[McGruff]

These may still be edible.

If you survived them before you must be immune.

[JimRed]

When I served in the Navy over half-a-hundred years ago we were opening up a few inflatable lifecraft for inspection. They were provisioned with survival rations dated from during WWII. They were still edible. Not good, but hey, it’s just survival!

[knarf]

I had my last C around 1976 or so ... if I remember correctly, it was stamped with the date 1943

I got 4 Luckies in a little flip box, a couple of squares of TP and I think it was ham and eggs ... sort of

30 years later ... I didn't die and the cigarettes were still palatable

[commish]

When I was stationed at Beale AFB in the 80’s I was tasked as a Shelter Commander. During one of our inspections of the shelter and supplies we found cases and cases of C-Rations stocked — all dated 1942. I could never get anyone to take my bet and eat one. LOL

[Billthedrill]

These may still be edible.

Hey, C-rats were great! Well, some of them. I suspect if the balloon ever had gone up we'd have found shelters full of starved victims sitting on unopened crates of ham and lima beans, though.