I ate a bunch of C Rats when i was in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968-69. Apricots came in slices in syrup, very tasty. Them napkins are Toilet Paper. The chocolate was great. Anything with meat in it was good. Sometimes we would make a stew out of different C Rats mixed up and cook them in a helmet. Yum Yum 👍 Meals you didn't like you could always trade with your buddies.
IF I remember correctly the P38 can openers were packaged seperately they came in the cases of the C rations most of us back then had a few of them, one on our dog tag chain maybe another on a key ring. Many of us had a Swiss Army type knife that had a can opener on it. I was in the Air Force and we still had a few around in 1985, but by then the MRE were being issued. In the Air Force we only ate during Exercises or Deployments.
I had K-rats in the military. Wasn't that good. Seems like I always got a can of poundcake. It was disgusting. All K-rats had cigarettes. Different brands. Best thing in the box. You should have kept the matches and cigarettes unopened as collector items. The paper was toilet paper. Second best thing in the box.
I was in the Marine Corps from 1964 to 1968, and ate tons of C-Rations. Most of the entrees were quite good. But they were loaded with calories, so many guys gained weight during the times when C-Rations were their main food.
I ate my share of those C rations in Vietnam 50 years ago. Some were definitely better than others. I especially liked the boned chicken. The cigarettes were great, too. I didn't smoke, so I traded my Camels for warm generic-brand pop when it was available. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
LexiiLV the smokes are fine to smoke stale if you want a headache and a cough. us smokers can tell if our brand has been on the shelf at store for 2 months or longer because they turn stale so fast. I'd smoke them as an emergency cigarette.
I believe it was the second can with the beef that leaked out. The apricot jam can (puffed can) opened first still had pressurised air inside which meant that the can seal wasn't broken but the second can's lid just gave way and was clearly broken already.
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Those apricots look decomposed. They were probably originally halves. The matches were for lighting a campfire and the cigarettes. The cigarettes were put there mainly to promote the brand. Those probably date from the '50's or '60's after "Marlborough" switched from being a women's brand to a men's popular brand.
We use to call the chocolate "silver shitters" in the Air Force, sometimes you would get either vanilla fudge or chocolate fudge in a wax paper wrapper and those were called John Wayne bars..but it was some good chocolate :)
Taras, buddy! Those aren’t napkins. Remember, these are ‘Combat Rats’. No toilet rolls hanging ‘round in the Vietnam Nam Bush. And believe it when I tell you one learns to make the paper last, especially when you get the runs. And the runs run frequently in the bush. Great Site, this and your ‘Hacker’ Site.
Taras, the manufacture date should be stamped into the cans. Beef with sauce was the "good" C-ration, back in the day! If the C-ration came with cigarettes, it was 1974, or earlier, probably 1968-74 vintage, looking at the Marlboro package
If he actually smoked one of those vintage cigarettes, he would be one of the few people on UA-cam to have actually smoked a cigarette from around 1950
He really just gagged after that giant sniff😂😂😂
Fernando Bonilla “It still smells like, BLERGH apricot” you sure Taras haha 🤣🤣🤣
Fernando Bonilla gagged*
Best part of the video. Almost peed myself.
I think that initial gagging was the hit of botulism hitting the lungs
Fernando Bonilla ik im still laughing😂😂😂
This MRE will seriously make your toilet go BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw in tomato gadjets vidyo
Beef jerky
ziljin hahahahahaha
Yeah you'll be shittin your guts out for weeks
Just watched a few of your videos. Worth it.
I ate a bunch of C Rats when i was in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968-69. Apricots came in slices in syrup, very tasty. Them napkins are Toilet Paper. The chocolate was great. Anything with meat in it was good. Sometimes we would make a stew out of different C Rats mixed up and cook them in a helmet. Yum Yum 👍 Meals you didn't like you could always trade with your buddies.
pjbikerful thank you for your service !
pjbikerful that was very interesting to learn 😄 thank you for your service
Dad was in around that time.. Two purple hearts,. Thank you brother
Thank You, Anthony, Yes it was hard times back then. I was one of the lucky ones that made it back in one piece.
Ammar Syria What are we supposed to do? Vilify the people that were forced to be sent to Vietnam by the government? What's your point?
"It does still smell like *gag* apricots"
😂😂😂🤣 I was looking for this comment
*sniffs*
"It still does smell *urgh* " *almost pukes* *
> Keeps going like nothing happened
Valekon lol
This is the way.
I bet those smokes were worth alot before u opened them
$25 USD
Regular Person multi millionaire
boomllionare
Love this guys uploads, but he didn't even think twice. That's history that other you tubers already did.
Love how it includes smokes...Gotta have those...shooting at ppl and getting shot at also kills ppl.
NICE LETS GET THIS ON A TRAY!
Bruh that malboro pack would be so expencive lol he just opens it😩😩😩
Nicklas Högström nah u can still buy the same pack as in video here in sebia
moze moze nek se nocas pije rakija sampanjac
Nicklas Högström IKR
Nicklas Högström vintage marlboro yeah
Nicklas Högström I know right so missed off at this video
Steve1989MREInfo would say NICE!
ziljin I was just watching him lol
Steve is the best MRE reviewer, this guy, ruins everything, and doesnt know what to do. all he likes its his fuking "Pashtiate"
Steve will eat all of it. :)))
ziljin "let's get this out on a try. All right, nice!"
He would also eat all of it
IF I remember correctly the P38 can openers were packaged seperately they came in the cases of the C rations most of us back then had a few of them, one on our dog tag chain maybe another on a key ring.
Many of us had a Swiss Army type knife that had a can opener on it.
I was in the Air Force and we still had a few around in 1985, but by then the MRE were being issued. In the Air Force we only ate during Exercises or Deployments.
Donald Kline Photography got my first one by finding it in the top flap of my ALICE. Still have it.
Donald Kline Photography Very cool information. Thank you and thank you for your service
If I remember correctly 5 or 6 P38s came to a case..they were loose on top of the C rations.
Donald Kline Photography thanks
There's four p38s in each case of 12 MCIs. That equals one for every one day of food or 3 rations per can opener.
"It actually tastes good!",
*spits it out*
I had K-rats in the military.
Wasn't that good. Seems like I always got a can of poundcake. It was disgusting.
All K-rats had cigarettes. Different brands. Best thing in the box.
You should have kept the matches and cigarettes unopened as collector items.
The paper was toilet paper. Second best thing in the box.
I wish that I could have seen you're face after you sniffed that can of apricot. 😂😂 (GAGGED)!!
Lol that gag though😂
Can you say BOTULISM?
Jeanine Renee 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
its pretty comon in those mri's ....
Ja Nana BOTULISM
I was in the Marine Corps from 1964 to 1968, and ate tons of C-Rations. Most of the entrees were quite good. But they were loaded with calories, so many guys gained weight during the times when C-Rations were their main food.
I love how many people here also watch steve1989mreinfo NICE!
Dan macchio yeah..
m'kay
Steve would get a heart attack if he saw what Taras is doing with this mre 😂
I ate my share of those C rations in Vietnam 50 years ago. Some were definitely better than others. I especially liked the boned chicken. The cigarettes were great, too. I didn't smoke, so I traded my Camels for warm generic-brand pop when it was available. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
*>Likes video before even watching*
*>Regret nothing*
*B O O M*
It still does smell... ack! (Gagging) 😂😂
TARAS! YOU JUST WASTED A ONE HUNDRED PACK OF MARLBORO CIGARETTES!
Good
i'm glad he did i would too
Pt0wN973b0iI no way those were cool!!!
everyone knos what a cigarette looks like!
wut a maroon!!!
Cigarettes are disgusting
Martha Yoder right ciggarettes are trash
When he went to smell the apricot and gagged I laughed so hard
Taras: points out water damage twice, gives a potential explanation for damage then says it looks like it has no damage.
Let’s get this on to a tray Nice.
Botulism is a real thing. Apricots in this C-Rat quite likely an example of botulism contamination.
Any bulging can is a sign of botulism. Doesn't matter what's in it. I would have never even opened it.
Nice hiss!
Flamingo haha nice steve1989 reference
Flamingo Steve 1989
M'kay...Let's get this out onto a tray...
Looking at the cigarettes I would think closer to the 70s
I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. 😁
"Mmm *sniffs* it still does smell *aulll* (Seal sound)😂
I know, I was like "Dude, why?!?!"
“Has just a leetle bit of stinch (stink and stench) to it”
Those napkins was toilet paper!
He swallows it "I spit it all out"
I guarantee you that the Malboros and PB is perfectly fine and smokable/edible, aswell as the gum.
LexiiLV
the smokes are fine to smoke stale if you want a headache and a cough. us smokers can tell if our brand has been on the shelf at store for 2 months or longer because they turn stale so fast. I'd smoke them as an emergency cigarette.
*lets get that onto a tray ... NICE*
Taras your legendary how else thinks he coolest youtuber
Get a life u simp
PLEASE keep making these MRE eating videos, I love them! They are so entertaining!
I believe it was the second can with the beef that leaked out. The apricot jam can (puffed can) opened first still had pressurised air inside which meant that the can seal wasn't broken but the second can's lid just gave way and was clearly broken already.
steve1989mreinfo is probably crying over you calling them cigarettes stale. he would enjoy them!
Nice hiss
"Its still smells like..."
*gaggs*
"Yeah it stills smells like appricaote"
I remember my family members talking about these types of food. Pretty cool to see what they were talking about.
Holds the chocolate cookie.
You know what this actually tastes good..
Spits into the grass.
Nice!
I didn't see a tray :(
Aay
He's awesome :)
*O O F*
Justin Y. Nice hiss
The gag when he smells the apricot😂
That gag was the best!! Ah, I love You, Taras. You're too good.
Steve1989 would have eaten it all and smoke them cig's..
Zombie Native Steve who
Who is this steve
But first he would of put it out onto a tray. Nice.
Steve1989MREInfo He does reviews on MRE's. He even ate hardtack from 1863.
Lol. Let's get this out on a tray.
*GAGS* still smells like apricots
I almost cried when he smelled those apricots
It still does smell brrrrr like apricot 😂😂😂
Nice hiss, let's get this on a tray, Nice
Taras: I wouldn't risk it
Steve1989: *eats something 30 years older*
I was so scared he was going to eat something...AND THEN HE DID! BLEGH
I love your videos today I had to put down my dog and I was having a terrible day I get home and I watch your videos and they instantly made me feel better thank you for everything you do you are my favorite UA-camr thank you so much
This is probably what inside the 1950’s Civil Defense Rations look like still sitting in the Basements of the older buildings in US Cities?
CRH: I wouldn’t eat any of this stuff at all
Also CRH *eating some of the food*
Can i buy the ciggaretes from you?
Thank you taras my grandpa have these like yours the video is best
Brave, brave man...I salute you.
!!!ITS AMAZING!!!
YOUR ENGLISH IS ACTUALY WORSENING WITH TIME!!!
gud 4-u lil buddy!!!
😀
Dude the cigarettes are the best parts of MCI's
Those apricots look decomposed. They were probably originally halves.
The matches were for lighting a campfire and the cigarettes.
The cigarettes were put there mainly to promote the brand. Those probably date from the '50's or '60's after "Marlborough" switched from being a women's brand to a men's popular brand.
We use to call the chocolate "silver shitters" in the Air Force, sometimes you would get either vanilla fudge or chocolate fudge in a wax paper wrapper and those were called John Wayne bars..but it was some good chocolate :)
Seen a 4 Pac of Marlboro just like the o e you opened go for $74.00 on ebay.
Those chocolates we're the bomb, the ones with crisps inside was the best and that government peanut butter has a shelf life of Methuselah!
Let's get this out onto a tray, NICE!
5:01 it still does smell lik- OOOUHH
"Let's get this onto a tray... Nice! M'kay...."
It's amazing that there isn't much difference at all between the C-rat and early MRE accessory packs! Except the cigarettes.
that chocolate disk looked tempting lol
Oh yeah here in Czechia we still make something like the chocolate cookies it is called Fidorka
Chiclets were the best chewing ever!
Please do a review on the seventy 2 survival backpack!
"Let's get that out on a tray....nice!"
you opened a pack of malboro of a HUGE value for collections, BOOM CRAZY
I wonder where he manages to get these from. All the mres I see on amazon seem like they're just partial mres and expensive as heck.
This MRE had no soul :D
can you do a collab with Steve1989MREinfo
Nick Aldarelli why haven't i heard of this guy before
You should watch some his videos they are really interesting.
*bear plays csgo*
*bear kills candy with his awp (128 in 1 hit)*
*bear teabags candy*
bear: get canne'd
He's no steve1989 but still oddly interesting for some reason
Why did the chocolate cookie like chocolate didn’t melt for 50 years?
crh: it actually tastes good.
crh: "Spits it out"
You should find more vintage mre’s, food, and drinks.
If Taras put this stuff on a tray it would be really....nice
Be very careful with bulging or "exploded" cans. It could very well be botulism which is no joke. Be safe, my friend!
Dude, I’m sitting here eating shawarma..
No Pashteet? I love how excited he gets when he finds some.
Taras, buddy! Those aren’t napkins. Remember, these are ‘Combat Rats’. No toilet rolls hanging ‘round in the Vietnam Nam Bush. And believe it when I tell you one learns to make the paper last, especially when you get the runs. And the runs run frequently in the bush. Great Site, this and your ‘Hacker’ Site.
Alright lets get this out on to a tray, Nice!
I have been watching your videos all day
Did you just say "never had candy before" XD
Nice hiss.
lets put that onto a tray.....
BOOM
More bee keeping videos please
Taras, the manufacture date should be stamped into the cans.
Beef with sauce was the "good" C-ration, back in the day!
If the C-ration came with cigarettes, it was 1974, or earlier, probably 1968-74 vintage, looking at the Marlboro package
This chocolate cookies you can buy in Czech Republic now with name -Fidorka :-)
If he actually smoked one of those vintage cigarettes, he would be one of the few people on UA-cam to have actually smoked a cigarette from around 1950
dude I was in the Army in the 80's and I have eat'n that exact meal lots of times.
Fun fact, gum stays good forever and never decomposes.
ashens would be proud
Steve 1989 would be proud and Nice hiss