1899-1902 British Emergency Ration Field Service Oldest MRE Beef Eaten Survival Food Review Test

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  • @MFAtlas
    @MFAtlas Před 5 lety +22951

    Not a single human involved in the farming, production, distribution, or development of this ration is still alive.

    • @duzixon2794
      @duzixon2794 Před 5 lety +936

      lmfao thats true

    • @Forge17
      @Forge17 Před 5 lety +1901

      Not a single human on the planet (baby or otherwise) from this year is alive either

    • @TurquazCannabiz
      @TurquazCannabiz Před 5 lety +3388

      I'm pretty sure there is like some 120 year old Asian grandma somewhere in the mountains of Western China or some shit like that

    • @duzixon2794
      @duzixon2794 Před 5 lety +486

      @@TurquazCannabiz hahaha probably

    • @joanbarsulai6455
      @joanbarsulai6455 Před 5 lety +308

      Ilker G you might be right actually

  • @yolkst3r484
    @yolkst3r484 Před 4 lety +21742

    Steve might be the last victim of the Boer war

  • @HollyMarieF69
    @HollyMarieF69 Před rokem +2738

    I don’t know if I’m more impressed that you found a 120 year old MRE or that fact that you ate it.

    • @danielbarber8253
      @danielbarber8253 Před rokem +8

      Hahahahhahahaha 😂😂😂

    • @portee9113
      @portee9113 Před rokem +68

      All MREs are rations, but not all rations are MREs

    • @anonymoususer19
      @anonymoususer19 Před rokem +3

      @@portee9113 makes sense

    • @anonymoususer19
      @anonymoususer19 Před rokem +4

      @@portee9113 wouldn’t want the POWs eating your MREs

    • @anonymoususer19
      @anonymoususer19 Před rokem +9

      The fact he ate it, how is he still alive? There would be so many germs and bacteria and some that his body wouldnt be used to

  • @Matrix5TheTrapsComeAlive
    @Matrix5TheTrapsComeAlive Před rokem +1406

    The gradual progression of Steve saying he wasn't going to eat anything, then chipping away at the fossilized beef and making the decision that he SHOULD eat some of it was more tense and unnerving than a psychological thriller.

    • @RooRzange
      @RooRzange Před rokem +30

      Then he’s like, I’ll freeze this 😂

  • @dr.abelgideon7747
    @dr.abelgideon7747 Před 4 lety +3422

    He literally ate something OLDER than the state he lives in.

    • @fork_film3291
      @fork_film3291 Před 4 lety +57

      Older than our country

    • @invalidcode
      @invalidcode Před 4 lety +94

      @@fork_film3291 i like how you use Our

    • @timothykissinger4883
      @timothykissinger4883 Před 4 lety +147

      The oldest thing he's ate is hardtack from the Civil War.

    • @papazype
      @papazype Před 4 lety +58

      WHYISTHISBOI no lmao 😂😂😂😂😂 no you need to relearn history my friend the United States is 243 years old bud

    • @MrFrinkalink
      @MrFrinkalink Před 4 lety +32

      @@papazype simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union
      learn history yourself boi

  • @idkwuisp7626
    @idkwuisp7626 Před 4 lety +4487

    imagine eating a cow who said his last moo in the 19th century

  • @LoveXKnife
    @LoveXKnife Před 2 lety +1542

    impressed at Steve's ability to not only eat inedible meat but read illegible text

    • @siltdoctor3478
      @siltdoctor3478 Před rokem +14

      Raymoo

    • @captainp.2721
      @captainp.2721 Před 11 měsíci +7

      There are resources online with the text dummy

    • @jessica_fletcherova
      @jessica_fletcherova Před 11 měsíci +96

      you get superpowers like that when you eat 120yo mystery meat on the regular

    • @infernys20
      @infernys20 Před 9 měsíci +20

      @@captainp.2721 r/wooosh

    • @captainp.2721
      @captainp.2721 Před 9 měsíci

      @@infernys20 /redditisforfagsandothermentaldegenerates

  • @Le_Petit_Lapin
    @Le_Petit_Lapin Před rokem +536

    The cow expired when Queen Victoria was still alive, and this man goes and have a wee taste. Legend.

  • @calebriffle7942
    @calebriffle7942 Před 5 lety +6471

    You ate something older than the Titanic

    • @l.brandehilton7107
      @l.brandehilton7107 Před 4 lety +16

      Lmao uhkaay!!!

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants Před 4 lety +115

      Wait wasen't the titanic only a year old? Build in 1911 sank in 1912?

    • @johndowe7003
      @johndowe7003 Před 4 lety +13

      @@Mr_Fancypants yea

    • @witkocaster
      @witkocaster Před 4 lety +83

      Perhaps there are cans with food on board of Titanic. Cooperation of Cameron and Steve needed.

    • @mcguire2038
      @mcguire2038 Před 4 lety +38

      @@Mr_Fancypants I think they mean before the Titanic, I mean it's actually like 119 years old. Just sank

  • @GottSegneDich
    @GottSegneDich Před 4 lety +3129

    *eats 118 year old beef*
    “It’s lacking in flavor”

  • @Pro_Chef.
    @Pro_Chef. Před 2 lety +186

    A British officer busts in "I didn’t say you could fucking open that"

    • @coltm4a186
      @coltm4a186 Před rokem +17

      I can see it now. He’s a British officer with the walrus mustache, pith helmet, khaki uniform.

  • @DisOcean8
    @DisOcean8 Před rokem +262

    I love that he had to keep asking himself multiple times "what he was doing" as he was compelled to finish eating 120 year old meat paste. Absolute Legend.

  • @britishsolider6175
    @britishsolider6175 Před 5 lety +3681

    +20 rads
    +2 health

  • @juliuszacariasvelasco
    @juliuszacariasvelasco Před 2 lety +6775

    The fact he ate the ration without the order of an officer boggles my mind. This man is bold.

    • @MeBabyMe21
      @MeBabyMe21 Před 2 lety +194

      The disrespect!

    • @drops2cents260
      @drops2cents260 Před 2 lety +293

      Shocking! Such audacious insubordination is indeed absolutely unacceptable and needs to be dealt with accordingly right away.
      I'd suggest raising an eyebrow in a very disapproving manner - and if that won't do, it may even be necessary to address the soldier in question in a reprehensive tone.

    • @SiXiam
      @SiXiam Před 2 lety +136

      The dead officers are probably laughing and saying he is authorized!

    • @coreliousc8915
      @coreliousc8915 Před 2 lety +34

      It's how he asserts dominance over any and all officers ever in the history of the world.

    • @synthsign891
      @synthsign891 Před 2 lety +63

      The way this man literally consumes history is sublime. It is like a ritualistic, magickal, sacramental act. It is archaeology, anthropology, poetry, performance art.

  • @MrDaros89
    @MrDaros89 Před 7 měsíci +41

    He ate this and was completely fine, but a two year old chinese MRE nearly took him out. Mindboggling.

    • @ddd4040
      @ddd4040 Před 8 dny +1

      Which one is that?

    • @MrDaros89
      @MrDaros89 Před 8 dny +4

      @@ddd4040 The 2019 Chinese PLA Navy ration.

  • @capybarafilmstudios1620
    @capybarafilmstudios1620 Před rokem +430

    3:29 i love how even back in the day, in british MRES, during the war, during emergency survival situations where rations are scarce... *it still gives you instructions on making tea*

    • @christopherkozicki9597
      @christopherkozicki9597 Před rokem +24

      You need to give people instructions when you train them not to do anything without being instructed to do so.

    • @marcoslaureano5562
      @marcoslaureano5562 Před 10 měsíci +9

      @@christopherkozicki9597 wow. missed the point completely. Must be British....

    • @CoolAndrew89
      @CoolAndrew89 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Man even their modern day tanks come with kettles to boil tea

    • @capybarafilmstudios1620
      @capybarafilmstudios1620 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@christopherkozicki9597 must be a brit

    • @capybarafilmstudios1620
      @capybarafilmstudios1620 Před 10 měsíci +9

      @@CoolAndrew89 in WWI, they'd shoot their machine guns to overheat them on purpose to make tea

  • @Ali-yy5bc
    @Ali-yy5bc Před 5 lety +5809

    *casually apologizes because he isn’t eating inedible food that could possibly kill him*

    • @WormholeJim
      @WormholeJim Před 5 lety +202

      He goes on eating it anyway. Just opts to cook it first, is all.

    • @braydenschoff2546
      @braydenschoff2546 Před 5 lety +65

      Yeah he's canadian isn't he lol Canada fuck yeah

    • @levikirkness4507
      @levikirkness4507 Před 5 lety +24

      brayden schoff eh fuck you

    • @wolfy4734
      @wolfy4734 Před 5 lety +27

      Levi Kirkness no, fuck you

    • @ali1t
      @ali1t Před 5 lety +11

      He must be Canadian?

  • @MultiTomatojuice
    @MultiTomatojuice Před 5 lety +13905

    His immune system is fighting harder than those soldiers in the boer war.

    • @fatboiii9545
      @fatboiii9545 Před 5 lety +805

      MultiTomatojuice his stomach is fighting the Third World War

    • @gracelikerain5039
      @gracelikerain5039 Před 5 lety +538

      His butthole is fighting the war

    • @AssassinDawn
      @AssassinDawn Před 5 lety +145

      Oh my god. My sides. xD

    • @furryballsploppedmenacingl8534
      @furryballsploppedmenacingl8534 Před 5 lety +18

      @@AssassinDawn LOL HAHAHA FUNNY AF RIGHT?!?!

    • @Mochab001
      @Mochab001 Před 4 lety +78

      He is young. One day, all those pathogens he stored in his liver will awake when he is older and kick his butt!

  • @ericscott9029
    @ericscott9029 Před 10 měsíci +463

    Reminder, this MRE he had consumed was unopened throughout the rest of the Boer War, the Titanic sinking, WW1, the Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression, WW2, The Korean War, JFK's assassination, The Vietnam War, the Yom-Kippur War, the Yugoslav Civil War, the Iraq-Iran War, the Gulf War, 9/11, The war in Afghanistan, the 2nd invasion of Iraq, and the rise and peak of ISIS.

    • @straybullitt
      @straybullitt Před 10 měsíci +41

      And don't forget about The Falklands War!
      Or when we invaded Panama and took that Noriega character out of power!
      They probably could have used this ration then, but didn't. 🤷‍♂️

    • @ericscott9029
      @ericscott9029 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@straybullitt *Eighties by Killing Joke plays*

    • @WetPig
      @WetPig Před 9 měsíci +7

      Basically through the most important century in history, it is history, in a can!

    • @anonymous-hz2un
      @anonymous-hz2un Před 9 měsíci +5

      There was no yugoslav civil war, just serbia trying to maintain its little empire.

    • @michelvanbriemen3459
      @michelvanbriemen3459 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Yet despite its accolades astounding and decorated with honour and grace, it was no match for the tray.

  • @tacituskilgore9803
    @tacituskilgore9803 Před rokem +177

    Steve: "This is so abnormal, and probably not safe"
    Also Steve: Immediately takes another bite

  • @Soulreaperx360x
    @Soulreaperx360x Před 4 lety +5898

    Steve: *eats 120 year old meat*
    "That's kind of lacking in flavor."

    • @roy2177
      @roy2177 Před 4 lety +39

      😂

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 Před 4 lety +83

      I thought the aging of the beef would have deepened its umami flavors.

    • @supersyionbunta3972
      @supersyionbunta3972 Před 4 lety +25

      Instantly went to the ER

    • @N00bSBT
      @N00bSBT Před 4 lety

      😭

    • @collomps
      @collomps Před 4 lety +43

      He might file a complaint to the producing company.

  • @plopolp9818
    @plopolp9818 Před 4 lety +3064

    Never let this man near any Pharaoh‘s tomb.

    • @mchaney9315
      @mchaney9315 Před 4 lety +23

      LMFAO 😂😂😂

    • @mrsnoo86
      @mrsnoo86 Před 4 lety +8

      Lemao! 🤣

    • @_lux_aeterna_
      @_lux_aeterna_ Před 4 lety +40

      Imagine he would apologize first then tuck in 😁

    • @resh7521
      @resh7521 Před 4 lety +68

      Hmm kinda salty and feels dry inside mouth

    • @LeonardoTheMomo
      @LeonardoTheMomo Před 4 lety +71

      They actually found edible honey on a pharaos tomb

  • @pimpusmane
    @pimpusmane Před 9 měsíci +131

    Steve looking at 120 year old shredded pulverized dry mummified beef: “That right there… actually looks pretty good.”
    Steve after eating the beef: “That literally tastes like dirt” “It’s nerve-wracking, what am I even doing?”

  • @theboone3848
    @theboone3848 Před 10 měsíci +232

    I feel like Steve has a better shot of surviving the apocalypse then the vast majority of humans.

    • @chugs1984
      @chugs1984 Před 8 měsíci +14

      He definitely has a shit ton of MREs in his museum and the experience and knowledge to know when they can be eaten
      Like if a British MRE can be eaten 119 years later then I can easily see Steve2189 eating a US MRE from 2020s

    • @DaLilVivi96
      @DaLilVivi96 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I recon he would easily lol 🤣👍

    • @DoctorAids
      @DoctorAids Před 3 měsíci +3

      This mans gut has a weapons system in it. Bro is immune to foodborn illness

    • @Tehflamflam
      @Tehflamflam Před 3 měsíci

      Either that or he will be patient 0

    • @sciam2000
      @sciam2000 Před 3 měsíci

      What's a cockroach taste like? Answers kinda like a rotten potato. 😩

  • @firstname4337
    @firstname4337 Před 6 lety +16753

    Steve asks a girl over to his house for dinner
    pulls out a 115 year old can of dried beef and cocoa powder
    nice

  • @munkeydude777
    @munkeydude777 Před 5 lety +2300

    *eats 120 year old beef*
    *apologizes to us*

  • @hainhatphung1371
    @hainhatphung1371 Před 2 lety +111

    With this ultimate consumption, Steve is now carrying either the world's last hope of super immunity, or what ends it.

  • @AJR-zg2py
    @AJR-zg2py Před rokem +123

    I've read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Given the poor conditions of the meat packing industry at the time, you are a VERY brave man for eating this lol

    • @KamiwanMUFFINS
      @KamiwanMUFFINS Před rokem +21

      What percentage of that mre is people

    • @dfgdfg_
      @dfgdfg_ Před rokem +1

      Any highlights?

    • @andrewallen9993
      @andrewallen9993 Před rokem +10

      Upton Sinclair was describing the US meat packing industry not the British.
      P.S. I had two slices of toast with Bovril yesterday :)

    • @slamdunktiger
      @slamdunktiger Před rokem +12

      @@dfgdfg_ yea, insane working conditions. Unheated, unsafe, wet, dark, dangerous. Freezing. Large work gangs of children. Constant injuries and danger.
      I went vegetarian. Read this book at age 18. I was like fcuk. Still at it, 19 years later.

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus Před rokem +3

      ​@@slamdunktiger you should try Orthodox fasting calendar then

  • @ProFingerboardy
    @ProFingerboardy Před 4 lety +5864

    Gordon Ramsey: is the beef fresh?
    Steve: Yes

  • @schiarchaker6313
    @schiarchaker6313 Před 5 lety +2823

    That cows soul can finally rest in peace now

    • @GlassesnMouthplates
      @GlassesnMouthplates Před 5 lety +158

      Or take over his body.
      And then become a supervillain called the Lord Beefazoid.

    • @kaelandin
      @kaelandin Před 4 lety +44

      Glasses&Mouthplates
      Beefelzabub

    • @AidenPearce806
      @AidenPearce806 Před 4 lety +9

      Schiar Chaker you mean rest in $h*t cuz he craps it out sometime

    • @looseele
      @looseele Před 4 lety +13

      There's more than one cow in there

    • @raymondterrazas5702
      @raymondterrazas5702 Před 4 lety +2

      Haha

  • @SpartanUruk
    @SpartanUruk Před 9 měsíci +51

    Steve at 14:17 "Thats disgusting, I'm not eating anymore of this"
    Us "Steve thats perfectly ok to not want to eat 100+ year old beef"
    Steve 2 seconds later *Eats another piece of it*

  • @jmc7603
    @jmc7603 Před rokem +39

    It really amazes me that everyone that touched this from the packaging company, transport crews, quartermaster, and possibly even the soldier carrying this have been long dead for years

    • @iwatatiff
      @iwatatiff Před 8 hodinami

      Props to the soldier who said that "Imma keep this shit for years" then it ends up at some guy's stomach more than a century later

  • @Seygem
    @Seygem Před 4 lety +5444

    News outlet: "Neolithic meal found frozen in siberian permafrost"
    Steve: *heavy breathing*

    • @denisgorjunov304
      @denisgorjunov304 Před 4 lety +47

      well, actually ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Берёзовский_мамонт

    • @Journey_Awaits
      @Journey_Awaits Před 4 lety +341

      "2600BC Sumerian army ration taste test"

    • @Seygem
      @Seygem Před 4 lety +24

      @@Journey_Awaits well, that is quite a bit younger

    • @forestalfrank1074
      @forestalfrank1074 Před 4 lety +69

      I'v read stories that sometimes momoth from permafrost in very good condition were eaten in siberia.

    • @captainmoonrise1730
      @captainmoonrise1730 Před 4 lety +5

      Who ate mammoth?

  • @Ice-yp4wg
    @Ice-yp4wg Před 3 lety +7353

    They probably never thought that the last battle of the Boer war would happen more than a century later in some guy's digestive system.

    • @GwopUpEnt
      @GwopUpEnt Před 3 lety +109

      lmaoooooo

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 Před 3 lety +325

      He will pass out, and wake up in the 1899 British Army. " Remember men, get in there and fight!, and keep a stiff upper lip !!!".

    • @Windinhisface
      @Windinhisface Před 3 lety +4

      🤣

    • @riatorex8722
      @riatorex8722 Před 2 lety +18

      Nor would they think that a maggot-infested hardtack from 1863 would end up in this guy's rectum

    • @the_paper94
      @the_paper94 Před 2 lety +4

      Haha that is hilarious

  • @jarrettfoust1610
    @jarrettfoust1610 Před rokem +24

    “Is this the oldest beef ever eaten?”
    That is one helluva statement, and I’d say pretty damn true.

    • @buds2344
      @buds2344 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Some scientists actually ate a 10.000 yo beef from a prehistoric buffallo or something like that, look for it in YT.

  • @johnthegreat97
    @johnthegreat97 Před rokem +131

    Apparently Steve never read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. There's a chance some of that "beef" wasn't entirely beef.

    • @PillarsOfHeaven
      @PillarsOfHeaven Před rokem +16

      It can be hard to kill prions!

    • @dfgdfg_
      @dfgdfg_ Před rokem

      @@PillarsOfHeaven they're not alive right? Kind of like viruses

    • @tam-tam7098
      @tam-tam7098 Před rokem +8

      Thank you for bringing back those suppressed memories

    • @comradedog7144
      @comradedog7144 Před rokem +9

      never thought my knowledge of that book would come to use

    • @scenenuf
      @scenenuf Před rokem +6

      Thank you for the history lesson my peoples! haha

  • @MegaSam777
    @MegaSam777 Před 4 lety +1663

    Gotta love the apologies for being nervous about eating 120-year old meat.

    • @eltonlee4530
      @eltonlee4530 Před 4 lety +24

      “It smells like foul meat”

    • @daddy8884
      @daddy8884 Před 4 lety +8

      Ho Ming Lee
      **Me muttering to myself**
      «Maybe because it is»

  • @13exxonp
    @13exxonp Před 4 lety +2873

    Crazy to think that a cow is being eaten that died well over 100 years ago

  • @phunkyfill74
    @phunkyfill74 Před rokem +24

    You are a living legend for this. Hope the boys that passed are in heaven smiling down at your content.

  • @terranaxiomuk
    @terranaxiomuk Před rokem +11

    "Scientists find dinosaur DNA"
    Steve: Let's get that out on a tray.

  • @pygmyowl8801
    @pygmyowl8801 Před 4 lety +3537

    Indiana Jones: That belongs in a museum
    Steve: That belongs on a tray

    • @SentinelGhost
      @SentinelGhost Před 3 lety +85

      Nice!

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger Před 3 lety +13

      So do you!

    • @razrdemonic
      @razrdemonic Před 3 lety +12

      Correction: *TREH* ... Nice mmkehh

    • @Top_Hat_Man
      @Top_Hat_Man Před 3 lety +4

      Indiana Jones: GIVE IT TO ME, OR I'LL SHOOT YOU!
      Steve: No.
      Indiana Jones: I Could Shoot You, But I Can Also Hang You With My Whip!
      Steve: *Walks Away.*
      Indiana Jones: *Pulls The Trigger, But Indiana Jones Relizes That He Has To Load The Gun.*
      Indiana Jones: I'll Save The Bullets For Killing Nazis...
      The End!

    • @z_xaggerrobloxnicholas5673
      @z_xaggerrobloxnicholas5673 Před 3 lety +1

      oh you are wondering why I, shall not laugh?
      MY FUCKING JAWS ARE STITCHED TOGETHER AND HURTS TO ADJUST MY MOUTH

  • @TXLionHeart
    @TXLionHeart Před 5 lety +2429

    Don't worry; all of the bacteria on there has already died of old age...

    • @laluji4704
      @laluji4704 Před 5 lety +17

      TXLionHeart lol 😂😂

    • @TheElevatr
      @TheElevatr Před 5 lety +56

      Yeah but bacteria can release toxic chemicals that build up and may be present in the food.

    • @quarthmeat1884
      @quarthmeat1884 Před 5 lety +57

      @@TheElevatr r/wooosh

    • @diamondfailer11
      @diamondfailer11 Před 5 lety +20

      VampishMeat 452 I think he got the joke.

    • @Matthew-hc9vx
      @Matthew-hc9vx Před 5 lety +2

      Bahahaha

  • @fannatick2
    @fannatick2 Před rokem +12

    This is arguably the best content on the internet.

  • @justincraig398
    @justincraig398 Před rokem +21

    I’ve never seen a CZcams video that deserves a like and sun more than this. This guys eating 120year old cow flesh for our entertainment … and I guess his too. I love it

  • @Ed-bf3fe
    @Ed-bf3fe Před 5 lety +3137

    **Eats 100+ year old beef** "Hmm... it's kind of lacking in flavor"

  • @digbiggbyflackbock7472
    @digbiggbyflackbock7472 Před 5 lety +2730

    Eating the flesh of an animal that’s been dead for more than 100 years is badass

  • @brendanmorrow2029
    @brendanmorrow2029 Před 10 měsíci +15

    “This is disgusting, I’m not eating anymore of this…dry.”

  • @tolduso828
    @tolduso828 Před rokem +16

    “It’s been 2.5 days” oh shit, Steve, I hope it’s not gone bad 🥴

  • @randomfullywonderful
    @randomfullywonderful Před 3 lety +3092

    You know, if Steve got sick, he'd have to tell the doctor "I ate 120-year-old beef", would like to see the doctors face.

  • @amy5532
    @amy5532 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Mind you, this ration would have most likely been expired already when the titanic sailed, and he still ate from it

  • @jl6075
    @jl6075 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Steve should start looking for ancient egyptian preserved food

    • @KoriH-rj6ch
      @KoriH-rj6ch Před 2 měsíci

      Next he's gonna be eating the body of Christ

  • @Nostalgianerd
    @Nostalgianerd Před 6 lety +10784

    "That doesn't look too bad under there".... the moment you know Steve is going in.

    • @katiestall2201
      @katiestall2201 Před 6 lety +55

      😂😂 true

    • @1973Washu
      @1973Washu Před 6 lety +68

      He is not Ashens he has limits...

    • @bryanmabini9608
      @bryanmabini9608 Před 6 lety +8

      John Duncan damn son i wanna be manly as u fam

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 Před 6 lety +29

      Nostalgia Nerd Interesting choice of words. Sounds like a different kind of video...

    • @leion800
      @leion800 Před 5 lety +11

      Nostalgia Nerd another youtuber found in his natural habitat.

  • @Capoz98
    @Capoz98 Před 4 lety +1660

    Sooner or later he's going to be eating petrified bread from pompeii.
    'These Roman rations are just great, maybe a little stale'

  • @coughfee1416
    @coughfee1416 Před rokem +6

    Man's ate a ration that is 6 times older than him, rusted, and somehow managed to survive to tell the tale. Also did not take a officer's order to open it.

  • @Gamstercam
    @Gamstercam Před rokem +9

    Steve there’s something about your voice and the way you annunciate yourself. You remind me of a good friend growing up. Your videos are very easy to listen to and watch. Keep up the good work. Oh, and h would also eat anything. USMC

  • @defense200x
    @defense200x Před 6 lety +691

    *eats 118 year old beef* : "That's kinda lacking in flavour"

  • @InnannasRainbow
    @InnannasRainbow Před 5 lety +1318

    I love how he says the stuff is awful, inedible and then eats it.

    • @TheBlackbird82
      @TheBlackbird82 Před 5 lety +69

      "Wow, it smells so foul! NICE"

    • @beaker-yt
      @beaker-yt Před 5 lety +13

      The soldiers back then did exactly the same thing...

    • @InnannasRainbow
      @InnannasRainbow Před 5 lety +5

      @@beaker-yt They had no choice.

    • @themango9644
      @themango9644 Před 5 lety +4

      @@InnannasRainbow its either eat or get eaten

  • @troyjames827
    @troyjames827 Před rokem +5

    You are a very brave man, lol. Love your passion for history and for rations which have always held an interest for me, but I never thought about . Then I found your channel. Thanks. Love the quote, " I'm not eating anymore of this dry, except this little piece..." That was hilarious 😂

  • @brendandennison3477
    @brendandennison3477 Před rokem +1

    What an amazing video and channel. I really love watching your content and this was the video that I first showed my wife and got her hooked aswell. Such great content, keep it up.

  • @dylangardner110
    @dylangardner110 Před 5 lety +1961

    *stares at 120 year old petrified beef rock
    "that right there actually looks pretty good."

    • @succulentravioli954
      @succulentravioli954 Před 5 lety +36

      *Gordon Ramsay barges in through the wall*

    • @gromitpesley
      @gromitpesley Před 5 lety

      Dylan Gardner i don’t know what to do, i really want to eat it..... dudes messed

    • @garykozdrajr.3689
      @garykozdrajr.3689 Před 5 lety +7

      "A little acidic, but pleasantly smooth after-taste. Truly a wholesome and perfect petrified beef rock."

    • @kirkprospector4958
      @kirkprospector4958 Před 5 lety +4

      "it's getting better and better now"

    • @jffry24
      @jffry24 Před 5 lety

      Dylan Gardner no it doesn’t! Where u been eating

  • @hopeelliott6764
    @hopeelliott6764 Před 5 lety +1754

    His mom must have never had any issues with getting him to eat his dinner.

  • @Flatchlenter
    @Flatchlenter Před rokem +1

    The way you kept going for another bite, baffled me every time. Good job.

  • @dingusmcgee119
    @dingusmcgee119 Před rokem +4

    Honestly I swear this guys account is to show how good preservation can be

  • @tyryztoll
    @tyryztoll Před 4 lety +1629

    "It's just cheap meat."
    Well, yeah.....that and the fact that it pre-dates the Ford Model A.

  • @juiceking69
    @juiceking69 Před 4 lety +2059

    *Eats 120 year old Beef*
    Him: Yeah, it's kinda like lacking flavour.....

    • @rezlets5017
      @rezlets5017 Před 4 lety +32

      just read it at the exact moment wow

    • @Gimmickmantheman
      @Gimmickmantheman Před 4 lety +3

      @@rezlets5017 same

    • @achman98
      @achman98 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Gimmickmantheman lol same

    • @AABCDXX
      @AABCDXX Před 4 lety +5

      what in the actual fuck, same

    • @AlejoRuy
      @AlejoRuy Před 4 lety +2

      Same story here and I'm in tears hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

  • @acediegoszares4676
    @acediegoszares4676 Před rokem +5

    This is so awesome. It's from the time of my great grandfather. So cool to open such old things

  • @jamestaylor6427
    @jamestaylor6427 Před 2 lety

    I asked onto these videos and I can't stop watching them! Awesome

  • @odin3066
    @odin3066 Před 4 lety +1420

    His digestive system probably looks like an accurate depiction of the trenches used in the Boer War.

  • @MKDono
    @MKDono Před 3 lety +1913

    The Ottoman empire was still on the map when that ration was 20 years old

    • @tigervalley62
      @tigervalley62 Před 3 lety +34

      I know right? I mean... Bruh, why would you eat that?????

    • @1IbramGaunt
      @1IbramGaunt Před 3 lety +69

      AND the Austro-Hungarian Empire too

    • @presidentjohnhenryeden9450
      @presidentjohnhenryeden9450 Před 3 lety +95

      This beef was from the time Russia still had a tzar and Otto von Bismarck was alive

    • @kargaroc386
      @kargaroc386 Před 3 lety +12

      Preceded by:
      Roman Empire

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes Před 3 lety +4

      The Rainhill Trials are as far away from when it was created as the Second Red Scare is to us.

  • @neilcooper9508
    @neilcooper9508 Před 2 lety +2

    The strangest review and the most fascinating review I love your channel most interesting thanks Neil england

  • @j_m_b_1914
    @j_m_b_1914 Před rokem +1

    This might be the bravest thing I've ever seen in a CZcams video. You, my friend, have seriously large balls.

  • @clickfeedvideo2743
    @clickfeedvideo2743 Před 5 lety +1050

    Cow: My ancestors can finally rest in peace.

  • @ch_dn
    @ch_dn Před 5 lety +1995

    Doctor: So what made you sick?
    Steve: I ate a British beef ration from 1899.
    Doctor: oh

  • @g.mtorsten3564
    @g.mtorsten3564 Před rokem +14

    My family has a history in the Second Boer War, very interesting to see what they would have ate in the field!

  • @phinehas9662
    @phinehas9662 Před 3 měsíci

    Great videos and I love your hilarious comments and attitude to antique food!

  • @RuinedPrelude
    @RuinedPrelude Před 4 lety +1737

    Imagine eating a meal that expired 14 years before the first world war...

  • @Avgsharkenjoyer
    @Avgsharkenjoyer Před 4 lety +1226

    "Awww man, that smells so foul, nice!"
    *"nice"*

  • @robertmcmanus636
    @robertmcmanus636 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is a classic! Steve, you rock!!!

  • @tri8332
    @tri8332 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Imagine the flu daring enough to enter this mans body.

  • @CriticalRoleHighlights
    @CriticalRoleHighlights Před 6 lety +1552

    "That doesn't look so bad under there."
    Famous last words.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 Před 6 lety +11234

    I'm going to start an Indiegogo fund so we can buy Steve a stand by ambulance.

    • @dangerousmythbuster
      @dangerousmythbuster Před 6 lety +191

      Sar Jim With how badly EMS providers are paid in the states, you'd think it shouldn't cost as much as it does.

    • @EuropeYear1917
      @EuropeYear1917 Před 6 lety +648

      He'll probably need it... especially if he keeps pushing the envelope the way he does. Because God only knows, at the rate he's going he's gonna actually try to eat British Navy Salt Pork from the French and Indian War or something crazy like that.

    • @noahemail0339
      @noahemail0339 Před 6 lety +3

      Sar Jim hahaha!

    • @atutainamu6278
      @atutainamu6278 Před 6 lety +60

      Hahaha. The combination of this comment and Steve's vid gives me life.

    • @DeeEll86442
      @DeeEll86442 Před 6 lety +146

      Yuck, Steve don't eat that. You don't know what kind of bacteria is in that. Especially the kind of diseases that existed back then. You don't know how that was prepared. The sanitation was much different and not good back then. It was an interesting item to see but you don't have to taste every ration you get.

  • @pzsoldat2516
    @pzsoldat2516 Před 2 lety +24

    I can’t even imagine how Steve was able to get his hands on such a untouched piece of history.
    Awesome

  • @uberyoutuber3892
    @uberyoutuber3892 Před 4 lety +1471

    As he chisels away at the petrified beef: "That looks edible."
    Bruh....no.

  • @utubebgay
    @utubebgay Před 4 lety +1693

    Steve, checking out dinosaur bones at the museum: i wonder if there's, like, any marrow left in those...

  • @alastairbarkley6572
    @alastairbarkley6572 Před rokem +14

    The solder used for the cans is probably lead - with antimony, also. I'd worry that over the last 120+ years, some of that had leached into the food.

  • @DronkenDrenthen
    @DronkenDrenthen Před rokem

    Your culinary bravery is astounding

  • @dewannabe8845
    @dewannabe8845 Před 4 lety +4211

    Me: refuses to eat food only a day older than the best by date
    Steve:Eats a piece of cow that is older than the titanic

  • @TangentShadows
    @TangentShadows Před 5 lety +731

    *inhaling mold*
    "Whoa, it still smells like beef."

    • @ChaosRUsEnt
      @ChaosRUsEnt Před 5 lety +10

      TangentShadows
      Lmao

    • @therandomnexus
      @therandomnexus Před 5 lety +14

      *big SNIIIIIIIIIFF*

    • @amandiniii753
      @amandiniii753 Před 5 lety +9

      i literally laughed so hard my boogers came out cause i have a flu 😂

    • @justincase9638
      @justincase9638 Před 5 lety

      And Tin

    • @Cragmortis
      @Cragmortis Před 5 lety +1

      @@amandiniii753 2 weeks. Hope you made a full recovery. The flu fucking sucks.

  • @GunnersMovies
    @GunnersMovies Před rokem +1

    I bet it is as delicious as it was on the day it was packed! Well done Steve, its amazing to see these old rations opened.

  • @oanaalinafluieras443
    @oanaalinafluieras443 Před rokem

    Hi Steve,love when u eat those rations,keep do super job,u are the best!

  • @carlosdangersbromattmayhem6744

    “That’s disgusting I’m not eating any more of this dried beef........ except for this little piece right here.”

    • @yumminator
      @yumminator Před 3 lety +3

      Nice

    • @alb5769
      @alb5769 Před 3 lety +16

      Then continues on to finish the pot

    • @giovapuzone
      @giovapuzone Před 3 lety +2

      @@alb5769 he said "dried" for a reason

  • @captainjack3166
    @captainjack3166 Před 5 lety +652

    "ugh it smells so foul...... NICE"

  • @itwasaladream
    @itwasaladream Před měsícem +1

    Its amazing to think of all the historical events that happened and this Ration was just hanging out in a storage spot somewhere along for the ride.

  • @mr.voidout4739
    @mr.voidout4739 Před rokem +6

    Most people eat food. Steve eats history.

  • @nickbarnes6742
    @nickbarnes6742 Před 4 lety +555

    I've never seen someone go to such lengths to give themselves diarrhea.

    • @deathsheadknight2137
      @deathsheadknight2137 Před 4 lety +54

      you misunderstand, he is training to become immune to diarrhea.

    • @DonAle_97
      @DonAle_97 Před 4 lety +6

      Nick Barnes maybe he is immune to diarrhea and stomach/ intestinal sicknesses

    • @hfarmer96
      @hfarmer96 Před 4 lety

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @davekp6773
      @davekp6773 Před 4 lety +1

      The colour and texture of what goes in looks exactly what comes out again.

    • @Vadanovltch
      @Vadanovltch Před 4 lety

      Nick Barnes lmao

  • @woodfern909
    @woodfern909 Před 4 lety +1070

    Steve’s colon must be like, “Oh for the love of...wtf did he eat now?!!!

    • @annadrew4
      @annadrew4 Před 4 lety +4

      😂😂😂

    • @hfarmer96
      @hfarmer96 Před 4 lety +3

      😄😄😄🤣🤣🤣🤣 i about fell over laughing

    • @funkibloo3811
      @funkibloo3811 Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂

    • @charlessawallich1870
      @charlessawallich1870 Před 4 lety +4

      Won't want him to use my toilet, oh my garsh. Smells like old cow in the john

    • @HiVizCamo
      @HiVizCamo Před 4 lety

      Well he is a member of the Clean Plate Club, so...

  • @devilin5237
    @devilin5237 Před rokem

    This was published on my birthday I will say this is the best birthday present ever thankyou for being such a trooper

  • @ziamarie
    @ziamarie Před rokem +16

    Sounds like this tasted better than the time you ate the civil war hardtack that tasted like mothballs and old library books! I'd say thats a success 😉 thanks for always sharing these epic videos and getting as excited as i do over historical items and just history in general! You're a legend Steve!

  • @Schlabbeflicker
    @Schlabbeflicker Před 4 lety +1988

    One of these days Steve is going to eat the wrong ration tin and re-introduce humanity to smallpox.

    • @Gelattoh
      @Gelattoh Před 4 lety +199

      Anti vaxxers are already doing that

    • @jameswhite4320
      @jameswhite4320 Před 4 lety +11

      Oh my god 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Lenn869
      @Lenn869 Před 4 lety +18

      anti vaxxer jokes in current year 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Gelattoh
      @Gelattoh Před 4 lety +63

      @@Lenn869 yes "anti vaxx jokes in current year"
      Good English thank you for your sought after reply. We have all gained an incredible amount of knowledge on your reply to a joke.

    • @boulevard4145
      @boulevard4145 Před 4 lety +6

      Tyler G king

  • @andreiarca3024
    @andreiarca3024 Před 6 lety +2300

    I'd like to see Steve prepare and eat a nice home cooked meal... He deserves it.

    • @adamcochran1309
      @adamcochran1309 Před 5 lety +296

      Then get's salmonella.

    • @austinschlatter4726
      @austinschlatter4726 Před 5 lety +53

      HAHHAHHAHAHAHAH this made me lose it! thanks Adam!

    • @swanningabout
      @swanningabout Před 5 lety +1

      Austin Schlatter lose what?

    • @austinschlatter4726
      @austinschlatter4726 Před 5 lety +23

      In this context, to lose it means “To lose control; blow up.” Specifically, it means to lose your composure, presumably breaking out into laughter.

    • @Mr.LaughingDuck
      @Mr.LaughingDuck Před 5 lety +47

      He's our Savor. He dieted for our sins.