Let me know what you liked or didn’t like from this video! If you want to send an MRE to try address is in the description. Thanks for watching!!
@niftynetty0129
5 ай бұрын
The whole video was amazing I was really curious about MREs my husband used to tell me about them and I always wondered what they were like so thank you for the awesome content 💜
@nichevo1
5 ай бұрын
I love you man but it's cringe when you don't eat something that's obviously meant to be heated like the beans. Sorry if it's no fun to do research but really. Also, what is the music?
@EeeEee-bm5gx
5 ай бұрын
Yes, heat the beans!
@EeeEee-bm5gx
5 ай бұрын
Barbarian
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
@@nichevo1 I appreciate the feedback. In an effort to not burn my house down and eat it like soldiers in the field might I have chosen to eat everything cold. After 18 years of consuming MREs I can honestly say its pretty rare that I took the time to heat things up.
@shanewalta7876
5 ай бұрын
If it's British and it just says "tea" without specifying a variety then it's English Breakfast tea. That's the default.
@druid799
3 ай бұрын
Ballox it English breakfast , the tea in rat packs is supplied by tetley tea , it’s proper Yorkshire tea .
@AndrewHalliwell
3 ай бұрын
And if youre making a brew anyway, why not put your food in to heat up while you're at it. Water heats up ration pack, when done, it goes into your mug on the treabag.
@RAFASOP
2 ай бұрын
Its most likely NAFFI tea. You can buy from NAAFI online shop. Think a few years ago you could get from Morrisons.
@colinh2676
5 ай бұрын
All day breakfast is definitely one that needs to be warm to enjoy so different when it's heated
@maximan4363
4 ай бұрын
As Mother used to say "It's the most imporant meal of the day!" It aways tastes better warm, but I'd gobble it up stone cold if I had too!! Warm is sooooo much better though!!! And yes, MRE's do look like cat food but at least we don't have to eat paste out of a tube like the first Astronauts had to!!! Slava Ukraini!
@grahamstubbs4962
5 ай бұрын
Wow. Steady on old boy. We've been drinking coffee since about 1650 🙂
@jackpowell9276
2 ай бұрын
The year we sobered up haha
@gavin1506
2 ай бұрын
infact we preferred coffee to tea, until the Boston harbour thing and we Drank tea to Spite the Colonials.
@Bozebo
2 ай бұрын
@@jackpowell9276 Because coffee houses were banned due to free thought, and we got pub culture and alcohol promotion to replace them and subdue the population xD
@rayathehall
5 ай бұрын
"I guess it's a British thing" - as a Brit, happy to say it is. We eat baked beans in tomato sauce on toast,with breakfast,with dinner.....you name it, we eat it with beans
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I've heard that. Had beans on toast in Iraq at a chow hall for the first time back in 2007 and it was actually pretty good!
@BobbysGunChannel
5 ай бұрын
@@ButterworthdasyrupAdd some cheese and garlic powder to the beans, you have a winner! Found that out in a mess hall in Greece!
@Hardrada88
5 ай бұрын
Toast the bread, bit of marmite, slap on some cheese slices, add beans with garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce. Smash it down! Brilliant little meal.
@RobertClaeson
5 ай бұрын
We even eat baked beans on toast with a side of baked beans.
@terencemcgeown2358
5 ай бұрын
@@BobbysGunChannelNot for me. Im an Aussie of Irish/Welsh parents and I love some HP sauce with my beans on toast so much I had a bottle delivered each month when I was in Iraq, couldn't get it sent through in Afghanistan though. Toasted cheese, toasted baked beans, toasted backed beans and cheese sandwiches I do enjoy but are molten hot out of the press.
@woahhbro2906
5 ай бұрын
I love how similar the Brits are to Americans when it comes to MREs, like: "Eat it or die, you aren't special." Meanwhile the French MREs come with candles and a tablecloth.
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I have a few French ones, super excited to try those out
@Ducati121
5 ай бұрын
No joke though, got an MRE from a Legionaire when I was in Africa and it was fucking amazing.
@robinford4037
5 ай бұрын
@@Ducati121 When ever we came across the brits we would swap our french rations for theirs, because we prefer theirs to our ones. Brit rations from early 1990s came in a 📦 box, loved the pineapple in syrup 😋
@OBWanKenobi
5 ай бұрын
Surely not a table cloth, possibly a white flag ready for the surrender
@alternativehero
5 ай бұрын
you want flavour?! here's a singular drop of hot sauce.
@Stewsound
5 ай бұрын
Why would you eat any of it cold. They come in boil in the bag for a reason, drop in hot water for 5 mins, get the chilli sauce in and away you go
@LawfullSpook
4 ай бұрын
Because while they are already fully cooked and they might be better when heated you're not always going to have that option to do so when out in the field, so a lot of reviewers eat them cold for this experience.
@josephturner7569
4 ай бұрын
@@LawfullSpookI was in the RAuxAF. Not only did we take a burko for heating our rat packs and obviously our coffee. But, we took a TV for important events like Rugby internationals.
@BrockyB91
4 ай бұрын
@@josephturner7569 That's because the RAF's idea of going on exercise is staying in a 3* hotel ;)
@antonnurwald5700
3 ай бұрын
@@BrockyB91Jeeves!
@apedanticpeasant1447
3 ай бұрын
Utter psychopath. Only lunatics, Americans and Observation Platoon eat cold rations
@davidpaver7613
5 ай бұрын
Yep, you get one cooker per day but normally use a jet boil to cook with...and yes, we cook our food unless we're on hard routine - it tastes far better when hot. Oatmeal blocks can be made into porridge with sugar, creamer and hot water. Great vid though
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
The oatmeal block porridge sounds pretty good
@danewood2309
4 ай бұрын
@Butterworthdasyrup it's delicious when you add the apricot jam on top 😋
@DeliahAyala.2.14.91.
5 ай бұрын
The bird food sesame seed bar is my favorite thing on earth. It should taste like a light honey peanut brittle but its seasme seeds instead of peanuts. Seasme seeds are REALLY good for you!!! Its a middle eastern treat. I Loooooooove them
@joannemccormick5730
3 ай бұрын
Sesame snaps are a thing in Canada. You get 4 thin wafers of sesame & honey. I think they are good!
@grumpygramps1451
5 ай бұрын
“There’s nothing on this bag indicating how to open it” That one sentence alone is all that is wrong with this world !
@tmash5709
5 ай бұрын
I could listen to this man talk about MRE's for days
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I am gonna keep this going for sure!
@mphelps1013
5 ай бұрын
I think that's kinda the plan.
@prowlus
Ай бұрын
you’ve not met steve 1989
@WolfsbaneFilm
5 ай бұрын
Dude the seasame bars are one of the single worst things to grace our MRE's. Everyone uses them as cement for defence building or gifts them to this weird Lieutenant we have that loves them. I was gutted when working with American Troops and they were pulling M&Ms out of their rucks and I had apricot jam and an oatmeal block 🤣
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Hahah I couldn't believe how hard it was!
@matthewbishop9342
5 ай бұрын
Back in my day, it was a big old yorkie bar that had the words ' not for civvies' on the wrapper
@paulcarey2482
5 ай бұрын
The ones in the new cold climate rations are softer, much improved
@razgriz380
5 ай бұрын
I'd rather have the jam and oatmeal block. Never had any complaints with my MRE's and swapped away items like the chocolate.
@3brv
5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@fluffybunnyslippers2505
5 ай бұрын
If you want a real treat try the Australian 24 hour Ration, possibly the best ever made. The bag is a "poop bag", We leave NOTHING for the enemy to find.. I'm serious, it really is.
@davehopkin9502
5 ай бұрын
Oatmeal Blocks have been in British Rat Packs at least since the 1980's and packed exactly the same - eat them as they are or dissolve with water and milk power to make a porridge. The matches used to be called "Bengal Matches" and have a much larger phosphorus head than normal to make them much more wind resistent
@johnwarr7552
4 ай бұрын
The oatmeal bars were in Compo rations in the 60s at least :-)
@Surv1ve_Thrive
4 ай бұрын
I loved them. Really useful. Can eat on own or mix with hot chocolate & other things like jam & fruit to make an 'All-In porridge' in a hurry. Here you could use the jam, sesame bar etc
@GreatSageSunWukong
3 ай бұрын
Those are not Bengal Matches, Bengal Matches are a novelty for kids to play with that light up green or purple, we always used to get them at bonfire night along with the sparklers.
@davehopkin9502
3 ай бұрын
@@GreatSageSunWukong Irrelevent! they were always CALLED Bengal Matches and were issued in 24 Hr rat Packs in the 70's and 80's
@scotwilson4169
3 ай бұрын
I loved them when my dad bought ratpacks home. Apparently I wasn't supposed to eat a couple a day as snacks since they're supposed to be made into a whole bowl of porridge or something? Idk, I just ate them
@leopardx746
5 ай бұрын
The matches are storm matches. They stay lit in any weather.
@maximan4363
4 ай бұрын
So true, they burn through everything! Including your fingers!!!
@EthanThomson
4 ай бұрын
assuming you can light them in the first place
@59martinb
2 ай бұрын
Bengal matches, old school.
@AK-bx3ft
2 ай бұрын
Phossy matches, windproof and they burn underwater.
@smartestprimate5213
5 ай бұрын
Tyler, since you only just discovered the joy of the orange/chocolate combination, let me recommend a Terry's Chocolate Orange which is also British. They're common around holidays now in the US. It's an orange sized ball of chocolate that you hit on a hard surface to break apart into slices. Enjoy!
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I’ve had one of those as a kid around Easter, brings back some good memories!
@teawizard
5 ай бұрын
My sister used my head to crack hers. I've banked the memory (yes, surprising I have any) and revenge will be sweet (it's been about 20 years) 😂
@matthewwalker5430
4 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup Or Jaffa Cakes ... mmmmm ... bugger, now I want a pack
@antoinettegordon9704
3 ай бұрын
Whack it, don’t tap it! Loved the Dawn French ads x
@crwydryny
2 ай бұрын
@@antoinettegordon9704it's not Terry's it's mine
@apedanticpeasant1447
3 ай бұрын
Legend has it that a sesame seed bar once stopped an APFSDS round from a T90. The soldier walked away with a bit of bruising. Apparently it was still edible afterwards.
@RogerS1978
2 ай бұрын
The edible part is the unbelieveable bit :)
@darrenyoung001
2 ай бұрын
The sesame bar or the soldier🧐?
@RogerS1978
2 ай бұрын
@@darrenyoung001 soldiers 100% more edible the with hot sauce added, then again so's the plastic bag.
@barryhumphries4514
5 ай бұрын
The average British Squaddie often carried a bottle of Tobasco sauce to liven up the food. I'm old school so favourite was a can of chicken curry with boil in a bag rice. Cooked on a Hexamine stove. 😊
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
We also carry hot sauces of many different varieties in the field
@scotwilson4169
3 ай бұрын
It came in the ratpacks years ago! A tiny bottle
@crwydryny
2 ай бұрын
I have an old British field manual and on the page for the old rat packs it suggest carrying hot sauce, and spices to add variety to the meal because while you're suppose to get a different menu each day you often end up with the same one for weeks on end
@JonSmith-we2oz
2 ай бұрын
Menu A if I remember correctly... my favourite 😊
@lou_loublue1283
2 ай бұрын
The chocolate pudding all day and for shame I was a biscuits fruit kinda girl lol
@jessicaz4621
5 ай бұрын
" Very Limey" ... laughs cause its a brititsh mre XD
@williammurray3914
5 ай бұрын
The fruit juices are called “ Screech “,because they’re that rough,they make you Screech when drinking it. The beans and sausage are best eaten warm,they just look like a pile of Gloop unheated.
@razgriz380
5 ай бұрын
They also get called 'battery acid' but screech is certainly more common.
@williammurray3914
5 ай бұрын
When I was a Medic,we made it even worse by putting lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda,salt etc for dehydration during runs,route marches and operating on Very very warm days. 20 Gallon jerrycan of the stuff endeared you to the Troops ( Not )🤢🤢🤢
@JonSmith-we2oz
2 ай бұрын
@@williammurray3914I used to carry diaralite sachets
@SigurdStormhand
2 ай бұрын
It looks like a pile of gloop heated, too. Never look in the bag, just stick the spork in and start eating.
@nicholashaigh8319
2 ай бұрын
You beat me to it. Just like the boiled sweets in the 80s Avoid The Green Ones!
@yirmiyahu1397
5 ай бұрын
12:00 so fun fact, 'Sesame and Honey' bars have been around for atleast 2500 years (probably more). It was a common snack for the Olympians in Greece.
@MSCCA
5 ай бұрын
They sell those in American hardware stores
@utbdoug
5 ай бұрын
They're now being dug up from Pompeii and put in ration packs!😂
@yirmiyahu1397
5 ай бұрын
@@utbdoug that's hilarious 😅
@Nikki7B
5 ай бұрын
You put a lot of work into these MRE videos, they are awesome. I hope these videos get the views they deserve. Good job.
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Hahah I hope they get the views too. I love making them!
@oObLackParaDeOo
5 ай бұрын
I 2x that comment! ❤
@skedmonger
5 ай бұрын
Deffo better if you boil some water and pop the bag in for 5 mins. Makes it so much better. Loved this, really great to watch!
@Themuffinman1820
5 ай бұрын
The intro keeps getting better amd better 😂😂😂
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
My guy Jean Claude is pretty dang good
@Themuffinman1820
5 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup promote above peers
@Themuffinman1820
5 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup also your audio quality is amazing
@clalouba2639
5 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrupshoutout to Jean Claude
@CallMeCJorDandy
5 ай бұрын
Most epic Military Chef i've ever seen. I'm glad i met you , Mr Butterworth ! ❤
@Dirty88Dizl
5 ай бұрын
“Nice I like that” taking notes from our favorite mre connoisseur.
@Dirty88Dizl
5 ай бұрын
Steve
@alastairstuart5800
5 ай бұрын
Get some delicious Jaffa Cakes. If you liked the chocolate/orange, you'll probably like them. Also, for hiking/walks, NOTHING beats Kendal Mint Cake.
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Gonna have to find some Jaffa Cakes and Kendal Mint Cake
@maximan4363
2 ай бұрын
I totally agree nothing beats Kendal Mint Cake, all the energy you will ever need in a tiny pack & it tastes great; but you need a warm meal even if it's just porridge!
@crazy_raccoon_photography8719
5 ай бұрын
I am watching this while out on the field with the Greek Army. Great to see someone try a pasteli( the seasame bar) that the army gives us
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Lemme get one of those Greek MREs mmmmmmm
@crazy_raccoon_photography8719
5 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup I will try to get you one when I get back from the field
@rogiervis2306
5 ай бұрын
@@crazy_raccoon_photography8719 send one to Steve MRE :-)😊
@dotcassilles1488
5 ай бұрын
The reason why the "gross items" like the oatmeal bar and the sesame& honey bar are included is because they are doing double duty as good calories and help with digstion. They are a combination of a high GI ( glycaemic index, the way of measuring how food affects blood sugar) sugar, called a simple carbohydrate, that gives you energy straight away and a low GI complex carbohydrate that takes your body longer to digest so you get energy for longer, not just a sugar rush. Designed to help you feel full and recover after physical activity. Also the gum, oatmeal and sometimes cheese and chocolate appear as snacks but they are designed to help keep you regular.. Cheese or oatmeal = stops the runs, and the opposite effect comes from the gum or chocy = help you poop when you are constipated. So eat them as needed. The nuts or seeds are included for the good fats and most are a source of plant based protein. For example peanut butter (or other nut butters like almond or cashew) is used in disaster relief as a complete food for toddlers. Most often seen in areas where famine occurs and the babies are dangerously underweight. Sesame seeds, like most edible seeds, are good energy food, even if they get stuck in between teeth. Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot
@philipmorris9154
4 ай бұрын
I' was a British Soldier in the 2000's and the American Soldiers preferred the RAT Packs the British had! Lancashire HotPot etc' to Swap!!! American lemon cake' I remembered NICE! but it looks like the New RAT Pack has taken the American MRE Style of Ration Packs.... Personally I thought that the MRE took up too much room in your Bergen!!! EAT and GO>>>>>> As mentioned below Tobacco Sauce was something we beef'ed up along with Toilet Roll lol. Good Caption Well done Sir' and keep up your work.
@deepfrieddeals
5 ай бұрын
“We’re gonna do it my way. America!” 🇺🇸 🎉
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
America, ALWAYS
@Joann183
5 ай бұрын
*bald eagle screech*
@HELLINA-HANDBASKET
5 ай бұрын
All that stuff and no flipping Kendal Mint Cake!
@dillydanny-o8807
5 ай бұрын
I think the weirdest MRE item I ate was a cherry pie filling type dessert, but I had my red lens on at night, and it looked like I was eating black poop chunks. Looked so awful but tasted so good! And I learned not to look at my food under red lens 😂
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I too have eaten food that looked like it had black poop chunks in it haha
@johnjensen8470
5 ай бұрын
The only way to consume the sesame bar is to soak it in your hot tea. Otherwise you’ll crack a tooth
@matthewbishop9342
5 ай бұрын
Back in my day, we had a big old yorkie bar that had 'not for civvies' written on the wrapper in our ration packs
@matthewbishop9342
5 ай бұрын
I forgot to mention, a yorkie bar was a big bar of chocolate that broke into big pieces. Back in the eighties there was a TV ad for yorkie that depicted a truck driver stopping for his break and pulling a bar out of his pocket while saying, "yorkie, not for woman" . The army took the piss by writing not for civvies. I hope this helps understand what I posted. Keep up the good work my mate 👍
@OBWanKenobi
5 ай бұрын
@@matthewbishop9342it was "not for girls" in the TV advertising campaign
@matthewbishop9342
5 ай бұрын
@OBWanKenobi nope, that was the retail version. The ones we had, had not for civvies on them
@OBWanKenobi
5 ай бұрын
@@matthewbishop9342 I know that. You said "not for women" it was "not for girls" in the TV advert
@matthewbishop9342
5 ай бұрын
@OBWanKenobi Google, British army ration pack from 1980. Click on images and scroll down until you find the yorkie bar with NOT FOR CIVVIES written on it. It's quite plain to see. Feel free to apologise any time
@lancecullen77
5 ай бұрын
Man the main meals come in a retort pouch for a reason. Heat them up. Just because there is no flameless ration heater doesn't mean you can't heat up some water and dunk the pouches in it.
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
5 ай бұрын
Plus, if you've got a ride, there's a BV in there, so you don't even need the hexi stove.
@Baxinator4
5 ай бұрын
Mate the all day breakfasts are awesome. When we're getting issued our ration packs before deploying I'm fighting tooth and nail for one's with them in.
@simonhibbs887
2 ай бұрын
Back in my day we got Bacon Grills. Yeesh.
@Vortechtral
5 ай бұрын
I think you need to start eating these warmed up, at least the meal sections. The taste of the items will be so much better. That large sesame stick, oh my god, I love sesame snaps. I make my own, buy them it doesn't matter, they are so good. That large stick of sesame looked so good!
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I assure you the sesame bar was not the best
@ThroatSore
5 ай бұрын
I've used that heater and the UK ration packs. I'm not military and registered blind. Used then fir camping. Kept me going strong. So many calories. Fuel for days. Enjoyed this vid.
@NikiGothBunneh
5 ай бұрын
What you get to heat your ration depends on what youre doing, the ration heater stove are default, but vehicles have a built in boiling vessel, field kitchens have bigger things for heating stuff up and some groups are assigned flameless ration heaters... Or we ate them cold in a hole in the ground... Shame they changed screech (the energy drink powder) so it no longer resembles battery acid... The sessame bar is best warmed with a cup of tea...
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Thats really neat that they have boiling vessels in the vehicles
@samplunkett852
4 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrupmajority of British army vehicles had them fitted post Second World War as a number of tank crews were killed when stopping for a tea break… I know it sounds like I’m taking the piss but being serious
@iandeare1
5 ай бұрын
Both fire dragon stoves, and flameless ration heaters are used (NB you probably don't want to use those indoors; they give off fumes that set off smoke alarms) The best way to heat is boil in bag (less cleaning) you can even buy extra long spoons to reach the bottom of the pouch 🤣 They are designed to be eaten hot, or cold, but most mains are better hot
@NobbyClark-g3y
3 ай бұрын
You're supposed to put the bags in boiling water for 5 minutes, that's what the stoves for, heating the water put the bag in unopened. Then use the water for the chocolate or tea drink, or washing
@izmazix2148
5 ай бұрын
Why is this better than Hollywood level production?! There’s a fcktn of content on prime way worse than this. Also…. Real excited for the spoon.
@MarkARhodie
5 ай бұрын
I've had that ration pack in the past. It lasted me 2 x 24hr camping trips, in a local wood, the powdered drinks I drank in the house.
@rschrader
5 ай бұрын
Why don’t you heat up the mains? I know not always, but aren’t they mostly eaten that way in the field?
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
For one I don't want to burn down my house and two a lot of times meals aren't heated up in the field. At least thats my experience.
@pete48172
5 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup you don’t need to use the hexi stove, just put them in a normal pan of water on your kitchen cooker - or maybe a plug-in electric hotplate if you want to keep them on set. Because yeah, cold sausage and beans is going to be nasty.
@TheHarleyEvans
2 ай бұрын
@@Butterworthdasyrup get an electric hot plate - it's flame free and will heat up a pot of water to put the pouch in, or you can stick the meal pouch straight on it.
@FutureCanadaBlue
5 ай бұрын
Another great video! Concur with the beans on toast sentiment in the comments...it is a Canadian thing too, just not to the same scale. I love the random appearance by your uniform nameplate at 1:10...I have collected a few over the years and I find it interesting how they squeeze down the longer names so they fit. On yours it looks like they cropped all the T's!
@johnjensen8470
5 ай бұрын
Let’s get this out onto a tray… Nice
@GingerBeardedGaming
5 ай бұрын
As a brit i can safely say we also love coffee ☕️ Great vid man!
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@razgriz380
5 ай бұрын
And it happens to be of a fair higher standard than your typical US stuff. Those from the continent choke down the US attempt.
@MechanicaMenace
2 ай бұрын
@@razgriz380US instant coffee is terrible. But the general quality of their beans and pre-ground is actually really good. What I find tends to let it down is a lot of people and places there use those horrible drip filter machines. But even just switching to a manual pour over filter makes a big difference.
@razgriz380
2 ай бұрын
@@MechanicaMenace I have never managed to get a decent cup in the states, no matter how much you spend and decent research on artisan coffee houses. There's a reason that no one considers a US coffee house overseas. Want cheap-ish drinkable coffee, ok, Starbucks or equivalent. Want a decent coffee, avoid any US brew. They like to think they know what they are doing but they just don't know any better. Then have the audacity to criticise others...
@MechanicaMenace
2 ай бұрын
@@razgriz380 ah. Ok. I'm more thinking about when buying the beans/ground coffee from a supermarket and making your own. Yeah that doesn't compare well to what you get from craft roasters in the UK, but it's a damn sight better than anything you get in a similar class here. Their good stuff may not be as good but their average is better. And TBF yeah I wouldn't make a beeline for an American chain outside of America but I also wouldn't consider Caffe Nero or Costa or Lavazza any better than Starbucks either.
@lulahbelb.3670
5 ай бұрын
I love that you put music in the background! For some of it…
@yirmiyahu1397
5 ай бұрын
That into what incredible man. You need to keep that and use it for almost every MRE review, lol. Your videos have evolved so much, and I'm so happy I've been here since the beginning to see the growth. Keep it up, Sir. 💯
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Appreciate it! Love making these!
@Maxstratus2002
5 ай бұрын
As a modern US Soldier (thank you for your service!) I think you should try and make pemmican and decide if pemmican should go back in the modern MRE for today's soldiers. Plenty of videos out there on how to make it. I recommend the one from Townsends but pick whichever one you like.
@utbdoug
5 ай бұрын
Flashbacks to biscuits brown and the smell of hexiblocks taining the taste of everything.. Bliss!
@JeriLynRogge
5 ай бұрын
+10 for the Grey Poupon reference!
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t
5 ай бұрын
3:30 If things are still the way I remember, the ideal for storing socks and scants was the bag the cartridges came in (10 boxes of 20 IIRC). Fairly sturdy plastic with a very robust seal and a cutout handle. My first platoon sergeant fixed one in a stream bed (tent peg through the cutout) and when we got back a week later at endex, there they were. Dry, presumably clean socks and scants to wear on our luxury 4 hour 4 tonner trip back to barracks. And the food is the way it is so that contact with the enemy is not going to be the worst thing that happens today.
@bonnienightingale3336
5 ай бұрын
These videos are so calming and funny. Loving them!
@MarinaTurso-h9d
4 ай бұрын
Love these, i just binged them all - so interesting! And fun 😁
@Insommer
3 ай бұрын
You need to heat that stuff up my man, cold beans is disgusting, a homeless person wouldnt even be so undignified. JUst boil some water and throw that bag in the water, you can tell the bag was intended to be thrown into water as it is plastic of sorts and not paper. Or you can use that plastic bag the food came in and pour hot water into that and throw the bag in. I dont know if they still do it but there used to be like a creamy rice thing in the older packs and we would throw that whole pack of chocolate powder in with it, one of my personal favorites. There was also the dreaded "biscuits brown" in the older packs, you wouldnt poop for a week after eating a pack of those
@thehatchetman670
5 ай бұрын
Just discovered the longer videos and I'm here for it
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Appreciate it a lot more to come!
@dmajor9982
2 ай бұрын
My Grandad was a crew flight chief in the queens flight, RAF in the 60/70s. His crews rations occasionally consisted of high tea with the queen mother
@dennisvandermarkt8263
5 ай бұрын
Enjoyed every minute. Great stuff Tyler
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Dennis!
@thoughtful_criticiser
4 ай бұрын
I was in the army in the early 80s, the 24 hrs ration pack was very different. It came in a box, you got biscuits which were so hard they could break teeth but edible when dunked in tea if you were desperate. Every pack had a stove like the one you have along with hexamin blocks which would last long enough to cook and make tea. The food was in tins, my favourites were the meat pudding and bacon grill but the can openers often were missing. They also had toilet paper, teabags, powdered milk, matches, chocolate, cheese in tins, sugar and coffee.
@Ulfcytel
2 ай бұрын
I was in the cadets as a teenager, we went on camp and had some tinned ration cheese. 40 years later, my old rucksack still smells of the stuff!
@ralfdunkel6266
3 ай бұрын
Never eat that stuff cold, it's meant to be heated.
@stuartmckee1655
2 ай бұрын
When I was in the army, we'd break the rations down into 2 piles, keep and swap/bin. The classic contents in the '80's were biscuits brown, bacon grill, mince brown, rice etc. then the powdered drink was known as 'screech' mostly for the effects it had on you.
@glennrowe2961
2 ай бұрын
You forgot cheese possessed 🤣🤣
@glennrowe2961
2 ай бұрын
@@stuartmckee1655 And babies ‘eads, and biscuits AB (Which I always thought stood for always broken)🤣
@stuartmckee1655
2 ай бұрын
@@glennrowe2961 I think that's what the black nasty (gaffa) tape was for, to fix the biscuits AB, after all we used it to fix everything else!
@stuartmckee1655
2 ай бұрын
@@glennrowe2961 oh yeh! It always went in the nasty bags (packed lunches) along with mystery paste sandwiches
@scotwilson4169
3 ай бұрын
Come on brits, who remembers biscuits brown and the tin of pate? Had fruit biscuits and the oatmeal blick as well, i remember loving these that my dad brought home as a child. Oh and the chocolate that would go a bit white afyer a while but still good 😂 Anyway when did they change from the box anyway? It even had a target on it
@jamesfell8194
2 ай бұрын
I've got a tin of Horlicks tablets from my Dad's emergency rations from 1945. I've also still got my can opener issued in my first 24hr rat pack from 1976.
@미야옹마옹
5 ай бұрын
Soon you will get Korean ration
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
I would be honored to try it!
@미야옹마옹
5 ай бұрын
@@ButterworthdasyrupThe tracking number is CA011252760KR. Maybe you can get it within 2 to 3 weeks.
@RedCascadian
5 ай бұрын
There used to be somethign in the US called a bumble bar. It was honey and sesame seeds, but it was softer and tasted pretty good.
@druid799
3 ай бұрын
Oatmeal blocks have been in ration packs since there’s been army ration packs ! AND they’ve always been in those green foil bags so god knows how old that one could have been ? 😳🤣🤣🤣
@baz0348
2 ай бұрын
The food ration bags I think are waterproof soldiers will have a ration cup in there rucksack you would just fetch water from a river or creek boil the water put the bag in the water to heat it up. the matches as well are waterproof and windproof.
@andycopland3179
3 ай бұрын
Just because it says "Breakfast" doesn't mean it's supposed to be cold. Gotta heat that bad boy up and it's not too bad.
@stuyrides5144
4 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved the new ration packets, but you really need to try one of the old ones, you can't beat dead fly biscuits and bacon burgers!
@Arukorstza
4 ай бұрын
That's breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, and morning tea snacks all in one pack. More than enough to feed a single brit for half a day. Now just wait for the evening meal kit, that's a mind bender that is.
@doxin_lover1278
5 ай бұрын
YES!!! a new video, I have been trying to patiently wait.
@Butterworthdasyrup
5 ай бұрын
Sorry for the delay. Hope you enjoy!
@TomGayler
Ай бұрын
My grandpa showed me a trick he learnt in the British Army to take the Oatmeal biscuit, smash it up into a powder and mix it with hot water and creamer to make 'porridge'. He and I both share the experience of a hexi burner being included in the ration pack with wind and water proof matches to light them. Hexi burner, blocks of a flammable chemical set a light, to heat up your boil in the bag rations. I believe they do not come with the ration packs purchased in Army Surplus stores, and they are been done away with in the military due to them being 'harmful'.
@p35flash97
5 ай бұрын
The matches are that way because they are meant to be stormproof and work when they are wet or in the wind.
@lvthud
5 ай бұрын
The sesame block if it is anything like my time, it has multiple uses, you can use it as a weapon by throwing at someone, you can use it as armour, put it in your top left pocket to protect your heart (nothing short of a nuke is going to chip it), or be a bastard LT and when the copter drops you off in 5 ft of snow you can hand out a large bag of rations that consists of just the oatmeal bar.
@Chris-f6o7m
5 ай бұрын
The rations usd to come in cardboard boxes, but they decon plastic bgs recently. Some of the main meals in the rations are OK, some are rats, literally disgusting especially cold so they do tatse alot better when heated up, they done away with the chocolate bars and the proper creamy tea, real shame. The small munchies like the bird feed bar is just a waste of time, but the cookies are good and the marble cake is amazing, that is for winners .The cooker is what we get issued with the gel fire blocks so can cook heat up the boil in the bags with a mess tin, however, most don't bother as they use a jetboil or a small camping gas stove, depending role. The matches they now issue, the pink ones are crap, only get 5 when used to get 10 and the board is flimsy as f**k where as the matches we used to get were alot better by far as they light easier and the board with more rigid. Even though everyone had a lighter, the matches were still useful as they burn really hot and are windproof.
@user-hf7jp2lt5x
2 ай бұрын
British hard tack can be used for river crossing. By soaking up the river.
@timacrow
3 ай бұрын
14:14 - Yes, he said the British drink was "very limey."
@colinmoore7460
4 ай бұрын
The brew-kit bag can be used with the water purification tablets. Purify the water before putting it in your canteen.
@PlayMaOnez
5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣I can't do that anymore! The Mustache-Logo 🤣🤣
@brianjewell9204
5 ай бұрын
The matches are windproof/waterproof.
@axon1637
3 ай бұрын
You had one of the better MRE bags, that looks lovely. Some of the other packs are proper mingen. Eating an MRE cold can be honkin, boil bags for a reason.
@Bob10009
2 ай бұрын
Don’t forget, all British armoured vehicles are equipped with a BV (boiling vessel) which is basically a big square kettle. This ensures that hot water is always available for making tea, coffee, hot fruit drinks or for heating those boil in the bag MREs.
@karstenjackson-lange5516
2 ай бұрын
I loved them in my day 1976 to 1986 came in a box with little tins hard tack, tubes of margarine and tubes of jam
@kaibroeking9968
3 ай бұрын
Instant coffee - so called because there is only one instant when it actually tastes like coffee. If you don't hurry, you'll miss it.
@speleokeir
2 ай бұрын
- Sesame seed bar: The idea is like a granola bar or CRAP (Chocolate, Raisins And Peanuts😀) The sugar in the honey gives you a quick energy boost and the seeds give a slow energy release. You can dunk it/balance it on the rim of your mug of tea/coffee to soften it. - Chocolate and orange is a classic combination, much like mint & chocolate, but oddly Americans don't seem familiar with it. Try a Terry's Chocolate orange or a jaffa cake (Technically a cake due to it's sponge base, but more like a biscuit). Both are delicious. There's even a chocolate & orange liqueur called Cointreau.
@gtd65
5 ай бұрын
To be honest, I think I preferred the old "compo" rations that we had back in the day. Supplemented by a hot egg banjo!
@daveramsay8459
4 ай бұрын
If you heat things up, they do taste different, also the sesame seed bar is not to eat, it’s to throw at the enemy when you run out of ammo !
@julib2023
5 ай бұрын
We grew up getting honey sesame sticks for a treat every once in a while when we’d go to a Greek grocery store (my dads Greek)
@monkeymanbob
5 ай бұрын
Another channel a few years back did the South Korean MRE's - I'd like to see you try one of those, and to see if it's been updated. The British squaddies who tried it, loved it.
@SatumangoTheGreat
3 ай бұрын
Was that the KoreanEnglishman channel by any chance? Or maybe Jolly (same people, different channel)
@monkeymanbob
3 ай бұрын
@@SatumangoTheGreat Jolly
@KGardanier
5 ай бұрын
“That’s a weird looking trash bag” a great opener 😂
@boblaw6534
2 ай бұрын
The idea of a field ration pack is that you can eat it cold out of the bag, but whenever possible you heat it up. To heat you boil water in your cup, place the sealed bag of food into the water to heat for a few minutes, it is then very good, hot and high in protein. The matches are wind resistant. The British do drink coffee, a lot of it.
@barryneul8954
3 ай бұрын
Most of it is meant to be eaten hot, boil in the bag then make a brew with the hot water. Win win.
@andrewcoates6641
3 ай бұрын
The entire ration is supposed to stick together in your intestinal tract so that you aren’t having to drop out of a march too frequently, but the gum is supposed to help you open your bowels, as well as being sugar free so you don’t get tooth decay, it is also supposed to help keep your teeth clean. The matches used to be available in two colours red as you demonstrated and green for use as small signal flares and are wind proof and water resistant, they also used to be the strike anywhere type so you didn’t have a problem with losing the striking strip, instead you could strike them on a rock or on a metal zipper. The small pack of tissues was provided for multiple uses ie. Blowing the nose, wiping hands and face and for cleaning after the gum starts its final performance. The oat blocks used to be issued packed in tin cans in various numbers of biscuits per tin,5,10,20 and sometimes you would find a pack containing biscuits made with oats and some dried fruit usually currents or raisins.
@davetdowell
2 ай бұрын
You can eat any of it cold, it's all precooked, or you can heat it up by putting the bag into water and bringing it to the boil, and then use the hot water to make the tea or coffee. The matches are waterproof, so you can literally spend a day submerged in water and still light a match when you get into dry land. We call that powdered fruit flavoured drink "schreech" and if you taste it, as you just did, you'll know why. The bright shiny bags are stuck on trees and bushes after lunch so everyone (the enemy) knows we've been there.
@davidmahan4160
3 ай бұрын
Very different to American rations, the uk armed forces they are not allowed to put in dangerous and unhealthy chemicals in the soldiers food, unlike America! You're supposed to heat the food rather than cold.
@Bosspigeon230
4 ай бұрын
Brit rations are really good, some bits you like, some you don't like every other nation on earth. The Curry is always brilliant! 20 days in the field no Royal Marine is saying 'ohh, the aftertaste...!' or 'Tea types we care about' or 'Al dente'
@anthonyphillips9989
2 ай бұрын
What I really miss from the '70s & '80s; corned beef hash & bacon & beans. Absolute joy after a hard day. Especially 30 degrees south
@billmmckelvie5188
2 ай бұрын
I cannot believe you lost the Tabasco sauce! Every British MRE comes with one. One thing you should have done was to do a zoom call with a British Army soldier so you got the maximum benefit. However these are nothing compared with the Ration packs of the late 70s. We had more solid food in tins. For example:- Process Cheese, Bacon grill Baked beans. Then in packets came. Large Dog Biscuits. Usual tea, powdered milk, sugar. Orange powder drink, that left the powder taste in your mouth. This came with a fold out Hexamine stove and tablets, which reminded me of the parafin fire lighters you had at home to light a coal fire. Water proof matches. Sterile toilet paper that was made from thick kitchen greaseproof paper.
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