Posted: 4/2/2016 5:51:38 PM EDT
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For what it is worth, I bought a #10 can of these things and just popped the top on the can to try them out. Here is my take on this food from Mountain House.
It tastes like a standard cracker albeit twice as thick, so think Ritz crackers that are doubly thick. There are 62 crackers to a #10 can and I had two of them with Bega Canned Cheese which was a very nice accompaniment to the cracker. I also tried another one with Mayhaw Jelly and it was extremely good. For a snack, you really can't beat these for a long term storage food. I will say that I thought the lid was hard to get into and it took me 3 go arounds on the lid with my hand held manual can opener to open the top. Nonetheless, the taste was good and these would make for a great cold meal either in the woods camping, hiking, or as a long term food storage option. They can be served up in the same way as any other crack, with cheese, meat, jelly, butter, etc. and they taste good. The #10 can cost me $21.49 with free shipping for what that's worth. If you look around you can probably buy them for less. Here's a few cell phone picks of said crackers with the Bega Cheese. 
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In the same vein, when my son was younger, we made it an evening project to make some hardtack. It's very easy and will last forever. My son took it to school with him and showed it off a bit. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that I'd break a tooth on them now, so it's not anything that I would dare to eat. |
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do they have an expiration date on them Ritz Crackers are make with oil and will eventually go rancid Do these have oil or shorting as ingredients?? thanks for the write up These have a shorter shelf life than the freeze dried stuff. I haven't tried any older ones, don't eat bread any more, but they were good for at least a couple of years. Go on the web site and look. |
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do they have an expiration date on them Ritz Crackers are make with oil and will eventually go rancid Do these have oil or shorting as ingredients?? thanks for the write up Expiration date on bottom of can states "Best Used by December 2040" as they have a 25 year shelf life and were packaged in December 2015. Ingredients: Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), Palm Oil, Sugar Less than 2% of Corn Syrup, Salt, Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Soy Lecithin |