Yes, yes, ladies– *I* am indeed still edible after 40, but this post is about a more interesting event. I heard this on the news the other day and forgot about it. Hotel Tango to Mr Rawles for jogging my memory.
Vietnam Veteran Keeps Vow, Eats 40-Year-Old Cake
WASHINGTON — Forty years later, Henry A. Moak, Jr., still loves his pound cake.
The Army colonel popped open an old military ‘C’ Ration can of pound cake from 1969 at his retirement ceremony, and dug in.
Moak got the drab olive can as a Marine helicopter pilot off the Vietnamese coast in 1973. He vowed to hang on to it until the day he retired, storing it in a box with other mementos.
After a formal retirement ceremony, dozens of friends and relatives joined Moak in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes as he opened the can to cheers. Moak joked earlier this week that he hoped the can wouldn’t explode. It let off a whooshing sound as the pressure seal broke.
“It smells good,” Moak said as he put a handful in his mouth. He jokingly staggered back a few feet and loudly cleared his throat, while one person yelled out, “Eeww, gross!”
Moak pronounced the cake “good.”
Good work, Marine (and soldier), and congrats on a long and illustrious career!
He missed the perfect opportunity to proclaim “this cake is fit for human consumption.” (assuming, of course, they properly paraded the cake prior to the tasting)