@@dagmarszemeitzkehier ist dann wohl der Esbit-Kocher gemeint. Im zweifel brennen auch Hartkekse mit Lederpflegemittel, schwarz. 3x "Nachschub rollt!"
… These guys laugh at there own ignorance. … They want to be chefs? But if you only ever eat this dead US-white toast bread you can’t recognize good bread. One more question: Do they think it's funny when they always pronounce German like in old US war movies? ... No, it hasn't been funny for 30 years ago. … One more thing: they tear open bags and don't bother with the instructions for preparation. With better preparation, ther videos would certainly be much better. …
Geschmack means taste Zitrone means lemon Thunfisch = tuna Roggenschrotbrot = Pumpernickelbread (that stuff remains moist in that can even after years if unopened... amazing) Geschnitten = cut Sauerkirschen = sour cherries Geflügelwurst = poultry sausage (more like a paté) Inhalt = Content Erdbeeren = Strawberries Erbseneintopf = pea stew ( add the pepper to it and it is ok) Kartoffeln = Potatoes
1. The spoon is not missing, as many have pointed out. 2. There is always at least one assigned Maggi-Beauftragter per squad - a soldier carrying a bottle of Maggi to pimp the flavor of main dishes such as the Erbseneintopf.
@@Mr.Marbles that is shockingly accurate. The only main difference is that Maggi is done with wheat and soy, instead of just soy. The rest is nearly identical.
We have thousends of different breads in Germany. The bread you see here ist perfect for Channing. If you want to know more about German breads... ua-cam.com/video/oUP4yyBvqC0/v-deo.htmlsi=OHLmLeh9DCETK6AZ
Some random facts about german food and drinks: - Due to strict (EU) laws, the food industry is not allowed to use certain ingredients. Therefor most products are and taste more or less "natural" and pure, at least compared to the US. - There are hundreds if not thousands different kinds of bread (and even more kinds of beer). - Tap water is usually considered to be better and healthier than bottled water. - Peanut butter is not really a thing here.
@@Gorbag100 I have filters on my tapwater. most PFAS is released in groundwater because of shitty industry releasing toxic waste. It therefore also matters what you consume and where it comes from. ua-cam.com/video/y3kzHc-eV88/v-deo.htmlsi=JGM1YxfXmoN6JD3k
As a german i have to strongly disagree with the last statement you made. Peanutbutter is for sure a thing. Yes Leberwurst or Teewurst or Wurst is a way bigger thing but you cant just dismiss it of a Frühstückstisch
@@mottenfreak In the US, they put it on and in literally everything. In Central Europe, it's not even part of a standard cold plate. Most people would rather have more jams or types of dairy spreads.
@@joenight9693 hängt echt davon ab, wen man fragt, aber ja so kenne ich es auch, von Erzählungen. Aber ich weiß auch das meinem Cousin zum Beispiel beigebracht wurde, dass es in den Rucksack gehört, weil man es nur braucht, wenn man ruht. War damals Weihnachten in der Familie eine Diskussion wert.
@@SumTing_Wong Usually because many of the additives used in the US are downright illegal to use in the EU due to harmful side effects, with some even promoting the formation of cancers.
During IFOR in Bosnia in 1996, the exchange rate for American combat rations to German rations was 6 to 1. For one German ration we received 6 American ones
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 than it would be 18 to 1, at least if the american ones doesnt in include 9 meels for some reasaon xd i think you missunderstood the ratio he told about
But the taste of pumpernickel... meh! ;o) I agree 100% for the taste of freshly baked bread, I agree 100% for the quality of Pumpernickel, but I DISAGREE for the taste of Pumpernickel!!! :-P
Brot? Luxus. Bei uns waren da früher immer nur Panzerplatten drin. Allerdings hat so ein EPA da auch zwei Tage gehalten. Je nach Anzahl und Umfang der Zahnlücken manchmal sogar drei. Und wenn Du kein Espit mehr hattest, konnteste die verbliebenen Panzerkekse sogar als Brennstoff nutzen.
i love how americans always say : but have they been to the moon completly forgetting that the guy who got them to the moon was werner von braun who is german and a former high ranking nazi lol so you could say yes americans have been to the moon but it was germans who got them there
@@m.h.6470The Müslis in German MREs basically have milkpowder in them, that way you can add water and basically have milk, just a little more watery, propably because the fat is missing
Wo waren die Panzerkekse? These hard biscuits are energy bombs made from wheat flour, sugar, vegetable fat, glucose syrup (corn), malt extract, yeast, salt and soy lecithin.
Gibts nicht mehr. Dafür sind jetzt die Vanillekekse oder Schokokekse drinn. The Panzerkekse (Tankcookies) cookies are no longer available. But the vanilla/chocolate cookies are now We call them Panzerkekse because they were so hard that we always said as a joke. Throw them in mud or water and even a tank can drive over them without any problems
Jub, Panzerkekskuchen ist ein muss für jedes Geburtstagskind im Feld. Der Moment in dem selbst der abgebrühteste Falli plötzlich Pipi in den Augen kriegt. Wenn Er merkt, dass die komplette Gruppe gerade ihre Schokolade und die Hälfte der Panzerkekse geopfert hat, damit es einen Geburtstagskuchen gibt.
As a former german solider, i could tell you a little bit: Every german solider have to have his own spoon, fork and knife and some cooking utensils in his bag. So there is no need for cutlery inside the food package. Two little pots, a pan, cutlery and also a cup plus the standard water bottle is mandatory in the equipment of a german solider. ("Feldessbesteck" and "Kochgeschirr" and also the "Feldflasche") All of them are made out of Aluminum and or stainless steel. Also a little grill ("Esbit Kocher") with fuel tablets to heat up the food is mandatory. So normally you fill the food packages into your pot, put water into it (if needed, depends on the food) and heat it up on your little grill. You can google the words if you want to know more about that ^^ The matches in the package are also only there if the lighter of the solider doesnt work. So they are basically just included “just to be safe”. Because every solider have to have something in its equipment to light up a fire.
The only thing I know is: Getting a "it tastes pretty bland" from an american means nothing bad, since they have way too extreme tastes over there... XD
German here. There is no need for any of you two to get canceled 😂. Bon appetite. Also, we eat our MREs with metal made cutlery, things like the Spork weren't invented for nothing.
@@G.Harley.Davidson Also wenn ich daran denke das bei uns lokal alles in der Müllverbrennung landet, frage ich mich warum ich überhaupt trenne. Wird jenseits des Atlantik wohl genauso laufen 😂.
German AND US soldier here. I loved how you butchered the German pronunciation on EVERY item 😂 WE SURE LOVE OUR WURST ! The German MRE consists mostly of fats in order to boost the kilocalories per serving size. You did a really good job on the review - it really cracked me up 😂
@@corriephae No. But the Video was fun to watch. Actually our matches are not waterproof since they should have come in a bag anyway. And if you put the coffee whitener in the coffee, it becomes much less bitter.
@@corriephae yeah a simple thin wax or paraffine coat makes them waterproof and its easily scratched through, though if you really have an advantage is debatable ( unless you only need one of those and the opened package later doesnt prevent the remaining ones to get wet )
Not so. You get excellent all natural beef jerky in the US. Zero anything artificial. The Austrian stuff is indeed crap compared to American beef jerk. That one of the few cultural things the US has preserved. No Native American true to their soul would ever touch industrial beef jerky. Sure there is industrialized consumer brand too, but that's not what any American would consider real quality beef jerky. I guess that's what these 2 guys refer to as their personal standard.
German for vacation in the UK, was in a supermarket today and looked at the nutritional facts table of the beef jerky: 30% sugar! We accidentally bought sausages, that contained one quarter flour! I was so shocked! And I'm told that the US food is even worse. No wonder, people are so sick in these countries
How to use a matchbook: 1) Open it and break off 1 matchstick. 2) Place the coated end of the match against the striking surface. 3) Close the folder! 4) Don't use the match for pressing its coated end onto the striking surface. Use the folder's cardboard for this. 5) Light the match by pulling it out of the closed folder The matches are so thin that they can only reliably withstand pulling forces.
That little paper thingy with the four little tablets in it that you didn't really mention, contains chlorine tablets to sanitize water when you are out in the wild...
Ok, my time at the German Airforce was in the 90s and I can't remember that our MREs were that big, but what you really miss here are the "Panzerplatten" - cookies. They were really hard, but were good with jam, jelly and the different kinds of spam and lots of coffee. As a bonus you could put the original army shoe polish on them an they made pretty good camp-fire igniters. 😂 Very nice show!
@@soldatnrvier5816 I bought some original PP on ebay (made in 1995!!) - just for the fun of it. And guess what: they were perfectly fine. Produced in Italy...no joke.
@@soldatnrvier5816 not entirely true, Feddek still has them (and the bread), and every other online store with camping gear will gladly sell them to you.
Really funny 😂 but you missed the Currywurst mit Kartoffeln, why didn't you try that ? That maybe would have been tastier than the Erbsensuppe mit Würstchen 😅
The "erbseneintopf" (pea stew) is a bit of a tradition. The first german military rations, that where produced since the unification wars 1871 was called "erbswurst" and was tiny packets of compacted dried pea powder with bacon fat. They where honestly pretty great, sp great infact, production for the civilian market went on until the mid 2000s or so. The mre erbseneintopf is quite different but having a pea stew for the troops has been a tradition for as long as germany existed
@@Dirk-N Ich war bei der NVA und es gab nur wenig, was schlimmer war, als diese ekelhafte Erbsensuppe. Ich habe seit damals auch nie wieder Erbsensuppe gegessen und würde sie auch nicht in der größten Not essen. Da fress ich lieber Brennnesseln.
There are no matches and no spoon inside since we have metal utensils which we take into the field with us. Also we usually strap a lighter to our spoon, that's the so called "Flöffel" (Feuerzeug (lighter) + Löffel (spoon))
Honestly, for me the funniest thing was you finding the matches and geeking out about it. "Real wood!" I'm glad you mentioned that you expected carton instead, because as a German I was massively confused as to what a match would me made out of instead. I have yet to see a non-wooden match here.
German here, Last week we got some new water-cooking bottles. They said that you can put water and tea/ coffee in on the go, heat it up and keep it warm for up to 6 hours. Its been great this week and we are realy happy to get this as it is experimental, so only select units get it to determine its practicity. (Praktikabel).
practicality 🙂Too good bottle are a curse, too. I have one where I can drive from the Swiss border all the way to Bruxelles or from the French border to Vienna before coffee reaches drinking temperature.
Would be interesting to preserbe the chips. The fish coming out of any UK fast food stall probably last as long as a McDonald burger. What's the record for unspoiled by now?
Every German soldier knowing the old EPA or MRE will know what when to do with the Schokolade and the Grießspeise in the Field 😂😂 one to close the pipes and one to open the pipes again 😁
I am missing the good old bricklike wheat cookies that can be used as food, firestarter or murder weapon. Wo sind meine Panzerkekse? Those cookies are the best to hand around at parties where you expect vomiting. Literally could scoop up the vomit with a shovel because it was so damn dry.
For you to learn: - Geschmack = Taste (Zitronen-Geschmack = Lemon-Taste) - Inhalt = Content (In germany used as "Weight content" = How much weight is in there? -> 100g for example) - Mustard DOES have capsacin in it. Yes. It's considered as traditionally spicy. - And NO we don't have spicy food in germany. We like hearty, wholesome dishes and we got way more than bratwurst, schnitzel (= austrian dish not german) and sauerkraut. In germany there are approx 20 different dishes per region as their region-dishes in around 20 different regions. After that we got on top like 50 to 100 typical german dishes here. Our cuisine goes back like 1500 years and has developed over time. But we're in no need for spicy food.
The "Essbesteck" that some people have mentioned is a canteen that folds out into a cup, a bowl (for soup/desert), a deeper bowl (for the main course) and also comes with metal cutlery. You were required to always have one with you, because usually no utensils are provided in a field kitchen. It is really handy and I got one of those for hikes, but the downside is that you have to clean it all up after each meal, so maybe there is another version with cutlery for arid regions. Also... with great sorrow I noticed that there are no more "Hartkekse" (hard cookies). They were included instead of bread sometimes - so maybe they are still around and you just got (un)lucky with your pack - and were actually great with spam. Or you could use them as lethal throwing weapons or unstuck magazines from the G3 depending on what need would arise. And as for the spicy food: on my first day in the US my then-girlfriend's dad wanted to serve me his homegrown hot peppers. Growing up in a family that would always add extra spice to currywurst or Döner (think Shawarma in a pita bread), it sadly tasted somewhat mild. You could really see his disappointment. xD (Most spices that were traditionally used - 50s to the 70s - were mediterranean or later indian. These days it is all over the place.)
@@Butterworthdasyrup The Knife Fork Spoon Can Opener Combo is super Handy for camping. Mine even still says Made in West Germany, and everything is still sharp lol.
@@Butterworthdasyrup I posted a link earlier, but I guess those get removed. Just google "bundeswehr essbesteck" (one version with good reviews is by Black Snake?). It is available on the german Amazon page and they should also list it on the US page. It is not a 100% match, but close enough! :-)
Panzerkekse don't have their name for nothing. I think the old addage was that they were useful as both food and replacement for damaged tank track segments.
Panzerkekse don't have their name for nothing. I think the old addage was that they were useful as both food and replacement for damaged tank track segments.
Every German soldier has personal equipment from the Bundeswehr (German Army) and this includes a spoon, fork and knife specially designed for the army so that it can be carried in a trouser pocket or jacket to save space.
Very enjoyable seeing you guys making your way through the german descriptions. The stuff you got were on point. Sugar, salt, coffee, tea, creamer, jam, muesli. And "Sauerkirsche" is cherry, or more precisely "sour cherry" And while Wienerschintzel is austrian, it isn't unknown in germany. As are obviously all kinds of sausages, but also stuff that is common in the surrounding areas. Pretty much anything from fish to pork to beef to veal to chicken. "Erbsentopf mit Cocktailwürstchen" is just pea soup with small sausages. Think hod dog sausages, but smaller and with a slightly different mixture. For flavour it's not a bad idea to add pepper and perhaps even Maggi, which is a sauce similar to soy sauce, but made with wheat. "Currybockwurst mit Kartoffeln" is just sausage in curry sauce (like a slightly spicy, curry flavoured ketchup) with potatoes. Currywurst is a decently popular streetfood. In most cases just a regular fried sausage (either pan or grill) with curry ketchup. Commonly served with fries or potato salad. The small tins of sausage are indeed potted meat. Which go great with the souerdough rye bread. As you already discovered, the drink powder can obviously be done to taste. I'm just surprised there is no waldmeister drink. Not beef broth but vegetable broth. And as many have mentioned, no cutlery, as the soldiers already have them. Notice that there wasn't a cup either. Getting them with the MRE would be like ordering food and not using the stuff you already have in your kitchen. "Inhalt" simply means content. So for liquids it would obviously be volume and for solids it would be weight. A US cup is about 240 ml, so 100 ml is a bit less than half. For hot water I can only recommend an electric kettle. Yes they will be slower on 120 V than on 230 V, but they are still efficient and incredibly convenient. And when in doubt, you could possible find one that can be put on a 240 V outlet.
Everything that isnt food is part of the soldiers personal equipment. Like cutlery, a pot, a fire igniter block etc. Thats why german MREs might be a little weird in terms of equipment.
und die Geflügelwurst😆 und die Bouillon war natürlich auch fies🤭 und wieso sie Sauerkirschen für Himbeeren gehalten haben, verstehe ich immer noch nicht😵👀
Hello, I am a veteran of the German Army and was deployed in Holland between 1991 and 1994 as a recruit instructor in basic training. Since the time I served, it feels like the German MRE has doubled in offer and taste. But what I would miss even today were our "Panzerplatten", which should be translated as "Tank-Armorplates". They were two packets of rock-hard biscuits that were not only filling, but also made excellent firelighters! :-) Muesli, energy bars and the like were out of the question back then. You were lucky if your main meal wasn't "Griesspeise Florida", an unbearable mixture of gruel and unidentifiable fruit that simply tasted like vomit. And every German soldier had a mess kit and a multi-tool consisting of a metal fork, spoon and knife. Even in war zones, the good German takes care not to clutter everything up.... ;-)) When the "big" final exam took place at the end of the 3 months of basic training, the 72-hour exercise, all 3 were given MREs. After that, a lively bartering began. We had three platoons in one such exercise as a company. Two provided the defence, one platoon was the enemy display, which was supposed to attack and demoralize the defenders in different ways. (Just as an anecdote: in 1991 the enemy was no longer allowed to come from the east. :-) Before that, it was always the east that was attacked. After 1990 and German reunification, the "east" was our friend and in the exercises the enemy suddenly came from all directions, but no longer from the east. We were attacked by Danes, Norwegians and Swedes from the north, or Belgians, Dutch and French from the west, even Hungarians and Austrians from the south, but no Poles and no Russians anymore. That was the order in the army!!!) Our greatest success as enemy representation in my platoon was in one final quarter when we were able to convince the Dutch range's mobile hot dog cart to drive into our area of operations and all enemy representation soldiers within sight of the defenders could get hot dogs and not have to access their MRE. Germany - at that time (you have to realize this too) was a "defense army". You were not allowed to attack the enemy, even if they were visible but not aggressive. And I think that in order to get your captured enemy to talk, you don't need "Guantanamo Bay" with inhumane treatment or torture, you just have to give them "Florida semolina" to eat from our german MRE!
Every Soldier has his own spoon,fork and knife reusable, just cleaning. To my time we had a carbide heater, but our ration was different. But that was over 30 years back.We got some out of the early 60ties was older then I am to this time, but still good. I do the next generation out of the 90ties.
We actually had MREs in Plastic bags but the Military changed that because of the plastic trash! And the Matchs dont need to be waterprooved, because there are in a Plastic bag!
@@Butterworthdasyrup Would have been nice if you could have let us know that you had to cut out the Currywurst with a pinned comment at the top or something. I'm sure plenty of people are wondering why it wasn't there. How did you like it?
Here in Germany we have some hundred different kinds of bread, bread rolls and another bakery stuff. The americans only using wheat for baking. In Germany we use Roggen for baking too. Many breads here are a mixture of this. The bread in the tin is one of our German breads, what is perfectly usable for tinning. There is another perfect tinning bread... Pumpernickel. The mouth feeling like the bread you tasted, but it is much darker. Was ist kind of bread are more eaten in north Germany. The sour flavour of many German breads ist typical.
I think one other thing you guys should do is don't eat before doing an MRE video, that way you will be hungry and may want to eat more then just a tiny bite. Plus, food simply tastes better when you are hungry, most of the time...
The spoon is not missing, we have Essbesteck!
Bestääck
Und Geschmääck
Essbesteck is cutlery
Flöffel regelt
Danke,wollte ich denen grade auch Schreiben.👍🏻
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In Germany, every soldier has his own dry fuel cooker and stainless steel cutlery with knife, fork, spoon and can opener in his private equipment
A "Henkelmann"
Genial und unkaputtbar!
And a nightmarre if you have to clean it to expextion standard. At least in the early 90s
@@fredbonnet9712 a nightmare to clean to a "I want to eat from this"-standard. especially in biwak
@@dagmarszemeitzkehier ist dann wohl der Esbit-Kocher gemeint.
Im zweifel brennen auch Hartkekse mit Lederpflegemittel, schwarz.
3x "Nachschub rollt!"
"its bland .. its bland ...." ... so bad there was no SALT and PEPPER in there XD... ohh wait..
lol. It doesnt get weirder than having an american say things like "thats not real bread". THIS is basicly the mother of bread.
@@D4l4m4r I doubt he is really a chef, if he can't recognize a REAL bread.
… These guys laugh at there own ignorance. … They want to be chefs?
But if you only ever eat this dead US-white toast bread you can’t recognize good bread. One more question: Do they think it's funny when they always pronounce German like in old US war movies? ... No, it hasn't been funny for 30 years ago. … One more thing: they tear open bags and don't bother with the instructions for preparation. With better preparation, ther videos would certainly be much better. …
Classic German sense of humor
Exactly what I was thinking XD
"It's not like a rye bread" he said to the rye bread.
Americans can't identify real bread if it hits them in the face 😂 But at least they tried, I guess.
@@insu_na and they liked it.
@@insu_na Kommissbrot is not really real bread... But it's fine when toasted...
Roggenschrotbrot literally means “shredded rye bread”
to be fair - american bread is, by definition, cake to the rest of the world
Geschmack means taste
Zitrone means lemon
Thunfisch = tuna
Roggenschrotbrot = Pumpernickelbread (that stuff remains moist in that can even after years if unopened... amazing)
Geschnitten = cut
Sauerkirschen = sour cherries
Geflügelwurst = poultry sausage (more like a paté)
Inhalt = Content
Erdbeeren = Strawberries
Erbseneintopf = pea stew ( add the pepper to it and it is ok)
Kartoffeln = Potatoes
Thank you sir, Gerschmack is my favorite word
@@Butterworthdasyrup *Geschmack
@@Butterworthdasyrup The "a" is pronounced like in father or the "u" in buck, not like in man btw, other than that your pronunciation is fine.
@@Butterworthdasyrup We all love how you say "Geschmäck".
Geschsmack translates better to flavour.
We wouldn't say vanilla taste, it would be vanilla flavour. Taste is what you do, not what it is.
1. The spoon is not missing, as many have pointed out.
2. There is always at least one assigned Maggi-Beauftragter per squad - a soldier carrying a bottle of Maggi to pimp the flavor of main dishes such as the Erbseneintopf.
😂
its just the soy sauce of germany
Pimp? He has a string of prostitutes?
DMM
Designated Maggi Man
@@Mr.Marbles that is shockingly accurate. The only main difference is that Maggi is done with wheat and soy, instead of just soy. The rest is nearly identical.
an American looking at german bread and going "this is not bread" is wild to me.
Also I knew they'd be blown away by the chocolate.
@@kevlon_ panzerchocolate
To be fair rye bread is pretty far away from what we consider normal bread these days, especially for american standards 😉
We have thousends of different breads in Germany. The bread you see here ist perfect for Channing. If you want to know more about German breads... ua-cam.com/video/oUP4yyBvqC0/v-deo.htmlsi=OHLmLeh9DCETK6AZ
@@lenochod_one minus the meth
Americans when the food isn't 90%+ corn syrup: "This is bland."
they just ignored the salt end pepper. then complaining
may they should have just use the pepper, salt and sugar that was part of the pack
It is pretty bland tho
Some random facts about german food and drinks:
- Due to strict (EU) laws, the food industry is not allowed to use certain ingredients. Therefor most products are and taste more or less "natural" and pure, at least compared to the US.
- There are hundreds if not thousands different kinds of bread (and even more kinds of beer).
- Tap water is usually considered to be better and healthier than bottled water.
- Peanut butter is not really a thing here.
tapwater has PFAS; I get my peanutbutter in the Netherlands;) highly recommend that.
@@meowsaidthecat5338 PFAS are bloody everywhere and the checks for tap water are a lot more strict than for bottled water.
@@Gorbag100 I have filters on my tapwater. most PFAS is released in groundwater because of shitty industry releasing toxic waste. It therefore also matters what you consume and where it comes from.
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As a german i have to strongly disagree with the last statement you made. Peanutbutter is for sure a thing. Yes Leberwurst or Teewurst or Wurst is a way bigger thing but you cant just dismiss it of a Frühstückstisch
@@mottenfreak
In the US, they put it on and in literally everything. In Central Europe, it's not even part of a standard cold plate. Most people would rather have more jams or types of dairy spreads.
After 12years as a German Paratrooper, I can literally taste and smell this whole Video 😂
I feel the same whenever I see an American one haha
No hard tack, pretty strange.
@@AlexTheGerman That´s a good thing to not have ;)
The German EPA/MRE used to be even worse.
Glück Ab!
there are no utensils because we have a metal knife/fork/spoon thingy in the backpack xD
Standard Issue for every trooper. Plus it's not in the backpack but in one of your pouches of your combat rig.
@@joenight9693 no not in the german army
the essgeschirr is not on the rig
@@tavish4699 ähm, aber hallo Mehrzwecktragetasche am Koppeltragegestell beinhaltet sowohl das besteck als auch den pickpott und den essbitkocher.
@@joenight9693 gibt kein koppeltrsgestell mehr du pfeifenaugust
@@joenight9693 hängt echt davon ab, wen man fragt, aber ja so kenne ich es auch, von Erzählungen. Aber ich weiß auch das meinem Cousin zum Beispiel beigebracht wurde, dass es in den Rucksack gehört, weil man es nur braucht, wenn man ruht. War damals Weihnachten in der Familie eine Diskussion wert.
"Sauerkirschen"
"This has gotta be Sauerkraut of some kind"
Me, a German: "Yeah, looking forward to you trying that 'Sauerkraut' xD"
Gotta love cooks that can't identify the taste of sour cherries.
@@Iskelderon Oh definetely!
@@Iskelderon it has got too little red colour and cherry flavour
@@Iskelderon Unfortunately there wasn't enough sugar in it. That's why he couldn't taste it.
@@SumTing_Wong Usually because many of the additives used in the US are downright illegal to use in the EU due to harmful side effects, with some even promoting the formation of cancers.
“Sauerkirschen, now that my friend is a jam because it has seeds in it”
it’s literally sour cherries lol
imagine having seeds in there
thats what i thought lol
During IFOR in Bosnia in 1996, the exchange rate for American combat rations to German rations was 6 to 1. For one German ration we received 6 American ones
So kinda 2 to 1 since the German ones are 3 meals.
I had my 10 months in 1996/97. MREs were way different that time. ;o)
@@peterheinrichs7634 Good old EPA Type 1 to 3
Remember the phrase in "Asterix the Legionaire" about food in army?😉
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 than it would be 18 to 1, at least if the american ones doesnt in include 9 meels for some reasaon xd i think you missunderstood the ratio he told about
Somebody send him an Essbesteck so he can craft a Flöffel.
I have worked in the catering industry almost all my life, including as a chef. I've never seen a colleague use a plastic spoon.🤷♂😂
Germany
Gabel und Löffel kombiniert heißt Göffel.
@@derjako8432 der Flöffel ist ja auch keine Gabel/Löffel Kombi, sondern Feuerzeug/Löffel 👌
@@derjako8432 Habe schon ganz bewusst Flöffel geschrieben!
No offense, but I think the bread from the can is 1000x better than what is sold as "bread" in America :) Best wishes from Germany :)
But the taste of pumpernickel... meh! ;o) I agree 100% for the taste of freshly baked bread, I agree 100% for the quality of Pumpernickel, but I DISAGREE for the taste of Pumpernickel!!! :-P
@@peterheinrichs7634 It just tastes like rye. lol
@@peterheinrichs7634 If you chew it for a little it will get really sweet, you got to give the enzymes in your mouth some time to free the sugar.
@@losconflictoshh1981 I'm in my late 40's now. Thank god, I don't have to chew it for the rest of my life!!! I'm free to eat, whatever I want! ;o)
Brot? Luxus. Bei uns waren da früher immer nur Panzerplatten drin. Allerdings hat so ein EPA da auch zwei Tage gehalten. Je nach Anzahl und Umfang der Zahnlücken manchmal sogar drei. Und wenn Du kein Espit mehr hattest, konnteste die verbliebenen Panzerkekse sogar als Brennstoff nutzen.
i love how americans always say : but have they been to the moon completly forgetting that the guy who got them to the moon was werner von braun who is german and a former high ranking nazi lol so you could say yes americans have been to the moon but it was germans who got them there
Müsli and oatmeal and entirely different things. Müsli is eaten cold and does not necessarily contain oats, but various types of cereals instead.
You also don't put water in it. Milk usually, but you can eat it without anything.
@@DarkDodger Yeah, I have seen it with milk, yoghurt or quark, but never with water.
@@m.h.6470The Müslis in German MREs basically have milkpowder in them, that way you can add water and basically have milk, just a little more watery, propably because the fat is missing
@@zarro9848 Didn't know that. It really doesn't look like there is milk powder in this one though. But that is just my opinion.
@@m.h.6470 Not sure about this exact one, but I had the same one a few months ago which did have it.
Not sure who had the bigger challenge, you pronouncing german words or me, german, trying to figure out what it is first try :D
I am german and I am dying laughing. No cancelling, it just all sounds increadible cute
It does, it was pretty cute indeed. Amerikaner sind solche Schlingel!
Roaganshrowdbrod!
And cart offelen
well, no it doesn't. very funny that they don't understand a single german word. es sind halt amis.
same, i love the "Gesmäck" even if it's Geschmack 😭
German here. I love listening Tyler talking German! From now on, I will always call it "Ürbsen" ❤️
Ürbsen is close to what my son used to call peas & carottes (Erbsen & Möhren). He called it Mörbsen.
@@corriephae Das ist niedlich
"Ürbsen" probably make you "rülpsen".
@@henningbartels6245 😄 maybe
I'm sticking with the Gesmäck 😂
Americans see whole grains in a bread: Hm, I really don't know what that is.
Came for the reaction to the food. Stayed for the butchered pronounciation. Pure Comedy Gold! 😂
Wo waren die Panzerkekse?
These hard biscuits are energy bombs made from wheat flour, sugar, vegetable fat, glucose syrup (corn), malt extract, yeast, salt and soy lecithin.
Und zusammen mit etwas Schuhcreme brennen sie ewig ^^
And together with some shoe polish they burn forever ^^
and Multi use. If your Knife is strong enough you can manufacture Ninja Throwing Stars.
Could be a ration that didn't get those due to space reasons, had that before actually. At least be can still see the toilet the same day so 😂
@@tobiasworner4970 second use for a Castle Wall.
Gibts nicht mehr. Dafür sind jetzt die Vanillekekse oder Schokokekse drinn.
The Panzerkekse (Tankcookies) cookies are no longer available. But the vanilla/chocolate cookies are now
We call them Panzerkekse because they were so hard that we always said as a joke. Throw them in mud or water and even a tank can drive over them without any problems
That it has no Panzerkekse/Hartkekse is unacceptable.
I have two other german ones to go through!
Panzerplatten with the peppercream and beef jerky are the Best meal i ever tasted XD
keine panzerkekse! that's not a real epa ... they burn so well ...
Jub, Panzerkekskuchen ist ein muss für jedes Geburtstagskind im Feld. Der Moment in dem selbst der abgebrühteste Falli plötzlich Pipi in den Augen kriegt. Wenn Er merkt, dass die komplette Gruppe gerade ihre Schokolade und die Hälfte der Panzerkekse geopfert hat, damit es einen Geburtstagskuchen gibt.
@@Butterworthdasyrup Ein mal Panzerkeks essen und Du musst eine Woche nicht mehr kacken!
I missed the testing of the Currywurst with Potatos 😮
Me too
Indeed, I guess they would have been surprised of what it was, as with curry they had some idea what it might be.
They must have opened it because the closeup shout of the Müsli was actually the Currywurst. It must have gotten confused in the edit
@@ThePhliphip I have absolutely missed that... have to review that part.
Maybe it was so stunishing good, they couldn't believe it. ❤😂
As a former german solider, i could tell you a little bit:
Every german solider have to have his own spoon, fork and knife and some cooking utensils in his bag.
So there is no need for cutlery inside the food package.
Two little pots, a pan, cutlery and also a cup plus the standard water bottle is mandatory in the equipment of a german solider. ("Feldessbesteck" and "Kochgeschirr" and also the "Feldflasche")
All of them are made out of Aluminum and or stainless steel.
Also a little grill ("Esbit Kocher") with fuel tablets to heat up the food is mandatory.
So normally you fill the food packages into your pot, put water into it (if needed, depends on the food) and heat it up on your little grill.
You can google the words if you want to know more about that ^^
The matches in the package are also only there if the lighter of the solider doesnt work.
So they are basically just included “just to be safe”.
Because every solider have to have something in its equipment to light up a fire.
The only thing I know is:
Getting a "it tastes pretty bland" from an american means nothing bad, since they have way too extreme tastes over there... XD
German here. There is no need for any of you two to get canceled 😂. Bon appetite.
Also, we eat our MREs with metal made cutlery, things like the Spork weren't invented for nothing.
Ja, das ist irreführend. Natürlich haben wir Brot, Bratwurst und Sauerkraut. Hat er den Müll richtig entsorgt?🤦🏻♂️
@@G.Harley.Davidson Also wenn ich daran denke das bei uns lokal alles in der Müllverbrennung landet, frage ich mich warum ich überhaupt trenne. Wird jenseits des Atlantik wohl genauso laufen 😂.
Whew we are safe! Gotcha about the cutlery, I assume you are issued or provided it?
@@Butterworthdasyrup Issued. It's part of the personal gear.
@@Butterworthdasyrup
They are pure metal and VERY heavy
- it’s part of your issued gear
German AND US soldier here.
I loved how you butchered the German pronunciation on EVERY item 😂
WE SURE LOVE OUR WURST !
The German MRE consists mostly of fats in order to boost the kilocalories per serving size.
You did a really good job on the review - it really cracked me up 😂
Glad you liked it my friend!
Actually I think the pronunciation was often very good! Surprisingly good!
@@corriephae No. But the Video was fun to watch. Actually our matches are not waterproof since they should have come in a bag anyway. And if you put the coffee whitener in the coffee, it becomes much less bitter.
@@jamesreisenauer1778 I was totally blown away by the fact that matches can be waterproof!!!! And my next thought was: well......Bundeswehr..... 😄
@@corriephae yeah a simple thin wax or paraffine coat makes them waterproof and its easily scratched through, though if you really have an advantage is debatable ( unless you only need one of those and the opened package later doesnt prevent the remaining ones to get wet )
HAHAHA Americans saying the Austrian Beef Jerky tastes like preservatives is hilarious. It very likely has way less preservatives;-)
I tried many beef jerky’s from the US. They would be more the likely called „sweets“ in Europe.
Yeah thats why it's dried more XD
Not so. You get excellent all natural beef jerky in the US. Zero anything artificial. The Austrian stuff is indeed crap compared to American beef jerk. That one of the few cultural things the US has preserved. No Native American true to their soul would ever touch industrial beef jerky.
Sure there is industrialized consumer brand too, but that's not what any American would consider real quality beef jerky. I guess that's what these 2 guys refer to as their personal standard.
German for vacation in the UK, was in a supermarket today and looked at the nutritional facts table of the beef jerky: 30% sugar! We accidentally bought sausages, that contained one quarter flour!
I was so shocked! And I'm told that the US food is even worse. No wonder, people are so sick in these countries
@@tiegerzahn717 well, food fraud is ancient. There is sausage recipies including sawdust from medieval times
How to use a matchbook: 1) Open it and break off 1 matchstick. 2) Place the coated end of the match against the striking surface. 3) Close the folder! 4) Don't use the match for pressing its coated end onto the striking surface. Use the folder's cardboard for this. 5) Light the match by pulling it out of the closed folder
The matches are so thin that they can only reliably withstand pulling forces.
That little paper thingy with the four little tablets in it that you didn't really mention, contains chlorine tablets to sanitize water when you are out in the wild...
First 5 mins, as a German I am laughing so hard (positively obiously) at your guesses. This is going to be fun
Glad you like it!
@@Butterworthdasyrup why didn't you use google lense to get a translation of the text?
It was really hard to understand what you read, though
Ok, my time at the German Airforce was in the 90s and I can't remember that our MREs were that big, but what you really miss here are the "Panzerplatten" - cookies. They were really hard, but were good with jam, jelly and the different kinds of spam and lots of coffee. As a bonus you could put the original army shoe polish on them an they made pretty good camp-fire igniters. 😂
Very nice show!
Super interesting, def would like to try the hard cookies. Thanks for watching!
@@Butterworthdasyrupafaik the manufacturer went bankrupt and they are not produced anymore.
@@soldatnrvier5816 I bought some original PP on ebay (made in 1995!!) - just for the fun of it. And guess what: they were perfectly fine. Produced in Italy...no joke.
@@soldatnrvier5816 not entirely true, Feddek still has them (and the bread), and every other online store with camping gear will gladly sell them to you.
Wunderbar!😂😂😂
Starting to see why the Bundeswehr takes so long to deliver anything with these clean packet designs.
"Have they been to the moon?"
Well kinda? It was german scientists that send people to the moon :D
Tyler: I really liked "Geschmack" and "inhalt"
German: So 'taste' and 'contents' ?
Really funny 😂 but you missed the Currywurst mit Kartoffeln, why didn't you try that ? That maybe would have been tastier than the Erbsensuppe mit Würstchen 😅
The "erbseneintopf" (pea stew) is a bit of a tradition.
The first german military rations, that where produced since the unification wars 1871 was called "erbswurst" and was tiny packets of compacted dried pea powder with bacon fat. They where honestly pretty great, sp great infact, production for the civilian market went on until the mid 2000s or so. The mre erbseneintopf is quite different but having a pea stew for the troops has been a tradition for as long as germany existed
Legendär. Aber ich find sie gruselig.
@@Dirk-N Ich war bei der NVA und es gab nur wenig, was schlimmer war, als diese ekelhafte Erbsensuppe. Ich habe seit damals auch nie wieder Erbsensuppe gegessen und würde sie auch nicht in der größten Not essen. Da fress ich lieber Brennnesseln.
Die Erbswurst ist erstaunlich gut. Wobei die Erbswurst „Grün“ meiner Meinung nach besser schmeckt als die Erbswurst „Gelb“.
Ich würde die gerne mal wieder essen. Hab die lecker in Erinnerung.
Actually it was the first MRE ever.
There are no matches and no spoon inside since we have metal utensils which we take into the field with us. Also we usually strap a lighter to our spoon, that's the so called "Flöffel" (Feuerzeug (lighter) + Löffel (spoon))
Okay, I was wrong. There are matches lol
Videotitle: "german...."
5 sec later: "Dieser Kommentarbereich ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland"
Honestly, for me the funniest thing was you finding the matches and geeking out about it. "Real wood!" I'm glad you mentioned that you expected carton instead, because as a German I was massively confused as to what a match would me made out of instead. I have yet to see a non-wooden match here.
Why the hell do yall always think its Sauerkraut while Sauerkraut is a german word 😂
Weil es Amis sind und die Bayern meist als Deutschland ansehen….
“Sauerkirschen - probably something like Sauerkraut“ - guys, this is where a dictionary comes in REAl handy…
Oder einfach Google-Übersetzer. Gibt es für jedes Smartphone.
The best part was "no, it has to be apple"
Every german soldier has his own knife fork and spoon, also a little cooker to heat the water
German here,
Last week we got some new water-cooking bottles.
They said that you can put water and tea/ coffee in on the go, heat it up and keep it warm for up to 6 hours.
Its been great this week and we are realy happy to get this as it is experimental, so only select units get it to determine its practicity. (Praktikabel).
practicality 🙂Too good bottle are a curse, too. I have one where I can drive from the Swiss border all the way to Bruxelles or from the French border to Vienna before coffee reaches drinking temperature.
Expecting a schnitzel in that box is like assuming Brits to have fish and chips in their rations, haha, but love it
Would be interesting to preserbe the chips. The fish coming out of any UK fast food stall probably last as long as a McDonald burger. What's the record for unspoiled by now?
There is no spoon and measuring, because the german soldier has a silverware and cooking ware. A Espit cooker is standard as well.
As a German myself i really liked the butchered pronunciation 🤣 well done, guys 😄
Ja, hat er die Plastik- und Kartonagen ordnungsgemäß entsorgt und seinen Pfand für die Getränkeverpackungen bekommen?? 😂
We did our best! lol
@@Butterworthdasyrup but I have to know, did you read the English translation at the end to know what you’ve eaten? 😄
@@inesth.3935 Sure did!
😂😂😂 Funny as hell.
Every German soldier knowing the old EPA or MRE will know what when to do with the Schokolade and the Grießspeise in the Field 😂😂 one to close the pipes and one to open the pipes again 😁
As a German I can say it’s so good entertainment to see you guys guessing what’s inside 😂
Love it
"What do you think 'Kart-of-len' is?"
I can't stop laughing
Watching from South Africa and only discovered your channel yesterday. I have literally watched all your videos in the last 24hrs. Love it!
More to come! Thank you!
Pea soup with sausage was the first German traditional dish I learned about in my German class in 1987
I am German and saw the preview on your Instagram. Came here to see your faces when you tried the rye bread - did not disappoint 😄
I am missing the good old bricklike wheat cookies that can be used as food, firestarter or murder weapon. Wo sind meine Panzerkekse?
Those cookies are the best to hand around at parties where you expect vomiting. Literally could scoop up the vomit with a shovel because it was so damn dry.
For you to learn:
- Geschmack = Taste (Zitronen-Geschmack = Lemon-Taste)
- Inhalt = Content (In germany used as "Weight content" = How much weight is in there? -> 100g for example)
- Mustard DOES have capsacin in it. Yes. It's considered as traditionally spicy.
- And NO we don't have spicy food in germany. We like hearty, wholesome dishes and we got way more than bratwurst, schnitzel (= austrian dish not german) and sauerkraut. In germany there are approx 20 different dishes per region as their region-dishes in around 20 different regions. After that we got on top like 50 to 100 typical german dishes here. Our cuisine goes back like 1500 years and has developed over time. But we're in no need for spicy food.
Best part was you two wondering what the Schwarzbrot could be 😅 love it!
The "Essbesteck" that some people have mentioned is a canteen that folds out into a cup, a bowl (for soup/desert), a deeper bowl (for the main course) and also comes with metal cutlery. You were required to always have one with you, because usually no utensils are provided in a field kitchen. It is really handy and I got one of those for hikes, but the downside is that you have to clean it all up after each meal, so maybe there is another version with cutlery for arid regions.
Also... with great sorrow I noticed that there are no more "Hartkekse" (hard cookies). They were included instead of bread sometimes - so maybe they are still around and you just got (un)lucky with your pack - and were actually great with spam. Or you could use them as lethal throwing weapons or unstuck magazines from the G3 depending on what need would arise.
And as for the spicy food: on my first day in the US my then-girlfriend's dad wanted to serve me his homegrown hot peppers. Growing up in a family that would always add extra spice to currywurst or Döner (think Shawarma in a pita bread), it sadly tasted somewhat mild. You could really see his disappointment. xD (Most spices that were traditionally used - 50s to the 70s - were mediterranean or later indian. These days it is all over the place.)
I may have to find those bowls or canteens and silverware you described and order them
@@Butterworthdasyrup The Knife Fork Spoon Can Opener Combo is super Handy for camping. Mine even still says Made in West Germany, and everything is still sharp lol.
@@Butterworthdasyrup I posted a link earlier, but I guess those get removed. Just google "bundeswehr essbesteck" (one version with good reviews is by Black Snake?). It is available on the german Amazon page and they should also list it on the US page. It is not a 100% match, but close enough! :-)
Panzerkekse don't have their name for nothing. I think the old addage was that they were useful as both food and replacement for damaged tank track segments.
Panzerkekse don't have their name for nothing. I think the old addage was that they were useful as both food and replacement for damaged tank track segments.
I love how the guessed pretty much every item incorrectly.😂
Every German soldier has personal equipment from the Bundeswehr (German Army) and this includes a spoon, fork and knife specially designed for the army so that it can be carried in a trouser pocket or jacket to save space.
Very enjoyable seeing you guys making your way through the german descriptions. The stuff you got were on point. Sugar, salt, coffee, tea, creamer, jam, muesli.
And "Sauerkirsche" is cherry, or more precisely "sour cherry"
And while Wienerschintzel is austrian, it isn't unknown in germany. As are obviously all kinds of sausages, but also stuff that is common in the surrounding areas. Pretty much anything from fish to pork to beef to veal to chicken.
"Erbsentopf mit Cocktailwürstchen" is just pea soup with small sausages. Think hod dog sausages, but smaller and with a slightly different mixture. For flavour it's not a bad idea to add pepper and perhaps even Maggi, which is a sauce similar to soy sauce, but made with wheat.
"Currybockwurst mit Kartoffeln" is just sausage in curry sauce (like a slightly spicy, curry flavoured ketchup) with potatoes.
Currywurst is a decently popular streetfood. In most cases just a regular fried sausage (either pan or grill) with curry ketchup. Commonly served with fries or potato salad.
The small tins of sausage are indeed potted meat. Which go great with the souerdough rye bread.
As you already discovered, the drink powder can obviously be done to taste. I'm just surprised there is no waldmeister drink.
Not beef broth but vegetable broth.
And as many have mentioned, no cutlery, as the soldiers already have them. Notice that there wasn't a cup either. Getting them with the MRE would be like ordering food and not using the stuff you already have in your kitchen.
"Inhalt" simply means content. So for liquids it would obviously be volume and for solids it would be weight.
A US cup is about 240 ml, so 100 ml is a bit less than half.
For hot water I can only recommend an electric kettle. Yes they will be slower on 120 V than on 230 V, but they are still efficient and incredibly convenient. And when in doubt, you could possible find one that can be put on a 240 V outlet.
Everything that isnt food is part of the soldiers personal equipment. Like cutlery, a pot, a fire igniter block etc. Thats why german MREs might be a little weird in terms of equipment.
Tyler, pronounce the W like a V, and the V like an F.
10-4
pronouncing the V like an F works for Dutch too, we have a pretty harsh V lol
you missed out on "Panzerkekse" that we had in the 1990s could be eaten, used to start a fire as kindle and also as Adapative Armor on vehicles 😅
I really love that you two try to speak out the german words (and really not bad!) and that you two giggle so much 🥰
The EPA package has around 2,000 kcal and can last up to 30 years if stored correctly. So roughly like a normal McDonalds menu.😁
The difference between Sgt Butterworth and the Bentley girl? Tyler WILL feed you, the Bentley girl will clean your wallet...🤪
lol
Bentley girl has her own stack , you dont need to worry about her 😂
Who ever would think Banane means Banana, too hard to crack that.😂🤣😁
Watching from Germany.
You both are hilarious I had a really good laugh several times 😊👍👍👍
Kirschen = cherry
Geschmack = flavour/taste
Inhalt = Content
haha, the fact that you couldn't identify the cherry jam cracked me up so hard :D
You two are absolutely hysterical! The pronunciation had me cackling! Loving Joshua in these episodes you two have great chemistry together!
Appreciate it! Glad he can be a part of it
@@Butterworthdasyrup hope we see more of the both of you these are my favorite videos to watch and I’m not even in military!
Peeing my pants laughing, listening to your genius ways of trying to read and speak german 😂😂 roggenschrotbrot and Müsli are my favorite 😂😂
And the sauerkirschmarmelade ist cherry jam xD
und die Geflügelwurst😆
und die Bouillon war natürlich auch fies🤭
und wieso sie Sauerkirschen für Himbeeren gehalten haben, verstehe ich immer noch nicht😵👀
@@kcaro99das hab ich auch nicht verstanden, vor allem waren sie so fest davon überzeugt 😅
vor allem dachten sie ja am Anfang noch, da wäre Sauerkraut drin😂😂@@LocalCelebrityUSA
Almost no one eats peanut butter in Germany. 😂
Peanut butter reminds every father of other things
As a Dutch person, I buy proper peanut butter in the Netherlands. Most in Germany are disgusting;)
@@meowsaidthecat5338 So wie du Gesichtsgulasch
Weil Erdnussbutter Schmutz ist.
@@meowsaidthecat5338 I think Ültje does make good peanut butter.
Hello,
I am a veteran of the German Army and was deployed in Holland between 1991 and 1994 as a recruit instructor in basic training.
Since the time I served, it feels like the German MRE has doubled in offer and taste.
But what I would miss even today were our "Panzerplatten", which should be translated as "Tank-Armorplates".
They were two packets of rock-hard biscuits that were not only filling, but also made excellent firelighters! :-)
Muesli, energy bars and the like were out of the question back then. You were lucky if your main meal wasn't "Griesspeise Florida", an unbearable mixture of gruel and unidentifiable fruit that simply tasted like vomit.
And every German soldier had a mess kit and a multi-tool consisting of a metal fork, spoon and knife.
Even in war zones, the good German takes care not to clutter everything up.... ;-))
When the "big" final exam took place at the end of the 3 months of basic training, the 72-hour exercise, all 3 were given MREs. After that, a lively bartering began.
We had three platoons in one such exercise as a company. Two provided the defence, one platoon was the enemy display, which was supposed to attack and demoralize the defenders in different ways.
(Just as an anecdote: in 1991 the enemy was no longer allowed to come from the east. :-)
Before that, it was always the east that was attacked.
After 1990 and German reunification, the "east" was our friend and in the exercises the enemy suddenly came from all directions, but no longer from the east.
We were attacked by Danes, Norwegians and Swedes from the north, or Belgians, Dutch and French from the west, even Hungarians and Austrians from the south, but no Poles and no Russians anymore. That was the order in the army!!!)
Our greatest success as enemy representation in my platoon was in one final quarter when we were able to convince the Dutch range's mobile hot dog cart to drive into our area of operations and all enemy representation soldiers within sight of the defenders could get hot dogs and not have to access their MRE.
Germany - at that time (you have to realize this too) was a "defense army".
You were not allowed to attack the enemy, even if they were visible but not aggressive.
And I think that in order to get your captured enemy to talk, you don't need "Guantanamo Bay" with inhumane treatment or torture, you just have to give them "Florida semolina" to eat from our german MRE!
Every Soldier has his own spoon,fork and knife reusable, just cleaning. To my time we had a carbide heater, but our ration was different. But that was over 30 years back.We got some out of the early 60ties was older then I am to this time, but still good. I do the next generation out of the 90ties.
German here. I love how you pronounced Erdbeeren and Kartoffeln, Lol!
Ate a ton of these while deployed during Deset Dtorm. I thought that were awesome.
Aprikosenkonfitüre is apricot jam because it has pulp in it. Jelly (in German called Gelee) is made from fruit juice.
Calls us animals because we dont provide cutlery 1minute later shoves a whole granolabar in his mouth and almost chokes :D
There's definitely more stuff in there than in my 2000s days.
Linseneintopf mit 2 Mettwürstchen...
*activate skeptic german stare* 🤨
To expect Schnitze, Sauerkraut and Bratwurst in a german MRE is like to expect Hot Dogs, Burgers and Donuts in an American! 😂
As a German, this video was very entertaining!
You guys have such a great chemistry. You are great.
I hate to admit, when you are yelling the words, your pronunciation is way better :D
Never say wienerschnitzel is typical german, its AUSTRIA xD
Well... Isn't Austria just Bavaria with extra steps?
@@Keksemann666is Bavaria really part of Germany? 😂
I doubt it ...😂
@@sabinebluhmentahl9275 you mean "daut it" 🤣
austria is more german than germany :D
i think luxembourg is way weirder lol
We actually had MREs in Plastic bags but the Military changed that because of the plastic trash! And the Matchs dont need to be waterprooved, because there are in a Plastic bag!
You speak english because its the only language you understand. I speak it because its the only language you understand. We are not the same.
I am German, and this is hilarious to listen to and try to guess what you guys have.
Looks much better than I expected. And more modern.
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Your videos are getting funnier. When did you eat the Currywurst and Potatoes? You discussed it then only ate the Pea Soup. 😂
Issue with the sound and had to cut it! Mics are being replaced! Don't worry plenty more German ones coming.
@@ButterworthdasyrupGood!
@@Butterworthdasyrup Would have been nice if you could have let us know that you had to cut out the Currywurst with a pinned comment at the top or something. I'm sure plenty of people are wondering why it wasn't there. How did you like it?
@@Butterworthdasyrup That's good. We are not a very patriotic folk so we enjoy others praise our country
Americans saying "This is not bread" while only having white, salty, sticky slabs to make sandwiches with is beautiful xD
Here in Germany we have some hundred different kinds of bread, bread rolls and another bakery stuff. The americans only using wheat for baking. In Germany we use Roggen for baking too. Many breads here are a mixture of this. The bread in the tin is one of our German breads, what is perfectly usable for tinning. There is another perfect tinning bread... Pumpernickel. The mouth feeling like the bread you tasted, but it is much darker. Was ist kind of bread are more eaten in north Germany. The sour flavour of many German breads ist typical.
I think one other thing you guys should do is don't eat before doing an MRE video, that way you will be hungry and may want to eat more then just a tiny bite. Plus, food simply tastes better when you are hungry, most of the time...
Very true!
The bread thing looks like a coaster 😂
"It's not like a rye bread" lmao
holding in his hand some actually authentic pumpernickel