Ranger Ray, I'd say they're past they're best due date by now. Should be a date printed on them, there used to be. Was doing some spring cleaning earlier in the year and unearthed a box of assorted junk in the back of the closet and came across a couple of IMPS and MRE packs over 10 years old. The wife wanted me to toss, but I have a better idea. Friends of ours are gourmets and he's ex military too. Next time they come over for dinner, I'm tossing the pack onto his plate unopened with a heat tab just to see the expression on his face.
Turret monster. I vaguely remember some guys would kill and or swap their first born for those little cans of bacon, they were a rarity in the IRPS. For some perverse reason I actually liked the Puritan corn beef hash, hey what can I say there's one in every unit, I liked the ham omlets too.
I still buy cans of it now and then. Great if the wife's not coming home for dinner and don't feel like cooking. I remember to open the can before cooking though.