1945 Australian 24 Hour Operation Ration 02 MRE Review Vintage Meal Ready to Eat Taste Test
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- Check out the 24 hour MRE that Australian Soldiers ate in WW2!
First tested in December 1942, the 02 was quickly adopted and was well received by troops in places like New Guinea. This ration could feed a soldier for up to 48 hours in a pinch. It was not only well balanced and nutritious, it was actually enjoyable to troops. One of the first 24 hour rations ever made, this is a very rare look into a historical item never before filmed. The only media out there on this ration is owned by Australian War Memorial and outside of that the information is sparing at best. So welcome to the virtual museum experience. As with the entire channel's old items - you can see rations such as this one opened again and again. No museum offers such hands on media with their procurement's.
Never anywhere else behind a glass case will you see an 02. Operation Ration like this. The only remaining rations are in the exact condition of this one.
For correspondence, or to send a Military Ration for review, my mailing information is:
Steve1989
3616 Harden Blvd
360
Lakeland, FL 33803
www.mremarketplace.com/
www.mreinfo.com/
www.patreon.com/user?u=282133...
And thank you everyone for watching & subscribing - hope
you enjoyed this one, as I certainly did making it!
-Steve
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LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
NICE HISS™
I'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING NEW OR OLD, ALRIGHT COOL SEE YA™ - Zábava
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"It's extremely sour and, metallic smelling, it's just not gonna be edible at all"
*spoon appears*
Charles 90 omg hahaha
holy shit lol
He can't help himself
Lmaooo 😂
Ahh... The nice smell of lead, copper and bacteria
When they wrote that it could be stored indefinitely I'm sure they weren't expecting some American dude to eat it 70 years later.
Danny?
DAD?!?!
@@nunya8010 hes a phantom
@@youllsee2653 donanananaaaaaaaananannananaaaaanaaaaaaanaaaaaaaa
They were too busy getting their asses whooped by the japanese
"It's definitely not edible at all."
>Pulls out a spoon
I got worried there for a second.
Kestrel he’s gotta do what he’s gotta do
Imagine how happy that little can opener must have been to finally get his chance after over 60 years...
Hahahaaa I like the way you think
That little P38 can now retire happy, content in the knowledge that its creation was not in vain.
Finally blew his wad.
"All right!" ... "NO! Not all right!"
Omg that’s an adorable thought
"All right, let's get this out onto a tray"
* food crawls by itself onto the tray *
Nice?
Vina Juliette hahaha...😁😁😁😀😀 Good one!!
The most revolutionary MRE to date!
Best comment. You win.
Vina Juliette 😁
My dad was on PT boats in the Pacific from 1942 until the end of the war. He spent about three months in an Australian forward naval base in New Guinea. He saw lots of these O2 tins and thought they were a great idea. We didn't have any 24 hour rations, so they had to carry a bunch of loose meals. As you can see from your O2 tin (or what's left of it), it was three meals that were in asphaltic paper that were then dipped in molten wax, kind of like our K rations. This was only done to help keep moisture out of them as the can inevitably "sweated" in jungle climates. The only protection was the vacuum sealed tins, and it seems that many of them had manufacturing defects that allowed the vacuum to escape after only a couple years. Australian troops in Korea were still eating O2 rations from late WWII and some of the contents had already started spoiling. I'm not surprised this one looks so terrible. Australian beef was used only on the homefront, so every can of corned beef, or bully beef as it was more popularly known to the troops, was imported from Argentina. It was only the Japanese submarines hunting down warships rather than merchant shipping that saved Australia from having serious supply problems.
As you can see, none of the Australian meal included smokes. Aussies were supposed to buy them from army canteens, none of which were located in places like New Guinea forward bases. This gave my dad some real trading opportunities since he only smoked a pipe. He had a real taste for corned beef, which the Aussies grew to hate, so that was a cheap trade. The early Aussie rations had canned condensed milk, and my dad hated drinking coffee without milk. The Aussies generally hated drinking their tea without milk too, so he had to do some hard bargaining to get a tin of milk. It usually cost him at least two four packs of smokes, and sometimes more if the Aussie rations hadn't shown up in awhile. I spent a lot of time interviewing my dad about the war and transcribing the tapes to paper. I'm so glad I did this before his inevitable lapses of memory and decline to poor health. He passed away in 2005. I can read my journal of his tales of the war and feel like he's still here. RIP, Dad.
Sar Jim How long did it take you to right that Mammoth of a comment?
Sar Jim - What a great comment, man. I appreciate your dad's story.
Please publish your interviews with your dad - somewhere, somehow.
My grandfather was in the war we all called it the war - he was mock-executed by the Japanese outside his brewery in the New Territories in '37. He was present at the Bombing of Darwin (well, the first one, and few others), joined the RAAF, and was apparently trained up join either Z Special Force, or the Commandos.
He never talked about it. I don't think that it was too traumatic or anything - though I sure there was plenty of that - it's just that he felt so humble. Plus, he was Chinese, living in Australia, and it wouldn't have done for him to talk about it back then.
Damn dude, nice story. Its touching that you were able to maintain a connection to your father. Have you shared any of his stories anywhere we can read them?
Thanks for taking the time to write all of that. Very informative.
You can actually hear the sadness in his voice
But you can't hear the sadness in mine 😢
😭😭😭
Tek413 you made me tear up..
yeah. life is fucked up for a lot of ppl, thats no surprise, but as an white north american dude with financial independence
, I'd say his life is good as a beef... anyways depression always finds a way in
It’s the N95 mask
When Steve opens a container and says “no hiss” I am always a little disappointed.
It physically hurts me when he says it
Still not as bad as when there is not a hiss comment at all.
@@sawyere2496 lmao
Steve, you keep this up and you could become the last victim of WWII. LOL!
LOL!
hahahahahhahahahaa
You just won the net for the rest of the year.
@@ladycplum Or for eternity if undefined person turns out to be right
😂🤣
When someone says "Maybe I should wear gloves..." and turns out in a hazmat suit you know it's going to be a good review!
:))
gundog4314 and after all these precautions still proceeds to eat crackers from the same can. Gotta love that guy😅
C K: yeah, w ed sure gonna miss him when he dies from food poisoning some day.
gundog4314 So very true!
gundog4314 full body GLOVE
By exposing himself to small portions of probably every know biological hazard, Steve is becoming superhuman. Immune to any and all biological threats.
Steve: I need something to liven up my breakfast cereal. How about a little sprinkle of anthrax. Nice!
Like the movie legend - Steve will be the last remaining human. Death just won't touch him
@@dragonmaid1360 nice!
Cheese!
Jesse Wood what a madlad
@Jesse Wood Steve is so immune, he scares the shit out of the Coronavirus.
Steve would have been a good wine and food taster for the king in the middle ages.
nah, he has too much tolerance now. by the time he showed signs the royal would be long dead
Um are you related to Henry?
M'lord, it has a savory taste it doed
@@ThommyofThenn very tart it is m'lord
I was so relieved you weren’t going to eat those nasty, soggy, poisoned biscuits...AND THEN YOU ATE THEM YOU LUNATIC.
I love you, you freaking psycho.
Nikki Smith I know right!?!?🤢😲
i thought he was atleast going to spit it out after tasting , naw he swallowed it lol
"this is definetely not edible" proceeds to eat it
Classic Steve
"well only half my face went numb, so pretty good!"
"Well, I've been having diarrhea for the past weeks. Definitely not edible."
Joshua Ireland burst out laughing at that.goes to the docs,what’s the problem Steve,well doc iv got a problem.i keep getting sick every time I eat!
It is a duzy
Steve as your doctor
Let's get your results out onto a tray...
*Nice*
M..Kay
looks like you have 5 types of cancer
🤣🤣🤣
Hiss
Oh god lmao the comments 🤣🤣
"The complete ration in the tin will keep indefinitely."
Lies.
The next time you're playing Fallout and eating 200 year old snack cakes like nothing, remember this video.
lets get that fancy lad onto a tray... nice!
Steve survives eating these things with daily doses of rad x and radaway
*open Yum Yum Deviled Egg*
Nice hiss
To be fair in the context of fallout that stuffs probably more preservatives than it is the food the box says it is
"Blamco Mac & cheese, expires in...never."
Steve eating that biscuit and everyone around the globe screaming NOOOOOOOOOO DON'T DO IT DUDE
I was hearing LA Beast saying "I gotta go to the hospital" as he at the biscuit.
BadWolf762 LOOOOL
Lol
If this was live..You'll probably hear your neighbors down the street
Don’t have to be “sorry” for a certain color of gloves.
He just want to be nice person.
I said the same thing when that flashed on the screen.
One of the things I love about Steve is how just nice of a dude he seems to be. Thoughtful and kind.
He's a man's man.
unless you're a doctor. I would get pretty pissed off if my surgeon wore black gloves
Eats an entire biscuit:
"Oh yeah, that's definitely poisoned."
...oh my😅😂
The vintage reviews are the best.
I have 3 more really interesting vintage ones pre-filmed and 1 ready to publish so stay tuned.
Woohoo :)
Steve1989MREInfo yeaaaaahh! Love an old ration
Steve1989MREInfo nice
I agree. Honestly the vintage stuff is why 95% of us subscribed in the first place. :P
Steve, just wanted to throw out my “2 cents”, I am glad you opened and documented what’s inside these. At some point I imagine the inner contents would eventually be unrecognizable and fully disintegrated. Good job, seriously, filmed, respected- a great attempt to get one of the last looks at these historical items. Thanks, I enjoyed it, despite its dilapidated state.
Michael Fitzgerald did no one document stuff at the time they created these? I think written language was in its early stages by then.
Coretta Hattereaux uh. Written language was around a lot longer than 1947 my dude
Travis, why be a dick. Michael stated what he thought. Steve did a good job videotaping what's inside that ration and what everything looks like after decades of storage. That's what this channel is about. Not sure why everyone is jumping at Michael's throat here.
and there's a big difference between "described on obscure documents deep in some archive" and "HD video of one being opened, including original enclosed item descriptions"
Michael Fitzgerald 3
Steve: “I gotta try one of these out”
Me screaming at my phone “No Steve, No !!!!!”
Eating it package and all
@@LyricMind what is he a goat? Lol
@@icantthinkofaname15 No, he's the GOAT 👌🏼
I know for sure I'm not the only one who's looking at the screen yelling:
"NOOOOOOO don't do it!!!!!!!!
"I'm definitely not gonna eat that". Proceeds to eat it. xD
Man Steve, no need to apologize to us for taking basic safety precautions. I mean... Look at that thing. You'd be a mad man not to wear gloves and a mask.
or, you know, to pull a nasty old biscuit out of it and eat it.
17:40 The damn thing let out a "breath from hell"
10:07. “I wonder what would happen if you ate some of that?”
I believe it’s called a stomach pump.
Death
The legend himself has returned! THATS WHOLESOME!
Hey TheEnan12, I hope you enjoy these upcoming videos. The next one is ready to publish now but holding off til at least Saturday. It is another WW2 ration. (and one that is in stark opposite condition than this one was)
Steve1989MREInfo sounds awesome! 👍
Damn I cant wait until Saturday
Nice!
Can´t agree more! Nice videos! Cheers from Brazil!
Just imagine a scenario of a soldier from the 40s "accidentally" receiving a 2017 MRE in a time-travel mishap. It would be so interesting to watch his reactions while opening and eating it.
If the soldiers had Smartphones back than you would se today a lot of selfies
“What no cigarettes?”
@DumbIdiot Hahaha i'm about to comment like that dude
He probably would think it’s a nice meal.
DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE LITTLE SKULL AND CROSSBONES THAT FLEW OUT OF THE PEANUT BUTTER!?!?!?
"Ya this is kind of exciting tho...wait, no it's not"
🤣🤣💀💀 fckn love this dudddeee!
Usually I get really hungry when watching Steve's videos. But not this time.
Nope. I'm good.
OMGCaptRaven let's get that on a tray... Nice!
You should eat while you do some videos you might not want to do that tho
This is how we make vegemite.
positron underVolt it looks eerily like it
I was just about to say that. too Shay sir too shay
Steve is the only Man ALIVE that still needs his Apendix
"That has a fierce rancidity."
*finishes it*
"That has a fierce rancidity."
New favorite description.
Jon Teske need that on a steve1989 t-shirt!
Jon Teske fierce rancidity would be a sick name for a punk band.
And continues to eat fierce rancidity. 😱
There was so much tension leading up to the moment of eating crackers, tension so thick I could feel the internal conflict, wondering if you would take a bite. I was at the edge of my seat, and you delivered.
Even though it’s fascinating to hear Steve’s review of how these old rations taste after so many years, it’s in many ways equally fascinating to see him show us the ways that some of them break down and decay over time. I’d love to see some of the results of whatever lab testing Steve mentioned doing. It would be interesting to see how this old food chemically changed over time.
"Fierce rancidity", sounds like a name for a band!
Is nobody going to mention when Steve comes back at 5:15 in a FULL BIOHAZARD SUIT😂😂😂😂
just a tyvec suit. i'd want more than what he has lol...
"This is kinda of exciting...oh wait, no it's not" I feel like that could go well on a t-shirt or something. It just encapsulates the whole experience of your videos.
“That’s fiercely rancid”
Takes another bite
This is still a good review - I got to see how everything was packaged & delivered to my Grandad! He thinks you are mad ea ting old ration packs for fun! He hated them when they were fresh!!!
I sincerely hope you use stunt food. The men whom these rations were made for died, you don't need to.
MacRobertson (the brand on the chocolate block) was a company in Fitzroy, Melbourne that got bought out by Cadbury in the 60s. Some of the brands they pioneered, such as Cherry Ripe, are still made today. There's an old warehouse or factory of theirs that's being turned into apartments with the old facade preserved, which I go past on the bus sometimes.
Nice
As a fellow Melburnian it was great to see our city's name on some of the products in this ration!
Steve, I wish you would do a video where you go through a grocery story and fill your cart with shelf stable items. It would be interesting what you pull off of the shelves if you had to put together to a "kit". Just a thought.
John McMorris good idea
Hell yes. Survivalists everywhere would pay for him to write a book.
Sounds like a neat idea
The items would have to be at least 50 years out of date before he would consider selecting it.
A great idea for a video, agreed.
i like how steve apologizes to us for not being able to eat peanut butter from 1945 lmao, youre the only mre channel worth watching tho i love your vids mainly the older mres like ww2 typer stuff
I was really hoping to try that peanut butter out. Oh well, maybe next time.
Thanks man, and hey I got a new WW2 review coming out this evening. In about 20 minutes.
Okay but did anybody else notice the tiny ghost come out of the peanut butter tho?!
Yeah someone put a time stamp on it
17:40
Did a bug just fly out of that peanut butter tin at 17:40?
How was that thing even alive?!?!
It went in there probably recently. Lots of little small places it could crawl into
Ok some one else saw it too...whew
Oh wow, that's insane!!
Man nice spot
It's a piece of dust or something, put it in slow mo and it looks nothing like bug
Let's not get that out on a tray.
MrCshank NICE
But the state of the MRE and the black stuff? Not nice.
NOT nice!
MrCshank lets eat it, NICE
"That's an operation ration" If you eat it you'll need an operation.
21:03 I wish I had water.. YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE bro. HAHAAH
Going to call my death metal band Fierce Rancidity
"no hiss"
Hiss? No. But you could hear the screams come out.
He sounded scared about it.
17:40 If you look close, you can see the ghost of peanut butter's past fly out the can.
Airborne botulism
Steve 1989MREInfo's obituary would read:
Steve died doing what he loved doing.
Hehe, kidding!
Keep up the great work!
17:40 An Austrailian chef spirit leaves the can
But like for real tho wtf was that
It's a new peanut butter based lifeform. Since the video was posted it's been replicating and reproducing. Oh god, i just smelled peanut butter after I watched that.
Considering it's an Australian ration it's been in someone's garage, shed, or attic just cooking in that Ozzie sun.
I can only imagine it's life span's conditions. I bought both of these from the UK.
itscold - Don't be ridiculous. If it had come from an Australian house it would be full of snakes.
If that was the case he would die instantly when the airborne death got to him.
No snakes, the spiders ate them.
itscold it’s really not that hot here in Australia nor is it all desert it’s like 12 % desert we have alps mouths snow to forest to rain forever to jungle to arid subtropical and hardly any one is bitten by snakes spiders and so on.
LOL. He couldn't resist the temptation of having one of those biscuits.
17:40 you can actually see the mold spores floating out! :O hope you weren't breathing in
You're by far the most wholesome person I've come across. It's cool you have such a fascination for something others would not. Keep it up, these are really cool.
"I gotta try one of these out. It doesn't smell good at all.
It's like ... yeah, this is kind of exciting though.
Wait, no it's not ..."
20:33 Steve is so polite, he apologizes to his own shadow.
Ryan There’s only one Steve. 😁
@@chickyismycat 😂
"No hiss..." It's like hearing a man's soul leave his body :(
Dammit Steve I'm trying to work
Oh man - I suppose work will have to wait.
+Steve1989MREInfo Nice
nice
lol im on my break at work. guess itll be a longer break...
SgtVon Carstein lol
“Oh yeah that’s definitely poisoned, woah”
I like how over time he gets on more safety gear. :)
Steve *drinks gallon of water then steps into the restroom*
Also Steve: "Nice piss"
Purple gloves are NICE
And high durability! The purple nitrile gloves are some of the sturdiest in the business. The only gloves stronger are the black mechanics gloves that i get at the hardware store from time to time.
Purple gloves really are!I edited a part out that maybe should be part of an outtake video. I pick up meal 3... it collapses under my pointer finger and it glides right on something sharp. I was worried it cut me so there went the box back on the set and me tearing my gloves off real fast to confirm what the heck had just happened. I was in the clear - and a big sigh of relief. The scene was about 30 seconds or so. This video ran at about an hour originally. There were a few interesting things that I decided to remove due to what sorta felt like a lack of flow and continuity.
Yes I agree the purple nitrile gloves give excellent protection while still maintaining enough dexterity to do things like use a P-38 or not man-handle certain delicate items.
Maybe also invest in some steel mesh gloves? :) (you could wear them over the purple gloves). :)
Steve1989MREInfo maybe you should put out an extended version of the review for those of us who wouldn't mind a more in depth review. Since you're literally presenting history that won't exist forever, especially for mre's such as this one, it may be a good idea to record everything you can about it. Just my 2 cents. Love your vids!!
Its not a big deal. The meat pies in some Australian 7-11’s have been known to date back to the 1940’s..
Lol what
Yeah, servo pies are only from the same year at 3 or 4 in the morning
Haha. 7-11 meat pies
🤣👏
7 11 pies lowkey good asf
7/11 maggot bags at their finest
What a kind hearted fellow. He actually apologises for not wanting to be bedridden and projectile purging for 2 weeks after eating peanut butter that's been made in 1945...
Idk something about your videos make me feel calm and it's very nice to watch thank you
21:48. _It has a fierce rancidity..._ (eats the rest of the biscuit) xD This guy is the best!
Will you publish the results of the lab report? Very interested.
Remember The Slap Films
I think that by eating so many potentially unhealthy bacteria Steve has helped his immune system resist some of the potential sickness he would have otherwise encountered early on doing this.
Absolutely it will be part of a video of various things including components from a few other videos that were saved as well.
Steve1989MREInfo Cool!
Look forward to seeing that Steve. You're like an ongoing science experiment.
nice!
It literally looks like you just went on an archaeological dig
this is why i love you're channel full commitment!
When you see the bug fly out! lol
17:40
I always love your uploads! Can't get enough.
Whoa, this ration created life!
Saw it! It was like under the peanut butter in the big gaping hole part of it.
Travis Cantu If you pause the video, you can see its actually a piece of fuzz or something
tseawell90 really?? That is crazy!
That's what was left of this rations soul floating away
Steve,... Steve?
Are you still alive after eating that biscuit?
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I love these turn keys to open containers :D how cool
That is so sad, it looked decent from the outside. Wow😥 We still appreciate all you do for this channel and sharing the Good, the Bad and the Ugly with us!👍👍
I love Steve! Invariably, he will say, “Aw! That’s rancid! I’m not gonna eat that.....well, maybe a bite...”😂😂😂
Can't help himself. Really
Me and my 3 year old watch these before we go to bed, lol I can't be the only one
When I discovered his channel, I watched his videos before bed.
lotus eater666 nope..me and my son too.
*Farts silently*
"Hm, no hiss..."
🤣🤣🤣
"Sir, would you like that on your tab?"
"Lift that tab"
heh, 6:14 muffled slightly disheartened "nice".
but the ration wasn't nice...it wasn't nice at all.
shame about the state the contents, it was still a hell of a ride though, thanks for bringing us along.
Thank you so so much for these videos on vintage pieces, it's an incredible piece of history that you get to experience a part of.
Surprised to see you here. Hope the gloves don't give you flashbacks ;-)
He eats such rancid, poisonous food with such elegance and class 😂 but his toilet sessions have to be savage. 💩
Steve's fart will make your eyes burn
Bigtim850 hahahaha
Awesome effort on this one Steve! Makes me proud to be Australian.
,,yeah iam not gonna eat that” after couple of minutes eats it. We love you steve ;D
You know you're up against a Boss Fight-level lunch when you have to wear gloves, labcoat, goggles and a face mask
purple gloves? i am deeply offended i will never forgive you!
> Points out just how rancid the buscuit is
> Proceeds to take another bite
17:40 a little soul escapes from the peanut butter... either that, or it's a mold spore.
I saw that!!
Hornet WTH??
The soul of the peanut butter has been released, it can finally rest.
At 17:41 with 0.25 speed, you can actually see some spores flying out of the peanut butter :O
I thought you were joking but yeah, you totally can
gguys1 wow! Good eye!
The flood has found their way in.
It's a fly that flew in before the cut
"Yeah, this is kind of exciting though..... wait, no it's not"
Love your channel!
Opens my eyes to past wars and the experience of it
When you do a video like this, it reminds me of dr Emmitt Brown from back to the future but with mre’s
Steve farts.
*_"Nice hiss"_*
daaaammmittt 😂😂😂
LOL.
Steve sharts
*Moist*
This thread😂
*Decadent.*
I feel like I'm watching someone die. It's like watching evil kenevil jump over the grand canyon. You know he is going to crash but have to watch anyway
21:26 The look of existential dread on Steve's face when he realizes that he, much like his phone battery, is dying.
Steve1989: "Cheese can & other components saved for lab test."
Me: *can't wait*