@@jermsMRE hello again, it's possible that the type of food was choosen with that in mind. The tortelli/ravioli is quite a traditional meal and the "pasta e fagioli" soup is (it was at least, nowadays gens have opinions) considered a kind of comfort food. I saw other ITA MRE and there was a tuna can with tomato sauce and peas and a "minestrone" (veggie soup) can and if the second is an easy setup for warming the belly and an easy digestion, the first is real comfort food, usually eaten with a huge amount of bread.
@@jermsMRE I forgot to mention.... Those fruit gummies...are actually real fruit and I THINK, contain B & C Vitamins and electrolytes. They aren't JUST....candies. And YES, you correctly interpreted the DATE CODES
On the back of the package it says november 5th, not may 11th(european date format) and it's the day the "AR food" company that made the MRE signed the army contract with the government(contract number 846 from november 5th 2019, the topmost line confirms it was produced in 2020).
It's been a while since I've seen an Italian review. Very cool! The only downside to these is that they are typically commercially available stuff. The only one I ever had was traded to someone that really wanted to give one a try. Thanks for the vid, great watch!
hello, about the dates: 2020 is the production year, 2022 is the expiring date, and the 2019 one I think it's more on the bureaucratic side, "contratto" means contract as the agreement between the military corp and the producer (imho).
Ohhhh MAN!!! Jerms back at it again another BANGER!! You did a darn fine job with this ration review here big bro 💪🤙 Breakfast Ive alwasys found they eat pretty light over there conpared to here where We eat bacon eggs toast grits pancakes then topped with you gotta go atleast two sticks of butter all while drinking whole milk and orange juice 😂😂💪💀💀 You seemed to heavily accept lunch and dinner portions, overall for three meals and recording all while still recovering and PT you did a realll good hob with this one Jerms!! Unalived it again brotha 💪🐐🐐🐐
Hey brother!! Man this was a great experience!! You're right about our brekkie here 🤣🤣🤣 Hope to see a review from you soon!!! And looking forward to your next live stream!!! Thanks for watching and the awesome feedback brother!!!
Howdy Amigo! I never lucked into one of these. These look cool, in what reviews I have seen. Yours is no exception. SCM is excellent multitasker. Coffee, tea, crackers, other food all benefit from it. Ravioli looks good. Coffee at lunch, not so much, LOL. Dinner looked good as well. Mains, sides, all 3 meals , looked awesome. Glad you enjoyed. Peace, John. P.S. , I agree, foreign rations put more thought into their rations, on food quality for their soldiers. I have always said this. You are not alone.
Hey John!! I was very pleased with this ration. However, these 24 hr rations are a challenge to review and not have an hour long video!! I appreciate you John!! Thanks for being here!!
Holy crap the edits...GREAT WORK! Love the transitions. I've been wanting an Italian for a while now but the time never seemed right when made available to me. Whether it be the menu, or what have you, I can't seem to obtain this guy! Great video, Jerms!
hey! at minute 10:50 you observe the dates. 2019 is the "contract date" and theres the number of it too. it refers to the order for which this specific lot of rations was made. the italian rations have a shelf life of 2 years. the date on the second line specifies that its best consumed before the 3rd of september, year 2022
Hi Jerms! Great review, bud! I've never had an Italian ration. Lot of different opinions on them. Some good, some not so good. But I figure it's like everything else. It all depends on your personal taste. Have a great day 🤝
That solid coffee that you had for lunch is still good as long as there is no mold growing on it. I've had that and dissolved it in hot water. Fine for mw
Great review my friend. I've been looking at these for a while, but they are always quite expensive. The contents look brilliant though, especially the condensed milk and the pork. Even the stove they give you looks solid. I'm hoping some newer versions will come onto the market in the near future. All the best, Jono 🙂👍
This was definitely a great experience! I thoroughly enjoyed making this review. Hopefully you get your hands on one! Would love to see your take on one! Thank you so much for watching!!
I wonder if the Italian Army has some other way of getting fluids to their troops because this ration didn't have any gatorade type drinks in it. Most rations have some type of electrolyte drink for at least two of the meals.
I was thinking the same but you know, I should have dropped one of those energy tablets in water to give that a shot. I bet that would work for a drink. Again, thanks for watching!!
Haven't seen an Italian review in a long time. Would have thought they'd transition away from that metal foil packaging for some heavy mil plastic wrap.
Drives me nuts when ration reviewers don’t heat their canned meats in fat! 🤦♂️ Those products benefit the most from heating. Other than that great review fella.
There are only 2 of those that have the cordial in them I believe and they are very hard to find or very expensive if you do find them. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
@@jermsMRE i Remember when I was young in the italianmountain troup during the military camp with Us army the changing night drink between ours cordial and grappa bottles and coca cola 😂 .....we were all injured next day 😂
Italians know coffee. Its amazing that even in a war zone, they will have awesome coffee or a latte.
They sure do! What an amazing morale boost for the troops! I appreciate you watching! 👍👍👍
@@jermsMRE hello again, it's possible that the type of food was choosen with that in mind.
The tortelli/ravioli is quite a traditional meal and the "pasta e fagioli" soup is (it was at least, nowadays gens have opinions) considered a kind of comfort food. I saw other ITA MRE and there was a tuna can with tomato sauce and peas and a "minestrone" (veggie soup) can and if the second is an easy setup for warming the belly and an easy digestion, the first is real comfort food, usually eaten with a huge amount of bread.
These guys eat well, looks more like 2 days worth of food. The mini stove is nice touch. Thanks.
They sure do!! Lots of food there!! Thanks for watching!!
These are AWESOME in my opinion
I am of Italian heritage
I have had an A, B, F and I got a C on the way....
The stoves in these rations are the best
Hey brother!!! I absolutely agree!! Excellent ration. And definitely the best stove, hands down! Thanks brother!!
@@jermsMRE
I forgot to mention....
Those fruit gummies...are actually real fruit and I THINK, contain B & C Vitamins and electrolytes. They aren't JUST....candies.
And YES, you correctly interpreted the DATE CODES
On the back of the package it says november 5th, not may 11th(european date format) and it's the day the "AR food" company that made the MRE signed the army contract with the government(contract number 846 from november 5th 2019, the topmost line confirms it was produced in 2020).
Thanks for the info! I appreciate it 👍 And I appreciate you watching!
It's been a while since I've seen an Italian review. Very cool! The only downside to these is that they are typically commercially available stuff. The only one I ever had was traded to someone that really wanted to give one a try. Thanks for the vid, great watch!
Thanks brother!! I was excited for this one!! I'd love to find some of that pork in jelly!! Appreciate you watching!!
The condensed milk IS for the insta coffee man!!!!!
I was just shocked they give you such a gigantic tube of the stuff! So good though!! Thanks for watching!!
hello, about the dates: 2020 is the production year, 2022 is the expiring date, and the 2019 one I think it's more on the bureaucratic side, "contratto" means contract as the agreement between the military corp and the producer (imho).
Thanks for the info! I appreciate you watching 👍👍
Jerms Thank you so much for the flowers. Got them to day. Awesome review.
Glad you got them and hope they brightened your day! We all hope you feel better soon!!!
@@jermsMRE they did thank you so much. I am feeling a lot better. Better than I have in months. Not saying I want to do it again. LOL
@@marilynscull4585 That's great to hear you're feeling better!!
Excellent review and glad you're healing well
Thank you Cliff!! I really appreciate you watching!!
Ohhhh MAN!!! Jerms back at it again another BANGER!! You did a darn fine job with this ration review here big bro 💪🤙
Breakfast Ive alwasys found they eat pretty light over there conpared to here where We eat bacon eggs toast grits pancakes then topped with you gotta go atleast two sticks of butter all while drinking whole milk and orange juice 😂😂💪💀💀
You seemed to heavily accept lunch and dinner portions, overall for three meals and recording all while still recovering and PT you did a realll good hob with this one Jerms!! Unalived it again brotha 💪🐐🐐🐐
Hey brother!! Man this was a great experience!! You're right about our brekkie here 🤣🤣🤣 Hope to see a review from you soon!!! And looking forward to your next live stream!!! Thanks for watching and the awesome feedback brother!!!
Howdy Amigo! I never lucked into one of these. These look cool, in what reviews I have seen. Yours is no exception. SCM is excellent multitasker. Coffee, tea, crackers, other food all benefit from it. Ravioli looks good. Coffee at lunch, not so much, LOL. Dinner looked good as well. Mains, sides, all 3 meals , looked awesome. Glad you enjoyed. Peace, John. P.S. , I agree, foreign rations put more thought into their rations, on food quality for their soldiers. I have always said this. You are not alone.
Hey John!! I was very pleased with this ration. However, these 24 hr rations are a challenge to review and not have an hour long video!! I appreciate you John!! Thanks for being here!!
Holy crap the edits...GREAT WORK! Love the transitions.
I've been wanting an Italian for a while now but the time never seemed right when made available to me. Whether it be the menu, or what have you, I can't seem to obtain this guy!
Great video, Jerms!
Thank you so much brother!!! If you can get one, you won't be disappointed!! Appreciate you brother!!
hey! at minute 10:50 you observe the dates.
2019 is the "contract date" and theres the number of it too. it refers to the order for which this specific lot of rations was made.
the italian rations have a shelf life of 2 years. the date on the second line specifies that its best consumed before the 3rd of september, year 2022
Thank you for clarifying! I appreciate the correction. Thanks for watching 👍👍
@@jermsMRE thank you for the video! its always nice watching someone who appreciates our rations :D
Hi Jerms! Great review, bud! I've never had an Italian ration. Lot of different opinions on them. Some good, some not so good. But I figure it's like everything else. It all depends on your personal taste. Have a great day 🤝
Thank you Tracy!! I can definitely see this not being for everyone. But I certainly enjoyed it! I really appreciate you being here friend 🤝
That pork and gelatin looked like it was fantastic.
It was exquisite!! I was a little skeptical about it but holy moly!! Thanks for watching!!!
Great stuff! I've never eaten my Italian rat. I probably should. Thing is ooooold
I would definitely recommend one!! Biggest surprise was the pork in jelly 🤤 Thanks so much for watching Smitty!!
That solid coffee that you had for lunch is still good as long as there is no mold growing on it. I've had that and dissolved it in hot water. Fine for mw
I'll give that a shot next time. Thanks for watching Kevin!
Great review my friend. I've been looking at these for a while, but they are always quite expensive. The contents look brilliant though, especially the condensed milk and the pork. Even the stove they give you looks solid. I'm hoping some newer versions will come onto the market in the near future. All the best, Jono 🙂👍
This was definitely a great experience! I thoroughly enjoyed making this review. Hopefully you get your hands on one! Would love to see your take on one! Thank you so much for watching!!
Nice review Jerms, I am envious!
Thank you!!! I appreciate you being here!!
Nice review Jerms! Remember EU UK dates are DD MM YYYY 🙂
Thank you Russell!! Good call on the date!! Totally botched that 🤣 I appreciate you watching!!
Candies resemble British fruit pastilles.
My thoughts exactly!😊
Thanks for the info! Interesting! And thanks to both of you for watching! 👍👍
I wonder if the Italian Army has some other way of getting fluids to their troops because this ration didn't have any gatorade type drinks in it. Most rations have some type of electrolyte drink for at least two of the meals.
I was thinking the same but you know, I should have dropped one of those energy tablets in water to give that a shot. I bet that would work for a drink. Again, thanks for watching!!
Haven't seen an Italian review in a long time. Would have thought they'd transition away from that metal foil packaging for some heavy mil plastic wrap.
This was fun but challenging to review!! Agree about the packaging. Not sure why they continue to use the foil. Thanks for watching Mark!!!
🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 italia mentioned
Such a good ration!! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it 👍👍
Man these are rare and expensive!!
They are!! Not a cheap hobby I'll tell ya! But it's so much fun! This was an amazing experience! Thanks for watching!!
love the italian one, very cool! gotta get that russian one though 🇷🇺
Got 2 on da way!!! Will be a while for shipping though
Drives me nuts when ration reviewers don’t heat their canned meats in fat! 🤦♂️ Those products benefit the most from heating. Other than that great review fella.
I hadn't thought of heating the meat. I'm sure that would have made it even better!! Next time! Thanks for watching JC!!
That ain,ain't, much!Weren,Weren't, you supposed to get some ALCOHOL?!
There are only 2 of those that have the cordial in them I believe and they are very hard to find or very expensive if you do find them. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
You totally lost me on that rusty Benchmade..take better care of a proper knife. 😢
There is no rust on that knife, I assure you. It was light reflecting from the lights I use for filming. Thanks for watching!
where is cordiale ?
There are 2 menus of these rations that have cordial included, which is an alcoholic drink. Thanks for watching!!
@@jermsMRE i Remember when I was young in the italianmountain troup during the military camp with Us army the changing night drink between ours cordial and grappa bottles and coca cola 😂 .....we were all injured next day 😂
@@guidopagliai4870 🤣🤣 sounds like a successful military camp 🤣