A Week On The Ration Challenge DAY 1

[@PhoenixHealing]

Mike did this very intelligently. Getting himself used to eating less before he did the ration challenge. If it was me I would have picked onion powder or minced onion.

[@lShishkaBerryl]

I would have picked taco seasoning. A week on tacos! 🤤

[@missjazzie240]

Mike and Grace are goals love them !!!!

[@blackcitroenlove]

Goya adobo powder for me. It works for EVERYTHING.

[@Pottergirl1]

Hey Mike!! Would really like to see you do a "Week on FoodBank" only eat what a singleperson/couple would get from the food bank. x

[@TheIndulged1]

Oh so fitting considered the abuse I am getting on my comment to this video...

[@TheSilveryew]

I think this an excellent idea ^_^

[@stephenfarrelly1602]

Great idea

[@TheIndulged1]

@@stephenfarrelly1602 Yes it is, and to get around needing a food voucher he could donate a week's worth of his normal everyday shopping treats and all plus named brand foods too, people normally just donate what's ever cheap in the supermarket just to give for self gratification but not actually caring...

[@Jargas101]

@@TheIndulged1 I can barely afford name brand myself. I'm not buying it for needy people who should be happy with whatever they get

[@misswoo9522]

You could fry the chilli powder in a spoon of oil and then cook the flat breads in it and wrap the rice in the bread.

[@Jigglysaint]

They should rename this the "Microtransaction Diet"

[@DomIstKrieg]

DLCiet.

[@missjazzie240]

Jigglysaint 🥴🥴🥴

[@0-B1]

The EA employee diet

[@SaltyCuntno1]

@@0-B1 XD

[@KateRambo]

You should do what rations the average person got during errrm, rationing in WWII.

[@susanobrien4380]

Obviously, I'm concerned for your well being but let's be frank, what really matters is Basil. Will he be eating healthily as usual? Face it Mike, Basil should be your top priority!

[@joannegray5138]

He's fattening him up for the "Week on Basil" that's coming up in a few weeks time 👅

[@Iridys]

I’m glad they provide a recipe book. I was at a complete loss of what you were going to make with only those ingredients.

[@kshadehyaena]

EDIT: I got the rice wrong, comment edited. I tried to calculate how many calories are in pack + coupons. Came out to just 1780 kcal per day (see bottom). The site says: "The calorie content of the food eaten during the Challenge (i.e. the contents of the ration pack provided plus the specified additional rice and flour) is below 1,738 kcal/person/day. This does not meet the Sphere Minimum Standard of 2,100 kcal/person/day. It is also not consistent with the daily calorie requirements of an average adult recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council." 1780kcal for 7 days: 400g flour = 1500kcal; 1.9kg rice (dry) = 6745kcal; 85g dried chickpeas = 276kcal; 170g Lentils = 525kcal; 330ml sunflower oil = 2904kcal; 120g sardines = 264kcal; 400g kidney beans (wet) = 250kcal

[@monica-2918]

Dry rice calories are not the same as cooked rice! That would put it exactly in the 1700 range.

[@Angelinaangel40]

NERD!!

[@kshadehyaena]

@@monica-2918 Dang, I was sure that I looked up uncooked rice, but you are entirely correct, I had the figures for cooked rice. Thank you!

[@theeastendboy]

5:33 “do I get irn bru... no but I do get another motorbike” 😂😂😂

[@justrobin8155]

I really appreciate that you're helping people out here, Mike. So many of your weeks have been about showing how hard poverty can be - maybe we as a community can make someone else's week a little better.

[@PeeJay7290]

The flatbreads were surprisingly simple. I think I’ll give them a go with my chilli con carne or Bolognese. You can’t though. You have lentils

[@peeceebee1254]

Long time lurker - absolutely love your content and can’t wait for the rest of this week on 👍🏻

[@beckifenton2560]

PLEASE CAN YOU DO A WEEK ON WORLD WAR 2 FOOD

[@Mysticfox-wk2be]

Rice is a big option in emergency rations because its a universal grain and it packs a punch in carbs when considering how much it weighs dry.

[@ruperttherabbit3893]

I really hope you didn't got rid of the bean water Mike! You need everything you can get! Great challenge man! Keep it up!

[@SimonMetin]

Please do a week on eating food that has no palm oil. The recent 'Our Planet' documentary (David Attenborough) really opened my eyes about how bad this stuff is! It would be VERY difficult because it is found in so much stuff.

[@foodisgoodthatsthetruth3231]

Lordy lordy 😹 I'm taking the Ration challenge this week :) Thanks for the video, I subscribed

[@calumsmith2413]

Well done Mike you are currently the fifth highest fund raiser on the site Quite an achievement!

[@cidrain]

You don't have a blender? What about the magic bullet?

[@robertsistrunk6631]

pan should be screaming hot when you throw the flat bread in it

[@Mmrraww]

18:06 I had that Nintendo bedding set as a kid.. That's gotta be nearly 30 years old :D

[@amarie4626]

Been waiting for this one! Gonna be a hard week. Good on ya❤

[@10191927]

When I saw a couple weeks ago you were going to do this challenge, I just thought to myself “well you’re fucked”. After seeing what’s in your ration box, good luck Mike, you’re gonna need it.

[@matthillthehatmill8889]

Youre a legend Mike, I'll be making a donation tomorrow. Thanks for showing this many people what refugee rations look like

[@munkyzzb7504]

The refugee diet is the coolest new thing in Hollywood.

[@missjazzie240]

I love my boys lewis n mike equally so cute!!

[@munkyzzb7504]

@@missjazzie240 Are those your kids?

[@missjazzie240]

Daniel Yerke no my boyfriend n mike jeavons loooooooooooool

[@munkyzzb7504]

@@missjazzie240 oh well Mike is cute and I'm sure you're boyfriend is too.

[@spa-town1937]

If he was only due 400g flour, they should have decanted that amount into a separate container. Doing it the way they did means that they haven’t weighed the extra flour that Grace used when she was rolling and kneading the bread... completely negating the accurate measuring they did. I’ve just been making bread so out of curiosity I measured approximately how much those couple of handfuls might be and it was getting on for 20 grams, 10% extra.

[@sherrie553]

Mike shows whats in the box Me: Is that it?

[@emmagullen6586]

The video has been up an hour and you are already at 91% of the target! Go on lad you are gonna smash this!

[@suicune2001]

I hope he realized he was going to get more donations after his first video posts.

[@Nostalgianerd]

Man, I feel sick of rice already. Good luck!

[@courvoisibean]

No way i love your videos!

[@Razzy194]

12:45 The sound of metal on non stick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAD!

[@Cocogomez]

This is pretty much how i eat every week, with the addition of vegetables. Lentils and chickpeas make good curries.

[@logothaironsides2942]

No you had carbs (rice and flour), protein (beans) fat (frying oil)..You 'could' add green veg by adding boiled nettle leaves which are not at all stinging once boiled and very tasty(harvest away from roadside to avoid contaminated plants). Fatima used the oil from the sardines for her frying oil which would really add flavour. Good luck with rest of week :)

[@LeRhythme]

I’d have gone paprika no doubt

[@Hellfreezer]

During the keto week you used a smoothie maker. That should do for the rice milk. There are guides online that will help.

[@capness1228]

Because refugees usually have a smoothie maker on hand...

[@Hellfreezer]

@@capness1228 They also may not have the blender that the Ration challenge recipe ideas book included with his supplies states should be used. But he has the smoothie maker.

[@Wokrakken]

You're a good man, Mike Jeavons

[@babydolphin2423]

The amount of food in the ration pack is heartbreaking, these are human beings . They are ironically called refugees when sometimes countries don’t even grant them asylum

[@maxscardanelli6185]

Yes! The third week of Mike's eternal suffering has begun!...

[@lightchipster]

There's something Black Mirror esque about getting entertainment of watching Mike suffering

[@hallwnby]

When you called yourself michael I got so confused

[@deadmonton420]

You almost smashed your target already man way to go

[@Lighting_Desk]

Hopefully there's no way for you to bend the rules.

[@ironox8480]

This is amazing, what your doing is just, I don't have words for how amazing this is. Just what your doing, you never cease to amaze me, bring a tear to my eye. Or just astound me. You and Grace are really just amazing. Thank you for, well being you.

[@WCamden]

Bit over the top

[@ironox8480]

@@missjazzie240 he.

[@missjazzie240]

Iron Ox u sounded like a girl 🤗

[@ironox8480]

@@missjazzie240 not sure how words express a voice but hey what ever.

[@missjazzie240]

Iron Ox you were just a bit over the top🤗

[@Ed___1234]

Taking all that food off a refugee. You evil bastard 😂

[@frankozicki397]

Where can I find this for the US?

[@BeccarJane]

Good luck! I'm doing the challenge too but haven't raised enough to get the vegetable item. Looking forward to seeing how you do on this!

[@raemarie3446]

Good luck! I'm struggling today. Trying to watch this to distract myself 😂 this is going to be a difficult challenge. I'm following the meal plan we get, I'm looking forward to your take on it!

[@KellieValentine]

I'm raging, I didn't even get a meal plan envelope thing 😂😂 I got my box of rations and that's it. So I came to Mike for inspiration for what to do haha.

[@raemarie3446]

@@KellieValentine they have all the resources online!:) Today was Congee, plain boiled rice and Fatimas something (forgotten) and Fatima's Flatbread 😃 good luck!

[@KellieValentine]

@@raemarie3446 ahhh! Thanks for letting me know! I need that online help to figure out what the hell do with these chickpeas 😂😂

[@raemarie3446]

@@KellieValentine I think it's for falafel?

[@KellieValentine]

@@raemarie3446 yeah I was looking at the recipe for that but you need a food processor for it =/

[@nicholasrex8643]

I feel like spice wise you should of selected Smoked Paprika. Good week on to raise awareness 💪

[@TheJessieMeJessie]

If you rinse your rice a few times before you boil it, it gets rid of the excess starch and makes it less sticky :)

[@KellieValentine]

I'm on day 1 of this and feel okay so far. They gave me sardines even though I applied for the vegetarian option tho, so I've gotta grab some tofu from tesco.

[@daniturn]

Don't know what's worse the taste of sardines or the even worst taste of tofu, think sardines I could possibly eat

[@KellieValentine]

@@daniturn tofu doesn't have a taste tho, it takes on the taste of whatever you cook it in, the texture is grim however. I also take back what I said about feeling okay, I have the worst headache I've had in years 😂😂

[@Lost-Lilim]

That's probably pretty accurate really, I imagine the agencies consider vegetarian requests to be optional.

[@suicune2001]

@@KellieValentine Tofu does have a taste though and it's nasty. Lol. It's like the blandest cheese ever and that taste NEVER goes away no matter what you do. And yeah, the texture isn't pleasant. I decided I'm better off without it. Lol.

[@KellieValentine]

@@suicune2001 I'm sure the taste is more amplified to you since you don't like it haha. I think it literally tastes like nothing and I wish it tasted like cheese 😂 I just think the texture is horrendous

[@davidwilson-parr9260]

Video should be re-titled "how to destroy a non-sick pan and get bowel cancer from PTFE"

[@kapitan762x54R]

Flatbread with only water and flour? Was it good? Looked good.

[@missmaggot48]

is this done a week in advance?

[@Eddiebhoy1888]

This Scotsman marked out for the Irn Bru shout out !! Bring back full sugar version

[@KellieValentine]

I'm so envious, I've raised £26 so can't have any extras at all 😂😂💔

[@emmagullen6586]

😢

[@duzzzz94]

Considering I am allergic to 3/7 of your items I would be screwed if I attempted that..

[@DarkestVampire92]

Mike how much do i have to donate to make it HARDER for you, and thus more fun to watch? The diets you struggle with are much more entertaining than the ones that allow you normal food, if not much of it.

[@carnivore-muscle]

Finally, for once, a week on without dreaded pork! Don't know how you will cope this time Mike :O

[@JunKurosu]

Vegan week had no pork

[@missjazzie240]

hahahah class Jonathan!!

[@jonathanm2690]

ah Mike you have to get a blender! I want to see how you make rice milk bread, it is a must!

[@sophiebee1679]

What refugee has a blender?

[@jonathanm2690]

@@sophiebee1679 It is a recipe in the ration book...

[@MrAranton]

@@sophiebee1679 Refugees would probably use a mortar and pestle. Outside the West those are used a lot more widely anyway and makeshift version are relatively easy to make from materials foraged in nature.

[@dragonmac1234]

Welcome to a week of Mike complaining that he's hungry, but it's for a good cause :D

[@MsHGH1]

Beans and lentils do have a good amount of protein, so it's not all carbs at least!

[@mattbroomer]

The healthiest week on food so far.

[@GothicKittyMadness]

You do have a blender! I've seen you and grace use a stick blender loads of times! :P

[@stepitup89]

I want you gothic kitty

[@markiangooley]

GothicKittyMadness I now use a stick blender for nearly everything despite having a professional-grade Waring blender. Usually the stick blender is adequate and there’s much less to clean.

[@OtakuboyT]

Maybe it broke trying to blend cheese.

[@missjazzie240]

save refugees!!

[@davefuss]

He's also got a Magic Bullet type blender that he used last week on.

[@Rilyn666]

if you make more flat bread add chilli powder to the flour!

[@legion999]

That's...a lot of legumes

[@RI_TREYAH]

Why did you cook so much rice?

[@celticbarry9877]

I would have went for cumin, to me its a nicer flavour and it goes well with rice and flat bread.

[@davidyoung6608]

Good luck mike. Hope everything goes well for you. Hope you won't suffer to much.

[@AbzCat]

Oh no! Grace wasted extra flour during kneading! Also, doesn't the salt count as a spice?

[@FormerRuling]

Unlimited salt was another 'tier' he earned separate from the spice of his choice.

[@Devilduckie73081]

Can you drink only water?

[@cat21860]

Congrats on cracking the top 5 already!

[@TheIndulged1]

Cook the sardines in the oil in the tin you pillock, also people get less than that from a UK food bank.

[@TimeToSlashZoom]

No....no they really don't.

[@kirstygunn9149]

They also get a house or flat/ bedsits to live in and money from the gov. refugees live in tents /camps or shanty towns and only get the option to eat what they are given and nothing more (most of the people on benefits in the UK get to eat at least one take away a week I know I've seen them in chipshops and pizza shops) Mike is doing good work to bring awareness to how these poor families are living with no other choices.

[@TheIndulged1]

@@TimeToSlashZoom I should know I have had the misfortune to have to have used a food bank, they give you one bag in most food banks and it's about enough to last 3 days max for one adult, also you can only use it three times in six months, I have worked for the UN in my times after my day's in armed forces and I know that or though the food they get is bland they get more, also cooking using just food bank donated food you end up eating some very unique meal's, like one I made from a jar of curry sauce pasta and a tin of hot dogs, it was either very nice or I was so hungry anything probably would have tasted nice...😮

[@TheIndulged1]

@@kirstygunn9149 I wasn't talking about housing, and plus take away food is for the lucky few that actually get full benefit money usually the bastard's that are cheating system, but I once was on £5 a month to live on, thankfully I found work, I bet you wouldn't have survived that long on that!.

[@strangekat2840]

@@kirstygunn9149 You've never lived on benefits then. I have done. I've fed three on £20 a week. My boss sacked me just before I went on maternity leave. My then partner had to take some time off work as he was unwell, and was on statutory sick pay. I can't use stairs due to my disability so I need either a stairlift or a bungalow. The only bungalow we could find was more than the housing benefit allowance, so we had to top it up. The council should have paid the difference, but they didn't. Their argument was that I technically can get upstairs by crawling so I didn't need it. The fact that I was seven months pregnant and I'd need to carry a newborn before too long escaped them. With all the other expenses and bills, we had very little money for food. We had savings and we both had (relatively) well paid jobs before we decided to start a family. Savings don't last long though.

[@candiloudroid2]

So do refugees end up with scurvy?

[@JunKurosu]

Do a week on on nothing but potatoes

[@lolfunacount]

seen a youtube video with that- It was great.

[@JunKurosu]

You got a link to that?

[@lolfunacount]

oh, Mike never did. But i have seen this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpnLfpV3f9CmY6M

[@lolfunacount]

I posted a link- if you didn't could read it- I assume that Mike has the anti link mode in his comments...

[@JunKurosu]

Didn't see your comment before .Thx for the link

[@chuckyb295]

I mean now I don’t want to donate 🤷‍♀️ We watch you suffer mike,it’s why we keep coming back.

[@suicune2001]

15:45 I don't know anything about UK taxes but that message looks very much like tax fraud.

[@suicune2001]

@David Maybe I'm reading it wrong but what I'm getting from that message is, "You paid $50 but we'll tell the government you paid $62. Also, the company Concern can claim that $62 on their tax return as an expense even though the company didn't pay anything." Maybe it's just phrased weirdly.

[@1990chrism]

@@suicune2001 Gift-aid is a government scheme in the UK, it is created by the government, (as i understand) it basically means the charity get a little extra money from what you have paid in tax. There is nothing fraudulent about adding a 'giftaid' donation, it is basically just permission for the government to allocate the relevant amount (25% of the donation amount) from your income tax to that charity instead of that going to normal tax-funded things.

[@DeathEgg666]

i came here from BeardMeetsFood hahaha

[@joannegray5138]

Now you have the chilli powder, add it to the dough if you make any more flat bread. That should level things up a bit.

[@offgridtbone2162]

Try UK refugee rations . You will put weight on my friend

[@IceFish.]

get garlic poweder for your rice and use the absorption method

[@celticbarry9877]

Is it only me or is boiled rice one of the most difficult things to cook? everytime I try to make it which is honestly not a lot maybe once a year it just turns to mush or it all sticks together or it burns. It sounds so simple, boiling rice but it just never works.

[@jodu626]

I mean its not a lot but it’s way more than I thought. For a week no problem for me. Problem is these poor people are refuges for far longer than 1 week

[@maxpowers3494]

You should fry the rice in the oil they have you to give it more flavor.

[@JackOfHarts96]

Did anyone scream at Mike when he started entering his card details, and recording it?

[@VegasMilgauss]

Not a surprise no pork

[@Kraken0000]

Dont these get filmed a week in advance? So donating won't help Mike eat bonuses in the videos. Which is good because I don't want my donation to reduce his suffering.

[@TheBeepbeep2000]

Yes I’m excited a new video week on plus it’s my birthday today so I’m happy xxxxxxx

[@markiangooley]

A kilo and a half of flour is about 5000 calories. Two or three days of a rather poor diet. Very challenging week here.

[@kizkad]

A week on Dhaal!! Just need some garlic, ginger, green chillies and butter and it will be the tastiest week on ever

[@markiangooley]

I thought I sent you an iSlice cutter but you’re still using an outsized knife to open a box... oh, well. Probably you threw it away years ago. I’d tell you how to cook lentils (easy) and chickpeas (easy but tedious), but I suspect I’m not seeing this until the week is over.

[@RileyRivalle2]

I think it's current actually, since he's asking for participation at the end of the video which will affect his diet during the week in question.

[@missjazzie240]

love you and grace mike, best wishes !:) will be donating:)

[@15plus2isnot39]

Can I donate to give you a disadvantage? LOL

[@johnsonhazel270]

Here we go again everyone a new week on everyone on a refugee diet on Sunday the 16/06/2019 of June 😅😆😂😤😃😄

[@LatsunReChaRu]

Looks like a good first day. The only thing I would have done differently would be choose a spice blend, over a single spice (if it's allowed) because chilli is going to get boring quick too.

[@rasslinandbrawlin7946]

It's chili powder not ground chili pepper. Chili powder is a blend of chilies, cumin, garlic, and oregano usually

[@LatsunReChaRu]

@@rasslinandbrawlin7946 ok, not where I'm from

[@rasslinandbrawlin7946]

If you're from the u.s. canada or Europe then that is how it is. If you're from central south America then probably not

[@Wallyworld30]

Those beans and rice need hot sauce so bad it's making me sick!

[@mapu1]

I ate worse as a kid... Jeesh I should become a refugee.

[@fanofpink]

That rice looks amazing good job!!!!

[@psychictrolling6151]

Nice to see you even dressed like a refugee for this

[@za-ir5ni]

This really is the Week On Channel now isn't it lol

[@fiesesalien]

Nice. You donate that helps refugees and together with that, you see Mike doing a challenge hehe. Thats a neat idea! Stay crunchy.

[@JamesHetfieldIsGod]

You're at 86% Mike! come on people keep donating! :D