Howdy folks, I decided to eat something a little more normal for in between some of the older rations I'm currently working on. Hope you enjoy, and see ya in about 3-5 days if all goes well editing this 1957 Ration, Survival, Individual that was filmed last night. Alright cool, see ya.
The fact that he never talks about UA-cam or addresses the audience in his videos (except for the part at the end where he says he hoped you liked it). There are no sponsorships and no talking about subscribing, liking, or responding to comments or anything like that. Each video is an entirely self contained piece of entertainment and information.
That's old school youtubeing, passionate individuals sharing their passions to whoever's interested without looking for fame, money or influence. Quite the achievement today, also considering the channel isn't even very old
"Each video is an entirely self contained piece of entertainment and information." You mean kinda like how an MRE is a self contained piece of nutrition and sustenance? Art imitates life boys and girls! :D
As a Canadian Military member I can probably say without a doubt the FRH’s are issued separately for cost reduction on the rations themselves. We don’t use the FRHs very often especially in training situations. We use a Coleman stove with a pressure cooker, your able to heat your entire sections meals or at least a group of peoples rations all at once. That is at least why I believe we still issue them separately.
Not gonna lie, I’m not military, but I ran into a military guy emptying his bag looking for something in a gym changing room, and one of the things he pulled out was a mini stove and pot. I’m pretty sure our Soldiers are more than ready for making MREs without FRHs…
@@ianbuitenga3133 ohh yeah, tell that to the boys pounding down these cold poutines. Cold poutine and then chew on a pack of that Nescafé you’re golden
@@ianbuitenga3133 11 years in and I’d say at least 75% of the time the general directive is to use the stoves maybe if your combat arms it’s different but as a veh tech we generally just have the heaters in our trucks in case we’re out doing repairs around meal times and we’re gonna be awhile.
Wow! I have worked for the CDN combat ration program for 15 years and JUST came across these review videos. We are so happy to hear that you love the pulled pork, its a fave of mine too! This made my day!
@@ThomasAndersonPhD It’s very hard to find a good chewing gum that comes packaged as we require it. We’ve tried and tried.. the gum we had was terrible after about 20 seconds of chewing!
Ayyye thank yall for making sausage and hashbrowns by far my favorite meal, but can you guys just switch all the pain buns to tortillas and make Frank's the standard hot sauce for all meals not just a few
Steve, a friend of mine from the Canadian military said to “allow the Reese’s sticks to melt, then Crush them up, squeeze the crunchy mushy contents into the tortilla, then fold... then cook it like a mountain pie over the fire using spare aluminum foil or the pan from your mess kit. Your left with a homemade chocolate peanuts butter MRE crumble cake” he states it’s heaven after a long heavy ruck! Cheers my friend, your channel is therapy to me and I appreciate your awesome videos!! Thanks!
Another good one is mixing the vanilla drink mix, pain hamburger (torn into chunks) and the apple slices desert. If your lucky enough too have a heat source warm it up and you've got apple bread puddin for when your cold and sad in the dirt ;)
you got to do that otherwise it never mixes. there's also the strangling technique where you grab and squeeze up. the dregs are always nasty so you have to do it right
😂 I can imagine walking down a dark alley only to see Steve shaking a man like that for his money back, Steve then slips out the guys wallet with a smile, pockets the money and lets out a “Nice, alright, see ya!”
@@Steve1989MRE please do !!! We would love to see that !! There’s actually 3 new IMP variant bags coming down the pipe. This version in your video was the 1st to be adopted. Version 2 is for the RCAF. and I can’t talk about version 3. ;)
The contrast between the old and new is really something. To see how things have vastly improved in most aspects.. except for shelf stability with some of the new ones. Gotta say, those Cold War-era rations surely were built to last.
@@Steve1989MRE Do you know if they ever do reproductions of WWII MREs? I'd be interested to see what one would look like not coming out of a rusted can.
@@TheInsomniaddict ....some companies have made replica outer cardboard/paper packaging. Actually putting food into cans requires an extensive financial investment liability wise. The closest you can come are Spam1/2 size cans (tear the label off )and Underwood small round cans of chicken, ham or beef spread. Both type of cans have pull tabs but can be opened with a p38 opener. The crackers are still made by Nabisco but are packaged in plastic wrap, not cellophane. Instant coffee is available in packets. Lemon or orange drink is available in packets. Similar candies and gum are still made, packaging differs 'though. TP and matches can be easily self replicated.
CANFOR guy here: The reason we generally don't have or let us be real don't use the FRHs is we have a Colman stove with either a pressure cooker or pot of water when we have these. And if you're on patrol in the cold? You shove them in your jacket and they get warm on their own.
I feel like Canada secretly watches Steve and modifies their MRE's based on his findings, because they really seem to crank out top tier rations on the regular.
actually when the same rations return time and again or get left behind at kit out ... they revise them to fix them ... they havent figured out how to make powdered eggs taste good that is why you get tobasco in the night meal ... its for breakfast and the eggs to mask the shit flavour
I think all the worlds militaries cross their fingers when Steve reviews their rations, if Steve gives them a good review it is like getting a Michelin star
He could just call it Tray. I recently ate at a fancy place called The Table. The servers uniforms could be camo pants and t-shirts that say "Nice hiss" on the back.
Its like a skill or ability. I can do it too in a very limited capacity. It helps if you eat diff kinds of foods and know how to cook/prepare a lot of those diff kinds of foods too. The smell and taste you'd be able to differentiate since you know the actual ingredients in making diff kinds of food.. I mean, there isn't really that many common spices and flavours in most of the world's foods.
Im in the Canadian military and this is probably one of my favorite imp. Youre right about having the heater bags, they should of incorporate them with the imps but im guessing its a contract issue with two different companies. Sometimes you get issued old dryed out bags that dont heat up properly so youre stuck with eating your imp cold. I always eats my pb&j first while waiting for my main meal to warm up. The dates square is a gamble because they usually gives you the shits so depending where you are it can sucks lol. Most of our IMPs are very very good now, I've tried quite a bit from different countries and they are hard to beat. I like alot if the American ones and its cool that they have skittles and cheese wheezes sometimes. Norway were really good to, you get a 24 hours package and you eat whatever whenever. Cheers
The reason we have the IMP separate from the heating bag is for winter when we heat the meals in the pressure cooker in the 10 man tents. We would waste the heating bags
@@sharmoutha never thought of that you're right, I probably ate half my ration out of a pressure cooker which is almost quicker than a heater bag anyways and not chance of a dud which Ive seem to get alot the past two exercise ive been on. I just remember we traded a whole pallet of cdn imps for a pallet of american MREs once and thought having everything together was kinda handy. Definitely like that they had skittles and cheese wheeze spreads sometimes but not all their meals had coffee in them. 🤓
@@fogpatrol its the same reason we have a tac vest and a frag vest. Because in the Arctic you put the frag underneath everything and the tacvest over your parka.
Was just in Canada for military training and they were super eager to trade their cases of IMP’s for our cases of MRE’s. Pizza pasta was my favorite so far, but I didn’t get to try much of the others outside of that one case as they gave us a bunch of the same case. Overall was super impressed and it made the training experience a bit better knowing I didn’t have to deal with the same old MRE’s we are used to. Side note, just about every Canadian we met was extremely welcoming and sociable; definitely enjoyed meeting some of our friends in the north!
Yeah I would let him do anything he wants to me, all over my body, anything he wants inside me he can do it. My body is his to do WHATEVER he wants - he will hopefully leave me how I should be, covered in his juice.
Noticed how weird it was that it was called “Reese Sticks” and not “Reese’s Sticks” and went searching. Turns out Hershey’s ditched the name ReeseSticks for the more conventional Reese’s naming convention of “Reese’s Sticks” in 2009, since most people pronounced it that way anyways. Wonder if that means the one in the MRE is 12+ years old or if it just uses left over old stock packaging.
Based on my digging I believe that in Canada they are still named “Reese Sticks” I can order Reese Sticks from Canada that still are dubbed Reese as opposed to Reese’s. Must just be a Candy thing since ofc it’s a Canadian ration!
While I enjoy the old MREs, the new ones are always exciting. Being able to see the evolution of these things and what all the different countries are doing is very entertaining!
You guys are allowed to eat on a patrol!? Just kidding;). We have separate ration with things like jerky, candy and raisins so you don't have to cook while on a dismounted patrol.
your channel has opened my eyes to seeing that passion in anything can lead to success. I'm sure you have your own life and job outside of MRE's but just making videos of combat food has brought you huge success and enjoyment and I hope you can continue these videos as I love them just as much as you love making them.
A big part of the reason the FRH isn't included is really just cost. A lot of CAF exercises these days have plenty of opportunity to just boil a bunch together so it makes sense to only give FRHs to units that actually need them. Less waste too.
@@lawrencedavid9728 fun fact, can't say much about the LAVs, but the old cougars had an air filter for smoke, gas, etc. On training ex's they wouldn't put the filters in to stop them wearing out, but the filterless air box still kept cool from the air flow and was the perfect size to fit a case of beer
I've watched these videos so many times I can't count the number of times Steven and I simultaneaously uttered "nice" or "nice hiss". Even if you're not interested in MRE's, Steve's excitement alone is enough to make these videos awesome. Also very educational too.
When I was in the service, we ignored the "tear here" tabs, and cut the edge off length wise -a more shallow opening and easier to eat straight from the pouch.
You probably get this a lot, but thank you so much for making this videos. I watch them when my mental health takes a tumble, and they're always so therapeutic to me. Nothing like watching you try some rations to cleanse the soul when things get tough. Again, thanks for everything, man!
Minor point of correction: a "double double" refers to double the standard amount of cream and *sugar*, not the strength of the coffee itself. In case any international viewers come here and get a too sweet surprise, that's what it means.
i dont know if ive said it before, but your videos really help me out when I have terrible migraines and cant sleep. Nothing unexpected, very smooth and calming voice, movement, and unpacking. Thank you steve for being my sleeping pill
Yeah I would let him do anything he wants to me, all over my body, anything he wants inside me he can do it. My body is his to do WHATEVER he wants - he will hopefully leave me how I should be, covered in his juice.
@@linphillips8331 really the best part is no matter the size could be a small or a gallon a double double always tastes the same. No joke there is DD buttons on the cream sugar dispensers and you just hit what size you have
id love to see Steve do a factory visit to maybe one of the factories that put together, or the experimental kitchens that produce these rations, i bet he would be able to make a really interesting upload from it 🤘
Steve, I'm sure others have requested this, but I'd love to see you put together your dream MRE based on all the MREs you've tried from all over the world. Theoretical of course, since you don't have them on-hand, but I would really be interested in hearing your thoughts on which countries do certain things well, which countries surprised you, etc.
Thanks to your videos my wife finally decided to take my advice and invest in some MRE's for emergencies. My stepkids will not go hungry in the event of a disaster all because of how you present your videos. Thank you
Hi Steve, I wanted to clarify what a Canadian Double-Double is. Its a coffee with 2 cream and 2 sugar (Hence double-double). I believe the term originated from our Tim Hortons donut shop chain. =D The more you know!
I was in in the 70s and 80's at the time we transitioned from canned to magic pantry. The tinned bacon was sorely missed, but the weight reduction was substantial. The best thing in the new kits was the chocolate pudding; add water to the powder in the zip lock bag (looked exactly the same as the one in the vid) and shake. It was awesome! It must have been carcinogenic or something, because they went away
Man, I remember watching this channel when you were getting 20k views per video. I just got a recommendation to watch this and wow! Congratulations buddy.
Realtalk tho I have a way better time opening sachets since shaking and tapping them before tearing. Used to have them get dust all over the place from inside the torn part.
Steve should.do a video just showing off everything on that shelf behind him. I see some awesome nostalgic collectibles. Love the Sports Almanac from BTTF2
There's definitely enough carbs in this ration, but not definitely not enough Steve in our youtube feeds. Also: this man has eaten newer rations than actual Canadian troops, who are still stuck on 17/18s. :sadface:
When I was a kid my dad had a duffel full of accessory packs and FRHs that we made little bombs with. I thought that would be why they don't have them, but maybe they expect troops to cook and eat in groups.
We never had FRHs to make bombs with, but we *did* throw packets of creamer from IMPs into the campfire... because they'd explode quite satisfyingly. We were of course reprimanded for doing so. And continued doing it anyway.
We miss you Steve. I have another 12 videos loaded up to watch over the next day. The world needs your light to shine upon it, it just for a little while.
omg. this takes me back. I was never in the Canadian army, but I did do Air cadets throughout my youth. we went on 5 weekend survival training exercises (deep bush, 3 summer, 2 winter) and these were always what we had to eat for meals. everyone got their own pack, but they took out all the main meals, and cooked them together in a big stock pot (Still in the packaging, obviously). so many good memories :D
Howdy folks, I decided to eat something a little more normal for in between some of the older rations I'm currently working on. Hope you enjoy, and see ya in about 3-5 days if all goes well editing this 1957 Ration, Survival, Individual that was filmed last night. Alright cool, see ya.
Thanks, man 😎
First 2020 I’ve seen!! I like that resealable packaging! Great to see you Steve!
New camera? Quality looks different. Not that it was bad before, but looks slightly better for some reason.
Always a pleasure Steve. I hope you treat us to another camping video as well!
Nice.
"Why'd you join the military?"
"I watch this guy on youtube. The food looked really good. Flavourful. Robust."
"Once in my lifetime I wanted to eat something truly decadent."
"He said the taste was prevalent. He was right."
"Congratulations on your declaration of service in the Armed Forces!"
*tosses MRE onto the desk*
"Here's your first lunch: a veggie omelet!"
"I needed that coffee, type 2"
*recruitment officer*
"nice"
The fact that he never talks about UA-cam or addresses the audience in his videos (except for the part at the end where he says he hoped you liked it). There are no sponsorships and no talking about subscribing, liking, or responding to comments or anything like that. Each video is an entirely self contained piece of entertainment and information.
That's old school youtubeing, passionate individuals sharing their passions to whoever's interested without looking for fame, money or influence. Quite the achievement today, also considering the channel isn't even very old
"or responding to comments"
ah yes you forgot about steve replying "nice"
That's what UA-cam used to be about and Steve knows it, keeping it alive!
Imagine steve doing mre giveaways 🤣
"Each video is an entirely self contained piece of entertainment and information."
You mean kinda like how an MRE is a self contained piece of nutrition and sustenance? Art imitates life boys and girls! :D
As a Canadian Military member I can probably say without a doubt the FRH’s are issued separately for cost reduction on the rations themselves. We don’t use the FRHs very often especially in training situations. We use a Coleman stove with a pressure cooker, your able to heat your entire sections meals or at least a group of peoples rations all at once. That is at least why I believe we still issue them separately.
lol maybe in basic. everywhere else you're using a FRH.
Not gonna lie, I’m not military, but I ran into a military guy emptying his bag looking for something in a gym changing room, and one of the things he pulled out was a mini stove and pot. I’m pretty sure our Soldiers are more than ready for making MREs without FRHs…
@@ianbuitenga3133 ohh yeah, tell that to the boys pounding down these cold poutines. Cold poutine and then chew on a pack of that Nescafé you’re golden
@@ianbuitenga3133 11 years in and I’d say at least 75% of the time the general directive is to use the stoves maybe if your combat arms it’s different but as a veh tech we generally just have the heaters in our trucks in case we’re out doing repairs around meal times and we’re gonna be awhile.
Stonks
*sees new video from Steve:* NICE
Wow didn't know you watched
Mm-k
“Let’s get this out onto a tray”
relatable feeling, especially when he tries Canadian stuff :)
I watch your stuff too lol
In a perfect world
Steve: "gives opinion on what should have been done with an MRE"
Defense agencies: "write that down, *WRITE THAT DOWN* "
underrated
2 years later:
"What the fuck am I supposed to do with two packs of smokes, 5 instant coffees, and a pound of peanut butter"
Irl: what do you mean soldiers don't like cardboard meat?
I bet you they do xD
Agreed.
These videos will never get old
You're right, they will stay remarkably well preserved. Just like MRE's.
You must be proud. I, for one thinks that is hilarious.
I know
Evergreen, as they say.
they will and they will age wonderfully
Wow! I have worked for the CDN combat ration program for 15 years and JUST came across these review videos. We are so happy to hear that you love the pulled pork, its a fave of mine too! This made my day!
Curious question: why tic-tacs instead of chewing gum?
@@ThomasAndersonPhD It’s very hard to find a good chewing gum that comes packaged as we require it. We’ve tried and tried.. the gum we had was terrible after about 20 seconds of chewing!
Ayyye thank yall for making sausage and hashbrowns by far my favorite meal, but can you guys just switch all the pain buns to tortillas and make Frank's the standard hot sauce for all meals not just a few
@@juliebrooks2785I'm no military guy, I think the troops are lucky to have you for the work you clearly put into it.
@@Woodsmanparks tobacco should be in almost every ration now. We had Frank’s for a few years but can no longer get it in the required packaging.
Steve, a friend of mine from the Canadian military said to “allow the Reese’s sticks to melt, then Crush them up, squeeze the crunchy mushy contents into the tortilla, then fold... then cook it like a mountain pie over the fire using spare aluminum foil or the pan from your mess kit. Your left with a homemade chocolate peanuts butter MRE crumble cake” he states it’s heaven after a long heavy ruck!
Cheers my friend, your channel is therapy to me and I appreciate your awesome videos!! Thanks!
Dude that's fantastic. Tell your friend I said thank you, and thank you too for passing this along. Alright cool, see ya
That’s ingenuity right there, Nice!
It's amazing the tricks soldiers find to make these things taste better! Respect
You can also spread the peanut butter pack onto the tortilla and mix with Reeces pieces or smarties
Another good one is mixing the vanilla drink mix, pain hamburger (torn into chunks) and the apple slices desert. If your lucky enough too have a heat source warm it up and you've got apple bread puddin for when your cold and sad in the dirt ;)
When he hits the spoon on the glass, it makes me smile, everytime.. It never gets old.
Looks like Steve has decided to treat us after going out for cigarettes
Lol
Nice
Nice
Nice
All right nice
Waiter: What would you order, sir?
Steve1989: I'll have a 2020 Canadian IMP Pulled Pork Individual Meal Pack
Stores: haha, asking for a 2020 are we? No.
Sir, this is a Wendy's
😂
@@WayStedYou 😂😂
I’ll fun one of these up any day
I love how Steve shakes the beverage bags like they owe him money
you got to do that otherwise it never mixes. there's also the strangling technique where you grab and squeeze up. the dregs are always nasty so you have to do it right
@@wesleyjones4036 I assume the beverage bag then replies by saying "Ok ok ok I'll get you the money I just need more time!"
😂 I can imagine walking down a dark alley only to see Steve shaking a man like that for his money back, Steve then slips out the guys wallet with a smile, pockets the money and lets out a “Nice, alright, see ya!”
"I WANT MY MONEY, TOMMY!
I'll get you you your money, Steve."
The coffee slap is always up there for me as well
I like the resealable bag, makes the bag a useful survival item on a mission, collect water, store dry tinder, endless uses.
Makes me want to take my other one out on a camping trip and demonstrate it's possible usages. Thanks Marth!
@@Steve1989MRE 😲👍 You’re very welcome Steve, go for it! I’d love another outdoor camping video.
@@Steve1989MRE please do !!! We would love to see that !! There’s actually 3 new IMP variant bags coming down the pipe. This version in your video was the 1st to be adopted. Version 2 is for the RCAF. and I can’t talk about version 3. ;)
If their heaters are anything like ours, they won’t last as long as the food. Smarter to have them separate.
Yeah we use em to hold our cell phones on ex.
This man went from 1955 to 2020. It's pretty cool to see how MREs have changed over time through these videos
The contrast between the old and new is really something. To see how things have vastly improved in most aspects.. except for shelf stability with some of the new ones. Gotta say, those Cold War-era rations surely were built to last.
Nice 👍
No he went from 1899 to 2020 .... 😂
@@Steve1989MRE Do you know if they ever do reproductions of WWII MREs? I'd be interested to see what one would look like not coming out of a rusted can.
@@TheInsomniaddict ....some companies have made replica outer cardboard/paper packaging. Actually putting food into cans requires an extensive financial investment liability wise. The closest you can come are Spam1/2 size cans (tear the label off )and Underwood small round cans of chicken, ham or beef spread. Both type of cans have pull tabs but can be opened with a p38 opener. The crackers are still made by Nabisco but are packaged in plastic wrap, not cellophane. Instant coffee is available in packets. Lemon or orange drink is available in packets. Similar candies and gum are still made, packaging differs 'though. TP and matches can be easily self replicated.
CANFOR guy here:
The reason we generally don't have or let us be real don't use the FRHs is we have a Colman stove with either a pressure cooker or pot of water when we have these. And if you're on patrol in the cold? You shove them in your jacket and they get warm on their own.
Thought it would be something like that, or like the UK forces you are never too far away from a vehicle with a BV for you hot water.
That's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Hard boiled eggs are good for heating as well!
@@ApocalypsesandSurvival pocket eggs!
stop with the colman stoves and nonsense pressure cooker, just use ration warmers..... put one in the ration ffs
I feel like he's the Bob Ross of MREs
He's MRE Jesus brah
Sure miss Bob Ross 😢.
.100%
this is very true
He is
As a Canadian, I was confident that I wouldn't see a vegetable in there (unless white sugar counts) and was not disappointed.
Pretty sure I heard him say there’s potatoes in the main (insert hard judgemental stare here)
They're still better than US MREs....Much like everything else made in the USA its always now for profit, lowest quality, cheapest price possible.
@@lutherheggs451 lol the m3 grease gun says it was like that even in the back when.
I was thinking about Canadian Ahorn Sirup or whiskey
White sugar is racist in Canada lol
I feel like Canada secretly watches Steve and modifies their MRE's based on his findings, because they really seem to crank out top tier rations on the regular.
It's just our thing bro. Making high quality stuff.
actually when the same rations return time and again or get left behind at kit out ... they revise them to fix them ... they havent figured out how to make powdered eggs taste good that is why you get tobasco in the night meal ... its for breakfast and the eggs to mask the shit flavour
This is probably true! 🤣🤣
I think all the worlds militaries cross their fingers when Steve reviews their rations, if Steve gives them a good review it is like getting a Michelin star
Military procurement has been a problem in Canada for over a century, but good to hear we got the food right 🇨🇦
That Nick Cage shirt was the real star of this one.
Agreed 👌
15:56 "Alright, lets do something crazy"
I legit thought you were gonna wrap a Reese's Stick in the tortilla along with the peanut butter and jelly
I did too. I was waiting for Steve to do that.
Samesies
Steve's definition of crazy is about the maximum crazy I need in my life.
Absolutely. An unfortunately missed opportunity!
Yep!
Steve needs to open his own restaurant serving nothing but the finest MRE's on metal trays. Call the place "Nice Hiss!"
I'd totally go there .
@@NCrdwlf me too.
He could just call it Tray. I recently ate at a fancy place called The Table.
The servers uniforms could be camo pants and t-shirts that say "Nice hiss" on the back.
@@bethenecampbell6463 Perhaps the decor could be vintage and new photos of army personnel having a good time and enjoying MREs
But the food would be heated on the customer table, either on a FRH, or a aspestos stove
Lets get this out onto the big screen.
Nice mmkay
you mean STEVE-THE MOVIE? i see potential
Nice hissss
Let's get this out on a tray 😃
*Gets it out on a tray*
Nice, mmkay 😃
"That's what makes life exciting, improvising, overcome and adapt"
*talking about a chocolate wafer with peanut butter and jelly*
😂😂😂
17:35
*Man who's eaten moldy & half a century old cheese:* 17:20 (eating reese with peanut butter) _Living dangerously_
Then there was the Chinese ration that put him in the hospital.
@@TheForeverRanger
No way❗You're telling us that Steve has tasted defeat!? Damned... Good for him on his recovery, because his kicking it 2.0❗
@@TheForeverRanger no shit?
@@t_train3796 dude took a long hiatus because he got sick from a modern chinese ration
@@t_train3796 yeah it was the one that was entirely made up of different types of bars
I couldn't stop staring at your Nicolas Cage shirt.
I want that shirt!!!!
it's so good
It is honestly really impressive with how refined his tastebuds are, being able to taste just about everything that goes into something?
lmao 9:09
Its like a skill or ability. I can do it too in a very limited capacity. It helps if you eat diff kinds of foods and know how to cook/prepare a lot of those diff kinds of foods too. The smell and taste you'd be able to differentiate since you know the actual ingredients in making diff kinds of food.. I mean, there isn't really that many common spices and flavours in most of the world's foods.
@@Omni0404 Hah.
He knows how to cook so
You can't? Lol
Holy shit! Two posts in less than a week. What a great timeline we live in
Aiming for one more before the month is over. Alright cool, see ya
@@Steve1989MRE Three videos in a month? Steve, you're spoiling us!
@@Steve1989MRE nice
Find someone who loves you like Steve loves that beverage bag gusset.
Lol....that has to go on a t shirt....
As a Canadian, I get this weird sense of national pride when he raves about our gusset technology!
Find someone who loves you like Steve loves that hiss....
Impossible
@@joltman81 lol I feel the exact same
my favorite thing about steve's vids are when he says "oh wow". you can't predict whether it's gonna be good or bad
Im in the Canadian military and this is probably one of my favorite imp. Youre right about having the heater bags, they should of incorporate them with the imps but im guessing its a contract issue with two different companies. Sometimes you get issued old dryed out bags that dont heat up properly so youre stuck with eating your imp cold. I always eats my pb&j first while waiting for my main meal to warm up.
The dates square is a gamble because they usually gives you the shits so depending where you are it can sucks lol. Most of our IMPs are very very good now, I've tried quite a bit from different countries and they are hard to beat.
I like alot if the American ones and its cool that they have skittles and cheese wheezes sometimes. Norway were really good to, you get a 24 hours package and you eat whatever whenever.
Cheers
The reason we have the IMP separate from the heating bag is for winter when we heat the meals in the pressure cooker in the 10 man tents. We would waste the heating bags
@@sharmoutha never thought of that you're right, I probably ate half my ration out of a pressure cooker which is almost quicker than a heater bag anyways and not chance of a dud which Ive seem to get alot the past two exercise ive been on.
I just remember we traded a whole pallet of cdn imps for a pallet of american MREs once and thought having everything together was kinda handy. Definitely like that they had skittles and cheese wheeze spreads sometimes but not all their meals had coffee in them. 🤓
@@fogpatrol its the same reason we have a tac vest and a frag vest. Because in the Arctic you put the frag underneath everything and the tacvest over your parka.
Was just in Canada for military training and they were super eager to trade their cases of IMP’s for our cases of MRE’s. Pizza pasta was my favorite so far, but I didn’t get to try much of the others outside of that one case as they gave us a bunch of the same case. Overall was super impressed and it made the training experience a bit better knowing I didn’t have to deal with the same old MRE’s we are used to. Side note, just about every Canadian we met was extremely welcoming and sociable; definitely enjoyed meeting some of our friends in the north!
@@jasondaman8 yeah CQs seems to keep the good ones alot. We often finish up exercises with just breakfast all day.
Steve's choice of apparel is just as epic as his MRE reviews.
Gotta love the Jesus hair, too.
I didn't even realize his shirt until the end. I love it.
Not epic. They're.... Nice
Yeah I would let him do anything he wants to me, all over my body, anything he wants inside me he can do it. My body is his to do WHATEVER he wants - he will hopefully leave me how I should be, covered in his juice.
@@vp5633 Nice!
Why isn't there a How it's made: MRE's episode made yet?!? Steve would be all over that episode like a packet of Coffee type ll
I want to see that as a Steve1989/Binging with Babish crossover episode!
@@cruachan1191
you're not the only one, brother
Glad to see babish fans here
@@cruachan1191 that would be awsome
Nice
Let’s just appreciate he puts all his ads at the end.
His videos have ads? I did not know that...
@@ravenwda007 at the end they do. You can see the bar is yellow at the end
@@theidiotic-professional7491
Not for me. Ad block.
In the beginning too
@@AmelieZh no there is not
Noticed how weird it was that it was called “Reese Sticks” and not “Reese’s Sticks” and went searching. Turns out Hershey’s ditched the name ReeseSticks for the more conventional Reese’s naming convention of “Reese’s Sticks” in 2009, since most people pronounced it that way anyways. Wonder if that means the one in the MRE is 12+ years old or if it just uses left over old stock packaging.
Nice digging that’s interesting
Based on my digging I believe that in Canada they are still named “Reese Sticks” I can order Reese Sticks from Canada that still are dubbed Reese as opposed to Reese’s. Must just be a Candy thing since ofc it’s a Canadian ration!
@@datboi1457 I live in Canada and I’ve never seen Reese sticks. Maybe I’ve just never noticed because I probably see Reese’s instead
Here in Canada it's Reese and not Reese's, even for the peanut butter cups.
@@kylepederson9420 im Canadian (near Toronto) and i just checked my reeses peanut butter cups the tiny halloween ones and they say reese’s...
Just as I watched everything else in my feed, nice.
Perfect timing. Nice.
Crap, I guess I’m subscribed to too many people. I filled my watch later to the max and had to make a second playlist to hold the rest.
While I enjoy the old MREs, the new ones are always exciting. Being able to see the evolution of these things and what all the different countries are doing is very entertaining!
Man, it's weird. I hated these when I was in but these vids make me nostalgic. They changed a lot.
Canadian military: We can't eat after dark, or take a meal on a patrol... We have the loudest packaging.
Imagine Steve on patrol.
*Hears packaging sounds*
Steve: "Ah, yes. That crinkle is the sound of a Canadian 2020 pulled pork MRE"
I want to argue as a Canadian, but I can’t, cause you right.
Lol! Canadian military: We don't eat our rations until AFTER we have taken your rations and thrown them out.
You guys are allowed to eat on a patrol!?
Just kidding;). We have separate ration with things like jerky, candy and raisins so you don't have to cook while on a dismounted patrol.
It's the changes in pitch when he taps the spoon after he stirs the drinks that just does it for me. Nice.
Always gotta test flex that spork.
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the ENTIRE video is not the same unless there's at least one of these in there it's why I stay subbed that and ~nice~
One of the few legit uses for auto-tune.
your channel has opened my eyes to seeing that passion in anything can lead to success. I'm sure you have your own life and job outside of MRE's but just making videos of combat food has brought you huge success and enjoyment and I hope you can continue these videos as I love them just as much as you love making them.
Steve shook that beverage bag like it owed him money!
Where's the money laPOUCHky?
@@SKOOBER. ha, nice
This channel has the best comment section. It's hilarious but still shows this guy much love
One of my good friends is in critical condition in the hospital right now, this really calmed me down, you’re the best steve
Hope your buddy makes a speedy recovery lad
the best at what exactly
@@MetalMatrix92 being human.
maby anyone could be good at being a human, do you know him personally?
@@MetalMatrix92 shush
In 100 years when Steve2089 tries one of these those Reese's sticks aren't going to hack it.
A big part of the reason the FRH isn't included is really just cost. A lot of CAF exercises these days have plenty of opportunity to just boil a bunch together so it makes sense to only give FRHs to units that actually need them. Less waste too.
LAVs must have a boiler built in i would assume.
In general, you also arent far from an ICE.
@@lawrencedavid9728 fun fact, can't say much about the LAVs, but the old cougars had an air filter for smoke, gas, etc. On training ex's they wouldn't put the filters in to stop them wearing out, but the filterless air box still kept cool from the air flow and was the perfect size to fit a case of beer
As long as it’s safe to eat cold, shouldn’t be an issue.
@@lawrencedavid9728 Yes, the LAVs have a boiling unit.
I've watched these videos so many times I can't count the number of times Steven and I simultaneaously uttered "nice" or "nice hiss". Even if you're not interested in MRE's, Steve's excitement alone is enough to make these videos awesome. Also very educational too.
"A classic Canadian double double."
I didn't know you spoke Tim Horton's, Steve 🤣
Ha true
Except he only got ½ of the double-double... it's 2 cream AND 2 sugar. Also Timmies coffee sucks.
@@StereoTyp0 Could not agree more
@@StereoTyp0 I noticed he cut before mentioning the sugar... hmm.
I enjoyed the fan service with pointing out the gusset and slapping the coffee.
And musical spoon!
When I was in the service, we ignored the "tear here" tabs, and cut the edge off length wise -a more shallow opening and easier to eat straight from the pouch.
work smarter, not harder
This makes me proud to be a Canadian. Thanks Canadian army food scientists!
You probably get this a lot, but thank you so much for making this videos. I watch them when my mental health takes a tumble, and they're always so therapeutic to me. Nothing like watching you try some rations to cleanse the soul when things get tough. Again, thanks for everything, man!
Minor point of correction: a "double double" refers to double the standard amount of cream and *sugar*, not the strength of the coffee itself. In case any international viewers come here and get a too sweet surprise, that's what it means.
As a Californian, “double double” will forever be tied to In N Out burgers in my mind.
no amount of cream or sugar will make coffee not taste terrible
I raise your Double Double a Triple Triple.
@@shrooman768 Personally though, I prefer bitter coffee and bitter chocolate, not a big fan of sugar for the most part
@@PilotTed I mean preference or not it IS instant coffee. That stuff stays pretty bad in general
I my darkest days, when I cant sleep ans I'm suffering the worst, these videos always bring me peace in the night. Thank you Steve. Thank you
i dont know if ive said it before, but your videos really help me out when I have terrible migraines and cant sleep. Nothing unexpected, very smooth and calming voice, movement, and unpacking. Thank you steve for being my sleeping pill
It is literally like Bob Ross with unpackaging and eating MREs
Steve's sporting his new-look Rebel Jesus.
Yeah I would let him do anything he wants to me, all over my body, anything he wants inside me he can do it. My body is his to do WHATEVER he wants - he will hopefully leave me how I should be, covered in his juice.
@@vp5633 tf
@@bravo6959 🤤🤤🤤🤤
@@vp5633 I agree
I always giggle because he doesn't sound how he looks. He's so buff but with such a high sweet voice
A double double in Canada is two creams, two sugars... usually order it that way at Tim Hortons here! Cool video! Hello from Canada.
The CAF runs on double doubles and Timbits lol
That's how I have my coffee. That's it, I'm moving up there.
@@linphillips8331 really the best part is no matter the size could be a small or a gallon a double double always tastes the same. No joke there is DD buttons on the cream sugar dispensers and you just hit what size you have
As someone who likes their coffee black, I would hate if the only option in MREs was with sugar and white already mixed in.
I wasn't going to be pedantic and point that out, so I'm glad you did. #DoubleDoubleLife
As soon as the spoon goes up and you hear a “hmmm” then Steve likes it, if there is silence then it’s off.
id love to see Steve do a factory visit to maybe one of the factories that put together, or the experimental kitchens that produce these rations, i bet he would be able to make a really interesting upload from it 🤘
The really old rations have a historical interest, but I really prefer your videos with the fresher modern rations that actually make good eating.
Same, but I do enjoy watching him smoke those old darts lol
Whenever I make food I always say “let’s get this out onto a tray... nice” and all my housemates think I’m weird 🤣 only the elite know!💪
you have forgot the part MKAY mate
They probably just think you're unoriginal and derivative.
Maybe it's because you use the word "house mates" instead?
Those "resealable" mechanisms fail like 20% of the time one end of the mechanism will rip from the bag and stay stuck together forever .
Me and my fiancee just go around the house in general saying "alright lets get this out onto a tray" and the other answering with "nice!" 😂
Steve, I'm sure others have requested this, but I'd love to see you put together your dream MRE based on all the MREs you've tried from all over the world. Theoretical of course, since you don't have them on-hand, but I would really be interested in hearing your thoughts on which countries do certain things well, which countries surprised you, etc.
Let’s get this out on a tray, nice. Never gets old to me, so never stop Steve. We need you on UA-cam.
Love that shirt. “Cage Fighter”😂
Legit ordered it already xD
Earlier this evening as I was throwing ground beef into the skillet I said to my wife “Alright, let’s start off by...heatin’ up that main”
Nice 👌
NICE!!
😂😭 what did your wife say? Or what was her facial expression?
And then you came into a sock...
@@bronzebeautybrown3949 She had no idea what I was referring to lol
Thanks to your videos my wife finally decided to take my advice and invest in some MRE's for emergencies. My stepkids will not go hungry in the event of a disaster all because of how you present your videos. Thank you
Steve: "look at the nice gusset on this beverage bag."
Viewers: "You can't just do that. It's too lewd."
Hi Steve, I wanted to clarify what a Canadian Double-Double is. Its a coffee with 2 cream and 2 sugar (Hence double-double). I believe the term originated from our Tim Hortons donut shop chain. =D The more you know!
McDonald's does double double as well. Probably an overlap of customers between the two chains.
Oh great another video I can watch after work. Keep on rolling Steve!
Hey that's awesome Klade, hope your night at work goes well. Will do - see ya within a week.
The tinkly-dinkly-tink-tink dink of the stirring always makes me smile, such a nice little signature lol
I love how Steve said "Canadian leaf, makes it official"
Insufficiently shaken coffee packet: exists
Steve: *so you have chosen...death* 4:29
He karate chopped the damn thing like he learned straight from Miyagi
I like yo cut G 4:29
I needed this
Just when i think that 19th century beef jerky finally managed to kill him, he releases a new video. What a man
I was in in the 70s and 80's at the time we transitioned from canned to magic pantry. The tinned bacon was sorely missed, but the weight reduction was substantial. The best thing in the new kits was the chocolate pudding; add water to the powder in the zip lock bag (looked exactly the same as the one in the vid) and shake. It was awesome! It must have been carcinogenic or something, because they went away
When the world needed him most, he returned
Other mre tubers do not come close to this guy. He’s the consummate mre expert.
The man, the Myth, the absolute LEGEND. Steve has graced us with another MRE video.
The subtle humor in his edits is what makes these videos for me.
Am I the only one here that thoroughly enjoyed that "Tic-Tac" commentary? You sir, are a stone cold professional.
Perfect timing! I am just about to eat a meal and was searching for the perfect video to watch. I have found it.
Enjoy your meal, did you put out onto a tray?
Nice!
>me
>feeling lonely and depressed
>new Steve1989MRE video
Thanks, Steve.
Same
You're welcome man glad this could help. nice
I Agree
"Heavy duty"
-Steve1989 on paper towels
"Hehe, doodie"
-My inside voice mimicking Steve1989
Man, I remember watching this channel when you were getting 20k views per video. I just got a recommendation to watch this and wow! Congratulations buddy.
Mom: "Why you spank your Nescafe 3 in 1 every breakfast?"
Me: *"Steve do it, and it looks pretty good. So I'll do the same"*
nice
Realtalk tho I have a way better time opening sachets since shaking and tapping them before tearing. Used to have them get dust all over the place from inside the torn part.
As someone who once did drugs, I do the same, and also flick my noodle seasoning packets
Steve should.do a video just showing off everything on that shelf behind him. I see some awesome nostalgic collectibles. Love the Sports Almanac from BTTF2
“It tastes like fresh drip” is a top tier quote. 6:15
I've haven't been this proud to be Canadian in a long time 🇨🇦
for military food rations?
@@Bentami something that our govt made right. Although I can say otherwise for the Poutine imp. That was gross
@@Bentamiyou take what you can get! It’s ok to be proud of whatever you want to be about your country!
There's definitely enough carbs in this ration, but not definitely not enough Steve in our youtube feeds.
Also: this man has eaten newer rations than actual Canadian troops, who are still stuck on 17/18s.
:sadface:
He gets variety while our boys in the field get lung-in-a-bag days in a row.
feelsbadman
I just got to say I need more Steve. More Steve is the only prescription.
Hey its my opposite!
@@rabbitttz I want to see a Mortal Kombat fight between you and the OP for some reason.
When I was in Cadets, we ate these IMP’s training off base. They never issued the FRH’s. We boiled them in a big pot.
When I was a kid my dad had a duffel full of accessory packs and FRHs that we made little bombs with. I thought that would be why they don't have them, but maybe they expect troops to cook and eat in groups.
WE DID THE SAME THING. Oh man the memories of wishing for that Maple Pork Pattie.
We never had FRHs to make bombs with, but we *did* throw packets of creamer from IMPs into the campfire... because they'd explode quite satisfyingly. We were of course reprimanded for doing so. And continued doing it anyway.
@@prettydamngeneric maple pork patty was to die for also I really miss the crackers! Ex Air Cadet 295 squadron.
You know you’re living a good life when you see this pop up in your feed and you go “oooo Canadian IMP, nice”
I can only imagine how Steve would be as a food demonstrator at Costco....
God help us if you hear him say "Nice hiss"
“Jesus reviewing an MRE in front of his disciples during the last supper” Colourized haha
More like William Shakespeare lol
Steve is our shepard and we are his flock.
I was thinking more along the lines of his dog Scooby has gone missing 😂😂😂
Our Lord and Saviour, SteveMRE
He's MRE Jesus, I think he's related to Gun Jesus
"It would be the equivalent of having a pulled pork sandwich at a minor league baseball game" haha wtf
whaaaat.. how do we deserve another Steve video so soon?!
Manda, what's up! Since this new camera, production is a lot easier. See ya at least one more time before month's end
We miss you Steve. I have another 12 videos loaded up to watch over the next day. The world needs your light to shine upon it, it just for a little while.
Papa Steve!!! You’ve been missed my friend! Glad to have ya back :)
Hey Jakob! It's great to be back, thanks man.
The nostlagic 90's desktop intro music gets me every time
Steve makes them his self
I really enjoy Steve's videos. He does a great job of reviewing the food. Really seems like a good dude.
omg. this takes me back. I was never in the Canadian army, but I did do Air cadets throughout my youth. we went on 5 weekend survival training exercises (deep bush, 3 summer, 2 winter) and these were always what we had to eat for meals. everyone got their own pack, but they took out all the main meals, and cooked them together in a big stock pot (Still in the packaging, obviously). so many good memories :D
LMAO I was like "TF I never seen those before" then he pulled out the old one and i was like "Oh right Im a reservist...."