2 Vintage 1985 MREs from Stickyfingaz745 Meal Ready to Eat Review

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    Hey there, everyone! Steve1989 here with another review and this time it's 2 1985 MRE's from Stickyfingaz.
    These were some pretty spoiled MRE's and I for some reason ended up trying some of the Chocolate Nut Cake in menu 10 even against my better judgement and got minor food poisoning. Mt tongue swelled from the rancid nuts. Oh well!
    My apologies for several glitches in this video - I tried over & over to fix them and took over 5 hours editing this, but for some reason I could fix one bug in the vid, and another would pop up elsewhere. I did my best to polish it up but it still came out a tad rough in my opinion.
    This one is pretty simple - old expired MRE's.. not much to look at!!
    ewwww..
    Not my best quality video - some hiccups along the way, but it is still some neat viewing. Hope you guys enjoy it, and thanks for watching!
    -Steve
    LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
    NICE HISS™
    I'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING NEW OR OLD, ALRIGHT COOL SEE YA™

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  • @coorbin
    @coorbin 7 років тому +1320

    After Steve eats the whole nut bar: "Let's get this guy out onto a stretcher." *Paramedics lay him out*. Steve wakes up: "Nice!"

    • @semaphor6643
      @semaphor6643 6 років тому +19

      Sean McNamara Idk why but this made me laugh ffs

    • @linhfphung7867
      @linhfphung7867 6 років тому +18

      i feel bad for laughing XD

    • @kevinsantos1590
      @kevinsantos1590 6 років тому +8

      Idk why but I laughed out loud (lol) alot

    • @coolstorybruh88
      @coolstorybruh88 6 років тому +4

      Sean McNamara 😂😂😂😂

    • @neanderpaul14
      @neanderpaul14 6 років тому +42

      "Okay,.......Let's get this hospital food on a tray"

  • @zestypenguin8011
    @zestypenguin8011 7 років тому +82

    This has got to be the most laid back case of food poisoning I have ever seen.

  • @CPlusKaraoke
    @CPlusKaraoke 7 років тому +283

    I love how Steve talks himself into eating stuff he doesn't want to.

    • @paddyofernature90
      @paddyofernature90 3 роки тому +4

      The ramp up while he convinces himself is one of the best parts!!

    • @TheOneTrueChris
      @TheOneTrueChris 3 роки тому +7

      @@paddyofernature90 "I can tell you right now, this is NOT edible. I've had some serious issues in the past with fruit and nut cakes. I mean, I'm going to maybe give it a small taste test, but..."

    • @johnrife7134
      @johnrife7134 2 роки тому +9

      It's actually the other way around. He wants to eat it. He verbally resists but he can't help himself.

    • @MrTea-ly3rc
      @MrTea-ly3rc 2 роки тому

      Hahaha, he knew immediately it was a bad idea, but he was committed

    • @Cblack01
      @Cblack01 Рік тому

      I know, he’s the best!

  • @jessew5152
    @jessew5152 8 років тому +473

    "Oh great. Oh no. Oh shi-." Steve1986 1986-2015
    Your headstone.

    • @djentmaster33
      @djentmaster33 7 років тому +56

      Jesse W you mean "oh, hmm, wow, nice, ohp, oh no, aw..."

    • @Wannagobackto1980
      @Wannagobackto1980 7 років тому +44

      Jesse W No his headstone will read "GREAT, LETS GET THIS OUT ON A TR.............

    • @NoFNclue
      @NoFNclue 7 років тому +18

      nice....

    • @maxparker1321
      @maxparker1321 6 років тому +8

      Jesse W thank god he's still alive Lmao

    • @daveshrum1749
      @daveshrum1749 5 років тому +1

      Lol awesome

  • @JustCarolS
    @JustCarolS 7 років тому +298

    I'm going to start a band with the name Rancid Nuts.

    • @kabbey30
      @kabbey30 5 років тому +19

      Too late. The 'Butthole Surfers' band name is taken too.

    • @docod-vq6iv
      @docod-vq6iv 4 роки тому

      @@kabbey30 lol

    • @michellesovereign4564
      @michellesovereign4564 4 роки тому +4

      Biscuits brown works too 😎

    • @theartistbonez1930
      @theartistbonez1930 4 роки тому +1

      "Nice"

    • @KlineDeere
      @KlineDeere Місяць тому

      Make the first album cover a picture of a nut cake on Steve's tray

  • @gundog4314
    @gundog4314 8 років тому +409

    We ate it cold. Back then a heated version meant lay it in the sun or a vehicle engine compartment of muffler.

    • @Charles_Sweitzer
      @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +10

      +gundog4314 Yes, we did the same thing, Out in the Sun at 29 Stumps, CA

    • @Charles_Sweitzer
      @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +23

      +Steve1989 MREinfo I remember in Basic training on Parris Island, the drill instructors broke our "MRE Cherry"
      and had us eat the dehydrated beef patty dry, no water was added LOL

    • @mattmorris6995
      @mattmorris6995 8 років тому +11

      +Charles Sweitzer I remember those days. When i was at Lejeune we transitioned from C-Rats to MRE's. I don't know which was worse. They all tasted like shit especially cold. No way to heat them in the field. Semper Fi.

    • @Charles_Sweitzer
      @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +6

      +Matt Morris back then there were only 12 mre meals to choose from. I am not sure how many different C-rat meals there were. Did you like the Ham and Lima beans by any chance

    • @robinbowie8093
      @robinbowie8093 8 років тому +4

      Lol, my dad told me that to. Gundog,
      did you like Chicken a la king at the time? My dad said he hated them.

  • @dogspoonforsale2365
    @dogspoonforsale2365 7 років тому +597

    You know why you got food poisoning?You didnt care about it that much,wanna know why?
    YOU
    DIDNT
    SAY
    THE PHRASE
    "lets get this right onto a tray (jump cut) NICE"

    • @icallhimgerald6463
      @icallhimgerald6463 7 років тому +5

      On an unrelated note, cool name

    • @erad67
      @erad67 6 років тому +9

      Before that became a catchphrase.

    • @armytank65
      @armytank65 4 роки тому

      Yeah he totally forgot that Important part!! Nice!!!

    • @Rountree1985
      @Rountree1985 3 роки тому +1

      This was before he started saying that regularly

  • @gschultz9
    @gschultz9 8 років тому +166

    A brave reviewer, taking one for the team! Great job Steve. I appreciate your sacrifice. I still have a number of 30+ year old MREs waiting to be reviewed. I keep putting them off and they keep getting OLDER!

    • @homefront3162
      @homefront3162 6 років тому +3

      gschultz9 That comment sounded kinda gay

    • @kevinsantos1590
      @kevinsantos1590 6 років тому +3

      gschultz9 do you sell mre's?

    • @nicolab2075
      @nicolab2075 Рік тому +3

      ​@@kevinsantos1590 No answer. I guess he ate one.

  • @MuRpHMaN64
    @MuRpHMaN64 8 років тому +23

    I was in the Army from 83-86. I actually started out with C-Rats when i first got to my unit. They were replaced with the MRE's. You get used to them to the point where some of them tasted good.

  • @traumajock
    @traumajock 7 років тому +144

    Stephen Russell 1989MREInfo, are you opening rotten food in your room again?! "No, Mom!"

  • @troggyrog8126
    @troggyrog8126 7 років тому +55

    I remember eating these back in 90. A guy in my company actually found a chicken beak in the a la king. It was real I saw it!!!! lol

    • @od1401
      @od1401 2 роки тому +3

      Lol you sure that's not some fisherman's tale? That's absolutely disgusting if not!

    • @mrmcspiff4014
      @mrmcspiff4014 2 роки тому +4

      that reminds me of a few feathers i found attached to a piece of chicken in a hungry man meal

    • @davidbrothers3788
      @davidbrothers3788 Рік тому +2

      Charlie Kelly would of ate it

    • @ACatNamedHarold
      @ACatNamedHarold 10 місяців тому

      ​@@davidbrothers3788would have*

  • @TheLastPhoen1x
    @TheLastPhoen1x 8 років тому +214

    (Food Poisoning) in the title...
    This gotta be good.

  • @frac
    @frac 8 років тому +80

    Opens up bag filled with, apparently, vomit. "That doesn't look so bad."
    What a life you must lead ;-)

  • @XxNnjaxBudderxX
    @XxNnjaxBudderxX 8 років тому +492

    2 Vintage 1985 MRE's from Stickyfingaz Review (Gone Sexual) (Got arrested) (Died)

  • @4thdoctor284
    @4thdoctor284 5 років тому +3

    Steve would be fun to party with. If Steve is a drinker and/or partakes in getting stoned then I could see him breaking out a bunch of random MREs and playing MRE Roulette.NICE

  • @emt7887
    @emt7887 3 роки тому +4

    “I’m determined to eat this whole thing. I mean why not, right?”
    So many reasons, Steve. So many.

  • @AFinch-zr7gx
    @AFinch-zr7gx 8 років тому +101

    Steve, would you like to know how we heated those up so long long ago? Body heat. not kidding. you get an hour or 3 of down time, you sleep. And you tuck those packs into areas that coalesced heat. Such as armpits or abdomen or groin(If you're brave. those edges can cut).

    • @bappojujubes981
      @bappojujubes981 8 років тому +12

      Your profile pic makes me think you're a commando from the Vietnam war.

    • @rickjames9477
      @rickjames9477 7 років тому +12

      Thank you for your service :).

    • @secretsesh5962
      @secretsesh5962 7 років тому +1

      Bitoy Skii ikr

    • @tpowell453
      @tpowell453 7 років тому +2

      You invented the same thing my dad and grandpa used to do 50 years before you. That's just crazy. lol

    • @ronnieronson4390
      @ronnieronson4390 5 років тому +1

      Wouldnt it be warmest inside your colon?

  • @KiwiDudeMRE
    @KiwiDudeMRE 8 років тому +15

    This gives me flashbacks to the couple of early 80's MREs I reviewed. Once those packets are opened, just trying to get through the review at all becomes extremely difficult. Nice work mate, I'm enjoying these.

  • @floydvaughn836
    @floydvaughn836 2 роки тому +1

    Trucker here. I've heated MRE on my dashboard. Prop it up, turn it / flip it every half hour or so. 209 miles later, it's lunchtime. I also used a hose clamp and a brown pouch to replace a busted wheel seal. Drove 93 miles to the terminal shop. LOL, they took pictures!

  • @krisalutius5177
    @krisalutius5177 7 років тому +14

    AH! My era! I loved that fruitcake. I used t love that Falcon candy bar some of them used to have too. The cheese was really oily when it was new. I also loved the pork and hamburger pucks. I would eat them like jerky.

  • @gerardoaguirre7054
    @gerardoaguirre7054 7 років тому +84

    Idk y I watch these videos but i cannot stop

  • @WhatWouldRudyEat
    @WhatWouldRudyEat 8 років тому +177

    "it's not normal..." says the guy who eats 60 yo jelly bars :)

    • @evancurry6642
      @evancurry6642 8 років тому +14

      Yeah well the jelly bars are fine so idk whats wrong with it

  • @thewhiskyscout1238
    @thewhiskyscout1238 7 років тому +57

    I served during this era and Chicken a la king was a real iffy one to eat then. We had 2 guys suffered from food poisoning from it if memory serves.

    • @suddenchange4147
      @suddenchange4147 5 років тому +11

      The Whisky Scout yep, very iffy. Many of them were bulged back in the day when they were “new”

    • @timothygibney159
      @timothygibney159 5 років тому +9

      Imagine telling them someone would eat them 30 years later?

  • @guitargeorge1874
    @guitargeorge1874 5 років тому +16

    Please to open the meatballs! You've built up the suspense of curiosity now:)

  • @ginsuwarrior4964
    @ginsuwarrior4964 2 місяці тому +3

    I liked Chicken Ala Thing (CAT) mixed with crunched up crackers, pepper and some left over tabasco sauce. While taking part in Operation Desert Storm, we picked up a stray dog out in the middle of nowhere in Iraq. We took him along with us as our company mascot. That dog which we named “Scud” ate everything except CAT! I have a picture of him sitting by a freshly opened CAT with a disappointed look on his face. Makes me smile every time I look at it.

  • @MrATACS
    @MrATACS 8 років тому +39

    Steve man, I laughed so hard. As soon as you where taking those meatballs outta the main bag, I couldn't quit laughing. I've watched all your vids. Best mre reviewer on UA-cam. Keep making vids bro.

  • @Gigireviews
    @Gigireviews 8 років тому +14

    Dude sometimes I worry for your health lol. I will be sitting watching pleading with the video "don't eat it!!". Thanks for taking one for the team!

  • @robcanisto8635
    @robcanisto8635 9 місяців тому +2

    The arc of Steve deciding to take the plunge was so gosh dang funny. Dude is a gem.

  • @goose300183
    @goose300183 5 років тому +42

    6:08 - Beavis and Butthead moment!

    • @SindyJ37
      @SindyJ37 4 роки тому

      Lol that cheese makes me think about needing TP for my bung hole haha

    • @erichodson3718
      @erichodson3718 4 роки тому

      Mmm mmm Yeah Yeah! What's going on Mmm mmm Yeah!!!

    • @charlesoconnor6247
      @charlesoconnor6247 4 роки тому +1

      That’s hilarious

  • @mwinton1986
    @mwinton1986 6 років тому +17

    “Crackers smell terrible, I’d be trying them if they were good. What the hell I’ll try them anyway” 😂 dude your stomach must be made of titanium lol

  • @Sparrow9612
    @Sparrow9612 7 років тому +133

    In old MRE rations...sometimes the food eats you.

  • @Sticky745
    @Sticky745 8 років тому +63

    Lol! Man, this was fun to watch.. I've got more of these if you need to torture yourself a little bit more haha!
    The catsup you sent me was perfect.. I would've been disappointed if it looked like yours lol!

    • @Sticky745
      @Sticky745 8 років тому +16

      Lol i was rolling in laughter the whole time.. It would've been nice if one of the meals were completely edible, but thats extremely rare. That hash brown looked very nice, reminiscent of the pork patty. I'll check what other menus i have left!.. Let the torture continue!

    • @rachelknight6928
      @rachelknight6928 4 роки тому

      @@Sticky745 f×"

    • @charlierunkle19
      @charlierunkle19 3 роки тому

      @@Sticky745 I know this is 4 years later but I got a case of these today and I ate the freeze dried pork patty. It was surprisingly delicious. Tasted and smelled great.

  • @lookoutpiano8877
    @lookoutpiano8877 5 років тому +8

    The way he defiantly perseveres through these mostly spoiled rations is admirable. But, ultimately I feel like he is dancing on the razor's edge of insanity throughout the experience.

  • @cesarperez7411
    @cesarperez7411 8 років тому +104

    You should make a series called "Rations from Hell" reserved for those that are a crime against humanity.

  • @grandpahesse215
    @grandpahesse215 7 років тому +32

    I ate the chicken ala thing and the meatballs in BBQ sauce in the field back in 1985 (USAF SP) and they weren't much better then. I'd forgotten about the fruit cake (shudder).

    • @floydvaughn836
      @floydvaughn836 2 роки тому +1

      When I enlisted(1974) our Drill Sergeants advised us to save a fruitcake...as a survival ration. These were the MCI version.

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer 6 років тому +33

    26:15 - A timestamp for those wondering where the food poisoning starts

    • @cjmallycm
      @cjmallycm 6 років тому +2

      EpicLPer thanks

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 6 років тому +3

      I dunno... he starts to mention something around 18:47

    • @420TwistedUp
      @420TwistedUp 2 роки тому +1

      Only time I've ever heard Steve cuss on camera 🤣

  • @evilnineteen
    @evilnineteen 8 років тому +20

    By the way, your videos are great Steve. My son and I enjoy watching them together and are even considering doing a few mre reviews ourself. Keep up the awesome videos and thanks for being a bada$$ trying all the old food! You rock bro.

  • @crazyfvck
    @crazyfvck 8 років тому +76

    The Catsup looked like a piece torn off of a roof shingle.

  • @GreatBigRanz
    @GreatBigRanz 8 років тому +49

    ah, that 30 year old cheese spread is sebaceous cyst material.

  • @Spartan536
    @Spartan536 8 років тому +8

    Wow you have gshultz9, gundog4314, and Kiwi Dude in your comments..... this is like a gathering of the top MRE reviewers on youtube.
    I really enjoyed this video, you sir are a brave man, I commend you.
    "salt is salt unless it came out of an RCAF ration".... yeah that review was brutal, had me on the floor laughing, never heard of bad salt prior to that.

  • @davejohnson5479
    @davejohnson5479 7 років тому +5

    I ate both of those menus back in 85-89. They were horrid back then too! Great channel dude.

  • @RPKGameVids
    @RPKGameVids 7 років тому +26

    Mmmmmm, nothing like a gassy bag of fermenting meatballs.

  • @l1zrdking
    @l1zrdking 8 років тому +21

    My stepdad was in the USAF reserves and he would bring me and my brother a couple of these when he did his active weekends. We loved them, we would hike out into the woods and eat ours. Fun times.

  • @VegasAlien1
    @VegasAlien1 7 років тому +6

    Heated my MRE meals by vice-gripping the foil packs to the exhaust of my M901. No one I knew liked Chicken A La King when they were fresh. Loved the meatballs tho. Always had plenty of Ramen noodles to mix stuff with.

  • @badseed4492
    @badseed4492 8 років тому +63

    That ration was older than Master of Puppets. Holy shit.

    • @alexulrich3519
      @alexulrich3519 8 років тому +7

      great album

    • @badseed4492
      @badseed4492 8 років тому +4

      +alex ulrich Ride the Lightning is better. But yes its a great album.

    • @craigcotter7476
      @craigcotter7476 8 років тому +1

      Are you Lars's brother?

    • @alexulrich3519
      @alexulrich3519 8 років тому +1

      craig cotter I wish, I tell myself that were related though lol

    • @badseed4492
      @badseed4492 8 років тому

      +alex ulrich lars is dumb for what he did with Napster, but I think that it isn't a good reason to hate Metallica's music.

  • @SuperBlondecat
    @SuperBlondecat 8 років тому +34

    and why do they keep putting cheese and milk powder in these things ?
    my late Father was WW2 and spoke of how bad the cheese in a tin was

    • @gregcase1162
      @gregcase1162 7 років тому +6

      CAT G.Blondecat the cheese spread is probably my favorite part when it's fresh

    • @markhannan2569
      @markhannan2569 6 місяців тому +1

      That cheese spread looks like Poo

  • @Jaybird196
    @Jaybird196 8 років тому +23

    "And, this is in my room, too! Why do I keep doing this, in here?"
    Basic human decency? Some things are best done in the privacy of one's bedroom, if at all ;) .

    • @Jaybird196
      @Jaybird196 8 років тому +1

      +Steve1989 MREinfo Yes, you must! You must get rid of the must ;) !
      Yeah, that's kinda what I was going for ;) .Just a lil' joke. But, I figure you knew that, heh.

  • @lauroandrea3241
    @lauroandrea3241 7 років тому +24

    I had this exact same MRE but I ate it back in 1986!

  • @fodens3678
    @fodens3678 6 років тому +3

    Man watching these old MRE videos really makes me wish I had a compost bin handy.

  • @traumajock
    @traumajock 7 років тому +9

    a review from the pre-NICE period. I can see in my mind some Asian consultant guy in a wrinkled suit with a ponytail telling Steve to come up with something like Emeril's "let's kick it up a notch" or"Bang!"

  • @Furg4n
    @Furg4n 5 років тому +1

    These are ones from my era and bring back some memories. I love seeing all of the different reviews. Keep up the GREAT work, Steve!! You're awesome!

  • @Pittlc1184
    @Pittlc1184 7 років тому +14

    I'm so afraid of nuts becoming rancid after watching these videos.

  • @Zorilita
    @Zorilita 8 років тому +11

    You should have a scientist do swabs on these to see what's growing in them XC

  • @sfcking5526
    @sfcking5526 7 років тому +6

    We used to heat the entree on the top of a deuce and half. When you're in the field, you will or would appreciate it. You're hungry, you eat, you don't even think about it. We also took the instant Nescafe coffee and just opened the pack, pour it in your mouth and drink some water to wash it down. Sometimes, we didn't have the luxury of a really hot meal. You really can't know until you've been in the field. Granted, these MRE's are totally outdated. But back in the day. . .
    SFC King (Retired)

  • @rockyraab8290
    @rockyraab8290 8 років тому +103

    There is absolutely NOTHING to be gained from opening those spoiled meatballs. Just throw it away - CAREFULLY. Or some poor animal is going to die.

    • @rockyraab8290
      @rockyraab8290 8 років тому +4

      I really only eat MREs while fishing, and I don't do video reviews. I'm sitting here right now looking at six full MRE's and five TOTMs that I'm eager to enjoy as soon as the water softens enough to launch my kayak.

    • @rockyraab8290
      @rockyraab8290 8 років тому +1

      Something like 100 magazine articles and two novels would argue that, yes - LOL!

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 8 років тому +8

      You think an animal would eat it?

    • @monkeybear7937
      @monkeybear7937 8 років тому +15

      Animals are actually smarter than they look and will not touch anything that's gone off and is far out of date, unless you're a fly of course lmao

    • @Koppu1doragon
      @Koppu1doragon 7 років тому

      Burning it would have been better, nothing left to eat.

  • @bufjayup7774
    @bufjayup7774 Рік тому +3

    Wow. This brings back memories. I LOVED the fruitcake / chocolate nut cake / cherry nut cake "back in the day". Wouldn't even touch the cheese spread at a year old. Chicken ala king wasn't bad (albeit nearly 40 years ago). Nor were the beef patties or ham and chicken loaf. Sucked that we didn't even HAVE an FRH at the time, but it did fill the empty gut. Coffee was ok, and I did the mocha deal even back in 85. Peanut butter was the protein savior for sure. I do know that I couldn't WAIT to get back to mess hall for the eggs / french toast / gravy over all / 4 glasses of OJ and 4 glasses of chocolate milk that I consumed regularly in mid 80s Germany. Man - what a different time. @steve1989mreinfo - where you been? LOVE the vids.

  • @Charles_Sweitzer
    @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +10

    Oh my, I had completely forgotten about the dehydrated potato patty..LOL..Great job Steve, Excellent Video.. Keep 'em coming

    • @Charles_Sweitzer
      @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +1

      +Steve1989 MREinfo Yes, the MRE Fruit Yogurt Mix lol.. Putting our MRE Culinary skills to work lol

    • @Jaybird196
      @Jaybird196 8 років тому +1

      +Charles Sweitzer The needs to more videos of people demonstrating their respective field ration improvised cooking, like that :) . I'd watch!

  • @bartbuckland6805
    @bartbuckland6805 7 років тому +3

    The chicken mess was one of the better ones back in the day. The ham/spam was good as well. I never had one heated, so I have no clue if they were better warm. Those meatballs were nasty, even when new! I remember when they came out with new menu items and there was a spaghetti that would get you 2 packs of smokes and a gross hotdogs in jelly meal on a trade! Haha The spaghetti came with a tiny bottle of Tabasco in the accessory pack. Oh, the memories.

  • @richardletteney5217
    @richardletteney5217 3 роки тому +2

    I went to basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey in 1989. I loved the chicken a la king! It was one of the best MRE's I had. The ones you hated to see were the dehydrated pork or beef patties!

    • @jeffyoung60
      @jeffyoung60 Рік тому +1

      I attended Fort Dix basic training in Oct-Dec 1984. Basic wasn't difficult. It was doing basic in the increasing cold and then snow. I did not have the luck of of moderate New Jersey winter. It was a normal cold, snowy one. Worse, I caught a cold in the middle of Basic. I have no idea where or how I caught it. No one else in my platoon caught a cold. I think it was the sudden shock to my immune system going from Hawaii's tropical climate to sudden cold autumn New Jersey weather that lowered my immunity.

  • @raymondpearson6850
    @raymondpearson6850 7 років тому +2

    I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath, UK back in 85'. We used to say the best way to eat the chicken ala king was to put alot of salt on it and don't look at it when you eat it.

  • @Statusinator
    @Statusinator 6 років тому +4

    "Let's take a look at these meatballs."
    *BALLOON POP*
    "Nice hiss."

  • @mojostevo
    @mojostevo 6 років тому +9

    "Weird fruitcake that's kinda nice" Sooo, my old neighbor?

  • @lindacunningham5480
    @lindacunningham5480 5 років тому +2

    My sister loved the meatballs in BBQ sauce. I had watched your reviews for several days then I asked her what she loved/hated. She served in the USAF from 1979 to 1999. She hated the barf in a bag (Turkey ale king) lol.

  • @paulcostinett886
    @paulcostinett886 2 роки тому +1

    Both menus were a routine meal for me, among others, in the 80s in W. GE field ops in the FACP. Usually ate it cold, right out of the bag but on occasion would tie a line to the bag and put into an immersion heater (a water filled garbage can with a diesel heater submerged in it). That cheese spread is CLEARLY not what came out of the pouch in 1986. And the fruit cake/chocolate nut cake were much better looking then. That potato patty, and the dehydrated pork patty, were worth money.

  • @BasqueNYC
    @BasqueNYC 8 років тому +3

    If commented in another one of your vid looking for a certain MRE my uncles used to bring me as a teen n the 80s after one of them participated in Operation Urgent Fury and this was be of the ones I was looking for I remember the fruitcake actually being good! We had stacks of these in the 80s and ate alit of them but this was a fav of mine.Thank you for posting this and bringing me back to the 80s

  • @joannegray5138
    @joannegray5138 8 років тому +21

    That cheese in the first ration looked exactly the same as the chicken. Have you ever thought about getting sponsorship for your channel from Immodium or Gaviscon? Lol!

  • @KatbotZ
    @KatbotZ 8 років тому +11

    What's the chemical reason rancid nuts are making your tongue swell?

  • @emmanichol3613
    @emmanichol3613 5 років тому +3

    I love it when he argues with himself!
    I’m not going to open it I’m not opening it no way !!
    I’m going to open it !!😂

  • @BlueskybanditForever
    @BlueskybanditForever 7 років тому +6

    My mom remembers this stuff! I showed her this and she's like, yeah yeah, I had this stuff in the army. Really wouldn't go into detail but okay. It's sort of cool I guess... gnarly cheese spread, looks like peanut butter XD

  • @krcm1981
    @krcm1981 7 років тому +13

    That cheese looks like something that will come out of a squeezed cyst! Yummy!!!

  • @danielcarter305
    @danielcarter305 Рік тому +1

    Hey Steve, I love your videos. I've seen them all at least twice! Anyway, I always loved these old MRE's from the 80s. I used to go to my local army surplus stores and buy them when I was a kid. My friends and I always thought that all the items that were packaged in them were cool! I always tried to find the ones that said not for flight, pre-flight uses.😂😂😂😂

  • @Schooloftheages
    @Schooloftheages 5 років тому +1

    “Oh! It’s botulism! Look! It’s totally bulged!” I laughed till I cried. Thank you, Steve1989.

  • @spliceoncharlie
    @spliceoncharlie 6 років тому +4

    Really love your MRE videos. Believe me it was always called "Chicken ala S*#t" and never chicken ala thing. These are the MRE's I remember. My first ever MRE was a pork patty in December 1984. If you know or anyone else knows about the old school MRE "Gorilla Cookie" I am looking for some photos or video of them. It was an MRE chocolate cookie from the 80's and early 90's. It was a round chocolate cookie but there were two or three of these in a single pack and they were always fused together, hence the name "Gorilla Cookie" because it was so thick. You had to eat it that way because you could not pry them apart. I remember everyone always ate them with the peanut butter packet. Thing about it is, from what I remember, this cookie went great with the peanut butter but the menus it came with always had the cheese packet's. Seen some bad fights break out over "Gorilla Cookies" and those peanut butter packets.

  • @kevzvipe
    @kevzvipe 7 років тому +5

    imagine Steve ordering at a nice restaurant- food comes to table on tray- "NICE".

  • @GeraldGarcia
    @GeraldGarcia 4 роки тому +2

    I remember eating fresh 80’s rations from Subic/Clark as a kid. They weren’t good at all, but they were a novelty, especially the freeze dried stuff.

  • @Frankopinion
    @Frankopinion 7 років тому +1

    I remember these, I was active duty at this time and I ate many of these when they were fresh. I remember half of them sucked even when they were new, lol. Thanks for the ride down memory lane.

  • @rockforehead3022
    @rockforehead3022 7 років тому +21

    Mmmm... It's brimming with botulism.

  • @sylvana393
    @sylvana393 5 років тому +6

    My problems from that Era were from a two legged Nut-cake.

  • @semperfidelisproject15
    @semperfidelisproject15 3 роки тому +1

    I was an old marine when I saw my first MRE in 85. 29 palms and I told my guys use lots of water but one guy passed out after eating the dried potatoes without water.

  • @user-yx8bh9gu4t
    @user-yx8bh9gu4t 8 років тому +1

    Brings back memories of my time in the Army National Guard. After a couple days of those at Ft. Irwin National Training Center (NTC) in the Mojave Desert, and it gets old real quick. Absolutely would not touch the majority of that stuff. The only thing that was semi-palatable was the Ham Slices. The second-generation (Tuna With Noodles), which came out in the early '90s were a step up, but eating those day after day got old real quick too.

    • @bob_the_bomb4508
      @bob_the_bomb4508 8 років тому

      +Steve1989 MREinfo 12! 12? You guys were lucky! British equivalents had 4. Most of that was pork.

  • @kevinmoore2929
    @kevinmoore2929 8 років тому +7

    sorry for the olfactory attack! back in the day, this was the stuff! I was kinda weird in that I saved the cakes for road marches along with the cookie chocolate covered. I couldn't stand the maple cake.

    • @kevinmoore2929
      @kevinmoore2929 8 років тому

      I was really hoping even though you had warned me.... it's not like some of the best stuff is made anymore. Even if it was just for civilian MREs, some of that pogey bait makes for pretty good comfort food.

  • @koukogakusha
    @koukogakusha 8 років тому +4

    We used to abuse neophytes with chicken ala king in the 1980's and early 1990s... and the fruitcake always tasted like a bicycle tire... it took bravery to eat back then, it takes massive courage in 2015.

    • @hallerd
      @hallerd 6 років тому

      Abuse how?

  • @Klaus666
    @Klaus666 8 років тому +2

    I love your videos! I ate MRE crackers/jam as a kid and I loved them. Your videos remind me of that joy

  • @ssnydess6787
    @ssnydess6787 8 місяців тому

    This is what we had in Jabaal with the 82nd on the Kuwaiti border 4 days after the invasion. They were out of date then! And the Army had the veterinary services test and sign them off. Try the beef slices (with veins!). We would trade the components individually because of the heavy calorie load. The nutcakes with military mocha were my favs in the morning.

  • @jimmykroening76
    @jimmykroening76 5 років тому +16

    Steve that cheese spread looks like something from Dr Pimple Popper LOL....

  • @dingo7055
    @dingo7055 8 років тому +14

    One small bite for man, one giant leap for ration reviewing kind......
    Lol.. Your reaction "That doesn't look so bad!"... My reaction (dry wretching)...

  • @barryford6795
    @barryford6795 6 років тому +1

    Served USMC 1984 - 1996 i ate those in boot camp and in the FMF I ate that batch of MRE not bad back in the day check the accessory pack there could be heat tabs .Or they could have handed them out to us .both of those were good tasting.

  • @PanzarMetal
    @PanzarMetal 8 років тому +2

    From all the preservatives eaten, this guy should live for a couple of decades now.

  • @Defensive_Wounds
    @Defensive_Wounds 8 років тому +6

    Did you have a cold when you did this package?

  • @Jooky1
    @Jooky1 8 років тому +4

    During the late 80s and early 90s, the chicken ala king was my favorite MRE.

  • @ourhouse8529
    @ourhouse8529 8 років тому +2

    just seen your video.....I was in the Air Force from 82 to 86.....there were only about 5 or 6 different types of MRES that I knew of.....the Ham slices were the best....Chicken ala king....meatball in BBQ sauce..beans and whiners and one other.....the cheese we used to call baby crap....the had dehydrated fruit cocktail......orange cake and chocolate chip cake.....fudge bar....and what we called John Wayne cookies, two chocolate covered cookies stuck together with wax paper you couldn't pull apart.

  • @animeprofessor116
    @animeprofessor116 8 років тому +8

    I am dying to see what is in that meatball package sir steve.

  • @frankeppenridge2027
    @frankeppenridge2027 3 роки тому +3

    I remember those two MRE’s. Two of the best in the case. They WERE good! Chicken ala King was awesome! The meatballs were great too. Chocolate nut cake was THE best! Too bad they didn’t last.

  • @mh20767
    @mh20767 8 років тому +11

    Please don't open those meatballs!

  • @quantize
    @quantize 5 років тому +1

    The definitive information source for eating rancid 30yr old cake.

  • @texasknight5175
    @texasknight5175 2 роки тому +1

    We need a live stream of Steve, RC Gusto, Sticky Fingaz and Gun Dog.

  • @Charles_Sweitzer
    @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +3

    Come to think of it, I remember when these were "Fresh" back in 1987. I remember coming home from a Reserve Drill Weekend from Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA and I had a leftover MRE, so I opened it up and showed my Dad what we ate for Field rations. He was in the Army in the early 1960's and had the infamous C-rations.

    • @Charles_Sweitzer
      @Charles_Sweitzer 8 років тому +2

      +Steve1989 MREinfo Yes, he was in when the C-Rats came with 4 cigarettes, nothing like the US Govt supplementing someone's nicotine fit LOL...

  • @user-td1zo3tv9p
    @user-td1zo3tv9p 5 років тому +6

    "Not gonna open this in my room.
    Unless you guys want me to."
    I'm reading the comments and watching this video over two years after posting but DID Steve open the package?!?
    I can't find out in the comments.
    LMAO

  • @moxjett
    @moxjett 7 років тому

    When I was in the first Gulf War, we use to place the main entrée packets behind the jet in our TAB-VEE while it was running and doing its preflight checks. Once the jet left to fly its sortie the main entrée packets were nice and toasty. These old MRE's tasted a lot better heated up. The ham loaf and pork loaf where the two dreaded packs nobody wanted followed by the Chicken A La Puke.

  • @nanomachines2985
    @nanomachines2985 4 роки тому

    When I was a love, my uncle would sometimes bring me and my brother MREs after some kind of field exercise. We gobbled them up. One day, and I don't remember the menu number, but I remember the dessert was orange pound cake. That was my most favorite MRE dessert ever. Never found it again.