you should consider trying out some of the mountains house freeze dried meals. my favorite is the beefstew one and the freeze dried mint chocolate chip ice-cream they make is amazing.
Justin, so far, the cold weather MREs have each had some sort of Mountain House portion of the meal. Check those out if you haven't seen them. I've done 4 total cold weather ones. TFW!
The freeze dried ice cream was always my last night of hiking treat. Or sometimes the last walking out treat of the trip. Mountain house has some lovely hiking/camping meals. Just remember to add enough water. My hub and I were just weekend hiking but my small water purifier broke and the big gravity one was taking a while to filter and we were hungry. We should have waited and drank more water. We woke up with severe stomach cramps. An older couple near us heard us up and around not feeling well came over. He knew exactly what was up. Brought over a bunch of their water and made us tea and within about 20 minutes we were fine. Hed seen it before and had heard of it on big arctic expeditions where they skimped on water, and they all ended up ill. We bought a hand crank water purifier after that as where we hiked was very wet so water wasn't an issue but cleaning it or boiling etc can be a pain. But I sure learned my lesson.
This is like fine wine right here you’re talking beef steak with mushrooms from 2006 man you’re into some good eating right here lifestyles of the Rich and famous
Yum man I rememberd haveing one of these back when on a search and rescue mission they were really good to bad this one went south but luck on the next one
With the beans if you can’t stick them in the heater you can sometimes shove the heater in the cardboard sleeve and have the bean packet shoved on the outside of the heater but in the cardboard
Although most of the MRE items were a disaster but I loved it the way you salvaged the protein shake with the coffee. Pretty much like the story where you brought in an innovative idea. Thanks for the video and the story, me Ancient 🙂
Oras, I was in Beirut. That's as close as I care to get for now. Too hot and sandy in that area for this old dawg. I used to live in the high mountain desert in Idaho. I'm happy in the Smoky Mountains. Thank you for the invite, though. TFW!
Hey Me Ancient! Great to see another posting. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. I was surprised to see that most of this MRE, had gone rancid. I agree that the strawberry jam was pretty scary looking. I kept thinking that as questionable as the meal looked, that you were pretty brave with the size of the first bites that you were taking!! LOL! Anyway I got a kick out of the John Cleese shot, very good choice. Maybe you can work in a clip of "The Ministry of Silly Walks" sometime! Have a great day guys, see ya in the next one, God bless.
Thank you for the kind words but seriously, don't feel bad having just figured out I have a channel...how did you discover it? Was it a link from one of Ace or High Adventure Videos channels? Welcome aboard and TFW!
Just an idea for the future, some hot water in the packet with the beans, would have hydrated the sauce and warmed them up, try it next time you get beans in a MRE that are a few years old.
The early 00s had some fantastic me us! They put steak sauce I a few rations. Careful with red Tasters Choice, 9 out of 10 it's moldy. Thanks for showing this one.
@@MeAncient it will have little specks of white in it, you can't miss it. The one I had a couple days ago was a prime example if you want to see it. (98 LRP)
I think this is one of the first reviews I saw that you had to spit out that many of the components I was worried about that steak 🤣🤣🤣 awesome review as usual 👍🏾 I was sure most of it would have been in good condition coming from Alaska I gotten a few older ones from folks up there haven’t opened them yet
Great video. At least you got to snack on a little something. Hurricane season coming here in south Florida im thinking about stocking up on some mre for backup.
there was a recall on those dairy drinks 300 packets of Chocolate Flavor Dairy Shake lot ## 8297 and 8318 has salmonella and the red pack tasters choice was notorious for mold
I was in the army from 06-14 and this was my MRE of choice followed closely with chicken and dumplings or chicken and noodles. The last year or so that I was in they started making like gourmet ones it seemed like. things like Chicken and pesto. Great videos brother! decided to go back and have a look for videos i may have missed and this was one of em!
I've had mixed luck with the heaters in the few MREs I've tried. Sometimes I get them to heat up really well, other times not so much. I can't believe the difference salt seems to make from what you showed. Especially from such an old MRE. The older ones seem to have problems heating up right. I've heard of that trick before, never tried it though. I'm definitely gonna try it next time I eat an MRE.
If you slide your heater in the entree box you have room typically to heat a 2nd item next to heater. And it's not as hot for your hands aswell. Be careful of blooming chocolate btw.
Oh man. I remember this specific mre. No going to lie, was not my favorite at all. That salt trick really took me back! Was always nice to get a hot meal whenever we could. Keeps the moral up. So glad I found your channel. Keep it up. Semper Fi my brother.
I think it's the lighting... but you look older indoors than outdoors. Still holding up well tho', like my '61 and '62 model older brothers. Unfortunately, at 55 I'm already looking like Grandpa Munster...
I have to give you a virtual medal for trying that ration! Its a shame that it all didn't hold up, it looked like a pretty sustaining meal, although I'm very surprised about the beefsteak being as ok as it was. I think the weather decided your ration testing was over 😂 By the way for future reference botulism has no smell and is tasteless. So please be careful, I love your content and don't want it to stop ❤️ Ouch! I could feel your pain, but I'm going to guess it was worth it because you won! Great vid as usual :)
I don’t know if it’s just me or not but I really wish we could have seen the coffee before he mixed it up cause that red tasters choice is molded most of the time
If you have the upper body strength, it will smoke your competition. I don't know if I could still do it since I'm carrying around so much more weight than I was back then. TFW, TKO!
We have eaten 5 tomatoes already. I cannot believe how many we've had this early. The deer were eating them last year when they were yet green, so we put most of the plants in pots this year so we could keep them on the deck and away from the deer. TFW, y'all! Say 'Hi' to your 23 'maters from me.
16 year old MRE. "Oh boy, it's gonna be bad isn't it?" Toffee with nuts. "The nuts are gonna be rancid, aren't they?" *spit* "They are. And that strawberry jam doesn't look right." *spit* "Well, at least the beans look just fine." *spit* You know what? I think the rain was a sign that you really shouldn't be eating that. Thanks for the video (and the tip for the wheelbarrow race) cheers.
Thank you, Stan. I've never been told that I have a killer's stare. I'm taking that as a compliment, like I do just about everything that I am not sure of......makes life so much more pleasant :-). TFW!
about $8 to $15 each, depending upon from where you get them, how many you buy, and how old they are. Amazon and eBay, just like everything else odd ball. Then, if you buy MREs from out of the country or MREs that are multiple meals (like a 24 hour pack) then they run more money. TFW!
you should consider trying out some of the mountains house freeze dried meals. my favorite is the beefstew one and the freeze dried mint chocolate chip ice-cream they make is amazing.
I agree, in Mostr cases they are way better than an MRE. Only drawback in you don't get the calorie punch you get from an MRE.
Justin, so far, the cold weather MREs have each had some sort of Mountain House portion of the meal. Check those out if you haven't seen them. I've done 4 total cold weather ones. TFW!
The freeze dried ice cream was always my last night of hiking treat. Or sometimes the last walking out treat of the trip.
Mountain house has some lovely hiking/camping meals. Just remember to add enough water.
My hub and I were just weekend hiking but my small water purifier broke and the big gravity one was taking a while to filter and we were hungry. We should have waited and drank more water. We woke up with severe stomach cramps.
An older couple near us heard us up and around not feeling well came over. He knew exactly what was up. Brought over a bunch of their water and made us tea and within about 20 minutes we were fine. Hed seen it before and had heard of it on big arctic expeditions where they skimped on water, and they all ended up ill.
We bought a hand crank water purifier after that as where we hiked was very wet so water wasn't an issue but cleaning it or boiling etc can be a pain. But I sure learned my lesson.
I love you trying to carry on while it rains buckets. The things you do for your viewers.
"Never, never, never give up!" TFW!
This is like fine wine right here you’re talking beef steak with mushrooms from 2006 man you’re into some good eating right here lifestyles of the Rich and famous
You know it!
you need to try buffalo chicken MRE that's the most popular that I know lol
I haven't heard of that one. I'll have to keep an eye out for that menu. TFW!
You made me giggle a little bit when you said. Something ain't right. Lol. Love your videos thank you for all that you do to bring us videos
I'm happy you enjoyed it. TFW!
Love it. If it aint raining we aint training or something along those lines. The food spit out was awesome. Keep doing these marine and Semper Fi.
More to come! TFW, Stanley. When were you in?
@@MeAncient I was in the Army from 96 to 00. Even Marines need heroes to look up to
Yum man I rememberd haveing one of these back when on a search and rescue mission they were really good to bad this one went south but luck on the next one
Tom, Hope springs eternal......TFW!
With the beans if you can’t stick them in the heater you can sometimes shove the heater in the cardboard sleeve and have the bean packet shoved on the outside of the heater but in the cardboard
No cardboard with this MRE, at least not the bigger sleeve that I have had I some of them. TFW, James.
Although most of the MRE items were a disaster but I loved it the way you salvaged the protein shake with the coffee. Pretty much like the story where you brought in an innovative idea. Thanks for the video and the story, me Ancient 🙂
Srijan, I appreciate those kind words. It was disappointing that more of the MRE wasn't edible. TFW!
Little bit of an edge😂😂😂😂 true Jarhead!!👍
I didn't know how else to describe it. Fortunately, all is well. TFW, Tommy!
Elite job
Tks, Nathan!
And happy memorial Day thank you for serving
My pleasure, Melony.
I love your videoes iam from iraq iam very love mre
TFW all the way from Iraq, Ghost!
take some toothpaste and a small amount of water to the inside of that canteen
تعال للعراق يا طيب
Oras, I was in Beirut. That's as close as I care to get for now. Too hot and sandy in that area for this old dawg. I used to live in the high mountain desert in Idaho. I'm happy in the Smoky Mountains. Thank you for the invite, though. TFW!
@@MeAncient 👍
Why must caramel color be added to so many beef items I don’t want caramel color I’ll just take it the way it is
Maybe the chef who designed the meal liked Carmel color or something......TFW, Robin!
Too bad a couple of things didn't make the cut. Looked like a good one.
I really wish it had been good. TFW, James!
You know this MRE was bad for it to be 16 years old and his first video was him eating and swallowing almost everything from a 40 year old MRE🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah....I was disappointed, for sure. TFW!
@@MeAncient 🤣🤣🤣 I could tell.
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Vlad, you are the first, by 10 seconds! TFW, as always!
Hey Me Ancient! Great to see another posting. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. I was surprised to see that most of this MRE, had gone rancid. I agree that the strawberry jam was pretty scary looking. I kept thinking that as questionable as the meal looked, that you were pretty brave with the size of the first bites that you were taking!! LOL! Anyway I got a kick out of the John Cleese shot, very good choice. Maybe you can work in a clip of "The Ministry of Silly Walks" sometime! Have a great day guys, see ya in the next one, God bless.
I have to be careful how much of a clip I use from TV and movies. Copyright issues, etc. TFW, Darryl!
@@MeAncient That makes sense, I didn't even think of that! God bless my friend.
Thanks for sharing the video, I’ve had some old canteen and the taste of the water is kind of funky lol
Thank you for your service. Have a great weekend.
Bryan, you are so welcome and we did have a great weekend. TFW!
I feel ashamed that I just now figured out that you have a channel 😂
Love the work, dude!
Thank you for the kind words but seriously, don't feel bad having just figured out I have a channel...how did you discover it? Was it a link from one of Ace or High Adventure Videos channels? Welcome aboard and TFW!
Thank you so much for this upload. Going through a hard time right now but your videos alway encourage me to go out and do something.
Keep your head up! TFW!
Keep posting videos found you from one of ace's videos and have been watching since i love your stories..
Glad you like them! I certainly have more stories.....stories for days! TFW!
Just an idea for the future, some hot water in the packet with the beans, would have hydrated the sauce and warmed them up, try it next time you get beans in a MRE that are a few years old.
The early 00s had some fantastic me us! They put steak sauce I a few rations. Careful with red Tasters Choice, 9 out of 10 it's moldy. Thanks for showing this one.
I'll have to watch the coffee real close. It was more bitter than Taster's Choice usually is. TFW, Viper!
@@MeAncient it will have little specks of white in it, you can't miss it. The one I had a couple days ago was a prime example if you want to see it. (98 LRP)
Sorry to see so much of this menu was past the eat by date. It was a great video regardless!
It was fun. Should be some good ones coming from these....hopefully. TFW
I think this is one of the first reviews I saw that you had to spit out that many of the components I was worried about that steak 🤣🤣🤣 awesome review as usual 👍🏾 I was sure most of it would have been in good condition coming from Alaska I gotten a few older ones from folks up there haven’t opened them yet
I was disappointed by how much was spoiled, for sure. TFW, DeCarlos!
@@MeAncient and forgive me Sir Happy Memorial Day and thank you for your service to keep us safe and have our freedoms
First off let me say Thank you for your service on this memorial day.
Fred, you are welcome and I trust your weekend was good. TFW!
Great video. At least you got to snack on a little something. Hurricane season coming here in south Florida im thinking about stocking up on some mre for backup.
Fred, keep them in some kind of cool if not cold storage as long as possible. TFW and good luck this year during Hurricane season, my friend.
I Love the MRE Videos Keep up the good work!
Glad you like them! More to follow & TFW!
Thank you for your service. Thank you for the new videos. I was waiting for the new videos. You made my day I am happy now
Glad you like them, Lucy. TFW!
there was a recall on those dairy drinks 300 packets of Chocolate Flavor Dairy Shake lot ## 8297 and 8318 has salmonella and the red pack tasters choice was notorious for mold
on wdonre Im fleeing funny
@@MeAncient 🤣☠🙀💀🤢
Beefsteak with Mexican rice is also really good. The coffee didn’t last.
I believe you are correct about the coffee. TFW!
I was in the army from 06-14 and this was my MRE of choice followed closely with chicken and dumplings or chicken and noodles. The last year or so that I was in they started making like gourmet ones it seemed like. things like Chicken and pesto. Great videos brother! decided to go back and have a look for videos i may have missed and this was one of em!
Great review ! Have a great memorial day weekend
Thanks! You too!
I've had mixed luck with the heaters in the few MREs I've tried. Sometimes I get them to heat up really well, other times not so much. I can't believe the difference salt seems to make from what you showed. Especially from such an old MRE. The older ones seem to have problems heating up right. I've heard of that trick before, never tried it though. I'm definitely gonna try it next time I eat an MRE.
me ancient usually cleanses pallet with vodka
Yeow! Untrue rumor, my friend. TFW!
Oh this is the funniest one of these videos yet Don’t get the G I €£¥#s
Janice, I'm actually doing fine.
If you slide your heater in the entree box you have room typically to heat a 2nd item next to heater. And it's not as hot for your hands aswell. Be careful of blooming chocolate btw.
Gunnery Sergeant Ancient......💪💪
well, umm, Corporal actually.......But the promotion is a nice thought. TFW, Stacy, as always!
If I wanted to ship a MRE to you what would be the info....
@@stacyvonn8036
MeAncient
c/o Ace Videos
PO Box 16893
Bristol, Va
24209
Ace is hilarious behind the camera.
Yeah, he's a real comedian. Laugh a minute.......I do enjoy filming with him, for sure. TFW, Alexus!
There is nothing more exciting than tasting old beefsteaks 🤭
Yup
Ohhhhhh. Yeahhhhh! TFW, Rohr!
I actually live in Evansville, IN i know where Ameriqual is where this was made!
I always put the MRE heater inside one of those cardboard boxes and then put one thing on each side of it so you don't have to put it in the bag 👍
First…hi from California
Hi, from Cali! TFW
Oh man. I remember this specific mre. No going to lie, was not my favorite at all. That salt trick really took me back! Was always nice to get a hot meal whenever we could. Keeps the moral up. So glad I found your channel. Keep it up. Semper Fi my brother.
Little did you know that some of the bravest acts you would perform in uniform would be later in your life on UA-cam eating 16 year old MREs 🤣
I'm really not in any official uniform in any of my videos, fyi. TFW, Nate.
I think it's the lighting... but you look older indoors than outdoors. Still holding up well tho', like my '61 and '62 model older brothers. Unfortunately, at 55 I'm already looking like Grandpa Munster...
I can collect SS if I want.....never thought I'd make it to where it would still be available. TFW and Semper Fi
1st battalion 2nd marines "others will follow" camp lejeune august 2001-sept-2005 semper fi oorah...... great videos sir god bless
2nd Marines, 2nd Radio Bn 80-84. Semper Fi and TFW!
They are not genuine tray's, you can order on Amazon lol
Great job on review
Glad you enjoyed it
Gotta love that tasty, unfiltered rainwater too.
Careful Marine. Any food with milk powder spoils easily. And I happy Memorial Day to you Sir.
Natalie, Tks for the concern. I'm alright on this one. TFW!
Green gravy.
Black strawberry's
& Soggytines.
Mmm mmm.
Nothin' like an old MRE in the rain.......TFW!
Dam thats a nice gift, looking forward to more of these.
Indeed! TFW
I have to give you a virtual medal for trying that ration!
Its a shame that it all didn't hold up, it looked like a pretty sustaining meal, although I'm very surprised about the beefsteak being as ok as it was.
I think the weather decided your ration testing was over 😂
By the way for future reference botulism has no smell and is tasteless.
So please be careful, I love your content and don't want it to stop ❤️
Ouch! I could feel your pain, but I'm going to guess it was worth it because you won!
Great vid as usual :)
It truly was a shame that it didn't hold up. TFW, as always, Christine!
Hope you all had a great Memorial weekend! Another awesome video guys! We do get storms outta nowhere down here!!! They can sneak up on ya!!!
Gina, we did have a good one. TFW!
If I wanted to send you a MRE where do I send it?
crackers are like paper , the strongest & most unbreakable part is where the perforations are.
and a picnic just is not a picnic without ants.
They made their little way into the video, for sure. TFW!
SEMPER FI my brother love the stories & content 0311 in the house
2621 in the house back atcha, Spoon. As always, TFW!
That menu was probably delicious 15 years ago lol, still nice e honest review
I believe you are exactly correct on that assertion, Paul. TFW!
I don’t know if it’s just me or not but I really wish we could have seen the coffee before he mixed it up cause that red tasters choice is molded most of the time
Next time, Jamal......TFW!
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Congrats! TFW
Can't wait to watch it. This is a pretty recent one too!
Yeah, I hope you enjoy the video. TFW
Sincere apologies for that sir. We opened one up here and it wasn’t bad in any way. I hope the other meals turn out better.
I'm excited for the rest of them. Tks again, Eric!
I love your videos mate from the uk
You have more guts than I would not have put any of that stuff in my mouth.
Guts or a fool, now that's the question. TFW, Wanda.
This episode has hyped me up..gonna try the wheel barrow hack
If you have the upper body strength, it will smoke your competition. I don't know if I could still do it since I'm carrying around so much more weight than I was back then. TFW, TKO!
It’s metal-tasting due to the aluminum foil lining on the inside of the packaging.
Yes indeed. Been in the packaging too long. TFW!
You can put all kinda things on the outside of the heater stuffed next to it in a cardboard sleeve they come in
No heater sleeve in this MRE, although I could have perhaps used the heavy plastic the individual meal boxes were packed into. TFW, James!
I love your videos and aces vids and a plus is that I'm subscribed to both of you
Nice! Have you watched my other UA-camr son, Micah? High Adventure Videos. Check him out. TFW!
Knock the ants off the canteen. lol
Happy Memorial Day to you thank you for your service!
Thank you kindly, Ryan. TFW!
For the steak I think it was A1
huh, salt in the heater, never would have thought. Thanks for the tip!
Silvara, I've had soooo many subscribers telling me to do that. I finally remembered. It's tough aging. TFW!
I feel like I'm cheating on Steve lol. Great video!!!
There's room for all of us, me thinks. It's the beauty of the whole UA-cam experience and platform. TFW!
Jesus loves you ALL❤️❤️❤️
Your 1 Tomato in the pot was precious btw! My 23 tomatoes think it's cute!😉
We have eaten 5 tomatoes already. I cannot believe how many we've had this early. The deer were eating them last year when they were yet green, so we put most of the plants in pots this year so we could keep them on the deck and away from the deer. TFW, y'all! Say 'Hi' to your 23 'maters from me.
@@MeAncient Will do!
May he live to taste test another day !!! Hope you all enjoy the very best Memorial day ever.
Jack, I am fine. Had a great Memorial Day, thank you for your sentiment. I trust you enjoyed yours as well, sir. TFW, as always!
Sempre Fl Marine!!!
You did you learned buddy salt kicks ass in the heater
Finally.....
Have you learned how to use the ration heater yet to make her hot
See above. TFW!
I’m glad you got your own channel now.
Welcome aboard! We are coming up on a year old in July of 2022. I'm excited to see what the next year brings. TFW!
I could listen to your stories all day long
Jimmy, thank you for that and TFW!
How about those shrooms 😆😂😆😂
Believe it or not, they really were tasty. It just hardly seemed right with the way the other food wasn't right. TFW!
the mushrooms have mushrooms..lol
Hadn't thought of it that way. They could have, though, eh? TFW
Dose he ever clean out that canteen cup lol its always got the last episodes contents in it 😆
What is this, "clean canteen cup?" TFW, Daniel!
@@MeAncient 😄😁😅
Freaking hilarious
Jason, TFW and I appreciate your sense of humor.
16 year old MRE.
"Oh boy, it's gonna be bad isn't it?"
Toffee with nuts.
"The nuts are gonna be rancid, aren't they?"
*spit*
"They are. And that strawberry jam doesn't look right."
*spit*
"Well, at least the beans look just fine."
*spit*
You know what? I think the rain was a sign that you really shouldn't be eating that.
Thanks for the video (and the tip for the wheelbarrow race) cheers.
Yeah, I was definitely disappointed in how much was not edible. TFW!
LOL looks to be all wet .
Yeah, the traditional Southern Downpour......sudden and heavy. TFW, John!
You got a killers stare. Would fight back to back with you anyday
Thank you, Stan. I've never been told that I have a killer's stare. I'm taking that as a compliment, like I do just about everything that I am not sure of......makes life so much more pleasant :-). TFW!
@@MeAncient it was a compliment
@@stankeylips9822 I appreciate the compliment, sir!
@@MeAncient I was kicked out of boot camp for the Marines. Injury. I wish oh I wish I could have served
are mres costly?
about $8 to $15 each, depending upon from where you get them, how many you buy, and how old they are. Amazon and eBay, just like everything else odd ball. Then, if you buy MREs from out of the country or MREs that are multiple meals (like a 24 hour pack) then they run more money. TFW!
Your cameraman makes me chuckle every time. “You’re worrying me!” Lol! He just doesn’t want you to croak from eating some old MRE’s
He's a worry wart, Donovan. TFW!
Personally I prefer a can green eggs and ham
Yes, eggs in the can in C Rations were good, when they were new. I've been told this menu was terrible even when it was new. TFW, Robert.
@@MeAncient Throw in the crackers and cheese spread a little Tabasco and good to go
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You know it, spider!
👍👍
You know it, Chris! TFW
Heyyy!
You, too!
Heyyy!
TFW!