U.S. Soldier Tries a French Ration Pack

[@DeliahAyala.2.14.91.]

That is a fancy MRE! Happy Fathers Day!!! You have done so much to keep moral up. Many of my bad days have been cheered up by you and your beautiful family ❤

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Thank you!

[@eidodk]

@@Butterworthdasyrup Why not mix it in one cup or bowl, then split it. You get two different experiences by mixing what looks like different amounts in each cup. If you want to share the experience you need to taste the same mix, which you don't. IF chocolate goes white on the outside, it's blooming... It's basically been exposed to humidity.

[@stephanefinzi1124]

On dirait deux "poules qui auraient trouvé un couteau"…

[@ZeChADPK]

​@@stephanefinzi1124 les poules auraient trouvé le couteau elles Eux tu peux leur foutre sous le nez qu'ils le trouveraient pas Sérieusement j'suis même pas à 3 minutes de vidéo et j'ai déjà compté jusqu'à 5 le nombre de fois où je me suis dit, mais qu'ils sont cons c'est pas possible 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@stephanefinzi1124]

@@ZeChADPKEt là on aurait affaire à des experts…ça fait peur. Ils sont bêtes à bouffer du foin.

[@guillaumejago]

Hello guys your tasting review was great. I'am a former french soldier and if I may give you some advice : Those RICR are suposed to be eaten in order Breakfeast : Muesli,coffe ,and some chocolate crackers with jam Lunch : Pork paté with salted crackers and one of the cans the pasta one would be great Dinner : the soup (please next time put more water please) Parmentier de canard after that chocolate cream and a cup of tea or two For all the small snacks like pâte de fruits and commando bar nougat and the rest of the biscuits (crackers) you are supossed to eat them all day long on the field every time you like or can. And for everyone : a lot of these items look "civillian" like comming from your supermarket and it's done on purpose to remind you of the coutry when you are a soldier in operation a thousand of kilometers away from your country. Some of the brands are quite famous in France like the mont blanc chocolate. That was just my two cents. Tous gaillards pas de trainards.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Thank you for this!

[@emile47]

35e RI 🦍

[@guillaumejago]

@@emile47 Et oui camarade le lion est là pour toujours !

[@DeltaCain13]

Which French MRE contains the legendary MRE wine?

[@nen_star]

​@@DeltaCain13 i know our soldier got wine for 14-18 war , but from what i'v read it was crap wine 😅. there is no more mre with wine ...

[@nathalieprodhomme7032]

As a Little story, during the 1992 golf war, some American soldiers where giving 4 of their box in exchange of one French box.

[@louisfrederich8777]

Use to be mostly because it had alcohol in it (if I’m correct)

[@ZeChADPK]

In Afghanistan it was 5 for 1 no joke

[@Savonsale]

was 5 for 1

[@Savonsale]

@@louisfrederich8777 no it was for the taste

[@associationadads1593]

Confirmé, je les vendait avec l'EDA

[@denzelpanther240]

"Im half french-german and half italian" so you are 100% american. Thats it

[@Jamirio]

There is no % you are either French or not

[@claverhouse1]

Americans. So ashamed of being American they will claim to be anything but, even when entirely ignorant of the countries they claim to be "from". "My great grandfather was once bitten by an Irish Setter so I am Oirish"

[@Be-Es---___]

That's the definition of a bastard.

[@xekoan507]

Dna tests works that way actually​@@Jamirio

[@Jamirio]

@@xekoan507 I mean you identify to a nationality or not rather than your genetic makeup Europeans have +/- diverse makeup with the R haplo dominating.

[@AlexCombes]

"Any French cheese ?", "Mozzarella !", damn thats very American 😂😂

[@crabearmy1749]

😂😂really… am french and am died

[@ZeChADPK]

Literally I had to pause the video at this point It was the 3rd time they made me cringe in barely 2 minutes of video As if they were trying their best to not have any culture

[@Unik3031]

They don't know their cheese it seems. They started with Gruyère. That's a Swiss cheese named after the canton it's from. It's like talking about local LA food and then wondering if there will be New York cheesecake

[@superGGfr]

@@Unik3031I came to say this. Kudos to our Swiss and Italian friends from France. Vive le fromage !

[@samwisegamgee6532]

Especially when you consider one of them is “mainly Italian “😂😂

[@realDose]

Half Italian, quarter French - Looks for Mozzarella in a French MRE. Those ancestors are are fidgetspinning in their graves😂

[@tadduniannick2042]

Toujours les mêmes les italiens Ils pensent être n°1 en cuisine😂😂😂

[@Lostouille]

​@@tadduniannick2042 je leur donne la place n°1 avec plaisir. Ils ont l'attention bonne et mauvaise. Au moins on verra pas 283839292 vidéos youtube/tiktok/insta anglophone avec des plats français massacrés avec 800kg de cheddar 😂😂😂

[@BedOOO1]

ur mad brooooo ahahha French 1st

[@Lostouille]

@@tadduniannick2042 laisse leur la place. Au moins on verra pas 27282939 vidéos avec des plats français remplis de 92920 kg de cheddar .

[@tadduniannick2042]

@@Lostouille bien dit

[@19Edurne]

My French tastebuds revolt; not at the MRE itself but at the order - or lack thereof - in which it is eaten.

[@der.Schtefan]

In general, most Europeans will say that Americans throw half a salt mine on their food, and then complain that they are constantly dehydrated ;) It is something I observed with my American friends, and when I visited the USA.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

I can def see how we have a heavy salt hand

[@malcolmsoh5648]

@@Butterworthdasyrup Salt Bae would disagree 😆

[@stacycamacho59]

When pregnant my last kid we ended up using the Gilmore girls sewage reference. We had someone literally taste testing to make sure I wasn't adding too much.

[@pilsplease7561]

Funny enough nearly nobody in the US around where I live uses salt the europeans dump it and i give them weird looks

[@JW-qf2fx]

you can always add it, but you cant take it out ;)

[@Ducati121]

got to work with the French in Central Africa, besides the good food and the good wine they were my favorite allied force to work with.

[@Bonapartiste_Languedocien]

As an American ?

[@FlyingFighter]

​@@Bonapartiste_Languedocien yes a little detachment

[@Odah_]

By the way guys, i'm French and absolutely no one laughs like that, i keep hearing it from Americans and i have no clue why and from where that's a thing

[@Odah_]

@@eileenmiller4685 It's just crazy to me that something not true is the reality for so many Americans, just like the "Oui oui" thing, do you guys say "Yes yes" often ? Nah so why would we lmao

[@eileenmiller4685]

It's a cross between being a parody of Maurice Chevalier's accent which ended up sticking as the English default for impersonating French and the similar "hoo hoo hoo" which was a signature of Justin Wilson, a Cajun Creole celebrity chef that was very popular in the 1980s.

[@Odah_]

@@eileenmiller4685 Yeah alright, so i get the parody part but i feel like it's been so long that people forgot it was a parody and think it's just real, or some people even back then thought that it was real aswell. Because i've been around Americans for the past 10 years, when i started learning English and since then, exept when someone had French relatives, they knew absolutely nothing about France or Europe in general and i heard some crazy stuff that i thought was just them trolling me but they were genuine, that's completely nuts to me

[@eileenmiller4685]

@@Odah_ Most Americans have no exposure to languages other than English outside of the two compulsory credits they take in high school, and probably 90% of them take Spanish as their language option. The majority of us will never leave our country. Hollywood, therefore, is the only resource most have for exposure to other cultures, and unfortunately, it's almost always wrong in it's representation. As a nation, we really suck at paying attention to cultures other than our own, even internally. I took French in high school and have been to France on a study abroad trip several years ago. I studied the dos and don'ts before going, but the rest of my group very clearly didn't. There's no real excuse for it except that our culture brainwashes everyone into thinking we're the best country in the world and discourages us from seeking out information that could discredit that. This ignorance and apathy is, in my opinion, one of the worst aspects of our culture.

[@Odah_]

@@eileenmiller4685 I've noticed that with the Spanish, any foreign culture or language that is exposed to you guys is Southern American and thus Spanish. Like the way they were trying to pronounce things on the packaging was so bad that it sounded like it was Spanish, i just didn't understand most of what they were trying to read out loud if i didn't try to decode it lmao. Also i felt like there was somewhat of an hesitation on what they had to think on the food they were going to eat, like saying "huhh" or "ew" to just food, until they ate it and it was just good and couldn't stop eating it. There's such a huge gap in food culture between our 2 continents, i feel like Americans are disgusted for not a whole lot. I was watching a livestream and a girl said she forgot to eat some icecream that must've melted in her bag, and everybody in the chat started saying "EWWW DISGUSTING WTF" to just melted icecream??

[@didierchaumet]

Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach, and he knew best as his soldiers could walk thousands of miles across Europe in record times. Soldiers on the field deserve the best and pleasurable nutritious food.

[@raphael5127]

As a reformed french soldier, there is a certain technic to cook the dish, you have to let it close and put it in the good side on the fire and after a bit of time put it on the other side (so the two side are cooked) after that you grab the can and shake it so that all the foods are mixed ! After that you can open it and enjoy it ! 👌🏼 For the soup, i was use to trade them with some of my mates so i could put 2 bags of the same soup for smthg like 50-75cl of water and a bit of salt 🤌🏼

[@ultradeady]

Juste en voyant la technique on sait que c’est des rations françaises XDDD

[@raphael5127]

@@ultradeady pas moyen, moyen quand même !

[@ultradeady]

@@raphael5127aux US je crois pour chauffer les rations juste tu balances un bloc qui chauffe en présence d’eau dans un sac avec le plat ou qql chose comme ça donc comparé à la technique française, je pense qu’on peut assez facilement deviner

[@raphael5127]

@@ultradeady on est plus dans le rustique que le technologique, au moins c’est une valeur sure !

[@ultradeady]

@@raphael5127 "roh lala ces americains avec leurs réactions chimiques, moi je préfère le feu qu'on peut voir"

[@felinvirginia1]

French soldier here : best to heat the main course is to keep it close, shake it, and cook it 1'30" to 2'30" on each face. (Less time with a personal cooker, the Esbit™ tablets are in the slow cooker category). Use a combat glove is way more efficient than the weird piece of metal you get. But it is a good replacement fork when you are dumb and lost it

[@HvedrungLaymore]

French people say "hon hon hon" as often as americans say " aw wanagain'.

[@madwarrior3771]

aw bistoufly

[@selmevias1383]

@@madwarrior3771 T'es con mdr

[@isabelledrevet5913]

😂🤣🤣

[@MisterKrakens]

I'm french and I don't even know what "hon hon hon" is

[@isabelledrevet5913]

@@MisterKrakens ils se moquent de nos "en", "an", "in", "on" et "un".

[@marylinelebrun2320]

In France, we dont break a cereales bar in two and put into the mouth. We open the bar and we eat little pièces. Sorry for my english.

[@lechatrelou6393]

What the hell ? Only when trying to be sneaky, or if you're on a diet.

[@dju1999]

@@lechatrelou6393 To avoid a case of hypoglycemia and to use to regular sugar intakes to keep the brain at 100%

[@yannsalmon2988]

What’s amazing is that the French MRE and its content seems to have not changed at all since I did my military service 30 years ago. The “crackers” are a very poor substitute for bread which is something really difficult to do without in a meal for a French person. If I remind correctly, those crackers are best if you dip them first in the potage. Chocolate in Europe is very different from the US in taste and texture, because of different regulations. In France, it’s more often dark chocolate with a stronger flavor and much lower fats and sugar. The chocolate drink is supposed to be mixed with milk, not bland water. If I remember correctly there should have been powdered milk along the coffee, tea and cocoa bags.

[@elg94]

the fact there's actually a french saying like "sad like a day without bread" confirms what you say, i'm french too and a meal without any bread, even if when i have some i don't actually eat much (unless there's cheese), is just a nightmare lol

[@matbec85]

there is no more powdered milk if it was the case when you did your military service. But adjusting correctly the water can change A LOT the taste ^^'

[@matbec85]

Ah et par la même occasion, Les rations ont changé cette année. Plus de calorie et c'est dans un espèce de sac en plastique maintenant

[@FlyingFighter]

​​@@matbec85 me semble que c'est un autre type de ration mais pas un remplaçant non ?

[@matbec85]

@@FlyingFighter Nop c'est un remplacement des rations 24h! Pour les 12h par contre je sais pas

[@CoolBreeze169]

I remember in the early 2000's, US troops used to change our French MRE for whisky or uniforms, and we also were presented some encraved dog tags. Like 5 French MRE cost one complete woodland uniform, or 3 Johnny Walker bottles (1 litre each). Those were nice times.

[@Inthedarkzone01]

Hello from Europe, fun fact the canned food inside of the french combat rations are prepared by 1 star chefs. So yeah that's why they are the best out there.

[@RoulicisThe]

"It's good breakfast and lunch at max" You guys eat waaaay too much if you think that, these rations are packed with calories xD

[@Deathexdraw]

I said the exact same thing in my head haha

[@dominicskelton3031]

Calories are there, but a bit thin on filling. I'd happily swap a bunch of the snacks for a more substantial main dinner.

[@Deathexdraw]

Maybe because you eat way too much? Or maybe because you are taller/bigger? For me it's perfect, I don't wanna feel bloated on the field

[@jeanpierrechoisy6474]

This remark from one of the people in the video is consistent with one of the major causes of the percentage of obese people in the USA. Another one is an intestinal flora that is on average half as diverse as in Europe due to junk food. A third cause is: in the USA, over-motorized, they walk much less.

[@luchogonzealaise3717]

I think the chocolate bar was high percentage cocoa, it's more of a "dégustation" chocolate that you have to enjoy and let it melt slowly in your mouth while the german one was probably more sugary and quick to eat.

[@nyarlatothep666]

French people like very dark and bitter chocolate. The Swiss and German prefer sweet milk chocolate.

[@MrKoblepot]

We do like strong chocolate when you're supposed to be chocolate aficionado

[@Christian-gb8nd]

There's different brand of chocolate bars, and this one is, to me, the best! Very high pourcentage of cacao! Love it!

[@etienne8110]

The choco was def dégustation. 70% cacao is quite high. For ref, milk chocolate is 40-30%... So, less sugar, more chocolaty flavour.

[@alaintrudel193]

While on tour in Bosnia in 96, we hab a task to support the French military, they needed our equipment. The deal was they had to feed us. At the first meal time, they gave us one of their rations and we ate the whole thing. There reaction was funny. “Putain, you are it all, it’s for 24hrs” That’s not enough to sustain a Canadian soldier! We ended up having to take Some of our ration to finish the 4 day task. Best job I ever had.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Sounds like a great time!

[@CobraChicken101]

True, it fits in with the french "chat maigre" ( skinny cat) doctrine tho. It's the official doctrine of the foreign legion but applies to most of the army. They put an emphasis on endurance rather than strenght. French soldier -> Marathon US soldier -> Sprinter

[@NivisTigridis]

@@CobraChicken101 The Legion training is out of this world and if you pass through it... not much will kill you... Seen it with a friend of mine that was in the Legion. Took 5 liver cancer to bring him down. And before the last miles he was still in what WE could say great shape!

[@ultradeady]

That « putain » prooves this is acurate

[@Fortheweak13]

@@CobraChicken101 US soldier sprinter ? Have you seen the average weight of an american ? (soldier or not)

[@hunterh1175]

"what's real and fake Italian?" "I'm half French-German and half Italian" Brother, you've never been in either of those countries, don't speak a word of any of those languages, you are not morally allowed to say you're "half" anything 😂 Great video

[@ZeChADPK]

I thought 2 half made a whole but apparently you can have 3 half in America lmao

[@lechatrelou6393]

​@@ZeChADPKin France we have a cake called the "4 quart" or 4 quarters. Anyways, it is 5 quarters

[@clem.ent.3246]

Thought the same thing, and almost skipped a heartbeat when he said he was gonna heat up the pâté (/rillettes).... Any french person (damn, probably any european) knows that it's an heresy.

[@valentinp1397]

French army give clutery kit-like swift knife with all on it knife spoon and fork individually so normally you don't need clutery in the MRE you're supposed to already have the necessary

[@lukeskywalker1453]

Watching both of you eating and enjoying most of the things in ration from my country just makes me happy. food that s give a smile is just the best reward..

[@caroledsd1243]

in France, we never or rarely mix cacao and coffee as a beverage. The word creole for the french people means coming from the caraibean countries, not Louisiana and in the US everything has much more sugar than in Europe

[@Libanoni974]

Créole is the name from the African-French population in the french over sea, like in the Caraïbes and in Indian Ocean

[@caroledsd1243]

@@Libanoni974 that's what I said !!!

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@Libanoni974not only African-French, but every French born in a French overseas territory, usually the Caribbean. There white creoles.

[@Libanoni974]

@@caroledsd1243 you never said about indian ocean :/

[@Libanoni974]

@@brunol-p_g8800 well about that i am a white creole from Reunion

[@Thorneblade]

Remembering when i was in the french army, my sergent told me the number of americans and english coming in the french sector to trade their own rations to obtain a french one, because of the high quality.

[@ThomasCONSIGNY]

You need to try the ones for the French Mountain Troops (chasseurs alpins) they have Pain au chocolat in them ! More than happy to send you some over if you wish !

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

I would be honored to receive one! My email is [e-mail]

[@SimAG117]

Glad you didn't say chocolatine !

[@horek1136]

​@@SimAG117you mean "shame" aren't you? ^^

[@SimAG117]

@@horek1136 i mean... this people say "pain au lait " or "pain au raisins". They logic for chocolatine is flawed !!!

[@highseastrader4190]

​@@SimAG117on dit chocolatine dans les troupes pyrénéennes 😂 on laisse le pain au chocolat aux nordistes (nord de la Garonne, donc) 😉

[@donaldparlett7708]

French rations are the best. The main course it’s best to open it up so you can stir the contents and have a hot meal and not burned.

[@Jamirio]

Not surprising Napoleon and Appert started the trend of military rations.

[@highseastrader4190]

Yes, you're supposed to open the can before heating it up. You can use two heaters instead of one. Don't forget to mix from time to time so that it doesn't burn at the bottom 🙂

[@yellyman5483]

It sure looks good, but there`s hardly any food here. Soup for dinner, and a cracker with pâté for lunch? I want REAL food. I`d probable be starving to death if this was all i had to eat for 24 hours. I need three solid meals a day. Not a couple of crackers and a bowl of thin soup. I`m sure the food was good, but there`s not enough food in this ration for me. I used to be starving when it was time for dinner when i served in the military.

[@ZeChADPK]

​@@yellyman5483it's a ration dude not a 5 course menu 🤦🏻‍♂️ and the amount of calories is enough for a decent size adult male There's 2 meals, the soup and crackers are sides Sounds like a management issue from you

[@embenard]

@@yellyman5483I mean you're forgetting a few things, they had the muesli and chocolate biscuits with jam for breakfast, the pasta dish and the pate on more crackers for lunch and the duck parmentier and the soup for dinner, plus the pudding and all the snacks - that's not bad for a full day!

[@val7782]

French soldier here. Yeah the drink mix is bad. We try not to put it in our bottle because it will keep that taste forever after. For the biscuits. We usually have two different brands for them. There is the red box ones and the blue one ( the one you got). The salt biscuits in the blue box are known for being disgusting (at least for me and my pals). For the warm meal, we usually just poke holes in it instead of opening it. The soup you ate (potage) is supposed to be vegetables thick soup, and you add salt in it. I'm disappointed you disliked the chocolate for it is one of my favorites things in this MRE. Loved the reactions.

[@EvanTanks]

For information, you must open the canned dish completely before cooking. Then stir the dish so that it cooks evenly. Ah and the flammable pellet does not create smoke so as not to be spotted. Advice from a French soldier!

[@punkradichetta2466]

The duck+ mashed potatoes = hachis parmentier de canard 😉 and porc pâté= rillettes. Greatings from France and happy father's day

[@berniebylda3306]

Oatmeal for us is porridge. Muesli has oatmeal in it. You do not have it warm but with cold milk like a cereal.

[@noddyninetythree4771]

in the U.S. think Kellogg's "Mueslix" cereal, available on your grocery shelves in almost every chain. H-E-B here in Texas has their own "European Muesli" varieties of breakfast cereals. Pretty much "Granola" but the oats aren't baked.

[@Fr_Dae]

2:23 you have just detroy the piece use for close the box properly - the powder should be mix with 1L of water, not 1 cup guys, you take all meal and sugar for 24h in 20mn ... it's time to run

[@K8E666]

When we holiday in France and stay in a rental cottage we nip to the nearest supermarché and buy a huge tin of ‘Confit de canard’ or duck confit which is a whole duck, separated into breasts and legs, and preserved in duck fat. We buy a bag of French waxy potatoes/pasta or rice and some frozen petite pois. You heat it up in a saucepan (with the fat) and the fat obviously melts, and then serve it without the fat and with peas, carrots and mashed potatoes/buttered pasta or plain rice. It’s absolutely delicious, it’s not cheap - about €25 for a large tin, enough to feed 4. My sons loved it when they were little as the meat falls off the bone and the seasoning is bang on ! It’s the perfect meal for when you’ve arrived late at night and don’t want to bother cooking anything in the oven from scratch. It’s all done on the hob in about 15-20 minutes, excellent for camping too !!

[@hunterh1175]

why without the fat though? It makes great sauce

[@icitlalistardust9060]

Next time, try with some chestnuts and morille mushrooms….. with fresh green beans for the garden…. The epitome of French cuisine !

[@Koozomec]

The fat is supposed to be saved for other dishes. A lot of energy for muscles in this big can.

[@dashbolt101s]

As a French person I am very happy to see foreigners liking the "confit de canard". It is personally my favourite meal out of all the French meals we have. It is exquisite. You can find the best ones in the south-west of France.

[@R0ckRoots]

French advice : throw your peas and carrots in the garbage and fry some potatoes with the duck's fat 👍

[@danstonpoulpe8147]

I’ve served in French army for 2 years. For ustensils as spoon, fork, knife and container it all come with the received package it’s not included inside the ration. Also the little thing you use to lift the main meals, you have to fold it so you don’t burn yourself when you pick it up. This is a 24h ration, you have the breakfast (muesli), noon and evening meals inside. And all the thing around (sweets/bars) to eat whenever you want. Also I don’t remember exactly what i’ve heard about the trade rate for 1 french MRE to americans but it’s likely 3-4 Americans for 1 french. Only did 2 years so I didn’t went on external operations. What I did was mostly « sentinel » (protection of sensitive sites such as train stations / airports)

[@chasano8073]

Merci pour le service. Thanks for your service.

[@lifelearner47]

when an American looks at a 3600 calorie food pack and says - that doesn't look very much ! Wonder why there is so much obesity in the US!

[@pierrehamel4424]

Please don’t say American, America is a continent not a country. There is twenty one countries in North America only. No one has American written in their passport.

[@lifelearner47]

@@pierrehamel4424 So what exactly should we call a citizen of the United States of America ? Apart from a rude word!

[@SigShooter9mm]

​@@lifelearner47fat ass works fine

[@CROM-on1bz]

@@lifelearner47 Etats Uniens en français dans le texte.

[@kern6790]

@@pierrehamel4424 you called us "european"...

[@geraudlecorronc1650]

Former french NCO here, saw you pour the isotonic glasses portion, thought you'd have kidney failure before the end of the day !!! you're supposed to mix it in about a litter of water (1kg = 1L) Moreover, the salt biscuits are really disgusting, i felt you there, couldn't hold a laugh, give me some "hazing" ideas. About the heating dish, i'd suggest to wide open it, pour some water on it, just to avoid burning the bottom, and mix it around while it heats, you'll get the whole warm and mashed and eatable. For the rest, even you don't have "french soldiers" eating habits, i hope you liked it ! And yes, silverwear comes apart, a half saw bladed knife (named CAC), and a tool mixed fork/spoon ! Duck parmentier is part of the most MRE i hate the most, i prefer beef raviolis or lasagna or other sauce dishes. i'd trade the nougat for either pâte de fruit or chocalte bar, people don't like 75/83% black cacao, i alos used to buy half a pound of jam in a glass jar for mornings, some strawberry or raseberry Edit: i think this 24h hour MRE is about 3500 to 3800 kcal Par l'Empereur !

[@moklane9473]

A lot of memories for me ... Vive la france 🇨🇵⚜️

[@sorennordmeyer1512]

If you've really got a ration pack from Czechoslovakia, then you'd better not try it because it probably isn't edible anymore. It's having been Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (thus 2 different countries) since 1993, Czechoslovakia doesn't exist anymore. ^^ Greetings from Europe! 😋

[@KnawedOne]

😲

[@denzelpanther240]

People ate way older mres

[@MrSebfrench76]

I ate these rations during my national service, and they were my best souvenir from my military. Essence of the french art of living in a cardboard box.

[@PaganAsylum]

For me, it was the success I had with women, every weekend I had one in my bed, especially when they saw me in cam clothes... we had a bar in town where we could meet up and hop, beer and whiskey and a woman in my arms... the good old days.

[@WoWgomez]

you should make an international MRE with the best parts of each MRE from the countires you try.

[@nippon19]

so you take 90% of french MRE and had caned fresh bread and you get the ultimate one ?

[@darkhan4584]

​@@nippon19 true xD maybe some other secondary stuff but honestly, I think we have the best mains food of all, as it seem

[@bricemariot1404]

Les rations de l'armée française sont souvent apprécié c'est que aussi l'armee francaise fait des tests de goût a l'aveugle avec différents gradés de chaques corps d'armée de l'air ,de terre et de la marine. Ils juges et valident ou pas la nourriture présenté. Depuis d'autres armée européennes ont pris exemple sur les Français

[@meinnase]

"This wont last someone a day" "Its 3600 calories" "yeah this is not enough". Bro, calories are calories, the french rations are incredibly dense, i mean the package is like less than half the size of the german ones, and yet it has more calories lol. 3600 is way too much food if youre not literally marching for 12 hours. An adult man needs 2000 if hes not doing much the whole day.

[@AVKnecht]

Normal soldier diet is planned to be around 3500 kcal, except for maybe the navy. I mean they train all day. Funfact: In the last years of German conscription recruits always got fat after boot camp because nobody did anything apart from maybe day drinking.

[@nen_star]

Im french and let me tell you that hearing you try to speak french with all the cliché was very funny 😂

[@azurman3]

No it’s annoying and not funny at all, just like the « hon hon hon » that does not exist in France

[@nen_star]

@@azurman3 c'est justement ce que j'ai trouvé drôle . Tout le monde se fout de la gueule de tout le monde , je n'ai pas trouvé ça vexant 🙂

[@ren2704]

@@nen_star le Hon hon hon ça devient pénible à la fin...

[@athrunzala6770]

C'est une question de point de vue je pense . Personnellement je trouve que ça les fait passer pour des Idiot d'entretenir des clichés sur des choses qui n'existent pas

[@Agounet]

Parles pour toi. Je trouve qu'ils se comportent comme des gros lourdeaux.

[@maquisardlm3712]

I was in the French air force, you got one of the best menu in my opinion and all of them are very great i have to say, there was only one that wasnt and they got rid of it now. For the spoon etc well yeah we indeed have a fork a spoon and a knife in the same knife that is given to us (or that you have to buy cause no budget) it's called the Tatou if you want to check it i'm sure you can find some in the US and for a little price (it also have a corkscrew cause well yeah. France lol). And for the cans yeah you are supposed to open them fully put them on the fire (no need to rush for a rock little tip you can just bend two of the four corners the other way so it makes a little stand and dont burn your table) and enjoy the sound of good food being cooked again and the smell !

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Great tips and info thank you!

[@mllekatrin]

Am I in the military? No Will I ever be in the military and have these? Also no Did I watch this whole thing and judge the food as current French resident? Absolutely yes. Muesli is eaten cold with milk, the pork would have been rillettes like pulled pork pâté, there wouldn't be creamer as its all drunk black, nougat is very popular in France, the duck is like a shepherds pie but with duck. The sweet drink would probably have been for a large amount of water as to not make a sweet drink. The 'crackers' would have had the salted ones for starter, cereal ones for jam, chocolate ones as snacks. Potage is like a 'thicker' soup that doesn't have large bits in it, I often have it in a mug to have it slightly thicker.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Super helpful thank you!

[@michaelwilson9483]

Setting the left over heaters on fire reminded me of something I'd almost forgotten. I was Assistant NCOIC for RC-North customs. When a unit was leaving we had to confiscate all the MRE heaters since they couldn't go on the planes if the MRE was opened. When our unit finally got ready to demob we had hundreds of the heaters and so we decided to put them in .50 ammo cans and water them down 20 or 30 at a time. The water boiled. The ammo cans warped. The fire department showed up. Love what you guys do, keep up the good work!

[@K8E666]

Potage is the blended vegetable soup that was once the start to every supper in French households. It’s usually thick, but can be thinned out according to preference. The basic ingredients are onion or the white part of a leek, a garlic clove, dry white wine or vermouth, water/broth, vegetables including majority potatoes, some carrots and whatever else you like EXCEPT cabbage, because cabbage gives it a funky taste and texture so it’s better left out !! Add fresh thyme and a bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste and that’s it…

[@lifelearner47]

also, being French we know that cabbage soup is what fuels space ships.

[@k.v.7681]

@@lifelearner47 glouglouglouglouglou

[@justSOMEBODYorNOBODY]

Peanut butter is indeed an american thing. If you buy Peanut butter in Germany, a lot of them have a American Flag on it.

[@leneanderthalien]

Yes Peanut butter is quasi unknown in France

[@Deck971]

Créole is from one of the créole parts of France could be Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana or even La Réunion but I have never seen a soupe like that but I think pottage is supposed to be creamier/milkier than soupe.

[@sf5192]

I am thinking you should have opened the duck all the way so you could stir while it was heating lol

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Prob right but either way it was delish

[@KnawedOne]

Hot or cold - yum

[@adamselegny]

No you should never stir an hachis parmentier. Ever.

[@Siegdrifa]

Hachis parmentier is supposed to stay as 2 thick layers; minced meat at the bottom, mashed potatoes above and often an extra thin layer of grilled cheese on top. The mixing will happen inside your mouth when you chew; that's why you don't need to stir (especialy when it's cooking because it would be a hachis parmentier anymore).

[@missscubajewels]

It’s like how our school lunches/ MRE’s are dogfood, and every other is getting duck!!!! Viva La France!

[@Kalidor99]

Single use plastic cutlery is now banned in the EU, alternatively you can use bamboo cutlery and dishes.

[@alta6055]

Btw, in order not to burn the support for your fire thingie, you can raise 2 parts out of 4 so that it’s not in contact with for example the table, then, the little grip for the main food-can with the duck can be bent so that you have more grip on it 😊 Then, for the nougat, that’s what real French Nougat is, in the US the nougat you might have is not nougat that’s why you’re not used to it’s taste and texture

[@dutch6390]

The Best Ration pack of the World...the one !!! 💪 🇫🇷 👍

[@thisandthatwithmatt]

In my opinion, the French RCIR is the best MRE out there. The components are very well thought out and the chocolate musli is possibly the best ration component out there. Cheers!!!

[@AlexCombes]

Yeah black chocolate is a thing in France, like with very few sugar or no sugar at all

[@marylinelebrun2320]

The paté is a rillette I think.

[@fargus3415]

damn NO! it's a "paté de foie"

[@malcolmalexanderchance]

Its 2 différent things, not a same consistance. Pâte existe multitude version.

[@marylinelebrun2320]

@@fargus3415I look once again and he says rillette de porc.

[@marylinelebrun2320]

@@malcolmalexanderchancehe Said rillette de porc.

[@germainmozet]

I'm french, it's "paté de foie" , 100% certain

[@pietb5085]

Real American.."no super-size option? It is not enough!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@efcsscfe2208]

France does the best job on military rations. She only bad thing is that they are incredibly difficult to get in the United States and when you can their outrageously expensive.

[@sleveno]

Wow, in france you can get them for like 7€ in surplus stores

[@AluraLapierre]

A potage is a thick soup. Like potato and leek soup. Happy fathers day!!❤

[@guilhemdesambucy9494]

For sure ! With a hint of olive oil, it's heavenly 😘

[@jb_7962]

We are not the country of Gastronomy for nothing. Even our trash food is better than most food in the world lol

[@samovar2219]

i am a certified french men and i'm realy pleased to see that feed backs don't forget you had only menu number 10, 13 to go !

[@cam7982]

you should put a scoreboard in the blank space behind you. then people could easily see how it stacks up to the previously done MRE's, like the Canadian Pizza Pasta

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

That’s in the works!

[@misolgit69]

don't say banana too loud, you'll be invaded by Minions

[@kaysan34]

As a French, it was really fun to see guys ! Thank you for this review

[@marie-claudeguegan3219]

@kaysan 34 Fun? You clearly never lived in the USA or in the UK. If you had, you certainly wouldn't find them "fun". And by the way, it's "as a French man"/French woman/French person". Not "as a French", which makes no sense.

[@Playtime_co_scientist]

As a french, im outraged. The pâtée and the rillettes as différents !

[@pate7514]

Dear tyler, a tip for any future MRE reviews. those canned main courses that you made (often found in european MRE's) have a bad habit to not get cooked through well and even get burnt on the bottom sometimes. To avoid this you should open them first and mix them around a bit before putting them on the esbit stove. It makes the experience of eating it much nicer. I spent 3 years in the austrian army and I learnt this the hard way where on my first 2 exercises I ate nothing but badly prepped MRE's due to my own ignorance and I would like you to be spared from this displeasure. BTW I enjoy your content a lot keep it up 👌

[@devilkuro]

Greetings ! I'm happy you got to try one of our MREs, looking forward to seeing you try other french ones. I do use these 24h rations for hiking and stuff. I never drink the isotonic drinks, they are awful. Lots of good stuff in those MREs, so aside from the drink, I eat everything else. Was able to buy a few of them for 12€ each, which was a bargain, and I hope to find more soon. Also, you generally want to put a bit more water in the muesli as it's eaten like a cereal : it has powdered milk in it.

[@egilkarlson7253]

Ok it is more modern that I had in 96-97, during my military service in the French army. We didn’t have the muesli, we just put the jam on biscuits. The hot meal is for dinner when the weather is colder, I always kept the soup for duty watch during the night with my friends for having something warm. We never mix chocolate with coffee. So we have many tablets to warm coffee tea soup and the hot meal. We didn’t have chocolate biscuits. Only the salted for paté and cereals for jam. In the 90’s we didn’t have so many snacks.

[@robinford4037]

For making the soup lump free you should add a small amount of water to the powder (1 or 2 spoons) mix into a paste completely, then add the rest of the water to the consistency you like.

[@remy5482]

Alors comme ça vous n'aimez pas le bon nougat de Montélimar ? 😂 Sinon, pour du bon canard, visitez le Périgord, vous serez aux anges 🦆

[@dast4064]

La tête qu'ils ont fait quand ils ont goûté le nougat 🤣

[@athrunzala6770]

Ils sont des usa ils ne peuvent pas comprendre la gastronomie... Trop de bigmac et de hit dog ! Ok j'arrête de faire le chauvin lol

[@leBiv_444]

Ce nougat au fruits est horrible

[@EdwinHofstra]

Nougat is the original power bar. It's made from eggs & honey, usually with nuts thrown in. That's three power foods. If you get them chocolat coated, that's four.

[@emjizone]

18:15 The optimized order for blood sugar regulation is to eat *salad first*, then meat, then fatty foods, and sugar at the end.

[@MrKanooe]

I love seeing people discovering true Black chocolate :D

[@Leatherargento]

I love watching people taste warrior and/or survival foods! Especially when there's a fun heating element thing! Thank you for this gourmet-style French MRE tasting!

[@ccbod]

I love the way you're looking for the duck in the "foie gras" :), this is the liver ! Personnaly I don't put water into a bircher, milk or nothing with. The "pâte de fruit" is more like a candy than a branch of cereals...very sweet is normal. Thank you for testing the France ration i appreciated! Friendships from Switzerland!

[@jhnshep]

Lived off of those for years, the best one had Tartiflette in it

[@roberts.7277]

I love watching your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@philippeguezel4825]

You ate a daily ration in 1/2 an hour 😳That was a battlefield remake of Ratatouille 😄 You’re so funny guys, you made my day 🙃🤣😂👍

[@joicesales1787]

LOVE the sous chef ❤❤❤ you guys are awesome!

[@atomickid]

Duck parmentier is actually really easy to make if you can get your hands on "confit de canard" which is pretty much preheated duck legs in can. You just have to scrape the meat sloppy joe style and do a homemade mashed potatoes, put them in a container to heat it in the oven.

[@LawfullSpook]

Your body actually gets use to the amount of salt thst you add to foods until you dont notice it anymore which makes you add even more thebsame happens with Sugar. The recommended daily dose of Salt is a teaspoon a day (5g) from all sources and generally most Europeans will use much less than people in America but because we dont add as much we can still taste the small amount of salt (im obviously generalising because there are definitely people that add much more salt than needed on both sides) Edit: Did the Muslie ask for hot water? Its almost always eaten cold and not cooked like porridge. We would generally add cold milk to it as you would most other cereals.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Interesting I thought Muslie was supposed to be eaten hot! Will try cold next time!

[@highseastrader4190]

Yeah müesli is cooked with cold water. It has dehydrated milk in it.

[@silviorastovac8867]

Thanks

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Thank you!

[@LordKosmos]

Great show, really love your whole setup and the jokes you're dropping. 4 of 5 stars, would watch again! Maybe the Korean one next?

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Dealio!

[@Coz57]

i am impressed to see "Parmentier de Canard". it sounds to me good and expensive.

[@AndyWoohoo666]

I was in the legion back in the 80's, we had the same type of rations but at that time we actually got a 20 cl bottle of red wine and also a package of Gauloises cigarettes in our MRE. Another fun fact was that in the chow/ dining hall we also got red wine served. I've been in the military since 1981 ( different armies ) and served all over the world, I tried several different MRE's but in the end I will say that I prefer the French MRE's they are high quality. Note, I'm not French. Ps. Put the jam in the müsli, you can even crumble the Fruit nougat in it and everything in Europe is way less sweet then in America.

[@mrzogs7833]

Les anglais et les ricains voulaient toujours nos rations de combat ! 😂😂😂 moi je les échangeais contre des cigarettes, bonjour chez vous USA ❤ j’ai bien rigolé avec vous 👍

[@NickoGBG]

Hi. For the burner. Little trick: two feet up and two feet down. Easier to light and it gives it more air flow. And like when you cook you are supposed to stir so it doesn't stick and burn .😅 For the spoon, fork , knife and the rest in the 90's we still had to pack a small complete dish set. Potage is a thick soap. But you need to add more water. Way to much salt, the doctor isn't going to be happy 😅. Great show

[@Capyrate]

Soup. Potage is a thick soup*. :'D I doubt you'd wanna eat savon.

[@hollymiller4066]

The banana face 😂 Great show 😊

[@Akaado93]

The "chocolat noir" or black chocolate is pure cacao , its meant to be eated with the coffee. No sugar or milk in it. But well french ration pack are the best one trully. And you didnt even had one from the festive period (like the new years one or christmas one are another level up) édit : also the soup if i recall is mean to be eat with some hunted animal or fished fish found in situation.

[@gkjsooley]

As a fellow banana-hater, I feel your pain! The white coating on the chocolate appears because it got warm and then re-solidified. The white coating is cocoa butter. Do Korea next.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Deal! Filming this week

[@rorycollins5012]

North Korea! 😂

[@gkjsooley]

😹

[@mortisCZ]

@@rorycollins5012 That would be a quick one even though army gets most of the food they have in the good old NK.

[@rorycollins5012]

@@mortisCZ I was picturing just a bare table

[@meinnase]

Haha, the fish smell yeah. Most european armies use esbit stoves like that one. Esbit is a german brand build on the discovery of that dry fuel chemical. Turns out its either very close or literally the same chemical that we smell on fish/gives fish the "fishy smell". Think similar to how sulfur is the poop smell, sulfur doesnt smell like poop, the sulfur in poop is what we smell (the most). Flameless ration heaters arent "a chemical" btw, its literally iron filings with an accelerator that makes the iron rust really quick when you add water, which, like any oxidation, releases heat.

[@mudstonio]

I agree our MREs suck compared to other countries. Hope you get to try an Italian MRE. Make sure to find I think it’s menu B that comes with a cordial of liquor lol. Yes Italian soldiers get booze

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Still gotta get one of those!

[@bricksrails2890]

I was serving 5 years ago in german army, and at this time there are packages, which nobody want to eat...

[@guillaumepoulain1852]

I still dont get the weird laugh americans do to imitate french ppls

[@marie-claudeguegan3219]

@guillaumepoulain1852 You would if you'd lived in the US or the UK... alas.

[@stevanykitten6780]

“I hope the mic picked up when we bit into that chocolate” dude the chick doing ASMR 3 states overs mic picked up on that crunch, my god!

[@SuperTrb0]

In the American MREs we had back in the mid 90s you would sometimes get a freeze dried pear or peach square that was fing amazing. I don’t know why they got rid of them. In the early 2000s they played around with 24 hour MRE packs that had items like the canned meats and soups. They didn’t last as long and we only got them a few times. The last one like that I saw was in early 2000. The last MRE I ate was in 2005 and I don’t miss them. Well, I kind of miss the jalapeño cheese.

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

You are a real connoisseur if you miss Jalapeño cheese

[@Themuffinman1820]

I remember during the mid 2000s at Ft Irwin they were always giving us different styles of MREs...there was a self heating beans and rice that looked like it was in a overly sized Campbell's soup can. You poked holes in the bottom and it would heat up....they were terrible lol

[@yumyum7309]

Salut les 'Ricains! 😉 Je suis happy de voir que vous vous régalez avec nos rations. I spent 10 years in the military...sometimes trading for us rations in order to get the mnm's and the tabasco...but as you say we are quite lucky to have thoses😅 Bros, you can't have both F35 and good rations🤣🤣🤣 See ya around guys!

[@dennisvandermarkt8263]

Great stuff. Happy Father's day Tyler

[@Butterworthdasyrup]

Thanks 👍

[@pierricklb2910]

Ostrich cranberries sauce french MRE and Tartiflette french MRE are the best ones !