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I posted a while back in another thread about the whole "stickers" thing on the MREs. People were freaking out because their "sticker" didn't look good, "OMG it's ruined" etc. etc.
So I had a stack of cases I had not put up yet that were on our outside porch (roof cover, but not climate controlled) for about a year after receiving them from a hot non climate controlled building in S. GA where they lived for a year after Hurricane Helene. They sat on my porch in a stack 4 high and more than a few long. Once again to be crystal clear, ALL in the same stack, all on a porch for a year in hot arse S. Georgia year round.
Here are two cases from that stack-
Notice that one shows the sticker black (bad, do not use or you'll die!!!) and one sticker shows fine. SAME STACK. The blacker sticker was on top and the closest of the stack to the side of the porch that gets a little sun. 2nd case in pic was directly under it (again, cases were stacked 4 high times X long).
One sticker shows bad, "do not use" as some say, one shows fine.
OK, let's pick one from each case, same entree just for comparison sake-
Beef Goulash it is, why not if I have to eat two of these things...
Contents-
All looked the same, absolutely ZERO bloating or issues with the packaging. Oh damn, since I heard on the internet that "the sticker" let's you know if it's good or bad, WHICH ONE should I eat?
Both look and smell the same, but I just know I heard some "good information" on the net that you know that sticker meant certain death, contents trash, do not eat do not pass go...
So which one? Which one should I eat? I mean damn, I have technically "died" following new prepper advice on food storage at least a dozen times in the last year, I got to be running out of lives here??
Help me, which one should I eat or rather, which one is SAFE TO EAT and which one ISN'T?
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