VINTAGE British Military MRE Review 🇬🇧 24 HOUR TASTE TEST Combat Ration Pack GP General Purpose ORP

This is probably the most important MRE taste test I've ever done. Not only is this the oldest British Military 24 Hour ration ever reviewed but it's also the most expensive food pack I've eaten. This General Purpose (GP) Ration was packed back in 1996, making it 26 years old as of filming. The 24-Hour Ration General Purpose is the predecessor to the British Operational Ration Pack or ORP. Like a US Meal Ready to Eat the Ration GP uses retort pouch technology to insure long shelf life. This particular meal was a mix of good and very bad. The review turned out to be one of the most interesting ration experiences I've encountered since beginning my channel. Hope you guys enjoy it and I apologize ahead of time for such a long video. It had to be that way to keep the review comprehensive.
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[@MRE-UK_on_Ebay]

Now thats how a review should be done, the description of each bite was great. My favourite is the biscuits fruit-s, we buy them buy the thousands when they come in stock, love them. I'll be checking out some of your other vids for sure. Thanks & Happy Christmas.

[@loolafly7967]

My brother in law was in the Scottish military until he was killed on R&R in 2009. After being on exercise or whatever he would bring what he had left of his MREs and we would get to try them. The chocolate was always the first item to be grabbed lol and it tasted pretty good. I remember these “biscuits or crackers” we would also try that had such an odd taste, and pates in a tin. Oh and tinned cheese ! If you find the tinned cheese and crackers your onto a winner lol. Brings back a lot of nostalgia seeing this video !

[@robdevenney]

Sorry for your loss... think you mean a Scottish regiment of the British Army or military. Scotland being part of the UK has no independant military.

[@Liam1991]

I didn't realise Scotland was independent in 2009

[@jamalsonicova2509]

Most expensive in the time it was used or most expensive for you to buy???

[@ReadinessRations]

Most I've ever paid

[@Grayo80]

The tinned paste was always a fave, other ration packs came with a cheese options, as you done, you ate them with the biscuits brown

[@bigsilewis3660]

The chocolate was often white back then too. We used to call the fruit juice "screech" because of how strong it was.

[@bigsilewis3660]

That pate or "cat food" as we called it looked like that back then too. Most armoured troops had extra kit like sauces, salt and pepper etc to add to our meals.

[@SmittyMRE]

Good golly, this one was a fantastic review! Had me glued to it the whole time. Well done, my man!

[@MultiMagnum62]

Very cool RR ! Sadly, some items did not hold up well, to be expected however. Breakfast, Shame missing the oatmeal. The cookie crumbs would work well with it. Your idea was cool as well. I missed that idea. Cool Breakfast. Lunch , Shows some age as well. Still, most seems to have survived. Dinner. That stove looks awesome! Surprised the main was that bland, possibly age? Michael Green, from Leister England, sent me some versions, Of the mint cakes. They were fresh and tasty. Agreed on appearance on fruit dumplings? I hope no illness, befell you from this meal. Peace, John. Great ration and review.

[@ReadinessRations]

Thanks for giving it a look brother! It was a heck of an experience. Probably the coolest ration I've looked at so far.

[@bungiesnowflake]

Watching you eat some of this old and questionable food reminds me of a quote from James Bond - Casino Royale. Vesper Lynd: "I just want you to know that if all that was left of you was your smile and your little finger, you'd still be more of a man than anyone I've ever met."

[@ReadinessRations]

😆 I love that movie!

[@bungiesnowflake]

@@ReadinessRations Me too !! Now stop touching your ear lol

[@docdildonica7515]

Nothing wrong with the matches; user error.

[@rabsrealm]

I'm showing my age but our rations were all in tins. Bacon Grill and Chicken Curry were my favourites. Chicken curry (Menu A if I remember correctly) was a tradable commodity in the field.

[@chrisjones1798]

Oh dear god that orange screech that stuff was absolutely GOPPIN and should've been made illegal on the Geneva Convention

[@rnrbishop]

Memories! Served from the mid 90s through the noughties so have eaten all of these. Lucky you getting the fruit dumplings!

[@mclj10]

Found some of the old ration pack coffee in a cupboard during lockdown, leftover by my mums ex many moons ago. Decided to try it out of boredom. Almost made me vomit, absolutely disgusting.

[@mjona1754]

When the Duncans was replaced with a Mars bar I thought that was the end of it..... we're undone.

[@nickthenoodle9206]

Thanks for that. I've never had that particular ration.

[@davidlynnprepperprincipal3540]

Thank you for sharing another great review. The British 24 hours rations are awesome. The age worries me you are risking food poisoning. The beans always bring to mind the cookout scene from Blazing Saddles! Blessings 🙏🏼👍🏼

[@csr870]

Great review man like always take care man

[@robdevenney]

I really miss the Duncancs chocolate... it was by far and wide the nicest milk chocolate you could get but they aren't made any more :(

[@charlesdrew3947]

The MOD being cheap skates we were still being given these in the 2000s I did like the chocolate though, even though it was always white. At least you had the pate and not the aweful tinned cheese.

[@chrisjones1798]

Oh it was GOPPIN back then but fair play to you for risking your life ( I really do pity your guts after that ) 👍👍👍👍👍

[@simonlittler3976]

Oh the Yorkie bar brings back memories, the ad campaign used to be “it’s not for girls” so we laughed when ours said not for Civvies 😂

[@fatty3383]

I remember these from my cadet and territorial army days (weekend warrior) in the 90s.. I've forgotten how much you actually got those it was a fair amount and it's held up quite well for its age.

[@steveowen7061]

The turkey patè looks unchanged from when i was in in 1993

[@kennyl4251]

Awsome review, have one myself in my collection👍

[@genevieveard2246]

The Tukey Pate looks normal. The white stuff is congealed turkey fat.

[@andljoy]

That orange powder is awesome . I wonder if there is anywhere where you can get something similar.

[@packersmresandvintage]

Those yorkie bars bring back memories

[@steveowen7061]

Chocolate drink is supposed to be with HOT water

[@andrewcombe8907]

Always thought a 24 ration was a better idea than three seperate ration packs for the day like the US has done since WW2

[@ReadinessRations]

It gives you a lot more options as far as what you eat when goes.

[@carlstewart934]

Should of put the beef stock in the beans, the beef stock whacked in the corned beef hash was by far my most favourite 😋😋😋😋😋don’t think I ever drank it, always went into my bag of food

[@robertsolomielke5134]

Nice. Hold the hexi square whet you lite a corner of it, so much easier dude.

[@misterx6851]

Great burner, easy to take on camping trips.

[@tomo870]

If I recall I think that there should of been 2 of those Duncan chocolate bars, but it was a long time ago since I ate them. Thought the Yorkie bars were post 2000 as well? To be honest I used to bin everything off apart from the breakfast pouches. Burger and beans were OK, but the bacon and beans and the beans and sausage were the best. They used to give me terrible indigestion in the field. Super Noodles and Mars Bars were my staple 😂

[@robdevenney]

I only ever remember gettting on Duncan's bar... I would happily pay a tenner or more to have one now especially the Rum and Raisin one but they stopped making them back in 2003. Never remember getting Yorkies with a 24hr rat pack. Agreed the Beans and Sausage was the absoutle ticket.

[@singhjobim9719]

Oats squared- love that.

[@frankcioffi5122]

I cant believe that you dont have more subscribers man...your like steve1989 good i totally serious P.s. new sub here as well..lol. nice job again man.

[@ReadinessRations]

Thanks for the support! It's always an hour to be mentioned in the same sentence as Steve

[@jodiekingsley5181]

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[@terrymiller4913]

Can you do a taste test of the military's new mre came out in 2023

[@ReadinessRations]

I'd love to if I could get my hands on one.

[@jc-tu6pg]

When stevemre did a review of a British mre I remember it being just pure sugar

[@ReadinessRations]

Most rations are pretty sugar heavy tbh

[@applesauceisgood32]

Given the age it held up well, great review as always!

[@corkbulb2895]

Huh. That "Tommy cooker" is very similar to the ones you can buy at sporting goods/outdoor/camping stores. Same design. They come in several different sizes, from pocket small that fit in the palm of your hand for heating a canteen cup to large ones like the one you got which are for larger skillets. Those fuel tablets that came with it are MASSIVE! Those must be for boiling a whole 8-9 quart pot of water or something.

[@anjkovo2138]

👍👍

[@housil]

Thx for reviewing, so I can store my GPs for 10 more years 😀

[@ReadinessRations]

In that cooler climate of Germany, probably so! Lol. Thanks for watching buddy.

[@joeobrien4869]

The orange powder is knicknamed screech its that strong

[@5954ldydi]

Hahahaha! You are so brave! I'm enjoying your videos they are educational and funny at times both combined apparently fascinate me because I am watching in awe and wonder. 😂

[@misolgit69]

the plate with the D shaped cut out sits on top of the fully opened wings of the cooker and is designed/sized to fit the base of the BCB Crusader canteen cup, this cup was originally an aftermarket private purchase cup designed to fit under the pattern 58 later pattern 90 plastic canteen to give a compact heating/boiling vessel it later I believe became an issue item

[@zedmeister8832]

Nice review! I'm gonna guess that white tea is black tea with creamer, that would explain the darker color and little white floatie specks. I could also be completely wrong. You are a whole lot braver than I am. I wouldn't have touched half of that stuff. On the other hand, you make me feel a lot better about some of the neglected (older) rations I have lying around. I might still get a good meal out of them.... Thanks for the awesome content! -Zed

[@kevinroche3334]

You really should not compare a retort meal from 1996 with fresh food, and then make the same old corny 'murican stereotypical and outdated 'jokes' about tasteless British food. It's insulting to say the least, and ignorant at best. Other than that, nice review.

[@animula6908]

Your rations were bad, and those aren’t jokes when people talk about yalls food. That’s the straight facts. No reason not to keep humor about it tho. ❤

[@georgewashington3393]

Would you like some cheese with your whine?

[@muldur3235]

Amazing what survives in these rations, and what you will try of these. But you use good judgement, as we all should. Nice review, as always.

[@Bill_Dingsite]

You have some guts to eat this . If i remember correctly we used to call the orange screech.

[@mahazrymalik2596]

I have try it during excercise in my country

[@vipergtsmre]

Well done review RR. Great find as well! Glad to see that your fruit biscuits held up. Was that "burger" really thick or just appeared so on cam?

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Extra mad cow

[@frankiedogg2k173]

😂 32:05 "looks like snot,..not bad" 😂

[@punkinpunker]

Did you survive this one? There was some sketchy stuff in there 😅. Those hexi blocks need lighting under the corners, but they can be a pain. You can also get Kendal mint cake covered in chocolate. Probably the most common type now!

[@docdildonica7515]

Dodgy * ;)

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Mad cow from 1996, extra prions included

[@cigardaddy9745]

👍👍awesome video.

[@marilynscull4585]

Awesome review RR

[@Yandarval]

back in my day of the OG GS rat pack to the first retorts been released. Those Biscuits Fruit look nothing like what I had. Biscuits Brown were a lot darker than you showed.. My biscuit's Fruit were the Garibaldi kind. en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Garibaldi_biscuit I see you have the infamous "Not for Civvies" Yorkie bar. The slogan was a play on an ad campaign for the 90s. The slogan was "Not for Girls" As a Lorry driver/trucker ate the bar. The waxed box for the Hexi tabs was to keep the smell in and moisture out. The wax box was excellent for lighting the blocks is bad weather. I was half expecting you to mix up the Hexi and the Mint cake. As they look similar. Kendal Mint Cake is almost pure sugar. Lots of calories in a small package. Its sold in climbing and camps shops. Kendal is a town in the lake District of England. Kendel Mint Cake does have a version covered in Chocolate. The plain White is the OG and most popular one. Captain Scott took some to the Arctic. its been up Everest With Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hilary as well.

[@ReadinessRations]

Very cool!!