Come join me as we open our first MRE from Russia. Crazy good or crazy bad, let's find out together! Dave's channel link here........ / @boogerbuttboogerbuttm...
The sign on the box is actually a seal of Russian Federal Customs Service. Given that almost every branch of Russian gvt has some kind of paramilitary/law enforcement unit in its roster, we can assume that this ration was produced for them.
@@MeAncient You're welcome. Russian rations usually don't have any descriptions of content in foreign languages so if you'll have problems with identifying a particular item, let me know.
Those small pills are water purifiers. And about heating the meal... When I was in Russian army we were making a hole by this plastic knife in a package in order to prevent it from exploding. Because if you open the package it takes ages to heat it up so that's a solution we came with. Want to mention that the meal was designed with an idea that you're supposed to eat everything with crackers like apple jam, grounded vegetables and of course the main dish. You may warm up vegetables but usually we had been eating them cold when I was in Russian army.
Whenever you type “I was in Russian army” for whatever reason the voice in my head sounds like it’s coming from a man who could fist fight a bear and win lol.
the green device is used to open and cut in to packaging as well as life the containers off the islet stove after its heated.. The tabs are water purification... If you have a smart phone google has a very decent translate ap where you can take a photo of the item or thing needing to be translated it will translate it in to English.. anyways thanks for making such grate content.. and sharing it with us..
Also our "cans" supposed to be heated 90% closed, like just with little part of lid taken off, thus it will be 1 tablet enough to bring it to 80-90 degrees celsies even in winter.
@@TheIdiotPlays kinda. They produce a side gas that is poisonous, but it is dangerous if you are in a very small and unventilated room. Otherwise, you can cook with the lid open without harm.
I ate the lemon tuna and tortillas mre yesterday during hunting season. Terrible taste. It’s also the only one I’ve seen that came with no heater. Spreading cold cheese didn’t work too well
Hello guys from Siberia, from an experienced user of these army rations. I watched the video with a smile, there are some points that we do not do with these products and items. The dry fuel burner should be turned over with its sharp edges down and flatter, sharp edges towards the ground. You do not need to open porridge and soups when heating, or you need to slightly open a small edge, if instead of a burner you burn over a higher heat, then it will be more saturated and not so dry and naturally the heating process will be faster. Vegetable stew (appetizer) is practically not heated in our country, it is usually used to quickly snack on a biscuit with vegetables or add it as a cold salad to a hot one. Tea is not brewed until it is very tart and strong, which will ruin its taste and, for some, increase blood pressure, which is sometimes unnecessary. Also, I did not see in the set hunting matches of a larger size and impregnated with a special compound, because of which they do not go out into the wind even when wet. Bon appetit and rest to everyone PS with pills for disinfection is a separate laugh))) I was afraid that you would brew them with tea
@@albundy3867 hello,you're welcome :) a plastic knife is something like a funny multitool) it can be used as a clothespin for an open bag from which not all the food was taken out (mashed potatoes, for example), you need to twist the edges of the bag and clamp it like a paper clip. in fact, the equipment is not always the same, somewhere there are already just plastic flat knives, as well as a little advice on warming up porridge with meat, you need to cut the pressed porridge directly in the package into pieces into cubes like a cake and add a drop of water
11:47 I'm from Romania and we also have this, we call it Zacusca, which are just vegetables basically, you don't heat this up, you enjoy it cold or at room temperature, you spread it on a cracker or a good slice of bread
That green thing is meant to be a small blade for cutting open some of the food packaging with heavy gloves on, when it's too cold to take the gloves off, or your fine motor function in your fingers is impaired due to cold.
@@zackari yes, and US troops carry mess kits and hygiene supplies of their own. That doesn't stop the DOD from putting toilet paper and plastic cutlery into MREs. It's a relatively cheap redundancy to cover troops who lose or damage items.
Buckwheat would be grechka, kasha can be made with any grain, it's usually buckwheat due to higher caloric density in kasha form than other grains. And culture too, we do love our grechka. :P
You shouldn't open the packs before puting it on fire. It heats up much faster and it's the intended way. Just be careful not to burn your food that way. Also MREs have wind-resistant matches to light the fuel up: ignite one match and lay it on top of the fuel pad and let it burn.
The red meat is most likely canned steamed beef. It always has that bright red color. Other variations of the hash can include barley, hated by all branches of the Russian military. You got lucky with Buckwheat.
I disagree with you about pearl barley porridge, about the fact that they did not like it in the army, it was a long time ago, because if you digest it like jelly, the porridge in these rations is very tasty and it is healthier than buckwheat because it is beneficial for the intestines and blood.
No wonder that I hated the food sometimes, barley was the main food source for Roman soldiers and it was not liked, it also makes you either very loose or very constipated
So happy to see your new video in my notifications. :) The little tablets are water purification. Put into a litre of water let it sit for 30 minutes and it should be safe to drink. The little plastic green thing is to cut away the top of the meal trays. The vegetables are usually eaten cold but many people prefer them hot. The apple butter is considered probably the best in any ration. loved the story! :)
Hi from Russia. Thanks for the great video. In fact, many organizations have their own MRE. Special services have their own, prisoners have their own, different types of military forces have different MREs. But the dishes are often repeated. + many commercial options, very similar to the military MRE. Really a lot of good options for the day. The coffee there is always shit. And heat metal with food in boiling water, but the package must be closed . 10 minutes and your food is hot and not burnt. Ещё раз спасибо за видео.
so from my understanding why the russian meals have a shorter shelf life is due to them being all organic. Having had both the Russian meals and American mres I kind of like the Russian meals more they tend to be a bit more Harty and flavorful. the Russians also tend to give you a bit extra.
I'm guessing the best way to heat it up would be to just pierce the foil cover to let steam out, put it on the stove, and then peel and eat after it's heated through. Would minimize heat loss.
I love everything you and your sons post online. You've raised a great family. I've gathered your wife isn't too into the UA-cam thing, but I'd love to hear some stories about how you guys met, etc. Its clear that Ace and Micah were brought up right, so would like to hear more about mom
I found a listing on ebay for a ration that looks exactly like the one you had. The contents listing is: Army Crackers 2/50 g Buckwheat Porridge with Beef 1/250 g Vegetable Stew 1/100 g Fruit jam 45 g Black Tea 1/2 g Sugar 1/20 g Portable heater with fuel tablets. Water purification tablets 2 pcs. Wet Wipes 2 pcs. Plastic Spoon 3 pcs. (only saw one in the picture, so not sure why 3) Can opener 1 pcs. (Saw nothing in picture for this. Did not see that green arrow head thing either.)
My understanding is you punch a few holes in the top of the meals with the green thing, and heat them up that way, so don't open the whole thing up before it's hot
🧐I think somebody fooled you back home this box doesn't look like Russian MRE yeah it's in Russian but must be another western portion of fake western news on US soil... here is how RMRE looks >> ua-cam.com/video/tYJt7sE8q0I/v-deo.html
@@garguleumbra Only old cans that are not found in our rations since probably 2007, if not more. Even in civilian rations for doctors, firefighters, rescuers, miners, etc. Probably only in rations for tourists you can still find round tin cans, but they can be easily opened with a knife or an ax. :)
Не надо полностью открывать консерву для разогрева - может подгореть. Надо всего лишь немного открыть с угла или вообще не открывать - тогда разогрев будет равномерным, хватит одной таблетки горючего и консерва откроется более легко. И да - те две маленькие таблетки - это для обеззараживания воды.
I think the only reason they open all the way is to show the people watching. But it is very good to know how to cook in case I can find some of these. Another youtube gal accidentally used the apple jam/butter as a hot drink mix cracked me up but myself and my hubby were curious how would that taste.? We took some of my home made apple jam/jelly(I don't clear my juice and so its thicker and not clear like jelly but its not chunky lol. ) We heated up water and put a good spoonful in and it was as tasty as hot mulled cider. Just a tad sweeter. Hubby occasionally adds it to his hot tea with a spot of honey too. Sorry I rambled lol
That Russian hash looks like Haggis to me. Or has the consistency of Haggis which is a very marmite thing. Haggis you either love it or hate it. I’m a big lover with Haggis, but you gotta have gravy with it, otherwise it can get a bit dry. Or what the Scots call it”Haggis, neeps and tatties” Haggis, parsnips and potatoes in English😂
Tbh I do like Scottish food way more than English. Me and my Cousin befriended a Scotty through online chat some years ago and this year we finally where able to meet him in person so we went from Germany to Scotland by car and went camping. Beautiful country and nice people! Haggis somewhat tasted like Leberwurst. It was pretty nice which is a big surprise after the countless stories we heard about it :D Irn Bru is also really good!
you dont suppose to open up the can so it heats up really fast even with one tablet even in freezing cold conditions outside. just keep the lid sealed and you're good to go.
That vegetable thing you had it's called Zakuska from what i could read on the package, it's a mix of vegetables spread that you could heat up and spread it on the crackers. It's not necessary to heat it up but it tastes better. The other tin is beef i believe mixed with buckwheat, pretty neat stuff to get, also it needs good stirring as not to get burnt when cooked on the little stove. It's interesting to see a marine trying these out and question himself what he's dealing with :). Wish i could have a Russian MRE for myself as i tried most of the US modern MREs and they were mostly good stuff and really morale boosting.
This is a one-time ration of the army medical service. :) Standard army in another package, similar to TetraPak, also the package from it can be used to transfer water, and it is for the whole day, for 3 meals. There are more than 10 different compositions of dishes. There are also specialized rations where different packaging is used, maybe a flameless heater, as in American rations, a different set of dishes, mostly additional goodies and drinks. Even army biscuits are available in 3 different varieties, green being the most common, blue from wholemeal flour, and red from rye flour or with its addition, if I'm not mistaken. :)
6:11 water purification tablet, please dont eat it 18:17 it's braised beef "tushonka" it supposed to be red and it's cooked It was interesting to hear your view on this mre being filling, grains (buckwheat, barley, rice) are staple of russian military food - it's easy to mass cook and will fill stomach fast. Being on internet i've learned that US spends money and effort to engineer their food to bring interesting food items into mres like pizza to boost morale, and in general takes into account psychology of a common soldier. And russian mres are like "you had a meal? You don't feel hungry anymore? Then job well done!" xD
I personally like the Russian theory better. Too many different tastes involved in what is a good meal (Like who ever thought of Tuna with fat free mayo?!?)
Buckwweat does not just fill up the stomach, it has plenty of protein and tastes great and is definitely more enjoyable than eating an engineered pizza.
I never understood why Russia or the USSR is portrayed as a snowy cold country, and is always mentioned in the context of "cold Russian winters". Most of the largest cities are in the temperate climatic zone, as are most of Europe or the northern United States.
I loved flying Russian Airlines, we had mussels for lunch!!!!!! The flight attendant gave outheret menus to everybody on a plane. The selection was amazing, I felt I was in the restaurant. When I shared my story with my Ukrainian friend on our trip to Las Vegas in 2015, he freaked out, got angry, and left me and my daughter in hotel strangled. I understood how much Ukrainians hated that Russians did very well and succeeded. Since than, I keep travelling between Russia and USA, and ready to move there.
This was a great video! I suggest using a translating app when you do MREs with different language. You can take a picture and it will translate the text for you. It won’t be perfect but it will be close enough to understand
Dont put "zacusca" (Закуска) on fire (the red tomato paste in can). That is supposed to be eaten cold on bread. It's made of cooked vegetables and conserved already. Specific to east Europe granny cuisine, good when u are lazy to warm anything to eat.
I think you had the metal stove thing upside down, im assuming the spikes are for digging into the ground and then the flat side is for placing the meals on, might explain why it took two of them tabs to cook the hash also since the flame was much farther away with the spike side up.
This made me hungry. Unfortunately my Russian, German, and another mre I have are frozen in my freezer. So I broke a can of beans and ripped open a package of bacon. There's breakfast lol.
👉👉👉Russia is well known for their very very dark and mild black tea - they love it. Ohh and the main meal is buckwheat and minced meat it is extremely nutritious and very healthy. 👍👍👍
9:06 - In general, usually a set of such rations includes storm matches, matches or whatever they are called - wind and water resistant. They kindle such pills perfectly.
Дорогой пользователь ютуб. Тебя обманули. Такие пайки были в 2005 году. Таких контейнеров нет уже больше 15 лет. Сегодня контейнеры имеют 4,5кг и там новые вложения. Надеюсь, твой переводчик поймёт мои слова. А вообще, у нас развита полевая кухня и консервы. Поэтому, дорогой друг, мы можем устроить кухню там, где ее не может быть.
24:58 fun fact there’s a reason US MREs are smaller than RF MREs US MREs are packed with all kinds of shit like vitamins etc you are basically eating a protein shake mixed with preservatives being smaller doesn’t necessarily mean less the main reason they are smaller is because the US learned from D-day having a full belly and taking a injury to the intestines is a medical nightmare for any surgeon not only because of sepsis but because of the time it will take to clean any food that removed itself from the digestive tract making the chance of survival for others far lower in a mass casualty scenario given medical practitioners are occupied because of a mre was to big so basically the US came up with the idea of how can we make it just as nutritional if not more at a smaller size anyways our MREs pack a punch for their size and increase your chance of survival
Not only that. You can fight and move much better without a full stomach. You can transport much more calories per truck load too. So it's better for medical, logistic and overall fighting capabilites.
According to the box this is the intermediary food ration, guess something you can have between meals provided by a filed kitchen/before the field kitchen got up and running. On the dates: the expiration date was 29/10/21, 29th of October of 2021. Hope you'll get a proper 24 hours IRP ration with a star, those are are honestly kinda nice, but be aware that some of those menus contain a pack of ambient-temperature pork fat, an acquired taste for sure. Oh, and 3 fuel tabs are just because they use the same pack for the 24 hours full MRE, and it's easier to use the same thing. And veggie thing is eaten cold, but I guess you can warm it up if you want to.
Как бы сказал Задонов "Ну тупые!". Еда перед подогреванием не открывается, сольи переу по вкусу а не полными пакетиками, прдставка ставится ровно и на 1 таблетке сухого спирта греется 2 блюда и вода на чай
There are translation apps available like google translate. You can point your phone camera to a foreign language and it translates it to English. It may not be perfect, but you get the idea what's printed on the package.
Dave is a great friend of mine. Happy to see him send something your way. Always good to see my friends being super generous and giving to everyone!! Love you Dave and big huggs to L.J 💜💜
@@MeAncient I would love to send you something from a different country. European mre's are amazing and so thought out. I'll ask Dave for you email. Ok? Fellow vet here
dudes, Google translator has a translation from a picture. install the translation from Russian to English and point at the inscriptions, then you will not have to guess what is written there. Соль - salt, перец - pepper, etc.
those heat tablets are hexamine fuel tablets (Esbit solid fuel) its the EU / Russian Version of an Flameless Ration heater even though they are not so flameless as an FRH ;) and the small little tabletts are water purification tablets!
I am enjoying your content and watching all of your videos. Thanks man, I like your aside stories from when you served too while the food gets hot. Thanks for your service old man.
Couldn't agree more! I had one comment that said it was not an MRE, as in military, but actually simply a Russian government meal issued in a particular department. Hence the lunch pail look. TFW
@@MeAncient, I know. I think the 24 hour rations are called IMPs. It’s all the same really. As long as we enjoy them and share our knowledge, it’s all good. Lastly, the guys that sent you the ration are the best! Dave is a great guy. Can’t wait for the next video!!
Buckwheat is the bomb if you want to get well fed. That looks a bit dry though. A good way to eat it is just to make a simple flour sauce with minced meat with some black pepper and dill. Another good way is to make a cold sour cream, dill and pickled cucumber sauce (add cottage cheese for extra protein) and use it to cover salted and boiled buckwheat with a side of battered fish. Blows the socks off of potatoes IMO and better for you.
I'll be careful. Tks for the concern. In this case, if did come from a subscriber who has his own channel so I could check him out and it was sealed when I received it. Link to Dave's channel in description. TFW
Heh... You've put heater on its top, actually :) . And a package with main meal should not be opened until warmed up. This way it will heat it up evenly and faster. And yes, those little pills in the beginning was for disinfection of drinking water.
I love this channel. The way they show everything is fascinating. I can almost taste the taste of everything. Keep it up, I'm your fan and I wish you all the best!
Well, you've been doing something wrong, so you're having these problems. Now I will give some comments: 1. The tablets are designed to disinfect water, they are enough to get a liter of drinkable water. The tablets contain chlorine, so they will disinfect this amount of water for a period of 30 minutes to an hour, after which the resulting water must be filtered through a carbon filter - or let it boil for 1 minute. 2. Crackers are specially made unsweetened and unsalted so that you can eat them both with dessert and with main dishes and snacks. This is a universal bread. 3. You have used the heating device incorrectly. In fact, you used it upside down. The sharp ends of the legs are designed so that you can stick them into the ground and fix the heating device They are also longer - that is, part of the heat from the combustion of the fuel tablet is lost this way. 4. The main dish is buckwheat with meat. You should not have opened the jar, as it is calculated that it will open itself when heated, when the adhesive layer softens from heating, and inside the jar the evaporated liquid forms enough steam. That is why you could not reheat this dish as it is provided. 5. It's quite original that you decided to reheat the vegetables - since this dish is ready for use cold. 6. Tea and sugar. Think about decontamination pills. They are enough for a liter of water. This is just the amount for which one tea bag and 20 grams of sugar will be enough. 7. This ration is called a "One-time (intermediate) diet". Its purpose is a one-time meal if the fighter has left the location of the unit for just a few hours. 8. In order not to lose heat, you could use both a wind shield and a heat shield... the same box in which the ration was packed.
True. Especially when you’ve been on a 12 hour patrol carry loads of kit, ammo and gun, your starving. Self heating chicken curry and rice was the best in the British MRE pack.
Buckwheat porridge, it no popular in USA or western part of EU, but in Russia and several other Slavic countries, this cereal is one of the staple foods. My son eats this porridge with milk every day, and if it is not available, he demands.
I've been hospitalised a couple times since June with major intestinal issues. I needed some new content to binge. I've watched some other channels doing the same MRE or C-Ration reveals. I've come to thoroughly enjoy your channel and it's helped distract me very well. Thanks and keep up the great content.
За время срочной службы я успел возненавидеть эти ИРП) Всегда менял свою картошку с мясом на гречневую или рисовую кашу) Они просто вкуснее были как по мне)
@@mr_ozio может и поддельный, но начинка прям 1в1) по вариантам только различались, всегда была каша(гречневая или рисовая) и всегда было мясо (тефтели или мясо с горохом). А остальное не сильно различалось)
While not looking very appetizing to the typical westerner, the Russian rations are not bad at all. They are rations more for "adult" taste buds unlike what you will find in modern US mre's and there is no question which I prefer. It's not fancy or much variety, but what you get is decent "real food" that doesn't taste like bad canned pasta and sugar. The vegetable caviar, the apple preserve spread and pate's being particularly outstanding. I would eat these at home. The cheese spread is ok, very mild but nothing noteworthy and while the heavy buckwheat porridges are not exactly my cup of tea, put enough salt on them and they are perfectly fine and would be decent for cold weather meals as well.
Russian 24hr rations were the best food I've had in years and so well put together/much more sustaining than their American counterpart. The First Strike rations just make me feel sluggish and nauseated.
I wish more people would know about this. It's not perfect but will do. Just like you can highlight text in any language and get it translated on the spot, its the google translate extension.
Very cool, Bert. I have a cousin who is first generation American from Russian as an adoptee. His name is Ivan and he loves baseball and has taken to USA real well. TFW
The sign on the box is actually a seal of Russian Federal Customs Service. Given that almost every branch of Russian gvt has some kind of paramilitary/law enforcement unit in its roster, we can assume that this ration was produced for them.
Very cool! Thank you for helping on that, Gratius. TFW
@@MeAncient You're welcome. Russian rations usually don't have any descriptions of content in foreign languages so if you'll have problems with identifying a particular item, let me know.
I smoke weed on my UA-cam channel as my job😅
@@SevenHunnid why did you have to say that here? No one needed to know that
@@UnionCountyPhotography i agree
я так боялся, что он съест таблетки для обеззараживания воды
я тоже))
I'm glad I learned Russian when I was a kid but UA-cam translator helps too I can't believe he took a bite of the water pill LoL
I knew they were to purify the water. But I guess not all of them bring those.
Блин, ч тоже 😂🤣😂
Таблетки не сьел а чифир заварил
Когда дед стал обнюхивать таблетки Аквабриза, я чуть не обосрался. #дедживи
нюхать не занюхнуть)
Those small pills are water purifiers. And about heating the meal... When I was in Russian army we were making a hole by this plastic knife in a package in order to prevent it from exploding. Because if you open the package it takes ages to heat it up so that's a solution we came with. Want to mention that the meal was designed with an idea that you're supposed to eat everything with crackers like apple jam, grounded vegetables and of course the main dish. You may warm up vegetables but usually we had been eating them cold when I was in Russian army.
Whenever you type “I was in Russian army” for whatever reason the voice in my head sounds like it’s coming from a man who could fist fight a bear and win lol.
the green device is used to open and cut in to packaging as well as life the containers off the islet stove after its heated.. The tabs are water purification... If you have a smart phone google has a very decent translate ap where you can take a photo of the item or thing needing to be translated it will translate it in to English..
anyways thanks for making such grate content.. and sharing it with us..
Also our "cans" supposed to be heated 90% closed, like just with little part of lid taken off, thus it will be 1 tablet enough to bring it to 80-90 degrees celsies even in winter.
@@НикитаПыко thank you, I was yelling at the tv, why you open it cold, just vent a tiny bit so it actually heats evenly inside faster, oh well lol
@@НикитаПыко
one tablet is enough to burn an БТР :)
@@НикитаПыко And the heat tablets are toxic if im not mistaken, and that's one reason to not open the cans completely.
*Also cries in Finnish mres*
@@TheIdiotPlays kinda. They produce a side gas that is poisonous, but it is dangerous if you are in a very small and unventilated room. Otherwise, you can cook with the lid open without harm.
Also, I must say. Buckwheat Kasha and Vegatable Caviar are way better than Lemon tuna and tortillas. 😉🤙
I ate the lemon tuna and tortillas mre yesterday during hunting season. Terrible taste. It’s also the only one I’ve seen that came with no heater. Spreading cold cheese didn’t work too well
Hello guys from Siberia, from an experienced user of these army rations. I watched the video with a smile, there are some points that we do not do with these products and items. The dry fuel burner should be turned over with its sharp edges down and flatter, sharp edges towards the ground. You do not need to open porridge and soups when heating, or you need to slightly open a small edge, if instead of a burner you burn over a higher heat, then it will be more saturated and not so dry and naturally the heating process will be faster. Vegetable stew (appetizer) is practically not heated in our country, it is usually used to quickly snack on a biscuit with vegetables or add it as a cold salad to a hot one. Tea is not brewed until it is very tart and strong, which will ruin its taste and, for some, increase blood pressure, which is sometimes unnecessary. Also, I did not see in the set hunting matches of a larger size and impregnated with a special compound, because of which they do not go out into the wind even when wet. Bon appetit and rest to everyone
PS with pills for disinfection is a separate laugh))) I was afraid that you would brew them with tea
it could have been potassium cyanide pill. i laughed a lot at that part
you ok man?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, but is the little plastic item for opening stubborn packages? It almost looks hinged at one end.
@@bananaboyTS ok, slowly) we have a little mess here, and so everything is in order))
@@albundy3867 hello,you're welcome :) a plastic knife is something like a funny multitool) it can be used as a clothespin for an open bag from which not all the food was taken out (mashed potatoes, for example), you need to twist the edges of the bag and clamp it like a paper clip. in fact, the equipment is not always the same, somewhere there are already just plastic flat knives, as well as a little advice on warming up porridge with meat, you need to cut the pressed porridge directly in the package into pieces into cubes like a cake and add a drop of water
11:47 I'm from Romania and we also have this, we call it Zacusca, which are just vegetables basically, you don't heat this up, you enjoy it cold or at room temperature, you spread it on a cracker or a good slice of bread
Zakuska in russian means snacks
"Lets get this out onto a tray, ...NICE" -Steve
Nice hiss
Indeed
You wrong for that haha
@@MichaelJrCortes how so? Steve is the man!!
@@zardsale I know I love his videos. I was just poking fun. Wasn't expecting that comment on this man's channel
That green thing is meant to be a small blade for cutting open some of the food packaging with heavy gloves on, when it's too cold to take the gloves off, or your fine motor function in your fingers is impaired due to cold.
Makes sense. That seems to have been confirmed by other comments. Thank you for the tip!
They carry knives
@@zackari yes, and US troops carry mess kits and hygiene supplies of their own. That doesn't stop the DOD from putting toilet paper and plastic cutlery into MREs. It's a relatively cheap redundancy to cover troops who lose or damage items.
@@zackari It’s possible to lose or drop your knife you know.
@@zackari the more knives the better. Its not like they are too expensive and this plastic cutter is so light, its way too efficient to not include.
you should try the 24 hours ration Russian MRE, there are a lot of different dishes that I don't think you've tried yet.
Russian MREs rely heavily on “kasha” (buckwheat)
It is somewhat similar to rice. While it does not look very appetizing, it does taste pretty good! ☺️
Buckwheat would be grechka, kasha can be made with any grain, it's usually buckwheat due to higher caloric density in kasha form than other grains. And culture too, we do love our grechka. :P
@@Infirito_Ekra so could we say kasha is more like porridge?
@@curseditem8354 yes
Kasha is porridge. It’s buckwheat and meat. That’s what they eat for breakfast
Kasha(Каша) is porrige, yeah. But that's not only buckwheat, it's all of the groats.
And yo, we're not eating meat at breakfast
You shouldn't open the packs before puting it on fire. It heats up much faster and it's the intended way. Just be careful not to burn your food that way. Also MREs have wind-resistant matches to light the fuel up: ignite one match and lay it on top of the fuel pad and let it burn.
The red meat is most likely canned steamed beef. It always has that bright red color. Other variations of the hash can include barley, hated by all branches of the Russian military. You got lucky with Buckwheat.
It sure was good. TFW
I disagree with you about pearl barley porridge, about the fact that they did not like it in the army, it was a long time ago, because if you digest it like jelly, the porridge in these rations is very tasty and it is healthier than buckwheat because it is beneficial for the intestines and blood.
I have always disliked barley too. Buckwheat is good.
No wonder that I hated the food sometimes, barley was the main food source for Roman soldiers and it was not liked, it also makes you either very loose or very constipated
Уже лет 10 перловую крупу не испльзуют.
Я поржал когда он икру овощную разогревать поставил. Однако и Икра и греча с тушняком, а также яблочное повидло оказались для него very cool!!!
А я взбешён был от этого
So happy to see your new video in my notifications. :)
The little tablets are water purification.
Put into a litre of water let it sit for 30 minutes and it should be safe to drink.
The little plastic green thing is to cut away the top of the meal trays.
The vegetables are usually eaten cold but many people prefer them hot.
The apple butter is considered probably the best in any ration.
loved the story! :)
Good to know! TFW
"The little plastic green thing is to cut away the top of the meal trays."
Hi from Russia. Thanks for the great video. In fact, many organizations have their own MRE. Special services have their own, prisoners have their own, different types of military forces have different MREs. But the dishes are often repeated. + many commercial options, very similar to the military MRE.
Really a lot of good options for the day.
The coffee there is always shit. And heat metal with food in boiling water, but the package must be closed . 10 minutes and your food is hot and not burnt. Ещё раз спасибо за видео.
What kind of MRE had those guys in the first day of invasion into Ukraine?
@@Kalantinus94 The same
@@Kalantinus94 Maybe same, maybe slightly changed depending on activities they needed to do.
so from my understanding why the russian meals have a shorter shelf life is due to them being all organic. Having had both the Russian meals and American mres I kind of like the Russian meals more they tend to be a bit more Harty and flavorful. the Russians also tend to give you a bit extra.
Makes sense, Ian. TFW
I'm guessing the best way to heat it up would be to just pierce the foil cover to let steam out, put it on the stove, and then peel and eat after it's heated through. Would minimize heat loss.
3:24 - can opener. Never used this thing.
9:30 - do not fire this in a closed room - smells awful!
18:30 - no-o-o-o-o-o-o-o! It's a cold snack!
I love everything you and your sons post online. You've raised a great family. I've gathered your wife isn't too into the UA-cam thing, but I'd love to hear some stories about how you guys met, etc. Its clear that Ace and Micah were brought up right, so would like to hear more about mom
Great suggestion! I'll include some of that information on future videos. TFW
I found a listing on ebay for a ration that looks exactly like the one you had. The contents listing is:
Army Crackers 2/50 g
Buckwheat Porridge with Beef 1/250 g
Vegetable Stew 1/100 g
Fruit jam 45 g
Black Tea 1/2 g
Sugar 1/20 g
Portable heater with fuel tablets.
Water purification tablets 2 pcs.
Wet Wipes 2 pcs.
Plastic Spoon 3 pcs. (only saw one in the picture, so not sure why 3)
Can opener 1 pcs. (Saw nothing in picture for this. Did not see that green arrow head thing either.)
I can comfirm to you - that green arrow is can opener
My understanding is you punch a few holes in the top of the meals with the green thing, and heat them up that way, so don't open the whole thing up before it's hot
@@w.murphy5151 most cans in russian MRE's just won't open without that "green thing". )
🧐I think somebody fooled you back home this box doesn't look like Russian MRE yeah it's in Russian but must be another western portion of fake western news on US soil... here is how RMRE looks >> ua-cam.com/video/tYJt7sE8q0I/v-deo.html
@@garguleumbra Only old cans that are not found in our rations since probably 2007, if not more. Even in civilian rations for doctors, firefighters, rescuers, miners, etc. Probably only in rations for tourists you can still find round tin cans, but they can be easily opened with a knife or an ax. :)
Я удивлён как он этот чифир пил без сахара
Commie
я сам в шоке смотрел как он это пьет, ему еще и понравилось.... и как гречу засолил она и так соленая всегда.... капец кароч
@@GOLUBEU Я удивлен, почему он не использовал переводчик в телефоне) Ну и по приправам перебор конечно столько сыпать, типа - если есть, значит сыпем.
Полковник ФСБ Кружов как ни как
Ну, я так чай и пью. И, думаю, таких как я много.
Не надо полностью открывать консерву для разогрева - может подгореть. Надо всего лишь немного открыть с угла или вообще не открывать - тогда разогрев будет равномерным, хватит одной таблетки горючего и консерва откроется более легко. И да - те две маленькие таблетки - это для обеззараживания воды.
ещё и подставку под разогрев вверх ногами поставил.
@@Hellraizeroff ахахаха ска, я еще на этом моменте завис думаю а правильно ли он делает хотя не шарю в этом. Но там реально без знаков можно напутать
@@Mizantrop._ Острыми ножками в землю втыкать. а не в миску из фольги)))
I think the only reason they open all the way is to show the people watching. But it is very good to know how to cook in case I can find some of these.
Another youtube gal accidentally used the apple jam/butter as a hot drink mix cracked me up but myself and my hubby were curious how would that taste.?
We took some of my home made apple jam/jelly(I don't clear my juice and so its thicker and not clear like jelly but its not chunky lol. )
We heated up water and put a good spoonful in and it was as tasty as hot mulled cider. Just a tad sweeter.
Hubby occasionally adds it to his hot tea with a spot of honey too.
Sorry I rambled lol
@@Emeraldwitch30 When I was a wee boy in Russia my grandma used to do the exact same thing when I had the flu. Just dissolving jam in hot water or tea
That Russian hash looks like Haggis to me. Or has the consistency of Haggis which is a very marmite thing. Haggis you either love it or hate it. I’m a big lover with Haggis, but you gotta have gravy with it, otherwise it can get a bit dry. Or what the Scots call it”Haggis, neeps and tatties” Haggis, parsnips and potatoes in English😂
Tbh I do like Scottish food way more than English. Me and my Cousin befriended a Scotty through online chat some years ago and this year we finally where able to meet him in person so we went from Germany to Scotland by car and went camping.
Beautiful country and nice people! Haggis somewhat tasted like Leberwurst. It was pretty nice which is a big surprise after the countless stories we heard about it :D
Irn Bru is also really good!
you dont suppose to open up the can so it heats up really fast even with one tablet even in freezing cold conditions outside. just keep the lid sealed and you're good to go.
That vegetable thing you had it's called Zakuska from what i could read on the package, it's a mix of vegetables spread that you could heat up and spread it on the crackers. It's not necessary to heat it up but it tastes better. The other tin is beef i believe mixed with buckwheat, pretty neat stuff to get, also it needs good stirring as not to get burnt when cooked on the little stove. It's interesting to see a marine trying these out and question himself what he's dealing with :). Wish i could have a Russian MRE for myself as i tried most of the US modern MREs and they were mostly good stuff and really morale boosting.
This is a one-time ration of the army medical service. :) Standard army in another package, similar to TetraPak, also the package from it can be used to transfer water, and it is for the whole day, for 3 meals. There are more than 10 different compositions of dishes. There are also specialized rations where different packaging is used, maybe a flameless heater, as in American rations, a different set of dishes, mostly additional goodies and drinks. Even army biscuits are available in 3 different varieties, green being the most common, blue from wholemeal flour, and red from rye flour or with its addition, if I'm not mistaken. :)
The vegetable side is vegetable caviar. Meant to be used as a dip with crackers or added in with mains. Very tasty.
Makes sense. Some have said to eat it cold.
You can eat it both ways
6:11 water purification tablet, please dont eat it
18:17 it's braised beef "tushonka" it supposed to be red and it's cooked
It was interesting to hear your view on this mre being filling, grains (buckwheat, barley, rice) are staple of russian military food - it's easy to mass cook and will fill stomach fast. Being on internet i've learned that US spends money and effort to engineer their food to bring interesting food items into mres like pizza to boost morale, and in general takes into account psychology of a common soldier. And russian mres are like "you had a meal? You don't feel hungry anymore? Then job well done!" xD
I personally like the Russian theory better. Too many different tastes involved in what is a good meal (Like who ever thought of Tuna with fat free mayo?!?)
Buckwweat does not just fill up the stomach, it has plenty of protein and tastes great and is definitely more enjoyable than eating an engineered pizza.
That looked so much better than the tuna, glad you got a good meal. Looking forward to the next review.
I never understood why Russia or the USSR is portrayed as a snowy cold country, and is always mentioned in the context of "cold Russian winters". Most of the largest cities are in the temperate climatic zone, as are most of Europe or the northern United States.
It's the movies, man. Starting with Dr. Zhivago. At least that's what I think. TFW
The stories that you tell are so amazing to listen to!
I love that marine boot-camp story, thanks for sharing!
I loved flying Russian Airlines, we had mussels for lunch!!!!!! The flight attendant gave outheret menus to everybody on a plane. The selection was amazing, I felt I was in the restaurant. When I shared my story with my Ukrainian friend on our trip to Las Vegas in 2015, he freaked out, got angry, and left me and my daughter in hotel strangled. I understood how much Ukrainians hated that Russians did very well and succeeded. Since than, I keep travelling between Russia and USA, and ready to move there.
Whoever designs the MREs did a fantastic job lol.
Не думал, что вы таким занимаетесь, но ещё больше не думал, что это попадёт мне в рекомендации. К слову, мы тоже такой фигнёй занимаемся =)
согласен
That green thing is for opening packages. Its basically a reusable plastic knife
The porridge in the package is heated WITHOUT opening. When it heats up, the packaging itself opens slightly in the corner with a light pop.
based on other Russian ration videos i've seen, the little arrowhead thing is used to open the packaging in the ration.
Фух, чуть со смеха не умер))) Дайте мне таблетку выжить))) Напортачить со ВСЕМ, что в пайке есть - это даже Задорнову не снилось)))
This was a great video! I suggest using a translating app when you do MREs with different language. You can take a picture and it will translate the text for you. It won’t be perfect but it will be close enough to understand
I'll have to find that ap. TFW
These are just gold love it. Thank you for your service as well!
You are a very good person 🙂. Have a good life 🙂 from russia
Dont put "zacusca" (Закуска) on fire (the red tomato paste in can). That is supposed to be eaten cold on bread. It's made of cooked vegetables and conserved already. Specific to east Europe granny cuisine, good when u are lazy to warm anything to eat.
I think you had the metal stove thing upside down, im assuming the spikes are for digging into the ground and then the flat side is for placing the meals on, might explain why it took two of them tabs to cook the hash also since the flame was much farther away with the spike side up.
Maybe or it might have been better to cook the hash with the lid closed or opened far less.
No actually the heater was perfect half the spikes stay up and half go down
Показывает соль- salt!
Показывает соль- pepper!
Показывает перец- хз, что это вообще 😂
This MRE made me feel super hungry haha. Nice work!
It was good to eat, for sure. Thank you 😋
This made me hungry. Unfortunately my Russian, German, and another mre I have are frozen in my freezer. So I broke a can of beans and ripped open a package of bacon. There's breakfast lol.
grab one out to unthaw and enjoy later! TFW
👉👉👉Russia is well known for their very very dark and mild black tea - they love it. Ohh and the main meal is buckwheat and minced meat it is extremely nutritious and very healthy. 👍👍👍
Сдается мне, дед знатно просрался после нашего MRE😂
9:06 - In general, usually a set of such rations includes storm matches, matches or whatever they are called - wind and water resistant. They kindle such pills perfectly.
Дорогой пользователь ютуб. Тебя обманули. Такие пайки были в 2005 году. Таких контейнеров нет уже больше 15 лет. Сегодня контейнеры имеют 4,5кг и там новые вложения.
Надеюсь, твой переводчик поймёт мои слова. А вообще, у нас развита полевая кухня и консервы. Поэтому, дорогой друг, мы можем устроить кухню там, где ее не может быть.
24:58 fun fact
there’s a reason US MREs are smaller than RF MREs
US MREs are packed with all kinds of shit like vitamins etc you are basically eating a protein shake mixed with preservatives
being smaller doesn’t necessarily mean less
the main reason they are smaller is because the US learned from D-day
having a full belly and taking a injury to the intestines is a medical nightmare for any surgeon not only because of sepsis but because of the time it will take to clean any food that removed itself from the digestive tract making the chance of survival for others far lower in a mass casualty scenario given medical practitioners are occupied because of a mre was to big
so basically the US came up with the idea of how can we make it just as nutritional if not more at a smaller size
anyways our MREs pack a punch for their size and increase your chance of survival
Not only that. You can fight and move much better without a full stomach. You can transport much more calories per truck load too. So it's better for medical, logistic and overall fighting capabilites.
that "too red" meat, was actually cooked :D
It is supposed to be that colour. Check what Tushonka is :)
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American MREs use water based heat, always works not exposed to the elements.
That stuff looks like its left over from WWII. Not it for humans.
Very cool to see the equivalent type of MRE from Russia. Looked really hearty. God bless.
Yes it was
Great video fellas I love aces interaction during the whole thing
Thank you for that.
Please only vent the cooking packages to reserve the thermal energy, that puck is being wasted. Great video, looking forward to watching more!
yeah he left it wide open then says he's gonna close it and still leaves it open lol
Норм дед чифир замутил, видать не одна ходка за плечами у старого
According to the box this is the intermediary food ration, guess something you can have between meals provided by a filed kitchen/before the field kitchen got up and running. On the dates: the expiration date was 29/10/21, 29th of October of 2021. Hope you'll get a proper 24 hours IRP ration with a star, those are are honestly kinda nice, but be aware that some of those menus contain a pack of ambient-temperature pork fat, an acquired taste for sure.
Oh, and 3 fuel tabs are just because they use the same pack for the 24 hours full MRE, and it's easier to use the same thing. And veggie thing is eaten cold, but I guess you can warm it up if you want to.
Закуска (zhakuska) mean to be eaten cold with the crackers. :)
Great looking meal! Dave is a great guy! He also sent me one of these and I can't wait to try it. Great review
Thanks, Mike.
Как бы сказал Задонов "Ну тупые!". Еда перед подогреванием не открывается, сольи переу по вкусу а не полными пакетиками, прдставка ставится ровно и на 1 таблетке сухого спирта греется 2 блюда и вода на чай
There are translation apps available like google translate. You can point your phone camera to a foreign language and it translates it to English. It may not be perfect, but you get the idea what's printed on the package.
That's a cool idea! TFW
The bitterness of tea comes from using too hot of water.
Dave is a great friend of mine. Happy to see him send something your way. Always good to see my friends being super generous and giving to everyone!! Love you Dave and big huggs to L.J 💜💜
It was pretty cool to be contacted by Dave and L.J.
@@MeAncient I would love to send you something from a different country. European mre's are amazing and so thought out. I'll ask Dave for you email. Ok? Fellow vet here
@@sunshinesideoflife7710 Wow, Sunshine! That would be cool. My email is meancient@gmail.com
dudes, Google translator has a translation from a picture. install the translation from Russian to English and point at the inscriptions, then you will not have to guess what is written there. Соль - salt, перец - pepper, etc.
those heat tablets are hexamine fuel tablets (Esbit solid fuel) its the EU / Russian Version of an Flameless Ration heater even though they are not so flameless as an FRH ;) and the small little tabletts are water purification tablets!
I am enjoying your content and watching all of your videos. Thanks man, I like your aside stories from when you served too while the food gets hot. Thanks for your service old man.
Great video. One of the best rations out there. There is nothing like the smell of freshly opened Russian ration.
Couldn't agree more! I had one comment that said it was not an MRE, as in military, but actually simply a Russian government meal issued in a particular department. Hence the lunch pail look. TFW
@@MeAncient, I know. I think the 24 hour rations are called IMPs. It’s all the same really. As long as we enjoy them and share our knowledge, it’s all good. Lastly, the guys that sent you the ration are the best! Dave is a great guy. Can’t wait for the next video!!
Buckwheat is the bomb if you want to get well fed. That looks a bit dry though. A good way to eat it is just to make a simple flour sauce with minced meat with some black pepper and dill. Another good way is to make a cold sour cream, dill and pickled cucumber sauce (add cottage cheese for extra protein) and use it to cover salted and boiled buckwheat with a side of battered fish. Blows the socks off of potatoes IMO and better for you.
I hope you're being careful with eating things people send to you, It can be dangerous btw love ur vids
I'll be careful. Tks for the concern. In this case, if did come from a subscriber who has his own channel so I could check him out and it was sealed when I received it. Link to Dave's channel in description. TFW
I agree. But i keep all my rations stored below 70 degrees and take VERy good care of the. This hobbie is too much fun not to take serious. ;)
Junk on bunk inspection at Geiger. Love your stories just as well. Semper Fi brother and Happy birthday to our Beloved Corps on 10 November.
Love hearing stories from our Vet’s!!! Thank you sir for your service for our beautiful 🇺🇸
Heh... You've put heater on its top, actually :) . And a package with main meal should not be opened until warmed up. This way it will heat it up evenly and faster. And yes, those little pills in the beginning was for disinfection of drinking water.
I love this channel. The way they show everything is fascinating. I can almost taste the taste of everything. Keep it up, I'm your fan and I wish you all the best!
That is very kind, Enrique. TFW
Well, you've been doing something wrong, so you're having these problems. Now I will give some comments:
1. The tablets are designed to disinfect water, they are enough to get a liter of drinkable water. The tablets contain chlorine, so they will disinfect this amount of water for a period of 30 minutes to an hour, after which the resulting water must be filtered through a carbon filter - or let it boil for 1 minute.
2. Crackers are specially made unsweetened and unsalted so that you can eat them both with dessert and with main dishes and snacks. This is a universal bread.
3. You have used the heating device incorrectly. In fact, you used it upside down. The sharp ends of the legs are designed so that you can stick them into the ground and fix the heating device They are also longer - that is, part of the heat from the combustion of the fuel tablet is lost this way.
4. The main dish is buckwheat with meat. You should not have opened the jar, as it is calculated that it will open itself when heated, when the adhesive layer softens from heating, and inside the jar the evaporated liquid forms enough steam. That is why you could not reheat this dish as it is provided.
5. It's quite original that you decided to reheat the vegetables - since this dish is ready for use cold.
6. Tea and sugar. Think about decontamination pills. They are enough for a liter of water. This is just the amount for which one tea bag and 20 grams of sugar will be enough.
7. This ration is called a "One-time (intermediate) diet". Its purpose is a one-time meal if the fighter has left the location of the unit for just a few hours.
8. In order not to lose heat, you could use both a wind shield and a heat shield... the same box in which the ration was packed.
на самом деле, такая еда, когда есть аппетит, сметается за менее чем 2-3 минуты)
росия страна террорист
Russian chocolates pretty good I haven't had that in about 20 years
@@turokmamaev6770 росия да, а Россия - нет!
True. Especially when you’ve been on a 12 hour patrol carry loads of kit, ammo and gun, your starving. Self heating chicken curry and rice was the best in the British MRE pack.
На свежем воздухе .
"Now ill read what all this means..no i wont." 😂😭😂😭
You are hilarious! I can't tell you how much I love watching your videos! Always picks me up. Thank you 🙏
Thank you, I think....... :-). TFW
@@MeAncient Of course! You have a wonderful sense of humor. Looking forward to the next one! 👍
Last piece was water purification tablets, the white circular pieces were fuel tabs. Thanks for the story, bless you🙂
Tks, I enjoy passing on the stories to y'all.
So the knife thing was interesting! Can't wait for an explanation of that! And no gum!!!!? Lol God bless!!!
Full-day MRE actually has bubble gum mentos
Buckwheat porridge, it no popular in USA or western part of EU, but in Russia and several other Slavic countries, this cereal is one of the staple foods. My son eats this porridge with milk every day, and if it is not available, he demands.
I like watching the mre videos!
I enjoy making them. TFW
Я очень переживала, чтобы он не попробовал таблетки для обеззараживания воды🥺🙈
I've been hospitalised a couple times since June with major intestinal issues. I needed some new content to binge. I've watched some other channels doing the same MRE or C-Ration reveals. I've come to thoroughly enjoy your channel and it's helped distract me very well. Thanks and keep up the great content.
Выздоравливайте :(
Hope you’re healing well
За время срочной службы я успел возненавидеть эти ИРП) Всегда менял свою картошку с мясом на гречневую или рисовую кашу) Они просто вкуснее были как по мне)
Серьёзно? Это не поддельный ИРП? Он реально с гербом ФТС и с неправильным флагом?
@@mr_ozio может и поддельный, но начинка прям 1в1) по вариантам только различались, всегда была каша(гречневая или рисовая) и всегда было мясо (тефтели или мясо с горохом). А остальное не сильно различалось)
Looks like a nice package! Would love to try it here in Sweden :)
You should! TFW, David!
Watching from the UK, subscribed. You are a natural!!
Awesome. I am so glad you liked the ration. Thanks for the shout out. 🙌
i really think it would be cool if you could rate all the meals you get on a 10 point scale so we know which ones are the best
I might have to consider that. Thanks for the thought, Charlie. TFW
While not looking very appetizing to the typical westerner, the Russian rations are not bad at all. They are rations more for "adult" taste buds unlike what you will find in modern US mre's and there is no question which I prefer. It's not fancy or much variety, but what you get is decent "real food" that doesn't taste like bad canned pasta and sugar. The vegetable caviar, the apple preserve spread and pate's being particularly outstanding. I would eat these at home. The cheese spread is ok, very mild but nothing noteworthy and while the heavy buckwheat porridges are not exactly my cup of tea, put enough salt on them and they are perfectly fine and would be decent for cold weather meals as well.
I liked it. That apple preserve spread was AMAZING! I'd like to find another one to try. TFW
Love the videos! But acea breathing heavily into the camera is making me laugh so hard. Love y'all both keep them coming!!
That was Sasquatch with a cold standing behind Ace. He's our producer.
I wish our government wasn't so against russia
not a good look, Daniel
Russia is against us lol
Russian people have so much solidarity for American Republicans and veterans. I hope one day we can get to a point where we all are friends.
We are all friends, the higher ups like to conquer and divide us. Just transcend the veil of propaganda, my friend.
you mean you all hate what's different from you? yeah you're all cut from the same cloth.
@@dano5238 derp
It is recommended to warm up the jars in the closed form, then the heating occurs evenly and quickly.
Russian 24hr rations were the best food I've had in years and so well put together/much more sustaining than their American counterpart. The First Strike rations just make me feel sluggish and nauseated.
Ah ha. I'll have to take your word on that. TFW
UKR MRE much better tho
Google translate has a feature where you can take a picture of a language and then you can read it in English.
I wish more people would know about this. It's not perfect but will do. Just like you can highlight text in any language and get it translated on the spot, its the google translate extension.
закуска овощная просто супер вкусная !!!!!
I’m proud of my Russian heritage but I’m also proud to be a first generation American living in Colorado 💪
Very cool, Bert. I have a cousin who is first generation American from Russian as an adoptee. His name is Ivan and he loves baseball and has taken to USA real well. TFW