EPIC !!! MRE REVIEW Swedish Arctic Ration SPECIAL PURPOSE With Wilderness Stew
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2025
- EPIC !!! MRE REVIEW Swedish Arctic Ration SPECIAL PURPOSE With Wilderness Stew For Business Contact :
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In a Swedish setting, freeze dried food will almost allways work. We have a lot of water in rivers, creeks and lakes. And most of them is safe to drink from without any purification.
Never been to Sweden but the tap water in Norway at least was better than any bottled water and came out of the tap ice cold. I assume it is similar water sources in Sweden if that is the case there probably would be no need for purification of natural water although you would still probably want to heat it up if you could and that would kill any nasties in it.
@@josephvanas6352 Hi and greetings from Sweden! Oh, our tap water is just wonderful. I´ve learned that, that is almost not the case around the world. The irony of it all is that Swede´s buy a lot of bottled water anyway.... Go figure... While hiking I usually purify my water just in case. That pure water in nature is probably also a sort of luxury. But don´t assume Sweden is some sort of heaven of clensiness. We got our fare share of people dumping crap everywhere. But all in all and in comparison I guess we fair alright. And yes, the tap water is ice cold. And of course, in a pinch one would use snow at wintertime.
@@darkoflight4938 Thank you for the reply! Trust me if Sweden in terms of people dumping things is similar to Norway or even has more people dumping things than Norway it still puts it at 99% cleaner than any city or state in the US. As far as tap water goes I have done my fair share of mountaineering and backcountry hiking and the water out of the tap in Norway is just like drinking from a mountain stream, clean and cold. Like you I still always filter my water when outdoors just in case its just not worth getting giardia half way through a hike.
@@josephvanas6352 The tapwater in the bigger cities such as Stockholm, Uppsala etc isn't the best but you don't need to buy bottled water. But I currently live up in the mountains, close to the Norwegian border, and the tap water here is a lot better than any bottled water I've tasted.
@@Rack47 You have wrong about tap water in Stockholm and other cities like Upsala. The tap water in Stockholm and Uppsala is of very high quality.
If your take your spoon out of the bag while it's setting, you can cloose it proper and the water will stay in there, not steam up and out.
When I was in the Swedish army during my conscription back in 98-99 we got the classic anonymous tincan with random content to heat for field dinner, we called it "guldburk" or "golden can" in english. Just punch a hole in the top and put it on the fire for five minutes. I always had a small plastic bottle of tabasco and some salt, pepper and sugar from fast food joints in a uniform pocket to season the food but overall they were pretty good. Most of the time out in the green or white we had the support company serving food during the day and preparing snack packs for when we went on patrol or recon. Many of us did have a few freeze dried soups and stews in the bottom of the pack if needed and a basic charcoal filter for filtering water. The water here in the north of Sweden is fantastic though so I never get sick from it and I have been drinking from streams in the woods since I was 7 years old. Good video and greetings from Boden, Sweden.
Yes as many have pointed out it's a lot of food.
But you need a lot of food to keep your body temp up in freezing weather.
The colder it is the harder your body need to work to keep an even temperature and that burns calories like crazy.
Hey Nathan! Just wanted to let you know Bolognese is pronounced "bow
·luh·neiz." Love your videos! Keep up the great work!
I like the concept. 24 hour ration (which people apparently can't understand based on the comments) for cold weather should be high carb, high fat, and encourage snacking at any stop more than five minutes. I like there is enough in here that if you have more than three guys, everyone has stuff to trade, which means you force a coherency check at every stop. And it takes a lot of water, which isn't a problem in real winters and basically forces hydration (people don't hydrate when it is really cold). But I have some concerns- none of the four entrees can be stuffed in your clothes with you to thaw and then eaten without melting snow. I suppose the tuna and tortilla could count towards that (as a fifth entrée), but tuna even in oil is low in fat compared to something like a slice of SPAM, and messy. Fortunately, the Bla brand items look like you can add water, seal it, and stick it in your parka, I would just want to see that tactical consideration addressed without the need to open the entree even though it would add weight. And the non-gusseted, non sealable pounces for the protein shakes is iffy, and despite hydration I'd like to swap one for a pair of whey-based protein bars. And granola or nut bars in the place of one of the cereals. But that's just me.
I know this response comes late: Active army here. The "wet" meals work during most winter time. But getting these and warm them is immensely better for the body then a half thawed "wet" one. The new packs from outmeal also is a bit different then this one but works great .
I usually have two 24H packs on me during winter, one with just the food. One with all the snacks from the last few days. So during a 12h ski I could snack on that if there is not time for warming up one of these. But I've rarely been in enough of a hurry to not have time to warm one of these, melt my snow, make some coffee, change shirts 2 times, change socks and dig my snow pit during a long brake.
Thanks Nathan. A person could march all day on that much food.
Curios why you would leave the bag partly open, you aren’t cooking it so you don’t need to worry about it blowing up. Also leaving it open leaves room for water to escape as vapor causing it to improperly reheat.
I've ordered Swedish rations many times I believe they are some of the best.
They are! Alongside the norwegian ‘Real Turmat’ rations
@@jonastrex05 The "real" line used to be the supplier for the military i believe, years ago. I believe they used to make the first "grönpåsar"
Rice pudding in Europe is usually a moist filling desert. It's not like muesli
Any ration built around Bla Band meals is going to be pretty good. I've used those for camping on a few occasions and was never disappointed.
Fold out the bottom of the Bla Band ration (tear each bottom side an inch) and it will sit better on the table!
I could eat on that for two days easy. Rice pudding is probably a dessert. Nice ration. Thanks for letting us see this one. Good to see you reg again Nathan
Could be for breakfast, dessert or a mid day extra meal
Rice Pudding is a dessert very traditional in the UK.
@@lelin70 Nah, basically it's eaten like dessert.
@@Vinterfrid nah, basically its porridge. And its labeled ”breakfast”. Dessert for breakfast is not that common where Im from… but u can have it anytime u like.
@@lelin70 Porridge is breakfast and should be savoury, rice pudding is a dessert. After dinner or lunch.
Having done one or two winters within the Arctic Circle on military exercises the highlight of the day is your scran (food).
Some four to five thousand calories a day is required when skiing and doing all those soldiering things and carrying all your kit up and down mountains! Hot food is a must. Eat what you can, as fast as you can! You aren't in a Michelin star restaurant; get real.
Ration pack food contents are fairly similar to whatever country they originate from. The weight and size of the ration pack is the key. Admittedly taste is important but my taste buds were destroyed within six months of joining!!!
Review the contents by all means but do not forget what these items are designed for and who is going to be "troughing" (eating) them.
Having been around a bit I have yet to find a ration pack to defeat the British 24 hr one, but I am slightly bias!!
In a Swedish Chef voice: "MMMMMMM, for sure I'll go for the meal that smells like stink bait!"
I love your channel. I have watched all your reviews, love the commentary. love watching ration reviews and yours are always quality and fun to watch so ty very much.
Thank you for watching, that makes it worth doing.
Thank you Nathan . That food looks good.
I think the tortillas were to go with the tuna
Hi Nathan, now that's one hearty MRE full of nutrients! Good review! 👍😎
Bow Low Nayze ... and I love your videos, great stuff, very easy voice to listen to. I'm just assuming here, but I think thanks are due you for your service. I was Res. Navy.
Baaa ( like a sheep) low nay + ze(as in the word haze) is also a good pronunciation bow or baa la or low nay ze three different ways that are close to right and mimic regional variations in pronunciation
The rice pudding is a dessert. The Musli is breakfast.
it is one thing to sit at home and test them out, but they taste way better out in the wilderness in cold weather :)
Those bla band meals look great. Rice pudding desert awesome.
Although in the U.K. we would have a blob of strawberry jam in it.
the wilderness stew is ok, pasta bolognese is amazing and the rice pudding tastes like shit
The Swedish rations are the absolute best!
Well it is an arctic mre, and you want a lot of calories then, water wouldnt be a problem when you are deep in snow & ice :D
That beef stew is reindeer
As an Italian. That has to be the worst pronunciation of Bolognese I've heard in my entire life. Other than that great review. It's always interesting to see rations from other countries
You really shouldn't be surprised by the way Americans pronounce foreign words. Most of them cannot pronounce IKEA properly e.g. ;o)
How much did that one run? What’s a good source to check for different mre’s?
In my experience I always add a little more water right from the start
I think the most american thing i’ve seen is adding suggar to food.
You may hear this quite a bit but why don't you seperate your rations into meals and do three diffrent meals per video instead of opening every item at once. Just a thought.
Yeah, it WOULD seem to be a lot less wasteful. He could make breakfast, lunch, supper, and a snack out of it. Shoot, a ration THAT big could make 2 day's worth of meals. I mean, come on, an average day's calorie intake for an active adult male is about 2,000 calories, THAT monster packed a whopping 4,900 calories. Bigfoot doesn't even need THAT much food.
@@juliebaker6969 it's packed that big because it's an arctic ration. The soldiers needs alot more calories when they are skiing and moving around up there
Because he sucks at planning and editing the content.
This looks like a good 24hr MRE....apart from sugar and coffee.....and Tea bags!....i'm English lol
I would call it a grocery store in a bag, because of the goodies in it. Anyway I love how the swedish ration is pack to the brim with yummy food. Even though I never joined the swedish military nor tried their rations, it paints a great picture of how awesome and good the ration itself is. On that note I'd like to try it someday. I give credit to Nathan nems MRE for the reviews and showing some marvelous content. Keep it up man.
You shouldn't forget that an MRE is not an restaurant dinner , to me this MRE even looks better then the english or the dutch one
Try pronouncing Bolognese as Bolonays. Then you will be somewhere near to how it sounds. You could also try translating it on Google.
It's in the name rice pudding is a pudding 😋 wish it was in the British MRE
the tortia is for the tuna and the pate
good one, arctic in the summer, looks good...enjoy..
like there was snow and -5 celcius at begining of may in Poland XD
in april we have -10 celcius and in december we have like +10 celcius
that global warming is realysad
like there is easter tradition that u sprackled people with water and had water pistols fightsetc and now instead that are doing easter bunnies from snow :(
Nothin broke in there what you fixin?
Who else puts all 3 coffees in one cup? Haha
Outstanding Nathan, I would love to try that awesome ration, I definitely would love to put one in my Family's food prep. It would be a Moral boost. As always, another great review Thank you Brother. Sincerely your freind from Mo Rick and God bless you and your family and are Great Country and Republic
Wisdom would be to seal 90% of the bag then force out the air and seal it up in order to massage the bag in place of stirring to keep it hot and not have the water pool in the bottom.
Bolognese is Italian... we call it: Bolonjèze lol but very tasty...mostly with onions... was that a problem mate? Huge bag of food... you can maintain 2 days with it :) :)
Didnt taste onions in this one , and yes i know its Italian i just didnt say it in the video
I wanted to know, if you thought the flavour is better from freeze dried rations or mre rations?
Great vid, really interesting food.
its for sure better from freeze dried , but canned food is always the best
@@NathansMREahh that's why the French, Polish and Russian rations are so popular, they still use cans.
Thanks, good to know :)
@@NathansMRE I am sure there are some classic golden cans that has been sitting in some Swedish deep storage for 40 years you can try.
The blå band rice pudding needs a little bit sugar, than its ok. Tactical foodpacks rice pudding taste so much better.
Fish tacos man.. fish tacos
You got enough spoons there?
Where can I buy this?
Great review!
It just shows some strange cultural differences when he doesn’t know what a rice pudding is. No Britisher would be confused as puddings are a vital source of filling in cold weather.
Nothing beats filling to the g spot ask any woman.
Pudding is a very different thing in American English that’s where it seems weird to Americans
Yep all good , well done .
Is this military or commercial for campers?
Commercial brands packed for military use.
The g is silent nice review
Pasta... BO-LOW-GO-NESE. Lol I laughed. Great review though Nathan. Love your videos!
Them cakes are awesome for a ration! Vanilla cake is beautiful
Not sure why the military in Sweden is using the rice pudding even.... Unless it is risgrynsgrot, which is more like a Christmas dessert breakfast thingie.
Yeah it's risgrynsgröt
Love this video
Well...try 48h without food... Everything will taste like heaven...with or without water..
This is almost the same as the Finnish MRE
After watching a video about Ukrainian MREs, it seems that Sweden would really boost their morale if they contributed these.
I believe we have sent a lot of these packs to ukraine in one of the first aid packages. :)
Looking good
This is such a giant meal. I wonder if the farmhouse pate is made with chicken or pork liver. As always great video.
It was pork
It isn't A meal. It is 24 hours worth of food for high activity in cold weather. If you're just around the house, this is two days of food. Part of the reason you see so many components is that (1) you might not eat it all, pocket something, and have it in your gear if you have to shed packs, but it also (2) invites snacking so your blood glucose stays more constant, and (3) means that almost everyone has something in their ration they dont like and want to trade. By creating the opportunity to communicate, you force a situation where your team mates can hear you talk- just like hot weather, cold weather casualties often don't realize it until they are screwed, but if you are stuttering and slurring it tells others you have a problem.
@@tenchraven So they put crappy items into rations to detect hypothermia and heat exhaustion? I knew there was a reason behind including osmotic cranberries in rations. And they must have handed out the veggie omelettes during particularly bad weather, 😂
I've always wanted to try Measly.
Whats EPIC?? 90% of the video you only complain about texture or sugar content.
Lunch is the same same.
That’s cool.
So if I’m hungry in Sweden all I need to say is lunch.
that bag was never-ending. looks like the first ever 36hr ration.
More like 60 hours. That was 4,900 calories. 2,000 calories is the average consumption for an active adult male. About 1,800 for an active woman. That ration could easily have fed a couple for an entire day, and even a young kid to boot.
It's an arctic ration, swedes do alot more activity there
I wonder what Steve is up too he's not posted much at all really
A thermos is good for things that need shaking up
I made Nathan's tuna salad last night. The advocates here in NM are better than the ones in MO.
Advocates in your tuna salad? Sounds horrific!
we Swedes are not very fond of sugar in food
Except for lingonberry!
The Brit ration is top tear their fist cousins Aussie and Kiwi are also very good.
If you are wondering what mils are compared to ounces...it's like this.....16 oz is 454 mils.so in essence, 500 mils is like 8 and 1/2 oz or so. I am Canadian so we always have to do metric to Imperial. 2 lbs. is 907 grams and 1 kilo is 2.2 lbs. Just saying. I always flip back and forth between. I like mph compared to kph, etc. Keep your vids coming. Always a delight.
Why not do imperial to metric instead? After all, only three countries - the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar - still (mostly or officially) stick to the imperial system. The rest of the world knows better. ;o)
@@Vinterfrid The only advantage of using miles instead of km is that it's only one syllable, not four. 😂
This is just for one day right?
the entire day, morning, lunch and dinner in the arctic
why the US will not go to a 24 hr ration? once told it wasted to much chow reply, what do you think happens with the 3 a day MRE, Gen Mattis made eating complet reaion a GO.
7:43
Bolonais
Yall know me it's nice but needs more coffee. Lol.
Stang means bar.
I, watched this while Zipped Up inside a Sleeping Bag
They call it a 24 hour ration because it would take 24 hours to eat all that food. Nice Video :)
No shit lol
When I was a backpack guide I needed 4800 to 6000 calories a day.....I was and still am 175lbs
I love pate . I love steak tartar how about you?.
Smells like fishing stink bait...yum! LOL
OMG, there‘s some pashtet in there….😂😂😂😂
You drop the spoon in there you gotta start all over from the beginning…… when I was born, I was a little boy
Exotic = floor sweeping’s
I think this ration is bigger than the CR1M!
I was thinking that too!
Ricepudding is a desert.
I expected more soups or at least more MREs to have like chicken broth and beef broth or at least bouillon cubes
American arctic rations do.
To anybody who wants to know, kiwi dude is coming back. He replied to like, a year old comment I left on one one of his videos.
Awesome!
Fold out the bottom of the ration and it will sit better on the table!
Steve doesn't do expiration dates.
He also doesent do reviews anymore either
Steve is back baby! Nice.
I hate liver but Goose Liver Pate does not taste like liver to me and I love it.
Sounds like you've never eaten Swedish pork liver paté.
This is not a meal it’s a day ration haha
aaaaannnndddd........now im hungry!!!
Do you need a fishing license to open that tuna?.
With all that food, when would you have time to fight a war?
I just can't get on the pate bandwagon no matter how hard I try. I haven't found one that I've liked yet for some reason. Swiss make a good mre's. New Zealand is awesome too.
I like a lot of unusual foods, but I have never liked liver in any incarnation. I like heart, tongue, kidneys, even tripe, but hard pass on the liver.🤢
Lol rice pudding, is a hot rice "Dessert" well pudding 😂 ment to be with dinner
Ooops! Aaaw maaan!!
The g is silent in Bolognese.
Looks like trick or treat bag .
its Bol-OH-Naise even though it is spelt Bolognese
Pasta Bloganese....lol
That is a 24 hour ration.