MRE Opinions - Campfire Stories

[@mudkip4201]

Had a Norwegian MRE Reindeer Stew, was so good, and those poor dude were excited to get our "asian beef strips"

[@FatGuyEngineer]

Anyone else have a real hard time getting those beef strips out of their damn package?

[@mudkip4201]

@@FatGuyEngineer bro, that's a forever struggle right there

[@Revnov1000]

The asian style beef strips MRE is just the worst

[@fireemblemistrash75]

@@Revnov1000 agreed I always threw em for anything... terrible and the smell made me almost vomit

[@atticusmoss8300]

InToWar not gonna like that sounds amazing

[@rhodesiansneverdie7515]

Military: We don’t accommodate for a special diets and requiring one is a Disqualifies you for service. Also military: *VEGETARIAN OMLET MRE*

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Try keeping eggs for very long out of any refrigeration.

[@roadhouse6999]

Or you just don't tell them about the fact that you have celiac disease until you're trading people blueberry cobbler for fried rice. Not that I know anyone in the military with celiac disease.

[@トーキ-g8v]

roadhouse699 sure you didn’t lol

[@sethsnake9446]

Severe Peanut and Egg allergies for me

[@aceisking]

Lung in a bag tho

[@sirapple589]

“Condiments don’t make a good meal” Who woulda thunk it?

[@Magicarpmaster]

You obviously havnt tried mumkey jones communist stew! Take all the free condiments from restaurants and mix them together and voila. Delicious.

[@HellecticMojo]

I drank barbeque sauce. It was painful, but good. According to a swedish red panda, it's sugar and liquid, so it qualifies as a soda.

[@sirapple589]

HellecticMojo and that’s the Killian Experience.

[@mehphala9184]

HellecticMojo same with tomato sauce then

[@crunchytoast4993]

If you put ketchup and hot sause together, you got a tasty gaspacho

[@JERRETT-yu7os]

Fun Fact: The taste of the veggie omelet is so bad that soldiers gave it the nickname 'Vomlet.' Edit: Now that I think about it, it isn't really a fun fact if it's painful.

[@commanderbeepo8066]

I can confirm

[@dj-hyrul3654]

Yeah I use to be in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, the veggie Omelet briefly made me consider if I hated food forever, it was that fucking bad Ravioli is dope though

[@Ribbons0121R121]

vomlet is inheretly funny and no one can tell me otherwise

[@commanderbeepo8066]

@@Ribbons0121R121 not funny when that's whats to eat

[@darkspine1052]

SteveMRE did a video on it

[@bushpilotfritz7784]

Don't speak of the cheese spreads in MREs so help me god. The cadets who do our survival course here in Canada are famous for using them as glue.

[@skeltonslay8er781]

Is it an effective glue?

[@sgt_delta5565]

will enough hold together a He 162?

[@bushpilotfritz7784]

​@@sgt_delta5565 tbh it's probably more effective than anything used to hold that crate together.

[@sgt_delta5565]

@@bushpilotfritz7784 *insert angery german ranting* lmao this made my day

[@deeznuts-kw6yv]

I’m sorry *w h a t ?* What kind of mental asylum that you called a platoon did you go into?

[@chesterstevens8870]

The best thing I ever found in an MRE was probably shockolates; which were like m&m's, but with coffee beans instead of peanuts. That was a life changing experience.

[@axelord4ever]

Scho-Ka-Kola? Had some of that before, and I really wish I could find them online now at non-ridiculous prices.

[@Forkontheleft]

That sounds awesome

[@BigPuddin]

bruh bruh. Yes. If you got those thing in your MRE, it was like winning the lottery.

[@30cal23]

that stuff is fucking awesome

[@ryanmarx7706]

The Germans used to put cocaine in it

[@Nomadith]

General consensus: 80% of MREs are good 50% of the time, (nearly) every time

[@weaponizedkarma252]

about 20 years ago when I was down on my luck, a buddy brought me a box of mre's, had them for breakfast lunch and dinner for 3 days before I ran out. when he found out I had eaten so many he freaked out, tasted pretty good to starving me

[@evansmoak7286]

MREs should be eaten before you can you taste it. My favourite method was to rip it open, shove the whole thing in my mouth then chew and swallow before my tastebuds got assaulted with it.

[@weaponizedkarma252]

@@evansmoak7286 but that's the thing, when you live with someone who has cooking skills under that of a fast food place, an mre tastes fantastic XD only issue was that 15k calories every day for 3 days lol

[@evansmoak7286]

@@weaponizedkarma252 that extra calories you didn’t burned was stored into fat given the composition of MREs, you didn’t wast a single one. That’s a lot of calories!

[@weaponizedkarma252]

@@evansmoak7286 I regretted nothing

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

Yeah.. Pretty much anything will taste acceptable if you're starved enough, provided it's at least borderline edible. Hell, get hungry enough and the fiberous underside of tree bark or your leather belt start to seem appetizing. LOL.

[@The_Masked_Man_]

This community is so full of positivity

[@notaheretic6675]

I'm still waiting for the unpopular opinion

[@The_Masked_Man_]

@@notaheretic6675 not all of them are unpopular sorry if you're a little disappointed

[@notaheretic6675]

@@The_Masked_Man_ that's wholesome

[@AragonBattleBorn]

@@The_Masked_Man_ Thumbs Up!!! ^_^

[@theirishviking9278]

zach has salt enough for the rest of us

[@dmj271095]

I looked up the "unlucky charms" because i was curious, and the superstition is that you would get mortared if you even opened the packet, and the other soldiers would slap them out of your hands for cursing them.

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Don't help that most dead soilders had the charms on them when they died

[@John_Cyberpunk]

Canadian Forces member here. We don't call them MRE's they're called IMP's, individual meal packets. In my opinion the best breakfast IMP is Breakfast Patties and the other best IMP's are Turkey Strips With Orange Sauce and the Spaghetti and Meatballs.

[@foreskinius5654]

Montreal spiced meat is my favourite

[@cameronbartlett856]

That actually sounds pretty good.

[@OdieRaptor]

Ahhh yes Canadian IMPs where the most exciting component is called PAIN HAMBURGER

[@AnotherGuyProductions]

Interesting, all the military bases around me use American MREs to save money instead of our Canadian IMPs... I assumed that was normal, do other provinces still use our own stuff?

[@Ashbland-germann6620]

@@AnotherGuyProductions It... depends? Sorry, I was in supply in the CF for a bit and occasionally we would just trade IMP's for MRE's with the Americans. Technically we weren't allowed to but our superiors kept looking the other way just so that we could have at least some new stuff. We didn't trade much, just a crate or two here and then.

[@platinumsix2087]

I could listen to these two talk about paint drying for an hour honestly. They’re both just super fun to listen to

[@ProfSir1]

"Crappy government peanut butter" made me crack up so much, I woke my family up at 3 am.

[@ltdualshock1999]

Wait a minute

[@ltdualshock1999]

Its 11:48 pm

[@ltdualshock1999]

And it came out 1 hour ago

[@ProfSir1]

@@ltdualshock1999 I've watched this video more than once, my friend.

[@ProfSir1]

@@ltdualshock1999 Hold on, what time zone are you in?

[@WMM-td4pk]

You hear it from behind you... It starts quietly, and it begins to grow louder. You begin to speed up, breaking into a sprint away. You hide behind the corner, panting heavily. Suddenly, you hear it. “Let’s get this on a tray! Nice!”

[@nuclearpaste]

"So what we've got here is an old chinese MRE!" *falls off the face of the internet for a while*

[@Vher_]

I like how even the best MREs are only "not bad", to the point that if they say "good", they later correct themselves and say "yeah it's not bad"

[@spartin1173]

At best they taste like food you got from a can you warmed up in a microwave which isnt bad when you’re starving

[@WhiteCavendish]

As a Canadian soldier, our rations sucked so bad most of the time that we lusted after the US MRE's and thought they were amazing (mostly). The two versions of ravioli were like joy in a bag to us Canucks when we got to train down south lol

[@soupcangaming662]

@@spartin1173 That's offensive to microwavable cans, you can actually get some good ones. MREs are just the same fucking slop over and over again

[@aceofgames3699]

I remember several years back when I was little, my father had a big ole' box of old ass MREs that they let him take because they were going to throw them away anyway. I found the old box one day, in his old shed, and I'm sitting here wondering what they were, so he grabs one, and it says "Chili Macaroni", he gets some warm water, pours it in this little pouch, and he let me try it, wasn't bad, but he said that I can try my own, since he wanted to finish the one he opened up, So, I grab one, thinking the one that says "Spaghetti and Meat Sauce" would be pretty good right? The down side is, I didn't have any warm water, so I ended up having, this really chunky, dried up Spaghetti, an old, most likely stale pop tart (I couldn't finish it), some packets of peanut butter and jelly, with some old, stale crackers, and a bottle of water that my father gave me while we were working outside that day. We've, since than, gotten rid of those MREs, but the cool thing is, just the other day, I went to this old thrift store that had a bunch of old MREs in the back room, and now it seems nearly every time I go in there, I'm snagging a Cheese Ravioli, or Beef Ravioli, and I absolutely love it. The whole bring-together of the story is I'm glad I watched this video. Though I can't say I've been in the military, but I still love hearing all the stories of your guy's time there. The video gave me a good laugh, and brought back a lot of good memories. Thank you guys, and I'm happy to be subscribed.

[@danlorett2184]

Yo the chili mac was my favorite, just dump the whole thing of tabasco in that bitch and mix it up good

[@cas9656]

I have never heard someone call Pringles "crackers" before.

[@skeltonslay8er781]

Technically they can’t call them chips. It’s due to the way pringles are made, so it’s a legal thing.

[@cas9656]

@@skeltonslay8er781 I see, I did not know that. I'm guessing it's a similar scenario to craft singles then.

[@skeltonslay8er781]

@@cas9656 if I’m not mistaken, it’s because instead of slicing a potato into slices, they use mashed potato flakes and shape them.

[@ArcturusOTE]

@@skeltonslay8er781 That would explain its weird texture and ease of crumbling What about corn based stuff like Doritos, what category do they fall on?

[@skeltonslay8er781]

@@ArcturusOTE not entirely sure as I don’t like Doritos, but if they’re corn based I would guess they’d be considered tortilla chips

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

What's worse: MRE, or battlefield cannibalism? Asking for a friend.

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

depends what part of the guy you eat

[@joshuakim5240]

It depends on what MRE you get. If you get the veggie omelet (referred to as vomit by troops), then your friend's arm might look awfully tasty in comparison.

[@mannco9458]

MRE

[@Doop_A_Derp]

Hmm if you got salt and pepper then cannibalism isnt too bad

[@unluckycatfish6866]

They're dead anyways and its better than risking a stomach ache from an mre

[@ryanjones2058]

"dont eat the charms" generation kill gang rise up

[@BigPuddin]

People who believe in superstitions need to off themselves because their inordinate screeching about nonsense ruins things for everybody. I never even got to try Charms in my MRE's because of some fucking asspulled "tradition."

[@synthwavecat96]

"Do I smell *fucking Charms* in this Humvee?" "Sorry, had one left."

[@nicolasgilchrist7148]

0:13 Zach, I've tried the Pizza one, you're right

[@neonryder8897]

That one pancake breakfast mre is one of the best ones out there, the pizza is ok the hamburger one I got has tortillas instead of snack bread. Got them 21 palms

[@redmercer4158]

I've been to 21 Palms and I envy you not. And I was stationed in Mountain Home, Idaho!

[@Jiffedup]

Wait pancake MRE? Wtf?

[@neonryder8897]

@@Jiffedup its a muffin top that is kind of a mix of pancake and cornbread its pretty good

[@Jiffedup]

@@neonryder8897 oh yeah forgot about the maple muffin top

[@neonryder8897]

@@redmercer4158 all it has is, sand, heat and alcoholism

[@king_cade0076]

If you notice, they never say that the MRV is “great“ they just say it’s “good enough“

[@Shape07-0]

I feel like mike is stalking me because i'm in a voice chat with a few friends talking military stuff and such and this was uploaded when we're talking about mre's

[@86tougerunner]

Maybe people just like talking about MREs

[@zhenweilai799]

He's FBI

[@tmzilla]

Zeitgeist

[@nuclearpaste]

glowing glowing you are glowing

[@WhiteCavendish]

Fun fact, Canadian rations are called "IMP"'s ie Individual Meal, Prepared. When I was in the army, we always looked forward to training in the US because of your vastly superior MRE's. The pound cake was like a little vacuum sealed slice of heaven. To give you an idea of our rations, we had one called "Ham steak in Mustard Sauce" which my buddy Dave not-so-affectionately called "Lung in Phlegm" lol

[@liandrogonzalez2210]

Love how the banter of 2 grown man can make my night

[@smokestack3327]

of course the marine doesn’t mind the hardtack those gents are used to it from the colonial navy days.

[@spartin1173]

The marines arent called devil dogs because of their ferocity in battle it’s because they’ll eat anything they’ll drink a cobra like a juice box eat some crayons and then some hardtack for dessert

[@narwalionn6368]

YESSSSSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE STORIES!!!

[@phillipmele8533]

“What was your favorite MRE?” Haven’t had MREs myself, but isn’t that kinda like asking “What’s your favorite boil?”

[@Sigefreadthebulmunk]

Idk id say about 70 percent of them are pretty good. They aren't home cooked meal good, but they are a half step between like McDonald's and a really crappy diner.

[@kyuura4324]

@@Sigefreadthebulmunk Having eaten MREs on camping trips before, they’re about a half step *below* mcdonalds, personally At least in terms of taste

[@Sigefreadthebulmunk]

@Kyuura I mean, it's all personal preference at the end of the day. McDonalds has just always tasted fairly of plasticine to me. Easily bottom of the barrel for what I'd willingly eat. And like I said, not every mre falls into that better than McDonald's barrel. Some of them are starting to dig under that barrels wood and are hard to get down unless you are truly hungry. But like you said it's all personal preference

[@jaredarce3895]

I just googled the hamburger MRE and from now on I'm referring to it as a mil spec hamburger 😂

[@AragonBattleBorn]

www.mredepot.com/Hamburgers-p/hamburger.htm Now doesn't that look just like how mom made them?? Mmm mm Good.. :P

[@LavenderSystem69]

>"mil spec hamburger" I'ma tactically acquire that one, thankee very much

[@MiishaKorvian]

​@@AragonBattleBorn That is //NOT// what the hamburger MRE looks like. 5cm x 5cm loaf of bread, compressed down to about 1.5cm thick (Wheat Snack Bread), add a boiled beef patty with painted on grill marks, add the weird cheese spread, slap another of those "snack bread" on top, and you've got a "mil-spec hamburger"

[@ShrapnelACU]

@@MiishaKorvian The beef patty MRE was my first. Pretty good in my eyes. I would eat the patty in situ, and make cheese bread with the two slabs of bread.

[@ichimaru96]

ngl, i would love if this channel just started a segment of taste testing foreign MRE's just for shits and giggles

[@GhostBear3067]

There is already a guy doing that on KZbin. He also eats OLD military food, like a British beef ration from the Second Boer War!

[@Zack29810]

@@GhostBear3067 are you talking about Steve or someone else?

[@GhostBear3067]

@@Zack29810 the mad lad who ate the Century Beef? OF COURSE!!

[@LW_4226]

Me - i'm busy Brain - "MRE Opinions" doe

[@beefravioli4031]

0:45 I approve of this message

[@spyronos]

For the amount of time I've been subbed to MRE steve, MRE talk always excites me

[@changchangmatt]

Charms are a curse that extends past what you get from an MRE. One time a guy bought a whole pack of blowpops (made by charms) and brought them on our vessel during a 2 month training exercise. Our boat experienced 7 different major deadlining breaks before I threw them overboard. After that we didn't experience a single machinery failure. The charms curse became cemented to me after that.

[@Cleanurself]

Jalapeño beef patty or beef taco are probably the my favorite MREs but there’s other one that are good to

[@AirLightSW]

My personal favorite is the Mexican style chicken stew

[@SpunkMayo]

Are those new? Can't remember those from 2011-2015

[@whynot-tomorrow_1945]

It is really weird to me hearing someone talk about how uncomfortably spicy jalapeños are as I'm sitting here casually drizzling ghost pepper hot sauce on my chips 😅

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Some people just built different. I can't handle jalapenos

[@JustinRobliotti47]

You should play more of “The Long Dark” maybe finish the story together?

[@Mas3d_p0ta3rs]

I'm sure they would but the story isn't complete

[@robertcampbell3019]

The story isnt complete

[@JustinRobliotti47]

I wasn’t aware it was not complete yet? My bad lol

[@judojamie379]

Why release an uncompleted ga- oh

[@thatsnodildo1974]

@@judojamie379 they are doing episodes. They wont put out a episode this year because of COVID and not wanting to crunch

[@f5prototype748]

They talked about MRE’s in Lonesome Road 😂

[@aceisking]

Boneless pork chops is the menu btw

[@Bortamert]

I once ate 13 year old mre spaghetti on a bet. It was just mush and tasted awful. In retrospect I’m glad I didn’t die from botulism or something.

[@smileman4746]

MREs are supposed to have a long shelf life I think like 2-3 years for it, I have not ate an MRE so far that was manufactured in 2020 yet

[@Nyx_2142]

Lol. 13 years old? Barely that old. I've seen MREs from the 40s look completely edible and palatable when opened up and eaten.

[@Bortamert]

Nex Gamez you mean C Rations. MREs aren’t that old. Old rations may look edible and safe to eat but they’re absolutely not.

[@Grenadier-]

@@Bortamert SteveMRE would like a word with you.

[@BlightfulProductions]

@@Bortamert there's a meat ration from the late 18th century in the Bohr wars that says otherwise

[@grumpytiger4981]

When I was going through BEAST in BMT I always looked for the beef stew because it always had pound cake in it. I ended up hiding a packet of pound cake in my cbag when I was going back to the dorms. I had seductive thoughts day and night on when I was going to finally peel that wrapper off and stuff my face. Ended up sharing a few pieces with my flight mates after graduation it was the best thing I ever ate at basic.

[@rexford6260]

I remember BEAST, I must have hit the jackpot. I don't remember the main dish but I did remember that if anything in the MRE was in its commercial package we couldn't have it (M&M's and stuff like that). What I found was a whole cookie stuffed with M&M's in a brown wrapper and a MILKSHAKE mix. It was INCREDIBLE.

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

For boyscouts, we went to the marine base in Pendleton, and i got this thing called beef stroganov or something something like that, tasted good

[@PilotTed]

You can make beef stroganoff at home very easily, its really just ground beef, mushrooms, heavy cream/sour cream, beef broth, and noodles if you want to be simple. If you want it to be amazing, you can add onions, garlic, cheese (Parmissian, romano, or any other hard grate able cheese), bone marrow, black pepper, salt, dried chopped up herbs (really any will work, especially oregano and rosemary), and more. Its very easy to make and has many variations. The one I listed are the most common american versions. In Russia it has no cream of any kind and is served with rice rather than noodles. You can use any noodles you want, but its best to use short noodles that pick up sauce like fusilli, rotini, manicotti, elbow, shell, rigatoni, bow tie, orecchietee, penne, and others. gnocchis also go great with it. It really just depends on what you want, but it really doesn't matter what noodle you have, any will go good with it, beef stroganoff is really just meant to be easy and simple to make with what you have.

[@discordinmymind6565]

@@PilotTed you sure were unexpected, but most definitely the food inquisition

[@airplanenut89]

Honestly the pizza MRE is basically just like a room temperature lunchables, not that bad. Worst one now is the spinach fettuccine alfredo. Looks, and tastes like vomit.

[@ThisMagello]

Man can I just appreciate how much effort y'all put into subtitling every video because it's every time and it's the best. Thanks for always putting that effort in.

[@JamesCrimson43]

I could listen to these two swap stories all day. Which I did, and am now sad I've run out.

[@Courier-Six]

The one thing everyone always threw out from their MREs in my experience was Dried Cranberries. That or they would throw out literally any breakfast MRE almost whole. People would literally starve themselves rather than eat a shitty biscuits and gravy with sausage. My favorite MRE will always be Beef Stew or Chicken with noodles for the entree. Problem is those are two MREs that you never got any kind of treat in. In Beef Stew you got Crackers and Peanut Butter. In Chicken with noodles you got Wheat Snackbread, crunchy peanut butter, and thin grape jelly. I loved those entrees as I thought they legitimately tasted great but It always tore me apart getting one good item with a couple of mediocre side bits or a crap main entree like veggie lasagna that came with skittles or reese's pieces

[@HellecticMojo]

wait, what's wrong with the dried cranberries? There can't be that many people that dislike dried fruit

[@TheDeadfast]

@@HellecticMojo Yeah, I'm a bit confused by that myself. Were they "military grade" dried cranberries?

[@Courier-Six]

@@HellecticMojo I actually dont think it's a mutual dislike so much as apathy. Yes, a large amount of us didn't like the dried cranberries, but if we were really craving something sweet they would do. More often than not though the MRE you got them in had already filled you up, probably came with peanut butter, and may have even had a jelly or preserve. By the time you reached the cranberries you would just shrug your shoulders and throw them away. I'm not exaggerating when I say I knew 2 guys in my whole army time who loved dried cranberries. On was a mormon guy from Provo and I think that was because of his health focus in his religion. The second guy was a specialist named Kelly at my duty station. Dude was 50 or so years old and ate bannana chips and cranberries as a snack all the time because it keeps you from getting bladder infections.

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

who the hell throws out dried cranberries?! I'd ask everyone to give me theirs!

[@509Gman]

@@TheDeadfast they did make your mouth pucker more than Craisins(TM), but yeh I’d eat them.

[@grimpleton]

So what I gather from Mike and Zach is that MRE's range from Terrible to palatable.

[@davidmccormick7419]

jalapeno cheese on the burger MRE was my personal favorite.

[@angelsoffurtitude]

I like how the definition of a good MRE is "not bad"

[@NEEDbacon]

Well when the alternative is "Fucking awful", "Not Bad" is pretty high praise.

[@Sky_FMJ]

Been binging every video like this over and over on your channel (and also the normal uploads), keep it up mike ! (Also, more of this wouldn't hurt)

[@trainknut]

"MRE Opinions" Canadian Cadets: _staring intensely_

[@aceisking]

*camping Steve wants to know their location*

[@burntastic7547]

Omfg veggie omelette. Dont get me started.

[@eyesdut387]

Soggggy

[@F_lippy]

Vomelette. Nice.

[@tokarevtom3618]

I never got that one the one we hate now is the creamy spinach fettuccini

[@burntastic7547]

The lasagna mre accually wasnt that bad.

[@AgentTasmania]

Mush Resemblance to Excrement. Mank, Rapidly Emetic.

[@doctordoran8638]

Take a shot everytime one of them says "not bad"

[@ianlilley2577]

Hearing about MREs makes me so happy I didn't get into the military.

[@lanceuppercut6168]

Same xD I didn't make it in because a heart murmur.

[@ianlilley2577]

@@lanceuppercut6168 I think mine may have been adhd or autism something bout that. Hearing Mike and Zach stories definitely soften that blow.

[@phantomaviator1318]

@@ianlilley2577 I have ADHD guess I'm never joining

[@ianlilley2577]

@@phantomaviator1318 part of my issue was in poorly answering questions in regards to it, rather then just say yes without question. They wanted yes or no and there I was practically thinking up essays, on the questions

[@phantomaviator1318]

@@ianlilley2577 Kinda sounds like me, heh. Maybe I'd get in, maybe I wouldnt

[@brentkeller3826]

Once upon a time there had been a tunafish mre. In the words of my one sergeant "it smells like abused prostitute with a dose of the trich." We wrote "satchel charge " on them and threw them at the opfor team during annual training. (This was the late 90's when the "kosher/halal" MRE's were becoming a thing. The tuna MRE was earlier vintage. And they were 100% awful)

[@brittonburkett6867]

These guys made me wanna go watch an MRE review

[@carlblaser3320]

I like how they describe mre’s that they like as nothing more than “not bad”

[@jonskowitz]

... And remember, military standards are a 'C' average

[@AgentTasmania]

US MREs are made for survivability

[@skeltonslay8er781]

AgentTasmania it don’t have to taste good or be edible, it just has to work

[@Nyx_2142]

@@AgentTasmania Most other countries have MREs that are actually meals instead of chemicals and nutrients shaped vaguely like edible food.

[@remobothic]

​@@Nyx_2142 Most other countries don't have an entire sub-economy and global logistical network based entirely on fighting an endless war.

[@SpunkMayo]

@@Nyx_2142 everything in a US MRE is edible food. Look at any survival ration with compatible durability and you'll see similar foods.

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

4:06 "nobody can get a cracker out of the MRE packaging!" Me: * looks at my hands as I slowly fade out of existence * "aaAH-"

[@TheKingBacca]

I did it once by cutting the thing open with a very sharp knife

[@commanderfoxxv7433]

Hey, Zach, I've got a gun question for you. My uncle Jay, as a former Combat Specialist for the US Army (and a native of rural Arkansas), he has a great deal of experience and appreciation for firearms (especially cowboy weapons). So, back in 2001, my father bought him a .22 revolver and a .357 lever-action for Christmas. Jay took those everywhere; he kept it under his pillow at night, he practiced with it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, he even used it when he was teaching firearm safety classes. He taught my cousins and I to shoot with those guns. He REALLY loved them, to the point that, three weeks ago, when the .22 finally broke after just shy of two decades, I saw him cry for the first time since we buried his brother Tommy. What with Christmas being so soon, my father and I figured we ought to get him a new revolver, but we weren't sure what to look for. I was hoping you might have some recommendations. We would prefer to get him something with a wooden grip, a blued finish, and a 5 inch barrel, but high quality is a must. Btw, .22 is Jay's favorite caliber because it's readily available and relatively quiet, which are nice qualities for hunting (and because he thinks that .357 and .45 cal. are too big for a hand gun), though he does own a few other hand guns in higher calibers. Anyway, if you find the time, tell me what you think.

[@net_spider]

Some surplus MRE's i've tried are very good. Though, there are some things that really shouldn't be made "shelf stable" in MRE form...

[@TheLoneWarriorr]

Favorite MRE: Brisket Entree. Add the cream with the salt in the mash potatoes and heat that with the brisket and the metallic taste is gone. (14th Mre since 4rth of July) Least favorite: Spaghetti with meat sauce because it tasted too salty( first Mre since 6 years)

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

this whole video the standard for a good MRE was "it's ok", never did I hear them say an MRE was great.

[@phantomaviator1318]

Pound cake MRE

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

Cheese Tortellini is out of this world

[@BeingBelligerent]

Had one poor soul in bootcamp, who was the platoon screw up, have all of his MRE's picked out by our kill hat. Dude survived of of Veg omelette for 3 days.

[@commanderfoxtrot]

Man I do not know where the hell you’re getting your MREs from. One of our captains brought a few boxes up from the USA after one of his visits there, shared them with us, and god damn they were delicious. I mostly had chilli with beans and Santa Fe-style rice with beans, though the other foods there were pretty tasty too. Cracker things were a bit bland but quite honestly they didn’t work for what purpose they’re supposed to - and I had 6 of them. Definitely tastes better with jam. Also the hot cocoa, absolutely amazing. He said that they were some “new MREs that they were introducing” so unless you last ate MREs before their introduction I have no words.

[@steakthedoggaming5333]

They both served in the early 2000’s.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Both what Steakthedog said and also the whole "Grass is always greener on the other side" type deal.

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

After a hurricane roughed my town up like a red headed stepchild a couple of years ago we didn't have power in the whole county and my place didn't get it back for a week but the military showed up and started giving out a ton of free stuff like cots, blankets and all the mre's we could get. With refrigeration nonexistent the perishables ran out fast so we ate mre's and man. Some of them were alright but a lot of them were hard to get through. We had stacks of the things that lasted a whole year too cuz we were like, hey free stuff.

[@burnlogic8407]

My two favorite veterans return!

[@GlizzyHotpocket]

The Omelette was in rotation for a very short time, when I was in boot camp, the instructors didnt even like passing it out, they were probably worried we would skip a meal and pass out and die in formation.

[@ds-iv8gn]

The pizza mre tastes like old leftover frozen pizza. Source- I’m a marine

[@vintageandfilms8881]

"Oh you got some mints, Well I'll trade you my first strike for the mints and the lemonade drink packet."

[@MedicalShrgn]

I can never get enough of that Jalapeño Cheese. Shits so good!

[@kezplays1296]

I’ve been waiting for a video about MRE’s, can’t wait to hear these stories haha

[@crabinijig8403]

halfway through i forgot you guys were even playing a videogame , great stories.

[@dr.bright6272]

The pizza MRE looks like the Totinos frozen pizzas you'd buy in stores.

[@CodyLan]

Yay, stories with the bois

[@krunglebung8993]

Jalapenio cheese spread with italian bread sticks was awesomr

[@carlosmijares5935]

Finally I've been waiting

[@Malephex]

Two dudes discussing the food at work ... surprisingly interesting :)

[@superfish0012]

Zach, would you recommend 91F? I’m qualified for it and it seems very interesting.

[@Assassino275]

If you like keeping busy and working with your hands go for it

[@PilotTed]

From all the stories and such from Zach in these videos where he talked about being a 91F, it sounds horrible lol.

[@FatGuyEngineer]

I love weapons so much that I wish I could switch to 91F, but I really like my unit and I plan on getting out after the contracts up, so 91B (wheeled vehicle mechanic) I stay.

[@Nyx_2142]

@@PilotTed Most of that is because he was at Ft Polk lol

[@phantomaviator1318]

@@FatGuyEngineer 91B? What's that like? Working on HMMWVs and Strykers? Where would I go to work on tanks?

[@beastly7106]

The video starts and i hear "Veggie Omlet" or the Vomlet i've never gagged so hard before at the mention of a food.

[@smileman4746]

Hmm eating a beef shredded with bbq sauce MRE while quarantined. Then I saw this video lol

[@christopherchesnajr1429]

This channel reminds me of the old days of KZbin where a couple buddies just play a videogame and talk about whatever

[@ethancollins3789]

Bruh, earliest I've ever been to anything

[@estebanramirez1178]

I decided to look up charms in MREs and the only one related to the curse was from over a decade ago. He ate multiple packs. Apparently, the tent tilted and it rained. He was the only one who got wet and was sleeping in a pool of water on his cot. Everyone else was dry.

[@DemonHippo266]

Did anyone show him Steve1989MREInfo doing a taste test for the pizza MRE?

[@fishergray7009]

spaghetti with meat sauce is just on a whole new level

[@FatGuyEngineer]

My favorite was the spaghetti one. Been a while since I've seen one though, don't know if they took it out of rotation or not.

[@whiterabbit75]

Some people mistake my distaste for jalepenos as not liking the heat. I can take the heat just fine- I'm half Mexican, after all, but I cannot stand the flavor. I feel the same about all peppers. Jalepenos, bell peppers, all of them are just awful.

[@connorthegunlovingeek7465]

Wait, haven't we heard this before? I mean, I'm not complaining, but I know this isn't deja vu.

[@Reduxalicious]

They had a similar mre talk on a new Vegas video

[@tadhgmcelligott3693]

People like when they complain about the military so Mike and zach will often take the military talks from previous videos and upload it by itself.

[@deadly1720]

I love all snack bread! fight me.

[@douglasjackson295]

Me upon reading the title: @Steve1989MREInfo I Summon Thee!!!

[@hoaxer5135]

I had a french MRE not to long ago. It was a Lasagna MRE, was suppose to last the entire day. It had two small packs of coffee, its own small fire kit to cook the food and heat up coffee, multiple snack bars or chocolate Energy bars, utensils and napkins, salt and pepper, lasagna, and a carrot soup, the whole 9 yards. Everything except the snack bars were good. Snack bars were some kind of awful compact fruit jello jam.

[@generalolivervonbismarck393]

This is Epic and I’ve only watched 1 min

[@mailnathesourdemon2289]

Mo

[@Human-hs8sp]

Who thought choc peanut butter was a good idea?

[@FatGuyEngineer]

@@Human-hs8sp I actually liked it. Wasn't amazing, but still good.

[@oigomieggo24]

Crumbling up wheat snack bread and hamburger mixed with gravy is literally what soldiers from the civil war did with their own hardtack and rationed meat. I love that the tradition has continued for soldiers making do with what they get

[@sweatysocks8214]

Zach is factually wrong. Jalepeno cheese is objectively delicious.

[@Nyx_2142]

Its garbage.

[@MrCrisTheRo]

I bought so many MRE's from the guys in the Army when I was in college - because they didn't want to eat them and I was broke. No heaters, but $5 or the equivilant in smokes/liquor is literally what I lived off of. The cheese spread was good and it was so nice when I opened one that had Tabasco. I swear they put a ton of fiber in there, because I'd only shit every other day and it was like shitting out literal cement bricks. Dense, like a paladin. I feel bad because you gents had a mess, whereas it was MRE or die for me. I remember my broke ass roommate and I sharing one that I had left in the back of my car and it was the height of flavor. Guy Fieri was driving buy calling it flavor town. No spice better than hunger. Also, I remember getting two VOMELETEs for $5. That. Was. Awful. I still want my $5 back.

[@mikeksp9177]

Nice

[@Jay_Mac1775]

The best MRE I’ve had (I buy one sometimes for $10 at a surplus store) was the breakfast maple sausage . Shit was so good I’d buy it again, or the chicken burrito bowl

[@MartsVODs]

Getting back to this one as im just rewatching all the highlight/compiled/story videos.. And now having tried several MREs.. It finally hit me. Either my tastebuds and body are.. Nonhuman- Or... No probably that. Stuff in MREs and other "Pre-Made survival food" was like.. Gourmet compared to my normal diet- I got to get my life together-

[@mattparker9726]

1:50 jalapeno cheese spread. it's the only thing the govt cant screw up...cheese.