1999-2000 MRE Marathon 3 in 1 US Military Ration Pack Review Lime Skittles Y2K M&Ms Vintage Pt 2

[@brutusvengarsphysicalform8993]

You know, when I saw the dates being 1999-2000 I thought that meant they were fairly new; then I remembered that it's 2017 already. I feel old.

[@Crimson-qo4ii]

TrollerCoaster same thing here, I for whatever reason see the world as if it's still 2014

[@Shmaples]

I had identical thoughts bruh. I was born in 89 haha.

[@MissMolly3377]

I think about that all the time then I have to remember that we ate almost 20 years into the 21st century. Very strange. 😂 Also, a year since your comment.

[@RalphReagan]

Me too

[@rutabagasteu]

Then you all missed Steve eating the Boer. War ration.

[@TheGreatBenjie]

"I wish they'd bring back the lime skittles" Steve, I come from the future with good news!

[@Venom_Mom]

Where are you that has lime skittles? Still apple here. :(

[@aquarius8142]

I liked the lime ones too

[@venage2970]

@Venom Mom Apple Skittles? We're are you at

[@duanewillis7058]

Apple where I am as well.

[@davidcyphers8448]

It's crazy that "the future" is now two years ago

[@atreyu1259]

Hey Steve. When I was in the Army the trick I learned was to put one pouch into the ration heater and then stack the other pouch on the outside so the heater is between both. Then stuff them all into a box. Worked for me for 5 years ;)

[@TMWill-fi5fy]

I like your name.

[@bakerboy8910]

Yeah, if they worked at all that is

[@-_-_-_-318]

Good band bro

[@atreyu1259]

@@bakerboy8910 so true 🤣

[@jessicaford300]

Same. Works fine.

[@TonixTech]

I love how bummed out the tasters choice made you. Never seen a man so bummed over old coffee.

[@ephesusrh4780]

you love it?

[@icantthinkofaname15]

@@ephesusrh4780 lol 🤷‍♀️

[@jordancox559]

It's not the best choice. It's Taster's Choice !

[@digicana]

Crazy thing is that it’s probably not dry rot, it’s probably caffeine crystals working their way out of the solids.

[@greyinglis7570]

This MRE was probably in a lot of Y2K shelters back in the day...

[@smartfella7914]

Probably still are lol

[@lizattempts3948]

Hi Steve! I'm not in the MRE community or anything like that. I've watched all of your vids and some on your friends channels too. I find your videos really relaxing and interesting. They help me decompress after crazy work days. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing and love your videos. Keep them coming!

[@cambridgeport90]

You're in the community by extension, now, as is everyone here. LOL. I've never looked back, though, let me tell you.

[@heyheyhey1424]

Your videos are oddly relaxing

[@jerrodp9867]

ASMR

[@treywills7495]

He’s the best “bed time” KZbinr ong

[@pandamanjoe9664]

It because it was out onto a tray

[@mirmula]

yup

[@barking.dog.productions1777]

Steve has an addictive presentation style... :)

[@GamingPalooza]

There is another hidden reason on why the little Tabasco sauce remained with MRE's containing heat pouches. If you take the Tabasco sauce and pour it into the heating pouch, with no water, you'll find out real quick how to make home made tear gas. Learned it when I was in the Army. You should do a video with it and try it once just for fun.

[@DanWagner77]

"fun" lol

[@zapp1984]

It isn't tear gas, more like annoy gas. But harsher than you would think.

[@tasteslikeawesome]

im going to try it right now

[@G36Jeff]

tasteslikeawesome what happened

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

Gaming Palooza Empire f*ck shake m8 urggg

[@ShanerTheGrey]

I love how you give shoutouts to your MRE KZbin community.

[@WOLVES2820]

YOU PROFILE Pic SUCK ASS

[@Chernobog54]

Woah

[@Jenni-tw6yi]

“Tragedy, Tragedy!” Lol! 😆 I lave not laughed so hard at these vids as I did this one. The noises he makes for the bad stuff is hilarious!

[@Large_Sarge]

You can put the rice on the hot side of the heater on the outside of the sleeve after you put the sleeve in the box. It will heat just fine. I remember doing it for this one and the spaghetti and cheese spread. Great review as always. Thank you for sharing.

[@chrisawnt]

Is it not lost on you that you ate a chicken filet older than most of KZbin's audience? That's so amazing.

[@arthas640]

Reminds me of the time i went on a trip and we stopped by a famous tree stump (massive cedar) and it was so old that it was a Sapling when Jesus was born and a different nearby spruce tree that was alive at the time and it was potentially a sapling when the first viking raids happened in England (the age listed said +/- 200 years). On a more related note i once ate some lingonberry jam i found in my grandmas cupboard when i helped her move 2-3 years ago that tasted off. Turns out it was from the late 80s.

[@floydvaughn836]

A lot of us are tripping down Mostly Good memory lane.

[@whodatsaddle]

You should see the videos where he ate American Civil War hardtack & another where he smokes UK cigarettes from the Boer War.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

He's eaten stuff from the 19th century, He's eaten stuff older than any person alive today

[@NeoVoodooTech]

Man these bring me back! I had to eat these MRE's for 2 weeks straight and nothing else. Instead of a heater we'd bake them in the sun. The powder instant tea is really good if you double up on the dose by trading your buddies so you have two. Also the jalapeno cheese sauce in the packet is the best. Can't find anything like it to this day. This video takes me back. I wish it was 1999 again.

[@michaelranasinghe3774]

gotta say steve, i enjoy the videos you MREInfo guys produce. i know the amount of effort it take to do these is quiet a bit. thanks for all the effort!

[@anthonymiller8979]

Love watching these. it is like watching a Bob Ross painting lesson.....so soothing

[@oldbassriverband4208]

This music intro is definitely the most Zappa influenced one I've heard so far! I love it!

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

Favourite Steve-isms; "Nice." "Hey look, gshultz" "eaugh!" "no" "*muffled* oh yeah"

[@vanadar00]

GoldenStar Music - Music & Tutorials you forgot "rancid/rancidity" lol

[@TheAugustSun]

GoldenStar Music - Music & Tutorials also nice little hiss

[@maxaller7294]

GoldenStar Music - Music & Tutorials nice hiss

[@paulcheney4114]

n'kay!!!

[@djentrification1631]

Forgot about "That's decent"

[@Chalky.]

He doesn't sound as cheerful as he usually does.

[@agamerspov]

Chalky for real, he sounded annoyed. Steve takes his coffee seriously.

[@SteamSmiles]

I just think hes kinda over reviewing american MRES. They like the most used Rations and he likes doing crazy different shit

[@lynmrod]

Damn I was thinking the same thing haha. He sounds annoyed for some reason.

[@hamzaamir4845]

He is reviewing something made in America aka garbage.

[@Dreadloxinator]

Because he didnt get to drink his coffee

[@zapp1984]

You put the rice on the outside of the heater bag, in the same box as the beef with mushroom. That way they both get heated and you wont have to eat hard rice. That along with the jambalaya was my favorite MRE in Basic and AIT.

[@donnamoncrief9563]

@Dead Serious Dead Serious are you Dead Serious?

[@jimmipadge]

Disregard the food and these videos are just some of the coolest time capsules from around the world.

[@CastleDocrine87]

When you have nothing this meal means everything which is why he takes it as serious as he does. For those that don't understand.

[@KK4CNM]

And here I've been throwing out MREs after their expiry date. I should have been sending them to you! Great channel, very entertaining. Thanks for making these.

[@DD-tb7ql]

I absolutely love watching your videos. I find myself laughing out loud at some of the things you say . Thank you for all your videos, and your charismatic way :)

[@AlphaDragonification]

Steve you probably know more about rations than anyone in the world, but from what I know in these newer US rations, the chemical boiler won't stop heating up for a good 30 minutes or so. It only takes about 15 minutes of cooking for the main meal to be fully cooked and ready. Also if you put slightly less water in there than between the two lines, it will definitely cook slower (but last longer) so you really want to make sure that it is between the two lines. It won't hurt to go right up to the maximum fill line. It's also why they gave you two meals to heat up but only one of the packs. They definitely can heat up two and be fully cooked, you just gotta make sure you do it right. I think I've had 40 - 60 of these in my life and I haven't had any trouble with the heater, which might surprise you. I think it has to do with the amount of water you put in them which left you to believe if it was a hit or miss.

[@RinoaL]

was it raining outside during the filming of this video? when i turn on my sound canceling headphones the background noise really pops out and it seems kinda immersive, hahaha

[@bigchung3833]

Steve1989 MREinfo nice

[@ashleyklug4538]

you might have been hearing the food heater

[@PeterOekvist]

It's white noise.

[@corettaha7855]

Yeah, I agree that it’s the food heater.

[@vincedibona4687]

Maybe his A/C running?

[@martinb21able]

R.I.P Steve's toilet

[@pauljohansson7697]

Lol

[@watermansc]

Mark Bean ahahahahaha

[@arthas640]

Dont remember what I ate but i have a similar iron stomach to Steve's and broke my toilet after a particularly epic dump. My landlord gave me my own drain snake and "the best plunger his friend at a plumbing wholesaler could get" the day after. I'll spare you the gory details.

[@Whoozerdaddy]

A trick you can do with all that powdered stuff, including the beverage base powder, is dissolve it in just enough really *hot* water to cover it, stir the crap out of it until it dissolves, then add cold water to make it drinkable. Love the reviews!

[@Stacy_Smith]

The pound cake crumbled when it was fresh.

[@johnnygoldendong235]

Awwww snaapp! those lemon poppyseed poundcakes were the best back in the day. and the heater,..seemed like we had to kinda pull it up from the outside and center it with your fingertips or fingernails to get it placed just right..there was sort of a little touch to get it right lol. Ate those alot in basic and AIT 2000/2001

[@badmotivator1196]

Oh the memories! Was a wildland firefighter during the years these were used and i DEFINITELY recognize some of these items.

[@churchofthespaceturtle]

In 1999, my platoon used to collect and save those little Tabasco bottles. I cannot remember why. And lemon pound cake was king.

[@straightrightboxingtalk8911]

Dude, that Yellow Shark influence on your music is unmistakable! Really cool. Frank was the man!

[@jasonkennedymusic]

Growing up, my older brother would purchase the civilian mre ‘s from the early 2000s; we would be so excited to open everything and try the food.

[@jdaniel60]

Really nice review again. Two videos in one day. Just amazing!

[@jdaniel60]

+Steve1989 MREinfo Yeah, I see you had fun and so I did***SPOILER ALERT*** I couldn't believe those rations of 1999 didn't held up :-/ but as you said, you can't rely on MRE's durability. Do storage conditions have something to do here? It is weird that you tasted older rations and were perfectly fine and fresh like the vintage British 24 hour ration that you showed in one of your videos. That was just majestic! I just hope you review one of those again some day.

[@YumYumDeviledEggs]

I had absolutely no idea how entertaining this would be. I actually can't stop watching.

[@nicoledoubleyou]

This comment is 5 years old but... same

[@YumYumDeviledEggs]

@@nicoledoubleyou it’s been five years, but this man still finds a way to entertain me.

[@brentblack5025]

You and 1.9 million others. Thanks Steve🤘

[@tonym.8753]

Thank you for these great MRE videos. I wonder if you have ever gotten food poisoning from eating older MRE's. Thank you for doing what you do bro.

[@QualityKills98]

Great video Steve! Me and Dominic were pretty confident that the MREs from 1999 we sent out were going to be in fair shape. Good comparison to a not so well stored MRE to show how much storage of these things matter. Glad you could enjoy these fine ration treats. Regards, Cameron

[@QualityKills98]

+Steve1989 MREinfo Thanks man I'll be sure to relay that back to him. We both are die hard militaria collectors and enjoy reenacting many different eras.

[@tylerwebb2251]

Love your videos, in my opinion you make MRE review videos perfectly, keep it up :)

[@ImWutzPopular]

a day where Steve uploads vids, is a good day.

[@ImWutzPopular]

+Steve1989 MREinfo Happy Easter to you as well! Looking forward to the new vids.

[@Idtelos]

This brings back memories first eating these in bootcamp fall of 1999....can't believe it's almost been 20 years...wow. Getting candy like skittles or M&M was like winning the lottery when opening these MREs.

[@71plymouth.]

They should have never stopped putting in the smokes.

[@CarnalKid]

Gotta fuss over the health of the guy getting shot at.

[@TheGreatBenjie]

Nothing says mission readiness like lung cancer!

[@secondswell]

+IAmTheGreatBenjie At least they had the Freedom to choose.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

They also make for good trading with the locals.

[@Hotdog_pimpin]

Camsher

[@CarWizard]

I was in the Army 1997-2000. I ate probably 100 of these. Brings back memories. 22-25 yrs ago.

[@Dcwood1979]

Anytime I had to heat up multiple items, I would leave the items out of the heater bag. Put heater in the middle of the box or bag and sandwich the items next to it in the box. So it would be like - item-heater-item, inside the box. Heats it up just fine. Might have to flip the item once to heat up both sides.

[@meatdotpopsikle]

Some of the best content on the internet.

[@debbieeeCo]

Wow I use to have cases of these in my basement before my father retired from the military! I would go hike out into the woods with my friends and we’d bring these same MRE’s with us and pretend we were in the wilderness 😂😂 I just wanted a reason to try all these cases of MRE’s my father brought home. I actually wonder if he still has any stragglers in his basement. I bet if I really went and looked I’d still find some old ones from the 98-02 or so.

[@southerngirl1490]

DebbieeeCo I did the same thing with my grandfather’s old MREs 😆 I thought it was super cool.

[@reginamb]

My brother in law was an army drill sergeant. He would bring home boxes of these. I was just a kid, so he would let us kiddos take the ones we wanted. It was great for camp outs in our tree house. I loved the lasagna.

[@Palachrist]

I use to put a small bit of salt in the meal heater. It would make the food start to cook almost immediately.

[@AudieHolland]

Little trick from actual pasta cooking!

[@grxygxd9155]

I fall asleep to these every night love you Steve

[@rojac5224]

Much as I appreciate the professional style of the new 2018 videos, I really miss the emotion, fun and casual nature of circa 2016 surfer Steve,

[@lastcaress83]

This takes me back... these are identical to the ones I was eating three squares daily in '05, during Hurricane Katrina cleanup @ Keesler. That lemon poundcake was my favorite item! After six weeks of MRE's, I'll never forget that first fresh meal of chili mac but, in retrospect, it was a pretty neat experience.

[@weasel20817]

Chicken Cavetelli was my absolute favorite meal! Agree on the Lime Skittles!

[@Matthew-jf5pn]

That’s crazy!

[@shantygaming694]

Lime is back bois

[@awesome117unsc]

I remember seeing those candy packages as a child. Especially the M&M's. Good memories from the late 90's.

[@lancerevell5979]

I miss the tan M&Ms. Got replaced by blue in 1995.

[@cheekostakos7881]

That's so crazy you got some of these old school mre's! Takes me back to my service days.

[@notasb4]

"Tragedy! Tragedy !" Haha " It's festering, some sort of rot!" These descriptions are great!!

[@SuperTigerfox]

Now these! These are the MREs that me and my family survived off for a couple days when we had a hurricane take out the power, lil 4yo me thought these things were the best damn things ever for food, and 17 years later I still think the same.

[@Ladderthief1]

Sad onion! An excellent cameo.

[@RevengeofGothzilla]

Ladderthief1 Thought I was the only Ashens fan here

[@89Brownay]

My favorite mre reviewer.

[@gschultz9]

Great stuff as usual Steve! All the vintage MREs pale in comparison to the frozen ones, don't they? Though the 1999 ones looked like they mostly held up well. Must have been stored good and taken well care of. While the main point is to look at the food itself, I found those FRHs quite interesting. I haven't seen that design before with the elements attached to the bag. Pretty poor design, and I'm guessing that they must have realized that fact before too long and phased them out pretty quickly (at least I hope so). Not only can you not put two retort pouches in there (or one pouch and a Hot Beverage Bag with coffee or whatever), but you can't position the elements in the middle of the pouch! If you get any more of these try this method: put one pouch in and activate it as usual, and then put the other pouch on the other side of the elements (but outside of the bag) inside the box.

[@frankmoncrief9508]

gschultz9 Schultz whats going on bud

[@dylanbeauhart9936]

Those lime skittles, they need to bring them back, my childhood may be dead, but my love of lime candy is eternal.

[@jamielee9958]

"It smells weird, I kinda like it." Lol

[@lauraochoa8665]

I love your videos are so relaxing 🙂

[@Steve_1999]

I can't believe this is genuinely making me hungry.

[@maryamtehrani7629]

Steve Henderson 90% of his videos make me hungry af.

[@TMWill-fi5fy]

I want some beverage base and Skittles :/.

[@Diamhea]

lol love this guy's narration

[@ThomasGrillo]

It really is interesting how the younger meals aren't holding up as well as the pre-2k meals. Isn't it? Thanks for the video.

[@cynthiatetterton7711]

If you can find The Dark Skittles that is where they put the lime skittles. I think it is a dark purple bag.

[@TheeGlocktopus]

That lemon poppy seed poundcake is the best thing in any MRE.

[@joepugh5003]

Rotting food is Steve's speciality, let's get It out on to a tray

[@mandyh.5487]

Nice

[@__The_Real_V__]

These were the MREs I had when I was in the Corps. I miss some of them a lot. I only wish I could get a hold of the beverage powders still! And that beloved cheese spread!

[@moosemaimer]

I just ate some cheese spread from an MRE the other day. It was spicy and greasy and good.

[@dubjspecialk]

Man, I love your videos. I will use this info to persuade my parents to rotate their storage more frequently. If I had a dime for every time my mother made me eat rancid/ white molded food as a child....

[@donnamoncrief9563]

You wouldn't have shit cuz yo ass be dead

[@AHugs-gg2mm]

"That smells weird...I kinda like it" lol Loved that! 💜

[@stevekillgore9272]

LOL

[@floydvaughn836]

and where are the my Ex jokes? C'mon man.

[@TheLego01]

great video steve keep it up you are one of my favourite youtubers!

[@georgemartinez4077]

I remember when I was in the army, and had to deal with those crappy heaters. just put the second food pack on the outside and then shove them both in the cardboard packaging. Not the greatest but better than nothing😏

[@mittensfastpaw]

You know how your grandparents and parents felt when you see items like this and know much has changed in how it is made, size and packaging.

[@donnamassie2335]

are you sure you stirred the grape juice enough Steve 😀

[@BARgunner_]

Keep up the great videos! I really enjoy them! Happy Easter!

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

YEAH! GRAPE DRINK! - Dave Chappelle

[@TransformersTalkRAW]

You're awesome Steve. Thanks for the vids bro.

[@katokhaelan4881]

I was just thinking to myself "I wonder what ol' Steve is going to be trying next..." :)

[@CouchSlouch-]

Very interesting videos. I definitely enjoy them! Keep up the good work.

[@13nikkinoodle]

I'm only 18, but i remember the lime skittles and i miss them. They were my favorite. I hate green apple candy

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Strawberry is still the best flavor for candy

[@MM-tn5uk]

the last time i had a skittle the green ones were still lime, it’s been a loooong time and i’m only 22 lol

[@13nikkinoodle]

screwculture same. I still haven’t seen any green since I was a kid and I’ll be 23 soon

[@michaelreifsnider3182]

So my personal MREs (30-40) are getting to the 22 year mark and since I'm no longer military I ordered three cases of military rations to replace them. I'm going to be taking these hiking on my 3 and 5 day trips to burn through them. But I had to open one with you along with this video. I had a spaghetti meat sauce I had already opened the veggie crackers and said the exact same thing they smell stale but yea taste fine. FRH is no good though had to boil the main turned out ok but yea the smell and aftertaste i got to say 20 25 years max shelf life unless frozen. Still got my field pudding. cocoa powder cream and water. cream wasnt milk based. my poundcake held up good and man those were always great. Your hiking video made me realize I was missing something and in a way youve really got me back making goals and feeling good about myself again. Cant explain it but it started with watching your videos. cant get enough of them and this was great. thank you brother

[@drpepper1132]

man do I miss lime skittles! the green apple make all the other flavors taste like green apple :(.

[@drpepper1132]

+Steve1989 MREinfo me too the sour ones are pretty alright.

[@andrew-sn5vv]

+Nick k literally such a shame that the lime flavor was cancelled. I’m in high school and honestly by the time my kids are my age they won’t believe there was such a thing as lime flavor

[@Niko_Mourat]

No matter the date or time, coming home and seeing a video of yours no matter it’s relevance always relaxes me. Keep on going brother

[@lespretend]

Man the HOOAH bars were like the hot item. If you got one in your MRE, you could barter with it for anything you wanted. Need someone to cover your firewatch for a week? Give them a HOOAH bar.

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

They weren't that good.

[@davedavington6998]

Why is this so much fun to watch.

[@mooglely]

Dang I was disappointed with that jalapeno cheese spread, sounded awesome!

[@patrickbateman3610]

Yeah, this is around when I was eating these. Brings back old memories. Advice I always tried to follow: Can't go wrong with the chili mac.

[@Toolness1]

There's gotta be a viewer that has access to a nice lab and could test some of the rancid food out for you and tell us exactly what is going on with some of this real bad old stuff. .

[@jakekgfn]

Takes out 45 year old meat.... "Oooh looks amazing!" Takes out 17 year old coffee.... "Ooh that looks suspicious"

[@Sid_Black]

Used some of my MREs a couple of weeks ago. Could not tell if they where made 2001 or 2011. Most things inside still okay. Some coffees turned into a dark-brown/greyish "disk" of sort. Cheese was good, but the jalapeno-type rid itself from all the oil/fat. And one of the heaters refused to work. Could have been to much water or just past its best-befor date.

[@kayal5905]

Also ive never heard of dry mold. Learn something new every day.. nice. Also different tray 🤔

[@AEKing-rx4uq]

The Beef and Mushroom looked like dog food. (Makes it's own gravy!!)

[@trytesting4114]

watching your videos definitely brought back some memories... lol you can actually fit both the rice and mushroom pouch in one heater. just have to flatten them out a bit and sandwich the heat pad in the middle

[@mattafaak]

These MREs bring me back to basic training.. September 2000. After seeing what the WW2, Korea, Vietnam guys had to deal with, I'd say I had things pretty damn good.

[@redneckrebel9830]

Even better if we still had lucky strikes or some type of cigarettes. id prefer a menthol cigarette in an MRE if thay bring back smokes. I mean if You don't smoke im dame sure someone that does would trade you especially if your on a patrol or bring chow to the guy's at the small little dig ins thay call home for a few months till rotation. someone somewhere forgets there pack of cigarettes or tin of dip and thay have something you want and you have something thay have a habit with. wouldn't be the first time i was stupid and traded a main out of an MRE for a pack of cigarettes from a non smoker. addition gets you nowhere but shakes in a fire fight. although the core men had a pack of nicotine gum that stopped the shake of not smoking a cigarette for over 72 hours and 1 big ass building full of haji's nothing says friendly fire like a green ass marine with an itchy trigger finger that's shaking from a nicotine addiction.

[@margueriterisley609]

“…there goes a mushroom 😐” ❤

[@falconuruguay4588]

Great video Steve!

[@falconuruguay4588]

+Steve1989 MREinfo I was never much of a skittles fan, so to me they can make them any flavor they want and I really wouldn't care too much, but if you want those flameless ration heaters to go off better, do what I do, and add a little salt to the pouch before you add the water, that seems to really kick start the reaction a little better than normal.

[@falconuruguay4588]

+Steve1989 MREinfo If you watch my menu number 3 review, you'll see that I went ahead and tested the salt in the FRH, and it definitely works, I think what happens is the salt that's in the military FRH, that's usually mixed in with the magnesium and iron filings, either picks up moisture or goes stale, and doesn't kick start the exothermic reaction as well as it should, by adding salt to it, since it's an oxidizer, it definitely kick-starts the exothermic reaction immediately, once you add water to the mix.

[@verona1pirate]

they brought back the lime this year!!

[@cinderingonyx195]

Steve bud are you ok you sound really sad in this video usually you're so up beat

[@donnamoncrief9563]

Relax there cupcake hes fine

[@Ketannabis]

Look at the upload date

[@emregunaydn9883]

watched almost all the videos that you have shared . make me wanna order some mre food and live into the wild :)