Russian happy meal - military ration
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2022
- MRE's (Meal Ready to Eat) are normally issued as military rations, or to workers during disaster recovery works. They're fascinating. Like a mystery meal in a bag with lots of extras.
Someone once described them as happy meals for adults, and I agree.
It's worth mentioning that you could make your own version for much less, but it would lack the mystery and authenticity of the real thing. There's also the fun of trying other countries foods.
This one came from an eBay seller based in Russia who ships to Europe:-
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lowestpric...
You may find other sellers willing to ship to the USA, although the massive USA postal politics may affect that.
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“No that is not a tea bag. (Sniffs item) That is…a…bottom wipe. So that would make terrible tea.”🤣 2:37
This had me chuckling for ages 🤣
Either before or after.
That's why there's 20g of sugar
I don't think Clive is speaking from experience here... but then again, I'm most certainly not willing to attempt proving him wrong either...
I totally lost it at that exact point.
Almost expecting him to say “alright, now let’s get this out onto a tray”
Nice!
Too fresh for steve.. 😄
@@someone2506 He does do more recent stuff too. Out of the last 10, most were after 2016. Last was a 2020 Honduran.
Nice hiss!
@@someone2506 yeah probably true 😂
Man do I just love this man's voice. I understand nothing of electronics, I don't care about food... but just hearing Clive talk is always nice; soothing and friendly
Well, I visited this channel because of ElectroBOOM, stayed for this soothing voice in the first place.
I was dealing with a horrific recovery with multiple surgeries, falling asleep to Clive's videos was really the only way. I feel as though I've learned electronics osmotically throughout the years.
I’d say I’d happily listen to Clive reading me the instruction manual to a washing machine, however I’m sure somewhere in his archives I may just find that
I can't listen to Clive late at night his voice just makes me head for my bed, it's so soporific..
Look up “so much UA-cam “
I always love your reviews of these foreign MRE's.
Here's what's the back of the packaging says (you either get meal 2, 3 or 4):
1 | Plain biscuits from wheat flour of the 1st grade
2 | Canned meat and vegetable "Buckwheat porridge with beef"
3 | Canned meat and vegetable "Rice porridge with beef"
4 | Canned meat and vegetable "Barley porridge with beef"
5 | Canned vegetable snacks "Vegetable caviar (zucchini)"
6 | Fruit juice (jam)
7 | Black tea
8 | Sugar
9 | Salt
10 | Pepper
11 | Portable heater (stove and 3 tablets of dry fuel)
12 | Disinfectant wipes (2 pieces)
13 | Paper napkins
14 | Plastic spoon
15 | Can opener
Ah, so the plastic thing was for cutting the foil.
@@bigclivedotcom That's what I was thinking. When you took the knife to it I was thinking "USE THE STABBY TOOL THEY GAVE YOU!"
Google Lens translation? It's such a cool feature.
@@bigclivedotcom the Russian military needs a million Big Clive-approved "spudgers"! Preferably well-used ones....
@Stevey Canuck Just think about what the soldiers on the other side are eating.
MRE Meals Rejected by the Enemy
- Here are some meaty things! (Totally not.)
- And some… other things? (Correct.)
- And sugar! (Which is salt.)
Classic Clive vs foreign MREs.
I noticed a distinct lack of vodka. Also, no radioactive heater. Must be the westernized version.
The Russians aren't as hard as the Scots. So no trident ration heater.
@@bigclivedotcom but they are tryhards... as in they're tryin real hard to start WW3 right now lol...here's hoping we all don't get drafted to fight some poor siberian conscripted peasants eating these 🤞🤞
I was expecting a potato and fold out still for the vodka. The lack of radioactive waste was also a disappointment but maybe it is a special issue MRE for combat in the vicinity of Chernobyl? Chestnuts roasting on a glowing elephant's foot and all that stuff that gives Putin the warm fuzzies.
@@karlharvymarx2650 Special rations for the Chernobyl area are probably in short supply outside the army, as they have deployed quite a lot of troops to that vicinity. Supposedly for training exercises.
@@bigclivedotcom omg I forgot about the trident ration heater lol!! This is my absolute favorite channel.
Exactly what I needed to further ignore my physics homework. 😀
lad i can totally relate to you, since im doing the exact same
Aw man, physics is great! I dunno how you could be a Clive fan with all the electronic stuff he does and taking stuff apart, and not appreciate physics. Physics is a teardown of the Universe!
I used to sit in class and read ahead in the textbook, cos admittedly the lessons were completely boring, but the subject wasn't, it was the school's, possibly all school's, fault. Actually I never did a jot of homework either, still got my science GCSE. But that depends, some subjects you're awarded based on coursework, others based on exam results, at least over here. And they used to keep changing between the two. Any subject that's exam-based I could piss away but don't ask me to blether on about it, especially in my house.
Actually if they threw you out of science class, they'd shut you (me) in a store room. Full of hundreds of back-issues of New Scientist! So I learned a shitload more from getting kicked out than I would have if I'd stayed in. Damn, what's WRONG with schools?
Anyone that's watched more than one of your MRE videos should know the eating noises are part of the experience.
Clive seems like the only guy you still talk to from that part time job you had in 2005 that taught you all you needed to know about it and you still use parts of.
I love it when you masticate. The noises are all part of the family enjoyment
Have you got any idea how wrong that statement sounds if you just quickly read the comment.
My russian from school still works after 35+ years, amazing. I am a bit disappointed there is no nuclear device in there for heating the stuff.
You're right. I distinctly remember Clive saying that only the Scottish and Russian meal packs had the nuclear heater.
You generally only find those nuclear heaters in the Scottish Army MREs.
@@Scodiddly Yep, but expectations and stereotypes, you know ...
Yeah, they must be a under a lot of budget constraints if they don't have chemical heaters. If there is a lot of wind, you can just eat it cold.
@@Scodiddly But according to the Scottish MRE review, nuclear heaters were issued only to Scottish and Russian army units.
It's been quite a while since you've done an MRE video.
These, and explody videos, are my favourites.
Kasha, or buckwheat groats is a very nutritious grain to eat. If you buy it un-roasted you must toast the grain for the best flavour. Get it at most Polish delis as dry grains or fully cooked in jars. I think it goes very well with lots of mushrooms.
Scorched buckwheat can be unpleasant so roasting it requires a bit of care. One of those foods that often prompt extreme love or hatred…
Ah we make buckwheat pancakes with bacon and syrup. Delicious. Normally they are eaten on "all souls' day" but the tradition is fading somewhat.
Mix with blood, fill sausage cases and roast for gorgeous kaszanki
@@mmmhorsesteaks What I remember about buckwheat pancakes is they stuck with you all day, no need for lunch, also they're pretty tasty.
@@markiangooley I wonder if they expect the soldier to use all three tablets to heat it up really well with some water.
1) I'm very impressed that the Russian military is concerned with recycling and have marked all the packaging accordingly. 2) They picture a samovar on the tea packet, yet fail to provide one? What are we, savages?
you are supposed to imagine one using that picture
A samovar is somewhat overkill for a single serving of tea... but then again, per Russian tradition overkill is always the correct answer, so you may actually have a valid point :P
If it were American, there might be a tea kettle on it, which doesn't mean a tea kettle is furnished
Recycling USSR also...
No, you see, each unit is assigned one samovar that someone has to carry with them (like someone else is carrying the unit's MG). And when time for dinner comes, everyone throws their teabag into it and they cook a large communal pot of tea. ;)
As a Russian I enjoyed this video, thanks for making it! Also it is worth mentioning that this ration was manufactured by correction facility inmates, as it says on the top of the package.
ФГУП ЧЕРНОЗЕМЬЕ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЙ СЛУЖБЫ ИСПОЛНЕНИЯ НАКАЗАНИЙ, jailed guys made this mre from 2001 to 2021.
All of Russian is a correctional facility😂😂😂
The tough bit of cow stuff is actually petrified weasel, It keeps longer and the nutritional value is much higher than regular beef.
Petrified Weasel? sounds like a Myers Superfood. ua-cam.com/video/CAFMkpa8V6k/v-deo.html
Very topical
The fact that I am an American eating breakfast with an IOM fellow eating a Russian MRE all entirely from our homes blows my mind sometimes.
LMAO Clive, at least you cut open the zip lock side. Opening a package, reaching in to the bottom to find the ziploc is always a moment you look around to be sure no one saw you do that :B
Never seen those self-igniting fuel tabs, what a neat idea!
Russian ones in particular are extra strength for cold climate, not like the wimpy tabs US tended to give, or the self heaters that require extra water. I'd seal them and keep for emergencies.
The green thingy is used to open the foil food pack/can. I learned this from University of UA-cam.
My Dad tried to learn Russian in his eighties, but he didn't get very far. As a result we still have two Russian dictionaries which he refuses to get rid of.
So he can read as well as an average Russian
Never entirely give up. My dad was the same way. Thanks for sharing that; it made me smile and brought back some warm memories.
In Russia, dictionaries read you.
@@shaunmorrissey7313 to be fair, probably even better than they do.
@@shaunmorrissey7313 Russia has 99.7% literacy rate, USA is 88% UK is 99%
The food when you are cold and hungry is always good. Those fuel tabs with the match head built in was clever.
Somehow you can take anything to bits and make it immersing and entertaining. Thank you, Clive.
I have waited for so long for you to make another MRE video. Thank you! I so enjoyed watching it!
"That is a bottom wipe, so that would make terrible tea!" Don't judge me! :-) hahaha. Love your vids. Thanks for sharing!
Clive, I have to say, you're a real gem! There are few people that I've never met whom I find so pleasant. Not meaning to crawl or even come across as creepy! It's just that your content alone helped me through rough times and never failed to cheer my up again. Thanks a lot!
I never thought of these as adult Happy Meals before, that isn't entirely wrong.
Absolutely love these - thanks for sharing.Always intrigued by what is included in each pack.
I was just rewatching your old MRE vids, perfect timing!!
That looked pretty good Big Clive. Your description made it even more tantalising!!
It was manufactured by the Federal Penitentiary Service (top text on the outside package), so it is also made by prisoners most likely. Or for them, but I don't see why they would need MREs.
Sketchy company. Their site is down, and email is on the free service. But they also make food for service animals.
It was also liquidated and transformed into a joint stock company with the same name.
@@AlexTaradov they only packaging all stuff in box, which delivering from factories
Oh Clive, you haven't lived unless you've tried BiscuitsAB (out of a Brit 24hr Ratpack) whilst sitting in a miserably wet hole in Otterburn in February......
And the smell of hex(amine) blocks as you're trying to heat up food/fingers/everything else that's frozen to the bone..... BTW the AB stands for Anal Blockage! In all seriousness, all those rat packs are designed to be calorie dense whilst avoiding the need to stop for a dump........ nothing interupts a battle like.........
After a week on those things, you'll need to take on oar into the trap with you to break up the log you're about to lay down...... That's if you haven't passed out from the exertion of giving birth to it..........
Birthing Bono?
That was funny and a little scary.
This is the best comment I've read in a long time 😂
Oh so true....
Canadian IMP's (Individual Meal Packages) are the same. I saw several guys go six weeks without dropping a football. We used to take bets as a section as to when the birthing would commence.
This video aged well.
Well, you can't go wrong with buckwheat and beef. It's the ultimate outdoor meal. Even better with pepper!
I love your MRE videos. Keep them coming.
Nice an MRE video I'm so happy Clive ! I'm watching it right now.
Wow, I was just thinking about the old MRE videos last night. Nice timing!
This exact ration made by Federal Penitentiary Service. Often used by police detachments. Classic Russian military rations contain 3 servings per package for whole day.
Love the MRE videos!
THANK YOU for lighting the stove I wanted to see how it worked
The action of mixing marrow paste and apple varenye/ apple jam felt like some sort of crime yet left me so curious that tomorrow I'm gonna buy both and try the wicked combination
In Russia if you would mix the apple povidlo with vegetable caviar you would be disowned by Babushka.
Clive's so brave just eating random substances. Love it!
The voice, the chill.
This are the only kind of "someone eating something" because you learn useful things, i hate the way this makes me hungry and i can only imagine how good these taste. Maybe i'll be buying these just for fun too.
The Scottish MRE was my favourite :)
MRE (Meals Rejected by the Enemy), was what we used to say about them. Although truth be told that Russian one looked a lot better than the ones we got in the Canadian military when I was in.
I ate like 10 of those, when i was in army. In woods, when you have nothing to eat, it's perfect. They are the same, but have around 3-5 variation. Bread looking crackers named hardtrack(галеты), they dont really degenerate over time.
Here in Norway we had a rather infamous canned combat ration (Reservestridsproviant, shortened to RSP for obvious reasons), nicknamed "Dead Man in a Can", "Remains of Blown Up Personell" or "Recirculated Personell.
When I was in the service it had just been phased out. We were still being threatened to eat that stuff if we did a poor performance, as they still had mountains of it in storage.
25 years later it's supposedly still "edible". From the horror stories I've heard, its edibility was a technicality even back when it was "fresh".
@@CheGavare When I was in the Canadian military the best thing in the ration packs for some odd reason was the crackers. I really liked them and there was a small packet of strawberry jam that made it just that little bit better.
@@eivind-falk LOL I love the name
I wish that I had thought of it. It is one of those things that just spontaneously happen and everyone uses the same words/phrases.
This is a first for me to see you do not an electronic video. Great to watch thanks, I learned something new.
For some reason, I love when you do MRE videos
Thank you Clive, these are fun
The irony of dishwasher and recycling labels on a MRE was apparently lost on the manufacturer.
Edit: Looks like Clive had an easier time getting one of these than the Russian Army.
you should try a dutch mre . they come in two separate parts for a day ration. one part is breakfast/lunch/ snack and then they have a bag with a meal for dinner.
Shmoke and a pancake for dessert?
Bong and a crepe
If I remember correctly (from a different MRE video) the wet wipes are quite clever.
The two sides of the double pack are colored differently for a reason. One side is for wiping your hands before the meal and the other one is for scrubbing your plate afterwards.
"That is a bottom wipe, so that would make terrible tea." So in other words, it would make an ordinary cup of tea then?
Great video, I am now in need of a MRE
The little green widget is for opening packets, the Apple packet is Apple butter, Russians tend to prefer their tea very sweet,
Most just put a slice of lemon
@@goodvibesglobal8453 My friends must be atypical Russians then.
"Russian" sugar is often made from beets rather than cane. Maybe it's because I've used cane sugar for most of my life, but I now prefer beet sugar. Anyway, some Babaevsky chocolate would have been the perfect dessert portion. :)
Russian can do chocolate.
It's funny, cane sugar around here is considered rare and magical and better.
can you tell the diff? We have beet sugar here (I think "silver spoon"?) and it just tastes like sugar. However, the production of it stinks for miles around!
@@LostInTech3D I had a cane sugar cocoa cola once and didn't like it ... But because cane sugar is rare here people want to believe its SUPER ULTRA HEALTH SUGAR or something.
The sugar sold in Germany is almost entirely made from beets too. Id thought pretty much all sugar in europe is made from beets because you can grow them here but canes not so much?
Such a nice company for my very late lunch, thank you! 😊
A few months ago I bought a French RCIR. Soooo many goodies in there. I haven’ eaten it yet, but I look forward to it.
A meal for when you are being shelled. Certainly not one when you are trying to hide your location
The most hilarious bit is misinterpretation of contents based on the physical properties. 11/10 content.
Some people I know indeed add stupendous amount of sugar into tea and coffee.
Polish shops could have buckwheat if there's ever a wish to cook a "proper" buckwheat porridge.
Don't forget the butter. Very tasty! 😊😋
That was super cool! Love these kinds of exploratory things with MREs, still remember the Polish one (some of this stuff looks really good, to be honest.)
Made me hungry! Thanks for the review!
Perfect timing! I was just thinking about buying one of these to sate my curiosity. Now I think I'll buy one just to see for myself. 😁
Wondering what sort of conductivity that porridge might yield… 🤔
haha opens it the worst way possible 😆 We all love the food videos Clive! Do more trash cooking too!
The apple spread looks like what we would call "apple butter" here in the US
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4:19 We are the only nation which eats buckwheat as one of essential grains. Buckwheat kasha is a cornerstone of our ration. My gym trainer has been eating a bowl of buckwheat every day for more than 10 years already.
Buckwheat is great. I used buckwheat flour for pancakes.
The name “buckwheat” originates comes from the Dutch immigrants, we call it “boekweit”. And in The Netherlands it is eaten but not by all.
@@ernstoud that's very nice to know, thank you! nj
@@ernstoud Ah, so that is where buckwheat comes from. At least in Ny, buckwheat cereal was very common when I grew up. Ny was settled by the Dutch.
Oh come on, don't be this full of yourself, it is still relatively popular in Poland in particular, and other Central to East European countries. (And not due to Russian influence either.)
You get better toys with the Russian MRE than you do with a MuckDonalds Happy Meal. The Russian toys make loud bangs like giant electrolytic capacitors.
Thanks from Texas Clive
Nice refresher on reading Cyrillic. 👍
nice one Clive .. might try it
Also, I genuinely love it when rat packs have products that have camo patterns and manly names... It's embarrassingly macho, bordering on the screamingly camp, in a jean-claude van damme sort of way 😂
Makes me wonder if the Japanese ones have any Hello Kitty or Doraemon themes. Little capsule toy inside maybe?
@@idjtoal I'd like to think the Danish ones have little lego sets inside to keep the troops amused 🤣
These and the ones from Steve1989 are very, very distinctly different in flavor :)
Awesome big Clive
"Being low grade trash, that is absolutely perfect for people like me." I often wonder what you would consider as inedible when you make statements like that, even though I have seen you eat things that would challenge the most needy people.
I really do enjoy your channel, you will fixate on a theme, and then out of the blue there's this kind of content that (in my opinion) allows you to to just forget all of the tech stuff and get down to basics, the stuff that makes us, us.
Thank you for so, so many years of truthful, informative content, and this :D
Well the challenge is on to find a meal you don't like! 😁
It's gonna be tough.
Almost looks like Apple butter. Basically a much more cooked down much more smooth and cinnamony apple spread. Yum!
At this point Clive could narrate anything and we'll tune in. 🤣 Interesting MRE. Made me hungry for meatloaf.
So happy I stopped in to find we have the new and improved bottom-wipe of terrible-tea on hand! Yum!
I like rewatching the Scottish MRE video with the nuclear heater and Blended Scotch Whisky which is notably absent from sale in the USA.
But anyway, my favorite MREs are the German 2013-2018 series 24-hour "Einmannpackung" Typ 1 menu. Also helps that I learned to read German in my teenage years.
Love the ration vids
I looked up a recipe for Zucchini caviar. It seems like a good way to use zucchini and think I will make some this summer.
An interesting content, and I learned one new word ("zucchini", also useful to know how to say things you like rather than ones you don't like :p). Thanks for this test Clive !
The camouflage pattern on the package was like a Rorschach Test. I saw a couple of creatures and faces in there. But wood grain does that to me as well.
This same meal (buckwheat with beef) is sold on US eBay by the same seller for $21 including shipping.
Other single meals are available for the same price. Single entre for $4.90. 1.7kg-1.8kg full day ration $29-$33.
I'm not affiliated with the seller.
Seems a bit steep for what you get.
Hope you checked the use by date
After seeing this on your Patreon feed, I ordered some Russian MREs (entrees, not full setups like this) for the hell of it. Wonder how long mail takes from Moscow to California...
Is the green plastic piece for opening the, rather well sealed, burner unit you needed the 'Stanley' knife for?
It may have been for opening the foil containers.
Now let's get this out on the tray, Nice!
Not difficult to imagine Clive out in the wilds starving hungry, the way he goes at this stuff.
But what is the green pointy thing for? Good to see an MRE video back!
Foil container opener.
I'm concerned for Clive's plumbing after that meal.
That apple jam is my absolute favourite tbh, can't resist that grainy apple goodness.
Many moons ago when I was still at school my Dad was in the Royal Observer Corps, basically once every month or so they'd spend an evening down a nuclear fallout shelter practising for WW3 taking radiation measurement etc. Well when their rations went out of date we kids got to eat them, really like the packs of biscuits and honey in tubes like tooth paste!
We lived in Wales at the time and most of the ROC members did it because they needed the money so often us kids would go along too, so have the honour of having reported the radiation reading over the British Telecom branded equipment. When we moved back to England the local ROC seemed to be staffed with military fanboys so no more visits for kids.
At the beginning of the video,
Funny voiceover. I like it.
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the beef and buckwheat kasha I've had before as a proper dinner dish and I absolutely love it. the buckwheat groats are nice and hearty and filling, and the beef gives it a wonderful savoury flavour. You can make the buckwheat by itself just as you would rice and use it just as you would rice. A nice change of pace from the usual rice/pasta/potato choices for a starch.
Grechka a Russian staple apparently very good for diabetes and the heart that sugar is a standard size sachet in Russia I get them all the time in my lunch box at work probably why we have abundance of Grechka to stave off the diabetes 😁
He has got us again! It's an electronics channel and we sit there and watch ALL of the video.
Great video! I have been wondering for a long time what kind of knife this is that you also use in this video. From which company is this?
That particular one is branded Amtech.