The soup is seaweed egg drop soup, very common soup in China, seaweed can be confused with lavender by very very terrible machine translation because it literally translates to “purple vegetable/plant” and I guess lavender is purple...
If air in military airplanes is similar to that in commerical airplanes as in dry. Than I believe why the meal was made with so much sea food. It's probably very high in umami flavour which doesn't lose its taste in high altitude dry environments like other tastes.
congratulations I got so caught up in the whining after the boar war deal I forgot to inform him what is known about our sense in pressurized air.. lmao .. your buds are thwarted..
I found a local discount market which carries food near it's expiration date. A lot of it is gourmet name brand high end stuff I could normally not afford. I eat a lot better now and the stuff is cheap. Like, 75% off.
@ffec+ Personally I agree with you, but Its not nonsense from the perspective of the grocery store. Best before dates are mainly there for liability reasons. Otherwise there would be grounds for sue-happy individuals to wreak havoc every time they were to get a stomach ache. Yeah. It sucks that grocery stores create so much waste. But for the owners it's much less of a hassle to enforce best before dates than it is to go to court because of some bullshit.
My Chinese wife says you eat a little pickled vegetables with each bite of the rice dish for flavor. Also the spicy sauce generally goes on the seaweed in most Chinese meals the pickled vegetables (xian cai) pronounced "shan tie" are eaten with each bite. Very common.
... I’m pretty sure the pickled vegetables (without the adjectives) would be pronounced (shier tsai... kinda. It’s really hard to get the Chinese pronunciation in English). In Chinese pinyin, it would be spelled (xue cai). I have no idea what the (Shan tie) is supposed to be, but yeah. Also, yes the (xue cai) is generally called (xian cai), it’s just that this specific kind of pickled vegetables is called (xue cai), Just to let you know.
@@flufpolitie Chinese here, I'm sure her wife knows her Chinese well but it's hard to communicate sound with letters, that's why there are things like IPA and Pinyin. I really can't tell what translation system is she using. It's not Pinyin for sure and it's not likely Cantonese or Teochew, cause I speak both and it doesn't sound like them, either. So it maybe comes from some other dialect or older translation system.
@@flufpolitie actually he's correct. pickled vegetables are called xian cai (literal: salty vegetable), although the packed label stated xue cai (literal: snow vegetable). different regions probably have different names for the same thing.
The glass tapping edits are getting more hectic and I'm loving it. Can't wait for the video when Steve just goes into an extended glass tapping solo out of nowhere.
Well, as a Chinese, I really want to mention something. 1,thanks for sharing this ration, love your videos. 2, that is not white tuna, it's kind of spice flavoured tuna so it doesn't look well. 3, 'snow dish' is a kind of vegetable we sometimes add into steamed buns, probably you don't usually eat Chinese food that's why you are not familiar with it.
The soup is made with shreds of nori seaweed (same species used in sushi rolls) and beaten eggs, a very common dish because both ingredients are cheap and common pantry items. The pickle is indeed mustard green (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia) cured in salt and spices. I am a little bothered by the presentation because it is usually finely chopped before serving, but that form probably won't last four years in a bag so there's that. A lot of these items are acquired tastes and you have handled yourself pretty well :)
I was born eating those type of food so I didn't understand why he didn't like it lol. Other then the fact it is 2 years past its shelf-life... I think I can enjoy it.
Volka Gaming I just got diarrhea from a pack of raisins several months before the expiration date it smelled like champagne and otherwise tasted *VERY* sweet. 🍷
I'm sure if these aren't expired they would taste much better. The kelp is a pretty common ingredient to be used in traditional Chinese dishes such as a cold appetizer. The seaweed egg soup is a classic dish too. The pickled veggie is made of Chinese leaf mustard or "gai choy". Pretty nice for a ration to include all those dishes.
Julio Avalos normally chinese army would have cooking squad while going out. their ration is only for emergency marching or a tough fighting（with out time for cooking）
Isn’t it the same in every armed forces? There are fewer pilots than infantries that also requires longer training period and more stricter physical requirement (eyesight and height).
well WW2 german rations actually included methamphetamine (not part of the actual MRE tho, issued separately) so steroids in a ration would not even be that impossible
Nice vid. i have a question Steve. If you could "build" you own 24 hour ration, using any parts from all the meals you have eaten so far, What would it look like?
Old comment however My ideal 24 hour ration would be something like this Cinnamon Bun Shelf Stable Chicken Burrito Bowl Beef Goulash Tortillas White Wheat Snack Bread x2 Cheese spread x2 Peanut butter Strawberry Jelly 2 Orange/Lemon-Lime drink mixes 1 Hot Chocolate 2 Coffee Instant type 2 Then the usual stuff. These are just my personal favorites.
i can't explain it, but your videos always make me very happy and at ease. if i'm stressed or something, i just watch one of these and i know you'll bring a smile to my face. maybe it's your easy-going way of speaking, and your pure excitement and joy as you explore these items, but it's just really lovely. thank you!
Steve1989MREInfo you make the most honest and entertaining vids on this site. Also, you don’t have to worry about getting demonetized. Still wonder how you get these awesome rations. Thanks!
I'm Chinese! Translations of the packets: 2:13 "Beans and rice" (he's holding it upside down) 2:38 "Seaweed and egg soup" Seaweed is spelled "Purple Vegetable" in Chinese so Steve thought it meant lavender :) 2:49 "Umami Spice Sauce" 2:55 "Five Spices Tuna Fish" 3:30 "High Quality Toothpick" 3:37 "Spicy Snow Vegetable" (I don't think people in america eat this... some of my white friends call it "Chinese Mustard") 3:55 "Shredded Kelp" I love egg/seaweed soup like that, my mom used to make it for me every sunday morning :) same with the kelp, my grandma has the best recipes. looks like a great ration with comfort foods for chinese people.
Well you also have to think, they took into consideration what would last the longest, and what would have the most nutritional value, while still being edible, or at least to where its not revolting
Steve, I don’t know if you will see this but I showed my uncle some of your videos. He was especially interested in the Vietnam MRE video because he served during that time. As he was watching he started to get tears in his eyes because of the memories it was bringing back of the men he served with. I wanted to say thank you for this, on behalf of him! He had a lot of interesting stories to tell right after watching your videos.
The soup's probably a classic chicken and seaweed egg drop soup. The kelp's properly translated as 'kelp ribbons', and you're right. It's an acquired taste - I hate the stuff myself, and drown it in hot sauce before chewing on it. The pickled veg is most likely Chinese Mustard in a spicy vinegar marinade. Good stuff. The rest looks pretty adequate - I'd chow down on that on a long flight, mixed together like Korean bibimbap.
From now on, when someone serves me something I don't particularly enjoy I'll just say "My palate is not adjusted." Thank you for making me sound just that much more polite, Steve.
Just saying man, I love how eerie and haunting your music is when cast over photographs of the relics you bring back to life. Gives a huge sensation of delving into something unknown and uncovering surprises....it almost feels archaeological Watching you eat rotten food is awesome, too. Keep it up!
This guy's the only good youtuber left on this platform he's an honest, down to earth guy and in the man's own words, he's _Nice._ Keep up the amazing work my guy, I really appreciate it
Hey DaddyTitoplz! I really think this one had a very pleasing aesthetic - they have a PLA Navy one similar in appearance that I will share soon (an easy shoot too only like 5 components). But PLA has some really intriguing rations! Thanks for checking this one out an see ya on the next one Tito!
In practice, I suspect they'd eat the kelp and tuna together, and also eat the pickled bits while having the entree just like we nibble a pickle with a sandwich. You are correct that some of it like the soup must be an acquired taste.
Hey Steve! The 雪菜 is a mustard green and the soup is 蛋花湯 egg drop soup, it's pretty good fresh but I guess you can't expect much out of 2 year expired stuff, huh?
You sure slap that tuna good. The soup is actually seaweed egg soup, gold tuna, not white, and you are correct, snow veggies is actually pickled bitter veggies (usually brown mustard). Chinese can be creepy when translated, especially in menus.
I laughed so hard at when he said “it even comes with its own tray”. The precedes to say the classic “alright lets get this on to a tray” anyway. So funny I haven’t smiled this much at a UA-cam channel in years.
Wow a very interesting meal. A very healthy and well balanced looking meal. I agree with you on kelp, I can't handle the seaweeds. And won't do the tuna either. Thanks for the great review Steve.
Kahlest Enoch I was laughing my ass off when he tried that kelp. I lived in Japan a couple decades ago and their pickled kelp was top notch. But its not really palatable for western audiences. I remember gagging the first time I tried and it was produced by a very traditional company. Wasnt cheap either so I can only imagine how a chinese MRE one would taste. Btw its not that chinese ones are bad, far from it, but they are a lot more fibrous and strong tasting than the japanese ones for sure.
Steve u always come through for me at the end of a long stressful day! I kick back put on one of ur videos and pretty soon I'm laughing and forget all about the monstrosities of the day. Plus ur easy on the eyes!!!😙😉
I ate an American spinach fettuccine MRE today. It was really mediocre. The MREs from other nations always look so enticing- that or you just make everything sound delicious. This chinese ration is an exception though.
I do think he may be exaggerating since it's hard to describe food correctly since your image always ends out exaggerated, not with the subtle flavors he/she may have been describing.
I would have mixed everything together - entree, tuna, vegies, sauce and the reconstituted soup to remoisten the rice and eaten it that way, but that's just me.
Cool, lets nice this on a tray. Steve is awesome! We are all weirdos but I really enjoy the folks that don't try to hide it and I mean that in a good way. Nice! Now lets burn a 60 year old cigarette that Steve was saving in the humidor for us.
Great that you know and can admit your palate isn't adjusted to what other cultures may like. Others would just say it tastes horrible. Don't get me wrong, it may actually BE horrible, but that self-awareness is truly refreshing to hear.
You're alone in the forest. It's dark.
Suddenly you hear, "let's get this out onto a tray."
How long will you last?
Probably the next few weeks
If I hear "let's get this out onto a tray"
I would say "NICE!" 😄
I think "Let's give that tuna a good slap" would be a bit scarier
@@elikeaton6497 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
with Steve's calming voice urging me on, i could do anything
The soup is seaweed egg drop soup, very common soup in China, seaweed can be confused with lavender by very very terrible machine translation because it literally translates to “purple vegetable/plant” and I guess lavender is purple...
Thanks Aira3 for the correct info.
nice
ThAnks cutie
Cornavirus food.
Seaweed egg drop? That sounds awesome!
anti fatigue wafers? I think you mean METH BISCUITS
lmao
I want one
Meth marmalade included
yo, mista white, yeah biscuits
China manufacturing meth in labs, in such massive amount.
They ship tons of it globally.
Mine as well make biscuits
Speed cookies.
Normal Steve: English
Steve when reviewing foreign MREs: *Mr Worldwide*
I wonder how he understands
@@Blue-b3f1u probably google translates before the vid and just reads off his phone
@Blue-b3f1u 🤦🏻♂️
Me: "Did you just slap your tuna?"
Co-worker: "Yes"
Steve: *"Nice"*
Foolish Demon ooo
Pretty sure that was a double entendre' LoL
Tuna belongs in a can not in a pouch I can see why he hits it, you ever eat one of those things? you can find them in any grocery store, flat tuna ..
@@tapestry6455 Yeah, tastes like tuna, your point?
😂😂
If air in military airplanes is similar to that in commerical airplanes as in dry. Than I believe why the meal was made with so much sea food. It's probably very high in umami flavour which doesn't lose its taste in high altitude dry environments like other tastes.
congratulations I got so caught up in the whining after the boar war deal I forgot to inform him what is known about our sense in pressurized air.. lmao .. your buds are thwarted..
Punctuation, friend.
Mmmm taste that msg
Give that tuna a good slap
Matthew Martinez I will forever call anything I am shaking down the “tuna slap”! I laughed so hard at that!
Matthew Martinez We all know by now that he is attracted to MREs. He probably watches MRE porn.
*T H W A C K*
*Slaps Tuna* 😮🤚🐟[SMACK]!!!
I’m sure that there was some reason for slapping the tuna but now it just seems to be for comedic value
I'm not exaggerating when I say that watching this channel is responsible for me being less bothered about eating out of date food.
I found a local discount market which carries food near it's expiration date. A lot of it is gourmet name brand high end stuff I could normally not afford. I eat a lot better now and the stuff is cheap. Like, 75% off.
Exactly. Use by dates are generally made up nonsense. Trust you senses to determine when to throw something out.
@ffec+
Personally I agree with you, but Its not nonsense from the perspective of the grocery store. Best before dates are mainly there for liability reasons. Otherwise there would be grounds for sue-happy individuals to wreak havoc every time they were to get a stomach ache. Yeah. It sucks that grocery stores create so much waste. But for the owners it's much less of a hassle to enforce best before dates than it is to go to court because of some bullshit.
Very true^^^
Geiger Mouse go to smart and final and buy wholesale.
My Chinese wife says you eat a little pickled vegetables with each bite of the rice dish for flavor. Also the spicy sauce generally goes on the seaweed in most Chinese meals the pickled vegetables (xian cai) pronounced "shan tie" are eaten with each bite.
Very common.
... I’m pretty sure the pickled vegetables (without the adjectives) would be pronounced (shier tsai... kinda. It’s really hard to get the Chinese pronunciation in English). In Chinese pinyin, it would be spelled (xue cai). I have no idea what the (Shan tie) is supposed to be, but yeah. Also, yes the (xue cai) is generally called (xian cai), it’s just that this specific kind of pickled vegetables is called (xue cai), Just to let you know.
@@Canadian-Asian-dude I'm sure his Chinese wife knows her Chinese well
@@flufpolitie There are lots of dialects of Chinese, though. Some are at least as different from each other as English and Dutch.
@@flufpolitie Chinese here, I'm sure her wife knows her Chinese well but it's hard to communicate sound with letters, that's why there are things like IPA and Pinyin. I really can't tell what translation system is she using. It's not Pinyin for sure and it's not likely Cantonese or Teochew, cause I speak both and it doesn't sound like them, either. So it maybe comes from some other dialect or older translation system.
@@flufpolitie actually he's correct. pickled vegetables are called xian cai (literal: salty vegetable), although the packed label stated xue cai (literal: snow vegetable). different regions probably have different names for the same thing.
The glass tapping edits are getting more hectic and I'm loving it. Can't wait for the video when Steve just goes into an extended glass tapping solo out of nowhere.
we're all waiting
🤫 It’s Morse code. •••• •-
The soup label translates into "Nori (seaweed) and Scrambled Egg Soup". The mystery spicy vegetable is mustard.
Pre114. Thnx I was thinking it looked like miso of some kind
Hmm, I was betting on bamboo shutes
Both are available at your local Asian food markets
No I am Chinese it’s pickled cabbage 🥬
Mr Stingray in english snow vegetable is called pickled mustard greens
Well, as a Chinese, I really want to mention something.
1,thanks for sharing this ration, love your videos.
2, that is not white tuna, it's kind of spice flavoured tuna so it doesn't look well.
3, 'snow dish' is a kind of vegetable we sometimes add into steamed buns, probably you don't usually eat Chinese food that's why you are not familiar with it.
Skier Evan 只有雪菜这样可不好，需要豆腐呢
@@wentaosong 明明配黄豆好吃😆
Skier Evan 你又皮了
五香 tuna? That must taste pretty interesting
@NM C 淘宝应该就有,不过都不便宜就是了,动辄一百块
The soup is made with shreds of nori seaweed (same species used in sushi rolls) and beaten eggs, a very common dish because both ingredients are cheap and common pantry items.
The pickle is indeed mustard green (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia) cured in salt and spices. I am a little bothered by the presentation because it is usually finely chopped before serving, but that form probably won't last four years in a bag so there's that.
A lot of these items are acquired tastes and you have handled yourself pretty well :)
I was born eating those type of food so I didn't understand why he didn't like it lol. Other then the fact it is 2 years past its shelf-life... I think I can enjoy it.
The comment I made earlier makes me feel ignorant since I read your post.
You ever had a 2 years past expired ramen noodle?
Tastes like fucking dog food.
Worrying about it being expired when you literally put a video out the same day where you ate beef from 1899
Well you know what your walking into with a 100+ yr old ration. Definitely past expiration.
It's Chinese made, probably goes bad 1 year before it's 2 year shelf life. It's a good varied meal not going to lie but the quality is sub par.
Volka Gaming I just got diarrhea from a pack of raisins several months before the expiration date it smelled like champagne and otherwise tasted *VERY* sweet. 🍷
A history was eaten that day.
Install a Friend well its chinese. sure you understand the implication here.
“It’s a year and a half past the expiration date” continues to eat it
Fresh enough
you must be new here lol honey hes eaten 108 year old food.
@@prettymuchbangtan yah😂😂😂😂😂
"Botulism free so it's good enough for me"
It's really more of a guideline anyway
LETS GIVE THAT TUNA A GOOD SLAP.
*wack* There we go. Ooh.
Yeah, slap that shit
Ainsley Harriott voice: "Yeeea boy!"
O.g yes
Always give that tuna a slap boi😂
wakakaka
I'm sure if these aren't expired they would taste much better. The kelp is a pretty common ingredient to be used in traditional Chinese dishes such as a cold appetizer. The seaweed egg soup is a classic dish too. The pickled veggie is made of Chinese leaf mustard or "gai choy". Pretty nice for a ration to include all those dishes.
My guess is for morale since it'd be familiar. Destroys enemy morale if they have to eat it though haha.
"You could launch some serious peas with that thing."
I love you, Steve.
He said that as I was reading your comment lpl
Steve, eating 150 year old Hardtack no problems, some Kelp no thanks.
i feel like these videos are Steve's actual dinners, we watch every meal this man eats.
I believe a various times this statement has been true. He’ said as much before we in a previous vid.
If slapping your tuna is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
lol billy madison
Hello miles
Everybody slaps their tuna, it’s the coolest
What are we discussing here...
@@arashakhnazaranshakhnazara8839 Not sure.
That "snow dish" is pickled brown mustard green. I used to eat that thing all the time until I moved to the US. Good times.
Thanks for the discrepancy. So is mustard green xiue cai? (i'm confuzzled despite the fact that I'm Chinese)
Yep!
Looks like the Chinese treat their flyboys better than their infantry. This package almost looks gourmet compared to the Type 09.
i feel the same, the type 09 just looks so sad.
It’s a depression meal
Julio Avalos normally chinese army would have cooking squad while going out. their ration is only for emergency marching or a tough fighting（with out time for cooking）
Isn’t it the same in every armed forces? There are fewer pilots than infantries that also requires longer training period and more stricter physical requirement (eyesight and height).
Because Chinese army has field cooking vehicles, like a Bradly but for cooking. They can really have a hot meal in battle
I love that Steve rates his spoons by their pea launching ability xD
"launch some peas with that spork" I see steve has his priorities straight
So what I've learned is that eating outdated MREs let's your muscles grow. Good job, sir.
Xcalibur Gaming73 Up until 1970 they were full of steroids.
+Jake Hammaker
A very small part of me wants to believe that lol
Eddie Haha I wish it was too
well WW2 german rations actually included methamphetamine (not part of the actual MRE tho, issued separately) so steroids in a ration would not even be that impossible
Xcalibur Gaming73 is there actual evidenve for that? Would be interesting to know what they did add to the food.
2:25 That HAS to be the best dramatization I've ever seen
I laughed
Nice vid. i have a question Steve. If you could "build" you own 24 hour ration, using any parts from all the meals you have eaten so far, What would it look like?
Probably the Pizza Mre with blueberry cobbler and type 3 coffee xD
@@wyldshrine7905 type 2 fucko
Pizza MRE , caffienated pudding, instant coffee type 2 w/sugar cube packs, camel cigarettes, matches, zapplesauce Cinnamon, mocha first strike bar. Hmmmmm what else
Alot of you really sleeping on the lemon poppy seed pound cake and the yellow beverage powder
Old comment however My ideal 24 hour ration would be something like this
Cinnamon Bun Shelf Stable
Chicken Burrito Bowl
Beef Goulash
Tortillas
White Wheat Snack Bread x2
Cheese spread x2
Peanut butter
Strawberry Jelly
2 Orange/Lemon-Lime drink mixes
1 Hot Chocolate
2 Coffee Instant type 2
Then the usual stuff. These are just my personal favorites.
I too like to slap my tuna
Very noice
Beats bashing the Bishop!
ibanique tenderizes the meat lol
Maybe we can go fishing some time ...
Gross
Finally a Chinese MRE he enjoyed!
Spoke too soon, the Kelp got him.
😅
Kelp: We gotem boys
@@Deadassbruhfrfr curse them Kelps.
If we ever have to fight them we'll know that they'll lose by sheer repetitive food and the demoralization of that ;P
@@djdrack4681 or perhaps they will be encouraged by the prospect of stealing rations from the enemy.
Steve is one of only a handful of MRE experts in the entire world who knows the difference between a spork and a foon 👍
My first child is born and two steve1989 videos? It’s been a good week
Fantastic. So did you name him Ribeye or perhaps Chuck?
Congrats
Congrats man I wish you the best
Congrats my dude
Name him Trey
Always looking for **those** comments whenever Steve slaps something
LOL, yep.
That bicep is gettin' *THICC*
must be dem protein rations
lol yup
I want those biceps :v
Judging by his calluses he's got some serious training regimen, honestly a bit curious about how he sets up his days and nutrition.
bovaiveu Honestly same
bovaiveu I know he's a landscaper in Florida, if the article I read about him is still correct. That would account for the calluses.
These mres are more nutritionally balanced then anything I’ve eaten in college.
Jerry Yuan | Then you haven’t been to a good college :P
Well thats in no way surprising considering they are designed to be as nutritionally balanced as possible. Thats the whole point of them. Lol
Yeah they designed it to upset yuppies like you
[Content Deleted] Sorry, there is this little thing called... money restrictions?
After you eat straight MREs for a month you'll get tired of them...
Those are pickled mustard green, generally all of those packets would be tossed together with the rice and eat it all together.
I came to the comments because I suspected that was the case. Thank you for confirming!
Including the dried soup mix, I suspect...
i can't explain it, but your videos always make me very happy and at ease. if i'm stressed or something, i just watch one of these and i know you'll bring a smile to my face. maybe it's your easy-going way of speaking, and your pure excitement and joy as you explore these items, but it's just really lovely. thank you!
Yes an upload! Thank you Steve
Hey you're welcome Santana, and thank you too! Hope you enjoy the 2 new videos this evening!
Thank you Steve. I'm just a 21 year old college student and I buy bulk mre's for my food and I appreciate all of ypur reviews. Keeps my diet diverse
Steve1989MREInfo I enjoyed them very much! Love what you do please don't ever stop.
Steve1989MREInfo you make the most honest and entertaining vids on this site. Also, you don’t have to worry about getting demonetized. Still wonder how you get these awesome rations. Thanks!
I'm Chinese! Translations of the packets:
2:13 "Beans and rice" (he's holding it upside down)
2:38 "Seaweed and egg soup" Seaweed is spelled "Purple Vegetable" in Chinese so Steve thought it meant lavender :)
2:49 "Umami Spice Sauce"
2:55 "Five Spices Tuna Fish"
3:30 "High Quality Toothpick"
3:37 "Spicy Snow Vegetable" (I don't think people in america eat this... some of my white friends call it "Chinese Mustard")
3:55 "Shredded Kelp"
I love egg/seaweed soup like that, my mom used to make it for me every sunday morning :) same with the kelp, my grandma has the best recipes. looks like a great ration with comfort foods for chinese people.
This pack contains 1100 calories while a Double Big Tasty bacon burger contains 1040 calories. *Nice*
It's in kilocalorie
Well you also have to think, they took into consideration what would last the longest, and what would have the most nutritional value, while still being edible, or at least to where its not revolting
@@SirGalahad_0 A kcal is the same as a Calorie (capitalized).
They don’t PLAA around.
TreyTrey22 oooo
*slaps tuna*
i like my eggs with extra lavender
I tell you chinese secret: our lavender made of antifreeze
it's seaweed :)
John Anon there is a video of a dude making one out of the other.
Isnt that eggflower soup?
it's kind of like 蛋花汤 but it's more like 鸡茸粟米羹 because it has chicken in it, not just egg. this version has 紫菜
UA-cam subtitles when Steve takes the ration out of the package: *[Applause]* *[Music]* 2:06
Me: *You’re damn right..*
Not sure how I ever found ur vids, but I've been binging ever since.
The spoon tapping on the cup is always my favorite part! Fun to watch as always :) Thank you for sharing!
“My palette is not adjusted.” 😂😂
You cute
@Matt Eagle brah just trying to shoot my shot. Lol
Matt Eagle ideeez whadit eeez
Foxy Lady!
palate
Finally! These videos are so soothing to me, cuts my anxiety down, I love it
Steve, I don’t know if you will see this but I showed my uncle some of your videos. He was especially interested in the Vietnam MRE video because he served during that time. As he was watching he started to get tears in his eyes because of the memories it was bringing back of the men he served with. I wanted to say thank you for this, on behalf of him! He had a lot of interesting stories to tell right after watching your videos.
Thumbnail makes it look like some sort of communist ps4 box.
Lol your dp 😂
Yeah well,that's just, like, your opinion, man ooo
You mean a ps4?
The PS4 is already communist
@@XH1927 uh Sony is a Japanese company . . .
The soup's probably a classic chicken and seaweed egg drop soup.
The kelp's properly translated as 'kelp ribbons', and you're right. It's an acquired taste - I hate the stuff myself, and drown it in hot sauce before chewing on it.
The pickled veg is most likely Chinese Mustard in a spicy vinegar marinade. Good stuff.
The rest looks pretty adequate - I'd chow down on that on a long flight, mixed together like Korean bibimbap.
That is a damn-fine pea launcher if I've ever seen one. Astute observation, Steve.
Anyone else enjoy having a spliff then watching some of Steve's clips? There strangely calming and relaxing.
Indeed although it makes me very hungry
“Ooh, look at me, I smoke pot, I am so edgy…”
🤦🏻♂️
😎 Let’s Get This Out On a Tray
Chris Chiampo Nice!
Chris Chiampo nice!!!
Alright
Mkay
NICE!!!
From now on, when someone serves me something I don't particularly enjoy I'll just say "My palate is not adjusted." Thank you for making me sound just that much more polite, Steve.
palate*
my bad
Mr. Very Kool For real. My father used to chide us for not having a culturally developed palate. Wish I knew this phrase to use on him.
Do you want some 200 year old salisbury steak? Or do you want some *news* ?
I truly appreciate that every video is just straight info, no political opinions or worldview just pure curiosity being fed to the viewer, thanks man.
RIP R Lee Ermey.
Nutz4Gunz45 rip
Nutz4Gunz45 how tall are you son? Sir...5 foot 8 sir...I didn't know they stacked shit that high!
Steve needs to upload "Oldest Jelly Doughnut ever eaten"
Rip
Nutz4Gunz45 R.I.P.
I laughed out loud at the heating dramatization. A great video as always, I love your videos!
Glad you enjoyed the little comedic nuance there! Thanks for checking it out and hope you like the next round of videos coming out soon.
@@Steve1989MRE m e t h b i s c u i t s
Love the shirt!!! " You will get nothing, and like it!!!" Classic movie!
"The rice is dry and problematic" lololol. 😂
brianok100 yeah expired rice dosn’t taste as good as you might think
Awesome and different, thanks Steve1989
Loved “ oh that’s stinky tasting “
That was the most chilling and realistic dramatization I've ever seen.
English is probably also on there because it is the legal language of the sky’s. You must know it or at least most major signs to fly internationally
"Give that Tuna a good slap"
*Smack*
I love this channel
Seaweed is definitely an acquired taste. A lot of my friends aren’t big on those types of things, but this ration looks delicious to me! 😜
Just saying man, I love how eerie and haunting your music is when cast over photographs of the relics you bring back to life. Gives a huge sensation of delving into something unknown and uncovering surprises....it almost feels archaeological
Watching you eat rotten food is awesome, too. Keep it up!
I didnt like the music at first but it started to grow on me after a while
Love the old AND new reviews! Keep up the good work
Right on Enan me too! It's nice to have that variety. A little ying & yang. Thanks man I will and hope you like the upcoming vids
I’m sure it was bad, being past the expiration date. But remember that your taste buds operate differently at altitude
Manny Diaz he ate beef that is older than anyone on earth before so yeah, i’m sure he’s fine with only 2 years out of date
"Wire kelp" as in "Wire we eating this?"
*Oooh that's some spicy sauce, hehe boi*
gib ur meet a gud ol' rub
Brayden McSlouch ihey
Looks like a ketjap manis. Super delicious on rice.
WAIT! I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!
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This guy's the only good youtuber left on this platform
he's an honest, down to earth guy and in the man's own words, he's _Nice._
Keep up the amazing work my guy, I really appreciate it
You should expand your horizons, there are plenty of good people on UA-cam. 🤦🏻♂️
I’ve always loved the way these Chinese rations look! Thanks for another video Steve!
Hey DaddyTitoplz! I really think this one had a very pleasing aesthetic - they have a PLA Navy one similar in appearance that I will share soon (an easy shoot too only like 5 components). But PLA has some really intriguing rations! Thanks for checking this one out an see ya on the next one Tito!
i've watched your videos for a few days now and i have to say you are the perfect cross between reviewbrah and demoranch
4:59 “Give that tuna a good slap!” Priceless! Lol
The smack was for the fan girls hehe
Erin Wright i thought the same thing! 😂
Yaas! 😋
Hey I'm a dude, but I want some of that too...
Silent Lucidity ASMR Oh please. It's like, the future man.
Silent Lucidity ASMR grow up, it's a joke.
In practice, I suspect they'd eat the kelp and tuna together, and also eat the pickled bits while having the entree just like we nibble a pickle with a sandwich. You are correct that some of it like the soup must be an acquired taste.
Seaweed and egg soup is a pretty common dish in China, those kelp and pickled veggies are also nutritious
2:26....Nominated for “Steve’s best moments” in MRE review history.
Welcome back my friend. You have a cast iron stomach.
Forged Steel
Großer Maik And antibodies made straight from 1800's beef stew !
Great one Steve. Yet another first look ration. Great to see what the men and women in the air have.
if you threw in all the other stuff into the rice pouch, I could see it being a very fast and convenient meal that's also tasty.
"Wash it down with some goop soup." - poetic
"dramatization" ah a new era in steve1989 video production! hahah I LMAO'd
That kelp may seem exotic for westerners, but for many Chinese people its a childhood comfort food.
It's a comfort food if you have any Asian blood. I'm Japanese-Canadian and it's one of my favorite things
Hey Steve! The 雪菜 is a mustard green and the soup is 蛋花湯 egg drop soup, it's pretty good fresh but I guess you can't expect much out of 2 year expired stuff, huh?
Usually MRE should last longer than 5 years at least, so....
This guy literally eats food that is 50 years old and claims it still tastes good. This is just bad Chinese food. Dont take it to personal.
Burgtastic he ate canned beef from the Boar war 120 years ago.
@@burgtastic8377 commies survive also without food (Dprk, Venezuela, Estonia etc)
@@briandenison2325 he ate a hardtack from civil war
Was about to get my homework out on a plate, then I saw this. Nice!
Jimmyjohns Official tray*
TheJuiceGoose please forgive me
Jimmy it up
As a Chinese, I began to swallow saliva at the moment when you squeezed out kelp silk. Kelp silk with spicy flavor is very delicious
nice, while I'm eating dinner
timing couldn't have been any better!
You sure slap that tuna good.
The soup is actually seaweed egg soup, gold tuna, not white, and you are correct, snow veggies is actually pickled bitter veggies (usually brown mustard).
Chinese can be creepy when translated, especially in menus.
I laughed so hard at when he said “it even comes with its own tray”. The precedes to say the classic “alright lets get this on to a tray” anyway. So funny I haven’t smiled this much at a UA-cam channel in years.
Wow a very interesting meal. A very healthy and well balanced looking meal. I agree with you on kelp, I can't handle the seaweeds. And won't do the tuna either. Thanks for the great review Steve.
Kahlest Enoch I was laughing my ass off when he tried that kelp. I lived in Japan a couple decades ago and their pickled kelp was top notch. But its not really palatable for western audiences. I remember gagging the first time I tried and it was produced by a very traditional company. Wasnt cheap either so I can only imagine how a chinese MRE one would taste. Btw its not that chinese ones are bad, far from it, but they are a lot more fibrous and strong tasting than the japanese ones for sure.
Steve u always come through for me at the end of a long stressful day! I kick back put on one of ur videos and pretty soon I'm laughing and forget all about the monstrosities of the day. Plus ur easy on the eyes!!!😙😉
Oof Steve pulling
Amanda Morgan lov you Steve!
Amanda Morgan invite us to the wedding
He's incredibly dreamy. Incredibly.
Kayley Hoyt maybe you'd let him"get you out on a tray"
the way he says "alright, lets get this out onto a tray...." sheer joy and stimulation for me.
I ate an American spinach fettuccine MRE today. It was really mediocre. The MREs from other nations always look so enticing- that or you just make everything sound delicious.
This chinese ration is an exception though.
I do think he may be exaggerating since it's hard to describe food correctly since your image always ends out exaggerated, not with the subtle flavors he/she may have been describing.
Steve with 100 year old beef: "Nice!"
Steve with seaweed people have been eating for 40,000 years: "oh no this is not my thing"
Every time I watch your reviews I am reminded of ChrisFix. You guys are probably running the best channels that are so detailed and informative.
5:00 "Give that tuna a good slap" - that's got to be some kind of euphemism
I refuse to believe it. He's always so mannerly! I chose to believe he's not that crass. 🤨
I would have mixed everything together - entree, tuna, vegies, sauce and the reconstituted soup to remoisten the rice and eaten it that way, but that's just me.
You are an incredible and wonderful man, thank you for bringing so much joy to the world cheer up!
Going through Steve withdrawl right now.
Better get that on a tray.
Cool.
Don't desecrate the mantra. It's "Let's get this out on to a tray... NICE!"
Get that tray onto a tray.
Cool, lets nice this on a tray. Steve is awesome! We are all weirdos but I really enjoy the folks that don't try to hide it and I mean that in a good way. Nice! Now lets burn a 60 year old cigarette that Steve was saving in the humidor for us.
KJB ok
Great that you know and can admit your palate isn't adjusted to what other cultures may like. Others would just say it tastes horrible.
Don't get me wrong, it may actually BE horrible, but that self-awareness is truly refreshing to hear.
7:45 That's "spicy pickled vegetable" according to my Chinese friend
You're harboring a spy!
I think u will find it’s pickled mustard greens.
Can confirm
辣味雪菜 means literally
Spicy flavoured pickled vegetable
Pickled mustard greens at that, and my personal favorite pickled vegetable