Brit Taste Tests 24h Russian MRE Pack
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- OK, i'm going to admit, i was a bit worried and hesitant about this 24h MRE pack just because I thought a lot of the food would be a little unfamiliar to me... But should I have been? Find out!
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I've spent years living with Russians at work, the food has always been great. Best mushroom soup in the world.
I ate this dry food in the army. Almost all dishes should be stirred thoroughly to mix the fat. A soldier needs a lot of calories, so it's strange that the calorie content of some foods scares you. Vegetarians, models, etc. have no place in the Russian army.
Very true, when I was doing my service a few years back I would always eat as much as I could, the mess hall at the regiment always served to different main courses at lunch, I’d always grab a big plate of each as well as two pieces of bread and extra beans, I still managed to loose weight
Black chocolate having bloom is actually a sign of it being high quality and with no chemical preservatives. I would take white covered over shiny one every time
It wasn't bad tasting :-)
Dark chocolate with white spots could also indicate the product was frozen.
The bloom is just fat separation due to it being stored in warmer condition than is ideal for the chocolate.
The fat separates and moves to the outside of the bar.
Perfectly harmless.
as a child of the commonwealth... trust me you are lucky if we even have had dark chocolate. Dairy milk taste better than hershey's, but is technically more artificial...... To the point one cannot even market it as 'chocolate' in the USA or much of mainland EU.
@Ana Sevi I wonder which commonwealth country you are from but we've had dark chocolate for decades, Bournville being one of the earliest I can remember, and now there are hundreds of options.
Это хороший обзор! Было немного забавно смотреть, но оценка MRE адекватная и справедливая. 👍 Шоколад в этом пайке должен быть чёрный, думаю он стал таким от долгого хранения. И да, в русский шоколад обычно кладут больше сахара, чем в европейский. Бекон... это НЕ БЕКОН! Никто на упаковке не обещает, что внутри будет бекон. Переводчик не знал как перевести и подобрал наиболее близкий вариант. А это просто солёный свиной жир! Его мало кто любит и я действительно не знаю зачем они кладут это в MRE. Видимо это дёшево и на упаковке можно написать на 1000 калорий больше ) А ещё это полезная штука, можно съесть, можно на нём жарить пищу, можно смазать сапоги или любимый калашников. )) А ещё если ты стоишь на посту зимой в центре Сибири и вокруг тебя -50 градусов по Цельсию, то можно намазать открытые участки кожи как это делают северные народы. И тогда возможно придёт олень или лось чтобы полизать твоё жирное солёное лицо и в этот момент не спи, а хватай их и тащи в дом )))) 😂 P.S. Медведь не придёт, они зимой спят, хотя если он будет белый.. 🤔
Лайкоз =) Я его с галетами люблю уплетать. Ещё им неплохо бывает повысит калорийность разогреваемого блюда посредством добавления во время оного разогревания ))))
Эт я про сало топлёное )
Ну и хотелось бы видеть как он грел фольгу в микроволновке ))))))))
Шпик очень много кто любит, так что не надо говорить за всех. Его добавляют в основное блюдо, чтобы убрать сухость. Так же можно натирать кожаные вещи. Он очень калорийный и вкусный, только дурак будет есть жир в чистом виде, его намазывают на хлеб или добавляют в блюдо. There are a lot of people who love a spy, so you don't have to speak for everyone. It is added to the main dish to remove dryness. You can also rub leather things. It is very high-calorie and delicious, only a fool will eat fat in its pure form, it is spread on bread or added to a dish.
Спасибо. Повеселил)))
Я слышал, что на этом шпике можно жарить. В любом случае, в актуальных пайках он заменен т.н. беконом армейским (довольно похожей фигней, но с некоторым содержанием мяса).
High fat, high protein (for troops in cold weather), check. Lots of biscuits, check. Black tea with no milk, check. You've eaten a typical Russian MRE. Very enjoyable watching your struggle.
I actually quite liked it :-)
@@sidenoob4995 Dobryy tovarishch
There are a lot of cookies because in Russia everyone always eats with bread, in this MRE bread is replaced by cookies, because it is stored easily. Calories are very important to a soldier, the more calories, the more strength a soldier has during the day. Well, in the cold season, calories are also extremely needed. In Russia, they drink tea mostly without milk, just black tea.
@@VHSKacceta But do старуха still pug sugar cube between teeth before drinking? 🙂
It would be strange if in the Russian Army MRE the information was duplicated in some other language other than Russian)) I think in the American or British MRE they do not write in Russian)
If you learn how to pronounce the letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, and understand that the vast majority of Russian words are pronounced exactly as they are spelled, with a few regular variations, such as unstressed 'o' sounding more like an 'a' (as you can find in Italian), and 'Г' sometimes being 'v', instead of a hard 'g', you can often work out what food components are. Especially if you know a few names in other European languages.
For instance, 'чай, кофе, сахар, соль, шоколад, гуляш, молоко, фрукты, картофель, бекон, банан' are roughly transliterated as 'chai, korfye, sachar, sol, shokalad, goolyash, molaka, frookti, kartofel, byekan and banan' are ' tea, coffee, sugar (think saccharine), salt, chocolate, goulash, milk, fruit, potato (like kartoffel in German), bacon and banana'.
Thanks for a fascinating review, Ash. 🙂👍
I really should
That bacon fat will keep you nice and warm over a cold russian night. That's some awesome survival food
It’s actually really good grub!
Not matter what kind of "grub" you're eating, it good to see you haven't lost your manners. I didn't miss hanging your pinky out while sipping your tea. Always classy!
On a different note- other lock pickers sit in their workspace or garage and pick locks never putting themselves in harm's way. You, on the other hand, are putting your life on the line!
lol, you are welcome!
the bacon fat, i think is what was found in my cholesterol by viewing it. once again sir, you are a braver man than i am eating some of the items.
Lol, thanks :-)
I think I would have added some of the bacon fat into the main meals and melted it down.. On its own or with crackers - yuck.
This is a special chocolate, a raffle. To brighten up everyday life. All special packs are different so that they do not get bored. Many people like certain ones and they exchange what they like. It increases sociability and fraternity when you communicate a lot in your unit.
Sugar is a fast source of energy. It actually is very much appreciated in the field. In olden days they would have a cubbed sugar and it was close to a currency like cigarettes....
Also pilots in ww2/vietnam/korea wars had "emergency ration" which was a metal can that fits in a pocket and it was almost entirely sugar in different forms. Sometimes pure sugar....
Cool thanks!
There's a reason modern armies are using different bars instead of sugar.
The "bacon" thing is not a bacon, it was a wrong google translation. :) The right meaning is lard. It is for emergency purposes for expaple if it's your last MRE and you have nothing to eat next several days then you got these tons of calories in a small can. You can also use it on your skin to prevent the frostbite in winter when you don't have something better. In peacefull times soldiers use it as a shoe polish make their boots shiny. :D
Well it tasted like bacon and smelt like bacon and not lard 🤷♂️
@@sidenoob4995 I guess you were lucky and got the freshest one or a better brand. It's more common when it is in the large (same size as tha main course) cans and it's not eatable unless you're dieing of hunger.
Lol 😆 yeah it was actually kinda nice ... ish
youre so funny, trying to convince yourself all the time "yea, this is good, totaly normal" and your hands shaking and cracking the crackers cause youre so nervous! xD
ahahaha had so much fun
You could add the beef fat to buckwheat and it will be much nicer.
I really enjoyed your review :)
I cant remember the name but the bacon fat is a common item found in Eastern European rations.
Its just pure fat which I'm guessing is a great item considering some of the temperatures Russian military have to deal with.
So, the fruit beverage is made of black currant and rose hip. It's a really nice drink for your immune system)
For these packages best heat up at home process is using pot of boiling water and doing it like an egg. Only for 5-8 minutes and then leaving it out for another 5
Cool
Interesting meals. I think the red drink, given to the illustration, might be rose hip. The "bacon fat" might be bacon flavoured lard, and would be much better on dark bread, together with some pepper, maybe salt (if it isn't salted), and some fresh onion rings. Don't know when I had lard on bread for the last time, maybe some 35 years ago. That's really some food for big guys in the field, marching or working hard. About 880 kcal per 100 g, definitely something to keep you going on a cold, hard day, and a hearty snack with that bacon flavour.
Oh yeah, you'd get your calories alright!
The bacon part is a bit of a mistranslation. It's a pig's back fat, salted for preservation, probably with bits of skin mixed in.
The apple jam could be for adding to the tea. I remember having black tea sweetened with jam in Moscow a few years back
Interesting and actually sounds like it could be nice!
So the fat is what Russians used to keep warm in the winter like 500 years ago because it had lots of calories and got the body working but to us it is delicious so we just kept the tradition of eating it
What a fabulous video, interesting, entertaining, funny, made my day, many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
This is the first time I have seen one of your videos and this quote tells me you are not quite like Steve: "I don't want to take weird tablets from abroad".
Fat is also a very good energy source. And that bacon thing is actually supposed to be what it is :D it's not a bacon pate, it's not sausage... It's just something between lard and mince pork....
it was tasty at least
Also, it might be deemed a sacrilage by many, but I always eat the apple jam with the pate. Someone in this community, years ago, suggested that using fruit jam with the liver pates helps to subdue the "livery" flavor. I tried it once and was a convert. Jam & liver pate on crackers- that's where it's at.....
Yeah, like a fruity chutney. I can roll with that!
Great review mate, lve recently had a French ratione - gizzards and quinoa salad and pork cheek ravioli (menu 14 lol) l liked it!
The army biscuits are great, but at my age l have to be careful with them, your Russian pack has loads, did you eat them all?
Finally, another MRE video!
Sorry! I like to mix it up. I’m glad you enjoy them though
I'm quite surprised by seeing one of the few westerners that don't go "eww, pork fat! eww, liver pate!" And that pork fat goes really well with those porridges when you heat them up using some fire, frying it up a bit in process. And don't forget to stir it up, unless you want your porridge be a brick with burned bottom.
Thanks! I genuinely like most food and I’m pretty open to new experiences. A lot of the stuff in this ration pack was genuinely very good
@@sidenoob4995 I bought a couple of those IRPs in 2018 just to have some fun with my dad when we went to our country house for a weekend, that was enough food to sustain two large dudes for more than 24 hours, and serve as something to offset a fair amount of alcohol consumed. Plus, we heated those mains on the top of a fireplace, so we got them really nice and slightly crispy. And of course shpik was used for kasha reheating and later to fry some eggs. It's probably not healthy, but damn it makes everything taste better, arguably even better than using butter instead of oil for frying, and it's not like you use it every single day. And as a Russian, I can say that shpik wasn't something you could eat on its own, unless you really really need to. Proper salo, which I would recommend you to try, or make on your own, is crisp, straight from the freezer, cut in translucent slices, served with borodinsky bread, strong mustard, and pickled cucumbers/tomatoes, meanwhile shpik was just room-temp pork fat.
It wasn't a leaver sausage, it's just what they would put into a sausage in the form of patee-like spread (cooked of course). The problem with beef and porrige is that it's dry. You're supposed to boil it in the pot or heating it on the, the ugh, the thingy with only a slight opening to prevent an explosion.
@@AlexanderVonMalachi russia sucks 🐽🤡🤡🤡
@@Solid_Snake88 so is your mom.
MRE with microwave is not a combo. I recommend you use stove instead. because you can mix thing up on a pan rather than the microwave, the microwave it will draw out all the moisture and all it left is salt that why the food you eat look dry and salty. MRE and microwave shouldn't go together. At least use the stove if you want to heat it up and also keep the moisture because you can control the heat.
loved this ! thank you for starting this channel! i love watching lock picking and not going to lie my collection of lock picking channels way out number my other channels that i like to watch . but some times you just want something a little different! and iv wanted to do this my self just to see what's out there iv tried just a few MRE's and liked most of them and even some camping ones from Cabela's here in the USA but that is as far as it has gotten! i think it is a good idea to know what is good so a person can stock up just in case crap hits the fan ! oh and i do love bacon fat but you are right some meat would be a big plus i my self have stomach issues so even though i like it i would suffer afterword for eating it! lol any ways great video and thank you!
I'm so glad you like all this side stuff!
I hear you, Dana. Ever since my gallbladder was removed, I have had to eliminate a lot of fatty/greasy food. Kinda sucks some days; on the other hand, I have cut down on fried food intake. In fact, the smell of a hot deep fat fryer almost turns my stomach. 😳
He says this is tasty, but this is not. In a war in a cold trench with hunger, even simple crackers will seem like the most delicious product on earth. But when you're full of delicious homemade food, any MRE will suck. You need to not eat for 2 days, during these 2 days you need to be on a march with a load on your back, in cold autumn weather, stopping in the forest, opening this box and gobbling up everything without a trace, licking all the cans with your tongue.
Glad to see this video. Damn some of that stuff just looks so unappetizing. Well you know what they say it's the taste that matters. Between your first impressions and trying stuff some of it sounds like it tastes way better than it looks.
It was surprisingly pleasant!
Great review mate
Cooking the mains on the esbit stove seems to add a bit of char which improves the flavor.
It's funny to see how you evaluate contents of the package based on your first impression of packaging, especially when you think it's beef product when it's actually apple :D
I like to guess!
After watching this, It's 1PM here, and I'm thinking of going out to the Garage and grabbing an IMP from my emergency stash.
Go for it!
В России 24 вида шоколада и вам достался 1 из первоапрельских шоколадов (солёный) а мог попасться с перцем чили или с апельсином, с орехами, с миндалем, карамелью, с мятой, фруктовым или банановым джемом...
Army chocolate in Russia from WW2 is bitter black chocolate. The name is more a tradition than anything....
Ahhhh, thanks
Is the box foil lined to make it waterproof, so it can be used as a cookpot or washpot? It would be very clever use of materials if it were. Looking at the little disposable stove, it would make sense, some serious thought seems to have gone into this pack. They definitely maximised the number of calories that could be forced into that box!
It is waterproofed and with handles so you can carry water in it. But that's in theory. Those handles don't hold if you fill more than half. It was that way for years and they still don't update the design in any way :/
Interesting!
I like this series of reviews!, not bad the food. Keep going with this reviews! 👍👍👍
I'm military!
Thank you !
You didn't dissolved appropriately the fruit drink. Lacks **vodka**
Crackers: name check.
lol
Watching this clogged my colon.
For the next month, I shall have to eat Rastafarian fruit.
If I had one of these about a month ago pretty good stuff
This made me break out the sardines the beanie weenies
Lol
the Russians are always anxious to trade for American rations on the international space station. This kit may be an exception!
Honestly i'd keep this over the latest US rations i've tried!
@@sidenoob4995 good to know! They sometimes come up on e-bay fairly inexpensive. One just has to double check the "sell by" date.
I'm liking the MRE vids you should do some older ones even if you don't eat them its interesting to see what they contain.
If I find some I will!
honestly the only thing missing is a 30 ml or so vodka as appetizer. I call that a fail. Lol.
6-27 this pill is " rise from the dead and kill the enemy!"
lol
I'd bring my own flask of hot sauce, but pretty good stuff.
Шпик - сало со свининой (больше сала чем свинины)
I think that the bacon fat probably should have been heated up a bit
I'm not normally a troll but you my friend need to watch more MRE videos by others and then continue making MRE videos because you had a hard time with this one.
Ahhh, you have made the mistake of thinking i'm making this video for you rather than for me. So what i will do instead is have fun :-)
Quite Interesting! No fish? Apparently the Italians have alcohol in their packs. Maybe a nicer choice next time 😉
i need to get me an Italian one!
A shot of 40% alcohol basically. Italians love their liquor lol
Thank you Dr squach... Now I can open that pickle jar and Im running down the street followed by a hord of woman.. Its a little much.. But thank you 😃
I know it was just a taste test, but I'm wondering if there is an after-action report as a result of the MRE. 💩
I'll tell you when it happens... still waiting!
@@sidenoob4995 Hahaha! There's medication for that. :)
@@sidenoob4995
@ 9-22-22 Are you still waiting ?!
I believe that I would have heated the bacon prior to attempting to consume it, if possible. But that's just me.
Does'nt look to bad, but still it's not for me. LMAO at the tea drinking pinky. Thanks for sharing Ash and have a great week mate.
Same to you Gazz mate!!
You shouldn't eat everything with crackers... Those are there for when you are actually hungry. If you eat few of them it will just make you feel full and to eat field rations you need that appetite.... ;)
I like crackers
Тебе попался старый паек. Потому и кофе и сливки были такие нехорошие. Остальные продукты вкусные и очень питательные. В окопе!!!!!!🤣
A Russian MRE? Oh hell yeah, this I've got to see! LOL You could probably use the foil lined pouch as a cup. I'm sure it acts as a moisture/water barrier for the MRE, but could be used as a pouch for water or mixing those powdered drinks.
PS - Stay away from the Chernobyl brand MREs. Just saying.
lol
Облипиха+шиповник
срок годности ИРП (Russian MRE) 2 года (с 14 марта 2019 года до 14 января 2021 года)
Ох уж эти люди, пытающиеся намазать ненамазываемое на хрупкие галеты - нет бы как нормальные люди: есть ложкой и заедать галетами
Not bad i must say very enjoyable watching after this i must watch the Ukrainian MRE.
тех кто разогревает воду в микроволновке нужно отправить в ГУЛАГ... Мне физически больно смотреть на эту пену в воде...
Is Armenian chocolate a thing in Russia?
11:06 Be careful who you call that !
Oh no, not for me. I am sensitive to putting random food in my mouth. You are a much braver man than me Lock Noob. XD
Well, I try lol!
The thing you referred to as "bacon" literally was fat.
I usually fry up my kasha in some of the bacon fat, when I get the two in a ration. Using it to fry stuff is the only way I can use it. To eat it straight up? Man, you're tough.....
I've also used it on to fry up the US hasbrowns entree. That's one of my favorites, and a little bit of frying only makes it better (gets rid of that excess moisture...)
Excellent review! Thank you!
-Zed
Thanks 1 👍
i really didn't want to say this but.... alot of that looks like the stuff i feed my cat. btw this is not a joke
Lucky cat I guess!
has the cat died of obesity yet? and this is not a joke
You might like it if you heat it!
Makes American MREs look like royal food
The real thing is American MREs have a variety of things, texmex, italian, etc. With these rations, there is no variety, you eat the same thing everyday, and that's a quick way to make people miserable, regardless of quality.
От тайги до британских морей,
Красная Армия- всех сильней!!!
Но в джунглях Тигр сильнее всех, товарищ
@@sidenoob4995 daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! We got a secret handshake going on or something? Is Lock Noob a not so secret agent? :D
Отсутствие школьных знаний даёт о себе знать. В начале видео из упаковки достал 3 спиртовые таблетки (в школе его называли - сухой спирт). Такие использовали на уроках химии при практических занятиях. Видит упаковку спичек (водостойких) и черкач. И мозгов вообще не хватает понять, что если есть спички - нужно поискать топливо для разогрева продуктов (в первую очередь в наборе), но, как полный идиот сидит и пробует все в холодном виде. За вечер таких умников попалось уже 5 или 6 раз. Ну, точно, НУБ.
мужик, ты английский хоть знаешь? он сам в видео предположил, что это топливо, и сказал, что в любом случае не будет париться и просто разогреет еду в микроволновке
@@jodger2686 В микроволновке, в металлизированной упаковке? Ты мне тут про английский втыкаешь, а сам не в курсах, что в микроволновку НЕЛЬЗЯ ставить ничего металлосодержащего. Поэтому он сидит и жуёт все холодное. Был бы нормальным - показал бы как надо ставить горелку и как пользоваться сухим спиртом.
@@jodger2686 И кстати. Возможно, английский я знаю лучше тебя.
@@alexkor380 2:31 Что он говорит по твоему?
@@jodger2686 Ну, да... сказал про микроволновку. А потом мозги включились и вспомнил, что металл в микроволновке = взрыв. Поэтому дальше по видео сидит и жует холодное.
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Now I know why Russian rations are expired in Ukraine. I think the sold the good ones
There were some expired MRE's early in the war only, which barely means anything for an MRE, if the container wasn't pierced or opened. Oh wow, 1 year out of date, how will Russians cope!?!?!?
Meanwhile Ukrainians themselves were in awe when they captured one of these MREs and realized how much better they are than their own MREs.
Ukrainian troops have liberated many of these
Ukrainian MREs put this to shame.
No they don't LMAO. Not only is the Ukrainian MRE inferior in every way, there was even a video on Telegram recently, where Ukrainian soldiers captured some Russian MREs and were ready to make fun of them, only to open them up and see just how good they actually are.
Ukrainians take the L on this one
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Youre so underrated
That’s very kind of you