Erbswurst - German Survival Ration 1867-1945

[@InrangeTv]

In 1889, the Knorr instant-food company bought the license. Knorr, which is today a Unilever brand, discontinued the production of Erbswurst on December 31, 2018.

[@lhasenor3736]

InRangeTV 😢 guess I’ll starve when my looted food runs out then...

[@FelixSeiffer]

We still use this stuff at home, I quite like it and it is an easy snack when you have little time to cook

[@jasnix]

Some Google fu turned up directions on DIY erbswurst. www.meatsandsausages.com/sausages-by-country/german-sausages/erbswurst

[@dbmail545]

Damn! Looks like just the thing for hurricane rations.

[@basti080891]

Just wanted to comment that they discontinued the erbswurst, very sad!

[@ewilano649]

As for the fuel tablets, during my service in the Bundeswehr, for heating a single serving, we used half a tablet to ensure we didn't need to wait for the rest to fully combust and so that the stove could be packed away faster because it cooled faster.

[@Sableagle]

We got stoves looking a lot like that in '98, but we also got a brick of "hexie" fuel about the size of the stove per day. A 2cm cube was plenty for two meals and two cups of tea.

[@51WCDodge]

Problem is it's a bugger to clean the base of the mess kit afterwards.

[@wubble666]

We got Hexi tablets in the Australian Army as well(I think they still issue them today) and we use to break them up with the butt of the rifle into small parts for the same reason

[@DaremoKamen]

As a former Bundeswehr, would you comment on my post about the former officer reminiscing about 'panzer platten'? IIRC he wrote something about other troops putting shoe polish on them and setting it on fire to heat water but that he never did that because he actually liked the taste.

[@TheKILLERDESTRUCTION]

Baptiste Siegfried Scherer Thanks for the info,i salute you from Romania.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

We still used Esbit cookers in 2001 during my time in the Austrian Army.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Yup.. issued in UK military rations up until thr 1990s when I was in. Not sure if they still are. My son uses an esbit cooker when he's in the field.

[@ilikeyourname4807]

We have one at home for bike trips

[@agesicht18]

It's still used in the Bundeswehr

[@IvanWongHongKong]

hello there big fan

[@Oberkommando]

Immer noch

[@Arthurzeiro]

I've noticed a serious lack of hissing in this video.

[@vertigo4236]

Nice!

[@thesturm8686]

And a serious lack if trays

[@jibb1451]

Lets get this out onto a t- - . . . Hey! Nice Hi- -. . . STEEEVEEEEEEE!!!

[@marcosdarcy2221]

Nice!

[@finscreenname]

No glass taps? How does he know its liquid?

[@SteamGeezerUK]

When I was in the British Army in the late '80s into the mid '90s, we used those cookers too. They were known as hexamine cookers, or hexieblocks. The cooker was basically the same too. Ours came folded shut with a waxed cardboard box of the hexieblocks inside. At one stage I had literally hundreds of boxes of these things in my shed and used them as firelighters because you always had way more blocks than you could ever use cooking a 24 hour ration pack. Pro tip - once you've brewed your tea, keep the used teabag as they're perfect for scrubbing the soot from the hexieblocks off of your mess tin.

[@nirfz]

I absolutely agree, those little blocks are great fire starters we got them too (99') in Austria, and we used the tablets for starting the fires in the tent ovens too.

[@thomassimpson6901]

We were using Hexie right up until about 2013/14 if I remember correctly. Then it was replaced with a new type that did exactly the same thing but burned far more cleanly, faster, hotter and with very little smell. Generally a 50% improvement I would say. I also had a large quantity and one day just ended up burning the whole lot (which was foolish).

[@51WCDodge]

Hey! I was never told the tea bag trick! Must try it. :-)

[@liquidocelot5976]

Yeah they’re still using those stoves and tablets

[@MrSaerrock]

When serving in the Australian Army during the 90's we had the same stoves & fuel but since we were a Reserve infantry unit we had no mechanical transport generally so dumped the stoves & made an improvised one out of rocks or a small ration can

[@Kerndon]

And for dessert, some Scho-ka-Kola

[@geekmansegraves]

It's become my go-to chocolate because if these guys!

[@xrysoryba]

I was going to say the same thing, but decided to read down the comments first. I'm having a wedge right now.

[@Ecocristero3]

I was thinking pervitin for every meal but fair enough.

[@erzherzogalbrecht8504]

@@Ecocristero3 il have some, Please

[@Ecocristero3]

@@erzherzogalbrecht8504 We'll take my entire supply and charge at Moscow, who's in?

[@timotoxic4664]

The ERBSWURST is gone, since 01.01.2019 the production is ended. Sadly there ist till now nothing for a replace ti.

[@peterdammeliusosterode3424]

Probieren Sie schwedische Erbsensuppe.

[@brittakriep2938]

Perhaps you can find Erbsensuppe bags from Knorr or Maggi company.

[@peterdammeliusosterode3424]

@@dmg4415 Vergiss den " punch" nicht. Eller vad det nu kan heta på tyska. Fast nu för tiden ska man väl smörja in händerna med den.😆

[@andrewmn3024]

Get ready for the what would Karl do ration kit from Brownells

[@TheKodiak72]

Look up the recipe. Pretty easy to replicate

[@AkiSan0]

Today in "Kochen mit Karl: Die herzhafte Erbswurst! Lecker!" (Cooking with Karl: The hearty Erbswurst! Delicious!)

[@thehobobehindyou]

YES! lol XD

[@robertscott2210]

Sehr gut!

[@andreasbachlindsmann1610]

Mitt Keks! Spitze!

[@moth138]

Örbswörst* :D

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

feels like i've seen this in wolfenstein.

[@yusufkirkar9958]

History: This is what is your ancestors did and it is still practical. University Students: Angry ramen noises

[@vincentlamb3436]

@@sebastiangorka200 what proof do you have?

[@thesturm8686]

@@sebastiangorka200 at least it's natural...

[@micahmeier7937]

Gonna call bullshit on that one. Peas, bits of bacon, and hardtack is infinitely better than that extruded sawdust paste.

[@davidtuttle7556]

@@sebastiangorka200 thats why it is a survival ration. Its meant to provide calories for soldiers on the march. It is not intended to be part of a long term diet. MREs tend to operate on a similar principle. Lots of salts and sugars for energy and electrolyte replacement but not a lot of proteins or vitamins. I suppose you can do a pemmican/protein bar but good god does that require you to drink a shit tone of water to process it. And water may or may not be in regular supply and therefore valuable for other things.

[@Lv-sl3rm]

@WiffleballTony I have yet to find a Uni student who actually plays Fortnite....

[@Basement_Operator]

Still waiting on that Steve1989 collaboration

[@InrangeTv]

Keep waiting.

[@rodrigodepierola]

"It expired two years ago"....Steve thinks "anything under 20 doesn't count as expired"

[@turbowolf302]

Same.

[@MrGreghome]

Can wait for Steve to do Campbell's soup and McDonald's in 20 years.

[@RalphReagan]

@@InrangeTv lol!

[@joh1732]

fun fact: ESBIT is the Backronym for "Erich Schumms Brennstoff in Tablettenform"e.g. Erich Schumms fuel in pill-form. Works great, stinks like hell and was also used for fuling toy steam engines.

[@anteaters4455]

Usually Americans pronouncing German is very hard to listen to but I enjoy hearing you say "Örbswörst" again and again. Great video to showcase these rations from yesteryear

[@1und20]

Sadly Knorr discontinued the Erbswurst :(

[@reverend1989]

Not even two years ago. But well, its not like this is something that would make them a lot of revenue

[@50TNCSA]

Whaaaaat

[@thriftshopsspiritstops9951]

reverend1989 if only they held out for another two years

[@brokenspine66]

For 129 years in production, that's a track record. I liked this product for backpacking bicycle tours + camping - sad.

[@CannaCJ]

@@brokenspine66 I was just thinking that it would be so nice to have soup on that form factor for touring.

[@jantschierschky3461]

Actually still part of the German military kit. We carried those in our vehicles. I am very familiar with the kit there. Btw open the stove fully or it can collapse

[@kenharrington3783]

Yeah I have some experience with the esbet stove, it's been a while but I remember that it should be fully open. Great reminder of some uglier times in my life..cheers K

[@Seelenschmiede]

Yeah, saw it half opened and flinched by the looks of it.

[@psychoaiko666]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@Guhonter]

Out of my own Bundeswehr experience I can tell you to always open the Esbitkocher all the way, ask me how I know the semi open stove is a bad idea :)

[@Tobascodagama]

How do you know the semi-open stove is a bad idea?

[@davidreeding9176]

Yes, I too am curious about what it is that you know, and how you know it

[@greyhoundTex]

Probably lit something on fire or his kit tipped off and burned him with hot water. Haha.

[@Moorhuehnchen]

in my experience in the Bundeswehr it tends to tilt over more easily, i won't advice to blow out esbit. when cooling down the melted esbit cristalises into HCN. Lighting it back again you can suffer HCN poisoning, leading to brain damage, lung damage, cancer, death. For any history buff: HCN was used in some termination camps in WW2 instead of Zyklon B. Source: my former Feldwebel

[@Guhonter]

When cooking on an Esbit stove you usually heat up a ration and not just water, so you need to stir constantly or your food will get burned quite quickly, as the Esbit is really REALLY hot. And said rations weigh a tad more than 8 ounces plus the mess kit gets very hot as well. All said: it is very prone to tipping over and you do not want to catch a hot mess kit full of very hot content with bare hands (When using the Esbitkocher in the field we usually wore one glove to hold on to the kit) Pro tip: make sure the handle bar is always upright so it stays cool :)

[@50TNCSA]

Well as seeing as we have original pieces of hardtack that's edible from the civil war I believe it's a great long term food

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

Honey lasts forever too

[@GuntherRommel]

Nice.

[@Seelenschmiede]

@@rhodesianwojak2095 since it is antibacerial, you can put it on wounds too!

[@ESA221]

I really dig the InField-kitchen videos. Offers you a topical, yet broader net to bring in new viewers with as well.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

I owned an Esbit when I served in the US Army in Germany in the 80s. Great bit of kit. Small [it fit in a field jacket pocket], incredibly light, and the fuel was readily available... even at gas stations. When I served we were eating the last of the C-rations and the first of the MREs [these did not yet have the heat packs] and being able to dump your food into a canteen cup and heat it up in 15 minutes was DAMNED handy.

[@DaremoKamen]

I've read a former West German naval officer talk about their rations. He said they include a hardtack that is essentially an extra large butter cookie cooked extra hard that serves the role of an energy bar, that the troops call them 'panzer platten' (armor plates) because of how hard they are, and often use them for other purposes than eating but that he enjoyed them.

[@name479]

InrangeTV make some of the best damn content there is. I would very much like this as a series, there aren’t much videos on German rations

[@jedibike]

Thank you Carl. You guys stay safe & healthy as well. -Proud Patreon supporter since 2015.

[@C-Henry]

Closest thing I've seen to hardtack in local stores is saltines, which last a while but will go rancid due to the oil in them. Usually easier to just make it. Flour, water, salt, bake, bake again, and maybe again. Kept some in my tool box at work as a last ditch snack and three years later it was still edible. Will look into the Erbswurst though, some commenters are saying its discontinued, but it cant be that hard to make.

[@juliamertenatowne9521]

Sailor brand crackers....they last forever.

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

Like a surprising number of German product and company names, Esbit is an abbreviation. It originally stands for "Erich Schumms Brennstoff in Tablettenform", i.e. Erich Schumm's fuel in tablet shape.

[@Rabascan]

Fun fact: The German military still uses the very same type of Esbit burner and the same cooking set. And the Erbswurst is a common item in many German supermarkets!

[@TheBigOne0305]

I can confirm that Esbit pretty much keeps forever. My father has a crate of the stuff sitting in the basement that my uncle -swiped- acquired when he was a truck driver in the Bundeswehr in the early 80s. I take a hand full with me on my annual camping trip with some buddies and the stuff still works flawlessly to this day, almost 40 years later (and god knows when it was produced).

[@MousePoint]

Just for cooking: Field Cooking Set has pressed marks in the Kettle. 250ml / 500ml and the first rivet in the pan is a 300ml mark. So you know how many water you need when you use "Instant" food.

[@johnharris1636]

Love the show, Karl! In the mid 80's there was a train car derailment in the canyon I grew up in. One car full of cans of beer and one of cases of C-rations. I ate on those for years!

[@alexmartin9177]

you don’t do food often on the channel but I always enjoy the content.

[@frankkrunk]

The Swedish army rations also heavily depended on pea soup. It's been a staple food since the 1200's here, and every single blue collar restaurant still serves pea soup and pancakes every Thursday. It's traditionally eaten with a dab of mustard to give it some kick. The "Army recipe" pea soup is still sold in shops under the name "Soldatens Ärtsoppa" (the soldier's pea soup), and today it's manufactured by.... Knorr.

[@Anlushac11]

Never heard of Erbwurst before but I do have a new when purchased 1950's Esbit stove that was apparently East German Army issue. Love it and it goes where ever I go. Folded up fits in a shirt pocket with fuel tablets inside.

[@nilsschenkel7149]

Fun fact: Esbit is short for "Erich Schumms Brennstoff in Tablettenform" (Erich Schumm's tablet fuel) - definitely recommended to pack the tablets airtight, because they are hygroscopic and really stink if you burn them wet.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

BTW the hard bread is colloquially known as Panzerkeks or Panzerplatten (tank/armour cookie or tank/armour plate). Makes for a great fire starter together with some shoeshine.

[@leonardwei3914]

I bought a Esbit Stove and fuel tablets when I was still in the Army, specifically for FTXs. They worked great and a morale boost for cold nights when you needed something warm to drink.

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

I just looked at the Google Trends page for Erbswurst. This video caused a giant spike over the week.

[@elky5987]

On the channel townsends ( which is an 18th century channel) they have videos on how to make hardtack, pemmican, and "portable soup" wich is like the erbsvwurst.

[@ritalinfan]

We still use the same Esbit Stove and Mess-Kit in the Austrian Army.

[@vincentbergmann3946]

Same in Germany

[@TheArchaos]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@mrwalter1049]

We have a mess-kit based on that same design still in use in Finland :)

[@DerDoctor69]

Heard from a few buddys in the Bundeswehr that the Pick Pott is absolute shit. Is that true oris that just the normal "Alles vom Dienstherren ist scheiße" talk?

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

I was going to ask this question. Is the bucket/kidney mess kit still in use in Germany, Austria? Where else? I have German (alu) and Swedish (steel) type and do use them, was issued Brit ones in 90s which are ok but generally prefer the bucket type. I found out recently us Brits had the bucket/kidney type for more than 100 years til 1930s. Modern rations dictate our choice but I favour the bucket + lid + handle for processing food, water, carrying coals etc. Our Crusader mug system and bottle + plastic mug is great for short term. Personally.

[@jacobechegoyen2351]

I love the quality history you guys bring to the platform

[@Darkerloaf]

Definitely adding that to my backpacking kit and cupboard. Awesome video!

[@DeviantOllam]

"thank you, apocalypse gnome!" 😁

[@nichtnocheiner]

I still have 4 sticks. Meanwhile they are ridiculously expensive on Ebay. Some months ago I prepared it for my neighboours. All of them liked it espacially with some wiener saussages in, as I knew it from my childhood. Outdoorfans used it as a former cheap and rich meal during hillclimbing tours. A shame that Knorr closed the production place for maximising their profit.

[@kingofhogwarts9499]

Well, thats what companys are there for

[@andrewsteele7663]

Huge fan of anything with pig fat, Mausers and solid fuel stoves. the same stove I carried in my webbing back in the day. Enjoyed and now I have subscribed, cheers from Queensland.

[@beardoggin8963]

I bought my coworker one of those Gnomes since he is always giving me patches and such. He loves the thing! It sits proudly on his desk, at home for now but once this is over it coming to the office lol

[@beardoggin8963]

WarhoundXLV it was called Chernobyl gnome on some such on Amazon. It was cheap but worth it since he does a lot for me *EDIT* :Link below

[@MarikHavair]

@@warhound45 It's on amazon, you can find it by searching for gasmask gnome.

[@TheOnlyRatDragon]

Erbswurst is sadly unobtanium in the US at this point since it was discontinued by the manufacturer and had some conflicts with FDA food import regulations. Fortunately, there are clone recipes floating around the internet for those who like this idea

[@JmbFountain]

I live in the same city where the Erbswurst was produced until relatively recently. According to my parents and grandparents, depending on the wind the whole city smelled like that. in the 80s they heightened the smokestacks, so now you don't smell it in the city, you smell it around 25km away. You can also absolutely eat it like that, and making it yourself isn't too hard either.

[@Miesepete]

I have one package of Erbswurst at home :) I was freaking out when I saw that you made a video about it. I will eat Erbswurst tomorrow for lunch. Nice regards from Germany

[@kurtb2522]

Thanks, Karl. I learned something from you today as always.

[@InrangeTv]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kurtb2522]

Mostly, I lurk and keep quiet. The lives of those soldiers, in all conflicts, is fascinating to me. Thanks, Karl. Kurt//@@InrangeTv

[@mbr5742]

The stove and mess kit where used basically unchanged in the west german army at least into the 1990s. Still works and useful in close combat...

[@infidelgermany]

Haha! 2:35 "Örbswörst" (love you Carl, greeting from the country of the Örbswörst)

[@mikeblair2594]

There is a KZbin channel called Townsends that teaches a lot of 17th to 18th century living and cooking is one of the main things they do. They have a hardtack recipe that shows how easy it is to make in large batches. It is a very simple process and they also have a recipe for the portable beef soup that Lewis and Clark carried. As a flintlock hunter, I always carry these two things in my pack. Mixed with wild greens and berrys and such (including a small fishing kit) if I find myself lost, I'm confident that I'll survive to find searchers or civilization. You should ALWAYS get familiar with the plants in your area that are good to eat and those that are poisonous.

[@stefanwolf88]

Such a divers content makes Inrange great provider of information. Keep the good work and stay safe.

[@jenkinsonian]

The British army still uses an esbit style stove but recently replaced the hexamine fuel tabs with alcohol based ones. The new tabs have less energy but don’t give off toxic fumes like hexamine does.

[@theincrediblefox]

It's really fascinating, to see someone from a completely different country be very interested and pationate about stuff from your own country (and it's predecessors). Thanks for the video! Greetings from Kraut country.

[@ZGryphon]

The hardtack reminded me of ship's biscuit, except not riddled with vermin. (And that, in turn, caused the "lesser of two weevils" joke from _Master and Commander_ to replay in my head.)

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Probably more nutrients in the weevils than the hard tack biscuit lol

[@thesweatleaf]

Thanks for your well-wishes Karl -- thanks for your leadership and entertainment big dog

[@dertyp7389]

Funny that you show this now since Knorr is not producing this stuff anymore since last year. Helped me a lot during university life on sundays being hungover...but still have a few rations kept in the basement for the very, very end of month

[@jibb1451]

Can't find a negative comment anywhere. I love this channel.

[@flashgordon6670]

Fantastic vid ty! I love survival programs, pls make more.

[@Rltvader1]

One thing also you could do to thicken the soup is crush a bit of the hard tack and throw it in the soup, might make it a bit easier to eat

[@Omnihil777]

Very nice presentation. There are quite nice recipes out there with Erbswurst, made by soldiers for soldiers, for example "Hühnchen Erbswurst" (Chicken a la peasoup), I'm really trying to remember the title of the book I've read it in some years ago. That chicken recipe kinda stuck witrh me. I for myself hord "Panzerkekse" everywhere in my house, (some day my wife found a pack in the wardrobe) they are the german standard military cookie, I absolutely love them, the older recipe was much better though, but harder to come by these days. "Hoarding" isn't the right word, I'm actually constantly gnawing them and have to top up my supply regularely. Then I cannot see them for a month or two and the circle starts from the beginning. Just love them.

[@josephl2586]

I know this won't get as many likes as other videos but I appreciate this kind of content; fascinating.

[@davidkohler7454]

Thank you Karl..I look forward to trying some of that. Please Stay Well...

[@robertkos7219]

I lived in Winnipeg Canada there’s a very large Mennonite population there. A bunch of the old guys where Yatzy‘s:) The old guys would make the soup on site, but they made it more like a porridge. With the hard bread. Dried hunter Langer sausage on the side . They would also a drink South American Tea Out of a bull horn with a metal straw. When I knew the most of them they where in their 60s. And they would haul concrete forms like nobody’s business.

[@MiuoTheTroll]

With nordic hardtack or "knäckebröd" you have to be bit more careful with it's storage. It has been baked form a sour rye dough and it can go "off" if stored improperly. You can eat it even it's "off" state but the taste is bit weird. In correct conditions it will last for years, but i recomend taking a nibble every now and again to check if it's still good.

[@kedragon6460]

Greetings from Germany, just a tip, if the aluminum in the big pot draws black dots, you shouldn't eat and drink from it anymore.

[@cracklingvoice]

Why? I've never heard of this before.

[@maxlutz3674]

@@cracklingvoice There may be a couple of reasons for the dots. An insect - no problem. Pot has not been cleaned properly after last use - no problem. The aluminum is starting to corrode - don´t use the mess kit anymore, the aluminum may get ingested and is considered to do harm (e. g. promote Alzheimers). Considering the setting, the dot might have been a tiny beetle or an ingredient of the erbswurst.

[@TheKILLERDESTRUCTION]

Thanks for the idea,i’ll get all the neccessary stuff as soon as possible.

[@tomunterwegs1206]

The commentary section is now under german speakers reign. So, wer aus Deutschland, Österreich oder Schweiz da? :-D

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

Ein ganzer Haufen! ich bin immer wieder überrascht wie viele bei InRange oder beim MG Jesus unterwegs sind.

[@clone3632]

Ich bin aus Schweizer

[@truckerallikatuk]

Zwei KAR98 (lange oder die kurtz) bitte. Unt Ich bin ein Englander :P. Wo ist der MG Jesus und die französische version?

[@justintimm9078]

Deutschland. Mecklenburg un genau zu sein. Grüße ausm Norden

[@coreyfaehrmann1580]

Moin

[@markwierzbicki5307]

Had those cookers in the British Army ( so I used them from 1976-2000) along with AB biscuits! Crush the "soup" mixture, and add it to the water, then at the biscuit, bring to the boils and simmer for 3-4 minutes. On a cold, wet evening prior to stand too. Warmed you up and filled your belly. We used to take oxo cubes and curry power as well, ( when available) . I miss those days!

[@arthursmith4200]

Hardback also called pilot biscuits or pilot bread , used to be able to buy it in bulk at Winco , you can buy it online or go to Townsends on you tube. He shows how to make it, it is basically water salt and flour baked kinda like cookies only dried completely.

[@509Gman]

Erbswurst might be gone, but hard tack is still commercially available at least in Alaska as “pilot bread”. Just bought a bunch today.

[@kevinfinney8237]

When I was a kid Santa brought me a small table top steam engine that used small Esbit tablets as fuel. I think it was German made. Lot's of fun :-)

[@th3rdmonkey159]

Great content as always !

[@CssHDmonster]

now this is a cooking show i can get behind

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I think Campbell's Soup has a Split Pea Soup with Bacon in a can. You can make close to the original recipe by buying the dried split peas and adding thick chopped bacon and salt to flavor it with other ingredients to how the cook made it. I bet the Infantry company field kitchens did that recipe to feed large groups of soldiers.

[@goodnough1]

That stuff is real easy to make at home. Made some years ago, and now that you reminded me time to go at it again. Thanks!

[@donbow450]

The dishes set misses an inlay. The inlay has a little slot that matches the hook on the top part. When you grap the handle of the lower part with the same hand, you can hold everything in one hand, while you wait in line of the field kitchen.

[@thomassymonds6308]

Love the content Karl!

[@ericn7677]

Strange, survival rations that were designed during the hard days of warfare to keep troops alive are still viable. Thanks Karl, I always like your interesting and diverse content. Not everything has to be about firearms. That looks like a good kit to have around in case things get really bad.

[@shawnbailey5595]

At 4:30 you get the authentic experience of the allies flying overhead while cooking rations!

[@williamflowers9435]

Absolutely LOVE this type of content!!! Thank You, Karl!!!

[@brunoterlingen2203]

Quite apt at a time like this, thank you Karl.

[@jacobbuxton932]

One of my new favorite videos

[@simonholley4110]

Karl, thank you for the historical content, always one of the best bits of this channel. I love the food aspect too.

[@montecar87]

The German "Knorr" company announces in Dec 2018, they discontinue after 129 years the production of the "Erbswurst"

[@DeHerg]

Hardtack best to be crumbled and mixed with the soup. Thickens it back up quite nicely.

[@DeHerg]

@heldgop But then you use up more of the tabs and still have the dry hardtack. Mixing the two solves both issues.

[@Divyanshu0236]

Nice and very informative 👍👍

[@woltews]

do more of this please , it gives a lot of context to the gun vidios

[@davidgillon2762]

Pea soup with bacon? Sounds like Pease Pudding, which is mostly a North of England thing, though you can get it tinned (by Foresight) in many British supermarkets. But rather than being dehydrated its natural texture is somewhere between butter and cheese. I've always eaten it cold, but apparently it also works hot, or as a soup base. Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold, Pease pudding in the pot - nine days old. Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot - nine days old.

[@patrickdobbels2342]

Thank you Karl. This was fun.

[@ergot57]

I understand you will not see this probably, but I subbed and gave you a thumbs up simply for saying keep your distance. I'm a born and raised Mississippi hunter gatherer that grew up with a rifle and or shotgun in my hand and over my shoulder. What I have seen in the last few years is even stranger than the things I watched play out while growing up. The stuff killed too many people. It did not need to play out that way. Ignorance is no replacement for science.

[@MrCyphermonkey]

It would appear that Knorrs has stopped production in January ‘19 ☹️

[@ralph1125]

The production of "Erbswurst" was stopped on 31. December of 2018 due to low demand. Its now hard to get anywhere.

[@dustinshadle732]

Those stoves and foods like that are in every car and truck in my family. My grandfather had done so and dad made sure we all have and know how to use the mini mess by the time we get one at age 10. Severe winter weather and being trapped in a car were the main reason but I'd take mine and water out camping and at least I always had something. It is actually very easy to make hard tack, and I usually add pepper to mine. Watch what you add though because spices can have a nasty effect if you end up feeding someone who has been malnourished. Bland, warm, and in small portions and servings, even for water. I believe I picked my sisters kids up a few kits at a fleet and farm.

[@carlmcdaniels1675]

Thanks for the broadcast. This is truly "Food for thought & contemplation".

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Well made pea soup is liquid happiness in winter.

[@stephanhasemeyer]

Hello, a beautifully made video but the pea sausage is prepared a little differently, 1. Crumble pea sausage tablet .. Right 2. Add 250ml of water and the powder 3. Let the whole thing boil so the soup thickens properly. 4. Eat. greetings from Erfurt Germany Stephan

[@LoneWolf051]

you can use multiple or less Esbit fuel tabs to increase the cooking time and control the heat

[@Paaanzaaa]

The Bundeswehr (German Military) still issues and hands out these Esbit cookers as personal equipment to every soldier. Also Tip: Reduce the amount of water by 2/3; this will give you a paste that makes a wonderful spread for the hard crackers, especially with a little pepper and, if on hand, a bit of butter.

[@curtise.gill67]

Nice. Yall should do more of this.

[@leftnoname]

One appreciates a ration setup of this kind in cold weather...There is nothing like a warm soup and tea/coffee on a fresh winter night on the Ostfront...

[@Yithmas]

The Knorr Erbswurst is standard food for German reenacters, campers and live roleplayers and while it is not all that good it is a cult classic! Plus: Regular Bundseswehr cookies/hartkekse are actually very good food and readily available on the web.