allanglens wrote:cruachan06 wrote: I'm certainly not eating anything as old as Steve1989MREInfo on youtube, he's eaten loads of vintage rations including civil war era hardtack.
American or English?
A bloke in recent years found an American Civil War -Era cannon ball, the typre which was a hollow iron ball filled with gunpowder, with a fuse which burns as the ball flies through the air then explodes over the enemy. Well, he thought it would be harmless by now so he took it home and drilled into it with an electric drill. Unfortunately gunpowder becomes very volatile if stored for a long time, producing Nitroglycerine, a very dangerous substance which explodes on the slightest whim, especially if you drill into it with an electric drill. The ball exploded and killed him.
During lockdown as I went through my kitchen cupboards hoping to stave off scurvy, I discovered a fruit jelly block dated 2013. I didn't eat it.