2004 British 24hr Operational Ration Pack MRE Review Curried Lamb UK ORP Army Meal Tasting Test

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  • čas přidán 11. 01. 2017
  • These British 24 hour Ration Packs are designed to last between 3-5 years. Check out how well this 12 year old one has held up! A mixed bag, and with unusual and out of production components that make this one a heck of a rare treat!
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    And thank you everyone for watching & subscribing - hope
    you enjoyed this one, as I certainly did making it!
    -Steve
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  • @TheHammer89
    @TheHammer89 Před 7 lety +2054

    "Tastes like body odor." Keeps drinking it. Yup, you're at Steve's channel.

    • @chriscrocker2904
      @chriscrocker2904 Před 7 lety +50

      Hammer U its like when he smells something bad and cant stop smelling it hahahaha. gets me everytime.

    • @MadMenPlays
      @MadMenPlays Před 7 lety +7

      Hammer U He does this so much.

    • @nitemare5760
      @nitemare5760 Před 7 lety +2

      Hammer U LMFAO

    • @zacharyblevins9033
      @zacharyblevins9033 Před 7 lety +12

      which is why I come back and continue watching

    • @kevzvipe
      @kevzvipe Před 7 lety +3

      cool.

  • @chrisgreen3962
    @chrisgreen3962 Před 5 lety +820

    "That's really weird, but I just keep eating it."
    We know Steven, that's why we're here.

  • @oliburkillcomedy
    @oliburkillcomedy Před 4 lety +287

    The way Steve describes Rations makes me want to see him eat in an actual nice restaurant. It must blow his mind.

  • @MillwalltheCat
    @MillwalltheCat Před 5 lety +194

    Used to have 'Biscuits AB' in some packs.
    AB = Alternative Bread, but we all referred to it as 'Anal Blockage'.

    • @marklloyd4087
      @marklloyd4087 Před 4 lety +9

      You could build a house with biscuits brown!!!!!,I remember braking a "tooth" on one of those biscuits during a exercise in Tidworth 1995, when I see a house brick ,I always smile 😷 🚑🏁 good days B BTY Royal horse artillery

    • @user-gs6wt5op7p
      @user-gs6wt5op7p Před 3 lety +6

      @@marklloyd4087 why is "tooth" in quotations

    • @Zulgurub
      @Zulgurub Před 3 lety +2

      @@user-gs6wt5op7p Because British people don't have teeth

    • @thedootman9499
      @thedootman9499 Před 2 lety

      @@Zulgurub that's not cool

  • @donnamaria3059
    @donnamaria3059 Před 7 lety +1819

    "it's 12 years old"
    that horrifying moment when 2004 feels like yesterday

    • @idontknowtbh6964
      @idontknowtbh6964 Před 6 lety +20

      Enxiaty omg 😂 serious?

    • @GothicaBeauty
      @GothicaBeauty Před 6 lety +9

      Dee C so does 1984 & i was 11.

    • @oliverkalamata2753
      @oliverkalamata2753 Před 6 lety +5

      ....and I graduated the following year 😩

    • @lilyblueharsh
      @lilyblueharsh Před 6 lety +25

      Enxiaty Jesus dude I know I'm five months late but your desperation is still just as palpable

    • @JohnNNJ
      @JohnNNJ Před 6 lety +12

      2004 was yesterday, as was 1994, and 1984... at least how my mind works. I guess people have different capacities of memory, which is why the world has ended up weird, since there are differences in people. Something society has yet to recognize.

  • @failpyre
    @failpyre Před 7 lety +431

    'It kinda adds a disturbing living on the edge kind of feel to the rest of this food around it, but I think that's part of the allure'.
    Steve perfectly summed up the entire channel in one sentence.

    • @KelseyDrummer
      @KelseyDrummer Před 6 lety +2

      Leo How does this comment not have more likes? It's so accurate.

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy Před 5 lety +3

      You know, I wonder if some of John Peel's soul was reincarnated in Steve - that's the kind of thing John Peel would have said.

    • @TheWelder88
      @TheWelder88 Před 5 lety +1

      @@KelseyDrummer . g ,f h.

    • @RyanMartinsrjmartins
      @RyanMartinsrjmartins Před 4 lety +1

      I thought the same thing!

  • @DrEko2012
    @DrEko2012 Před 6 lety +436

    As a brit seeing you dunk those biscuits in the tea makes me proud!

  • @Madcap247
    @Madcap247 Před 6 lety +400

    From experience the Pate smelt like cat food and the Biscuits Brown smelt stale in 2004 :-D

    • @CragScrambler
      @CragScrambler Před 6 lety +37

      Madcap247 that lamb curry also deffo had a baby vomit smell to it fresh as well.

    • @jamieslingsby9907
      @jamieslingsby9907 Před 6 lety +20

      the herb pate tasted fowl it was the first thing on my trade away list but the beef one was really nice

    • @tesstickle7267
      @tesstickle7267 Před 5 lety +10

      Had to suck in those hard bastard brown biscuits lol and i liked the cat food, even with fruit biscuits..what can i say I'm not all correct in the head lol drink powder like sherbet as well haha

    • @trumpetscall8910
      @trumpetscall8910 Před 5 lety +11

      Those old British mre, were just as bad new.

    • @sc8890
      @sc8890 Před 5 lety +3

      ....and he kept hold of the green sweets!!?? ;-)

  • @harambeexpress
    @harambeexpress Před 7 lety +305

    Just more on Range Cards for those who have not done infantry training or from countries who don't use range cards...
    The idea of a range card is that when a defensive position is set up you fill out the card with geographic features (dead ground mostly), ranges of notable features, claymore positions, barbed wire/obstacles other pits, listening posts/sentries and your designated arcs of fire. This means that you are not in your pit because you have been relieved or are off on a work party (or something else) somebody can jump into your fighting pit and know what is in front of them so that they can fight effectively. It's basically mandatory for the gun pits where piquet is usually run through the night and day by everybody in the section/platoon rotating through.
    Although the circles make it look like a target that's not what it is -you draw a diagram on it that shows the features mentioned above. You're meant to designate a distance per ring such as 50m, which help people understand the ranges and locations of features quickly and easily.

  • @Luke.hello.
    @Luke.hello. Před 7 lety +261

    "smells like baby vomit" "tastes like body odor" the descriptions in this episode were something else, haha

    • @chester8420
      @chester8420 Před 5 lety +2

      Catfood...

    • @extramild1
      @extramild1 Před 5 lety +1

      In fairness most British food tastes like that.

    • @nemesisslr
      @nemesisslr Před 5 lety +1

      @@extramild1 where are you eating?

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery Před 6 lety +206

    Bacon can sometimes be indestructible. In the mid nineteenth century, some builders in a village in the County of Essex, broke into an old chimney in the building they were working. Hanging in the chimney, was a side of bacon, that the building's owner estimated must have been sealed up in there since the seventeenth century - it had been hung there to smoke, of course. The interesting thing is that the builders ate some of the bacon, and pronounced it excellent.

    • @jokerjoj.f.4212
      @jokerjoj.f.4212 Před 5 lety +46

      That is the phenomenon that is cured meats. Tastes stronger, lasts longer. My favourite will always be Montreal smoked brisket.

    • @guppy719
      @guppy719 Před 4 lety +7

      @@jokerjoj.f.4212 I wonder if a lot of the taste factor is people being more likely to survive if they liked it.

    • @sirbillius
      @sirbillius Před 3 lety +4

      Is there any way you could post a link to the story? *I need answers.*

    • @yanny9287
      @yanny9287 Před 3 lety +2

      Legend has it, it’s still there today.

    • @PORRRIDGE_GUN
      @PORRRIDGE_GUN Před 2 lety +2

      I found some gammon steaks in my deep freeze that were 8 years past their BBE. They tasted fine, and were very tender.

  • @lupusfenric6190
    @lupusfenric6190 Před 6 lety +88

    "Looks pretty good for twelve years old". One of the few contexts where that phrase is actually acceptable.

    • @QuigleTheGnome
      @QuigleTheGnome Před 3 lety +3

      Half of the country in the world: “ are you sure about that

  • @davidmeyer6908
    @davidmeyer6908 Před 7 lety +151

    Steve and Ian from "Forgotten Weapons" must be brothers. Both do amazing reviews of delightfully old/obscure military gear, both seem to know just about everything about their respective subjects, and both have righteous mustaches.

    • @amperzand9162
      @amperzand9162 Před 7 lety +2

      Truly.

    • @nocturnalicon12
      @nocturnalicon12 Před 7 lety +10

      David Meyer good ole gun Jesus.

    • @fuckingchump8975
      @fuckingchump8975 Před 6 lety +12

      Gun Jesus and MRE Jesus

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 Před 9 měsíci

      Six years later and STILL no collaboration.

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 Před 8 měsíci +1

      What would they collaborate on, Ed? There is no real overlap. You’d be making a cake from a crumb just to put them together. There’s just no “there” there. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @arcooke
    @arcooke Před 7 lety +288

    The Steve I used to know would have tried the baby vomit

    • @smiechu47
      @smiechu47 Před 7 lety +8

      Tru dat.

    • @carpeomnia88
      @carpeomnia88 Před 7 lety +1

      N.ESS true

    • @BenniboiBadman
      @BenniboiBadman Před 7 lety +40

      maybe he's developed a healthy respect for his own mortality.......not quite as entertaining though lol

    • @jonjaquez
      @jonjaquez Před 7 lety +12

      Oh, you used to know steve?

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger Před 7 lety +24

      +BenniboiBadman
      If you are what you eat and what Steve eats lasts forever...
      Then that means Steve will last forever.

  • @jasonsteward99
    @jasonsteward99 Před 5 lety +38

    "Its so naff its cool" to those of you who arent British, that pretty much means: "Its so shit, is cool"

  • @calummackenzie8805
    @calummackenzie8805 Před 4 lety +610

    Was worried about Coronavirus, came here to be calmed down by Steve and realized, if we could synthesize his immune system, we can end the virus tomorrow

  • @jamesnapier6537
    @jamesnapier6537 Před 7 lety +266

    Hi Steve, I was a royal marine cadet, (in the U.K.) and these rations are similar to the ones that I used to eat on a regular basis on camp. The biscuits by the way, (in the packets) are designed to prevent you crapping on a regular basis. They actually were used to fill the soldier up and prevent them pooping, which means when on operations, they are less likely to be caught whilst on the toilet. The sweets also were mainly meant to be eaten when you are on the move to give short bursts of energy when fatigued etc. Interesting facts I thought you might want to hear. (Oh I forgot one thing, if you eat too many sweets in one go, they are essentially a laxative...) great content. Keep it up. Your number one fan. James

    • @accountnamewithheld
      @accountnamewithheld Před 6 lety +21

      I was taught in ccf that the green biscuits stuff you up, the pink ones relieve you
      I think they reformulated the rations a few years back which dont have the coloured biscuit packs in though, sadly.

    • @andljoy
      @andljoy Před 6 lety +8

      I was always told that but i suspected it was bullshit . Guess i was wrong.

    • @brlbrlbrlbrl
      @brlbrlbrlbrl Před 6 lety +18

      Fairly sure it is bullshit. This same stuff keeps getting told about every ration pack in every military, as they all tend to stuff you up. Add to that the usual military pastime of making up shit for fun and you get these weird legends about everything.

    • @chaz8758
      @chaz8758 Před 6 lety +10

      I never got bunged up by the rat packs as a cadet (1980 - 83) not as a regular (1983-2007), I did get to see many changes in the rat packs over that time, mostly improvements but some that were not (getting rid of Babies Heads', Cheese Possessed, Pink Death, Compo Sossies in a tin).

    • @faxx2
      @faxx2 Před 5 lety +15

      “biscuit fruit makes you toot, biscuit brown makes you frown”

  • @TheRealDustpan
    @TheRealDustpan Před 7 lety +35

    I love hearing him say "nice!" After he opens everything

  • @jasperfk
    @jasperfk Před 6 lety +35

    I had one of these! My father brought one back from his short time in Iraq. This was so good remembering opening the packet as a young boy. As I recall I had sausage and beans, and spaghetti. The waterproof matches blew my mind at 9 years old!

  • @freepbx6070
    @freepbx6070 Před 5 lety +111

    You've chosen an interesting one to review Steve (great video by the way!). There were a few 'firsts' for this ration pack, that wouldn't be obvious today. First, really interesting you spot the clear rice packet - this *was* indeed a trial of sorts. The old 'British' foods were going out of favour (Corned Beef Hash etc...) so they thought they would try curries again, but for the first time with separate rice, never done before. At the time, they knew that British rations needed updating, but the thinking was that British troops liked the *idea* of MRE's more than the actual US type meals. So, the hot sauce was a sop towards the MRE style, also a very new thing. The pate tins were history a couple of years max after this era, after that you got Pate in commercially branded (made by Princes, but not available to buy retail) retort pouches and now not at all. Also, did you spot the rather interesting 'no girls' logo on the chocolate? Duncans of Scotland had supplied the MoD for years, and when the contract ended they went bust - long having abandoned any pretence of making chocolate for civvies in any serious quantity. At that time, Yorkie (Nestle formerly 'Terry's of York') stepped in and back then had an half sexist, half tongue-in-cheek campaign along the lines of 'Yorkie - It's NOT for Girls!'. Some ration pack chocolate had this changed to 'It's NOT for Civvies!'. Later on, all chocolate was removed since virtually all conflict has been in super hot places. I don't want to talk politics, but sadly since 2010 British Ration packs IMHO have been the worst in the world, with privatisation of the catering leading a 'race to the bottom' where nasty, preservative stuffed retort pouches are being imported from Thailand and the likes, together with cheap ricecake bars etc...

  • @stocklee
    @stocklee Před 7 lety +379

    was anybody else nervous when he held the tray in his hands together with both glasses?

    • @CharTheDude
      @CharTheDude Před 7 lety +29

      Stocklee lol he can do it cause he's a professional

    • @numberyellow
      @numberyellow Před 7 lety +15

      I thought he was gonna have a FailArmy moment.

    • @stocklee
      @stocklee Před 7 lety +5

      well thats pretty... nice :)

    • @phoenixj5279
      @phoenixj5279 Před 7 lety +1

      Stocklee yes lol

    • @jduff59
      @jduff59 Před 6 lety +25

      Only for a sec, then I remembered just who's holding that tray. The tray man himself!

  • @pythonx1358
    @pythonx1358 Před 7 lety +130

    Brother, I use your vids to go to sleep. I have horrible trouble sleeping and your vids are relaxing and mind numbing. I love your vids man.

    • @Joetechlincolns
      @Joetechlincolns Před 6 lety

      Yep, I fall asleep to YT vids with the intent of watching them in their entirety, never happens. Lol

    • @mjoakes
      @mjoakes Před 6 lety +3

      give asmr a try, and if all the female asmrtists make you uncomfortable, try massageASMR/Ephemeral Rift/RaffyTaffy/Dr. T ASMR/Phoenician Sailor

    • @jamesalbrets6698
      @jamesalbrets6698 Před 6 lety

      Michael Oakes E Rift is boss mode ASMR.

    • @SamanthaScott50
      @SamanthaScott50 Před 5 lety

      Edward Merida I use them to sleep too!!

    • @Jayderica
      @Jayderica Před 5 lety

      Me too!
      I also recommend ASMR!

  • @garethfairclough8715
    @garethfairclough8715 Před 6 lety +198

    Man, I miss those old packs.
    It's odd that the yorkies didn't have the "NOT FOR CIVVIES!" gag on the back of them though.
    No really, they used to have that line on them. It was a joke take on the Yorkie "not for girls!" tagline.
    I remember having even older packs than this which had some off brand chocolate in a white wrapper with a red stripe going down it.
    The hot sauce was replaced with a little tiny bottle of tabasco pretty quickly.
    Btw, that orange drink?
    We used to clean toilets with it. It was (colloquially) called "screech". It did a better job of that than it did as a drink! You'd need about 3 litres of water to make it sort of palatable. If we had to drink it, we'd just mix at most 1/4 of the powder into a cup at a time. Also, we *never* put it in our water bottles. It'd stink the things out and they'd smell like that for literally years.

    • @marklloyd4087
      @marklloyd4087 Před 4 lety +9

      "SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH'
      😂 😂 😂 WHAT ABOUT BISCUITS BROWN, TWO PACKS OFF BISCUITS THAT WOULD STICK IN YOUR THROAT, AND A SMALL POT OF MEAT WHICH WILL ONLY GO ON TWO BISCUITS, AND YOUR LEFT WITH A PACKET AND A HALF
      😡, OH WHAT JOY BROKEN TEETH
      😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears Před 4 lety +28

      Gareth Fairclough I remember the advert for YORKIES. For truckers. Can you imagine the screech from feminists these days over that advert? Lol.

    • @BlackWhirlies
      @BlackWhirlies Před 4 lety +2

      @@pommiebears It's even funnier now ......czcams.com/video/HGvjGJ9II9Q/video.html

    • @bigbill74scots
      @bigbill74scots Před 4 lety +6

      lloyd biscuits brown
      Guaranteeing that your next shovel recce will feel like a religious experience.

    • @mountainbearoutdoors
      @mountainbearoutdoors Před 3 lety +5

      @@marklloyd4087 I swear it was those biscuits brown that stopped me having a shit for 3 days. I got back off excercise and had some proper scoff and had a mahoosive dump afterwards.

  • @Solargarlicc
    @Solargarlicc Před 4 lety +41

    "its that hot sauce that burns" (cuts to next scene) "Nice"

  • @WaxerUK
    @WaxerUK Před 7 lety +127

    In the mid 80s I became strangely obsessed with the Vietnam War (I'm British & we didn't really have any real involvement over there), but ever since then, anything I find interesting online that harks back to that is interesting to me... I came to this channel about a year ago from a Vietnam era MRE and now I am pretty much addicted to watching these! I mean this video alone, after only 24 hours online has had almost 100k views... thats a lot of people interested in watching a bloke eat stuff for soldiers from years ago! Mental right? I love it though and big love to Steve1989 for his channel!

  • @FoosRaFan
    @FoosRaFan Před 7 lety +35

    I wish I was as passionate about something in my life like Steve is for MREs... That being said, I never miss a video! Keep it up Steve!

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 6 lety

      Just need a hobby my man.

  • @epl803
    @epl803 Před rokem +9

    This one is from my infantry soldiering days; you got a great menu ORP here. Few points:
    Oatmeal biscuits are amazing
    Bacon and beans was the best breakfast to get, totally agree it's smokey and there's lots of it as a bacon:beans ratio
    Biscuits brown smell and feel stale but are actually great for something so simple, put the Yorkie chocolate in bewtwen two like an un-melted smore and it's heaven
    The hot chocolate mix you use some of the water from the mess tin you heated the bacon and beans in (the rest is for shaving and cleaning the cam cream off) and with the sugar already in it (don't add more) it really wakes you up
    The pate goes straight in the empty sandbag to be thrown away
    The boiled sweets are for when you are on sentry at 0200 in the morning, if you focus on keeping them moving around your mouth, touching each tooth as it goes, you won't fall asleep
    The juice powders are great but you can't let them sit in your water bottle for long or they'll stick to the inside and you'll have a rotten water bottle in no time
    Hot sauce goes in the curry; the little bottles of tabasco that came before this were far better than whatever those sachets were
    When it's cold and wet, the stock drink will change your life

  • @Sorbzski99
    @Sorbzski99 Před 6 lety +44

    The hot sauce is for the main meal.
    The pate is for snacks throughout the day with the Biscuits, brown
    The oatmeal block is best in a mug with hot water, biscuits brown and sugar when you are hanging out your arse after a night on stag in the rain.
    The curry is not for lunch. The snacks, biscuits, tea/ coffee and sweets are for lunch. The curry is for evening meal with the dumplings for dessert, both piping hot.
    The orange drink is commonly known as 'Screech'!
    I have eaten thousands of these 'Rat Packs'!

    • @FangOfDrknss
      @FangOfDrknss Před 5 lety +6

      You eat whatever you want for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

    • @iolychan811
      @iolychan811 Před 5 lety +4

      Maybe he means as in, best for circumstances

  • @joecarr9956
    @joecarr9956 Před 7 lety +52

    Steve's voice is so calming like Bob Ross. His enthusiasm is so sincere and contagious. Love your work, Steve!

  • @mechanicalmind496
    @mechanicalmind496 Před 7 lety +24

    "Well that smells like body odour. weird. it literally does. I don't know why I am going back for more. It's not that bad." Steve your videos are often comical, educational and cool. thank you!

  • @jamescaldwell1645
    @jamescaldwell1645 Před 3 lety +14

    i can confirm that the pate looked, smelled and tasted as steve describes when it was "fresh" in 2004

  • @thedude1744
    @thedude1744 Před 6 lety +43

    MoD Curried Lamb has 'Natural Yoghurt' so that's going to be the ingredient that failed.

  • @paul333000
    @paul333000 Před 7 lety +156

    This guy sounds like the coolest person on the planet

  • @gundog4314
    @gundog4314 Před 7 lety +223

    Man, what a shame the Lamb Curry was shot. Cool find and you are right these things are super rare. Cheers!

    • @DickHolman
      @DickHolman Před 7 lety +2

      Instant tea is an abonimation unto the Camelia, it should be burned with fire & erased from history!

    • @Dreaded88
      @Dreaded88 Před 7 lety +14

      +Steve1989MREinfo:
      I miss the days when you'd try it anyway!
      Smells like Baby Vomit? Taste the Rainbow! :D

    • @2534will
      @2534will Před 6 lety +6

      The amount of these we used to throw away after exercises lol always took the chocolate out tho :)

    • @Jabberwoky
      @Jabberwoky Před 6 lety +4

      Smells like baby vomit? Nothing wrong with that then!

    • @hucklebk
      @hucklebk Před 6 lety

      Swap ya =P

  • @sanarifat3505
    @sanarifat3505 Před 5 lety +39

    “ the soup tastes like body odor “ 😂😂😍😍

  • @Levi-ee1oq
    @Levi-ee1oq Před 7 lety +12

    the highlight of your channel isn't even the MRE's, particularly. it's you. you are one of the most charismatic people I've ever seen. you could literally make anything seem interesting. you are spectacular

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 Před rokem

      it thw passion and care put into it it cantagous

  • @jonjaquez
    @jonjaquez Před 7 lety +270

    my man steve is ripped

    • @bigfootedhunteruk2225
      @bigfootedhunteruk2225 Před 6 lety +28

      jon jaquez because he eats army food 24/7

    • @wibble2482
      @wibble2482 Před 6 lety +34

      The secret power of eating nothing but military rations.

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster Před 6 lety +9

      MENTAL ADVICE!! Food is only half the equation to getting ripped like that.

    • @bigfootedhunteruk2225
      @bigfootedhunteruk2225 Před 6 lety +4

      tygonmaster tell me about it ! But I'm getting there !

    • @jesser5127
      @jesser5127 Před 5 lety +1

      I think he does landscaping stuff for a living, so you kind of get pretty fit lifting stuff and moving around so much. Plus, he might or might lift weights in addition to that.

  • @MagicPumpkin
    @MagicPumpkin Před 7 lety +89

    I swear these edits are getting funnier every time

    • @todddavidson97
      @todddavidson97 Před 6 lety +7

      Torico. "Looks like the kind that burns.. Nice!,

  • @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365
    @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 Před 6 lety +33

    Let's put this out onto a tray.... Nice!
    Never get tired of it :)

  • @OAleathaO
    @OAleathaO Před 6 lety +14

    9:45 - Love the _They Live_ poster in the background!!

  • @WhatChaMaCalum
    @WhatChaMaCalum Před 7 lety +43

    Liking the "They live" poster! Awesome movie which is more than just a movie.

    • @DrinkYourNailPolish
      @DrinkYourNailPolish Před 7 lety +4

      The Ulsterman I'm here to expose the new world order and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum.

    • @neilarmstrong7094
      @neilarmstrong7094 Před 7 lety +1

      The Ulsterman Sure, not a word about that killer Christopher Walken shirt? You are relieved of duty, son.

    • @Dreadpirate46
      @Dreadpirate46 Před 7 lety

      "And who are you, little fella? Come to tell them where I am? Not nice..."

    • @jjjkoy
      @jjjkoy Před 7 lety +2

      "he's...rowdy Roddy peeper."
      *dramatic close-up of grounds keeper Willie

    • @carpeomnia88
      @carpeomnia88 Před 7 lety +4

      that movie has the longest fight scene I have ever seen

  • @NoButIDoHaveHerpes
    @NoButIDoHaveHerpes Před 7 lety +47

    I love that you're branching out into foreign and new/new-ish rations!

    • @NoButIDoHaveHerpes
      @NoButIDoHaveHerpes Před 7 lety +2

      Love watching it, thanks for the reply dude! Made my day!

    • @DamianDeEu
      @DamianDeEu Před 7 lety +2

      'Getting to try food from around the world' Hahaha Lol!
      It's certainly an interesting way of discovering cuisines from around the world!

    • @jusb1066
      @jusb1066 Před 7 lety

      the czech one was awesome, wished i could eat it too

  • @jamieslingsby9907
    @jamieslingsby9907 Před 6 lety +12

    Man i miss these kinda ration packs, used to have them as an army cadet. Love the comments further down about the biscuits brown bunging you up and the biscuit fruit doing the opposite. i heard (and beleived) that rumour too though i remember doing 3 days in the field during out annual camp and never needed the toilet so the entire ration pack must be designed to do that either that or you're expectd to need the nutrients from them that much that your body absorbs almost everything from it so it doesnt leave any waste material for you to poop, loved the biscuit fruit but didnt like the browns anywhere near as much.
    I can remember the 'big trade' that always took place after we had our ration packs distributed, everyone opening them up and finding out what boil in the bag meals they had. and you'd hear 'Anyone trade a fruit dumplings and biscuit brown for a chocolate pudding' and similar as people tried to trade what they didnt like for what the did. I ended up with 10 packets of biiscuit fruit in those 3 days as only me and 1 other guy in my section liked them.

  • @jonharper8963
    @jonharper8963 Před 5 lety +11

    This brings back memories! The yorkies in England used to have a tag line as “there not for women” hence the women with a line through it,
    The military ones had the tag “there not for civies” the powder we called screech powder, I loved the stock drink so shame it looked off. the oat cake you can eat by itself or mix with water to create a porridge. Great content, keep it up!

  • @ste887
    @ste887 Před 7 lety +27

    just a heads up, the meals should have been:
    breakfast: bacon and beans with oatmeal block or biscuits, dead fly (fruit)
    lunch: soup, biscuits brown (or AB as they were originaly called, we called them biscuits arse buster, supposed to be alternative bread)
    dinner: curry and rice, with fruit dumplings for desert (yes us brits get a desert which is nice)
    other bits and bobs to be eaten through the day as desired. also the tea to a brit is terrible its one sachet per pint. and the sugars are 2 teaspoons per packet. the boiled sweets are great, always had a good exchange on boilies especially as i liked the green ones, so i managed to swap one of my reds for 5 greens, or 2 reds for someones oatmeal block, crumble it up, add 2 creamer and 2 sugar couple dead fly biscuits and a touch of hot water, and you get a decent porrige

    • @ste887
      @ste887 Před 7 lety +6

      we also got fruit dumplings in butterscotch sauce, that was a treat. nothing on treacle sponge however that thing could be weaponized to rot teeth at a thousand paces. least you didnt have cheese possessed sorry processed, crunchy cheese, a odd sensation.
      if you do get another i would advise dropping the pate in boiling water with a meal as the meat absorbs the fat and becomes more edible and less catfood. sadly your curry and pate had gone off over time as the curry used to be the most popular dish. pate was always crap though.
      and on the subject of yorkies, the original ones had a picture of a stopsign with a diagonal strike through over a woman inside and the tagline was its NOT for civvies, a play on yorkies marketing of its not for girls

  • @manodfergus
    @manodfergus Před 7 lety +17

    The fruit dumplings weren't popular Steve so they got rid of them. I loved them so got everyones! Later Yorkies in UK ration packs had the slogan, "Not for civvies" written on the wrapper. All we get now in our ORP biscuit wise is the oatmeal block; no chocolate either! See if you can get your hands on an old school UK Arctic ration pack - that's be a coup. Shame about the curry, when fresh it was brilliant.

  • @C0SM1CDUD3
    @C0SM1CDUD3 Před rokem +1

    Steve I've watched all your videos more than once. Thanks for the knowledge and the entertainment. No ads, no bullshit, and true passion for what you're interested in. And somehow you made all of us interested as well. Your channel is appreciated by millions.

  • @Airtrooper719
    @Airtrooper719 Před 5 lety +13

    When I was in during 2006 we used to get a little bottle of tabasco sauce. When in the field most of my friends hated tabasco, so my jacket pocket would be full of tabascos. I would just drink them straight on a really cold day to warm the cockles of my heart, or load it on top of a biscuit brown.

    • @gulfrelay2249
      @gulfrelay2249 Před 5 lety

      I delivered to Tabasco, Avery Island 3 weeks ago. Got 2 bottles just for being there. No minis,though. U.S. MREs have gone with lowest bidders/ flavor of the week.

  • @JaninePhoenixStarr
    @JaninePhoenixStarr Před 7 lety +10

    as a british person, I can confirm yorkies are lovely.

    • @JaninePhoenixStarr
      @JaninePhoenixStarr Před 7 lety +3

      you can get yorkies with rasins and biscuit in.

    • @Jdp313
      @Jdp313 Před 6 lety

      What's with the anti female logo ?

    • @roblinnbailey2359
      @roblinnbailey2359 Před 6 lety +6

      David Pejuan because it's chunkier than a regular chocolate bar as a gimmick it was marketed for men with the tag line "it's not for girls", but as you can imagine everyone got offended in the early 2010s so they scrapped it and called it "Yorkie original"

    • @jamiekey8569
      @jamiekey8569 Před 6 lety +2

      its not for girls !

    • @user-pr9kf5yv8s
      @user-pr9kf5yv8s Před 6 lety

      JaninePhoenixStarr 😷

  • @kamala2111
    @kamala2111 Před 7 lety +53

    How can anyone thumbs down these videos? Thanks Steve they are awesome.

  • @Dr.JeremyDunks
    @Dr.JeremyDunks Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you for having such a peaceful voice. Im so stoked to see your videos from end to end when they drop. Im also stoked to play these videos all over again to help me keep the intrusive thoughts out of my head so i can sleep. Im not really kidding. I kinda need these videos to help me get some rest. Its one of the few things that work.

  • @beepboop3540
    @beepboop3540 Před 2 lety

    Your genuinely enthusiastic tone makes your videos all the more wholesome :)
    Keep up the good work and try not to get too sick

  • @flyingpolarbearclown3492
    @flyingpolarbearclown3492 Před 7 lety +24

    Been watching for about half a year and I have you say your videos are really *slight pause* nice.

  • @exiarules6712
    @exiarules6712 Před 7 lety +128

    Do you film these all at one time or do you actually wait till breakfast, lunch, and dinner time to eat them?

    • @SuperCcgamer
      @SuperCcgamer Před 7 lety +22

      exiarules I was wondering that myself! The editing is flawless enough that we can't tell haha.

    • @asshole53445
      @asshole53445 Před 7 lety +64

      exiarules I'm pretty sure he has said in the past that he actually waits for breakfast lunch and dinner

    • @bradskurt5334
      @bradskurt5334 Před 7 lety +8

      awsm can confirm

    • @exiarules6712
      @exiarules6712 Před 7 lety +1

      Alright thanks

    • @abekor70
      @abekor70 Před 7 lety +12

      I think he does or should because the newer rations contains higher amounts of calories/nutritions for a person that's out walking around all day burning energy. It would do damage to your body to eat it all at once

  • @revredbull6205
    @revredbull6205 Před 3 lety +8

    When I was eating that ration freezing cold and wet to the bone. That was moral boost I did not need. Good review 👍 things have improved a lot since

  • @petershalashaska7886
    @petershalashaska7886 Před 2 lety

    YES!!! I absolutely love the videos with unique NICE cuts!

  • @soupsfarm1825
    @soupsfarm1825 Před 7 lety +32

    i always want to eat something when I watch these

  • @DoctaM364
    @DoctaM364 Před 7 lety +123

    have a feeling that anytime steve hears someone fart he says:"Nice hiss"

  • @markferguson4472
    @markferguson4472 Před 5 lety +8

    Hey great review as always thanks. I joined in 2004 so I've eaten a few of these things from fresh. The curry used to be good but I guess after shelf life it doesn't age well that's a shame. The custard in the dumplings used to be more liquidy than that I think it dried out over time. Really delicious though from what I remember. Also the curry is supposed to be for dinner with the dumplings as a desert. Traditionally we only lit stoves in the morning and evening for heating up the food pouches. So for lunch we just ate the cold items such as brown biscuits and pate, orange juice drink, fruit biscuits boiled sweets and oatmeal block. There is an even rarer Yorkie bar that says not for civvies on it. A play on the Yorkie advertising slogan not for girls (hence the crossed out woman on the front of the wrapper) implying it was very manly chocolate. Thanks for the video it was a trip down memory lane :)

  • @johnlats3126
    @johnlats3126 Před 7 lety

    Steve1989MREinfo thank you so much for your videos. Even tho I have no interests in MREs. I still watch all your videos. From the way you speak and act it's shows you are a nice respectable person. Big thanks 👍

  • @wadeswurld
    @wadeswurld Před 7 lety +7

    Good job holding the tray one handed with two drinks, nice.

  • @Fuaarrkk
    @Fuaarrkk Před 7 lety +28

    Here within first 30 minutes of upload. love ya Steve

    • @alwayscrispy666
      @alwayscrispy666 Před 7 lety +1

      Fuaarrkk youre the man

    • @Fuaarrkk
      @Fuaarrkk Před 7 lety

      Crispy Kush cheers bro, youre the man too 🍻🍻

    • @bigtone7824
      @bigtone7824 Před 7 lety +4

      Fuaarrkk the people are so nice here as opposed to every other CZcams channel

    • @Chalky.
      @Chalky. Před 7 lety +1

      If you don't arrive within 30 minutes you get your advert for free.

  • @mayfieldlance
    @mayfieldlance Před 6 lety

    I love your vids. Always excited to hear the hiss assessment. Parts of this vid felt a little rushed though. Maybe others freak out over vid duration but what draws me to this channel is how you take your time with everything. Still really enjoyed this. Keep em coming and I'll keep watching.

  • @TheGrowlingAraknid
    @TheGrowlingAraknid Před 5 lety +1

    This was a pretty packed ration set! Its crazy how a lot of rations went from bring in aluminium and tin cans to plastic wrap and vacume sealed. Man we have the technology! Thanks for sharing Steve!!! 😀😀😀

  • @jcamba
    @jcamba Před 7 lety +5

    MRE ration videos are my more recent guilty pleasure. And your videos do not disappoint!

  • @mentholclarityman
    @mentholclarityman Před 7 lety +3

    I've tried this one! Wayback when I went on a bivvying trip and we had these provided, I remember having treacle pudding the most clearly, it was one of the sweetest things i've ever eaten. We all swapped round the meals and I think I ended up with burger and beans for breakfast.

  • @sleeepybae1459
    @sleeepybae1459 Před 3 lety +5

    "those smell stale. not bad!"
    i love this channel so much

  • @edmorley8108
    @edmorley8108 Před 5 lety +2

    I don't know why, but something about these videos i just love. I don't think you have a patreon but if you do id love to support the channel, keep up the great videos!

  • @kaitlynmoncada6797
    @kaitlynmoncada6797 Před 7 lety +6

    you should make a q&a video! I'm sure people have many questions to ask you. awesome video as always. nice :)

  • @runescape692
    @runescape692 Před 7 lety +4

    This made my day, THANK YOU STEVE!

  • @jamespestell6136
    @jamespestell6136 Před 6 lety +1

    Love your enthusiasm for eating army rations even if they look and taste like crap! I use to be in the Army Cadets in the UK in the late 80's and we use to get issued with British Army 24 hour arctic ration packs. Some which are familiar to some of the items in this pack. Keep the videos coming. Great viewing.

  • @MJ-zk1no
    @MJ-zk1no Před 7 lety

    I like how he gives nice descriptions of the food and such,instead of just saying "it's good" or "it's not good"

  • @elboydo
    @elboydo Před 7 lety +3

    Hey Steve!.
    I noticed you read the comment in a previous video about showing you eating the food and have started doing it.
    It's an interesting change that completely caught me off guard, definitely one that I think may add something to the videos, much like how the cigarette sections usually added something that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
    Good to see you adjust things to stay informative and engaging, and this was a great review, glad you got to find out what a yorkie is like.
    Bloody shame about the curried lamb though!
    Keep up the awesome work mate!

  • @gswitz007
    @gswitz007 Před 7 lety +3

    You know Steve, you have some of the highest quality and consistent vids on CZcams. Whenever a new one comes out I know it's gonna be.... Nice.

  • @sarah28681
    @sarah28681 Před 7 lety

    I just found your channel from emmymadeinjapan. And I am hooked on your videos! I find this so intriguing and you commentary is great! I am subbed and definitely watching more of your videos!

  • @JuicyBagel44
    @JuicyBagel44 Před 3 lety +2

    He is holding a tray with two beverage filled glass cups with one hand and eating with the spork on the other hand. I swear, every time I see another one of his videos, he gets even more badass.

  • @jimmyjarrett939
    @jimmyjarrett939 Před 7 lety +4

    Hi Steve
    We get a Yorkie in a purple wrapper over here too, it's the same but with raisins and bits of biscuit mixed in, one of my favs.

  • @stoneyard100
    @stoneyard100 Před 7 lety +7

    hi Steve. the biscuit browns are meant for lunch. They are designed to block up your bowls so you don't need to poo. the biscuit fruits are designed to make you poo so you csn choose when you do your functions. the pate always smelt like cat food and taste like it too. I always liked the curry though

  • @Omniblade_Gaming
    @Omniblade_Gaming Před 7 lety

    I love your reviews of the 24hr packs

  • @Itchybiscuit
    @Itchybiscuit Před 6 lety

    I've only just 'discovered' your channel and I've been binge-watching. ;)
    I just received a 10 pack of British ORP's in the post - menus 11 - 20. (Ebay is great sometimes)
    They're completely different from 'compo' rations.
    I'll eventually work my way through your vids so thanks for sharing!

  • @KC-bg1th
    @KC-bg1th Před 7 lety +5

    Love the 24hr pack videos.

  • @danielcox6193
    @danielcox6193 Před 7 lety +20

    just found this channel and i love it

  • @bo49685
    @bo49685 Před 4 lety

    You are THE BEST!!! No matter what it smells like or taste like you just PLOW THROUGH IT!! Your videos are timeless Steve!!

  • @venusone1
    @venusone1 Před 5 lety

    Always a pleasure watching these!

  • @connor4709
    @connor4709 Před 7 lety +5

    Steve, you're awesome man. Love your personality lol, seem like such a laid back, kindhearted guy. Have a great day, looking handsome as always!

  • @Teafa
    @Teafa Před 7 lety +7

    I hate that 2004, still feels like it wasn't that long ago.. but in reality it was 13 years ago >.<
    I love your videos!! I'm glad the notifications are working again :) You and Emmy are my favourites!! The way the crazy russian hacker opens MRE's gives me severe anxiety, lol!! He is so fast and doesn't lay it all out.. but I love his sense of humour about it. Still though, you and Emmy are my top 2- the aussie is my third :)

    • @beingatliberty
      @beingatliberty Před 7 lety

      We sent you half a million of these ration packs in 2005 because of hurricanes, there rarer than hens teeth over in UK enjoy ;) i was jealous of that bacon and beans, the newer ones look less flavoursome.

  • @lowcard1
    @lowcard1 Před 6 lety

    Dude I really like your videos. I don't know how I come across your channel but enjoy it.

  • @eliephilpott6633
    @eliephilpott6633 Před 6 lety

    My dad used to bring extras of these home with him. My sisters and I always got excited when we got them!

  • @SuperAWaC
    @SuperAWaC Před 7 lety +5

    i like and fav your videos before i even watch them because i know they're gonna be nice!

  • @mandymckk
    @mandymckk Před 6 lety +5

    Omg how is Steve so funny without even trying- I literally laughed my ass off when he said "hm, smells stale!" It's all in the delivery. #nice

    • @mandymckk
      @mandymckk Před 6 lety +2

      "I draw the line at weird 10-year-old canned chicken" I'm dead

    • @mortis3732
      @mortis3732 Před 4 lety

      Hey cutie

    • @victorrodriguez4470
      @victorrodriguez4470 Před 4 lety

      You are so right, having a bad day come and see Steve.

  • @micbite
    @micbite Před 3 lety +2

    How I miss you childhood yorkie. Made me the man I am today

  • @kaasutizardrawr883
    @kaasutizardrawr883 Před 5 lety

    These videos are just plain awesome.

  • @jtip82
    @jtip82 Před 7 lety +3

    I've been watching your videos for awhile now Steve, and what I find amazing is that not only are you usually eating rations that most people would throw away, but you're a food reviewer that has a MUCH better vocabulary than the overpaid hacks on the Eater channel that are "reviewing" $1000 steaks. And watching them try to eat sushi just makes me want to slap them into next month.

  • @rollastoney
    @rollastoney Před 4 lety +7

    “Oatmeal block” sounds delectable.

  • @thite16
    @thite16 Před 5 lety

    Love your videos man. Your an awesome person!

  • @TheTManShow
    @TheTManShow Před 4 lety

    That's what I'm talking about.... When he said 'this sauce looks like it'll burn..... (Switches over to a new tray) says, "NOICE".>>> LOVE THAT! FUNNY EDITIMG BRO.. KEEP DOING THAT! WE NOTICE THESE LITTLE EDITS AND THATS WHAT KEEPS ME ATLEAST COMING BACK EVERYTIME. I LOVE IT. GREAT VIDEOS BROTHER

  • @trottersmcclure
    @trottersmcclure Před 6 lety +13

    When Steve has tried every ration I'd like to see him branch into supermarket dumpster reviews

  • @ledfloyd9035
    @ledfloyd9035 Před 7 lety +4

    I love how optimistic he is about eating expired food lol must be why I'm binge watching his videos

  • @MsKestrela
    @MsKestrela Před 6 lety

    By far, the most hilarious review yet! Sad to say, I was eating when you said, "baby vomit". Dang near put me off my food! I'm catching up on some of your older vids, and having a great evening. Thanks, Steve!

  • @DizzySleet50
    @DizzySleet50 Před 4 lety

    Ok it’s 2 years old, only just found this channel but this cracked me up 😂 Brilliant.