Italian 🇮🇹 and American 🇺🇸 soldiers swap rations
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2023
- Every army in NATO has its own field ration, commonly known as MREs (meals-ready-to-eat). While perhaps not the height of culinary expression, these rations give soldiers the calories they need to power through a hard day in the field. From Ally to Ally, their contents differ in small, interesting ways.
Watch a US and Italian paratrooper swap their ration packs while on exercise in Italy. From warm pizza in a packet to ravioli in a can and toothbrushes, these soldiers may be from different continents but they find common ground in condiments.
Filmed during joint airborne operations, about 800 paratroopers from the US Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, the Italian Army’s 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment and the German Army’s 26th Airborne Regiment performed several jumps over a drop zone in northern Italy.
📍 Drop Zone Juliet, Pordenone province, Italy
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Giving an Italian soldier an American MRE pizza slice is an act of friendly fire. I'm surprised that this move didn't dissolve Nato.
Wouldn't be surprised if the American ambassador was summoned after this incident.
Give it time. It's only been 5 days. The Russians will use this as propaganda and accuse the US of trying to poison our Italian allies. And rightfully so. I was a sniper in Viet Nam and we were given LRRP rations instead of C rations because they were lighter and only required hot water to prepare. They were better than C rations but they were still bland. We operated with Mountainyards on our recon missions and they were issued indigenous LRRP rations that were manufactured in Japan. Frankly, they tasted better than our LRRP rations so I always traded my rations with my Mountainyard friends. FTR, we used alcohol tablets to heat the H2O because they did not emit smoke that the NVAs might see. We were a 2-man team and our missions were usually 7 days and our area of operation was the central highlands. Our base of operations was Dak To. Good morning Viet Nam.
🤣 I know right!
This was a real friendly fire
Yeah, I once worked with an Italian engineer born in Rome and he REFUSED to go to team lunches at what we call "Italian" restaurants. He said there is only ONE authentic Italian restaurant in all of USA, one in NYC. I don't remember the name. They are definitely SERIOUS about meals!
The italian soldier seemed to consider the MRE pizza a warcrime.
We are cool with it, as long as you stop calling it pizza😅
BREAKING NEWS: Italy withdraws from NATO effective IMMEDIATELY! 😂😂
My brother it is a war crime, I was excited for it only one time and never again, I’d rather get the Asian beef strip MRE over the pizza one, at least the beef strip one has some decent snack items
it is definitely outside of geneva convention
It probably is lol we did him dirty
I was genuinely waiting the italian soldier to take out candles and a bottle of wine from the box.
France puts wine in rations
ahahah lol very good joke! :)
Simply- yup. No wine??? I would not survive 😂
European rations are so much better
For real
Mad respects to that Italian who kept cool even after having his national cuisine insulted.
After years of pineapple pizzas, carbonara with cream and other distortions we are slowly getting used to the fact that once we leave the national borders everything becomes a culinary farwest
@@alexyorha1650 Come to Japan! We have a lot of authentic Italian food. Also a lot of not so authentic food. But our carbonara is always made with eggs!
@@Raptorsified i do not trust that at all tbh lol
@@Raptorsifiedit's not only about eggs 😂😭
@@alexyorha1650I love pineapple banana pizza. And I'm European. :)
He had to choose between a parachute drop and tasting the American MRE. He made the bravest choice. Honor to you, soldier.
Should've given him the Vomelette, he would've regretted all life.
@@satuerdandashnaw3700 Those haven't been made for more than a decade I believe
Was wondering about the chutes in the background! :)
the Italian ration packs are bigger because they didn't want to break the spaghetti in half
This made my day. Thank you
😂
As italian that make my laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
You get court martialed in the Italian military if you do that
Asking an Italian if he ever had minestrone soup is like asking a Swiss if he knows what chocolate is. 😂😂
Honestly since she was saying that ragù tastes like minestrone, as an Italian I have absolutely no idea of what her definition of minestrone is
Americans are the type to ask Russians if they ever heard about vodka.
I think that she compares the ragù to the minestrone because of the vegetables for the soffritto (the initial phase of preparation) and the passata instead of the tomato concentrate. In US the “bolognese sauce” it’s more like just a lot of beef and spices, a sort of chili con carne or something like that.
And the pronunciation too! 😭 I guess she kind of corrected it though. A fun video overall.
@@sv6938 Even as a brit thats an abomination... probably still tasty but not a bolognese.
That Italian dude is a class act. Not only did she hand him American "pizza," but the MRE version of it. Imagine trying to be diplomatic at that.
She even said that the ragù tasted like minestrone! None in Italy would even compare the two things at all as they are very different dishes.. props to the guy for surviving
Yeah, bc it’s an MRE exchange…
some would consider this an act of war ;)
when he heard it's pizza he quietly died inside 😂😂
Pizza not American ! Well it is now anyway
"We can survive with this." Is literally the nicest possible thing he could have said. 😂
Lmao
Wait… I never got a pizza slice MRE. Wtf?
Lucky he didn't have his side arm
Hes dead on the inside 😂
I was thinking the same, he was being very (or too) polite 😅
When deployed we did nato training with italian soldiers. We went to eat at their cafeteria. Half of our unit was ready to switch sides just because of their food. They take their food quite serious. Also were great soldiers to work with
Yeah, that was my perception watching this video. While the quality is lower, it seemed they took their food more seriously.
Considering how well Italy is known for its food, you could actually view it as a matter of national pride.
I mean, imagine the jokes if the Italian military had shitty food?
@@seededsoulyou also have to consider weight. At least with respect to MRE’s. All of those tin cans and little metal parts adds some level of weight that an individual soldier has to carry.
@@m.m.6044 True. What I don't get is how you make a tin you can put fire under without the lining poisoning you.
The first time I went on a trip from France to Italy the thing that stunned me was the amazing quality of the food on their motorways.
One place, they were MAKING fresh bread.
"it's out pizza slice cheese mre"
And you can already see the terror in his eyes and him planning a strategic retreat
The Italian army motto is "not a step back!... Unless an anglophone serves you food."
he quietly died inside 😂 but kept it together
As an Italian, i can read exactly what he was thinking about that "slice of pizza"😂
Same here, lol. "Back home, I wouldn't even feed it to my chickens". Additionally a little slice of white flour dough with some bad sauce is a horrible choice of food for someone that needs energy to trek through difficult terrain.
When you're hungry, you will eat anything, especially in war.
@@Mav_Fyeah, but its better to your mind if your meal is tasty and satisfiting
@@Mav_FExactly, anything tastes good when you are starving.
Who ever decided to give an American MRE version of "PIZZA" to an Italian had something personal 😂😂😂
Very risky, would've probably lead to a declaration of war
should have gave him veggie omelet instead
Reminds me of all the reality shows, where they like swap the family's wife with another family's wife and they always choose families that are insanely different so it'll have the maximum conflict and hopefully entertainment value.
Do you mean toast with melted cheese and sauce on on it
Didn't Pizza only become popular in Italy because of its popularity in America?
'It's like toast... ok, we try.' Bravest man in the Italian army ,,,,
'We can survive with this.' Bravo 👏! I think he's carrying a future of Italy being a superpower with a supreme army on his shoulder!
Should have gotten a medal for that bite.
No shit, he deserves a medal for that
😂
It’s sauce on bread with cheese
It’s pizza
And it’s an American invention
To me really the best part of this videos is when I realized that 77 years ago these 2 would of been enemies at war. This is the most beautiful thing, unity!
as soon as she said "pizza MRE" you could see the sheer horror in the eyes of the Italian soldier
Oh no... Don't give an Italian an MRE pizza! The shame, the shame...
You can see the A bit of that man’s soul completely die when he opened that pouch.
I was saying the same thing!! No!! My father was in the Italian Army during the Cuban Missile Crisis cold war era. He probably would jokingly have said, "Oh, this is the best pizza I ever had!" At least if it came with the MREs with the chocolate cake that I remembered many years ago, it would have made up for the "pizza toast."
At least it wasn't an MRE pizza with pineapples! 🤢
That would've been outright insulting. 😅
This is how to star wars!! The marketing guy who had this brilliant ideal, should be fired!! So stupid.
😂😂😂 as soon as she said it...I was like NOOOOO
I love that he couldn't even bring himself to call it pizza, as polite as he was. "I think I will call this toast..." 😂
Ide call it toast too tbf
As an American who recently visited Italy, it was pretty fascinating at how different the “Italian” dishes are between the US and Italy.
I’m sure some people may like true Italian cuisine, me personally, I was glad to get back to the US and eat my “fake” Italian.
@@leprechaun3677 Why? Didn't you like Italian food?
@@leprechaun3677noo,😢 why?
@@leprechaun3677 it's not even fake Italian, just "Americanized" Italian. Virtually all the Italian style dishes found in the USA stem from Italian immigrants.
Asking an Italian if he knows Minestrone soup 😅😅😅
telling an Italian their tortellini taste like minestrone is equivalent to a declaration of war
Understanding that an italian might pronounce something differently than an american Haha
Not only minestrone.. but the pronunciation was practically a hate crime in itself
Food has an enormous impact on soldiers' morale: it has to be kept into account as any other weapon system.
Yeah, not entirely sure why they left almost everything in the American MRE out of the video but chose to include every single thing in the Italian one.
@@mimcduffee86 I guess the editor was an Italian too.
We had lunch with an Italian unit in Northern Iraq during Desert Storm. Spaghetti, pork chops, wine, and espresso afterwards. Thanks, Bruno!
😂❤wow! Cool AF!!! 🍷🤗
The European rations are so much better than the Yanky ration. I saw the French one they had chocolate bars coffee portable heater dry fuel water purifying pills napkins utensils condiments 3 complete meals all-weather matches toothpicks even a garbage bag. Only 1.7 kilos. 3800 cal. You can thrive on it and not only survive.
Apparently French ration packs were worth an entire US sleeping cot in exchange in Afghanistan.
I was at KKMC during Desert Storm, Welcome home.
they banned alcohol in the combat zones for GWOT....
I blame your generation for this atrocity.
The audacity to bring that Italian man an American MRE of pizza is a very American thing to do. 😂
She has no say in what's in the MRE.
Americans like pizza, we like it differently and have very different forms of it, like deep-dish. But MRE’s are meant to give as many calories as possible in as small a weight and package while still reminding the servicemen of home. I expect they couldn’t get enough calories in the sauce and toppings and had to get more in the bread. But it’s good to have an Italian’s take on it since their idea of pizza is so different from what we like and are used to.
I think she was trying to give him the best we have.😂
As an Italian, I was laughing a lot, but it is pretty interesting to watch what U.S. soldiers have to eat. We need to keep in mind that MRE food is only for cisis, not for everyday use, so you will survive even with American toast-pizza. It is not meant to enjoy a lavish meal. But it did remind me of pictures and videos comparing what school children in the U.S. eat for their school lunches, and I can tell you THAT is horrible. In Europe, school kids can get much better and vitamin richer lunches, with lots of vegetables, fruit, quality meat, fish, etc. We don't give our children a strange combination of French fries and some strange piece of meat and fruit and milk (not to mention that the U.S. feeds their school kids skimmed milk that contains absolutely no nutrition at all). You don't want to eat meat, fruit and splash it all with milk. The poor kids must get diarrhoea after such a meal! So... the MRS look better to me than the U.S. school lunches.
@@danapertile106 You have no idea how bad school lunches are in the US. I’m a teacher in a higher needs (poor budget) district and the quality is so bad I see lots of the kids skip lunch and just get two drinks. It might even healthier to do that. The cafeteria smells like a paint factory
I love it how there are parachuters descending onto the ground behind them when they are talking about ravioli. It's like they've heard Italian food is on the menu today and came running xD
🤣🤣
Is that what’s those were? I got so distracted by that part around 3:38. Lol
We had a small contingent of Italian soldiers on our base in the Middle East back in the day. Turned out to be an awesome group of guys and it was cool to learn about each others cultures.
American: Here a pizza.
Italian: A survivable toast.
😂😂😂
he was generous when he said that😂
It’s not regular pizza we eat in america, it’s MRE pizza which is very low quality. real pizza here is amazing
Underrated comment 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
American: "here is some smoking explosive reactive chemistry in a bag"
Italian: "here are some toothbrushes and toothpicks for breakfast for after your coffee"
Ahhhhh, YEP.
EUROPE or USA.
Where to live? Decisions, decisions...
AHAHAHA viva l’italia
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well, we kinda don't want to have open flame when we are out in the field. It's a safety thing for the soldier.
something my friends like to do with the leftover heaters is put them in water bottles and watch them explode
I'm from Spain and I'd choose the Italian rations 100% of the time if I could choose :D
Basically Italian MREs are made by Italian grandmas
I love the European honesty of "we can survive with this"
That’s the point of MRI when you in a middle of a war ,
As someone who has eaten that MRE before, that’s pretty much how I’d sum it up. They had so many better options to go with and they picked one of the worst ones. It’s very bland and not nearly as filling as some of the other ones.
A polite way of saying it sucked.
And polite
Lol it's meant to feed soldiers in the battlefield temporarily. Once they get back to base, they'll get to have hot meals.
I love how he's explaining the Italian rations while a company of paratroopers are landing in the distance.
Lol, I was going to say the same thing.
Prioritys.
AIRBORNE!
3:36 if anyone's wondering
Casual Russian invasion in the background
Did she really say "dont know if you ever had minestrone" to an italian? Americans...
i find it sweet and wholesome how they help each other with the meals
The reason the Italian ration pack is so large is due to the table cloth, linen napkin, and wine decanter.
you forgot the mandolino, we can't go around without!
And the mocha pot. Don't forget the mocha pot
Underrated comment 😂
Not even that, it's also gonna be the fact that a lot of the item were stored in bulky round cans. American MREs ended up as they are now specifically to get around having to use metal cans to preserve food.
Hahaha
The fact that the Italian rations come with a napkin, menu and wine list says it all.
Underrated comment 😂
"Cordiale" is not a wine, it is a liquor.
Does it also come with a guy playing the violin 🎻 while you eat in the trenches?? 😅
The fancy MRE
the toothbrush and toothpaste and the literal can of food surprised me.
You skipped the "grappa" (italian distilled alchoholic) on purpose, yeah? 😂
I saw it when he opened the dinner box
It's amazing watching how happy people get sharing their cultures with each other.
The Italian guy was so polite. "No-a, I dont think I need another bite thank you." ❤️
It was a kind of: "I rather prefer to stay alive, but thanks".
And only commenting on the practicality of the small package, tacitly being silent on the quality of the food.
its toast
I dont think he liked the American cheese toast.
Meanwhile, they have chicken in jelly.😂😂😂😂😂
The food was so good they didn't even notice they were being invaded in the background 🪂
?
Harsh 😂
Ahahahha I immagine Putin on a bear ahahaha
3:38 NATO at it's finest 😁
Italian Guy: Hey i think i can hear a sound of tank rolling behind us?
American Gal: nah, just a regular military exercise
Diplomacy was the only reason he didn’t have an Italian meltdown at that bs pizza.
Looking at the Italian MRE you really know the country cares for their soldiers.
Really? Because the video doesn't include most of the stuff that came in that specific MRE.
Looking at the American MRE, you really know that the people who designed them care about how much soldiers carry into battle and not dealing with open flames in a battlefield where a light can get you killed. I am no serviceman but I know from backpacking to keep it light. I have NEVER packed a shit ton of metal cans into my pack to eat. I prefer reducing weight, not adding it.
When he got his MRE pizza his heart was broken. For any Italian, this is a torture 😂😂😂
Yeah it was like my American wife opening a can of Campbell Soup our first wedding night. Geez
We did it on purpose
At least it didnt have pineapple on it. LOL.
It’s an mre. It’s not gourmet. Get over it,
He did have a point that if it's the only thing pizza related for 500 miles around, "Italian Toast" would seem to hit.
Giving an Italian a Pizza MRE seems like an act of war against Italy.
That's what I said
Thats how america would declare war against Italy, just giving one italian a pizza MRE.
I cringed when they offered an Italian pretend "Italian" food
"We can survive with this" is exactly the reaction the people that made it was going for.
Lmao that Italian guy is awesome and was so polite, great video!!
I respect the diplomacy of the Italian soldier.
His humor and culture are refined.
We might lose the battle, but we will never miss our lunch 🇮🇹❤️
Lunch and pennichella of course.
"Lose", not "loose".
Well, for be a soldier, doing an international exchange, his English was not so perfect, not at the level of i was expecting from our international brigade, but hey, I love the passion and pride about sharing his “typical” ration
@@luigipati3815 " its Lose not loose" 🤓🤓🤓
@@luigipati3815 Why are you mad?
i cringed hard asf when she butchered "minestrone"
This was adorable🤗
Damn, the Italian army sure knows how to take care of its personnel.
@Souwth-bawston-is-fuh-luvahs okay but the New Orleans chicken gumbo. There’s no arguing with that or the chili Mac.
These people didn't even address the fact that you field strip an MRE before you go out(open it and get rid of the unnecessary fluff to save space and weight in your ruck). That Italian one seems a bit hard to field strip. There's a reason the US went from C-rations (in a can) to MREs. It's fucking stupid. I could put a pouch of spaghetti in my cargo pocket and slurp it down straight from the bag anytime u wanted during the ruck march.
@Souwth-bawston-is-fuh-luvahs I never mentioned anything about comparing MRE's quality between militaries, I am simply amazed about how the Italian military treats its troops.
@@joeyboi8841 That's because Italian combat rations are meant for a whole day, while American ones are meant for an individual meal. The Italian military privileges logistical practicality over field stripping. Also, the Italian Military does not have the US Military's budget so they have to be more careful with how they use their resources.
@@joeyboi8841 Hot food is much better for morale (and energy) hence why these Italian (and the British) rat packs come with hexamine cookers.
Having the main meal in a can means you can shove it directly on your stove, as was shown, then eat it out of there and bin it. Hot food with no dirty mess tins....!
I'm from India, and I can see the pain in Italian soldier's eyes
Lol 😂
this was an act of aggression towords Italy...its airspace was violated 😂
😂
I am italian , and i agree with you🤣
If you think about it, all soldier's meals from rations in the field are a picnic.
This is one of the best videos I've seen. Love the exchange😅
All of us can agree that the Italian soldier didn't like the pizza.
But gotta appreciate he said he didn't like it in the most polite way.
We can survive on that, he said.
Merely bare sustenance
The pizza MRE is one of the worst. She should have given him a chili Mac or Mexican beans and rice.
That’s the Italian way. Americans always have to tell you how they feel
Dawg not even Americans like the MRE pizza. when we first got that shit in the field we were stoked. until we opened it.
Well at lest it dosen't taste like cardboard pizza from mazzio's some really do
Our town in Australia was devastated by flooding in 2022. Several pallets of Singapore Army MREs were donated to the local flood recovery centre. From memory there were around ten different main courses (all good), plus biscuits , coffee candy , fruit bars , and electrolyte drinks . While not restaurant quality they were pretty damn good . They kept us fed for a month while we rebuilt our lives.
Thankyou Singapore!
Our pleasure to our friends down south :D
You're welcome . ❤
@mcmoose64 that is so devastating so sorry hear what happened to Emilia Romagna was devastated my region too sending love xx
@@rielfamily so lovely the people of Singapore are kind and lovely and warm and friendly 😍
Singaporean food culture is Serious Business and nobody would dare try to foist bad food on their armed forces.
I love seeing you were together. That makes a huge difference on how well we can operate. I’m gonna be mad when I see the Italian food is 10 times better than ours. 😂. Hey, I see airborne dropping in the background. OK it even out in the end probably. The MREs may not be the best thing, but they’re also not trying to kill us compared to the rest of the world 😅. I deployed to Ecuador to build a school with 50 civil engineers, and we all got so sick of eating the fish, rice, and planting, that people were stealing the MREs that we brought in case of emergency 😂
I like the guys in the background just casually performing a parachute landing xd
Trust the Italians to pack the whole kitchen!
This is my CONTI - MONTE CARLO 3 GROUP - MC-3G-WOOD Espresso machine 300 Lbs. (For emergency).
That sounds like me, I will pack the entire kitchen when I am going on a trip. Don't forget the Pillows.
To preserve the ambience, helps with the digestion.
@@EricT01 XD
ALMOST.
The "Mama" was not there.
😁😁
They gave pizza MREs to an Italian?? I'm surprised he didn't declare war 😅
Ikr lmao
we're more tolerant than it seems
😂😂😂
@Arno🔌🐰 I can attest to that. Used to work in a call center for a global publishing company, Italian callers were by far the nicest, most polite people I ever spoke with, even when things were going wrong.
Did you see what happened in the background!? Definitely came close.
The Italian soldier saying "Perfect" after hearing an MRE Pizza was a personal sarcasm
we can "survive" means he's not living at all 😂
The moment I saw it was the MRE Pizza I was worried Italy was going to leave NATO
Trying american MRE: 1 minute
Trying italian MREs: rest of the video
The American MRE is meant to be eaten on the move during a thunder run to the Russian capital. The Italian MRE not so much.
lol pretty much
That sais something
I was just gonna say - this isnt neccesarily a good thing for the italian mre 😄 I would imagine in the field you want something fast, portable, and light.
@@thegeneralist7527Italian MRE: Fine dining
US MRE: Light enough for combat
After 20 days eating Italian rations, we started to exchange our rations with other Army. At the end of our deployment i've learned that sharing food is the best thing to consolidate relationships in every situations.
❤ bella cosa
Une ration française s'échange contre 4 américaine 🎉🎉🎉
I guess it's because you think like that that Italian army has usually a good image among the population during deployments
I love how we can see paratroops dropping behind them at the 3:45 mark
He treats her with a full day of Italian food and gets a pop-tart „pizza“ in return. 😂
I have a feeling we’re going to read about this in future history books, how the Americans had the audacity to bring an MRE pizza slice to Italy before World War III
Not a good tactical maneuver.
it'll be like a fun history fact in the future
Like the opposite of the Christmas truce.
We ain't at war but we'll try.
Wouldn't be surprised if Italy instantly declared war on this "pizza slice" 😂
Waaaaaaa😂😂😂😂
Italian guy's reaction was so genuine and politely restrained
"restrained" is the Main word in this line! :)
To say the least lol!
@@vasiovasio He would need restrain considering what he had to suffer.
He was so kind to rate it only on easy to carry and minimized packaging and not on the food.
During Desert Storm we worked with French soldiers. Their meals had wine and canned ham. They had it made.
Maybe 2nd or 3rd best mre. Italian is awesome, Danish excellent.
I served as the US Navy Liaison Officer to the Marine Nationale (French Navy) in the late 80s at BAN Nimes-Garons (South of France). I was treated like a "King". Everywhere I went, I was treated like some "their lost cousin from the New World". The food they served me ashore and at sea was "out of this world" (French service members take their meal time very seriously)! Two of my uncles had died on French soil during World War II (Normandy landings and air war over France). My French hosts honored me like some French hero - I was really touched by their generosity, kindness, and hospitality. Advice for my "fellow Americans", treating foreign nationals with respect (especially when being a guest in THEIR own country) goes a long way. Thank you to all the French Citizens, to the members of La Marine Nationale and to those of La Légion Étrangère for having offered me a memorable tour of duty. Ciao, L (Maine, USA)
Greetings Sir...
Probably, the Old Timers were more Cultured and Affable... and you would be thoroughly Disillusioned and Disheartened, if you were to undertake that same mission, in today's times?
@lancelot1953 You use ( ) way to often and sometimes incorrectly calm down dude.
What a great memory, thanks for sharing 😊
@@NoNo-bz1fz
I suppose there's always one, the petty grammar Police are here 😂😂
Well, don't forget this high civilization is coming from Europe and we Europeans love our stomachs. R.I.P. to your loved ones. My great grandfather in the 1st world war 2 of my great uncles in the Second, my grandfather just got called off the train as it would leave the station to take to the front and my father escaped just in time as they take the 14-17 years old to become Hitler Jugend. Hitler's Youths. My father and 2 of his friends jumped the train. One of them got machinegunned down my dad and his friends were lucky. My Great grandfather got killed by Limanova fighting with our Polish brothers against those Communist/ Bolsheviks'. My grandmother was only 1 year old. His 2 brothers were in the 2nd world War. 1 is frozen to his gun by the bend of the Don River. The other by the swamps of Kurks's region as the Russians of burned the dried reed on them.
To be honest, you would want Italian rations as it is a luxury.
It would seem that the items in the Italian ration pack are loaded with calories, fats, carbs, protein etc. All the things a soldier would need while out wherever they may be. I've had my fair share of actual MREs. I don't know what in the world she had. The ones we had were stuffed full of food an other little things.
But try to carry rations for three days...
Especially the ones with cordiale
Seriously, that was a fail from the get-go.
Hell no. You want to carry something light, filling, and fast and easy to set up/clean up.
Could you imagine carrying all of that unnecessary stuff from the Italian mre? Sure there’s luxuries, but in modern times it’s unlikely that you’ll be out of the supply chain for long enough to miss them.
Superb presentation between countries.... how to eat each others food and what to look out for during a situation- fantastic idea ! ! !
We need more thing this ! ! !
Great video! Looking forward for more videos like this!
The Italian guy using his entire energy not to INSULT the Pizza 😂
Don't call it Pizza!
He would call it Toast an than it is fine for him. But for a Pizza, ...🤭
Rations are far better in january, after 2 days outside, in the snow, wet, tired and having a first resting time around a firecamp. Conditions influence taste.
Dude got the biggest mre he could find to win the competition 😆
3:37 I love how theyre doing this inside an actual military base with like paratroopers practicing drops in the background, so cool to look at haha
Plot twist. It's an invasion army landing and they haven't noticed it yet.
looks like little jellyfish lol
Yep, my instant reaction, "Oh hell, that looks amazing!"
For real, giving the enemy an inside look and another piece of the puzzle
Not inside. A random farm field where the 173rd is allowed to jump at in Italy. Not many bases there. The rare unfortunate privates will drift into a hay bale before trying to PLF out there by aviano air base.
You can see how much food is an integral part of italian culture in how this rations are made
notice how much better his MRE is.
Seems a bit of an unfair trade considering the italians forked over a 24-h ration compared to the 1 MRE.
As a general rule, the Italian and French MREs are the ones most soldiers prefer to eat, while the US ones are the easiest to hump around all day long. It means that US MREs are almost always easy to trade away. No soldier wants to carry more than they absolutely have to.
Yeah, the Italian one had lots of cool things but cans add weight to an already heavy backpack. You can tell the American version was prepped to be lighter weight and take up less space.
As a Hiker who uses them sometimes: I prefer the company tactical foodpack. But it’s all nothing against just taking some stuff to cook with you for a short trip. But on longer Hikes and Bike tours definitely Tactical Foodpack! It’s almost like the American pack and heater but it’s real food just deyfrozen and packaged.
The Korean MRE's are pretty good (saw it in a youtubers video)
Figured, just looking at them side by side the American MREs look much more manageable.
It depends by situations.
What you get by you is what you can always count on to complete the mission.
Waiting further delivery by headquarter could be not only seriously delusional, but risky or completely impossible sometimes, also incapacitated by enemy activity cutting delivery lines.
No soldier can forecast troubles, can plan troubles, how many days he would be compelled nailed in an hostile activity. Perhaps by strategic contingency retaining an enemy proximity position?
Food and nutrition is of course important, but drinking water is definitely more vital while engaged, also having some hardware stuffs to improvise alarm traps, to act equipment fixings and cleaning, small medications, to make fire... to sanitize additional water and to cook opportunistically in prolonged survival emergency or to trade with locals for small favors.
Having something, especially an additional reserve of water in soup or in fruit salad can pay off itself in some emergencies after two days of intense fighting and running out all the drinking water of canteen with perhaps no available sources to refill because enemy fire.
Who thought it was a good idea to give an Italian a “pizza” MRE … he was so kind about it.
Right? They could've picked anything but they went with the pizza. I've had one and they aren't terrible but it'd be like the Italian bringing a canned cheeseburger for the American lmao
literally the kindest reaction ive ever seen from an italian in regards to "pizzal 😂
No it isn’t. NY pizza taste much better then pizza from Italy. I have eaten at many different restaurants in Italy. This oh because pizza originated from Italy doesn’t mean anything on taste. Now saying this, Italian pizza is better than the average restaurant here in America just not most places who make real NY style pizza. Heck buy a stone oven pizza cooker from home and you could even make pizza that taste just as good or better with a little practice getting use to cooking it. That’s what we do at home after leaving Italy.
Food is food, are you gonna complain about food you’re not getting while you’re in war fighting? What’s the big deal with him eating pizza, pizza is food.
Fun fact the Italians were one of the last European countries to adopt any food that came from the continent of America IE tomatoes, potatoes, chillies, sweet peppers ect.
Contrary to popular belief Italians also did not invent pizza Sicilians did. Pizza was considered to be " poverty food " by Italians until way after the rest of the world adopted pizza as a main stay. But for some reason people associate pizza and red sauces with Italians when it's a Sicilian and American thing.
His face when she was trying to explain him minestrone soup was priceless.
...the parachutes in the background, so cool!
As Asterix used to say to Obelix: 'Remember - the worse the diet, the stronger the army!' - and later in the dining room he added: 'I had no idea Rome had such a strong army...'
That would explain the British Empire.
It`s the stong US Army!!
Brilliant
No joke, the Romans used to eat some absolutely disgusting stuff.
@@DavidLee-vi8ds Well, fish looks a pretty strong diet, pasta on the other side..
He talked nice about it but you know deep down that MRE American pizza caused that Italian some distress.. 🤣
That is most of the American and European experience of NATO, the G7, and UN lol
We say something and it causes everyone else distress but they are very diplomatic about it.
He was a PERFECT GENTLEMAN....
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I think MRE pizza causes some Americans distress as well.
He dealt with it mentally by calling it toast LOL
Nope, thats not pizza, nosirree.
I'm surprised how chill the Italian is from the pizza 😂😂😂❤
Both were very kind people. If I had more time to enjoy Def go for Italian. If I had to pack light and didn't have much time Def go for the American mre. Both had it's pros and cons. Love this video btw.
I was fortunate enough to spend two weeks training with the Italian Carabinieri, the food in their mess hall was fantastic, and they were also a very nice bunch of guys to live and work with. It was a great experience.
you have to consider that for us, what u eat in a mess hall is cheap garbage
I used to call them the calamaris throughout my travels in Italy. Lol
Italians at the frontline addressing the enemy: ''Hey HEY hey, is it possible to have a break? we are trying to eat here! THANK YOU!!!''
Hey Ivan my mom made ravioli , let me eat in peace than I restart shooting You , meanwhile have your vodka Daaaaa !
The enemy would comply because Italians are like that
They could invite them for lunch, and win battles, just make them eat in a good way... (Wish was that easy)
Russian squaddies: "Talk about crimes against humanity, we haven't eaten in three days! We surrender."
- What nonsense is that? It's another hour for the three o'clock tea!
The Italian soldier was given a medal for eating the MRE pizza.
This is so great! I lived in Italy and, man, even calling that food „toast“ is a huge coompliment from him! 😂
I love how the italian soldier evaluated it as a practical system and not as a quality food. He knows its horrible food, he also knows what the point of it is.
He was extremely polite lol. "It's very good." "Have another bite." "No, no, no thank you."
Then he gives it an 8/10 because it's convenient to carry around and it's not like you have to eat those all the time AKA "It tastes like shit but it will keep you alive, right? 8/10"
Indeed, but out of all the choices the US army offers, they decided to give a pizza slice to an Italian. Somebody was having a proper laugh when they thought this up 🤣
"I have another conception of Pizza" is the most polite way of saying you have insulted his entire race.
DF Ben
Mediterranean have perfected the art of shade.
Nation*
ethnicity*
Italian isn't a race.
Love their first date picnic, with an airdrop in the background.
To give a Italian an Slice of Pizza from a USA MRE is WOOOOW ^^ Well you can see Parachute got Balls. Loved the Video Stay Save and "Glück ab" from a German Ex Parachute Soldier.
As an Italian, that is a N.A.T.O. moment
Although in this case, I assume NATO is just the acronym for "Nutritivo Assortimento per Tavolare dopo l'Occupazione" - because it looks like the Italian soldier did win over the American one with his MRE. :-)
Bro she really gave the Italian that MRE and called it pizza 💀
I many times decided to skip a meal than having the MREs. Some of them are acceptable but most are just 🤢. In the end it comes to the matter of survival and one thing we learn in the military is that you'll eat anything when you are really hungry. The experience gives a new level of appreciation for everything we have.
He looks so excited to show her all the stuff inside, like a child showing off his toys 🥺❤️ Very wholesome!
And that's what most of it was toys! 😅
Exactly what i thought.
He seems really proud.
We Italians are straight forward and polite
European MRE'S are pretty good, in some cases better than the US ones.
All of us Italians love to let foreigners taste our food, we have the same feeling that a magician has in enchanting other people. We are so proud of our food that we like to see the reaction of those who have never tried it. It's probably a bit cheeky to think that everyone likes it, but there's nothing we can do about it... 😄
The italian soldier coming back to his comrades: guys I've seen what comes after death
In an actual war, Italian soldiers would be going hungry by the thousands. When they have only seconds to run before being shelled, those heavy cans will be left behind. Meanwhile, US troops will still have their awful but very portable rations.
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He probably thought that was for torture purposes 😂