American tries a Swedish Combat Ration

[@pr0xZen]

"Exotic flavor" in Nordic countries basically means pineapple, grapepfruit, or both.

[@Amishhellcat]

might also include peach, passion fruit or mango

[@DJWeapon8]

So tropical fruits or flavors? Make sense.

[@SasukeCafe]

Oh okay so flavor in general is exotic there. Got it.

[@anne-christineacpetersson6870]

Dont forget mango & banana. hihi

[@anne-christineacpetersson6870]

Exotic can also include cocos or starfruit, kiwi. Usually the term exotic means fruit that are not the most common tropical fruits. This has thou been mixed up when businesses started importing more direct from countries of origin since exotic (rare/unusual) fruits paid better than fruit labeled as tropical.

[@lasarus1989]

The nut-paste is sold nearly everywere in Sweden as candy. Usualy eaten straight out of the packet just like you did.

[@Templarofsteel88]

it was originally made for topping cakes and stuff but as a child, we would simply eat it straight out of the package just like you did.

[@puslicker2000]

Chunky nutella

[@SanxBile]

Don't kid yourself. It's nut cream!

[@BerraLJ]

Glad they can now be had in bigger plastic box, which is super to eat, so darn good. Nutella might be ok but taste so darn artificial compared to Nöt Cremé

[@uturkaos]

Being abroad not eaten that cream since i was a kid basicly really makes me want some right now, i could eat a jar of IT 😀

[@Guildforsucks]

Never thought that in my life i would sit in Sweden watching an american in korea try swedish rations and find it interesting.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

😅

[@briankristiansen821]

And I am in Denmark, watching an american in Korea, trying swedish rations, containing stuff from Denmark 😂😂

[@CombatArmsChannel]

@@briankristiansen821 it all comes full circle lmao

[@oscarmalm7284]

Samwe here that give me memories back to the military.

[@phinix473]

@@CombatArmsChannel so long as you start to pronounce it as mysle and not muisli i think we will all be happy, btw swedish, hence my being a bit of a word nazi :)

[@Wubalubdub]

1 am: time to go to bed 2 am: Swedish rations are pretty good

[@CombatArmsChannel]

lmao username checks out

[@TeamOdiffat]

@@CombatArmsChannel me watching this at 11pm lmao

[@georgehh2574]

Haha this is so damn true. Love watching these at night.

[@pqsnet]

Im such a loser im actually sitting here 23 PM a friday watching. I was supposed to just check youtube fast before going out, but this was too interesting. And that is despite i live in Stockholm Sweden.

[@erik....]

As a swede it's always nice to win when competing against Norway. 😄

[@melyssa8585]

Ffs hahaha then you’re best friends when you’re drunk 🤣

[@erik....]

@@melyssa8585 Yes definitely, I love norwegians. But I hate losing against them.

[@melyssa8585]

@@erik.... it’s like Canada vs USA haha neighbours and friends but always gonna compete haha

[@Brakvash]

As a Northern Swede* No one cares about competing with Norway down south, Denmark is where it's at!

[@erik....]

​@@Brakvash Well everything above Skåne is not the north you know.

[@mellertid]

I guess "exotic" means tropical in Scandinavia.

[@eldafint]

It generally does yeah

[@linkw]

yes xD

[@Joontis]

Yeah pretty much

[@AtelierGod]

It usually refers to fruits such as pineapples and others from that general area.

[@omisuookami]

Exotic fruits in Sweden is things like pineaple, mango, papaya, banana and kiwi, in other words mostly fruits that isn't native to Sweden or Europe. So yes i would guess that it'd be what english speakers would call tropical fruits

[@BosisofSweden]

Nut cream is from start invented by a candy factory owner who thought that the best part of his candy was the filling so he started making these little bags with just the filling in 1961. It is still made in the same factory, the same way and is still loved by kids all over the country.

[@pierresandklef4121]

Yes... kids all over sweden😬

[@HeleneSoulstar]

And grownups...😉😊👍

[@dmg4415]

And we born in the early 60s! We are very ripe now, beyond grown ups, and overgrown!

[@BosisofSweden]

@@dmg4415 And still won't share a Nötcreme with our grand children ;)

[@HeleneSoulstar]

@@BosisofSweden 👍🤣🤣

[@CrazyRapSkillzzZ]

We ate those rations for 110 days straight in Mali, Africa. One of the officers ate orange cake with nöt-creme on for 20 days straight and nothing else. I guess he was losing it :D. good rations though! /Swe Sergeant

[@CombatArmsChannel]

😅😅😅

[@lottaleissner497]

Oh goodness! I knew I should have "mönstrat", I've clearly been missing out!

[@gbbot6895]

@@lottaleissner497 Jag tycker att du missade mer än bara rationer! Det är aldrig försent ;)

[@iwantlee9510]

@@lottaleissner497 mönstrade i Augusti! Rycker in i sommar!

[@DarthFolo]

I've got a friend who also was on that mission, guessing it got old pretty quick ^^

[@yonniboy1]

It's amazing just how much good field rations raise morale.

[@someoneelse7629]

We have a saying in Sweden "An army walks on it stomach", if you eat good, you preform good...

[@murphy7801]

Also things not made by the lowest bidder

[@yonniboy1]

@@murphy7801 Couldn't agree more

[@andersson_casa]

@@murphy7801 well we have that to unfortunatley

[@d1ckyj0nes]

You're reading protein per 100g. Entire bag is clearly less than 70g, probably one scoop's worth and 30-40g. (Listing nutrition per 100g is required by EU laws. Pretty good - it prevents producers from using clever and unreasonably portion sizes and rounding things to zero)

[@angrydragonslayer]

They still try though

[@d1ckyj0nes]

@@angrydragonslayer Yup. I never pay any heed to that. 300g bag of chips, serving size 35g...

[@angrydragonslayer]

@@d1ckyj0nes i still remember when those 200 gram chocolate bars had a serving size that was 1/8 of a square

[@fredosinsemilla3896]

I dunno. 70 grams per 100 grams is insane. When it has such a big text on the front saying 70 grams of protein it should be correct for the bag. It's probably more than a 100 grams of powder.

[@angrydragonslayer]

@@fredosinsemilla3896 my friend uses pureswe whey, it says 76% protein on the box And it tastes like it Note: milk has an absurd amount of protein in its natural form and this is a distillied product, whey isolate, mixed with stuff to make the taste and consistency endurable (normal whey isolate has 90% protein but it tastes and feels so bad that it's unsellable)

[@Kepulikeppi]

There are very few brands that make truly delicious outdoor meals. Blå Band is one of them. My favorite for hiking.

[@petter5721]

Yes they make quality food👍🏻

[@erikenqvist9081]

The exotic flavour isotonic drink is pineapple. It's kinda exotic to us in Scandinavia.

[@arnljot9030]

You're right, the company has a contract with the Swedish government to supply them with rations for our armed forces. This company also does civilian rations for hiking etc.

[@pqsnet]

Its kinda smart. If Sweden is invaded and bombed. Food can still be served. They will have to bomb Denmark to have that supply stopped.

[@mikesmith-ut1lt]

Bearnaise sauce is really popular here in the Nordic Countries. It's originally French 🇨🇵 but a lot of stuff over here in restaurants and ready meals have it. I absolutely like it. Especially good with beef or fish I think😄.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

McDonald's has it as a dipping sauce in Sweden. That really says it all

[@fredosinsemilla3896]

Well mayonaisse is also French. I'm just flabbergasted this guy had never tried either of them. About the mayo I think he's lying, but I will give him the benefit of a doubt.

[@xientau9028]

I wonder how the first english speakers who read the name of that sauce reacted; "Dear lord, are the french so tough that they make sauce out of bears?!"

[@ceselb]

Bernaise is just thicker hollandaise with terragon.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

@@ceselb and wine, shallots, peppercorns and chervil. And more commonly served with meat where hollandaise is mostly served for fish. Except in Bearn apparently where it's traditionally a fish sauce. I think of Hollandaise as Bearnaise without these things :)

[@linkw]

The cookies and cream bar is hard currency in the military

[@wingburen]

The "näs duk" - towels is for your Nose mostly. If its really cold sometimes The Nose starts to drop. You can then choose to releave it in The papper or take small rolled paperbits in your Nose to prevent it to improve concentration while sniping etc

[@Hampo03]

My dad works in the armed forces and when they had a visit from some U.S army officers they prepared the coffee extra strong (Swedes usually already tend to drink strong black coffee) and I wish I would've been alive to see their faces as they try to play it off as tasting good, I was told it was hillarious. (Not even the swedes actually enjoyed it)

[@bjornholm3984]

it was probably still to weak, what you consider strong coffee we consider water... from the looks of that video and the size of his cup most swedes would have used 4 or 5 of thoose tubes to get drinkable coffee

[@mortil]

mostly i like my coffee strong as fuck. good pointers of great coffee is if the spoon can stand in the coffe or if it curls when touching the coffee. 2 cups at 0700 2 cups at 1100 1cup at 13 and 2 cups at 1500 Thats like a regular workday for me :P

[@andreas4959]

@@mortil If you don't instantly shit your pants after the first sip, it's not strong enough.

[@konradgranqvist8131]

As a Swedish fan, this video really hyped me up.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Haha sweet

[@erik....]

I rarely laugh out loud but "fruitsoap" was pretty funny.

[@mliljegard19771209]

I’m Swedish and grow up with eating warm fruit soup with raisins so I guess it’s a Scandinavian thing.

[@kekekeke2200]

Kinda a slavic thing aswell. Apple soup is pretty common in some parts of russia and latvia

[@sonjaolofsson2682]

My mom always bringed those fruitsoaps on ski tours!

[@mikaelwojciechowski7281]

I grew up eating it cold for breakfast, together with cheese and ham toast.

[@magsbayou]

:) I am an American living in Sweden. My first time seeing fruit soup was here in Stockholm. After 12 years, I have not been brave enough to try it.

[@sonjaolofsson2682]

@@magsbayou You 100% should. It is very sweet, but with alot of taste. If you are freezing it is perfect to take some soup instead of for example tea.

[@gundalfthelost1624]

I work in a remote weather station here in Swedish Lapland for weeks at a time and these bags are part of the normal stock we always have. The high sugar content really helps when it's -30 Celsius or similar and the actual food is not that bad.

[@T0x1s1]

Lite nyfiken, hur får man ett sånt jobb? Låter riktigt intressant

[@gundalfthelost1624]

@@T0x1s1 Ett treårigt fysikerprogram (högskolenivå) som du måste komplettera med en tvåårig masterutbildning med inriktning mot meteorologi. Jag gjorde det mesta inom min tid i försvarsmakten under helger och ledigt, men civilt är det samma väg. Går nog snabbare då. Är inte så svårt som det låter. Nu jobbar jag bara under vinterhalvåret med det, mekar med bilar och annat under sommaren men det är en bra jobbmarknad faktiskt. Har en känsla av att vädret kommer locka ännu mer människor i framtiden så som det går utför nu.

[@T0x1s1]

@@gundalfthelost1624 Häftig! Tack för infon! Du kan inte säga vart exakt du är baserad eller är det känslig info? Hela känslan att vara borta längre tid i norra Lappland låter bara häftigt :)

[@gundalfthelost1624]

@@T0x1s1 Oj shit missade din fråga. Är för det mesta placerad några km norr om Abisko nära gränsen till Norge. Finns inga vägar dit ens, får flyga helikopter så det är roligt.

[@pqsnet]

Gandalf the lost. Älskar namnet! Särskilt med tanke på att du jobbar mitt i ingenstans.

[@Uromer]

Finnish military ration has (or at least used to have) the same Blå Band outdoor meals

[@VarvasNukka]

Nowadays they're a bit of a rarity with most the meals being made by Leader, which are much worse.

[@trippimehu1]

@@VarvasNukka they are absolutely worthless. If i remember correctly we had like 70packs leftover when we got out😂

[@ristusnotta1653]

Blå band is pretty rare, one of the few good things inside the ration, other stuff is just soy garbage.

[@tapioperala3010]

The couple of times I had to resort (well, we, as the whole company) to the MREs they were horrible :D But I did my time with the FDF in 2002, so likely things have improved from there. :P At least one can only hope :D

[@ristusnotta1653]

@@tapioperala3010 today they are just pure soy and rice, only real meat is the 1-2 small packs of tuna you may find in some rations. Once conscripts get their hands on the MREs they fly straight in the garbage

[@NeonRosahehexd]

KZbin: What can we recommend for a swede today? Not gonna lie. I enjoyed this video. You seem hella chill! Sad that you didnt get more Swedish stuff. Never tasted orange cake. Never heard about those hardcandies. And should have sent "vilt chips" instead of peanuts! But yeah Blå Band is like "a must" for alot of hunters / outdoor people. They make so much stuff.

[@DarthFolo]

The orange cake is the best one by far imo. Never seem to get it though.

[@johnmoorcroft8226]

I worked in a factory packing army ration packs, it used to make me laugh when we pact little sachets, one of pepper one of salt and there was even a little moist hand wipe and a paper napkin. We used to joke and imagine soldiers on a training exercise soaked to the skin covered in slime, hands and faces covered in mud hungry as hell, sprinkling salt and pepper on their meal, then wiping their hands on a moist wipe before tucking into their meal; once finished dabbing their lips with paper napkins. When we were kids we had an army training ground near our village, if we were lucky during school holidays, we would go to where they were camped on exercise and chat with the soldiers, this was in 1970/75 UK, I always noticed that they never cook their meals separately, they just chucked everything in the pot, beans, vegetables potatoes meat soup everything went in the pot and that was how they ate it. If we got on well with the soldiers, they would bury a few ration boxes for us before they left; they did not tell us where they would bury them, but left markers with sticks. Oh to be a kid again.

[@blocksarefun1]

No you collect a bunch of sani wipes and then sniff them all before battle in the back of the troop transport that's what me and my group used to do :)

[@Ahex75]

I also like it funny or maybe crazy that these food rations are very complex you need ages to prepare them and then you have huge pile of trash. Lots of those trail walkers on pacific etc. Long trails cold soak their food. This is arctic pack so it isn't good idea to have those foods which aren't dried and which you just heat also cold soaking is a bad idea, because food freezes. There are titanium cups with screw lid so this kind mess kit would be ideal, but made of steel of course. Heat water when you make breakfast throw food in it for sokaking and put cozy on it. Drink mixes in pouches, why not those hydration tablets in tube. (Steel) tube with 5 to 10 tablets and refills when needed. Some times you need 0 other days 5. Those bars etc are most of the times 2 to 3$ a piece, buy private label mars, snickers etc. candybars 30c a piece and they are tastier. Of course those have less protein, but they could add it in those foods. Usually most of those foods have textured soy protein and some flavouring, lots of salt and msg. and they taste quite same. Sometimes they have good ideas in army but sometimes bad. When I was in army (Finland 8 months) they used to bring food in insulated tanks on those days in forest. But logistically it was easier to bring them once a day and sometimes with next day breakfast. 6 am they bring food and you can believe that 6pm dinner isn't warm anymore when it was colder days it might be frozen. And that breakfast next morning with -30C orange/apple, fruit juice, hard rye bread and frozen butter wasn't very filling and energy rich. Those days they had same energy calculations for lecture days and field days. "You don't starve in a week or two" "in war they had much less" etc. Nowadays they have adopted same system like others, those 24h mre packages.

[@Benkkuful]

the Finnish rations are very similar. (Or at least were a few years back) Same Blå Band main meals, drink powders and nuts. Loved the runescape music too haha!

[@minty69420]

I love how this guy is just so positive, even though he finds things that he doesn’t like with the mre he just says what he does actually like with that specific thing.

[@meol0390]

If you wanna translate "blå band" -- it's Blue Ribbon

[@Nubbe999]

And i guess the pronunciation of blå band would be something like: bloo baand. And müsli is pronunced like finland spell the same word: Mysli

[@daffhead4975]

To bad he didn't get a ration with outmeals wet food in it. Those meals are amazing when your hiking or anything like that.

[@dribrom]

@@Nubbe999 å is pronounced allot like "ou" in the English word about, or "au" the German word blau.

[@kastapostgard5306]

@Käpyeläin lol that one always come to mind when an american tries to interpret written swedish

[@arnljot9030]

He nailed it for being American.

[@WayZord]

Cookies & cream cereal bar is considered jackpot by grunts in the Swedish Army.

[@secularnevrosis]

I loved the pansar kex. Theese crackers and what ever coffe was avaiable.

[@kmgrillen]

@@secularnevrosis don't forget about the liver paste, at least the "guld burk" version was good with pansar kex,

[@the.n00bish]

@@secularnevrosis pansar kex sounds like the german Panzer Keks, and it prolly is pretty much the same, loved them 2

[@beardman2161]

Yea Pansar kex and dödsman fingrar awesome stuff =)

[@petter5721]

Do not forget “Kronans Guldburkar”, classic ration food from the Cold War 👍🏻

[@Deshy101]

Thanks for trying this! im never gonna complain about our swedish MRE again!

[@pjukas]

When i did my service and worked in the Swedish military we phased out the old green packages and replaced it with this, so we could take as many as we wanted......i had free food for outdoor trips for like three years, it was awesome! I actually liked that package better then this newer one, but i think they have improved this new one a lot since i tried it because it was in the very beginning and they did a lot of taste testing and evaluations at that time.

[@gabrielandersson5035]

The Runescape music at 37:30 suprised me! X) Loved the video, greetings from Sweden!

[@jensolsson9666]

I still remember ”dead mans fingers”, a tin with small sausages in white beans-tomato sauce. The sausages never heated up. So it was cold finger sized sausages in warm red sauce with maggot sized white beans.

[@briankristiansen821]

Lmao 😂😂

[@christianforsstrom2222]

and dead mans fingers was jackpot of the gold cans, compared to some of the other stuff ;)

[@DanielKling]

haha, when I saw this video, I was thinking that was what he would get. I was relieved/disappointed ;)

[@peartree8338]

Guldburken! We got one each on a field exercise but no one had a can opener so we just carried around this mythological beast that we had heard so much about. 🤣

[@scruffyswede7669]

You open it with the Mora knife. Who ever used the army can opener hahaha

[@ossi8219]

Greetings from Finland

[@petter5721]

Finland’s sak är vår 😀

[@joakimbergendahl1546]

Been watching ur videos for some time now and I got to say I love your content dude. You're so informative and not overtalking it. Great videos my dude, thank you!

[@communist-hippie]

the nutella thing, its crazy the same packaging as when i was 6 years old, and im 41 years old,

[@mliljegard19771209]

You lose more energy in arctic places so it makes sense that the portions are bigger.

[@JohnGaming97]

Nöt-Créme is translated to Nut-cream "mixed with chocolate" , nice video btw! Greetings from Sweden

[@proseiben3358]

These videos allways make me smile.

[@Enterialise]

I love when you talk about, watch and eat and test Sweden. I've seen all your Nordic related videos, and I've not even been near the military 😄 But it's interesting! Blå band is very common here if you do not want to cook the food from scratch, mostly sauces and soups. Keep it up / 🇸🇪

[@PrinsPrygel]

When out in the snow above the arctic circle in the dead of winter our energy budget per day was around 5-6 thousand kcal a day, when we got back to barracks 4 weeks later I had lost almost 15 kg of body weight.

[@raensaeck]

The Blå Band freeze dried food is also a "citizen" company. Many people in Sweden buy it when they go hiking.

[@katarinawikholm5873]

It’s a staple in office lunch cup-of-soup type meals too.

[@Juhani96]

Very common in Finland too. Our finnish MRE:s also have those blå band food bags

[@TheRedSphinx]

So Blå Band simply means "Blue Ribbon". They are a very well known brand in supermarkets in Sweden and Finland. Mainly for their sauces, instant meals and soups. At one point I belive they were owned by the US Campell Soup Company. So the meal that you ate with pasta and chicken, can be bought in a supermarket, but come in cup like package.

[@daw7563]

Blå = Blue. However I thought Bearnaise was universal, probably a french word from the beginning.

[@kekekeke2200]

It is french. The name was made to honor the Bearn province

[@noiserrr]

i think swedes might eat more sauce than the french even. definitely more bearnaise at least.

[@daw7563]

@@noiserrr probably true 🤣

[@ceselb]

Granola has been cooked while Müesli is raw/uncooked.

[@Ahex75]

It depends which country you are, but you're quite right. Muesli/mysli etc. are "raw" like you say. Mostly wheat, oat, rye rolled, same as used in porridges they might be lightly roasted. Then they have rasins, walnuts and some other fruits in smaller quantities. Those used to basics of musli in 2000 and before. Nowadays they "cheat" and use rice crispies and cornflakes in cheaper muslies. Then expensive ones have much more nuts and fruits like banana, pineapple and other exotic fruits up to 50% of weight. Granola has been introduced us from US and quite often those rolled oats etc are roasted with honey or another sweetener and are more crunchier than in musli. If you give those "classic" old middle european style muslies to kids today they probably wont like them because those muslies arent very sweet and taste like rolled oats etc with few raisins. I think granola or musli with lots of nuts and fruits are really good food in packs like these. High in energy because nuts and sugars and oats with fibers. Easy to eat dry like trailmix, but fibers keep you filled longer and most important it is less likely you to get diaŕrhea with too much fast sugars or high fat content in nuts.

[@beastboss2017]

Love the mre videos please do more in the future

[@rylter]

Müsli can absoulutly contain oatmeal. Alot of the time it does. But the word müsli is used for all sorts of mixtures of graines, nuts, seeds, fruits etc. Most common though, I would say about 70%+ oatmeal and the rest would then be a mix or fruit, nuts and seeds. Usually eaten with sour milk.

[@fredrikgustafsson6810]

YOu're a bit off with the protein. It's 70g of protein per 100g of powder, and that bag contains approx 30-33g of powder. (Maybe you noticed that already in the video, but i didn't notice you noticing it....Yeah) xD.

Possibly down to the U.S. typically showing nutritional numbers per a "serving size" instead of a uniform per 100g like we do.

[@js0988]

Don't knock the fruit "soup", when it's cold as hell it's a life saver and a real moral boost.

[@ahloz8359]

We usally get these 24 hour packs when we are out training with the swedish national guard (Hemvärnet), and always ppl are trying to get few more packs with them home.

[@erikh614]

The cookies and cream bar and coffee is the reason I come to life in my archer at the mornings ;)

[@mortil]

Archer

[@petter5721]

Great video. You should fold out the bottom of the meal pack (Blå Band) so it can stand on the table.

[@mikaellofgren7]

This is awesome!! Yes we are spoiled in Sweden when it comes to food and drinks for sure!! But when I did my military service back in 85/86, it sure was not that good I promise you that ha ha Thank you for sharing!

[@andreasblacksta]

Nothing wrong with guldburk, prairiestue and deadmansfingers 😂

[@PulkaSkurken]

Blue-Band, Swedish brand that makes a lot of food stuff.

[@fipeke]

I had the exact same rations when I did basic military training in Sweden and everyone always loved it. I used to keep snus inside the handle of my rifle and exchange snus for coffee with other recruits. I don't do snus or smoke, so that was such a big win for me lol

[@Chris09978]

So you use snus as like money to get coffee interesting

[@AJayAnswersYou]

Glad we could help! - A Dane.

[@erzsebetnilsson580]

I REALY ENJOYED your nice manner and your introduction and company on this video invitation

[@Jonas-op2vk]

Nöt Creme is hazelnut and chocolate, it’s really good Has looked the same my whole life, I’m 42

[@ulvsbane]

It used to say on the package "God sak för småkaksbak" (Tasty thing for small cookie baking) but they removed that some years ago.

[@-Rambi-]

Yeah, long time since I was enlisted now but that is far more fancy than what I was given. I was In a team which sole purpose was to slow down enemy advances during retreats of our own forces. So I was just behind front lines during battle, if our side needed to move our defensive lines backward we went forward, set up a defence and hold it long enough for our "regular" troops to set up a new line and then we falled back, this meant that we were without support for periods of time and we had to live on the resources we were given. Those consisted of "OK" MRE's, decade old chocolat and a lot of coffee.

[@AtelierGod]

The company logo says “Blå band” which basically translates to “Blue ribbon”

[@Persholm1]

That's more than a basic translation.

[@z3roo0]

Also, the å is pronounced "oh" (kind of) except without the bend you americans make

[@AtelierGod]

@@z3roo0 you Americans? Don’t expect everyone on the internet to be American just cause they’re one of the largest populations on earth.

[@z3roo0]

@Atelier God Let's face it, american english is THE most used language in the world and a large poriton of them are americans as well. The chance that americans are watching this is probably high as well

[@kekekeke2200]

I would more translate it as blue band than blue ribbon

[@sandranorum6125]

I never thought I would enjoy military content on youtube! I respect the military a lot, it’s just something that I’ve never experienced, you know? Good to see you liked Swedish rations. I’m glad our Swedish military don’t need to eat really horrible food. 😄

[@tommielif]

I prefer the one with potato chicken korma, really nice meal. Appreciate that you are looking into the scandinavian armed forces and especially sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@tommielif]

Its the non freeze dried version btw.

[@zeroxception]

I think its great that some Yanks make an effort to acknowledge and explore the rest of the world

[@DaDunge]

the low calories you commented on early is likely the fact that there is less sugar in it- So yeah it has less carbs than you're used to but more of them are slow burn carbs meant to make you feel full rather than give you a sugar rush. It's what we always taught when I was in the scouts sugar and instant noodles (I mean the five minute boil time things not the freeze dried stuff I'm sure the military thought this through) are convenient but you can't hike a day with a full sized backpack on them. Never mind combat exercises.

[@doop00]

Nut Cream (Nötkräm) has been around forever in Sweden, I loved to get it as a kid.

[@edvinhaglund]

In Sweden we eat the food straigt out of the bag, not on a plate.

[@Chris09978]

I think he knows that already lol but he put it on a plate to see the portion and to show us what it looks like

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Musli is more like granola but with less sugar. You usually eat it on top of yoghurt or similar products.

[@attesmatte]

You're adorable when you keep holding your hand in front of your mouth when you chew. 😜 I'm guessing you were raised being told not to talk with food in your mouth? 😁 I usually get those freeze dried meals for when we go hiking in the mountains. They're awesome!

[@minty69420]

9:15 In Sweden “exotic” is more like “rare tropical” with fruits found in the tropics that are usually rare in Europe. Great video man you are always so positive!

[@Vollification]

4:34 "Blå Band" means "Blue Ribbon". They have been making combat rations for the military since the cold war.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Since ww2 actually

[@Vollification]

@@SonsOfLorgar Doesn't surprise me :D

[@MatteRyd]

Love the OSRS tune coming in at the end ^^

[@RaXXha]

Musli is a mix of different grains (most often rolled oats), nuts, fruit etc and is eaten cold for breakfast with milk just like cereal. :-)

[@Erika-br8xo]

not many swedes eat it with milk. Usually with yoghurt or "fil"

[@Jontethim]

Ah man that orange cake made me think of a time back in training when we were out for several days with no food. We were assigned to walk 12km to fetch a "package" (the cake) and then share it between 9 guys. We even ate the wax paper lmao

[@Nordic_Rex]

When I was in the Swedish army back in 08 (mandatory military service, not as a profession) we never got this goodie bag, we got the military issue which was 3 meals divided into seperate pouches but all connected. Brealfast was always some sort of porridge. Lunch was usually some freeze-dried small meal and some kind of drink powder you mix with water, usually some kind of extra sugary "energy drink mix". Dinner was a larger meal, another drink powder and some kind of "desert", normally a granola bar or a 'laser treated chocolate bar'. When in the field the chocolate was amazing, but after I was done and back home I realized how absolutely awful it was! And no, the 'best before' date had not passed, pretty sure if I kept it to today it'd still be fine to eat, bizarre shelf life.

[@turtle-balloon]

Vi får dessa hela tiden nu

[@Alternboy]

The bodylab protein powders are fantastic. I love the salted caramel one :D

[@AchtungKarate]

"Exotic" fruits in Scandinavia are generally things like pineapple, mango, passionfruit, and banana.

[@matteedstrom]

Banana is not a fruit^^ it's a herb.

[@oliverbarnes8191]

@@matteedstrom No it´s not it´s a berry what the fuck

[@vilhelmvilhelm2335]

@@oliverbarnes8191 No no its actually a car

[@anne-christineacpetersson6870]

Musli are like cereals you eat with cold milk. Military also gave us some great porrige with fruit mixed in, also served with milk.

[@slaskpojken396]

That nut paste is craaaazy good! I prefer it over nutella everyday!

[@flingan7512]

those with hazelnut cream, i always bought as a child. you usually eat the way you do. today there are larger packages you kan bay, but usually more for baking and stuff.

[@NickJohnzon]

The empty, transparent bag, is a trashbag.. Leave no trace. .. :-)

[@1zzeee]

And if you look good its divided in two inside so you can keep the trash from the food you havnt eaten yet. ;-)

[@matt.wolves4510]

You should 100% make a podcast in the future! Also I can respect the clone trooper helmet!

[@worryworm]

This was, apparently, the arctic ration. Hence lots of carbohydrates and proteins...

[@kimie7479]

Awesome vid, it made my day!

[@jariquassdorf5520]

When in the field, and being hungry, during winter, cooked in your personal field kitchen or heated by ration heaters or in worst case even only soaked with cold water..... I promise you this will taste better than anything you would ever get in a multiple star restaurant in any major city of the world.

[@kjellannn]

Hahaha, so true! Nothing wors then being cold hungry and depleated of sleep. Still remember hallucinating skulls laugthing at me when i did my paddel haha.

[@kramasnu3826]

Thanks for the review. We have these every now and then and menu number 1 seems to be the most popular one overall. Nöt-Creme is a classic, I spent a lot of my allowance as a kid on those, downing them like you did, on my way home from school. For the heated meals, we also get separate flameless chemical heater bags that react with water and cooks the meal right in its packaging, it’s pretty useful when you don’t have access to a regular heater. Did you notice the pasta packaging actually folds out so ot can stand on its own, almost like a bowl? And the main transparent plastic bag is divided into two compartments, one to store the trash and wrappings. Greetings from Sweden.

[@lenasoderberg4653]

I had alot of american friends when I was younger. Many of them whanted me to send them swedish candy cause we dont use so much suger.

[@mattiasjohansson4881]

The little bag with nötcreme are made in a small town called Hässleholm in the south of Sweden. We eat it exactly like you did 👍 My wife works in the factory making them 👍. Great video

[@Torikkaa]

Your channel is growning. In the future you should visit a swedish unit like K 3 jaegers and see how they train their soldiers. :)

[@Belnick6666]

Blå Band is mostly known for making powder sauces like 1 bag of powder and few cups of water and then heat and you have Béarnaise sauce or whatever flavor you bought, I never knew they made food

[@toshineon]

These Blå Band food bags can be bought from a lot of outdoor sports stores here in Sweden. I sometimes buy them for lunch, they're really not bad.

[@Ara-co1kh]

You need to try the Finnish field ration! I did my time in the conscript army last fall and I still get shuddeds thinking about the freeze dried foods... not to mention the water being piss warm 90% the time during exercises

[@neuroleptika]

As a swede I will say Finland isnt known for its food in any good way😂 Norway has shit food as well, like sometimes shockingly horrid

[@thurbine2411]

5:20 we get real sporks from the military but they often break so it’s good to have some extra spoons

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

as a Swede in the military, I remember people actually complaining about these rations... imagine that. I can only come to the conclusion that a lot of Swedes have a *way* to easy civilian life. random information. a "Sachet" is a smaller pouch like item but its mainly for packaging, not storing. "exotic" in Sweden basically means "Tropical" so if you get anything Swedish (or Scandinavian in general) labeled Exotic you can almost 100% expect a mango/guava/banana/pineapple mix type things. There are different varieties but its almost always at least two of these, sometimes there is coconut in there too. Müsli is basically like cereal but healthier (some brands) you put it in a bowl and pour milk on it. mostly its a mix of different grains, primarily wild oats and some nuts and berries like lingon or blueberry, sometimes with raisins (not sure I spelled that correctly, apologies English is my third language) the "ü" is actually a German letter and is pronounces closer just the first letter "Y" in "you", not like the whole word.

[@Digzitify]

Dom klagade på maten? Va? Den ser ju riktigt bra ut och näringsrik. Eng: They complained about the food? What? It looks really good and nutritious.

[@hugowijk3676]

@@Digzitify Some of it isn't exactly amazing but I really don't get how some people can complain. We had our soldatprov a little while ago and hadn't had anything to eat in about a day, they surprised us with breakfast rations and still some people didn't even eat up (only people who got the raspberry rice pudding). Didn't let anyone throw theirs out though ate it all up myself and then let them have some of my protein bar later which everyone could easily eat :D

[@TurunHenkka]

Finnish ration has almost same stuff inside. Oh man, so many memories with those 😄

[@Kingen1337]

Most of The stuff from The Swedish ration is The same food as we eat Daily, blå band is very huge here in sweden, they male alot of food and soups. And we are very good to not use that much sugar in our food and sweets. And im so happy that you did not taste our "Soldatens Ärtsoppa" it means The soldiers peasoup, its so yuckie. Many american like our candy aswell :)

[@someoneelse7629]

I eat the pea soup almost every thursday still, it's 30 years since I was in the military... I love it!

[@Zorcci]

As a cultural enthusiasts I'm so happy for you for discovering new foods and drinks. :) Definitely right call to start doing these food videos. Not at all weird to eat while film, it is/was all in your head. :) Keep it up.

[@patriklind545]

The "Dry" version sucks in comparrisson to the "wet" version. This is the "dry" version.

[@kekekeke2200]

Can be disputed, a thing that can't is that the chili con carne is the best food from swedish mres

[@Ogur1981]

The scandinavians cooperate on a lot. Recently they coop ordered a new combat military uniform for Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Completely interchangeable between the nations, just each having their own camo pattern.

[@nov2263]

It's pronounced almost as "Miss Lee", it's not a swedish word, comes from Schweiz.

[@cuhurun]

Bro... pleased to see the big bag of Yorkshire tea on the shelf there with you. Top man !

[@MultiErikw]

Man you got the freese dried ones lucky. They are pretty good, the wet/”fresh” (bathing in oil) though are well it`s energy at least. Except the mexican tuna chili pasta that stuff is pure poison.