What you can do with the werthers originals is get 2-3 of them and dissolve them in a cup of hot water. From there, add the coffee and a quarter of the condensed milk. Then, have the jam sandwiches with the coffee. Best 5-star coffee you'll get in the field. Now, with the hearty beef stew. First, you want to make the mashed potato and mix the cheese into it with salt and pepper and Tabasco sauce. Layer the potato on the bottom of your cups canteen and lay the heated hearty beef stew over top. If you get crackers in your rat pack, break them over top. You just made a field Shepard's pie. Also, 5 star.
Did you serve in the ADF around 2000? Because we started that in Iraq. The tv show beyond 2000 never mentioned anything about war and were supposed to have flying cars by then. Sorry I'm Gen X and if you aren't then you probably have no idea what I'm talking about with the tv show.
@@terencemcgeown2358 No I joined straight out of school to the newly created ADFA in 86. Never served in Combat I loved that show and the Curiosity Show when I was younger. I'm 56 now. How old are you?
As a Canadian, it fills me with pride to see that we are still in the lead with a score of 90! I think, however, that the Aussie Rat Pack deserves a second attempt with a fresh pack as opposed to one that's five years old. Looking forward to more of these reviews. Cheers from Ottawa.
I remember being introduced to the Australian Rat Pack when I joined the Australian Air Force 30 years ago. The instructor proudly said that the cheese in a can is called "bunghole" ......it will clog you up. And the cure for the cheese is the chocolate
The adf joke is chocolate is a laxative. If its not its just shit. The muesli is awsome. Add water. Stir. Eat but never heat water or its fucking horrid. Then ask who doesnt want theirs.
Watching Americans try Vegemite is one of life's little pleasures... It's nice to know that the rat packs haven't changed in the past ten years! Also, the trick is to eat the cheese during morning routine so you're gummed up on patrol, and then have the chocolate at night to get everything moving again...
Loved this video! I'm also from Australia and my dad was in the army when I was growing up and he would alwa always save the the dusty white chocolate for me and my sister from his rat packs. Good to see nothing has changed 😂
In the Aussie Army Cadet Corps we had rat packs on some of the camps. At annual camp we lived off the 10 man ration packs and some fresh fruit for 9 days while we camped on an army base. We were told (warned) the cheese stops you up and the chocy helps you go so be wise and use them as needed... When we got home and went back to school a teenager got dared to eat 5 packs of the chocy at school. An hour later he raced from one end of the playground to the loo and was there until his parents had to transport him home after school ended. The next day he had to help the school cleaners sweep and mop the toilets, as a reminder to think thru consequences before taking a dare.
Aussie here, when I stayed in Hawaii I noticed your bread was a lot sweeter and often has at least 2 different sweeteners added which was wild to me. In Australia our bread has no added sugar so the bread you had may be true in flavour to Aussie bread but not texture :p
When I was in, it was always the saying that you ate the cheese at the start of being out field (on crackers, with vegemite), and then you had the chocolate as you came home. Cheese = stop. Chocolate = go.
Instant Australian Citizen here no flinch with the vegemite.. you’re hard core awesome❣️ Loving your sense of humour also..fantastic!! (From a fellow Aussie)
Like most things with Rat packs, if you have the time to prepare it all, you really can make wonderful meals... or if tactically you can eat it all cold, sadly. Ration packs have a shelf live of 7 years. The trick with the large chocolate bar if its 'white' is to turn it into a hot chocolate drink, in your cup canteen is to bring water to the boil and place the chocolate bar into the water until it melts. Yes the peach in syrup usually goes off, the acid in the syrup dissolves the lining of the tin. Lastly remember the difference between the 'old' Vietnam ration packs and the new ration packs - is that the new packs are actually eatable. We would eat the main meal at night for two reasons. 1. if its dark you cant see what your eating and 2. you usually had a blocked nose... so you couldn't smell it either.
Had the old style ration packs in the Aussie army cadets. We were just glad to have food to eat at the end of the day. Also had them when we did search and rescue. You used to be able to buy them at the army disposal and surplus stores. At annual camp we had the 10 man 24hr ration packs and one year the "cook" loved pepper. We had extra rations of water supplied after we got one of the chain of command to eat a plate without a drink. He bet he could eat the plate and go back for seconds in 5 minutes. If he won we would have an extra night march. If he lost the command would do all of that nights washing up. He lost and never lived it down.
The hiss from the can of peaches is there so you know they're super fresh (just kidding, you just got free botox). You're killing it, can't wait for more videos!!
"You call that a knife? THIS is a knife!" He proceeded to take out a spoon. When Bart pointed out he was holding a spoon and not a knife, he responded, "I see you've played knifey-spoony before
There's a reason why the tube of sweetened condensed milk smelled/tasted like caramel. It's literally one step from being milk caramel. You can use the stovetop, oven or even a microwave oven to cook it into a Dulce de Leche caramel.
There used to be a can or tube of "coffee & milk" in the shops here in SE Australia. It was made from sweetened condensed milk and coffee powder. We would buy it to carry when we had a search and rescue mission, light enough to carry in our pockets and we would use it to make coffee with the hot water from a Thermos. Also caramel made with sweetened condensed milk is the best. In cadets we had little hexi stoves that were to sit out kidney cup on to warm stuff up in. We would put water in the metal cup and sit the tube of condensed milk in it. Then watch carefully, checking the tube to see how hot it got. Let it heat for 15 minutes or so. Let it cool down. Sit and squeeze or suck the caramel out of the tube. It goes even darker caramel and tastes almost the same as the old "Jersey caramel" lollies.
@@Butterworthdasyrup Look up how to make "tablet" which is a Scottish dessert. It's basically Sweetened condensed milk turned to caramel and it sets hard for a nice christmas treat.
The 2022 and 2023 CR1M's are a step up on the version you had. I know that US compatriots will try to swap with Aussies because the variety of snacks and the quality of the revised main meals. The mashed potato is generally an compliment to the main meals, all of which should be eaten hot.
The condensed milk is normally a creamy colour with the consistency of honey, that one has turned to caramel from the heat. We buy the big cans and boil the sealed can to make caramel but I've heard up North cans will caramelising just sitting on a shelf.
ive been waiting for someone to give you our Aussie rat packs to rate. the bread tastes better when you toast it, some of the packs have cakes in them they taste pretty good,the short head matchs are normal and the long pink head is water proof,my son absolutely loves the chocolate bar
As an Aussie when i saw you were trying what our boys have i got excited and thought you ought to have some diggers there to teach you how to eat it, low and behold you managed to "obtain" some of the boys. Lol
My dad used to let us have his ration packs when he got home from exercises. We loved them, the cheese in a tin lol. Loved that stuff. When we moved from holsworthy we had heaps of the can openers.
@@Butterworthdasyrupif you put a very small amount on toast with lots of butter , less than a teaspoon. Just a thin smear of Vegemite. Sooo good and easy on the stomach and full of vitamin b for energy. I know Aussies who used to put it on their toddlers dummies aka. pacifier. 😂 It's definitely a part of our national diet for many Aussies
Those bickies are my absolute favourites, they are called Jam Fancies. Or in the UK jammy dodgers. The condensed milk looks like that because it’s old. It turns to a caramel if it’s been left for too long or heated up in a slow cooker. It is usually white
As an American when I went to Australia I was AMPED to try Vegemite, Milo, and TimTams.... I was NOT let down. If I ever get back there I'm never coming back 😂
That “sweetened condensed milk” is basically caramel. You can take the paper off a can of sweetened condensed milk that you’d get at the grocery store and boil it for 3 hours and it will turn into caramel, that’s how I make my caramel pies. It actually makes delicious caramel.
G’day from Aus., Entertaining content, Vegemite is something either you like it or you hate it, even as an Aussie, there are other milder versions, Marmite & Promite but Vegemite is king, mind you back in the ‘85’ some of us received ratpacks older than the intended consumer, 25 yrs, stored correctly the contents were consumed & were typical of a rat pack & I’m still here to tell the tale, that condensed milk might of got some sun on it, it looks caramelised, should be much lighter & creamier, good for energy in a brew before a route march, 20 to 30 km in full battle order, pack, section radio, m60 + ammo, Oh! the memories of my bulletproof days 🍻😂 Ret Vet LEST WE FORGET 🌺
Marmite/Vegimite is an acquired taste. Either you grow up with it or you don't. Amazing on toast with butter. We take a spoon and stir it in hot water for a warming drink in the winter.
Vegemite doesn't exactly taste like anything else on Earth. But what it comes closest to tasting like is if you boiled soya sauce down to a thick paste.
Like how there is a prison cookbook, what about an MRE video series. Am sure soldiers around the world have their own ways to modify the set meals to make them taste better.
A mate of mine, his dad was ex SAS (australian special forces). they never had a regular can opener in their kitchen, always their fold out spoon style things. took me about 5 minutes to open a can of tomatos with. Then John showed me how it was done, went at it like a buzzsaw, and had the next can open in about 10s. there is a knack to it, but hugely effective, even tho he had been out of the service for 10 years, it is a superior can opener if your good at it. I have to wonder if the peaches are deliberately allowed to ferment to get around the rum ration... a form of pruno.
Its amazing how some things haven't changed since the Rat packs we had back in the 80s such as the sweetened condensed milk, mash potatoes and block butt biscuits and clean out chocolate.
Sometimes used to collect the plastic rubbish as you eat. Aussie army cadets used to train you to not leave any evidence that you had been there, especially anything with writing or insignia/brands. At a camp once we packed up we had to do a final rubbish patrol and if anything was found by the chain of command after we were punished by extra push ups, marches or physical fitness drills. Blessings, Dot
So many of these in my house and all best before 2019... my husband still eats them when out camping lol They've actually started selling these in camping shops (Anaconda for the aussies) for $15 just for the main meal 😂
I used to cut my beef jerky up and let it reconstitute before adding it to the beef stew. The other thing was a cheese cake using the chocolate, cheese, condensed milk and crackers (crushed up to make a base) and if you made a big enough cake you could share with your cobbers (especially if they chipped in for ingredients)
I'm Aussie and my aunt made the best Xmas lunch dinner with a Vegemite and peanut butter roast chicken back in the early 90's. I've made it ever since 😅
Almost. Its part of the ingredients. Homebrewers recognise tge smell but its white. Add salt and vegetable scraps and peels and boil till its blackened. Under pressure. Then boil it more until it looks like axle grease.
Best rat pack brekkie is the muesli with the chocolate protein powder and just enough water to make a paste. Its the only thing that gets me through stand to 😌
An Aussie rat pack can be re-loved by the quartermaster with the appropriate qualification a number of times. You definitely had an old one, that had most likely spent some time in the sun under a tarp on exercise, the peaches are a good giveaway. Fun fact, you can make alcohol out of the peaches and sugar depending on how long your on ex for and have the right kinda vehicle to transport your containers..
Ive had Aussie rat packs. Before they made them sourced from Coles - the old rat packs in the 90s were OK if you were hungry enough - but they never ever filled you up even as a as a young bloke. They were also invariably out of date not that it mattered too much. The best bit was the free hexi stove you got in them. The quality of a ration tells soldiers just how much their government values them. Its worth noting.
So thought someone else would have said it but those “long matches” i believe are “water proof” ones” I think you can light one, put in water, and pull out (reasonably quick though) and it’ll keep burning. Hence why so intense the last time. Sumn for when raining
Vegemite is best served right in the nostril. Right after steeped with some boiling water, the steam helps it travel ateaight to your frontal cortex and get the aussie language really 👌 down pat. About 10-15 min after you feel the effects of 'Thats not a knife' syndrome.
Or stale like the SAO water crackers (SAO was a brand you could find but became a way of referring to the type of salty biscuit, sorta like referring to a bandaid rather than "sticking plaster" or dressing with adhesive").
Dude, you're supposed to eat the can of cheese whole at the end. It plugs you up so that the meals that go through you like water doesn't just fall right on our of you while you're walking 🤣🤣
My dad used to save the cheese and condensed milk for my sister and the chocolate for me and bring them home. We were always so excited to get them even though it all tastes loke garbage hahahaha
As an Australian I love how suspicious he is of the Diggers, given the chance any aussie will fuck with you for a laugh
Yeah mate!!!!!
Yes every time we will fuck with you about the drop bears too
An aussie soldier will tell you dogfood is casserole. For the laugh
What you can do with the werthers originals is get 2-3 of them and dissolve them in a cup of hot water. From there, add the coffee and a quarter of the condensed milk. Then, have the jam sandwiches with the coffee. Best 5-star coffee you'll get in the field. Now, with the hearty beef stew. First, you want to make the mashed potato and mix the cheese into it with salt and pepper and Tabasco sauce. Layer the potato on the bottom of your cups canteen and lay the heated hearty beef stew over top. If you get crackers in your rat pack, break them over top. You just made a field Shepard's pie. Also, 5 star.
Man the next one I do I may have to try these things!
Definitely, when you have the chance to brew up in your cup-canteen you can put s lot of stuff in there.
@@Butterworthdasyrup yes pleace! Field recipes!! ❤
Did you serve in the ADF around 2000? Because we started that in Iraq. The tv show beyond 2000 never mentioned anything about war and were supposed to have flying cars by then. Sorry I'm Gen X and if you aren't then you probably have no idea what I'm talking about with the tv show.
@@terencemcgeown2358 No I joined straight out of school to the newly created ADFA in 86.
Never served in Combat
I loved that show and the Curiosity Show when I was younger. I'm 56 now. How old are you?
Those two Aussie 'diggers' were loving every minute of this, especially the Vegemite! 🤣 I think you genuinely shocked them by liking that!
When you said “Now that is a spoon” I immediately thought of Crocodile Dnundee. How could I not with this episode.😂
Hahah I wasn’t even trying to
Now THAT is a knife!
I see you've played Knifey-Spoony before!
😂😂
I too went straight to that scene in Crocodile Dundee as soon as he said that spoon line
It's the nervous laughter and look for reassurance from our Aussie soldiers!!!! #straya 🇦🇺
As a Canadian, it fills me with pride to see that we are still in the lead with a score of 90! I think, however, that the Aussie Rat Pack deserves a second attempt with a fresh pack as opposed to one that's five years old. Looking forward to more of these reviews. Cheers from Ottawa.
5 years old. That is fresh from my experience.
Yeah they don't get much fresher than that... Well not the chocolates anyway .. rest of the food is fresher.
The commentary and banter between you and the Aussies was awesome. Love your videos ❤
Glad you like them!
I like that you had guests from the country you were tasting the MRE’s from.
Me too they were great!
Your MRE this week came with friends! Lol love these vids. The quality, the humor **chefs kiss**
I remember being introduced to the Australian Rat Pack when I joined the Australian Air Force 30 years ago. The instructor proudly said that the cheese in a can is called "bunghole" ......it will clog you up. And the cure for the cheese is the chocolate
That doesn't even make sense lol. Chocolate normally backs you up too haha, how does it unclog you?
@@SilentHotdog28Chocolate is a natural laxative
The adf joke is chocolate is a laxative. If its not its just shit. The muesli is awsome. Add water. Stir. Eat but never heat water or its fucking horrid. Then ask who doesnt want theirs.
Same here 😂😂 I was army 30 years ago, the rat packs now look like they have a better variety 😂
Watching Americans try Vegemite is one of life's little pleasures...
It's nice to know that the rat packs haven't changed in the past ten years!
Also, the trick is to eat the cheese during morning routine so you're gummed up on patrol, and then have the chocolate at night to get everything moving again...
Loved this video! I'm also from Australia and my dad was in the army when I was growing up and he would alwa always save the the dusty white chocolate for me and my sister from his rat packs. Good to see nothing has changed 😂
The dusty chocolate was pretty bad haha
In the Aussie Army Cadet Corps we had rat packs on some of the camps. At annual camp we lived off the 10 man ration packs and some fresh fruit for 9 days while we camped on an army base. We were told (warned) the cheese stops you up and the chocy helps you go so be wise and use them as needed... When we got home and went back to school a teenager got dared to eat 5 packs of the chocy at school. An hour later he raced from one end of the playground to the loo and was there until his parents had to transport him home after school ended.
The next day he had to help the school cleaners sweep and mop the toilets, as a reminder to think thru consequences before taking a dare.
The peanut gallery was entertaining and informative.
Also ginger ale is great
Those dudes were freaking hilarious
Apparently guests make Mr. Butterworth even more punchy. Absolutely loved this one.
Haha I def do get more lively around people. Stay tuned….
Absolutely LOVE the longer videos!
Appreciate that. Love making them
The “let’s try it” in the softer voice send me and reminded me about your hilarious TikTok’s with a certain lady. 😉😂😂😂
I’ve been saving this video for when I need a good laugh and you did not disappoint. Your laugh is contagious. Thank you and your mustache
I loved rolling out on Route Clearance ops with the EOD diggers out of Tarin Kowt, and eating at their Chow Halls. Lamb all the time!
This was amazing, I love all the tips & tricks from offstage. Lol.
Aussie here, when I stayed in Hawaii I noticed your bread was a lot sweeter and often has at least 2 different sweeteners added which was wild to me. In Australia our bread has no added sugar so the bread you had may be true in flavour to Aussie bread but not texture :p
When I was in, it was always the saying that you ate the cheese at the start of being out field (on crackers, with vegemite), and then you had the chocolate as you came home.
Cheese = stop. Chocolate = go.
The chocolate doesnt melt so its sus. Its a laxative not cadburys
It was nice to hear the Australians interacting along with you!
Instant Australian Citizen here no flinch with the vegemite.. you’re hard core awesome❣️ Loving your sense of humour also..fantastic!! (From a fellow Aussie)
Classic 😆 our kids fight for the biscuits and condensed milk!
Can’t wait for the next ep!
Like most things with Rat packs, if you have the time to prepare it all, you really can make wonderful meals... or if tactically you can eat it all cold, sadly.
Ration packs have a shelf live of 7 years. The trick with the large chocolate bar if its 'white' is to turn it into a hot chocolate drink, in your cup canteen is to bring water to the boil and place the chocolate bar into the water until it melts.
Yes the peach in syrup usually goes off, the acid in the syrup dissolves the lining of the tin.
Lastly remember the difference between the 'old' Vietnam ration packs and the new ration packs - is that the new packs are actually eatable.
We would eat the main meal at night for two reasons. 1. if its dark you cant see what your eating and 2. you usually had a blocked nose... so you couldn't smell it either.
Had the old style ration packs in the Aussie army cadets. We were just glad to have food to eat at the end of the day.
Also had them when we did search and rescue. You used to be able to buy them at the army disposal and surplus stores.
At annual camp we had the 10 man 24hr ration packs and one year the "cook" loved pepper. We had extra rations of water supplied after we got one of the chain of command to eat a plate without a drink. He bet he could eat the plate and go back for seconds in 5 minutes. If he won we would have an extra night march. If he lost the command would do all of that nights washing up.
He lost and never lived it down.
Oh goodie! Luncheon Meat #1. Only eatable after dark.
The way your eyes scrunch up when something's gnarly.😆
Love this! Vegemite is a must in our home! Love it with a smear of butter on toast! It’s a shame the chocolate and peaches were out of date!
The hiss from the can of peaches is there so you know they're super fresh (just kidding, you just got free botox). You're killing it, can't wait for more videos!!
Hahaha free Botox
More like botulism.
Well if he is in the er after this we know why.
Nice hiss...
Botox is botulism @@poil8351
bro the intro ive traveled the world sapling preservatives in mysterious meats man thats gold gave me such a chuckle...god tier intro
Your opening to these videos is just epic lol
The bread in the CR1m ration is the best hands down! The vegamite is an acquired taste. They are huge rations too. Thanks for posting!!
It was good bread
"You call that a knife? THIS is a knife!" He proceeded to take out a spoon. When Bart pointed out he was holding a spoon and not a knife, he responded, "I see you've played knifey-spoony before
I'm genuinely impressed.
I work for the Australian army and this is genuinely what we hand out.
There's a reason why the tube of sweetened condensed milk smelled/tasted like caramel. It's literally one step from being milk caramel. You can use the stovetop, oven or even a microwave oven to cook it into a Dulce de Leche caramel.
Mmmmmmmmm
Yeah it's delicious if you have a sweet tooth.
@@neenekinskins6241I buy the Nestle condensed milk to go hiking and fishing but I always seem to eat it straight from the tube😅
There used to be a can or tube of "coffee & milk" in the shops here in SE Australia. It was made from sweetened condensed milk and coffee powder. We would buy it to carry when we had a search and rescue mission, light enough to carry in our pockets and we would use it to make coffee with the hot water from a Thermos.
Also caramel made with sweetened condensed milk is the best.
In cadets we had little hexi stoves that were to sit out kidney cup on to warm stuff up in. We would put water in the metal cup and sit the tube of condensed milk in it. Then watch carefully, checking the tube to see how hot it got. Let it heat for 15 minutes or so. Let it cool down. Sit and squeeze or suck the caramel out of the tube. It goes even darker caramel and tastes almost the same as the old "Jersey caramel" lollies.
@@Butterworthdasyrup Look up how to make "tablet" which is a Scottish dessert. It's basically Sweetened condensed milk turned to caramel and it sets hard for a nice christmas treat.
If your stew is a bit bland you can add some Vegemite for a boost in umami/salt.
This was really good! Thanks for taking several bites for the US team! 🤣🤣🤣. Your Aussie were fun.
Best MRE vid so far. If you got recipes for the meal combinations, it would be fine if you could try preparing and tasting them.
The 2022 and 2023 CR1M's are a step up on the version you had. I know that US compatriots will try to swap with Aussies because the variety of snacks and the quality of the revised main meals. The mashed potato is generally an compliment to the main meals, all of which should be eaten hot.
Man I'm old, I had the old aussie mre, they had vienna sausages in spaghetti sauce, brilliant stuff.
The condensed milk is normally a creamy colour with the consistency of honey, that one has turned to caramel from the heat. We buy the big cans and boil the sealed can to make caramel but I've heard up North cans will caramelising just sitting on a shelf.
ive been waiting for someone to give you our Aussie rat packs to rate.
the bread tastes better when you toast it, some of the packs have cakes in them they taste pretty good,the short head matchs are normal and the long pink head is water proof,my son absolutely loves the chocolate bar
Chocolate = a laxative. Watch how much he eats at once.
The cheese is to gum you up (stop the runs)
Another banger my dude! Keep killing it!
As an Aussie when i saw you were trying what our boys have i got excited and thought you ought to have some diggers there to teach you how to eat it, low and behold you managed to "obtain" some of the boys. Lol
My dad used to let us have his ration packs when he got home from exercises. We loved them, the cheese in a tin lol. Loved that stuff. When we moved from holsworthy we had heaps of the can openers.
We Americans are in no way prepared for Vegemite's overwhelming nutritional onslaught.
I thought it was actually pretty good!
Toast with Vegemite and an Avocado on top is delicious.
@@Butterworthdasyrup I also like it. Much to the consternation of my wife.
@@Butterworthdasyrupif you put a very small amount on toast with lots of butter , less than a teaspoon. Just a thin smear of Vegemite. Sooo good and easy on the stomach and full of vitamin b for energy. I know Aussies who used to put it on their toddlers dummies aka. pacifier. 😂 It's definitely a part of our national diet for many Aussies
I tried British Marmite over 30 years ago and I still shudder when I think of it. My bf loved it on toast. I'd need to leave the room.
Those bickies are my absolute favourites, they are called Jam Fancies. Or in the UK jammy dodgers.
The condensed milk looks like that because it’s old. It turns to a caramel if it’s been left for too long or heated up in a slow cooker. It is usually white
lol love Aussie commentators
Yes they were hilarious
Good cuisine at Bunnings haha you're not wrong
Now I want some snags
My son and I enjoy watching your videos ty for them
"I don't know if I should open this, because it's about to explode."
Mate, welcome to EOD... :)
Lol
Love the video alongside the commentary from the Aussies!
They were hilarious
As an American when I went to Australia I was AMPED to try Vegemite, Milo, and TimTams.... I was NOT let down. If I ever get back there I'm never coming back 😂
Good one you cou 6:12 ld probably come back if you wanted a job as a cop.teacher or nurse. Or even the army all looking for people.
I do army cadets in Australia, and we get rat packs very similar to these on one of our bivs! Wish we had bread in ours, looks nice 😭
It was pretty good
That “sweetened condensed milk” is basically caramel. You can take the paper off a can of sweetened condensed milk that you’d get at the grocery store and boil it for 3 hours and it will turn into caramel, that’s how I make my caramel pies. It actually makes delicious caramel.
The best caramel!
G’day from Aus., Entertaining content, Vegemite is something either you like it or you hate it, even as an Aussie, there are other milder versions, Marmite & Promite but Vegemite is king, mind you back in the ‘85’ some of us received ratpacks older than the intended consumer, 25 yrs, stored correctly the contents were consumed & were typical of a rat pack & I’m still here to tell the tale, that condensed milk might of got some sun on it, it looks caramelised, should be much lighter & creamier, good for energy in a brew before a route march, 20 to 30 km in full battle order, pack, section radio, m60 + ammo, Oh! the memories of my bulletproof days 🍻😂 Ret Vet
LEST WE FORGET 🌺
Marmite/Vegimite is an acquired taste. Either you grow up with it or you don't. Amazing on toast with butter. We take a spoon and stir it in hot water for a warming drink in the winter.
Vegemite doesn't exactly taste like anything else on Earth. But what it comes closest to tasting like is if you boiled soya sauce down to a thick paste.
Marmite in the UK is great equivalent to Vegemite.
As an Australian, Red Miso from Japan tastes almost EXACTLY like Vegemite.
@@mitzigaynor-rz5znI love vegemite but can’t stand marmite. They taste different enough if you are used to one or the other.
There's also promite and kiwi marmite
I absolutely loved the shaving ad 😂
Thank you!
Jam in the model glue tube is pretty fun!
Like how there is a prison cookbook, what about an MRE video series. Am sure soldiers around the world have their own ways to modify the set meals to make them taste better.
The military version of Ted Lasso trying tucker from down under? Love it mate.
A mate of mine, his dad was ex SAS (australian special forces). they never had a regular can opener in their kitchen, always their fold out spoon style things. took me about 5 minutes to open a can of tomatos with. Then John showed me how it was done, went at it like a buzzsaw, and had the next can open in about 10s. there is a knack to it, but hugely effective, even tho he had been out of the service for 10 years, it is a superior can opener if your good at it.
I have to wonder if the peaches are deliberately allowed to ferment to get around the rum ration... a form of pruno.
I will give this video a 93 out of 100. Not subscribed for long but entertaining as ......stayed all 41 minutes. Keep em coming
Appreciate that
As a Aussie you gave me a great laugh. Vegemite is good on hot toast with butter 😊
Its amazing how some things haven't changed since the Rat packs we had back in the 80s such as the sweetened condensed milk, mash potatoes and block butt biscuits and clean out chocolate.
Love the Aussie commentary 👌🏼
“A whatever you wanna put in it bag. 😂😂 “
My favorite kind of
Sometimes used to collect the plastic rubbish as you eat. Aussie army cadets used to train you to not leave any evidence that you had been there, especially anything with writing or insignia/brands.
At a camp once we packed up we had to do a final rubbish patrol and if anything was found by the chain of command after we were punished by extra push ups, marches or physical fitness drills.
Blessings, Dot
Thankyou 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 soldiers and all allies .
So many of these in my house and all best before 2019... my husband still eats them when out camping lol
They've actually started selling these in camping shops (Anaconda for the aussies) for $15 just for the main meal 😂
Used to get the old style packs in army disposal or surplus stores.
Definitely a very old and out of date rat pack! But still 95% edible, which raises some questions 😂
I used to cut my beef jerky up and let it reconstitute before adding it to the beef stew. The other thing was a cheese cake using the chocolate, cheese, condensed milk and crackers (crushed up to make a base) and if you made a big enough cake you could share with your cobbers (especially if they chipped in for ingredients)
I need a MRE Coffee showdown between the various countries
Literally going to film that this week. Wrote that in my list of stuff to do last night you mind reader!!!
@@Butterworthdasyrup As a Army WO I need it for ...... research
love the video and this series in general
I'm Aussie and my aunt made the best Xmas lunch dinner with a Vegemite and peanut butter roast chicken back in the early 90's. I've made it ever since 😅
The advantage of Aussie ration dinner meals is that you probably be eating them in the dark. 😂😂
That's a proper wind-up.
Vegemite. Yeah, it's alright.
Australians left dumbfounded.
German candy in an australian rat pack! the old man werther's original are a german gift to the world 😎
don't forget where the yeast extra base comes from - some of Australia's oldest Breweries - Cascade and Boags - after the beer is brewed.
Almost. Its part of the ingredients. Homebrewers recognise tge smell but its white. Add salt and vegetable scraps and peels and boil till its blackened. Under pressure. Then boil it more until it looks like axle grease.
Yeah, been waiting for this one. Vegemite rules😂😂😂😂I didn't mind the rat packs we had back in the 80s. I still have weird liking for canned beef.
Best rat pack brekkie is the muesli with the chocolate protein powder and just enough water to make a paste. Its the only thing that gets me through stand to 😌
Vegemite in density is for the insane. Toasted, buttered bread, with smears of vegemite is awesome. Coming from a not vegemite fam
Good to see you try our Vegemite my doppelganger son. The cheese look bloody awful!
I choose to think we are on top, not downunder. Go you for trying the FRED.
An Aussie rat pack can be re-loved by the quartermaster with the appropriate qualification a number of times.
You definitely had an old one, that had most likely spent some time in the sun under a tarp on exercise, the peaches are a good giveaway. Fun fact, you can make alcohol out of the peaches and sugar depending on how long your on ex for and have the right kinda vehicle to transport your containers..
Peaches, crushed up jam Bikkies, condensed milk, muesli and m&m’s mixed up = flavour town
Ive had Aussie rat packs. Before they made them sourced from Coles - the old rat packs in the 90s were OK if you were hungry enough - but they never ever filled you up even as a as a young bloke. They were also invariably out of date not that it mattered too much. The best bit was the free hexi stove you got in them. The quality of a ration tells soldiers just how much their government values them. Its worth noting.
So thought someone else would have said it but those “long matches” i believe are “water proof” ones” I think you can light one, put in water, and pull out (reasonably quick though) and it’ll keep burning. Hence why so intense the last time.
Sumn for when raining
I love the glorious naivety of asking the Aussies if you should try the Vegemite straight up. Of course they didn't skip a beat in saying yes.
The rations pack with the Shrewsbury jam biscuits are worth it. I don’t care if that’s the only thing I eat all day it makes the day well worth it.
How old are these ration packs, i havent seen the canned fruit and werthers in ages hahha
That's a lot of food!!!
I loved the rat pack cheese. And I always took tobasco sauce with me every time I went bush. Made everything edible.
Lmao that intro is epic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Vegemite is best served right in the nostril. Right after steeped with some boiling water, the steam helps it travel ateaight to your frontal cortex and get the aussie language really 👌 down pat. About 10-15 min after you feel the effects of 'Thats not a knife' syndrome.
I remember when my ex-husband was in the Army in the mid 90s and the MREs had a small bottle of Tabasco in them.
I found you on ig 😂😂had to watch the full video
Makes a difference if they’re not expired 😂…
Or stale like the SAO water crackers (SAO was a brand you could find but became a way of referring to the type of salty biscuit, sorta like referring to a bandaid rather than "sticking plaster" or dressing with adhesive").
Dude, you're supposed to eat the can of cheese whole at the end. It plugs you up so that the meals that go through you like water doesn't just fall right on our of you while you're walking 🤣🤣
My dad used to save the cheese and condensed milk for my sister and the chocolate for me and bring them home. We were always so excited to get them even though it all tastes loke garbage hahahaha
Back in the 90's the "D" pack was the best Beef and Tortellini.
I love how everyone in the comments is talking about the expiry date, like ive only ever had expired rat packs,