
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darcyvuqua wrote: »hi im a chef in the army i can tell you the date was when the box was packed and they recommend a 10 year shelf life hope this has helped
Thanks that helps. The foil bags look like the Wayfayrer food, so should be well nice, love the Yorkie bars (2) :beer:Founder member MSE Jet Airways Mile High Club
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my hubby always brought rations back from exercise - mostly because he hated them all and lived on noodles that he bought himself. Doesn't seem to me that anyone stole anything and I'm sure that ration packs are not on the top of anyones burglary list. They are blumin awful (although to be fair they probably taste better then any of my attempts at cooking! lol)0
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