2020 Honduran 24 Hour Ration MRE Review Meal Ready to Eat Tasting Test
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- With authentic fresh wrapped tamales, delectable cold refried beans, corn flake cereal with a carton of milk, and somewhat basic, yet bold coffee, this 24 hour ration from Honduras was a real treat!
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"I don't think you're supposed to eat that" said the man who ate beef broth made from meat packaged in a British ration pack from 1898.
Also the same man who ate civil war hard tack
Goodness me!
That leaf wrapped around the tamale is a banana leaf. No comida
@@mobetta4588 yup. I was watching him try to cut it and was like oh lord my dude hasn't eaten tamales before.
@@xXxZAPSTERxXx honestly, since I know golubtsy (cabbage rolls, meat wrapped in cabbage leafs) and dolma (meat wrapped in grape leafs) I would naturally assume that those leafs are an edible part of the thing.
Waitress: How is everything over here?
Steve: No headache, no nausea, very normal!
No chemical flavor, very natural, not overly processed at all!
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@@2kchallengewith4video I just unsubscribed from your channel.
“Let’s get this laid out on a tray, nice, ok.”
No hiss...
This has to be the most down to earth mre ever. Honduran Military basically through in everything a soldier wants, from grandmas tamales, childhood candy's, and hangover gas station food.
It looks like they had no idea how to make a ration and picked stuff from the local gas station.
At least it’s more appealing than our US rations. Sometimes I wonder what our military is doing trying to shill bland or disgusting MREs at us.
I think it's more that they either don't have the infrastructure for dedicated MRE production so they went for the short-term solution and bought mostly consumer products with minimal if no specialized food, and then just gave it a short shelf life for an MRE. It's more expensive in the short term, but if they have a smaller military that is often not deployed outside the country, it can make sense.
@@inevitable48 I mean you can’t deny the local gas station ain’t got good shit.
@@inevitable48 Most of what they'll do is patrol the Mosquitia reserve. They don't need fancy stuff.
So I just bought my first house recently. Few months in, and I'm rearranging the garage and realize there are cabinets behind a stack of building materials left there by the prior owners.
I open the cabinets and find 50x 24hr MREs, and 6 cases of emergency water packets. I literally dropped what I was holding, and said outloud "NICE!" and then my gf laughed and said "Let's get this out on to a tray" - Total score.
Even better than a stash of Bongo Mags - nice...
Nice!
American here what is a bongo mag?@@casinodelonge
As a Honduran you rarely see the country mentioned on media and this is just awesome, watching you eat food from home. MRE 100% Catracho 🇭🇳
And it was a banger
No soy de Honduras pero también tenemos tamales acá en Guatemala, cuando lo vi comerse la hoja del tamal me tiré una carcajada. Se lo mostré a mi madre y solo vi su rostro de pena antes de tirarse otra carcajada.
Saludos desde Guatemala 🇬🇹, fiel subscriptor de Steve el Jesus de las MRE.
Because we prefer to call it Belize. 😐
I was once in the children’s hospital in Dallas, Texas. There was also a little boy there with his mom. They were from Honduras. Was fortunate to be there for his 6th birthday. My parents got him an Oklahoma University football jersey.
You got memology 101 who is the baddest Honduran on UA-cam spreading truth and awareness
Banana leaves are used in some countries as opposed to corn husks for tamales. They both provide a way to maintain moisture while the filling steams. Also, the lack of mustache caught me off guard!
I know right, I looked up from my computer at my tv and did a double take.
I was trying to think why he looks different.
🍌 🥸
Yup, In Mexico whe call the tamales that have banana leaf "Tamales Oaxaqueños"
I think Steve's handsome regardless, but he looks much older without the 'stache
"I don't think you are suppose to eat it. Let's try a piece!" We love you Steve. Never change!
Lol. Steve- 😋
Steve- 🤔
Steve- 🤢
Steve- 😋
Yeah... you're not supposed to eat the wrapper
@@idontcare9797 That was an old comment... still love Steve! One of the two best Steve's on the internet.
As a hispanic that LOVES zuko, seeing Steve pour the whole bag into that TINY glass broke my heart, that bag is enough for a 2.5 litter jug (and it is still quite strong) I can just imagine how concentrated that was. Gotta love steve!
dude i almost yell at the screen when i saw that, that powder is for a 3lt bottle, idk if it even disolved properly in that glass
It's strange because he even mentioned Tang, which is a version of the same thing in the US that uses similar proportions haha. He must have just assumed it was single serve (which, granted in an MRE they probably should find a way to give single serve packets, idk who's going to be making 3 liters of orange drink in the middle of a battlefield haha).
@@Nathan-qo9kg people here often reuse 2lt plastic bottles and make juice in there, i assume soldiers do the same and carry it until its empty
@@Nathan-qo9kg oh we have tang as well here, I literally have both in the pantry and I think zuko has a stronger chemical flavour than tang has.
@@cluelessdev3851 I thought proper Zuko had concentrated juice instead of just citric acid and sugar like in Tang
Hey Steve is back. A Christmas miracle that he didn't die from food poisoning.
NICE!
Steve is immune to botulism
@KirbysMentalProblems No, he's Jesus. Have you SEEN him?
I wonder if he plans on making a Christmas ration
When he kicks the bucket they will lay him out on a Tray, Nice!
🤣
I'm genuinely surprised that countries haven't started sending menus to him for testing.
Haaa haaa haaaa !
No doubt.
yeah I mean if not just to promote their military
He's definitely the authority on the subject. I bet provision developers have watched his reviews.
Hell of an idea!!
A lot of countries have set aside rations to send him. They'll arrive in about 50 years.
Hey Steve! Honduran here, with some guidance if you want:
-Overall this looks like a 3 meal ration with 2-3 snacks
-breakfast was good, an alternative is to eat the beans with the breakfast or as a snack with crackers later
-The zuko drink is good for 1-2 liters of drink. The idea is you make yourself a water bottle of flavored drink to carry around after breakfast is over.
-THe second zuko packet is to have a side drink for both lunch and dinner, again, you can be carrying the water bottle or make a large bottle of drink for in between meals
-Most of the crackers can be eaten on the go, just pop the packaging and dump it into your mouth! Makes for a good snack in between meals
-The beans can also be used as a spread on crackers
-The tamales are made of corn dough. You can buy those exact tamales and they last a long time if you freeze them.
Cheers!
Those tamales are so expensive here
This was the grosses meal I have ever seen in a MRE, he must not have a woman that knows how to cook, to think that was a good meal. Yucky.
@@marizensoul8410 lol if you eat that everyday you're gonna get sick, it was one of the worse I've seen as well
@@marizensoul8410 Have you seen some of the OTHER stuff he's eaten? In comparison...
@@DGneoseeker1 compared to 100 year old pemmican, this is gourmet.
This MRE is awesome. It's like you told your mom you're going on a field op and she packed you food haha
Definitely one of, if not, the most wholesome ration set I've seen so far.
But its not LOL, im Honduran and its embarrassing that our soldiers are given this gas station stop MRE.
@@abrahamcanales132
No need to be embarrassed, the meal is edible. Go watch his reviews of the Chinese PLAs, and you'll go, yeah ok. My countries rations are fine.
@@MistaOppritunity Im half Honduran and i dont think its embarrasing
I was shocked to see a whole milk carton there, it was cute
"The milk actually lacks flavor."
Steve probably thinks that because the milk hasn't been aged for 4 years prior to consumption. Nice!
it sounds like an accurate description of shelf-stabilized UHT milk, though. It tastes right, but...flat.
hahaha , did you mean 40 years?
It's just the general milk UHT milk always taste bland even if it's only spend a few days on the shelf
@@dankmemer3289 I assume that's because in an effort to make it shelf stable the milk fat has been removed
This pretty much just turns it into lactose water
UHT milk is horrible. Lacks taste, that's why it usually has flavoring added (plus, it's bad for you)
"Milk. Just a carton of milk. WHOLE milk.....
Amazing."
Steve, you're absolutely perfect.
Get a man who appreciates you like Steve appreciates a carton of milk.
you just dont appreciate food science like he does
“That looks like….pudding!” What a save Steve
You beat me to it 😅
To be fair it doesn't look like that other thing all that much just because it's soft and brown.
I reckon Steve is actually a Spanish-American war vet. All the MREs and Amphetamine-laden WW2 rations have kept him well preserved. The 1989? That was the last time he took a dump without medical intervention...
Would explain why he's willing to eat rations from the 19th century -- those germs are old news to him
Steve is the Bob Ross of MRE tasting.
but i dont think of an "happy little accident" if something rotten bursts out and lands in steves face.... XD
Bob Ross is the Steve1989MREinfo of painting
Every new video is like a variant of The Last Supper painting.
Steve1989MREinfo: The Joy of Rations
@@F4FireAndSecurity lmfao!
the fact that (he never askes you to like his videos) gives me the sensation of watching TV back in the days,, i guess that's why many of us love about steve
Or joining stupid patreon BS
And I saw he posted, so just in general I liked it anyway.
I like that. That's why I always give him a like.
Wtf is with the brackets bud
@@Starkl3t Oh you mean (this doesn't) read normal to you(?)
I heard some anthropologists found an urn of honey in an Egyptian tomb and ate some of it. Supposedly, it tasted about the same as fresh. 4500 year old MREs for dead pharohs...that's pretty impressive. Not as impressive as it would have been if Steve reviewed it, though.
to be fair actual genuine honey doesn't spoil AND does not leave a crust on top that hardens. If that happens, it ain't real honey despite what the tin says
Steve at a digsite: Let's get that out on a tray... Nice!
Honey is great even the pharaohs kept it and it stayed edible
I heard that there was a liquified baby in that there honey urn 🤢
Honey can't spoil, it's pure sugar from flower nectar.
My God thanks for showing off the MRE from Honduras 🇭🇳 i never thought they will have there own. My hone country has a lot of surprises and these one is 100% amazing.
Gullet of steel and a voice like silk, Steve's back with Honduran milk
love his voice!
Nice
Let’s not forget Steve’s very camera ready, niiice hands 😁✌🏻 these hands are made for this 😉😉😛✌🏻🥰lolol
Wondering where he was and now we know…..in Honduras. Lol 😂
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Fun Fact: Back in the 90s, we used to have Zuko drink powder packs in Lithuania, looked almost exactly like the one in the MRE. They were strong enough that you could dye shirts with them.
From former Yugoslav country, can confirm. :D Also, hair dye!
Kazakhstan in the early 90s as well, alongside Invite and Yuppi
Yep, looks like all children of 90s from former Soviet Union know the drink
They're used all over latin America! You can even buy them at Latin owned groceries here in the u.s!
Yeah, I remember we used to dilute them in like 2-3 liters of water, I was really worried when I seen him dumping the whole pack in a glass :D
I can imagine a soldier just waiting at the grocery store, buying all of these, and going back to base to pack them in the 'MRE' as his daily duty.
LOL now im convinced that is exactly what happened here
I was thinking Honduras is a poor country so some general just asked his abuela to be the quartermaster-general to save money.
As a Honduran, I am profoundly glad that you did not add the ketchup to your tamale. I hollered when you said you wanted to at 17:10 . It would be kind of like adding mustard to your pizza. It just doesn’t go. A squeeze of lemon is the thing to add to those. I’m glad you liked our food. You should try it fresh sometime. Thank you for reviewing an MRE of the land of my birth.
Apparently it was not okay for me to think that putting ketchup and mustard on pizza was weird by my ex. What is up with central america and Pizza, cant you guys just eat it normally?
The Tamales in this particular ration are actually wrapped in banana leaves. Most of Mexico uses corn husks to wrap their tamales, but cuisines near the Yucatan as well as Central and South America mostly use banana leaves - I think because they are so abundant in the less-dry areas, and they are perfectly porous enough to allow just the right amount of steam to pass through them. When I lived in Hollywood I had a huge yard with around a dozen banana trees growing in it. During my first Christmas there many of the old El Salvadorian Abuelas (grandmothers) stopped by and asked in Spanish if they could take some of the leaves. Of course I said yes, and to my surprise, a few days later each of the Abuelas brought my family a basket of Christmas Tamales steamed in my banana leaves. After I knew the secret I began ordering Oaxacan/Mayan and Central American Tamales wherever I could find them - and sure enough, they were all wrapped in the same leaves. --- My Realization: only a small portion of tamales made just south of the US border use corn husks as wrappings, and the rest use either banana or plantain leaves (which actually seem a bit better because they hold more moisture. Try the Banana leaf wrapped Oaxacan tamales if you get a chance - the chicken ones are steamed slathered in black chocolate mole sauce. It's amazing.
Interesting, thanks for sharing
Much appreciated insight.
I gotta try this one day!
My ex-partner is from Honduras, and her family makes those tamales, which are really different than the Mexican or Cuban ones. They add olives to theirs, which I think brings them over the top from really good to addicting! (I love olives though, so...)
@@hannahpumpkins4359 sounds like the ones my boss made from Venezuela. So delicious!
Eating a sandwich while watching Steve makes the sandwich 100 times better.
True
Nice
Did you get your sandwich out onto a tray?🤔....nice
It’s all fun and games until the sandwich hisses
I eat dinner while watching Steve.
Working in public service and the forestry commission I have consumed quite a few MREs through the years. It still seems like an adventure with each one. Love to see the adventures you take us on. Truly classic.
Steve oh man! Thanks for repping my people. I showed my mom and this is exactly what she would give me to eat, just missing eggs and cheese. We make do with what we have and keep a good belly laugh in our heart. Honduras my patria queried 🇭🇳
Also I wanted to say, those bean pouches are gold and I'm sure one of those is shared by 2-3 soldiers per meal so it lasts. You could eat it cold, make it sweet, or heat it. That's how us Hondurans are. Make the best of what you have and make sure that is good
And platanos. Either yellow and sweet with cream and white cheese on top or green as tajadas.
I still love how he changes the pitch whenever stirring the drinks it’s so cute haha
iconic. I donated to him and he sent me a postcard saying 'Nice!' Steve is a treasure.
efficient editing
Never gets old
Nice...
That stirring is everything!
"There's an accumulation to the palate of a light garlic mixed with butter..." He's more eloquent than most food critics.
You’re absolutely right...
Not hating but u think he might just have good vocabulary 🤔 and use descriptive words?
@@MrGchow Which is something you'd think most (food) critics would possess or strive to achieve, but it's unfortunately and often not case-though it used to be, but anyone can be one now.
@@Valanway I agree with you and chow. You’d certainly thing having proper word articulation would be highly sought after by reputable food critics.
@@MrGchow It's like...this food will keep you alive when shit hits the fan, but also it has notes of nutmeg with a citrus kick on the back end. I'm a big fan of Steve. Love this channel.
I love the way Steve says, Let's get this out onto a tray." Makes me smile every time.
It's Treh.
Nice
Hey steve im Cody, im 33 from NC, just wanted to say i never thought i would get so much enjoyment from a story like format of contents being unpacked and described. I just came across your videos few days ago and tonight im pulling a binge watching marathon. I wont even watch other channels it has to be yours. The way you set up, present, then go through with such detail, and just the passion you have for bringing the amazing content you do is just truly awesome. Im a loner and have dealt with bad depression for some time now, and nothing really has any enjoyment for me anymore but your channel. So thank you i really appreciate it. And every time i fix food now i catch myself saying "ok so lets get this out onto a tray" lol, but awsome work buddy keep it up.
😂 right! love the way he says “ok let’s get this out onto a tray”. And goodluck with your mental health man. I can relate. It’s not easy. It’s nice to watch someone whose positive and passionate about something. And so descriptive too. Personally it just grabs my attention and I can forget all my troubles for a bit. It’s really fun to watch while eating too. It’s become this habit of mind. This shit makes me hungry.
gotta love when a military's ration philosophy is: "if it's good enough for college kids with a hangover, it's good enough for our soldiers"
😂
Anything is good for college kids with a hangover as long as its edible 😂
In other words, if it's good enough for college kids with a hangover, it's good enough for college dropouts with a hangover.
Since a lot of the soilders are college students wanting a hangover
More like “whatever’s cheapest and meets the minimum nutritional values
"I dont think you are supposed to eat this so lets try a bite." Classic Steve.
😂
Never disappoints
🤣😂
They are Banana leaves.
as a latino, i gasped
That was one reason I loved South American milk. It was shelf stable, came in liters (some with a spout), and tasted just as fresh as cold milk from the USA. Surprisingly good whole milk (Leche Entera) that we were able to leave back at the apartment and come back to months later. Eggs were shelf stable as well, which was a trip.
Eggs are supposed to be shelf stable.
UA-cam is crazy. I used to watch this guy all the time in middle school. (Graduated and got a career now.) the jack up algorithm comes into play and I don’t see this channel until now. 7yrs later, thank you YT for putting this back in my recommendations. I completely forgot
I am a Honduran and I honestly did not know we had MREs here. Thought all we had was American donations. This was very cool. Catracho is a word to refer to Hondurans by the way. Love from Honduras! 🇭🇳♥️
Nunca, solo he visto cuando les dejan las bandejitas de comida😂
The UN encouraged Honduras to do this because of what happened in the liberated concentration camps in WWII. The death rates actually went up for the first six months. This happened in the camps for three reasons. 1 too many calories after months to years of way too few can kill your liver. 2 The food they gave to the camp was frankly just nasty. 3 People survive better on foods that they were brought up with. This third is thought to be psychological but definitely exists.
@@gordonlawrence1448 How is that in any way related to Honduras having MRE rations?
@@Jalil8171 he said at the start, the UN encouraged them to make their own mres
@@jackson14431 yeah but since when are Hondurans concentration camps escapees...?
I picked up a Russian Federation military and civilian meal several months ago. While my boys and I was trying it we mentioned how you did these videos. My youngest ran and found my steel mess trays and said "let's get this onto a tray". We liked those meals.
"Nice!"
@@Rinzler0001 "In Kay"
Great bonding moment! Do more if you have the means, they won’t forget them :)
Nice!
Nice
Amazing to see the similarity between Asian and Hispanic cuisines thanks to prevalent use of banana leaves to wrap and steam certain foodstuff. I’ve never had tamales in my life but they look extremely similar to a variety of steamed glutinous rice cakes in SE Asia.
Parts of Latin America use other ingredients to wrap tamales. I know in Mexico, they use a corn-based dough more often than Banana Leaves. Different areas have different cuisines in Latin America.
Like Puerto Rico has Rellenos de Papa and Argentina has Argentine Pizza. Each area has a different food culture, though there is a lot of overlap, but that just makes Hispanic countries and territories all so much more unique.
Oh, there are lots of similarities. I live in North Texas where there’s a large Asian community and a large Hispanic community. Sometimes, people create fusion dishes. They are fire! 🤤 and, of course, everything goes good with rice. 😆 Well, most things.
@@superkamiguru6856 The dough is always made of corn. It doesn’t matter what the country. It’s the wrapping that changes. North Mexico only uses corn husks. Once you hit southern Mexico though, everybody uses banana leaves all the way south. There are a few exceptions. I am from Honduras and, one kind of tamale that we make is made just with the sweet corn and eaten with sour cream and that one is wrapped in corn husk. If it’s got meat in it at all, it’s going to have the banana leaves. Anyway, in spite of all the different cuisines of Latin America, he is still right about a lot of the overlap with Asian cooking. They have lots of different cuisines too, you know. The Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and the Thai do knowt eat the same things. Neither do the Filipinos. But, there are certain things that they have in common and, some of those they even have in common with us.
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I'm worried an MRE this fresh could potentially be harmful for Steve. Just leave it in storage for a good decade before opening just to be safe.
Lmao. I can’t believe this guy will eat decades old food haha. Steve is a legend!
@@Sev3617 his stomach is lined with adamantium
Decade? Half a century...
@@Sev3617 The original MRE's were meant to last a couple of decades and did. C Rations lasted a heck of a long time.
@@dacsus if he starts storing now by 2045 this channel will explode with content.
Steve, because of you, my 8 year old son requested menus 2 & 3 for Christmas since he'd already had menu 1. It's something we share together. We put it on a tray. It's pretty nice.
God, this is wholesome. Cheers to you!
Sharing something old... or new
... Alright... Nice.
that is SO neat!
best to you and your fam! cheers!
That is so
Nice!
Let's get this wholesomeness out onto a tray
I know sometimes it takes a minute to videos but I am beyond grateful for your channel. You’ve helped my depression over the years
We hope you’re doing well!! Love your content, it’s nice to see someone doing something they enjoy and being so enthusiastic. Happy start to the new year 🍀
As a Honduran, it gives me great pride to see Steve eating tamales.
Also that Zuko pack is meant for 1 liter of water (maybe a bit more)!
Here in Argentina we make it with 1.5 liters, the same with Tang or other brands.
Zuko sounds better than Tang tbh.
Only Steve would eat the leaves of the tamale...💪🏼
2L if its for a kids party
Do you normally eat that many beans in a day?
As a Honduran this was a dope surprise. My mom and I were dying with your uncertainty over the Tamale wrap. Good content man.
I'm pretty sure he lives in Florida too - I don't understand how he's never been exposed to a tamale.
@@saml1939 Tamale ain't cuban. It's popular in southwestern states and NYC
@@Peasant_of_Pontus There are tamales in Cuba.
Tamales are everywhere.... How he didn't know. 🤔
@@theopinion9452 Yeah but they aren't popular.
Coming back to this channel after nearly 3 months and still finding it so amazing!!😄
I've never had an MRE but I always love these videos. Thank you for what you've done to your body, Steve.
24 hour MRE's are always my favourite to watch. I like the older and smaller ones, but when they usually just contain candy, soup and crackers, it's hard not to prefer watching a different culture's way of feeding somebody for a day.
Having eaten US MREs all my life (as a military kid in the 80s and 90s, my dad used to pick up cases of them from base and we'd take them shooting, hunting, camping, and hiking), it astonishes me what some countries put in their MREs. A lot of them are staples for the country and culture, and that's neat seeing them. But then you get countries like France or Spain or Italy that look like they really put some top-notch, gourmet-quality things in there. I still remember those tinned squid in ink and the Gallician stew Steve had in that one Spanish ration. It makes the ham slices and dehydrated peaches of the MREs of my youth pale in comparison. (Except for the fruit cake and maple nut cake. Those were awesome. It saddens me whenever I get an MRE nowadays and they don't have one.)
Same, I just got a 24 Ukraine ration so see what it’s like haha. I had lived in Honduras for a couple years, so it was cool to see this one personally.
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@@Maria_Erias I remember those, they came after the original Dirty Dozen with the dehydrated pork patties and other nasty stuff and were the best MREs overall because they still had real food in them. The nut cakes and dehydrated fruit were great, but then they started adding all of the commercial junk loaded with sugar to replace them. Those 1990-91 rations were also good because they came with a lot of stuff you could get creative with; the menus weren't too good on their own but we got creative when we were in Saudi Arabia and had literally nothing else to eat for weeks on end. The entrees have gotten better, but the rest of the ration seems like it came from the shelf next to the checkout at a 7-11.
@@Raskolnikov70 Yeah. I don't remember much of the menu variety of the ones I used to eat as a kid, just the ham slices (that were tasty and reminded me of Spam), chicken a la king, BBQ meatballs or something like that... And that's all I remember. The ham slices were my favorite, the chicken a la king was a distant second. The BBQ meatballs tasted like pleh. And I honestly don't remember any others.
I love it when Steve describes breakfast as “starting the day off right…”.
i hear him in my head every morning.
Would be cool. If people could pic the mres in the field
Would breakfast over and over
Hey Steve, just want you to know. Your videos have done a lot for my mental health over the years. Keep it fresh. Happy holidays.
I absolutely love your videos! Such a detailed review of military rations. Well done Sir.
I don't think I've ever seen Steve without a mustache. Caught me off guard. 😬
Great vid as always man. 😎
Meeeeeeeee toooo
I knew something was wrong but couldn’t put my finger on it! I knew his hair got crazy long too.
i find his lack of facial fuzz disturbing
As an Honduran, never in the world I would have imagined you trying a Ration MRE from my country. I will enjoy thissss so much, we do things a bit different over here lol
I was expecting some tortillas to go with those beans at least 😅
Is there any way to buy just those packaged tamales and the refried beans? They would make the perfect lazy lunch.
From the looks of things, 90% of the ration is basically just individual serving packets of common off the shelf goods from a grocery store. It IS different, and not necessarily in a bad way. Most MRE's are built to last 3-5 years in storage and at least 2 years out in the field, so you have one big bulk purchase of these things and squirrel them back. But there's something to be said from sourcing local, it's something everyone would recognize at a glance, and know and like the taste of.
And these things still have reasonable shelf lives, usually a year or two, so if you're requisitioning these things annually instead of every 5 years or so, you don't have to worry about them going off and not having any stored back.
@@Picasso_Picante92 Yes sir. All of these items look supermarket bought, tbh I thought there would've been more gov't made items but I guess the money isn't going into sustainability. The tamales are probably Tamales El Carmen, these are listed on Amazon for $14. The beans looks like they're on there too, Campofresco refried beans. These are some of the things I would've bought for spring break back in the day!
@@ComotoseOnAnime As a ration this thing really sucks. It's heavy as hell (3.1 pounds versus a First Strike Ration's 2.8, which probably has more than twice the calories), it's full of very fragile, low-density stuff, and the packets of Zuko are absurd, those packets are for like filling a cooler at a football game, and they give you two! As a portable MEAL for like, camping, this looks like a lot of fun. But for a combat ration it leaves a hell of a lot to be desired. You never ever put liquids in a ration, it's just wasted weight. The cornflakes have no nutrition and are wasted volume. The crackers, chips, and cookies, again, wasted volume because they're like mostly air.
hey steve, love u man! dont ever stop finding new mre’s. everyone loves ur vids
As a Hispanic person, watching Steve try to navigate a tamale was one of the funniest things I've seen all week. Amazing video loved it throughout!
This is what I thought. I'm white as the driven snow, but spent 7 years in New Mexico. Watching him knife that tamale had me in tears
Truth! Lol.
I'm more used to seeing tamales in the corn husk and pasteles in the banana leaf. I'd have known not to eat it in either circumstance, but I'd have gotten a little surprised by the banana leaf wrapping on a tamale. Looking it up, it appears Honduran style tamales do use the banana leaves though.
I'm from Oklahoma, and I have a Native American background I was laughing my ass off too! It was like he never even seen a tamale! They are everywhere where I'm at.
It's a side effect of having real food growing up.
"Disturbingly smooth and fresh"
I wonder if that's what he said when he shaved the mustache off.
This guy is very entertaining, steve never disappoints with his quality videos
Steve you did well tackling the tamale! Also you’re right, beans are definitely for the morning and I’m amazed at your assessment to suggest that, so very spot on. Would be epic to see you do more central/South American MREs!
Me: Hoping he puts some of that milk in the coffee like a creamer.
Steve: pours the rest of the milk into the coffee.
Me: nice.
Nice.
Made himself a café con leche to be authentic to the ration’s country. Nice.
Not all cultures take milk with their coffee, learned that the hard way when I went to Lithuania back in '93! Learned to drink black coffee pretty fast. When back to normal when I returned to England.
Tamales are usually cooked in corn husks or banana leaves. You don’t eat em lol but I’m impressed and amazed they could do that in rations. Love this ration
Yeah, I've spent time in Belize, Gautemala, and Honduras. I noticed that in the interior/highlands they were usually cooked in corn husks and cooked in banana leaves around the coast.
@@David_Rafuse it’s sort of a comfort food made in bulky amounts and they’re quite filling sometimes
The vendors at the Jai-Ali arena in TJ sold the best tamales when I was a kid.
Would not be surprised if Steve ate it all.
The bean were definitely banana leaf-wrapped. AZ here.
I'd probably buy this ration just for the tamales, those look delicious
I subbed to this guy like 3 years ago and every time I pop in to check on what he’s up to I swear he gets younger! Haha those preservatives making you younger Steve! Glad to see you still doing your thing!
Found this week old muffin still packaged and figured I could eat it considering what Steve does. Took a bite it was fantastic. Then saw mold on the otherside and threw up. Steve is a legend.
Nice
You are now ready to go fight in the military
“Nice! Now let’s put this throw up on a tray”
Never, ever, go for that old twinkie at the bottom of the cookie jar. Looks perfectly fine on the outside. On the outside.
😂😂😂 Can’t beat the legend! 😉
The one tragic part of the video is the fact that Steve has apparently never had a tamale before. He has been missing out for far too long.
He’s eaten a tamale in the columbian ration video at the very least lol
I thought the exact same thing.
Who chops a tamale into pieces?
how are you supposed to eat those? they are hard as hell and don't taste very good
@@xChimkin Open up your throat and let it slide down. Also, take off the corn leaf before you do that.
Are you sure he wasn't experimenting with making the corn husk part of the MRE? And before anyone says, But why on earth would you do that, just remember. This is Steve.
I miss you Steve
It’s like i can’t trust your reviews since you’re just so grateful and appreciative of the thought that goes into the MRE’s lol and you’re not picky lol
The bag even says it, Kellogg's frosted flakes, the bag is right out of one of those kids' boxes of cereal. :D VERY impressed by the actual tamales, leaves and all!
Supplied for the Armed Forces by: La Bodega
The tamales are called pasteles. Typically made with plantains, and folded with banana leaves. It's very good.
@@franciscobeauchamp-flores8262 Thank you for the info!
Steve has to have the most diverse, nuanced palate on the planet...as well as the strongest immune system.
Along with a set of ironclad insides
I’m convinced he’s borderline immune to mold sickness
I am OBSESSED with your UA-cam channel. My father and I sit and watch your videos, every weekend together. You are brave to try the things that you do eat lol Keep the videos coming, because you are the best on UA-cam hands down!! I would absolutely love to see your collection! I'm very fascinated and enjoy history as well. Thanks Steve1989 😊
I wish you were around more Steve, it's crazy but I feel so alone and this is a checkin spot. God bless man I love your vids and perspective.
The Bob Ross comparison is so apt. Who needs tranquillizers when you we have MRESteve? So calm, so positive. It's fun to watch people that are so passionate about their hobbies. Keep it up Steve!
100th
Do you have any recommendations for other hobby channels? I have a hard time finding the youtube niches.
Steves definitely the kind of guy to go to a friends house. Find out their cooking is disgusting. Eat his way through it and still find a way to give a genuine compliment
It's awesome to see your country mentioned once in a while, nice video Steve 🇭🇳
I'm Honduran! Thank you for this review. So great!
Just when the world needed him the most, Steve returns. Missed you pal
He eats Zuko for breakfast.
Honestly him not knowing what to do with Tamales is so wholesome I died.
yes, i almost died of shock when he tried cutting through the banana leaf LOL.
What do you do with them? (UK)
@@CheshireTomcat68 The leaf around it is there to keep its shape while it's being steamed.
@@CheshireTomcat68 unwrap it like a package and eat what’s inside.
Loving this stuff, found out about MRE's a year ago and been binge watching all your stuff and seen it all up until now, makes me smile to know there are great unusual foods found still surviving way past use by dates, it's been a really cool adventure! Cheers Steve
Of course, now I can see things thinning out as MRE's get more popular (knowing the price of certain objects these days too) and more channels popping up.
Still Hope you can find us another gem to discover soon. Thanks again man
Happy 2022, Steve! Hope to see many more videos from you this coming year!
Always a pleasure to see you again, Steve. Appreciate you.
Hey right on Mark much appreciated man, always good to be back.
The milk will be bland because it’s almost certainly UHT milk. That is “Ultra High Temperature”. It’s a milk processing method that basically scalds the milk with steam to sterilise it and then it’s packed into sterile packaging, moments later. Does wonders for shelf life and it no longer needs to be refrigerated, but it blows apart the lipids (fats) that give milk it’s body or “mouth feel” and seems very thin tasting. These days the mouth feel of less processed milk is (ironically) replicated by more processing. I’ll bet the label on that carton listed something added to bulk it out a bit. The same stuff is what’s in those tiny milk cartons you get on airliners or trains.
Great video by the way. And great to have you back!
Wow I learned a lot there thank you.
I personally think UHT brings out the flavor in milk, making it taste like steamed milk.
Honestly I prefer it, but maybe because it is about the only milk that I can drink without having stomach problems. Have no problem with cheese or icecream and those type of milk or powder milk
I was wondering how they would be able to package milk and not have it go bad over long periods good information.
@@williammunny9916 ok but what has it got to do with my milk?
Everyone is doing mre reviews now but you will always be the youtube og love the content
Steve I am so glad that one day you decided to make videos... you have such an awesome character, really refreshing in UA-cam land
Steve is a man of culture, he does things the right way
he puts cereal before milk
Are you implying that some people haven't been parented and actually pour the milk... first?!
What the hell kind of heathen puts milk in the bowl BEFORE the cereal???
If you add cereal to your milk, you can put just a little cereal in at a time, so it's all at optimal crunchiness.
@@AzuriteCoast HERESY!!!! The key is to eat it FAST. And if you're not drowning your Corn Pops in milk, you're just doing it wrong.
@@AzuriteCoast thats the things I don't want my cereal overly crunchy. My goal is to get as much milk tasting like cinnamon toast crunch goodness so I can drink it.
That orange pack is indeed for a whole liter of water, it is almost entirely sugarcane based and it is often seen as a cheap Tang knockoff. Nothing wrong with it though.
That brand is all over Latin America and they have tons of flavor options. They aren’t really that much cheaper. They just have different more Latin-based flavors.
Yeah, those drinks are available anywhere there are central and south American populations. I've seen them in NY, LA, and Texas. Usually folks will buy a gallon jug of the stuff. Sweet and tangy, but don't taste of juice. It's like someone whispered orange into a bag of sugar and citric acid.
Tang is a cheap knock off of zuko. Tang can't even come close to zuko
@@andyoli75 yeah I had them in Honduras and then they are all over here in AZ too. I don’t really eat/drink much sugar anymore so I can’t remember the orange flavor much.
Screech is the hardest soft drink in the world. If you dont believe me watch the documentary on it which is part of one of the "Bluestone 42" series.
I literally don’t care about MRE food at all, I don’t care for the history of it, yet I have binged your vids at least 10 times no telling how many hours I’ve watched. Idk what to praise you for either but these videos never disappoint. Always bust a gut too! Your comedic timing is unreal. Thx for ur work here
“Let’s get this out onto a tray!” I seriously think I relaxed when he said that.
I felt the cosmos suddenly become aligned in some peculiar unexplainable way.
I love that they just have a carton of UHT milk in there, that stuff is shelf stable for a few years and since it's basically just normal milk that's been pasteurized at an extremely high temperature it typically doesn't have any chemical preservatives added. The corn flakes also gave me a chuckle, that's clearly a bag taken out of those little boxes of cereal you used to be able to get (or maybe still can get) with hotel continental breakfasts. Overall this looks a lot like the "MREs" people (myself included) put together for themselves using store bought shelf stable foods for camping and backpacking trips.
A lot of budget militaries still have rations like that. Usually they toss in some commercial canned goods or locally available candy in a goodie bag.
I'm a little worried by the milk, once you start lugging it around outside in any sort of heat.
The cereal is most definitely just standard Kellogs Frosties. Lived in C.America for a few years, it's very popular.
@@Peerkons Lets be real, frosted flakes are pretty good. Why try to make your own frosted flakes when you can just buy single serving bags that everyone already likes for dirt cheap. I think the Hondurans made some solid choices when putting together this ration.
I still want a tour of his bookshelf that’s behind him. It looks likes it’s a treasure chest of cool pop culture stuff!
I think he got a nice new HD camera too!
Imagine being Steve's kid and someday getting full access for these historical gems. Wild stuff...
I always look out for Sheikh Yerbouti.
The Zuko is for a liter of water. I've made and drunk more of that stuff than I care to admit to. All kinds of flavors are available, not just the orange. Milk that doesn't need refrigeration is huge in Central America and last a LONG time. As others said, the leaves are banana.
Thanks for all the good times, you helped inspire a hobby for me. I hope you're doing well!
I’m from Honduras and seeing that our army even had an MRE made specifically for the soldiers has left me flabbergasted. QP2 Honduras!
🤣 same here.
Todas tienen la verdad, me sorprende que fuera tan buena (no lo digo en mal plan), la de Guatemala es un montón de cosas en lata y me daría pena que las comiera Steve
I want to know how long the milk can survive. It's always a bit scary when non-refrigerated milk is involved.
One packet of hot sauce for two dishes is a little cheap.
@@SusCalvin if its propperly prepared? Idk, a year or two.
@@SusCalvin Ive had milk last 6 months in a fridge that was set to 40 degrees
Never seen a person get emotional over a gusset, and a pack of hot sauce.. but that is a fantastic 24hr ration..
Find someone who looks at you like Steve looks at a good gusset, lol :)
I love your videos sir, what a wonderful addition to the historical record and enjoyable watching too! I've seen probably 2/3 of your vids and not done lol
Can't be the only who finds these vids calming and therapeutic.
Hear that hisss
My daughter is 2 and I can safely say she is your biggest fan. No matter how bad her mood is she hears your voice and it instantly calms her down
Steve has that effect on me also!
nice
As much as I love the historical ration you did last time, you can’t really beat one where all the food is edible. Bonus points for food you don’t usually see in a ration!
my problem in watching these is i can just have gotten up from eating dinner and after watching your videos i have to go back in the kitchen to get something to eat .
i have no idea why i like these videos so much.
It makes sense why Steve was never sick from the rations, it was Shaggy all along.
Amazing ration, didn't knew Honduras had its own rations. You can find most of those stuff on stores but still an amazing ration. Greetings from El Salvador