Portugal 24 Hour Ration Menu #4 Ração, individual de Combate

This review is a Portuguese Armed Forces (Forças Armadas) 24 Hour Individual Combat ration (Ração, individual de Combate) it is designed to keep a service member in prime condition while under sustained conditions. There are two types this one and one that comes in a box wrapped in plastic. This ration is 3,682 calories. It consists of off the shelf commercial items. Thanks to Nuno for sending this awesome ration to me for a review. If you want to see more Subscribe. Cheers!
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[@armandosreis]

Hi. I served in the portuguese army 27 years ago and that brought back some memories :) Thank you for sharing this. In my time we had some stuff that was already overdue packed in cardboard boxes. I ate some canned meals that were older than I was. And I'm still alive :)

[@gundog4314]

Cheers Armando!

[@MarianaFerreira-eg2wj]

Mais alguém aqui é de Portugal???

[@kpd174]

first time I saw Portuguese mre, great video

[@kpd174]

I thought it would have like ten more sardines

[@secondhandguru3558]

Alligator is so adorable!

[@gundog4314]

She concurs

[@Oldsmokey1]

Happy Thanksgiving Mr. gundog4314. I hope all is well with you and yours.

[@js3617]

In portugal the breakfasts are pretty sparse. Coffee/espresso and a piece of bread or crackers with quince jelly, as its called there marmelade. Thats because a big lunch hot meal is usually eaten pretty early as well with a smaller snack or dinner in the evening. My parents are from Portugal and all my uncles were in the portuguese military, many of them were deployed in Angola. My dad grew up in Angola and fled when he was 17 as the civil war heated up. This is pretty awesome to see though, Im glad you were able to get one. Truly fascinating. I'm surprised they don't get brandy or cordial like some of the italian MREs. Id love to see the other version you talked about or one with salt cod because I'm SURE theres gotta be one with that dish lol. keep up your videos, your def one of the more entertaining and fun reviewers Ive seen. Did the other reviewer ever send you the italian cordial liquor to try?

[@theblueishballs6324]

Janet Silva Breakfasts in Portugal are actually pretty diverse. Some people overeat and some people don't. Your parents' experience doesn't account for the whole of Portugal. Oh, and our lunch times are at 13 pm mostly, specially in public services.

[@danielt.8573]

Breakfasts aren't sparse, they are diverse according to the person's taste just like any meal. Jelly isn't marmelada, marmelada is a jelly [ from the marmelo fruit ]. Same thing with bananada or goiabada. Also you mentioned it as kind of a joke but as a portuguese I actually like the idea of being associated with "our" cod. It's delicious! Same with our sardines, tuna, wine, oranges, apples, pears, coffee, cheese, milk, enchidos, potatoes, honey, tomatoes, peppers, favas, sugar, rice, pastéis de nata, açorda, olives, olive oil, dry fruits or even pineapples and bananas. There's a reason why we win lots of international prizes almost everywhere. Sorry for my complete lack of humility here. About this ration: cheap stuff to make our soldiers feel the motivation to save their nation and the true, better flavors they want and therefore must protect. :)

[@mcrpree]

@@danielt.8573 dalhes peixe frito com batata frita e o que eles gostam nao vale a pena

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

An interesting review, for an interesting ration. I've heard of this new Portuguese ration, but haven't seen it until now.

[@CanisLupus1987]

Let's hope this new ration has at least one Portuguese Brand... this is basically entirelly Spanish brands.

[@MultiMagnum62]

This is awesome, and different. Brute force approach, applies to A lot of different rations. In my case, ( Peelable SEAL ) on U.S. MRE's . LOL . Please refresh my memory on FRED device, lol, forgot what you said acronym meant. Finally got A look at Alligator, thank you. Liquid added, helps scorching on bottom, agreed. Pull ring failure, rare. LOL, on Con carne , not much carne ? Sardine mixture, well, confusing? Glad the chilli tasted good. Mix crackers, gundog it up A bit, Scottsman mentioned that on his reviews this A.M. Great job as always sir, Peace, John.

[@robmcmuffin8453]

other than the stove kit, i could put together something like that or better in one trip to Walmart...lol...but still cool to watch! keep the vids coming!

[@gilsonmeireles6126]

Tugas enlouquecem!!!!!

[@HueWave]

Gilson verdade huehehr

[@nereidetriton443]

Worst mre packet ever. I dont want to eat anything from this.

[@C40-l2s]

in portugal we eat all the pig so the mre is beter

[@RodrigoSilva-mo8zb]

NereideTriton if you try you will see that is very good. A good portuguese meal is one of the best meals you can eat.

[@geogm.840]

@@RodrigoSilva-mo8zb I agree, but whoever or whatever Nereide is, is just trolling, don´t pay attention to it.

[@Melleefrase]

New subscriber via Emmymadeinjapan.

[@gundog4314]

She's so awesome and welcome!

[@ritalowrie1296]

It’s nice to see you are actually using the esbit stove. Most of these videos the guys use electricity to warm up their food.

[@gundog4314]

I'm usually one of those "electric people" haha

[@Sticky745]

Lucky!

[@patryksg]

I had a really anxious day today (I suffer from anxiety issues, wah wah me. :P), and these reviews calm me down so well. So thank you so much for doing them! They are so much fun. You and Kiwi Dude rock!

[@sergiorolo3721]

I know your struggle brother! Ive been there myself! keep strong there is a way out ;)

[@shinji5217]

Patryk lol and who cares? stop beging attention

[@riktwist]

I just did a You Tube search for " Ração, individual de Combate ". I now know why so many rations have a plastic bag included. It shows the men eating with the bag over their mess kits. No cleanup! kind of like walking the dog (if you know what I mean) just turn the bag inside out, Viola! your done! " FAB & Indústria de Defesa - Ração Operacional " is the videos title.

[@heatherburrell8616]

Love the excitement of an unopened gift........like Christmas morning.......but I feel sorry for the military if this is what they have to eat for a day to day meal plan.....yuk

[@miguelperez-gb5kr]

I love this sardine

[@AKayfabe]

Anyone out there really like ration and MRE videos who also loves ASMR videos who would be interested in a channel that does ASMR ration videos? Not enough ASMR caters to both genders at once. I would like to. Also, I love this guys channel and others like it, so interesting. Those MREs are not cheap to buy esp the Non USA ones.

[@karlp8484]

You are talking gobedly goog to people who don't speak your version of Kilngon

[@KingofGermanic]

I thought the napkins were a juice box at first and was dying laughing.

[@numberyellow]

#2Ply lol, these vids really are the highlight of my day, when they're posted. That being said.... so, seriously, what's with foreign rations, and pate? That shit is nasty. I swear, if they'd had pate in MREs, i would have deep-throated a shotgun. Oh, and dude, how did you not light your deck on fire?

[@derberliner8779]

Hey man when is your next review coming I am starving without them cheers :)

[@xMYx507]

It's surprising that they aren't using products from the local canning industry. There's a lot of tasty canned food here in Portugal. I was also expecting canned tuna which is cheap here.

[@gundog4314]

Maybe the contracting official got a better kickback from Spain than Portugal? I agree, the best soup I've ever, ever had was from some little hole in the wall place just outside of Lisbon. Soup with some bread...delicious.

[@xMYx507]

Actually it's more likely because it's cheaper in Spain, and since transportation costs within Portugal and between Portugal and Spain should be similar, spanish products become cheaper than portuguese products.

[@OohSugarCrumbs]

the sardines are for a snack, not to eat with the chilli!!

[@JonSnowize]

It's kinda weird seeing a portuguese ration with some spanish labels like the sardines.

[@helenatroya6563]

Not really. since Portugal and Spain are neighbords. (spelling?) And since Spain is a lot bigger....

[@patrialusitana2648]

The items are actually in Spanish because they are Made in Spain, it is pretty common to have items with a small white tag in Portuguese when they aren't labeled in Portuguese. That's due the fact that Portugal just imports lots of stuff.

[@guilhermesilva98]

here in Portugal there are a lot of products both in Portuguese and Spanish because the ones who make them, make them for all the Iberian Peninsula.

[@CanisLupus1987]

Sadly we have good brands in Portugal... but none of those are actually Portuguese, not even the coffee and we have very good coffee here.

[@xVortexFire]

portuguese sardines are the best in the europe :D

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

Another impressive video, another impressive ration - must try to get one of these myself!

[@aaaaa2098]

Hey gundog I have spetsnaz Russian ration and I was wondering if you want it because I don't think I will eat it any time soon

[@gundog4314]

shoot me an email: [e-mail] CHEERS!

[@Shannon_Dobbs]

gundog4314 Heard about you from Steve1989. Awesome review, Brother. You just got a new subscriber.

[@riktwist]

Not seeing the link to Portuguese survivalist. Interesting video thanks.

[@gundog4314]

Yeah he closed his channel, didn't realize it till after I edited the vid.

[@Oldsmokey1]

Hey Gundog did this ration weigh 1.7 kg?

[@chronosxun]

8:33 Tostada its not a brand, it literally means toasted. Its a toasted biscuit.

[@connallmaclennan6288]

I watched your British MRE video and noticed it said that the pack was property of the Ministry of Defence. How did you get a pack when there not meant to be sold or given to civilians?

[@gundog4314]

You would have to ask the person that sent it but you can find them on Ebay and British Surplus stores. But I know what you mean, technically you can't buy MRE's either. Cheers

[@cafezo87934]

cute alligator : )

[@Ancsocska87]

Nice video like allways :)

[@jon....]

emmymadeinjapan sent me here

[@paranormalchannelx1307]

,,,,! thumbs up ♥

[@datudaga28]

2ply?.....sounds pretty fancy

[@nunopereira265]

Im going to portuguese army too

[@chrismoffitt5493]

I realy like this type of video. I actualy found your chanel through emmymadeinjapan I watch her stuff all the time but I will subscribe to you also

[@gundog4314]

She is awesome and thanks for dropping by! Cheers

[@pedr1nho813]

i.m from portugal

[@leighrate]

As ration packs go it sucks. It's massively tin plate heavy, which means your expending way too many calories just carrying the thing. Just taking a leaf out of the French & German ration play books by using soft cans would improve things vastly.

[@arturbrandao8876]

Gundog, first of all, great revue, and thanks for your videos. I'm from portugal and just found your channel, next time don't put so many water in the coffee, in here we like it strong and short(basically an expresso). Most of the products that you tasted in this ration are not from Portugal, but from spain, i don't know why but the one made in Portugal are more tasty. Continue with the great videos.

[@ruikip3073]

I am very disappointed ... 95% of the Portuguese ration comes from spain. would be much more delicious with the products of the country

[@jishcaninico1127]

Hey gundog my name is josh iv been a long time subscriber iv been with ya from the beginning lol seen all your vids same with kiwidude and Steve mre I'm from Maine I'm starting up a survival channel and was thinking on doing a weekly survival food segment and it's winding if you help/point me in the right direction to get a irp I have a couple us mres but I want to spice it up with some of the exotic stuff once and wile so if you could help that would be great thank you and nice have nice day

[@vitoroa9925]

Good video im portuguese....New sub

[@blueballs5150]

my chinese mres came today. ill make a video later when im hungry

[@lucassala1341]

So good to being able to read an MRE with my native language. ps: I'm brazilian

[@mark-kg7wg]

if u dip the cookies in the coffee the sweet ones, or let them desolve in the coffee is another way we would eat more of those cookies for sure ...

[@N1N4K]

could have warmed the sardines up a little and spread them on the crackers, a version of "sardines on toast". But that Beef and Veg looked really nice :)

[@nathanthomasstickney8123]

Nice

[@hopatease1]

At least you get two coffees .Nice hot coffee in the AM and I can make it threw the day ( most times ) Hot strong tea will work also .

[@17hmr243]

for me its not heating its burning the can just use the double boil method

[@offtherailscunt]

FINALLY SEEN ALLIGATOR!!!

[@ritalowrie1296]

It’s nice to see you actually using the esbit stove. Most of the guys use electricity to warm up their food.

[@olyzz9418]

New subscriber via Emmymadeinjapan.!

[@rafaelrodrigues7971]

We are used to rather frugal breakfasts in Brazil. Not sure about Portugal, though.

[@jackpleier5534]

Good review. Where in Spain were you growing up. My first military assignment was Zaragoza from 79 to 82.

[@gundog4314]

Rota 81-85 Cheers Jack!

[@romantylolgamer1234]

shout from Portugal1

[@80masonm]

One more question, have you ever gotten sick on an MRE????

[@manuel0458]

the sardines are in spanish cuz its more cheap to buy in spain than in portugal

[@thomasdennison]

is it possible that you cansend me a couple packs of the first strike rations please

[@michaeld8975]

I see you must have been taking descriptive food tasting lessons from Emmymadeinjapan.

[@gundog4314]

I have been! LOL! She's soon smooth with her descriptions, so is Steve!

[@ice_chariot]

A CAN! They really don't care about weight do they?

[@fvara3757]

as a portuguese let me tell you.those sardines actually look pretty good

[@CanisLupus1987]

You'd expect them to use National Brands. Most of it is from spanish brands that are quite unusual on our side of the Iberian Paeninsula. How disappointing you didn't eat anything remotly portuguese, not even the tissue paper... which is quite disappointing considering we have one of the best Toilet/Tissue/Napkin paper brands. So popular that in Japan they pay about 20 dollars /Euros for a small amount of it and High end hotels and restaurants in Japan carry Renova napkins and toilet paper...

[@gundog4314]

That's globalization for you. Most countries no longer produce things for their own rations but outsource the products. Cheers

[@CanisLupus1987]

True but our armed forces are our first line of defense ( not that it would matter considering Portugal's size) but handing the the production of Rations to countries that have historic rivalries is a bit Risky. In terms of Army food I think Each country should as much as possible be responsible for their own Rations. Depending on foreign countries for sustenaince and mainly having our defense forces depending on foreign countries is not a smart move. But then agan who are we to complain? There have been many wars and conflicts that ended and were lost not because of an Army's skill , but due to food shortages and contamination. We'd expect Sovereign nations to be more mindeful of that. Strategy also includes anticipating potential sources of poisoning or handicaps ( if the supply was cut)... I know I'm just a civilian... but I can't help but think why won't armed forces consider things like this.

[@anias99]

hi gundog i'm from Poland.... so i'm familiar with polish flavors. which of EU (for starters) rations would you recommend?

[@gundog4314]

If you are looking for something really outside of the box try the Spanish Rations. They are unlike any other EU rations, French ones are pretty good too! Cheers Ania!

[@joannegray5138]

Nice cameo there from Dog of Gundog :)

[@Perktube1]

I confess I didn't guess it; I read the video title first.

[@Perktube1]

I like the packaging of the salt and coffee.

[@Perktube1]

wait, where's the link…

[@josepaiva688]

eu adoro ver coisas de Portugal e ddo Brasil tb né

[@bryansmith4403]

Nice. Again so much better than USA mres

[@amanacatandhisdog8836]

This is a good ration. I remember Steve had an older ration perhaps from Denmark that he tried the main it only had a pea taste but had turned. Peas don't seem popular here in USA. Was in a lot of pain tonight about day and half since my knee replacement. You Steve and RC Gusto help take my mind off my pain. Thanks. The canned goods here if I remember right are much higher quality than in America. Is that right. Thanks for you making your videos. So happy to watch one now.

[@gundog4314]

Ohhhweee, knees are no bueno unless you are a professional athlete with a whole team of trainers. I am convinced from my shoulder rebuild that physical therapists are CIA torture specialists that spent years squirreled away in secret facilities around the world. Bless ya buddy and keep up the good fight not to mention a good beer from time to time to take the edge off!

[@amanacatandhisdog8836]

gundog4314 thanks and enjoy your sense of humor.

[@RJM1011]

Good to see Gundog thank you.

[@EvilPureAbsolute]

The indent part on the bottom of the heater should be facing UP, the instructions say so right beside when you set it up, (essentially you bent it all backwards) Could be why before you burnt your table previously with one as the indent is not supposed to rest on any surface.

[@riktwist]

I think you may have him confused with Kiwi Dude.

[@rockyraab8290]

It really wouldn't be too hard to duplicate that ration with commercial products available here in the US.

[@ericellis2729]

Rocky Raab My thinking as well

[@maricate]

I do note live in Portugal but I think In the US you have even more options of that type of products than there

[@zeala53]

Another kickass video.

[@canyman9700]

Love this channel 👌🏻👌🏻

[@LaoevanSVU]

This was a fantastic review! The only thing that irked me was your placement of the coffee cup during breakfast. You had a perfectly open spot for it on the tray, yet you placed it out of frame and used the empty slot for garbage?!?! I'm so bothered by it! Otherwise great review 😀

[@keyricorona9172]

It wasn't lemon 😂😂😂 it was a guava paste LOL

[@kevinbaker6168]

I think I would have tried the quince cream on the sweet or the savory crackers. The liver pate would have been part of my breakfast, while the sardines would have been my middle of the night snack if I drew radio watch. That is what I like about these all day rations, you can mix it up how ever you want, or how it fits in your day.

[@marcuss237]

I so need a giveaway. I love this. REAL PEOPLE EAT M.R.E'S

[@gundog4314]

My giveaways are totally continent on the viewers as I them every couple million views or so. Cheers

[@NathansMRE]

Great review once again, that is for sure a rare ration.

[@karlp8484]

Even rarer are suctinct ration reviews that don't go through every ingredient list and every date code on the same year ration. And then go over it all again just so's you missed it the third time. And then skip the cooking segment. And as a finale after all that cathartic experience say...it's OK

[@xxblueberry_chanxx2908]

Im portuguise but i can talk ingles

[@goncalo1998]

Where can I get the Portuguese MRE from?????????

[@gundog4314]

Every once in awhile they are on Portugal's websites but they are even rare there. Good luck in your search. Cheers

[@techniclima3752]

all this is made in SPAIN

[@gundog4314]

And all of this particular one was eaten in the USA! Cheers

[@techniclima3752]

;)..Bon Appetite !! Cheers!!

[@mylifeasdee]

where can i get this ?

[@Leeeeooonn]

Where do you get the MRE's?

[@vinho3cocacola]

produtos espanhois? :s

[@sad.girl.elle12]

oh my gosh, Alligator is SO CUTE!

[@gundog4314]

Yeah, she's a cutie, Sherman's shadow even made an appearance. Cheers Elle!

[@fonegamer9978]

please indian if possible

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

That chill looks like shit

[@80masonm]

yes we know what tissues are for, stop stressing the description, like for your bum, c'mon man.

[@gundog4314]

You would be surprised by how many first time viewers send an email, message or comment of "Why are there tissues/What are the tissues for?" Cheers Greg

[@80masonm]

oh ok didnt think of that, happy new year

[@kathleenrowat4293]

I love these videos. ☺

[@texasinstrumentti-nspirecx5555]

A salty texture?!

[@whatever9243]

what's going on? this is your most recent video and it was a month ago

[@gundog4314]

Family emergency, sorry real life always comes first, that being said I am back and working on a few reviews to share with the rest of you soon. Cheers

[@TheMspacmann]

Wheres the best place to get c-rations with the cigarettes in them?

[@gundog4314]

ebay os pretty much the only place for those gems. Cheers

[@ricktimmons458]

i would eat that

[@timtekampe6927]

What exactly is salty "texture", just wonderin...

[@gundog4314]

Gritty I guess....part of the pitfalls of "doing it live". Cheers

[@timtekampe6927]

@@gundog4314 thanx ! Thought maybe it was large crystal salt.

[@communistwolfminecraftandm2595]

is he dead?

[@fonegamer9978]

indian

[@fonegamer9978]

indian

[@fonegamer9978]

indian

[@pantelis1222]

How did you get these?

[@1127snowbunny1127]

Pantelas GD People send them to him.

[@sandraa3309]

Alligator is pretty

[@gundog4314]

She says Thank You!