This guy is a fan of old military rations. Surprisingly entertaining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWM6mz_JVo

Love this guy's youtube channel.

Here's one of him eating a 1899-1902 British Emergency Ration Field Service Oldest MRE Beef Eaten Survival Food Review Test

https://youtu.be/jZoHuMwZwTk

Easy to get sucked in to those.


"Nice!"

I may have spent more time than I care to admit watching his videos.

Don't even need to click the link. I already know you are talking about the Bob Ross of MRE reviews, Steve1989! I like to watch his vids at night to relax and help put me to sleep. That isn't to say his vids are boring, just that they do a great job calming me down.

Plus, the dude would eat 30-year-old Armadillo tails if you sealed them in a tin can, and explain in detail just how terrible they are. Fun channel for sure.

- Bret

Beans and muthafuckers...

And them round chocolates.

He was amusing with his enthusiasm

Very intriguing channel. I much preferred the C rations back in the day than the early MREs like the dehydrated beef and pork patties, four fingers of death, and upchucking ala king.

Chicken ala king was good with the little Tabasco bottles. Otherwise? Yuck.

We used to eat Vietnam era C-Rats when I was fighting fires in the early 80s. I liked them.

I too have watched his vids, and find them interesting and relaxing.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Chicken ala king was good with the little Tabasco bottles. Otherwise? Yuck.

We used to eat Vietnam era C-Rats when I was fighting fires in the early 80s. I liked them.

That was the best of the originals as I remember. The new stuff, all I can say is the troops have it much better than I did 35 years ago MRE wise. And boots.

The guy is enthused with what he does - no doubt about it. Great to watch.

Reminds me of what someone might have stumbled across in the game Fallout. LOL

It somehow seems very appropriate that he listens to Frank Zappa.

I was thinking - you guys are tripping.

But this guy IS Relaxing to listen to. AND he is VERY enthusiastic about digging into an ancient box of foodstuff... He's funny.

OK. I'm hooked.

My favorite quote from him after eating a compressed meat bar from 1961: "It's almost unpleasant"

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Here's one of him eating a 1899-1902 British Emergency Ration Field Service Oldest MRE Beef Eaten Survival Food Review Test

https://youtu.be/jZoHuMwZwTk

That made me gag. Repeatedly. But his videos are engrossing.

In 63 was stationed at Ft.Gordan and once on KP we had to break open 5 gallon cans of C rations. the cans had Beef and beans which wasn't to bad after our cook added a few things, these were called Squad meals and each can had also a roll of TP and two packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes, the cigs had on the pack "I shall return" Douglas MacArthur. Wish I would have kept some of those packs. These rations were made in early 43.

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we had tins of Jenkins Turkey, and you were lucky to find a piece of turkey - more jelly and gristle than something edible

we'd either trade it away, or toss it away

in either even it wasn't worth the calories expended to open the tin

Armadillo was mentioned earlier as a meat morsel of sorts....

Did you know armadillos are vectors for leprosy also now known as Hansen's disease? No, their population isn't completely riddled with it, but there's a huge percentage that are.

Only 3-5% of the human population is subject to contracting the bacteria and it takes about 2 years with a variety of meds to cure it.

I wouldn't touch an Armadillo with gloves...on you.