Enjoying a Beef Ravioli MRE For Lunch. The Best Meals Ready to Eat That I have Ever Tasted.

[@chrisdover8014]

Ate those for 6 months at our outpost in Iraq. Most were pretty good, but no one would even touch the veggie omelet. We had an entire pallet of boxes with only the veggie omelet left over. We would have rather starved. The ravioli, cheese tortellini, and chicken with salsa were my favorites. People would get pretty creative with them to make custom things, like Ranger Apple Crumble, using pieces from different meals. All you need is the spiced apples, creamer powder, and oatmeal cookie.

[@stebasteps]

Century old hard tack is preferable to the vomelet. I'd like to know how and why the meal even made it to production.

[@vinceedwards3978]

Hate to say this, but I did similar things with my jail commissary

[@mattmarzula]

@@stebasteps they need a breakfast menu. The omelette tasted like a boiled foot but, the rest of the meal was good.

[@mattmarzula]

Sounds like waste. I purposely ate the veggie omelettes as a psychological ploy. I planted the seed that it was my favorite. Turns out, from pogs to grunts to snake eaters it doesn't matter that you are willing to eat their throwaways. It just matters to them that they aren't. Bunch of selfish pricks. They're all gone one way or another. Every so often I'll still hear someone tell a story about this one guy who only ate veggie omelettes and pork rib MRE's. I never tell them it was me. I just smile knowing that the seed that was planted all those years ago has grown like a weed and festered in people's minds who are five generations removed.

[@touchtoomuch1000]

Happy Veteran's Day and thank you for your service.

[@LonC1966]

No disrespect to you. Love the channel. The people selling those MREs are smoking crack. $16.67 per meal is beyond ridiculous.

[@JB-mk4ry]

They're about $10 on Amazon (edit... When you buy a case of 12), which is very fair.

[@john_mccarthy_hi]

they last 5 years

[@bentaylor4570]

Wow i had no idea they were priced so high.

[@rodgerhatfield3068]

Wow. That much? No wonder they last 5 years. Gonna take ‘‘em that long to sell.

[@Lacocacolaman]

I'm with you. Ineed to learn to make pemmican.

[@kathrinekerns8398]

When we went camping we would take a bag of pancake flour, a cast iron frying pan, and fishing poles. A lot have changed. I spent 10 years in the Army, and don't think I ever want to eat MRE's ever again.

[@edgardovilla199]

I did 4 yrs, MRE’s give me the nightmares till this day. All I remember was the severe constipation.

[@DamonNomad82]

My dad's side of my family has strong military connections, and most of them would tell you that "MRE" stands for either "Meals Rejected by the Enemy" or "Materials Resembling Edibles"!

[@DaleStLouis-xb5mx]

We used to say MREs were three lies for the price of one, not a meal, not ready and not fit to eat. But they were better than the Vietnam era 4 choices, including Ham and Lima Beans nobody wanted. And I think the one in the video is better than the ones we had 20 years ago. (I ate as a hunter, was not military.) We had a darker hard cracker and it always had either cheese or peanut butter with it. It was always enough carbs, protein and fat but sometimes lacking in vegetables and vitamins. But, they were never designed to be the only thing a soldier ate for long periods. (They got used that way anyway sometimes.) We had two heat packs, large and small, for entrée and side dish, and maybe a smaller one for hot beverage. But we learned you could heat the entrée and then take it out and put the side dish in the same pouch, didn't need the second one. Faster and easier.

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Had a few MREs with my son when we hiked Acadia National Park two years ago. We stayed three days then went to the Adirondacks and had more MREs while hiking. Very good stuff. We had Lasagna and Beef Stroganoff. Those you had looked really good.

[@SuperMenaceArchives]

I would like to see you do the rest of these in a future video. Love that you're starting to experiment with new video ideas, keep up the good work Shawn! :)

[@Jack-gy7cs]

In Nam we got L-Rats (not called MRE's) that were just one bag of main course that hot water was added to. As I remember we got those maybe twice a week and the rest of the time was just C-Rats. It kind of worried me because the flies wouldn't even eat the C-Rats but we had to. 🤭

[@cherylepp1080]

Important question: Are these packages mouse resistant?

[@californiadreamer2580]

Those packages look like the same military grade ones I had. A mouse tried to nibble on one package and gave up. The packages were never bothered again.That plastic outer bag is super tough. Watch how much pressure Shawn has to use with his knife to open the packs.

[@jeangemmel7895]

The hash brown one with sausage patty please Shawn for your next taste test. I love your honesty and you seem to have enjoyed your food so that's the main thing really xx Jean from Scotland.

[@KendrasEdge757]

Crackers and cheese spread were great! The rib was good and the tortellini and ravioli are good. There’s pretty good when you’re in Iraq in a war zone, but some of them weren’t ever touched. Lol we’d just eat the coffee packets some nights on watch you’re so exhausted they help stay awake!

[@edgardovilla199]

I loved the chicken cavatelli mre, don’t know if it’s still produced however.

[@warniu123]

Shawn, love your channel. So glad that its MRE on the menu and not a roasted mouse or two.

[@SeanPwnery]

Go for breakfast. “Let’s get this out onto a tray…. Mice?” 😂

[@baconfarts3211]

Yea! SteveMRE! 👍👍👍

[@DamonNomad82]

For the main course, Roast Rat Ribs. For dessert, Mice Cream!

[@Angofurious]

I don't know why I expected a "lets put this on tray, nice".

[@billsomrak]

Those "crackers" reminded me of Civil War "Hard Tack" ... but probably tasted better, especially since they didn't come with wevils. You should try the vegetarian taco ... that is completely different kind of fare. The heating up process didn't seem to go as well as other's I've seen, which actually had steam rising off of them.

[@DamonNomad82]

Having tried both the MRE "crackers" and hardtack (though to be fair, it was homemade hardtack, not Civil War era stuff and thus lacked the extra "flavor" that weevils would have added), I would say the hardtack tasted much better, but was also much harder to chew. The MRE "crackers" closely resembled an unsweetened Pop Tart with no filling.

[@kimberbob9141]

22 years in the Army Ive eaten many of these, Ive found if it is a food you like they are very good! Of course if its something you dont like, well you are probably not gonna like it in MRE form either! Bon Appitte!

[@LITTLE1994]

I bet. Thank you for your service

[@kimberbob9141]

@@LITTLE1994 it was a pleasure sir!

[@TheFlyingSailorYT]

Those are just good to have. If you're out on a hunt, stored for just-in-case if there's a disaster, or for a lazy meal.

[@flypole1255]

We ate them cold while training in the field. One improvement was when they added Tabasco sauce.

[@Stue-e]

for most people MRE's will be like an average to low quality microwave dinner. but for people who need a carry a backpack like hikers of campers or whatever really benefit from the nutrition to weight ratio. theres probably loads of thought that goes into what's in them, just as much as what to exclude

[@HolzMichel]

in the air force we had MREs in boot camp when we went out to the confidence course. the one i got had a freeze dried ham patty in it that was supposed to be reconstituted with water. there was also freeze dried neopolitan ice cream. one of the guys suggested to eat it dry, which i did. it was actually pretty good. like eating a ham flavored cookie and ice cream flavored crackers. there have been some real interesting changes in MREs over the decades..

[@blister762]

Oh god, the ham patty and ice cream. Yeah don't rehydrate them. They turn to mush but were definitely better dry.

[@thejohnbeck]

in the mid 90s, the "slab of" ones were not good. i'm sure i'm not the only one who saw them get dropped on the ground face down and shuffled to keep things fair when we picked. or if we were in a rush, they just got thrown to us. (not in the military)

[@matthewturner7888]

The confidence is now called beast week (I went through Air Force BMT in 2017) I am sure its completely different now, but the MREs we had, if you got lucky some of them had hersheys or even Oreo like cookies in them. they were all really good from what I remember.

[@SuicidalRevolver]

I guess you'll be calling yourself Shawn1989 from now on, and I approve of our new MRE connoisseur.

[@MANNY100123]

More MRE vids would be awesome! :D

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

Happy meal ready to eat Friday!

[@tpl608]

I know USA military MREs cannot be sold in the USA, technically. I bought one on Amazon about a week ago. Maybe the law changed. It was a chicken southwest bowl. It was amazing.

[@giovannirojas3952]

Great video Shawn. Always make topics interesting.

[@susanmejeur3245]

Being vegetarian, I vote for trying the veggie meal next. 😋

[@KatlinMeeko]

Cool what a great review! Please review the rest of the items too I'm really interested.

[@kamiko70]

after the hurricanes here in Florida a couple years ago, our electricity was out for a few days. so we were in our driveway with a camp stove, a camp pot, and a survival meal from one of our buckets full of them, and had the best meal! meanwhile it attracted one of our neighbors who didnt believe in prepping for the storm, and he was struggling to find a way to make a meal. i dont give up my meals for those who refuse to prep for the storms.

[@guybob548]

Nice!.....Lets get this out on the plate!

[@tpl608]

Tasting history with max Miller making hardtack is wonderful. Klack klack. You will get that if you watch the video

[@brandonmeenan8075]

Nice hiss.

[@emt1581]

He skipped it! Steve MRE would not approve!!

[@necoparx2687]

Did the drink mix deform the water bottle?

[@terryv]

I ate the earliest versions in Vietnam in 1969, when we transitioned from C-Rations to MREs in the infantry. I much preferred C-Rats, but the advantage to MREs was that they were lightweight, since you added water to bulk them up. Trouble is, we had to carry our own water, and drinking water was too precious to blow on moistening MREs. Plus, adding just the right amount of water could be problematic; the food would be too crunchy without sufficient water, or too mushy with too much water. For me, C’s were more appetizing. But, when I returned to college, straight from Vietnam in early ‘70, I had to economize on meals. So, I wrote to the manufacturer and asked for a quote for case-lots of MREs to get me through college (this being way before they were available to the general public). They wrote back that they didn’t do any retail business, only military contracts in bulk volume. But, they said, if I reeeally liked them that much, they’d make an exception in my case, and they quoted me a price by the case. I forget what their quote was, 50-odd years later, but I think it worked out to a buck or two per meal, in ‘70 money. I never followed up, having quickly acclimated to normal human food, but I almost took them up on it.

[@mtkoslowski]

I’m a bit younger than you but I soldiered in the Rhodesian bush in the late 1970’s in Matabeleland during the civil war. (It wasn’t that civil.) we had ration boxes known as rat packs which by today’s standards were quite primitive. I think they were made under contract in South Africa. All in all they weren’t too bad and accomplished the mission of keeping us alive and fortunately they varied so we were able to trade between ourselves. Good luck and long life!

[@LITTLE1994]

I would like to try an MRE for once.

[@wallywest7800]

These bring back some bad memories.

[@DaveJHarry]

Very interesting. I love the new format of non-mousetrap content. I can't say I'm a fan of all this plastic, but this sounds ideal for a military emergency survival backup. How does the heating work, an alkali metal? For campers though, I honestly think a bit of forward planning and a little effort could avoid the need. After all, walking and eating is all you have to do all day.

[@DaleStLouis-xb5mx]

It may vary, but yes, the ones I was familiar with had powdered magnesium, iron and sodium. They heated very hot, capable of steam burn if you opened it carelessly. I heard stories from Vietnam soldiers, who's "C Rations" came with some heat source that was less effective. They often pinched a bit of C4 plastic explosive from a claymore bomb, and heated with that.

[@rgs4x]

When I was on a fire line deployment for 13 days these are what we ate. They are pretty good.

[@broncota2210]

What no tray?

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Definitely like the sound of hash browns 🙂

[@billr6983]

Alright! Lets get this out onto a....stump?

[@christopherch7307]

18$ a meal...... ouch

[@Katragine]

Yeah, wouldn't catch me buying that 😆 I'll let KZbinrs do it for me

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

They last half a decade or longer though. Five years the time for inspection. So long as they aren't compromised they will last effectively forever.

[@snappysnap955]

The cookie would probably be good for dunking in the mocha coffee drink

[@rice_dish]

ive always wanted to try one, seems like a more advanced lunchables to me haha

[@micktepolt6276]

that looked really good

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

Let's get this out onto a tray. Nice.

[@johnlord8337]

The cookie and crackers would be processed/pressed without a great deal of butter or oils in the batter - thus they appear dry and flaky vs moist and chewy.

[@BubaLabinski223]

MRE’ S are delicious I used to use them when I was on the swat team and we’d be called out for something I had them in my equipment bag And believe me when you’re laying for hours looking through a rifle scope they taste delicious I mean some of them aren’t all that but if you’re hungry you’re going to eat it and nothing but the best for our military

[@BubaLabinski223]

@@ivar-the-terrible when you’re laying out in the blazing sun sweating and night freezing and looking through a night rifle scope for hours believe me they taste pretty good. Yes they are expensive. I’ll give you that, but the American m.r.e’s aren’t bad at all.

[@BubaLabinski223]

@@ivar-the-terrible I forgot about the cheese spread. Yeah that shits nasty lol I never ate the bread. I would always eat the entrée though and the dessert.

[@edgardovilla199]

@@BubaLabinski223 I don’t think you’ve had that VEGGIE OMELETTE. That one is just a no go for me and most of the guys I served with.

[@BubaLabinski223]

@@edgardovilla199 no I never had the veggie omelette I had the hotdogs already they are gross but however when I was on the swat team that was back in the 90s early 90s and when we were called out for training drills and we had to do it at all elements, rain sleet, snow blazing heat and you’re laying there looking through a rifle scope at that time you don’t care what it taste like you just ate it because it was the best way to eat something and also it was high calorie

[@bentaylor4570]

I found no the powered drink mixes better with just a little liquid. I drink them in the office some days. If you are out try using two water bottles to mix it.

[@andrewmortimer3317]

Lets get this out onto a tray.....Nice

[@oldrrocr]

THANKS VETS! for eating these... so we don't have to.

[@tpl608]

There is a whole KZbin channel of this guy trying MREs from all over the world. Would you really trust Russian ones, north Korea, etc? Lol

[@Danevils]

Awesome video Shawn! Love it!! Take care with this knife, it might be worth to put it aside when manipulating other stuff with two hands! haha

[@Christophersanchez1326]

Love the crackers from those MRE's.

[@adamwarlock3530]

you shouldve opened the MRE up and left it out in the woods and recorded the animals ate it.

[@alisakeecowsocks5398]

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[@theluischavez]

Hey Shawn love your channel ive been a subscriber for about 3 yrs. How about an Everyday Carry video?! Id like to see what your everyday carry looks like.

[@lindsaygreen5102]

Will it stop you up?

[@gustavoguti27]

I love going outdoors into the wild and those meals could be really practical, but that amount of waste is a huge no

[@GASNICABRUNATNA]

Let's get that out on a tray. Niiiiice

[@natalieisagirlnow]

each meal is 17 bucks, without tax/shipping. too much

[@emt1581]

These have seriously spiked in price. For a cheaper option look at the HDR's (Humanitarian Daily Ration).

[@jeffy4368]

For $17, i could get 2 meals at mcdonalds

[@bitsinmyblood]

What do you think of an animal based diet?

[@misterdubity3073]

MRE: Mice ready to eat?

[@icychill105]

MRE's are good, i like the chocolate drinks and flavor powders but the worst ones by far is anything with eggs

[@MyMomSaysImKeen]

I make MREs out of the desicated husks of rodents I catch using the techniques you taught me. I'd be delighted to send you some. Ive only got a few intestinal parasites learning the preparation method, but I'm almost certain I've mastered how to hygieniclly create them.

[@cakefete2]

Don't mind me, just commenting so YT updates me about your comment, I want to see where this wild ride goes.

[@mtkoslowski]

Mom says you ride the short bus because you’re SPECIAL.

[@Mkizzz]

German EPA. But it’s for the whole day. The biggest Rumor is that it has enough calories to last one person for a week or 3 soldiers for 1 Day. I know this math doesn’t make any sense.

[@TP-hc4qi]

I liked this better than some of your other non-mouse trap topics.

[@C-Henry]

Doesn't look like the ones I've been issued, maybe made by another company, but if you find the chili mac its one of the best, jalapeno cheese spread is a bonus.

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

They've updated them a bit, those look like demilitarized official ones.

[@BubaLabinski223]

They don’t put hot sauce in any more I really like the MRE tasting videos

[@Stco23]

You have not done an MRE videos in quite some time, if I had to pick the next one you should try it's the Hash Browns W/Bacon Pork Sausage Patty.

[@user-vs9lu7zl2e]

I am in favour for the spaghetti and potatoes!

[@Curt.dammit]

The pound cake is always the best.

[@aphrasion]

lets get this out on a tray

[@peatmoss4415]

I thought MRE stood for Meals Refusing to Exit....

[@DamonNomad82]

Or Materials Resembling Edibles / Meals Rejected by the Enemy!

[@nitrotmann]

Try them all!

[@sninctbur3726]

An army marches on its stomach. Good thing these meals are tasty.

[@picolascage5270]

This should definitely be a series. My two little boys love your channel. Wish nothing but good fortune for you and your family, Corey

[@ttangen8754]

Let’s get that on to a tray nice Steve 1989 probably

[@johnlord8337]

DO the cheese tortellini and how much the cheesiness tastes and the pasta whether dry and rubbery or pasta-good.

[@stans5270]

Five years ago, I wouldn't think that I would be getting culinary advice from someone who has fed his family RAT for dinner. And yet, here I am.

[@dundercontrol]

Gotta try that cheese tortellini next!

[@yanjijay6752]

So want to tey some mre or have some incase of emergency

[@jeffreybaker7406]

You should post a video of you attempting the 2 minute MRE cracker challenge!

[@kaicooper9421]

Keep it. The hamburger one is ok but after 8y in the Army, I'm good

[@gumby26062]

i love mres

[@Lacocacolaman]

I wonder if any of that has any nutrition.

[@stans5270]

MREs that are made by people who make RAT Traps... What could they POSSIBLY taste like? Where is the fine print in the ingredients list?

[@DamonNomad82]

The question is what MRE REALLY stands for. Is it "Materials Resembling Edibles", "Meals Rejected by the Enemy", or, more likely in Shawn's case, "Mice and Rats for Eating"?

[@robleebak]

Do them all in one video

[@vinceedwards3978]

After you have been hiking all day, anything tastes great!

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Vegetarian Taco Pasta. 😁

[@akbychoice]

Soilent Green, tastes different depending on the people.

[@Pygar2]

I noticed that. After Barnum and Bailey fired their clowns, the soylent tasted funny...

[@mtkoslowski]

Right. I stop eating when I taste Preparation H. It really tastes weird and it took me a long time to identify the taste.

[@aminorityofone]

nice!

[@armzbrah6371]

MRE looks decent

[@Xplasma1]

*Steve1989 has entered the chat*

[@enb3810]

Remember when you could buy surplus mres for $1-4 each? Now they're $15 each lmao

[@SargeOfTheGuard]

Dude that ain't a "Real & Genuine" MRE - If it were it'd have a Teensy-Weensy bottle of McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce... for puttin' on that John Wayne Cookie to make it taste right!🌶

[@FeatheredLife]

Chili and beans.

[@gregorydennis4578]

Save the apple sauce for later

[@blister762]

How many vets still have their P-38's?

[@mtkoslowski]

Walther P38?

[@blister762]

@@mtkoslowski nope. They maybe dangerous but not that dangerous and you wore the on you dogtag chain.

[@johnwesley6929]

My boy aeting mres 🤣🤣

[@garryhammond3117]

Thanks Shawn - I didn't even know these were "a thing" - but, it makes sense to have emergency food (and water) on hand to least at least several days to survive a catastrophic event. - Cheers!