Cleaning the basement and found two cases of Desert Storm era MRE's. It wasn't a surprise, I knew they were down there.

The cases are complete although a bit stained from the dampness of the basement. They have been at a near constant temperature, probably 60-66 degrees year round.

Any thoughts whether they would be edible or not? Might be collectable just for their age.

These actually were in Desert Storm, I mailed them home until they stopped us from doing that. Which brings up one basic difference between active duty and reserve troops in combat zones. Active duty wanted no party of the MRE's and we reservists were mailing them home in such large quantities, they created a special regulation to stop us. Didn't stop us, we just took them out of the cases and mailed them home in another box. The reg stated, no mailing of full cases of MRE's. The postmasters were even kind enough to inform us of the stipulation and provide an appropriate box.

The good old days of good old military rules and rule breakers.

My wife said the mailman here was wondering what the heck was in all the boxes.

The loose ones I ate during hunting seasons long ago.
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