I ate C rations for 45 days. Only had a bowel movement 5 times and that was 5 to many. It was like passing a brick. Korea cold weather training January-February 1974.
As an avid Steve watcher, I still find myself from time to time watching his old content. I have noticed the difference in his voice as he has grown, noticed the difference in scenery, but have never noticed a difference in quality of content or entertainment. Big W’s for Steve all around. Glad to see him back to uploading regularly and I always save his uploads for a late night watch in bed before falling asleep.
@@k0biza ahh, you may have me beat. I’ve been watching about 10 years when I had my daughter. I have shared him out to so many family members and friends, I truly believe his content can cater to so many crowds. I started watching him when I was doing research on World War I. And have been hooked ever since. The education, the food, the edginess of eating said food despite it being super old and just the wildness of that, and of course the MRE crowd too. I even had a genuinely concerned conversation with my fiancée about him when he stopped posting for awhile. I will never stop watching SteveMRE. Love his content!
"I met this guy, he was buff, but when we got back to his room, it reeked of cigarettes and rotten cheese. He did offer me some 50 year old spaghetti, though."
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn yeah, he's one of those cement layer worker guys according to wikipedia. so i guess that explains why he's a smooth-talking, mre-eating tank, he's lofting huge bags of cement all day
My old roommate was a vet from Vietnam. He passed of a pancreatic tumor a couple of years ago. He was on hospice at home when he left us (in the room that I’m in now lol). Just thinking that he probably ate some of these meals, and enjoyed some of theciggies. Rest in power Dee!
Retired Navy here, hope you doing well in life. My condolences for your roommate. As you said, may Dee rest with much power!! You will see him again!! My belief.
I served two tours in Vietnam, 1965-66, 1970-71. My favorite C-rats were Ham and Eggs chopped and Ham and Lima's. Beef Spiced wasn't bad either. We usually had Tabasco sauce sent from home to liven them up a bit. The canteen water with halazone tabs tasted awful so we also had packs of Cool Aid mailed to us. They included heat tabs to heat the meals but I usually used C-4 explosive. You could pinch a small piece off and light it up. It was the "microwave" of field cooking, fast and hot! I didn't smoke so I would trade cigarettes to other Marines who did. We gave the Vietnamese kids the candy and cookies and hot chocolate packs that came in some rations. Marine Corps tours were 13 months long ,my unit was always in the field so we would get one hot meal a day most of the time. Rest of the time it was C-rats. for your meals and a rubber poncho for your roof. When you were killed the poncho also became your shroud. Tom Boyte, Gy.Sgt., USMC retired
Hello, I'm from 2018. You've likely heard Steve say that this will be his last time ever opening processed cheese. I can tell you that he will keep opening processed cheese anyways.
My favorite part about these videos is how he openly acknowledges how disgusting all of this is but he keeps doing it even though nobody is making him, lmao
I was born in Hong Kong in 1964. In the 1970s, many American battleships docked in Victoria Harbor. Because the Vietnam War was intensifying at that time, U.S. battleships would replenish supplies in Hong Kong. My grand grandma ran a bartering business in Victoria Harbor. Sometimes, she would get some U.S. military ration packages. I ate the US military ration packets many times. I still remember that the packaging box and can opener are exactly the same. I also remember that there was a can containing three round chocolates in the package, which was very delicious. If I remember correctly, there was also a can of applesauce and a can of cake in the box inside. I like them so much. 😁
One of my coworker actually did this once. I was working at a fast food restaurant at the time, and they were cleaning the drains up front. The whole store smelled like death, so the *supervisor* started walking around, vaping, to try and cover it up. When that didn't work, he lit up a cigarette and did the same thing again. He was never reprimanded for this, and he was still working when I quit.
I admire and respect your commitment to check everything out! You open rotten rancid food and probe it for your viewers amusement when all you wanted was a cup of coffee and a smoke. Love the videos and love learning about how troops were fed and are still being fed today in active service. Keep up the good work!
Actually he is six centuries old. His first experiment with military rations was during the Burgundian wars of Charles The Bold in the 1470s. He was confronted with hardtack biscuit accursed by God and man. He ate it anyway...
I served in Nam from '70 to '71 and I'm still passing gas from that cheese spread. It honestly wasn't that bad but it gave Velveeta gourmet status. After C Rats I thought MREs were terrific!
This brings back memories! We would use thermo tabs to heat up the main course. I had this spaghetti meal as my first experience with c-rats. Why I remember.....heat from the thermo tab was causing the spaghetti to rise up out of the can!. My DI yelled at me for not putting a vent hole thru the middle to let the expanding air to escape!!! USMC 1972
3:57 "Ewwgh..look at that...ewgh! it's so acidic and sour!...ehya uhg oh oo...yeah here we go! Hey, look at that!" "Check that out, I don't think there's any rust in that can!"
A friend and I used to sit and watch these. Brings back memories. When we talk now, we always start off the discussion with the words "Nice Hiss". You're a legend, sir.
Nam 1971, Thanks, I. Just got a flashback watching. It tasted and smelled as bad as it looked when it was “fresh”. The ham & beans were even a step down from the spaghetti ration. I bought a lot of beef jerky and candy bars to survive and traded or sold the rations.
Thank you, and all your fellows for Serving. Glad you got home. My uncle the Marine got home, the little girl who was going to be my new sister didn't make it out.
I sent my gramp this video, as he served in Vietnam, and I thought he’d like the content. Not only did he enjoy it, but he actually said that this ration was one of his favorites. Love this side of military history, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey dude totally random question but the music at the start of your videos is extremely relaxing, it has a nostalgic sound to it that makes me a feel a certain way I can't quite pinpoint. Would you ever think of doing like a compilation of tall the songs together? In like a three hour video? That would be really awesome, and very appreciated.
Dude thank you. The music has always been a fun part of all of this. Been working on a ration photo compilation and the tunes for a while now. Not sure when it's going to be complete & released though.
Brother in service during the 1980’s. Brought home many cans of really tasty treats for his little brother. mom did not cook well,( only for holidays) we did not have any extra money either. Really loved them little green cans. The cookies , crackers some with chocolate in the same can and the ham and eggs! Been 40 years ago and still think it was delicious! Favorite episode so far! Thank you Steve!
If I were to make a war movie, I'd cast Steve as the quartermaster in a heartbeat. The most chill dude on youtube Oh, and he'd do the soundtrack as well
Hey Steve, I've watched some of your videos like 7-8 years ago. Always loved them. I'm 33 now and I've been craving a Peter Gabriel SO picture for my home, in good quality. At 17:25 I spotted it. LOVE that you have that album. Take care my man. Love your stuff to this day.
Hey man right on thank you! Peter Gabriel is truly one of a kind. So is a gem. Him and his crew put a ton of amazing work into that album and it's truly timeless and inspiring. Thanks for stopping by, take care and see ya around.
My Dad was in Vietnam as an SP4 he got cancer from Agent Orange. He passed when I was 2 1/2 in 1987 the service really screwed him up my mom was the one who would listen to him See his best buddy blown up in little pieces right in front of him. My mom told me he would clean the mud out of the rifles so they would fire he was older then the rest so these young guys would throw their rifles down into the mud he would pick them up and clean them. My mom has been fighting the VA all these years. That was the time he would of been there 1969 these drinkers mocked him when he walked into a bar with his uniform on he even tried to burn his bronze star and purple heart certificates he was so mentally messed up when he came back from Vietnam the VA only gave him one day counseling my mom was the only one who was listen to every word of his war stories.
I've checked out other reviewers, but the enthusiasm steve has keeps me coming back for more. I love how he gets into it. Both educational and entertaining.
Actually i gotta ask what educational value this has besides telling you that half-century old MREs are unsafe for human consumption. Make no mistake I love these videos but there isn't much education to be gained here. It's just interesting to watch.
My dad did two tours in Vietnam in the ‘60’s and came home about ‘72. He brought a bunch of these meals home intending to use them for camping. We kids would go into the garage and take the gum out and we would look for the cans that had a round chocolate disc in them and eat them. They were pretty good. He probably STILL has some in his garage now. Lol
Inhaling rotten MRE's is normal enough to him that he likely spreads 50 year old cheese on his mask so he can feel perfectly normal while grocery shopping. It would also guarantee everyone stays at least 6 feet away from him.
For those who are interested in how the C-ration was managed and prepared and a little about the life of a line doggy in Vietnam, here's a long post. I say managed because, as a brand new 2d lt., one of the first things my platoon sergeant showed me was how to distribute our resupply drops (which he did as the platoon sergeant). There were certain ítems that were coveted -- pecan cake roll, pound cake, peaches and applesauce being at the top of the list -- and none of them came in the same ration. So, to avoid conflicts and claims of favoritism, he would open each case, turn it up side down and move the boxes around to make them random -- because everyone quickly learned to memorize the location of each ration in the case. Then, each guy in the platoon, platoon leader and sergeant included took a turn pulling out their choices. The bartering then began. You see, everyone wanted to do things like combine pound cake with peaches or pecan cake roll with applesauce. The problem being they each came in different boxes. The bartering often included one guy agreeing to trade a desireable can -- like spiced beef -- for an undesireable one -- like ham and eggs (affectionately known as ham and mfers) in order to get his prized peaches, or what ever. The Tabasco company produced a C-ration Cookbook that was sent free of charge to anyone writing from a Vietnam APO (Army Post Office). Pizza could be made by taking out the cheese and all but one cracker from the B-2 unit; mixing the cheese spread with a spiced beef unit; dumping the mix on top of the remaining cracker; placing another cracker on top; putting the can back in the box and lighting the box on fire. The pizza was ready when the box went out. Apple crunch could be made by mixing applesauce in with the pecan cake roll, puting the can in the box -- well, you get the idea. If you had access to the local economy, ramen noodles were used as the starting ingredient in many a combat stew. The ammo can for machinegun rounds was a good size for cooking stew and easily carried. Of course, everyone carried a bottle of Tabasco sauce along with a bottle of LSA (gun lubricant) and had a can opener hung from his dog tags chain. And that's the way it was.
Oh wow, so that thing was a can opener?! My granddaddy was a marine in the Vietnam war and after he passed away, I found a couple of those in his old stuff. Never knew what they were, thank you!
I bought the same C-rat from an Army-Navy store back in high school- approx. 75 or 76. Ate the whole thing but it was a lot fresher than yours was back then. The cigarettes were too stale to smoke though.
The Spaghetti was one of the good ones. A little tabasco, made it better. The cheese didn't smell all that good when it was "fresh". This meal was one you wanted to get. If you had a "cake" in your meal and someone had peaches or fruit cocktail, you could trade half your cake for half their fruit--- very good comb. You had to be creative .
Loved your video. I was 9 years old in 1969. Your right about the war really going on. I lived in Fayetteville NC and all of my buddies dad's where in the army. We had an endless supply of C Rations. We traded them and ate them while we played "army" and camped out. I can still remember the smell when we opened up a case. Sweet smell kinda. I still carry a p 38 can opener on my keychain.
I am sitting here at two am on my school laptop with a test im supposed to be studying for watching a man explain how Vietnam war era toilet paper is far superior to modern toilet paper. wtf is my life pls help.
I like your commentary throughout the video. You sound like a madman thinking outloud. It's amusing and entertaining. Thanks for sacrificing your life to show us these relics. I know you didn't eat any of the food in this video but the coffee. That was a wise choice. I have seen you in other videos eating food decades old.
"Something about this just takes the cake" as the perfectly cylindrical mass of a 47-year old can of spaghetti is just chilling on the tray in the background 😂
The army was still using these in '83 when I went in and honestly the spaghetti with meat sauce was my personal favorite. I never saw an MRE until late '84.
Good God, I would be worried about even aerosolizing that botulism into the air around me!!! Brave dude and/or masochistic proclivities? He might become the last casualty of the Vietnam War if he isnt careful.
We still ate those exact meals in 1982 until MREs came out around 84. Ate that menu more times than I could count in the field. Brought lots of tobasco sauce along with us.
You know it's bad when the healthiest thing in the ration is the cigarettes
Nuclear damn lol
😂😂😂
When you put it that way...
Nice
I fell of my chair reading that
"I don't smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" haha
Yeah, came down here to look for this comment lol. I don't smoke (Cigarettes) either, but it would be pretty fun to try those!
🤣😂🤣😂
@@rain6353 as did i hahaha
If you ever need a seasoned smoker to compare them against new smokes, I’d be willing to do that for you. 😂😂😂
I would imagine they have a better smoke flavor, because the only ones putting love in their job, were cigarette companies.
If this guy doesn't post for a month I'll assume he died from an old ration.
Haha same he eats almost anything. Lol
Yeah, something happened..
Top 10 warnings no one took seriously
Imagine if the dude is afraid of eating ass?
@@greyk610 lmao
I ate C rations for 45 days. Only had a bowel movement 5 times and that was 5 to many. It was like passing a brick. Korea cold weather training January-February 1974.
Wow cool. How was life working at the bowling alley for the next 50 years after that?
Thank you for your Service
@@nsaterroristbomber66669 bruh
That cigarette isn’t worth alot
@@nsaterroristbomber66669your fucked up man
“Ima have to smoke a cigarette to get the cheese smell out my room”
legend
Open the windows if he has them .
What year did they realize that cigs could kill you?
Hazza yes smoking a stinky cancer stick is legendary
Triggered straight edge peeps xd
@@focusdj6987you fucking piece of shit
His stomach is having another vietnam war
Lol
Lmao
looooooool
Spaghetti PSD Flashback Incoming
hahahahahaah damn dude you win!
“I can smell that through the mask.”
Bro I can smell that through the video
@SpecOpsMemer your underrated af
@@KingCat3rax no YOUR breathtaking
I could hear it
that stuff sometimes smelled bad even fresh
Clean ur house
As an avid Steve watcher, I still find myself from time to time watching his old content. I have noticed the difference in his voice as he has grown, noticed the difference in scenery, but have never noticed a difference in quality of content or entertainment. Big W’s for Steve all around. Glad to see him back to uploading regularly and I always save his uploads for a late night watch in bed before falling asleep.
Just spread your legs for him already
you def jerked off one of his vids i can tell girl
same, been watching him since i was in 7th grade, i'll be 21 this year. time flies
@@k0biza ahh, you may have me beat. I’ve been watching about 10 years when I had my daughter. I have shared him out to so many family members and friends, I truly believe his content can cater to so many crowds. I started watching him when I was doing research on World War I. And have been hooked ever since. The education, the food, the edginess of eating said food despite it being super old and just the wildness of that, and of course the MRE crowd too. I even had a genuinely concerned conversation with my fiancée about him when he stopped posting for awhile. I will never stop watching SteveMRE. Love his content!
I found him early pandemic era I was in 9th grade, now I'm 20 😭
Everybody gangsta until the cheese spread hisses
dear god
Lived on these for 13months could only eat fruit cocktail and pound cake
HIDEOUS HISS!
Nice hiss.
Sounds like a blast door from a sci-fi flick
"I met this guy, he was buff, but when we got back to his room, it reeked of cigarettes and rotten cheese. He did offer me some 50 year old spaghetti, though."
Dude's forearms are pretty shredded
HaHaHa funniest comment on here! LOL.
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn Wonder if he shaves his arms.....look very hairless :D
@@divaden47 some later videos he gets a better camera..... it can pick up his hairy arms, trust me he has tons!
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn yeah, he's one of those cement layer worker guys according to wikipedia. so i guess that explains why he's a smooth-talking, mre-eating tank, he's lofting huge bags of cement all day
there's vomit on his sweater already, nam spaghetti
Slim? Lol
Lol genius
I said "daaaamn" out loud to myself this comment was so good.
Underrated comment
😆😆😆😆
I love watching how much you appreciate a good historical cigarette. You're a national treasure, Steve.
bro was itching and shaking to get into that Cigarette portion of the ration
Facts
Vietnam Vet: "I've seen some things"
Steve: "I've smelled some things"
Idubbbz: I’ve been through worse...
James Tisdale that literally makes no sense
From vn with....blablabla
By the way 4 get it :v
😆
montroyryan cheesy 👎
The funny thing is, the pack of smokes are less likely to kill him than anything else in the box.
Eddy Is Ready I'll have 2 number 9's.
SmackDown! StopmotionTV a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip.
Aww Smoke, you full a shit!
Carl Johnson CJ?
Fabian Ramirez 2 number 45's one with cheese and a large soda
Never have I been so entertained by a man opening tin cans.
Same
got damn true
Amen.
Neither have I. This is very entertaining.
Go to +Ashens channel
My old roommate was a vet from Vietnam. He passed of a pancreatic tumor a couple of years ago. He was on hospice at home when he left us (in the room that I’m in now lol). Just thinking that he probably ate some of these meals, and enjoyed some of theciggies. Rest in power Dee!
I hope you are still doing well
@@vane8615 thank you! I hope you are doing well also!
Hey man, i just want to wish you a good life and everything to your family. Rest in Power Dee.
@@re0028 awe 😊thank you! I hope everything the best for you and all of your family and loved ones too ✌️💜
Retired Navy here, hope you doing well in life. My condolences for your roommate. As you said, may Dee rest with much power!! You will see him again!! My belief.
I served two tours in Vietnam, 1965-66, 1970-71. My favorite C-rats were Ham and Eggs chopped and Ham and Lima's. Beef Spiced wasn't bad either. We usually had Tabasco sauce sent from home to liven them up a bit. The canteen water with halazone tabs tasted awful so we also had packs of Cool Aid mailed to us. They included heat tabs to heat the meals but I usually used C-4 explosive. You could pinch a small piece off and light it up. It was the "microwave" of field cooking, fast and hot! I didn't smoke so I would trade cigarettes to other Marines who did. We gave the Vietnamese kids the candy and cookies and hot chocolate packs that came in some rations. Marine Corps tours were 13 months long ,my unit was always in the field so we would get one hot meal a day most of the time. Rest of the time it was C-rats. for your meals and a rubber poncho for your roof. When you were killed the poncho also became your shroud.
Tom Boyte, Gy.Sgt., USMC retired
Tom Boyte Thank you for your service Tom. How fast would you go through a tobasco container/bottle?
Damn, took me back in time!
Thanks for your service.
Thank you for your service sir!
'rah Gunny. Thank you for your service.
Hello, I'm from 2018. You've likely heard Steve say that this will be his last time ever opening processed cheese. I can tell you that he will keep opening processed cheese anyways.
Evora9B ... I'm watching on 1/25/19
Key K. Me too
02/13/19 here
12/3/19 booyah
APRIL 2019. pretty sure he is still eating processed cheese.
My favorite part about these videos is how he openly acknowledges how disgusting all of this is but he keeps doing it even though nobody is making him, lmao
For science!!
Hell I wish he stopped
@@Por-poI more of a fetish
I grew up near Cherterfield, VA. Richmond had a lot of cigarette factories back in the day.
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Why
I was born in Hong Kong in 1964. In the 1970s, many American battleships docked in Victoria Harbor. Because the Vietnam War was intensifying at that time, U.S. battleships would replenish supplies in Hong Kong. My grand grandma ran a bartering business in Victoria Harbor. Sometimes, she would get some U.S. military ration packages. I ate the US military ration packets many times. I still remember that the packaging box and can opener are exactly the same. I also remember that there was a can containing three round chocolates in the package, which was very delicious. If I remember correctly, there was also a can of applesauce and a can of cake in the box inside. I like them so much. 😁
You know its bad when he says, "I gotta smoke a cigarette to get this bad smell out,"
One of my coworker actually did this once. I was working at a fast food restaurant at the time, and they were cleaning the drains up front. The whole store smelled like death, so the *supervisor* started walking around, vaping, to try and cover it up. When that didn't work, he lit up a cigarette and did the same thing again. He was never reprimanded for this, and he was still working when I quit.
"I don't smoke cigarrettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" - legend
niallzoful Id do the same
😭😭😭😭
"I'm telling you: cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." I would think it'd be hard to find many people who would actually disagree with you.
the french
Every french person with 2 million year old cheese waiting to eat it before they die.
XDDDD
I admire and respect your commitment to check everything out! You open rotten rancid food and probe it for your viewers amusement when all you wanted was a cup of coffee and a smoke. Love the videos and love learning about how troops were fed and are still being fed today in active service. Keep up the good work!
Hotdawg
They aren't getting this crap today, MREs are alot better.
@@chrisullery3386 derrr
@@Originalchubbz77 my bad I thought you meant that they were still getting that crap, I ate that shit in 1977 and was still in when the MREs came out.
@@chrisullery3386 no worries 😊.
Steve is actually ninety-four. It's the irradiated food that gives him a youthful appearance.
It's the sheer amount of preservatives he's consumed from these rations.
Well, we are living in a simulation. The rules appear to be more complex than we were originally led to believe.
A lot of food is actually irradiated to kill microbes. Now, if the food were radioactive that would be a problem.
Actually he is six centuries old. His first experiment with military rations was during the Burgundian wars of Charles The Bold in the 1470s. He was confronted with hardtack biscuit accursed by God and man. He ate it anyway...
that cheese could be classified as a chemical weapon.
todd krager. that whole box looked like a biohazard
you could take a fart right in the face and not be bothered after smelling that cheese!
I'm daydreaming of throwing cans of cheese on villagers from a chopper while fortunate son is blasting on some side-slung megaphones
Could use it to make a real dirty bomb.
Haha xD
I served in Nam from '70 to '71 and I'm still passing gas from that cheese spread. It honestly wasn't that bad but it gave Velveeta gourmet status. After C Rats I thought MREs were terrific!
Rrudy DeDogg Thank you for your service ❤️💪🏼
How old are you?
@@alexbondor9207 aww ur an ass lmao be more respectful
Hayden Dixon see what who did??
alex bondor scumbag
You really, really don’t need to apologize for not eating this
i wouldnt get within a counties radius of this biohazard
This brings back memories! We would use thermo tabs to heat up the main course. I had this spaghetti meal as my first experience with c-rats. Why I remember.....heat from the thermo tab was causing the spaghetti to rise up out of the can!. My DI yelled at me for not putting a vent hole thru the middle to let the expanding air to escape!!! USMC 1972
awsomesause333 semper fi!
Great memories. Thank you for sharing sir
Legend!
we appreciate your service 🇺🇸
I'm sorry you had to experience such a futile war
"I don't smoke cigarettes... but when I do, they're at least 45 years old"
- Steve1989MREInfo 4/11/16
The most interesting Steve in the world.
Gold
🤣🤣🤣
The only good reason to smoke
Solid Steve
3:57
"Ewwgh..look at that...ewgh! it's so acidic and sour!...ehya uhg oh oo...yeah here we go! Hey, look at that!"
"Check that out, I don't think there's any rust in that can!"
Josh Michael 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m the 100th like
😂🤣
@@toadfrommario943 im the third like
Josh Michael Việt Nam
A friend and I used to sit and watch these. Brings back memories. When we talk now, we always start off the discussion with the words "Nice Hiss". You're a legend, sir.
“I don’t usually smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they’re usually 45 years old.” 🤣🤣🤣
kantikun134970 what’s so funny kid
...at least 45 years old.
That part made me die
The carboard dividers were there to keep the cans from rattling in your pack more than protecting the cans.
"i don't smoke cigarettes. but when i do they're at least 45 years old" ROFL
Best comment ever. When I heard him say that I thought it should be part of a commercial or something.
"I'm teeling ya, cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up"
I only smoke cigarettes older than my women.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID.........
Stay smokey my friends
“I don’t smoke cigarettes, but when I do they are at least 45 years old.” That’s the best line
this was the best unboxing I've ever watched.
I have Brother who served in Nam. I'm sure it was good back then. Today probably Not. Hello.
This one by far the nastiest food I’ve seen.
Nam 1971, Thanks, I. Just got a flashback watching. It tasted and smelled as bad as it looked when it was “fresh”. The ham & beans were even a step down from the spaghetti ration. I bought a lot of beef jerky and candy bars to survive and traded or sold the rations.
Thank you, and all your fellows for Serving. Glad you got home. My uncle the Marine got home, the little girl who was going to be my new sister didn't make it out.
thanks for your service.
73. Vietnam..I liked it getter than mre
so what did people nickname the Ham and Lima Beans?
@@stevekillgore9272 I'm so sorry for your sister, my heart dropped as soon as I read that. :(
I sent my gramp this video, as he served in Vietnam, and I thought he’d like the content. Not only did he enjoy it, but he actually said that this ration was one of his favorites. Love this side of military history, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My personal favorite too.
I'd love to see men who faught in these various conflicts reacting to these videos.
Had to crush the cans before discarding. Kept Charlie from making booby traps out of them
So your grandpa was a war criminal. You must be proud 👍🏻👍🏻
Holla pops! 🎉❤
Hey dude totally random question but the music at the start of your videos is extremely relaxing, it has a nostalgic sound to it that makes me a feel a certain way I can't quite pinpoint.
Would you ever think of doing like a compilation of tall the songs together? In like a three hour video? That would be really awesome, and very appreciated.
Dude thank you. The music has always been a fun part of all of this. Been working on a ration photo compilation and the tunes for a while now. Not sure when it's going to be complete & released though.
As an amateur musician myself, I definitely agree that would be awesome. His music is pleasant in a way on which I can't put a finger. Love it.
"I tell ya cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." Lmfao
Wise words.
@@TJCusumano
5:11
He sounds funny lol 😆
Steve at a Starbucks:
"How do you take your coffee sir?"
"Instant."
Whisky Rebel Type 2, sometimes with a cocoa beverage powder.
I like today's instant coffee. Wish i could afford the 40 yo coffee instant
I like your profile picture
The way he speaks of everything and how his voice sounds just makes it funnier 😂
Ohh ooooo,OOoOoOgiiiiii
😂😂
Niiccee!!
Yeah he's funny without trying to be...he's a natural 🔥🔥
I know. I'm crying watching this and listening to him.😂😂😂😂
My mans really unpacked a school lunch in front of us and thought we wouldnt notice
W4RM453G4RR1S0N no!!! Hahahaha lmao
damnnnn
accurate
Probably so comforting to have a meal, coffee, smoke, and good shit for those guys. The little things we take for granted.
So you tellin me I just have to order a few of those and I can still get toilet paper ?
LMAO!!
With so many people hording toilet paper a 1969 c'rat box will be the only place to get toilet paper..
Use some water. It’s even more hygienic
As someone who has a very sensitive sense of smell, I have so much respect for your dedication!! 👏
1969 : In future we are going to have flying cars
2019 : Millions watching opening of cans
Nuh-Uh, Cans with old, unedible food inside.
Jjsjajajajajaaaa...
And they are working on flying cars now. Cant wait till they actually make one and these comments can die
Just think. Watching opening of cans while riding in flying cars.
@@fluffdaluff6035 *AIN'T YA GOT ANY GUTS BOY??*
I have no idea how I ended up here.
Same
same.
its 1 am where im at and i have z mid term tomorrow. probably should be sleeping
+Ethan De Cohen good luck!
ayyy im a dork :D thanks :/
+Ethan De Cohen lol same hahah
Steve:
“Aw that’s disgusting”
Takes a deep inhale
“NICE”
*gags*
Gae
Brother in service during the 1980’s. Brought home many cans of really tasty treats for his little brother. mom did not cook well,( only for holidays) we did not have any extra money either. Really loved them little green cans. The cookies , crackers some with chocolate in the same can and the ham and eggs! Been 40 years ago and still think it was delicious! Favorite episode so far! Thank you Steve!
The can: spaghetti
Me, an italian, looking at the content: we have been betryed, backstabbed and quite possibly bamboozled
Dude same
I apologize on behalf of my country!
same 🤣
I showed this to my Pop and he said "The goddamn sweet rolls always stick. Crack both sides and push it out."
Tunnel snakes rule sweet rolls
REALResident Gamer lol fallout 3
I wonder how I ended up in here.. But this is actually kinda interesting to see
Flaws Yeah same
true
Flaws bro.... I was listening to slipknot.... And was somehow recommended this.
I was watching Oblivion videos.
Yep. Was watching Jojo and blackhead removal videos.
If I were to make a war movie, I'd cast Steve as the quartermaster in a heartbeat. The most chill dude on youtube
Oh, and he'd do the soundtrack as well
"Oh man this argh its just argh yeaa"
Rqti Lmao
i cant stand the commentary its like when youre watching porn and the dude keeps making sounds n shit
LOL
Throw up already
@@TheDiscusserOriginal I'd watch. "Niiice".
His p38 is ready
Tar’s leaked, cans are smelly
There’s a spoon on his ration already
'Nam Spaghetti
(Edit: 'Nam Spaghetti does sound better lol)
Botulism Shady
Underrated comm
Under rated
RAW
Lol Proud to be the 200th like
Imagine if smells could be transferred across devices
The horror! 😂
FUCK NOOOOOOO
Eugh.
I’d be dead with all the videos like these I watch.
ua-cam.com/video/0czFnIvKOJY/v-deo.html
Chris Lewis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hey Steve, I've watched some of your videos like 7-8 years ago. Always loved them. I'm 33 now and I've been craving a Peter Gabriel SO picture for my home, in good quality. At 17:25 I spotted it. LOVE that you have that album. Take care my man. Love your stuff to this day.
Hey man right on thank you! Peter Gabriel is truly one of a kind. So is a gem. Him and his crew put a ton of amazing work into that album and it's truly timeless and inspiring. Thanks for stopping by, take care and see ya around.
Hands down nicest hiss in all of hisses and we aren’t even blessed with a “nice hiss” :(
A hiss so nice yet so rancid that it left him speechless.
The hiss sounds sinister
exactly what I was thinking
That's because it wasn't a nice hiss, it was a bad hiss. It's only a nice hiss when the item inside is still okay to consume.
I instinctively said it in antipation for him saying it lol
I don't know how I got here, how many of these I've watched, or how long I've even been watching them for. All I know is I can't stop.
Same
Same here!
This is exciting.
This is my first one of these, I’m about to descend into them. Very interesting.
Is it wierd that I have a boner?
"A UA-camr eats 50 year old canned cheese. This is how his organs shut down"
I can just see ChubbyEmu doing an episode on this.
Ah yes, “a youtube”
“S189, a 20 something year old man, presenting to the emergency room...”
@@iwillhealjustiny8271 changed it just for you
In Steve's case, it would be "how his organs didn't shut down"
I just want to say I really like your intro and outtro music idk why but it just hits right. Reminds me a bit of some retro videogame music
As an Army vet, I have fond memories of my “delicious” C rats! They were really OK when in the field. Appreciated the toilet paper!
What if you had diarrhiea? And also, how many rations do you receive a week?
I've ate some of my son's mre's, c rats were better.
Loved the date nut cake,smokes& toilet paper too!
My Dad was in Vietnam as an SP4 he got cancer from Agent Orange. He passed when I was 2 1/2 in 1987 the service really screwed him up my mom was the one who would listen to him See his best buddy blown up in little pieces right in front of him. My mom told me he would clean the mud out of the rifles so they would fire he was older then the rest so these young guys would throw their rifles down into the mud he would pick them up and clean them. My mom has been fighting the VA all these years. That was the time he would of been there 1969 these drinkers mocked him when he walked into a bar with his uniform on he even tried to burn his bronze star and purple heart certificates he was so mentally messed up when he came back from Vietnam the VA only gave him one day counseling my mom was the only one who was listen to every word of his war stories.
@@Robertjustice101
Your dad is and always will be a true Patriot and a Hero.
"Havent had a C Ration Malboro in like a year"
Top 3 best moments of the whole video.
He earned it.
I've checked out other reviewers, but the enthusiasm steve has keeps me coming back for more. I love how he gets into it. Both educational and entertaining.
Actually i gotta ask what educational value this has besides telling you that half-century old MREs are unsafe for human consumption. Make no mistake I love these videos but there isn't much education to be gained here. It's just interesting to watch.
My dad did two tours in Vietnam in the ‘60’s and came home about ‘72. He brought a bunch of these meals home intending to use them for camping. We kids would go into the garage and take the gum out and we would look for the cans that had a round chocolate disc in them and eat them. They were pretty good. He probably STILL has some in his garage now. Lol
It'd be cool if he could donate one or two to MRESteve to open and try on the channel
@@TextileGeorge I’m sure he would be happy to, if he still has them. I can sure ask him.
Let's get those out onto a tray. Nice!
And they’re probably no less edible than when he put them there! 😂
everyone: wears a mask because of covid.
steve: wears mask because of hissing cheese.
Inhaling rotten MRE's is normal enough to him that he likely spreads 50 year old cheese on his mask so he can feel perfectly normal while grocery shopping. It would also guarantee everyone stays at least 6 feet away from him.
@@IARRCSim
Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
@@Angelpawz-rw1ky 😂
Agent Orange prototype: Agent Yellow
imagine this ration was supposed to be opened by a hungry exhausted poor soldier 47 years ago and then a random guy opens it in 2016 :D kinda crazy
Pineapple
I like the way you think bud
Pineapple 2017*
Joshua Fairley ik lol im being sarcastic
+TheKilla1777 How is that sarcasm?
Yeah and he didn't even use an electronic can opener like it was still 1969
"Let's get that out onto a tray... Nice!" Always makes my day. Something about these videos.
This dude's the Bob Ross of MRE eating youtubers.
For those who are interested in how the C-ration was managed and prepared and a little about the life of a line doggy in Vietnam, here's a long post.
I say managed because, as a brand new 2d lt., one of the first things my platoon sergeant showed me was how to distribute our resupply drops (which he did as the platoon sergeant). There were certain ítems that were coveted -- pecan cake roll, pound cake, peaches and applesauce being at the top of the list -- and none of them came in the same ration.
So, to avoid conflicts and claims of favoritism, he would open each case, turn it up side down and move the boxes around to make them random -- because everyone quickly learned to memorize the location of each ration in the case. Then, each guy in the platoon, platoon leader and sergeant included took a turn pulling out their choices.
The bartering then began. You see, everyone wanted to do things like combine pound cake with peaches or pecan cake roll with applesauce. The problem being they each came in different boxes. The bartering often included one guy agreeing to trade a desireable can -- like spiced beef -- for an undesireable one -- like ham and eggs (affectionately known as ham and mfers) in order to get his prized peaches, or what ever.
The Tabasco company produced a C-ration Cookbook that was sent free of charge to anyone writing from a Vietnam APO (Army Post Office). Pizza could be made by taking out the cheese and all but one cracker from the B-2 unit; mixing the cheese spread with a spiced beef unit; dumping the mix on top of the remaining cracker; placing another cracker on top; putting the can back in the box and lighting the box on fire. The pizza was ready when the box went out.
Apple crunch could be made by mixing applesauce in with the pecan cake roll, puting the can in the box -- well, you get the idea.
If you had access to the local economy, ramen noodles were used as the starting ingredient in many a combat stew. The ammo can for machinegun rounds was a good size for cooking stew and easily carried. Of course, everyone carried a bottle of Tabasco sauce along with a bottle of LSA (gun lubricant) and had a can opener hung from his dog tags chain.
And that's the way it was.
Awesome, thanks for sharing Ed
great story! love finding hidden gems like this in the comment section
Damn, I really enjoyed that read.
Awesome story! Thank you for your service ♡♡♡
Great bit of history in his story, see what I did ? Good read mate, thanking you kindly
"i don't smoke cigarettes, but when i do, they're atleast 45 years old" brilliant
Skankhunt42 same
Mainly because the older the cigarette, the lesser the chemicals it'll contain
brilliant.
And so full of worm holes you have to smoke them like you are playing a flute
he is, the the most interesting man in the world
The noises he makes in resistance is just so funny to me.
Man 😂😂😂
Ma!!! The meatloaf!!!
His commentary sounds like Naked Snake having his everyday dinner in the jungle
@@prestobeats702 what is this?
what is this?
what is this?
what is this?
*EUGHH*
wow the sound of that 1969 air being released
*”Uhh nnhhya hhnya nnya nnhhha”*
- Steve
Thomas H wtf
nice
*ewwww*
Hey hey hey goooooodbye!
Time stamp?
Vietnam still gives PTSD, but now through a different medium.
Lol nice
Post traumatic spread disorder
Yuh oh
My god man that’s funny
@@MrsKrisLaw nice!
"How was Vietnam?" "I've smelled some things man"
Napalm in the morning, for example.
@@FrankieAmadeian. bruh napalm is powerful but it wasn t able to use(sorry my English is bad because i am Vietnamese)
@@kienthunder4974 You a talking bush?
@@pman123 bruhhh
"You weren't there, man... The cheese spread.. The fucking cheese spread..."
You don’t smoke cigarettes but when you do they’re at least 45 years old.
Now that is hilarious Steve!!
Post apocalyptic Reviewbrah
Nate Trout lol
reviewbrah is what people call this guy who reviews fast food on youtube. His name is ReportOfTheWeek
After the nuclear bombs dropped, reviewbrah had to kill to survive and got a lean body and let his hair grow
He actually looks like review brah and the guy from demolition ranch combined
They're brothers
Oh wow, so that thing was a can opener?! My granddaddy was a marine in the Vietnam war and after he passed away, I found a couple of those in his old stuff. Never knew what they were, thank you!
I was the platoon Quartermaster during USMC ITR in 1971. I charge of handing out C-Rats. I always kept the Spaghetti for myself.
nice to hear a tiny piece of history!
We knew you guys in Danang were stealing our spaghetti.lmao 11 1/2 months in Northern I Corps '68-'69.
That means you're around 70
@@codafett 67
Ration pasta has always been good.
MRE Spaghetti was always surprisingly great.
I bought the same C-rat from an Army-Navy store back in high school- approx. 75 or 76. Ate the whole thing but it was a lot fresher than yours was back then. The cigarettes were too stale to smoke though.
The Spaghetti was one of the good ones. A little tabasco, made it better. The cheese didn't smell all that good when it was "fresh". This meal was one you wanted to get. If you had a "cake" in your meal and someone had peaches or fruit cocktail, you could trade half your cake for half their fruit--- very good comb. You had to be creative .
Loved your video. I was 9 years old in 1969. Your right about the war really going on. I lived in Fayetteville NC and all of my buddies dad's where in the army. We had an endless supply of C Rations. We traded them and ate them while we played "army" and camped out. I can still remember the smell when we opened up a case. Sweet smell kinda. I still carry a p 38 can opener on my keychain.
Dell Alderman Heyyyyy, I currently live in Fayettville 🙃 on Bragg Rd.
26
Demetrious Stephens you go to smith
Trethagoat Nah I graduated 3 years ago
When steve smells the contents of the can, the last bit of dopamine in my brain disappears into the receptors
lmfao
Your channel has grown so much since I watched years ago! Proud of your hard work! I always find your videos calming and satisfying.
Next Video: Sampling 20,000 year old turkey found in stomach of frozen saber toothed tiger.
Carl Keller "Nice"
Lmao _nice_
The earth is flat and exist for only 500 years and ow dinosaures are fake
pyro maniac r/wooooooosh
@@lidulkadut i was kidding and by the way i watch r/wooooooosh too
Bruh im scared to even see something that is 1 min out of date and we got this guy over here eating shit from the stone age
PICKY
The one Spaghet you don't want to touch
hahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahah
@@medall154
5:10
Best part 😂
I thought it’s larvae, not noodle
JettTheWolf696.......
JettTheWolf696 *spaghetti*
"I smell cheese." Sounds like my mom after I take my shoes and socks off
I am sitting here at two am on my school laptop with a test im supposed to be studying for watching a man explain how Vietnam war era toilet paper is far superior to modern toilet paper. wtf is my life pls help.
Savage Dorito you need to rethink your life
No you don't. Your doing just fine
Anything to avoid studying! I remember those days, lol
I’m here too...it’s good vid! lol
Savage Dorito Amen
I like your commentary throughout the video. You sound like a madman thinking outloud. It's amusing and entertaining. Thanks for sacrificing your life to show us these relics. I know you didn't eat any of the food in this video but the coffee. That was a wise choice. I have seen you in other videos eating food decades old.
He ate meat more than a century old. I mean...he should be in the Guiness book of world records for that I'm sure!
"cheese from the 60s just doesn't hold up" lmao
A Quote that will be remembered until the end of humanity
You beat me to it. Perfect quote.
Sell it in an auction in France 🤫
just like the music ayyy
GooseGumlizzard The music is amazing the f**** are you talking about
What in the world - have no idea how I got here. Welp, time to binge watch this guys channel 👍🏽
"Something about this just takes the cake" as the perfectly cylindrical mass of a 47-year old can of spaghetti is just chilling on the tray in the background 😂
The army was still using these in '83 when I went in and honestly the spaghetti with meat sauce was my personal favorite. I never saw an MRE until late '84.
Good God, I would be worried about even aerosolizing that botulism into the air around me!!! Brave dude and/or masochistic proclivities? He might become the last casualty of the Vietnam War if he isnt careful.
just suferring of mental ill
Lmao 😂 well worded
the fuck are you even saying rn
😂
Bruh speak English
You can clearly see how skilled Steve is with the P38 can opener - I've never seen anyone open a can so quickly. Straight Jedi.
We still ate those exact meals in 1982 until MREs came out around 84. Ate that menu more times than I could count in the field. Brought lots of tobasco sauce along with us.