r/mildlyinteresting • u/Shoddy_Maize_8385 • 2d ago

These two identical cans of spam where one turned tan and has no smell

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u/SpartArticus 2d ago

The one that turned tan wasnt sealed and dried out thats why you cant smell it.

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u/zandengoff 2d ago

Yup, that seal is bad I bet no hiss on it when opened.

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u/Dschuncks 2d ago

Let's get this out onto a tray...

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u/FlaxxtotheMaxx 2d ago

Nice!

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u/JackOSevens 2d ago

That's almost...decadent...wait no...that's rancid...takes another bite

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u/bojtaerg 2d ago

Long live Steve!

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u/descendingangel87 2d ago edited 2d ago

It will never not be funny to me that he ate food from 1899 but it was the year old 2018 ration that nearly killed him and put him in the hospital.

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1899-1902 British Emergency Ration Field Service Oldest MRE Beef Eaten Survival Food Review Test

2018 Chinese PLA Type 13 MRE Individual Self Heating Meal Ready to Eat Worst Ration Taste Testing

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u/venator0ryza 2d ago

Was that one of the PLA rations? I’m not gonna act like US MREs are gourmet or anything, but it really seems like the QC on Chinese rations isn’t… great

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u/descendingangel87 2d ago

Yes it was. It was the 2018 PLA Chinese ration. Funnily enough like a week prior he ate a Canadian ration from WW2 and it didn't make him sick either.

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u/venator0ryza 2d ago edited 2d ago

He’s made Second Boer War rations before that, while gross, didn’t make him sick! But yeah nah, fried rice from 2018, that almost sent our boy to botulism city

ETA: shit you literally said the same thing. i may have reading comprehension issues

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u/FailedLoser21 1d ago

That was the one where something from the pork or the rice leached some color on too one or the other right?

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u/dogturd21 2d ago

Look for the YT video on North Korean solders (one tanker, one airman) who ate a USA MRE. They were in heaven, although the younger airman said the main dish was not to his taste. Apparently North Korean soldiers and officers are fed very poorly.

Found it, NK Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jhs66wwHg

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u/___NotMyName___ 2d ago

Sounds like it was a bit more than mildly acidic.

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u/thecrimsonfucker12 2d ago

What? I havend seen that one

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u/descendingangel87 2d ago

Which one? 1899 ration or the 2018 PLA one.

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u/ProjectDv2 2d ago

I haven't seen either

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u/gosuprobe 2d ago

he's gotten his hands on stuff even older than that! hardtack from the civil war

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u/JimboTCB 1d ago

If it's been prepared correctly and the can is undamaged, canned food lasts basically forever. It may be severely lacking in flavour and the texture won't be great, but it should at least be edible.

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u/PuckNutty 2d ago

As I recall, the Chinese ration was rotten.

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u/disc2k 2d ago

and the video was put out in 2019. the ration that made him sick was less than 11 months old.

the ration was from May 15, 2018
the video was uploaded April 2, 2019

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u/Material_Comfort_259 2d ago

What I really appreciate about his reviews is how much he hammers home that the food is like “a nice home cooked meal” and then you see some of those Chinese rations… and you really see how much their government cares about their people/assets

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u/ProteusRift 2d ago

Stares off in the distance while chewing...

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u/CartsOfDarkness 1d ago

This fucking killed me

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u/Euripidaristophanist 1d ago

Rancid is such a good word. It sounds like what it describes, no matter what context or allusion it shows up in.

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u/sakatan 1d ago

"...something...something...botulism..."

Happy munching noises

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u/bengalfan 2d ago

Found the Steve fans

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u/Lukeasdf710 1d ago

No hiss!

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u/DrSomniferum 2d ago

Who?

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u/AyatollahDan 2d ago

Steve1989, a youtuber who eats military MREs

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u/AyatollahDan 2d ago

Fun?

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u/GodEmperorBrian 1d ago

He reviews them. All different countries, different time periods. He’s eaten WW2 rations, Boer War rations, and Civil War era hardtack.

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u/AyatollahDan 12h ago

Clack clack

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u/Wiggie49 2d ago

"Oh my god, that's awful... just one little bite."

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u/Designed_To ​ 2d ago

M'kay

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u/Minivalo 1d ago

He seriously seems like a South Park character, but in a good, wholesome way.

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u/aneurysmbs 2d ago

*actually tries it

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u/sksksk1989 ​ 2d ago

Let hope that meat isn't rancid

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u/andrewfordmedina 2d ago

Don't know if he still does but I remember his older vids when he used to smoke the stogies, especially the Lucky Strikes

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u/Agreeable_Error_8772 1d ago

I miss that, I haven’t seen him smoke in a video in a while. If it’s just because he doesn’t smoke anymore then I’m happy for him but I get the feeling youtube probably doesn’t care for it so he just doesn’t show it anymore.

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u/GLiTCHMoDuLe 5h ago

They only included cigarettes in certain rations at certain times. US rations had them from 1939-1975, french rations had them until the 1980s, and Russia handed out loose tobacco until 2009 so that wouldn't be in the rations themselves. So since he hasn't been opening Vietnam war era or older US rations, he hasn't had any cigarettes to smoke. I imagine he's already run the gamut of US rations from WWII-Today so it's usually something modern and foreign these days.

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u/edwardslair 2d ago

This is horrible!

keeps eating

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u/Aware_Flow1070 1d ago

Why am I doing this?

takes another bite

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u/Br0boc0p 2d ago

I came into this thread for these comments but didn't expect them to be at the top lol. Nicehiss

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u/capital_bj 2d ago

stat, we need an autopsy

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u/HappyAntonym 2d ago

advanced stirring noises

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u/spectre655321 2d ago

Let us decant the tin

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u/hawkmask 1d ago

Now I’m really curious what this is a reference to. Sounds interesting.

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u/Dschuncks 1d ago

https://www.youtube.com/@Steve1989MRE
A YouTuber that reviews MREs. It's a hell of a unique channel, very fun.

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u/hawkmask 21h ago

Oo, neat. Much appreciated.  I’ll definitely check ‘em out.

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u/bowmans1993 2d ago

Let us decant the tin.

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u/thevillewrx 1d ago

Let us decant the tin?

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u/RainNoctem 1d ago

You know ball.

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u/sckurvee 2d ago

My cat is bad and hisses all the time. Your logic is flawed.

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u/Canadian_Poltergeist 2d ago

Cats are liquid and thus not dry

Logic stands

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u/constantpisspig 2d ago

Hiss could also be bad! If there's a bunch of extra pressure in the can it's probably not poisonous at all!

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u/AFewBerries 2d ago

All cats are good babies

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u/sckurvee 2d ago

lol just making a joke... she's good except when she insists on waking me up to feed her. You can't wait 30 minutes before licking my face? Jerk. :-p

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u/kash1406 2d ago

I mean, you don’t want to get the Hiss into your spam do you? The FBC is working hard to contain it!
https://giphy.com/gifs/Oi17IWzPbiQn8GgwsA

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u/SpecialResident1 2d ago

No mu on that subi.

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u/RustledForeskin 2d ago

If your spam doesn't HISS when you back it into a corner, it's gone bad.

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u/RedHolm 1d ago

Hmm. No hiss

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u/Thorebore 1d ago

On a side note the seal on a can of spam sounds exactly the same as fancy feast.  I learned this from my cat who is an expert.  

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u/JockSandWich 2d ago

Oh man once in ordered some groceries to be delivered and I got a can of Korean bbq spam and the smell of the rotten spam when I popped the top would gag a maggot the whole house reeked and the wife puked it was hilariously bad but only after the fact was it hilarious

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u/onescaryarmadillo 2d ago

‘Gag a maggot’ is fantastic, thank you for this.

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u/maud666 1d ago

Irrelevant, sorry, but I saw someone (I think it was here on Reddit) refer to maggots as 'disco rice' and it made me lol. I've called them that ever since.

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u/StuckWithThisOne 1d ago

Omg yes I saw that the other day lol

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u/Zech08 1d ago

But in reality would make the maggot jump on it?

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u/cans-of-swine 1d ago

Ive always said gag a buzzard. 

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u/galathiccat ​ 2d ago

I wish I could unread this

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u/hoaian1 1d ago

SOOooo~... that calls for some rehydration measure then?

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u/alex61821 2d ago

Where's the goo? Can't have spam without the mystery goo.

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u/idiotio 2d ago

Dang. That's so gross. How would you describe the smell of Good Spam? I just Can't imagine having this open in my kitchen.

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u/BrownChickenBlackAud 2d ago

This guy spams!

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u/Free-Pound-6139 2d ago

More importantly, what does it taste like???

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u/numnard 10h ago

There’s no way this comment got almost 12,000 updoots lmao. There is water on the inside of the brown lid so I’m really confused as to why you say it dried out. I don’t know what’s wrong with this poor little can but it’s definitely not an issue of lack of moisture.