How old are your mountain house meals?
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From: Eric B.
18-Aug-14
Still have a few of these antiques laying around. The heck with wimpy shelve life's! I ate this one tonight. & was still tasty ! Any ideas on age ?
From: Kurt
19-Aug-14
I write the purchase date (year) on mine and try to eat them before they at as old as your package! 2 or 3 year meals are OK but some that was 5 started to taste stale.
From: TEmbry
19-Aug-14
Haha wow old was that sucker?
I have some from 09 I want to eat up this year.. Plan on cleaning out my entire inventory to start fresh next year actually.
From: Rut Nut
19-Aug-14
Wow- I never saw any pre-blue package! I'm guessing that's gotta be 10+ years old?!
From: bohunr
19-Aug-14
What a great thread.I was just wondering about mtn house longevity the other day.Guess the ones I bought last year are still fresh!
From: otcWill
19-Aug-14
Old, as after I ate one the others stayed in storage forever. I'd rather eat peanut butter and crackers than that stuff
From: et
19-Aug-14
I just finished off my father's leftovers. "Best if used by 06/2003". They had the blue packaging and were fine. I just added a bit more water and let them sit for the full ten minutes. The $3.25 price tag was attractive compared to today. I will be restocking this year.
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From: Fuzzy
19-Aug-14
should be plenty safe, oxidation may degrede flavor is all
From: Eric B.
19-Aug-14
16 hrs. Post eaten... Still alive and kicking !
From: Backpack Hunter
19-Aug-14
I don't seem to keep them around too long as I'm eating them quite a bit....so maybe 2yrs old. The picture above looks much much older. lol
From: midwest
19-Aug-14
Older than dirt and probably taste similar.
From: sticksender
19-Aug-14
That package is at least 20 years old.
From: BTM
19-Aug-14
Count yourself lucky, Eric! On a recent blacktail hunt I ate a ten-year-old Mountain House, and the next day there was MAJOR hell to pay! There's a section of Oregon national forest that EPA has cordoned off as a toxic waste dump for the next century due to my "discharges".
From: Bowboy
19-Aug-14
Mine only stay around a couple years. I don't buy more than I can eat in one or two years.
The one you ate is pretty old!
From: BTM
19-Aug-14
Yeah, I definitely learned that lesson the hard way! Never again!
From: eddie c
19-Aug-14
Seriously you should be careful with eating some old foods. It has been found that some dried foods can develop toxic molds beyond certain time frames.
From: Mule Power
19-Aug-14
I don't even look at the dates. I've eaten a few that were around for several years and lived to tell about it. But that one is downright ancient! lmao
From: orionsbrother
19-Aug-14
I think that's pre-1997 vintage.
From: IdyllwildArcher
19-Aug-14
I ate one once that was 6 or 7 years old and it was fine.
From: llamapacker
19-Aug-14
They claim 25 years shelf life with proper storage, I think. I don't see any in the pictures quite that old.... Bill
From: Raymo
19-Aug-14
I have a few.. Maybe dig em out and post.
From: CPAhunter
20-Aug-14
I knew I had an old one in my gear. I haven't done any backcountry camping since long before my daughter was born in 2002.
It's dated January 1995 which is about right.
From: Backpack Hunter
20-Aug-14
Did you look at the julian date on it?
From: CPAhunter
20-Aug-14
Where is that found?
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From: Owl
21-Aug-14
My brother just opened a can of Vienna sausages upon which the expiration date was 2060. So maybe you folks should be packing those.;)
From: Fuzzy
21-Aug-14
Randy, those aren't ripe yet. Hope he doesn't get a bellyache ;-)
From: Backpack Hunter
21-Aug-14
On the back near the bottom....unless on the older ones its in a different location?
From: Cheesehead Mike
21-Aug-14
I had an old MH meal of chicken breasts and potatoes. I tried to eat it up on the mountain and had to throw it away, I got some bad chicken!
From: Eric B.
21-Aug-14
Only numbers I see
From: Eric B.
21-Aug-14
From: Eric B.
21-Aug-14
Maybe that means August of 1908? Lol
From: CPAhunter
21-Aug-14
I know mine is pushing 20 years old.
If TBM sends me his address I'll ship it to him for his upcoming elk hunt.
From: GhostBird
23-Aug-14
55
....... oh wait, wrong thread. sorry.
