SPAIN VS FRANCE - MRE BATTLE

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

Don't worry about the honey. Spanish honey contrary to USA (+90%) honey is not pasteurized (unlike the raw honey from Costco), therefore it isn't liquid shelf stable. It will crystallize but easily remediated once treated with heat, same as maple syrup. The addition of corn syrup will prevent crystallization; this is why honey at McDonald's (or any other individually packaged honey) will never crystallize. Next time, simply dunk the honey pouch in warm/hot water several minutes as to reconstitute it glucose/maltose (melt it). 😂😂😂

[@slidethru468]

🐝ing precise about that fact is cool to know, thank you.

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

In the US. Honey is pure honey under law. McDonald's and KFC sell honey sauce. That is what your talking about. All honey pasteurized or not is shelf stable for decades.

[@VolkZ-wl4ci]

@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 Everytime i purchase European Honey it crystallizes . American honey NEVER crystallizes. It's fake like American bread.

[@dannywisniewski870]

@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 except it is if it's pure honey

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 never assume pure honey to be raw honey or pasteurized. Pure has no legal ramifications in the USA in the food industry. Raw honey is (and has never been) liquid shelf stable as glucose crystalizes whereas pasteurization transforms its glucose and maltose bonds to render it liquid shelf stable. The life expectancy is not under question, I am simply explaining why the honey in this mre pack has separated and how to remediate it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@norwoodbuilder7529]

Ancient -- you have become one of my favorite KZbin channels. Your commentary and reactions to these meals are priceless because they help bring people from different countries together in a unique and peaceful way. Please consider creating an episode in which you look back at past episodes to create a list of the the best items you've had from various MRE from around the world, creating the "Ultimate MRE". Peace be with you.

[@ReveriKeenani]

In 2015, archaeologists reported that they'd found 3,000-year-old honey while excavating tombs in Egypt, and it was perfectly edible. This durability is thanks to the unique features of honey: it is low in water and high in sugar, so bacteria cannot grow on, So I think that Honey is still good xD

[@mirzasmajkan1245]

Thank you for posting, I always watch these while im eating. Anyways great vid and keep it up.

[@stevencsb]

Dont worry, honey doesn't spoil, but some honeys with a higher fructose content can crystallize over time. Heat would return it to its more liquid form.

[@HeathenTrucker]

Wouldn't that be fake honey?

[@stevencsb]

@@HeathenTrucker no, not necessarily.

[@Sniperboy5551]

@HeathenTrucker Fructose and glucose are the primary components of real honey. The region it comes from can change the flavor due to different plants, since honey comes from bees when they collect pollen. There’s even honey that can get you high. That being said, there is a lot of fake honey.

[@PrimusAirsoft]

Always happy to see new videos! Keep up the great work!

[@Sniperboy5551]

I love hearing the back-and-forth and seeing the occasional hand reaching for a bite.

[@bethedifferent1]

I love your videos. Thanks for posting a new video! ❤

[@kevinwickens344]

From what I've seen from other MRE reviewers the Spanish put the heater in the breakfast one and then you have it already for the lunch and dinner. Really enjoy your reviews!

[@dadbodadventures_]

Thanks again for the great video chief! Happy Labor Day! Ryan

[@roostermbakb6727]

Man I e been waiting on another mre review. These things are absolutely fun to watch plus MeAncient and Ace always do good work.

[@Lzd1996]

I'm Brazilian and here we drink coffee with milk two ways, the first is, as said in the video, half milk and half coffee and we also have "Pingado" which is coffee with a few drops of milk. Our cuisine is wonderful, I believe you will like it.

[@MeAncient]

I love the Brazilian restaurants we have around here. The buffet types where you can sample all kinds of Brazilian food. TFW

[@billinorlando2887]

Great review and always interesting

[@theperryfamily941]

Im right there with ya, nothing better than bacon and eggs for breakfast! Awesome video as always, cant wait for the next video!

[@MeAncient]

I know, right.....sweets for breakfast?!? I"m not 6 years old, for heaven's sake. TFW

[@andrewblackmore3150]

Depending on which Spanish breakfast menu you have, I think there are 4 breakfast variations, some of them come with x2 coffee

[@hockeystudofficial]

Whats up Me Ancient I love your videos!

[@TheCotzi]

Honey cant go bad its one of the few foods you can eat after thousends of years they found honey in egypt as a gift to a pharao grave it was 5000 years old and still good to eat

[@ajtoofer]

pure honey*

[@anthonynowak8208]

It does dry up lol

[@TheCotzi]

@@anthonynowak8208 and still edible

[@TheCotzi]

@@ajtoofer I thought everybody knows that it must be pure honey

[@lancerevell5979]

I agree on the Boar Pate. I love pork liver pate, liverwurst, braunschweiger and liver cheese lunchmeat. 😎👍

[@JohnGBlackBelt53]

Thanks for another great video.

[@frankschehr77]

Love your videos ❤

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

The Spanish one is relatively healthy and also has vitamins and a toothbrush in. The French is hearty and loaded with good, strong calories. Good video

[@SgtSteel1]

Good to see a new video!

[@markrossnagel4680]

Always glad to see a new video come out. I will be down visiting the youngest next weekend and will hunt around some of the surplus places for MREs. WIll also try to find an old messkit. When younger I had the WW2 knife that I kept in my tackle box. Used it to cut bait and catch and cook. Wish I still had it. Stay safe and God bless. If I find anything different in MREs I will let you know. Could always drop them off as I head west next month. Maybe even a brand new MRE.

[@shannonrinehart4635]

Happy Memorial Day Shipmate! Another good video! Ace is right, my wife is from Brazil and for me, half coffee and half cream is perfect, because their coffee is more like expresso and very strong! Keep 'em coming!! Tchau, vr, Shannon

[@mikenaracon951]

I wonder if the boar pate made it through customs because they dont regulate wild meat the same as farmed? Great video as always

[@maniconice5521]

Love your channel been waiting for a new vidoe for a while

[@renars9990]

I love your channel, it made my life closer to god by praying before i eat

[@mariekenzi]

Is the lemon drink rehydration salts?

[@chrisshepherd6878]

These need to be atleast a weekly thing or a week and a half.cause therw awesime to watch. Chris from Australia.😊

[@phillipjohnson1234]

MeAncient, love your videos. I watch all your content as well as both your sons' content. I need the recipe for your wife's tartar slaw. I am a fan of fish with tartar sauce and I love cole slaw so I am really interested in getting the recipe.

[@MeAncient]

Phillip, here you go......kzbin.info/www/bejne/goGtZoOEr697qZI My wife has started her own channel. You could say it's sort of a family affair. TFW

[@jblaylock023]

Love the whole familys videos

[@eltenda]

Plenty of goodies from overseas ! Great review Too bad for the customs😊

[@MultiMagnum62]

Very cool friend. I know, customs cut us no slack anymore, Damn. Especially hurting A French ration, one of my favorites. Spanish Breakfasts, are light weight, but good. I still have A couple of toothbrushes here set back. I didn't see hydration salts this time? Nice comparison, I am glad you enjoyed most. Peace, John.

[@MeAncient]

I saw water purification tablets, but no salt tabs. I may have missed them. TFW, John.

[@3mate1]

I've only had 2 ravaged MREs... a French 8 hour and that same Spanish one. They confiscated the main and the pate out of the french one and the main and pate out of the spanish one... completely tore up the pachaging too and half ass taped it up. The French main was some kind of dish made from Deer. I think it was called deer taurine, and the Spanish one was oysters or something in some kind of sauce. Both had Pate cans which were probably pork liver. All I got was a cool OD can of peaches in the spanish ration with a chocolate and some biscuits and same with the French one, chocolate mous, biscuits, and a fruit bar. But they never touched the Russian ones when I ordered those, they had Dove meat, god knows what else... stuff I wouldn't feed my cat or my dog.

[@plotagonroy7997]

Enjoyed the video got to say a lot of fiber for the France MRE.

[@DanTheVans]

I think the milk powder is just ment as a milk drink you add water too well that's what we do in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but it was fun to watch you mix both 😂 I would next time just add hot water to the coco drink and cold water to the milk powder. Great videos as always though 👌🏻

[@MeAncient]

Daniel, it's fun to try them without any prior experience to give an authentic reaction to what I'm tasting for the first time. TFW!

[@joaomarreiros4906]

Tastes and textures, like the honey, the jams and the hazelnut paste, and the cocoa, they taste differently because any product based in the EU does not have the same pasteurization methods of the US, or added stuff like starch and similar, lower levels of salt, sugar, and around here we just add the salt or the sugar we want in food in our kitchens, the food is bland for someone used to eating in the US except when it is specifically mentioned in the food. American friends have mentioned to me that even McDonalds or other fast food "tastes differently", bread, eggs and milk are different, our milk goes sour after a couple of days, quicker if not refrigerated, all because there is a minimal of preservatives and chemicals, sugar and salt in food stuffs, but you can still add whatever sugar and salt you want, in your plate. My brother that was in the army for some time, liked to sweet his cocoa or coffee with honey, and that looks like good honey. "Tostada" is a staple cookie in Portugal and Spain, its a cookie cooked and "double toasted" to last longer and be crunchy, and the sweet kind is more common, with the equivalent to a cracker in the salted or savoury variety of cookies to eat with spreads. Those issues, like the maximum salt and sugar permitted in food, varies according to the country, but it has a maximum level all over the EU, in limits considered safe by the health authorities EU wide. Good video, and loved the vintage cutlery

[@MeAncient]

Joao, thank you for that info. I love learning about the world around me. TFW!

[@joaomarreiros4906]

@@MeAncient Keep making your videos Sir., they are interesting and food for thought.

[@Home_with-Mr.penguin]

I believe the Spanish have espresso in the afternoon. It's a Mediterranean thing. But cafe con leche (Americano) is common in Puerto Rico an ex colony of Spain. I imagine on the island during the second Spanish American war you could tell a person's allegiance based on how they took their coffee.

[@klad2860]

Sick

[@srijankumarpant1172]

Looks like the Spainish mre went way ahead of French. Thanks for the video, Me Ancient 🙂

[@MeAncient]

Srijan, you are welcome. TFW, as always.

[@srijankumarpant1172]

@@MeAncient ❤️❤️❤️

[@BillConnell-e6q]

Enjoy watching your videos. When you are doing a US MRE please do them properly. You don't put the main in the heater pack, you put water in and slide it and the main into the cardboard sleeve. If you put water into the hot beverage bag it can be heated up with the heater also. Water in heater doesn't need to touch any of the pouches.

[@pavelkreuzt1390]

This honey-milk powder+sugar combo is from newer spanish breakfast MREs and doesn't seem to be working well. Older ones had just 3 generous sweetened condensed milk satchets instead. You just added it to the water and mixed with the cocoa (or coffee, or cereals) and you were done. You could even use it as a spread with the biscuits. No extra sugar or creamer needed. Breakfast in Spain is usually meant to be consumed fast and give you a boost of energy. There are savory alternatives (like the popular toast with tomato spread and olive oil) but most people will go the sweet way and have just some coffee w/milk and a sweet treat. Dipping biscuits or a toast in the coffee is common. This is specially popular among young people, so I suppose army wants soldiers to get up and running fast with this menu.

[@Oz_Darkr1d3r]

I drink hot cocoa everyday for breakfast for 20 years now. I never was a coffee person.

[@mulderdreamland]

Why can't you can't have pork a bit strange especially when would be cooked in a sterile container? Love the video hope everyone is keeping well ❤❤

[@MeAncient]

It makes no sense to me if the containers are sealed. TFW.

[@joeryan4171]

Honey does not go bad, it just crystalizes, just add water to it and reconstitute it.

[@ThingsThatIDo]

Happy Labor Day! I bet on Spain.

[@michaelandersson2856]

👍

[@MeAncient]

TFW

[@michaeltaylor4421]

I thought that toothbrush was a vape i was like naw way they put a vape in them MREs 😂 sucks customs toook the food they wanted 😂😂jk

[@crazycatlady61]

With the honey you can just heat it up slightly in the microwave and it will re liquidfy, perfectly safe to eat

[@Stray713]

Just curious what the TFW in your replies stands for? And thank you for your service sir.

[@BubaLabinski223]

When you have honey, like that get crystallize all you gotta do is heat it up a little bit like you should’ve took that envelope and threw it in hot water

[@MichaelLynn-kk7po]

Milk powder was to be made into a glass of milk. Add the jam to the muesli next time for some flavor.

[@borrellipatrick]

Was wondering about the pork thing. Love ramen and been wanting to import some of the higher end stuff from Japan but they come with pork meat in them. And apparently they're not allowed to ship them to the US 🫠

[@iandeare1]

My apologies this comment is not relevant to this video, but I know of no other way to mention a small story, that may tickle you: My father, 1939 - '46 RAF Combat Aircrew (AG/Sigs) was once in a forced landing in Near East Jungle (around N. India/Pakistan way to our modern ears) They were ignorant, and terrified that man eating jungle bunnies were attacking them, cocking guns etc. Turns out it was a US pioneer Squad (all black, stripped to the waist, of course, working in a jungle!) He said the best pineapple he ever, ever, tasted: was served to him in a Yankee tin hat, by a gentleman of colour, with an American accent LOL 🤣

[@MeAncient]

Great story! I love the family memories written down and shared with others. Thanks for telling us! TFW

[@HeathenTrucker]

Haha that Honey looked like Dabs lol

[@MeAncient]

It did. TFW

[@Hector-vx5yc]

Hi me ancient, I’m new to the channel, how do you come across those foreign MREs? I wouldn’t mind trying them!!👍🏿💯❤️. When I was in the NAVY I came across some really old MRE that was on a moth balled ship from WW2!!

[@Sniperboy5551]

I’d assume eBay, Amazon, MREMountain or subscribers. Thank you for your service, sir.

[@PrinceMula-oj8nz]

Salt on your oatmeal is crazy 😂

[@phillip8476]

Is there an American menu item you haven't tried yet. I'd love to send you one if there is.

[@Andres-db4jm]

The honey is good. If honey is crystallized, that means is natural, not added anything artificial. Only natural honey would be like that. If honey is liquidy and runny after many months or even couple of months, that means it's artificial.

[@Stevie.Janowskii]

I really enjoyed watching you consume the honey

[@Patshes]

Honey never expires. Can't believe you don't know what to do with crystalized honey! Mix the prunes with the musli

[@MeAncient]

I know different ways to use honey. I just found it unbelievable there was so little in the package. TFW. (Good idea about the honey and Musli.)

[@patoruzu1967]

the water is poured over the powdered milk, not the other way around

[@jeffreyla74]

Room temperature braunschweiger, nothing could go wrong there

[@Gwarrior92]

Love your video's but when is ACE gonna make more video's as well

[@josephtortona824]

Prunes are a good source of fiber.

[@marieadriansen2925]

They put 70% chocolate because they say it's better for your health

[@VolkZ-wl4ci]

As an American but who grew up with heavy European culture it's crazy how fucked we have become to be scared of REAL food.

[@dieselboy77]

Funny how even kinder eggs are banned in the US because they claim kids can choke on the plastic eggs inside the chocolate . I always got them as a kid for Christmas since I was 5 , guess in Europe parents tell the kids there’s a toy inside so don’t try to eat it in one piece

[@kingjehukhan8541]

French....there MRE's are all that! I throw the coco in the coffee with some sugar-instant energy!

[@MeAncient]

You know it. The French do good on those MREs, for sure. TFW

[@jerryl6634]

Let's calirfy MRE stands for: meal randomly edible?

[@michaelmcelwain2053]

Strange, I bow my head every time you do. God Bless.

[@MeAncient]

You must be a believer as well. TFW, Michael.

[@AnthonyRodriguez-c9g]

That cleansing my pallet wveryother min is killing cmon sir

[@chrisshepherd6878]

Next one due cmon mate

[@miguel.s7729]

Portuguese MRE next ?😂

[@MeAncient]

If I could get my hands on one, for sure. TFW, Miguel.

[@geno5360]

So they confiscated pork products but left the boar pate, which is a pig product?

[@BlackAdam1231]

Want a piece of milk? Is a question that you really don’t want to here

[@themoon69420]

The Spaniards have to be getting separate coffee rations or something, because they are some coffee drinking mfs over there.

[@Andrew-h8j2v]

Hi me ancient love the mre review show keep it going with more mre reviews

[@MeAncient]

Andrew, will do and stay tuned. TFW

[@roostermbakb6727]

Prunes. Mother Natures duct cleaner. I don’t see how anyone does not like liver products and stuff like that boar pate.

[@corkbulb2895]

You can use the fuel tablets with the stove indoors. I've been doing it for several months now an I'm still alive. If you read the instructions, it says it is fine to use indoors as long as the area is well ventilated. I put the stove under my range hood that vents outside. Just opening a window would be adequate for those things. You don't want to use them inside a tank with all the hatches closed, or deep in a cave. There are people that are afraid to start up a flameless ration heater indoors. Yeah they stink, but it's not that bad at all. Smells like electronics running. Funny because that's exactly what it is, hydrogen gas. It would take about 10 of those things going off at the same time inside a coffin to actually kill you. There is fear, which is fine. Then there is ignorance and misinformation, which is A LOT worse.

[@josephtortona824]

Your water was not hot enough to dissolve the Spanish Choco and milk powders

[@xothos7902]

I'd like to see if he can get a MRE from India or the Middle Eastern countries like Isreal or Iran.

[@Kenny-8327]

I remember that BatMan cereal!

[@taftbruce7975]

😂😂

[@DavidS22003]

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[@jeremy-zs9gu]

what wrong with pork from other country i know as a fact Australia actually tests its pork for Trichinosis which i believe the us doesn't

[@MeAncient]

Jeremy, as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with pork from other countries. Customs has other views. TFW

[@ajtoofer]

if its real honey, just put the unopened package in hot water and it'll return to normal. in a few minutes

[@DanHoadley]

You're not supposed to swallow toothpaste 🤯

[@tusux2949]

Caught me off guard, too, lol. But it's perfectly safe, there is nothing toxic in it. Wierd, but nothing to worry about.

[@dave1496]

Take me to the dentist lmfao

[@MeAncient]

I know, right? TFW, Dave.

[@shimonsieskel8487]

Great video. Our house was the same.... No sweet cereals.... Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies were my Mothers choice.

[@marcuskiritsis2076]

Asa always happy to help out clearing up the bits you don’t like 😂😂 awesome as always guys. Semper Fi Corporal keep up the fantastic work 🇺🇸🫡🇬🇧🫡👍👍👍

[@MeAncient]

Marcus, I still have more of your kind box. Please stay tuned. Hopefully this year yet. Semper Fi, Corporal and TFW, as always.

[@marcuskiritsis2076]

@@MeAncient will do always tuned in ♥️👍

[@Coolcat3]

Ace do more videos in the mountains. Miss those

[@josephmolion4345]

There's no actual FOOD in the spanish kit! Weird!

[@MeAncient]

That was weird. And disappointing. TFW, Joseph.

[@chrisshepherd6878]

?

[@blidzshon1966]

pâté for breakfast????????? 🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@HeathenTrucker]

I bet Spains is horrible since they can't afford anything lol

[@MeAncient]

The breakfast wasn't very good for this Marine. TFW

[@tomritter493]

Ancient eating prunes at our age your poor butt lol funny how taste changes