How to Eat an MRE
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Damn man. That's all a videos on their own. Some I'll put on the AV page. Thanks for the ideas
What do you think about footrags? I read the Russian armed personnel use it despite having socks and some Americans wrote stuff like "it cushions your feet in just the right spots". Could you test them?
Never had the privilege and honor of serving in the forces but I really appreciate and respect those who did. Thanks.
Thanks!
It's funny, the canteen cup or "cups,canteen" as it's known down here in Aussie, is still the primary means of heating meals and making brews in the Australian army.
A lot of guys have jet boils for domestic use but obviously you can't fly with that, so heximine solid fuel and a canteen cup is still the way to go.
I think a canteen cup is one of the best bits of kit in a soldiers inventory , even if the water bottle with it has been largely replaces by camelbaks.
I must say though I've had very mixed experiences with camelbaks over the years, especially as a parachutist. Nothing like having a 3 litre bladder explode in your pack on a DZ and soaking all your stuff! Not to mention being down a water source.
Though I think the convenience far outweighs the potential risks.
The modern American soldier has never even seen a canteen. Only in special schools do they make you use them.
@@GruntProof that's unreal! I'm not totally sure but I think we get issued 4x 1 litre solid plastic, 1x 2 litre soft plastic and a 3 litre camelbak (maybe 2).
Me personally I carry at least 4 litres in canteens, I prefer the soft ones so I can collapse when empty or partially full. Hell I even experimented with a 5 litre mini Jerry can once! It was designed for armoured vehicle crews but some guys carried them dismounted. I found they made too much noise when they were not full as the water sloshed around.
Our web equipment still comes with 2x canteen pouches, though they are more of a utility style pouch so they serve multiple purposes.
Having said that very few people wear a full set of webbing, these days a plate carrier with pouches and a pistol/battle belt are the norm so camelbaks are what is primarily carried on the man and canteens are in the rucksack to replenish the bladder as needed, or for cooking and brew purposes.
Great video!
Had a buddy in the reserves in the mid 90's...he'd come home with them. I'd eat them, but I only remember this Tuna casserole. It was okay. Remember the tiny Tabasco bottles though...kept one for years.
And Jelly is clear and made from juice. Jam has fruit chunks or crushed fruit.
Awesome tips and tricks Randall.
Nate
Dude, I was raised on C-Rats when I was in, an believe this or not, guys would give up their ham an limabeans in a heartbeat, I could make one hell of a meal out of them, but I grew up poor when I was young , so I thought they were great. Also known as Ham & Mfer's
I was raised on K rats left over from the WW2, rations and a little money for local groceries, my mother had 4 kids that she raised on K ration tins and local greens and bread. We were issued 4 cases of rations a month.
K rations had 4 little 4 packs of cigarettes, Camel nonfilter or Salem for the menthol smokers, I still smoke nonfilter cigarettes 57 years later.
Ham and Beans .. Yummy 😋.
Thanks for these little videos - they provide good tips on how grunts actually do things. Good knowledge like this is very hard to come by. Most of the popular stuff is all tacti-cool but devoid of any useful info
Thanks!
Jelly is just juice, pectin and sugar, jam also includes the pulp and often the seeds of the fruit.
Civilian here from a LONG line of military in my family. As far as vegetarian, the Ratatouille and pasta Primavera are my faves. Regular MREs I'd eat pretty much anything. But I have to agree with you on the poppy pound cake and the awful, crumbly cookie... blech! 🤢
Thanks for the video! Always look forward to watching them!
Especially when you "Grunt-proof" something! It helps me decide what I get or don't. 🙂
Great video thanks, I've viewed it a few times. I must be a squirrel, as I keep a stash of. M. R. E s. I even have the vintage brown bag meals. 1992. I've still been enjoying them, and they still taste fine. Also have the more modern ones, which I will save for a rainy day. That could be, 20 years from now. Thanks for another helpful informative video. By the way where did you make the video in Germany. I worked there for over 5 years. Nuremberg. Trier. Black Forest. And many other parts. Take care.
Love MREs whenever I’m hiking backpacking etc. thanks for the video Randall
F-ing UA-cam stopped notifying me, damn it. Gotta catch up! This video...damn I'm old. I was in the Army mid-80's, MREs were still kind of newish. It was not uncommon to have guys medivaced out from food poisoning from them. I can't believe the canteen and cup are gone, we lived out of them. The meals were gross, if you mixed the right components together you could cook it in the cup and make something edible, if you had a stove or trioxane bars and the situation was ok. No heaters, no little Tobasco bottles. In winter you had cold hot dogs, in summer you had hot hot dogs. There was a fruit cake so disgusting i ate it ONCE in 4 years. I don't recall them taking food from us in Basic...but even active duty a truck drove by and chucked them out, you grabbed what you could, no picking and choosing. The new meals look fantastic, I wish I knew someone on active duty who could get them for me. You can't buy it seems, they'll claim to be real issue but NOT.
I am an honduran army retired member, we got some mre's from time im time and i heard obout to mix creamer, coffee, sugar and moka drink to make a delicious beverage but i never tried do you? I loved mini tabasco sauce bottles and of course i loved the spoons and always kept it for my self and later use in my home. When i was a child i had the oportunity to eat vietnam rations (green cans in a cardboard box) and of course C rations too, all of them delicious 👌🏼
We had C-rations and if you didn't have heat tabs which was very rarely issued to cook with and it was winter time and stressed with light and noise disapline with very little stop times you had to put the cans inside your shirt to thaw them out, open them on the move and eat while trying to walk. Most just ate the cocoa powder, peanut butter, cheese pak, john Wayne bar or anything else that wasn't froze and convenient to eat and in the rear your locker usually looked like a pantry full of green cans of assorted food that would be a snack on your down time on a weekend which was rare.
Finding packets of cocoa discarded by the Rangers during survival school at Eglin is one of the best things to ever happen to me. Much tastier than armadillo, and 70% less leprosy
We had the old K rations with the packs of 5 cigs we traded for menthol non menthol Those were the days
C- rats and K- rats Rats is 🐀 s
"Snack & Rack" needs to be a t-shirt lol.
I used to just eat the main cold and squeeze it out like a go-gurt, opening it sideways is a good idea though for the chunky meals. Id trade PB with you almost any day man, I'm more of a jelly person. And dang, those beef sticks are score for on the move snacks/moral booster!
Hell yeah!
Good stuff man! I learned some stuff. Appreciate it!!
Thanks!
Informative video for an old dog like me :D Funny about the canteens . I had a Platoon and Asst P.L. who used to live on coffee in the field in the FRG . Neither ever washed their canteen cups .... Ever !! Our Plt Ldr had been in over 20 yrs and had been using that same cup all those years . Drank it black only , and the inside of his cup was a very dark brown , and kind of chalky looking when it was dry . Stay safe out there ... gubs ... Oh , I have never had a MRE :D
Great vid. The bag, baby wipes and duct tape. First thought seeing an MRE! Always have tape!
Plus one for the beef enchilada MRE entree from way back when. Good review. 👍
Still gives me heartburn just looking at it.
thanks for info on the MREs
What a great dose of knowledge from experience. Thanks. How's the jacket? Perhaps you tried Polish MREs?
if someone could send me one...
@@GruntProof just DM me. I have stock. Seriously.
There's been a few times I've gotten MREs at work
Once there were 2 boxes of junk and inside were maybe 12 or 15 MREs all together
Another time I got 3 13 gallon trash bags with a bunch inside I don't remember how many each maybe 10 to 12
Another time I got 4 and recently 10 but I left the vegetarian one because it was vegetarian and the bag I used couldn't fit 1 more
I've also gotten some Mountain House chili macs at work as well. So yeah, I'm pretty much set on MREs 👍
Great mres were the beef stew and ham slice and spaghetti meatballs
Beef stew and chicken and rice from the old menu, brown envelopes.
Nice one the old British rat packs had a yorkie chocolate bar and on the wrapper it had not for civilians. Used to love swapping stuff around. I've been looking at getting that jacket I've got a few things from helikon tex. Hope it pass the grunt test .😀👍
Its been 21 years but there was this Thai Chicken I got it one time and man it was amazing. Maybe it was just how rough the day was that made it so good I dunno but damn. And yeah those Breakfast MREs were not bad either. Keep on keepin on!
Guten Appetit Randall,
You mentioned that the cold weather mre's have disappeared... is it perhaps the case that these are only issued sporadically, like the first strike rations?
Always entertaining and very knowledgeable. Thanks
Thank you for your service.
Love the MRE great overview , enchilada was my fav 🇺🇸
I think that was is gone too
We'd "field strip" our MRE's down to main menu and snack before missions, spoon in your pen pocket on your blouse good to go.
We cut them long ways didn't know about the tab thing. I was getting late 80's/Desert Storm MRE's didn't see heaters much and candy just started showing up in them.
I liked the Ham slice and Omelet not sure of the menu#, anyway cool video thanks for the trip down memory lane brother.
Out of the new rations, Chicken Burrito Bowl
Chicken tetrazzini was my favorite. My second pick was the bacon bbq cheeseburger. I’ve only seen that once on deployment back in ‘03
We used the exhaust pipe from a hemmit wrecker
One other comment, I’m not getting notifications for your new videos. I checked your channel today and there were 6 new videos I hadn’t seen.
Dude that beef ravioli with the tabasco was the best. That tabasco would make any of the meals fine. Oh and my process was Start heating up the meal. If I can trade for cheese spread, I loved it. If not peanut butter is good. Eat the crackers with the spread while it heats up, mix up the kool aid in my canteen cup. Meal is warm enough by then. And hell yeah little snooze before you move out. If you're training and didn't use your heater, you know a MRE bomb was being made
Mre's honestly I have nothing good to say about those. Hope your having a good one and have some fun.
Thanks for sharing, I dig learning about Germany and seeing the country side. How often to you go back there?
Every few months
I always loved the beef patty or pork patty (late 80's) and the Chicken ala King...
Have you ever had a chance to try Polish MREs? They're delicious! I buy them online to use for my hiking trips etc. Deliciousness has been confirmed by one German reserve military guy I worked with.
No but I will find one! Thanks
Nice video Dude ..
What area in germany are you ?
Any interest on going out on an overnighter with fellow bushcrafter in germany ?
Keep up the good work your videos are great .
Thanks! I'm in the Saarland, and always ready to party!
We are going on an overnighter tomorrow .. I got my own little wood's
I need a lot more heads up than that
@@GruntProof no Problem
We are on overnighter's as often as possible .. if you like you can come along when ever you want ,/ or you have time for that I can send you my phone number for whatsapp if you like via pn
I haven’t had an mre in 25 yrs, two days ago on a 2 day bushcraft trip. I grabbed a chili Mac.. I was pumped, loved those back in the day… omg the new ones absolutely suck!! Not sure if I was just super hungry back in the day or…. I’ve gone soft….
Damn son, you just liked my comment… glad your up an at em’ have a great day and keep posting vids, helps us old f’s relive our glory days bahahahahaha.
Jam has chunks of fruit. Jelly doesn't.
Who needs the heater?! We used it to stick a water bottle in and tie it off with our boot band and make coffee with it
Hay Randal, I know you have to put in the title the name of what you are talking about for that video but would it be cool for some of your videos if you can have a theme name more such as you got 'How to eat a MRE' but it really does not have anything to do with an MRE etc. Hope you understand what I mean?
Andrew from Australia.
Going to date myself:
Menu No. 2 Corned Beef Hash.
Looked like Alpo dog food, not many guys liked it, I loved it. It was the Tabasco sauce that made it I think.
Corned beef hash was the best!
Sometimes you'd get to keep the cheese spread or peanut butter? Oh no sir, NO SIR... you touch my jalapeño cheese spread and we gonna tangle.
I eat my Rat Pack contents mouthful by mouthful. Nothing escapes 😁.
Beef Stew was always my favorite but I really miss good ol’ Ham Slice
Saw one of your old infantry vids, you kinda looked like bunny from platoon lol
Great video. 👍
The dehydrated beef patty hydrated with cold water was just like mom used to make 😋
Chicken Ala King was my favorite mre from the '80s.
Damn I never even heard of that one
I thought they tasted like the inside of a chicken pot pie.
I prefer the chicken ala Shaun King, black mres matter.
In 90 I got my first MRE. I remember they had (one did) had freese dried Icecream. It was like a giant lucky charms marshmellow. And the origonal heaters,,you had to wait 45 min b4 putting them in the trash. It could spark off a fire if there was low temp combustibles in it. They were that hot. Or so they said. Never saw one it was just Army said dont.
This video took me back lol, I've always unloaded the pund cake and I always thought the Buffalo chicken was the best. I also remember they used to put gum in the packs and rumor was it was to make you shit lol. Awesome video man keep up the good work.
Thanks! The gum is still there, but it never affected me
Well bro birtsh mre. The all day breakfast. Can't beat it mate. An chocolate cake in chocolate sorce 👍😁.
Cinnamon Bun Chicken Burrrito Bowl
Always wondered about sniper poop.
It sucks. I'd try to go before going out and hold it. That's not fun for 5 days though
@@GruntProof Yeah, I can imagine. I used to think putting up with water hours on board ship was bad. Although not anticipating having to drop a load while hunting one day taught me that dried leaves are no substitute for tp. Appreciate your channel. All the best to you.
Thanks!
Never layed a hand on an me. We had c and k rats.
When i was in in 87 - 93 they never took food from us
Don't like the lemon pound cake?! Dang...that's mre gold for me!
Veteran Infantry Marine here. I would only ever bring the main meal and 1 snack per MRE. Id only bring 2 Meals per day in a tactical environment.
Ps in my entire time in the infantry Ive never used the heater lol
Dehydrated pork patty MRE, was like eating Styrofoam. Turned into meat like substance just before you swallowed.
Dehydrated pork patty LOL.😛
You're old like me! LOL
I've had MRE's before. Most of them were pretty good. Pasta Fagul blow shit chunks. The only problem with MRE's and backpacking food is the fact, that they're loaded with carbs. I'll have to break Keto if and when I decide to do a backpacking trip. Question: is it true that you swallowed the gum so you could go to the bathroom? Thanks!
Never heard of swallowing the gum. They're great until you have to live on them for months.
@@GruntProof I can only imagine. I'm pretty sure that you need to detox after eating them for that long of time.
to me, MREs are 2 thirds of trash and one third of plastic xD I am so glad I never had to use them, it was all voluntarily.
I keep a couple MRE pound cakes around to go w coffee out on the trail 👣
Jam has pieces of the fruit in it, where as Jelly is filtered.
I dunno, I've seen plenty that were opposite 🤷🏼♂️
Best MRE was the spaghetti one because it came with spicy cheese itz. I would crush them and mix it with the main meal 🤤
Can I get that poppy cake off ya?
If you dont have a MRE heater, how can you heat it up?
Some guys put them close to their body. I'd just eat them cold. Not terrible 🤷🏼♂️
Ah, meat wunks with constipation. My favorite.
🤣🤣
Went USMC in '82. We got C rats..... 🤣
Funny stories. MRE pack has more functions I thought 😁
Nooo: many people in Europe do like the USA. (And some do envy the level of freedom you guys enjoy there 😉).
Thanks but we're losing more freedom every year
Interesting
Never knew the MRE, had C rats and LRPs when I was in.
Zum Wohl!
Hey I just wanted to bomb this random question in. What do you think of wiggy's sleeping bags ,any opinion?
Haven't tried them
I'm not military, just a civilian camper/backpacker, but I've owned my Wiggy's ultralight 20 degree bag for almost twenty years. Great bag. Warm, durable, and you can WASH them!!
Did you ever trade with other countries ? Any favourite ?
Definitely!
Did you get your hands on any ration from an allied Military and if so, what was your impression of it?
Hey, wie ist es mit dem MRE gedacht? Ein Beutel ist eine Mahlzeit, oder für einen Tag?
Normaleweis, ein MRE = eine Mahlzeit. Manchmal haben wir nur ein MRE fuer den Ganzen Tag.
@@GruntProof ich denke mal ein MRE für den Tag ist nicht so viel?? Natürlich verstehe ich das gerade im Einsatz tausend andere Dinge wichtiger sind als Essen 👍
@@torsten4757 nach der Grundausbildung normalerweise 3 "normale" Mre's für 24h oder eine "First Strike Ration" für 24h.
Wait, I'm so confused, what do you mean they take almost all of the MRE components away from you in basic? The main menu is only like 200-300 calories, how can you survive on 600-900 calories a day in the field?? And do they just through everything else in the trash? Why would they do that?
Right, were usually starving. Think that's changed over the years though. A lot of times they'd eat it in front of us
@@GruntProof Wow, that sounds brutal. Respect to you guys, although I am definitely glad the Army has changed since then haha
It sucked but looking back it was good for us. Basic is only hard because we're all spoiled and weak
Chili Mac…. Mmmmmm.
Hilarious
Grunt Only had C or K rations, barely edible, usually had 5 minutes to eat, what’s a hot meal, never tried any new school meals,
We had 15 minutes to eat our meal and clean our weapons.