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[1I-Jack]

Your old cans can still be used as impact weapons to throw at the enemy!!!!

Even if you miss on the throw you will take them out of action when they eat it.

[Winger Ed.]

Even in the early 80s we were getting C-rats out in the field, still had the 5 cig. pack in them.

Those were from the 50s I think. We got them in '73 at Parris Island.

Overseas in the '75-76, when a typhoon would roll in and shut down the base, they'd drop off a pallet or two
of them in the barracks. They were 'new' ones and didn't have the little airline pack of cigarettes in them.
I think they were left over from what didn't quite make it all the way to Viet Nam.

There were so many stockpiled that it was wide open for the consumption of them.
You could request all you wanted, no questions asked, and they didn't want any left overs back either.

Guys even sent a few home to give away just for the novelty of them.

[BadgerShooter]

A few months ago Costco had a bunch of "Tulip" spam type product in. It is made in Denmark I think for the Spanish market judging from the text on the can. It ended up being super cheap and
I like it a bit better than regular spam. It also has a couple more years on the stated shelf life whatever that is worth.

[Winger Ed.]

A few months ago Costco had a bunch of "Tulip" spam type product in. It is made in Denmark I think for the Spanish market judging from the text on the can. It ended up being super cheap and
I like it a bit better than regular spam. It also has a couple more years on the stated shelf life whatever that is worth.

I'd grab it.
Canned meat made in Europe seems to be better than ours is on a good day.
There's some common meat products that we have and think is normal here, that aren't even allowed into their countries.

[Charlie Horse]

I had a can go bad and it wasn't dented nor nuthin". The can swelled and it was obviously bad.