"That beef is good. Is that the oldest meat I've ever eaten? Probably is. Or close to it. I don't know. But when you have to ask yourself that question, that's... You're definitely leading a strange life."
Hey everyone, this review was a long time in the making. Hope you enjoy it, albeit the long run time. Sit back with some nice snacks and maybe some coffee, instant and stay tuned for some really cool videos coming up next. 4 more in production, and then to an extremely uncommon WW2 survival kit and more.
In tonight's review... Steve discovers plastic-flavored sandwich spread, alcoholic jelly, multiple trays, butterscotch gruel and the actual chicken of the sea! I think this is one of your best so far, dude. Thank you for eating, drinking and smoking weird things for our edutainment.
You should put more ads in your videos I mean other youtubers put like 3 ads in a 10 min video, I really wouldn't mind and I'm sure your true fans wouldn't either. Love your vids, keep it up :)
What you really need is someone to get you sponsors. There is a few here I can think of that might be interested. I don't know what numbers youtube gives you but if you have a breakdown of your viewers locations it would go a long way.
Steve, don't apologise for being enthusiastic. I stumbled across one of your videos a few days ago and have been watching them ever since simply because your are so into what youre doing. youtube is full of people simply trying to be famous and make money. they are easy to spot because they are so fake. you on the other hand obviously love doing these taste tests and (don't take this the wrong way) are like a big kid full of hope and enthusiasm and it comes through the camera. your videos are some of the best, most real, i've seen on here. keep making them and keep enjoying your subject. someone mentoned a Q&A vid. I'd love to knnow how and why you got into mre's.
"It's fermented... still edible, but I'm not gonna eat it... (I somehow actually believe) Well...maybe just this one last bite..." I srsly can't stop laughing when those moments happen
Dude! Freaking UNREAL review. I cannot believe the condition that thing is in. It truly is a wonder. Everything about that ration is unique. Gun cleaning patches?! Love those Dixie cups. To think that whole thing is only 8 lbs. That ration was WAY ahead of it's time. Shame it never went into production. We don't even have anything comparable to that ration right now. One of the all time great reviews that's for sure.
Well this was a test kit so it would be then be further developed into a much more cost effective production kit later on or become a test bed to experiment with.
Hey, it might come back into production! The DoD absolutely loves weighing down troops with 60lbs of non-useful stuff that gets abandoned at the FOB anyway.
I placed it finally. Steve is the Bob Ross of MRE’s.Steve’s canvas is the tray and his “happy clouds” or €56 packets of spaghetti and meat sauce with a viceroy cigarette. Both men love their hobbies and the enjoyment is infectious.
Doctor: you have 41:20 to live. Me: *turns on rancid ration vid* Doctor: Any final requests? Me: *labored breathing* I'd like to be cremated, mixed with coffee instant type II and put...out...onto...a...tray............nice.
*THIS COST $700 DOLLARS* !!?!???!!!?!! holy shit Steve, makes me appreciate you and what you do just that much more, thank you man and the other day I went through your catalog of videos and realized I had already seen them all! lol it was a bummer for sure but oh well this new long one gives us our fix! lol NICE
Even if only 1% of his subscribers pledged $1 a month, that’s nearly five grand to give us watchers the joy of seeing Steve produce videos eating stuff like this.
"This is definitely one of the funnest things ever!" Oh, boy you can really sense how overjoyed Steve is each time he reviews and opens these MRE's. What passion and dedication he has for helping to preserve military history!
Hey, sir. I assume you are busy and famous these days, but I wanted to thank you and share a story. My first son was born last year around this time and I had just discovered your videos. It was a dramatic delivery (everyone is awesome now), and I was infinitely stressed. For the first few weeks, I relieved my wife for the night shift and kept the little human sleeping on me in another room until the quiet wee hours of the morning. I had to stay awake, but had to do something soothing for both the boy and me. We watched every video you had made up until that point. The only risk was letting the laughter shaking through me wake him up. Your stuff was a big help getting through that time in good humor. I would not be surprised if the little dude's first word is "nice." p.s. I have some 2013 US MREs in my go bag. I will save them for a few decades before I ship them your way.
Coffee, instant. Now when I hear this, it makes me laugh. After I saw you pull out that kenworth Butler razor I went straight to Ebay to see if I could find one, with no luck. But that's what I love about this channel. We get to see what most would have never witnessed in ones lifetime. I thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos. Your enthusiasm and energy really make these video so wonderful to watch. Cheers keep it up!
im very happy im able to support you on patreon at this point, these videos are entertaining and all, but i feel it goes a bit without thought how much work and dedication you actually put into finding these rations and showcasing them to all of us. It's almost inspiring, you're a good dude, wishing you all the best
My dad brought some of the stuff home in the 60s because he was a supply sergeant so had access to it. The beef stew one was really really good. The bread was kind of disgusting unless you sliced it and toasted it and then it was really good. I never thought I would see any of this stuff again this is amazing thank you.
That 'Military Spread' (05:45) sounds like the stuff my late father told me about. He was called up in 1946, just missing the war. He said they had a butter substitute that was only just palatable, and they called it 'Garry grease'. After he left the army, in the mid 1950's, he never ate substitute butter, or margarine again. This is a fascinating channel. Thanks for showing us this stuff.
I love this guy’s commentaries, makes me laugh every time. It’s like he doesn’t understand how funny he is, i literally laughed it loud 10+ time throughout this video.
Viceroy's are still sold in the US but are generally more popular in Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe, and Asia. Viceroy was the first cork tipped smoke, introduced in 1936, and the first cellulose acetate filter, brought out in 1961. The cork tip was supposed ot appeal to women so they didn't get tobacco leaves stuck between their teeth. It apparently worked since Viceroy was the most popular cork tipped cigarette by 1940. The cellulose acetate filter did even better since the filter color was white compared to the cork filter, which was generally brown. It was so poplar with women that Brown & Williamson, the makers of Viceroy, felt they were losing too much market share to women. In 1960, about 75% of all cigarettes were sold to men, so having a cigarette that appealed too much to women was felt to be eating into sales to men. In the 60's Viceroy was a sponsor for several different auto racing teams. They even partnered with Tag-Heuer, a popular brand of watch used in Formula 1 and sports car racing teams. Unfortunately for Tag, Viceroy convinced them to come out with a relatively inexpensive version of one of their racing watches. Tag was a competitor with Rolex when this happened in the early 70's, and Tag took several decades to regain its reputation as a super accurate racing watch,
It was a commonly sold brand from the 30's up until the 90's. It has been described as a Lucky with a filter. I smoked them on and for a couple decades. B&W was involved in long running litigation with the FTC and the other "Big Five" tobacco companies. One result was a an agreement with British American Tobacco (BAT) for B&W to sell off their low priced brands to a small subsidiary company, Commonwealth Tobacco, LLC. Since they weren't part of the "Big Five" tobacco companies, they weren't subject to antitrust rulings against the major brands. Commonwealth became the most profitable tobacco companies in the US. B&W's Vice President of Research & Development, Jeffrey Wigand, eventually became involved in a battle over tobacco additives used to enhance "throat hit" and also to increase the effectiveness of nicotine delivery. The brand used to test the results of the research was Viceroy. The president of B&W wanted to use these additives, even though his own chief scientist warned of the cancer risk of these high delivery additives. Wigand was, in effect, fired, but allowed to retire and keep all his company benefits in exchange for his promise not reveal the results of his research at B&W. After a year long battle with B&W, including death threats on his children and having a full time bodyguard, Wigand's unedited interview with "60 Minutes" finally aired on February 4, 1996. The interview and his documentation of B&W's using additives to increase the effectiveness of nicotine's addictive properties became the literal "smoking gun" for the tobacco industry. Things for the tobacco industry would never be the same again.
As I remember Viceroy and Parliament were relatively mild cigarettes. A lot of people started with them. Cigarettes anyone could smoke. Probably why they were included in the MRE
Let me make a few corrections on your Viceroy and corked or filtered cigarettes. First of all, Viceroy was far from the first Cork tipped cigarette produced. Though they claimed to be they weren't. As far back as 1911 cigarette manufacturer of Egyptienne Luxury and London Life in 1914...following by Craven A in 1926...Corked cigarettes were a marketing strategy for women so Viceroy would have been 25 years after the first corked cigarettes were produced. My family's brand (Reynolds tobacco) in fact produced the very first fiber filter tipped cigarette in 1954 with it production of Winston and Salem cigarettes. So Viceroy's weren't even close to being the first cork filtered cigarette. Reynold's tobacco's claims in 2011 that Viceroy's introduced the first cork filters were incorrect. Though they may have meant the first introduced here in America they didn't do enough research to back their claims. I'm not sure which website you went to for your information but it would be wrong in it's claims. Family or not Reynolds should fix this misinformation to the public.
*tastes jelly* "Ew, is that rancid?" *takes another taste* "Yeah, that's like fermented, well maybe one more bite..." Also why is freeze dried spaghetti not in every grocery store? Seems like a perfect idea.
Pat Patrix I'm not sure but it seems like mountain house is cornering the market on freeze dried foods. the only alternative is buying a freeze dryer for around $2k
Steve's amazing!!! I've tried less than 10 yr old dehydrated survival food that had a hint of rancidity and I couldn't eat more than a spoon full. I'm just amazed that this 56 yr old spaghetti is edible.
I really love these videos! The thing I love most is the comments. Most comments nowadays are negative to downright mean, not on Steve's videos! Keep up the good work Steve!
Steve1989MREInfo Mind it?! Dude, you could make a 1 hour video reviewing a happy meal, and I'd be pumped to watch it! Seeing the mre's is cool, but your passion and the way you share all your knowledge is what makes this channel great. Keep up the stellar work brother!
Steve I worked in a small delicatessen when i was a teenager in the 70s and we sold Viceroy cigarettes. They were more popular with older folks like Pall Malls and Parliament cigs. Young folks smoked Marlboros and Kools. I used to be able to spot what a cigarette a customer wanted just by looking at them. A pack of smokes then was .60 cents. Customers swore if a pack went over a dollar they would quit smoking.
@@SuperTelecom lung cancer treatment isnt cheap, you want medicare to treat your smoking related illnesses? if yes, pay the taxes to fund said treatment if no, move to the USA, then an insurance company can decide if you live or die
Have you ever thought about keeping your own supply of dried milk to use in case (as usual), the stuff supplied in the meal has turned? I know it's not exactly within the spirit of what you do, but it would allow you to eat some things as intended at least.
Steve is the most happy when he gets a pack of smokes. As a former smoker, I can understand the sense of joy getting a pack of those would have been for the soldiers.
Gah, i remember viceroys. Not the ‘61 viceroys, the ‘88 viceroys, when they were an el cheapo brand. The first one tasted just fine, but from then on it just went from bad to terrible. Y’know, when Roy vets the vice… Viceroy 🤷🏻♂️
Love how descriptive you are. I quit smoking 6 months ago but every time you describe the cigs in the rations it makes me want one so bad. Triggered. Would definitely hunt for a ration just to understand the experience you had with the Camels in your 1954 Korean War ration.
Steve, if bread smells fruity (and it's not fruit bread), that's a very strong sign that there's mold even if it's not visible. The mold spores are everywhere even if not visible.
oatznsquats I think the last can of bread he ate smelled kinda fruity and was perfectly fine, so unless he posts a video that says he got some terrible disease, I'm going to take your advice with a grain of salt.
this was probably the most captivating 41 minutes of entertainment ive ever watched! best video on your channel IMO but theyre all amazing anyways! love how true you stay to the preservation of the packaging in all of these videos. Museums must love you
"is that the oldest meat I've ever eaten....when you have to ask yourself that question you're really leading a strange life." Haha Favorite quote of the video.
Steve, have you ever or would you ever do a Q&A video? I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd be interested to learn a bit about you, like how you got interested in MREs and whatnot, and to hear you talk about some of your best and worst MRE experiences.
The hit you get from cigarettes isn’t just nicotine, they also give you a dose of MAOIs which are the strongest anti-depressant type. Easily googleable if you want to check. MAOI and cigarette will do it. Your videos are incredible and easy to watch, easier than most broadcast TV, thanks for everything you do.
Tobacco smoke contains Harman - which is a b-Carboline closely related chemically to harmine/harmaline. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmine#Effects_on_bone_and_cartilage It's not that great an antidepressant and has some rather nasty negative effects.
I would love to see Steve at a restraunt lol excuse me waiter do you have any older meats? Waiter I’ll go check for you, we’ve found an old brisket of beef under the ovens that expired in 1964, Steve I’ll take it! Nice
"No way, sorry guys. There is no way I am eating that. When you get to experience as many of these things as I have you know there is no way this is any good...... Oh man, what am I getting myself into...... Oh man that is cooked!"
I absolutely Love how excited that you get Steve. The passion. You literally said "this is the stuff that I live for!" That's power man! I hope some day I am as passionate as something as you are Ration History!
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I find myself getting excited to see what is in that next little packet too. You sir are an, "Historical Conflict Gastro Archaeologist".
A few days ago Lazy Game Reviews opened a sealed bag with computer parts in it and said "Nice Hiss" it was great. It was the video on the Creative DXR2 DVD-ROM drive.
Steve has what I call a Prozac voice. Reminds me of our old Army medic. If I were to get shot and he was talking to me, I would be completely fine with it.
Steve, just chilling and opening insanely old military rations: Me, in the middle of an emotional meltdown and watching him bc he’s my comfort youtuber: nice
Soldiers loved it.
Not adopted.
Sounds like military all right.
😢
yes
Right? The mobile ration? Nah cancel it it’s all C RATS now.
There might have been some problems with the ration that prevented it from being mass produced.
@@shiningkingghidora Based off all this? Looks like expense would be the main one. Extraneous weights, like the trays and metal liners.
Let's get that 6 pack of trays onto a tray...
ARPLATINUM "Nice!"
Lol...thanks!
ARPLATINUM *Steve.exe has crashed*
M kay
...Nice!
At this rate, Steve will be immune to the effects of black mold in a few years time.
He will be immune to most things soon
EVOLUTION, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING.
Raphus cucullatus
He will become Kars soon enough.
Either that or he actually is the patient zero of The Last of Us.
He is an example of how my people *should* eat.
"That beef is good. Is that the oldest meat I've ever eaten? Probably is. Or close to it. I don't know. But when you have to ask yourself that question, that's... You're definitely leading a strange life."
The farmer that raised that cow has probably been dead for a long time....
He ate beef from 1900. Steve could probably eat a nuclear reactor and just have to deal with a glowing toilet for a while.
Grimmwoldds
My strange addiction
@@Grimmwoldds More like a melting toilet
@@ARaven-xf2lg Not necessarily, they would be between 85-93 years old.
"That's not edible"....*eats it* This is, for real, one of my new favorite channels.
😄😄😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's what keeps me coming back
I laughedso hard at that bit
Get it on a tray... Nice..
Hmmm K
"Im not eating that."
"Ok, maybe just a tiny bite."
Lol
3 bites later...
Steve în a nutshell
@@wisconsingoldrush8270 I think I'm gonna be sick.
'Eugh it's awful' takes another bite to double check.
now a understand why kids like unpack videos, this is ultimate unpack vids for adults. cant stop watching..😎
Gold hunter 101 sex
Yep lol I understand now too
Im 23 and i think his videos are great
Next day sitting in the toilet....
Steve:...nice hiss....
Lmao
That actually really got me...nice
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
and we have take off!
1961: Vietnam soldiers: "When the hell is the food coming in???"
2017: Steve's House: "NICE! Lets get this onto a tray!"
He stole their ration!!!
lmao
Time is an illusion I agree
Hey everyone, this review was a long time in the making. Hope you enjoy it, albeit the long run time. Sit back with some nice snacks and maybe some coffee, instant and stay tuned for some really cool videos coming up next. 4 more in production, and then to an extremely uncommon WW2 survival kit and more.
This is really cool! Nice find Steve!
Steve1989MREInfo thank you for all the videos Steve. Nice!
Hey buddy you kick ass Steve.
Love your videos Steve1989MREInfo
Hey thanks Chef! This is one that truly would have slipped through the cracks if not reviewed.
In tonight's review... Steve discovers plastic-flavored sandwich spread, alcoholic jelly, multiple trays, butterscotch gruel and the actual chicken of the sea!
I think this is one of your best so far, dude. Thank you for eating, drinking and smoking weird things for our edutainment.
That gave me a good laugh, thanks Joshua! So glad ya liked this one man.
You should put more ads in your videos I mean other youtubers put like 3 ads in a 10 min video, I really wouldn't mind and I'm sure your true fans wouldn't either. Love your vids, keep it up :)
How does he afford this? I imagine it's a super expensive hobby!
yes i agree you should put ads in.
What you really need is someone to get you sponsors. There is a few here I can think of that might be interested. I don't know what numbers youtube gives you but if you have a breakdown of your viewers locations it would go a long way.
MILITARY SPREAD
Man that sounds appetizing! Nothing like a 56 year old unlabeled white tube of military spread
you squeeze the tube and just little GI Joe figures come out
Damn right Harry Whitestalker
Ten to one it's foot cream or something
@@venomx2 10$ that shit is like some type of fuel.
It's probably some kind of butter substitute.
“Look at this soup, just hangin out in there, wondering what’s goin on”
Classic
Steve, don't apologise for being enthusiastic. I stumbled across one of your videos a few days ago and have been watching them ever since simply because your are so into what youre doing. youtube is full of people simply trying to be famous and make money. they are easy to spot because they are so fake. you on the other hand obviously love doing these taste tests and (don't take this the wrong way) are like a big kid full of hope and enthusiasm and it comes through the camera. your videos are some of the best, most real, i've seen on here. keep making them and keep enjoying your subject.
someone mentoned a Q&A vid. I'd love to knnow how and why you got into mre's.
Me too! Love the enthusiasm!
You can tell he's really passionate about it, that's what I love the most about his videos. This is by far one of my favourite channels on TH-cam ever
This man deserves his own show on the history channel, might be able to get a few seasons in before he dies of food poisoning
Dirt Wiggler People still watch cable television? lol
Dirt Wiggler I don't even watch his videos much anymore :( oh well
Strung Out Wow how old are you? You must be from the future.
When the history channel was actually about history .........
He's already had Ecoli and minor cases of botulism lol
We are from the future, and we can definitely tell you, that is not the oldest meat you're gonna eat!
Hah! Loved his line about if you have to ask yourself is this the oldest meat I’ve ever eaten then you are definitely living a strange life. 😂
He seems simple, but this man is one of the frontrunners of the preservation of military history. This man, right here. Service to mankind.
@julianscaeva dont mean to be a negative nancy but i gotta agree with that, still sharing the contents with the public is something very respectable
Seems simple to you possibly because you are making a simple observation.
His attention to detail would suggest he is far from simple.
"he seems simple" are you stupid?@@imafackinjunglist
He is an outstanding documentarian. 🤘
"It's fermented... still edible, but I'm not gonna eat it...
(I somehow actually believe)
Well...maybe just this one last bite..."
I srsly can't stop laughing when those moments happen
Dude! Freaking UNREAL review. I cannot believe the condition that thing is in. It truly is a wonder. Everything about that ration is unique. Gun cleaning patches?! Love those Dixie cups. To think that whole thing is only 8 lbs. That ration was WAY ahead of it's time. Shame it never went into production. We don't even have anything comparable to that ration right now. One of the all time great reviews that's for sure.
I think the problem is all the waste it creates. So much paper product that, while bio-degradable, just gets thrown away after one use.
Well this was a test kit so it would be then be further developed into a much more cost effective production kit later on or become a test bed to experiment with.
I feel that the 2 packets of tea are for the "cook" as a reward for preparing the meal...
Hey, it might come back into production! The DoD absolutely loves weighing down troops with 60lbs of non-useful stuff that gets abandoned at the FOB anyway.
Rodney Bray I remember getting those cups as a kid
Steve's wedding day: 200 ration kits from 1945 for the main meal
Nice mmkay
Everybody lets cheers for these couple , one, two, three...
"Nice!"
Let's get these out on a tray
And there were NO P38s anywhere...
And Coffee Instant Type 1 as drinks
Coconut bar "Oh it smells terrible! Yea its not edible" .... "lets take a little bite" haha classic Steve! Love it
Yeah, he's funny that way!!! LoIIIIIIIII
Then “little bite” always ends up with him eating like half a bar and alternating between “that’s not bad” and “why am I eating this?”
"Alright, so let's get this out onto some trays... Nice."
Gave me goosebumps. You're the man Steve.
Military Paste - Could be used as gun lubricant, sex lubricant, hair cream, shaving lotion, hemorrhoid cream, sunscreen, lip balm, or Margarine.
Thanks Jesus!
Or massage oil if these were ever issued for the Navy. 😂
I can't believe it's not military spread!
Jesus, I knew you were real!
You must have a dark sense of humor
Walks into Starbucks: "I'd like a canteen of coffee instant type two."
Lol
Drinking instant type 2 now
YAAAS lol
"Sorry we dont serve that here. You do look like you'd be interested in our chocolate mocha though."
aged 70 years.
I placed it finally. Steve is the Bob Ross of MRE’s.Steve’s canvas is the tray and his “happy clouds” or €56 packets of spaghetti and meat sauce with a viceroy cigarette. Both men love their hobbies and the enjoyment is infectious.
Jr Dennison first time i heard him speak i thought
of bob ross it's the laid back attitude as well
Horse Sense He’s not saying 56 euro by the way, he’s saying 56 year old
Insidious Vidz
Bob's son IS named Steve...
"Oh, that's like, burning my throat, is that fermented?" *TAKES 4 MORE SPOONFULS*
I'd love to see Steve after a few packets of boozejelly.
better gag reflex control than a pro hooker
*Steve's Logic*
Spaalone Babuguuscooties That part made me LOL! 😂
A cold evening outside and I'm relaxing on the couch with a new MRE video that includes smokes? That's pretty...
NICE!
Now that is a perfect combination! Not bad
Alright, cool!
Doctor: you have 41:20 to live.
Me: *turns on rancid ration vid*
Doctor: Any final requests?
Me: *labored breathing* I'd like to be cremated, mixed with coffee instant type II and put...out...onto...a...tray............nice.
Hahahaha. Niceee
Your body gets cremated.
Suddenly Steve appears:“Nice hiss“.
Nice! Mmkay..
@Taps fan Thanks!
LMAO...hilarious...but some truth there.
*THIS COST $700 DOLLARS* !!?!???!!!?!!
holy shit Steve, makes me appreciate you and what you do just that much more, thank you man and the other day I went through your catalog of videos and realized I had already seen them all! lol it was a bummer for sure but oh well this new long one gives us our fix! lol NICE
Even if only 1% of his subscribers pledged $1 a month, that’s nearly five grand to give us watchers the joy of seeing Steve produce videos eating stuff like this.
Moms spaghetti, accesories on the trays already, white bread, military spread and jelly
junibismalis Better than Eminem.
Nice
Look at his profile pic damn
Smells rancid, he's nervous.
Vomit on his fatigues already
"This is definitely one of the funnest things ever!" Oh, boy you can really sense how overjoyed Steve is each time he reviews and opens these MRE's. What passion and dedication he has for helping to preserve military history!
“Look at this soup. Just hangin’ out in there.
Wonderin’ what’s goin’ on.”
Gold!
😂 yes
I never sit down and watch videos 30+ minutes but for Steve you best believe I am !
Thanks so much for that MrHex11!
"Most of this ration can be retained for display, and that's a real plus."
Chicks dig that
Yes they do...his genes are steel belted.
Steve, two year anniversary on TH-cam coming up! Congrats for your success!
Hey Goose! Yessir - November 27th. It has been an amazing 2 years. Thanks so much for being part of it man. Always great to see ya around.
If Steve took all of his "personal favorites" into 1 mre. It would be a 26,000 calorie mre that feeds a entire battalion and a full carton of butts
21:02 - "Why am I eating this?" That's a T-shirt right there.
Wonder if I could get one for my girlfriend. _>
brianartillery *nice hiss*
@@tammysilverwolf1085 LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLllllllllllll
“Can’t say no to some 56 year old spaghetti” 😂😂😂
😅😅😅😅😅😅😆
Hey, sir. I assume you are busy and famous these days, but I wanted to thank you and share a story. My first son was born last year around this time and I had just discovered your videos. It was a dramatic delivery (everyone is awesome now), and I was infinitely stressed. For the first few weeks, I relieved my wife for the night shift and kept the little human sleeping on me in another room until the quiet wee hours of the morning. I had to stay awake, but had to do something soothing for both the boy and me. We watched every video you had made up until that point. The only risk was letting the laughter shaking through me wake him up. Your stuff was a big help getting through that time in good humor. I would not be surprised if the little dude's first word is "nice."
p.s. I have some 2013 US MREs in my go bag. I will save them for a few decades before I ship them your way.
Coffee, instant. Now when I hear this, it makes me laugh. After I saw you pull out that kenworth Butler razor I went straight to Ebay to see if I could find one, with no luck. But that's what I love about this channel. We get to see what most would have never witnessed in ones lifetime. I thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos. Your enthusiasm and energy really make these video so wonderful to watch. Cheers keep it up!
Dude! All your vids are amazing but this one straight up belongs in the Hall of Fame. So many exceptional moments.
im very happy im able to support you on patreon at this point, these videos are entertaining and all, but i feel it goes a bit without thought how much work and dedication you actually put into finding these rations and showcasing them to all of us. It's almost inspiring, you're a good dude, wishing you all the best
Steve "Is that the oldest meat I have eaten?"
When you have to answer that question you are definitely leading an AWESOME life.
after he said strange life i laughed so hard!
I think smoking ancient cigarettes and drinking instant coffee is my personality type
w h i t e n o i s e I’ll smoke to that one
a great way to chill out with some mate with some vintage coffee and classic cigarettes.
My dad brought some of the stuff home in the 60s because he was a supply sergeant so had access to it. The beef stew one was really really good. The bread was kind of disgusting unless you sliced it and toasted it and then it was really good. I never thought I would see any of this stuff again this is amazing thank you.
That 'Military Spread' (05:45) sounds like the stuff my late father told me about. He was called up in 1946, just missing the war. He said they had a butter substitute that was only just palatable, and they called it 'Garry grease'. After he left the army, in the mid 1950's, he never ate substitute butter, or margarine again. This is a fascinating channel. Thanks for showing us this stuff.
"why am i eating this?" that should be the name of your memoirs
Furvivor I read that exactly when he said it.
“Im not eating that. Well maybe just one more bite.” Hahahahaha that made me laugh so hard. About the jam
Nah that should be the name of the tv show he gets on TLC “welcome to why am I eating this with Steve”
Am i the only one who feels satisfaction when ever Steve speeds up a can opening
I love this guy’s commentaries, makes me laugh every time. It’s like he doesn’t understand how funny he is, i literally laughed it loud 10+ time throughout this video.
Squidward: OH MY GOD THEY HAVE IT! CANNED BREAD!
D A E R B D E N N A C
Every time I hear anything about canned bread I think of Squidward lol
These rations are GREAT!!!
50+ year old freeze dried spaghetti - “that looks just fine...”.
Me : Left my leftovers on counter for 30 mins - throws away leftovers.
The paper cups with the fold out handles remind me of the cups we used to get
when you got coffee from a vending machine.
"Can't say no to some 56 year old spaghetti" Steve1989😁
His stomach: "YES YOU CAN!"
@@therealmaskedheel 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Viceroy's are still sold in the US but are generally more popular in Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe, and Asia. Viceroy was the first cork tipped smoke, introduced in 1936, and the first cellulose acetate filter, brought out in 1961. The cork tip was supposed ot appeal to women so they didn't get tobacco leaves stuck between their teeth. It apparently worked since Viceroy was the most popular cork tipped cigarette by 1940.
The cellulose acetate filter did even better since the filter color was white compared to the cork filter, which was generally brown. It was so poplar with women that Brown & Williamson, the makers of Viceroy, felt they were losing too much market share to women. In 1960, about 75% of all cigarettes were sold to men, so having a cigarette that appealed too much to women was felt to be eating into sales to men. In the 60's Viceroy was a sponsor for several different auto racing teams. They even partnered with Tag-Heuer, a popular brand of watch used in Formula 1 and sports car racing teams. Unfortunately for Tag, Viceroy convinced them to come out with a relatively inexpensive version of one of their racing watches. Tag was a competitor with Rolex when this happened in the early 70's, and Tag took several decades to regain its reputation as a super accurate racing watch,
Sar Jim my aunt and uncle loved smoking viceroy, they were popular during the 1970's in my hometown
It was a commonly sold brand from the 30's up until the 90's. It has been described as a Lucky with a filter. I smoked them on and for a couple decades. B&W was involved in long running litigation with the FTC and the other "Big Five" tobacco companies. One result was a an agreement with British American Tobacco (BAT) for B&W to sell off their low priced brands to a small subsidiary company, Commonwealth Tobacco, LLC. Since they weren't part of the "Big Five" tobacco companies, they weren't subject to antitrust rulings against the major brands. Commonwealth became the most profitable tobacco companies in the US.
B&W's Vice President of Research & Development, Jeffrey Wigand, eventually became involved in a battle over tobacco additives used to enhance "throat hit" and also to increase the effectiveness of nicotine delivery. The brand used to test the results of the research was Viceroy. The president of B&W wanted to use these additives, even though his own chief scientist warned of the cancer risk of these high delivery additives. Wigand was, in effect, fired, but allowed to retire and keep all his company benefits in exchange for his promise not reveal the results of his research at B&W. After a year long battle with B&W, including death threats on his children and having a full time bodyguard, Wigand's unedited interview with "60 Minutes" finally aired on February 4, 1996. The interview and his documentation of B&W's using additives to increase the effectiveness of nicotine's addictive properties became the literal "smoking gun" for the tobacco industry. Things for the tobacco industry would never be the same again.
As I remember Viceroy and Parliament were relatively mild cigarettes. A lot of people started with them. Cigarettes anyone could smoke. Probably why they were included in the MRE
We got em in canada and now they are some of the worst and harshest cigarettes i ever smoked
Let me make a few corrections on your Viceroy and corked or filtered cigarettes. First of all, Viceroy was far from the first Cork tipped cigarette produced. Though they claimed to be they weren't. As far back as 1911 cigarette manufacturer of Egyptienne Luxury and London Life in 1914...following by Craven A in 1926...Corked cigarettes were a marketing strategy for women so Viceroy would have been 25 years after the first corked cigarettes were produced. My family's brand (Reynolds tobacco) in fact produced the very first fiber filter tipped cigarette in 1954 with it production of Winston and Salem cigarettes. So Viceroy's weren't even close to being the first cork filtered cigarette. Reynold's tobacco's claims in 2011 that Viceroy's introduced the first cork filters were incorrect. Though they may have meant the first introduced here in America they didn't do enough research to back their claims. I'm not sure which website you went to for your information but it would be wrong in it's claims. Family or not Reynolds should fix this misinformation to the public.
Steve don't ever apologize for your excitement! It's why so many of us watch your content!
The military should be watching every one of your videos.
lol Steve is chowin down on some 56-year-old Spaghetti, and most of us complain about food that's been in the fridge for three days lol.
Gus Davis *Well if you think about it, food that's been in the fridge for 3 days is no where near as appealing as a freeze dried spaghetti 🍝*
Furby Gender Fair enough, but it's still kinda funny.
Yeah. Sometimes I wonder if putting opened stuff in my fridge doesn't somehow make it worse.
you said it Gus!!! He must have a digestive tract made of stainless steel!!! Lol
To be fair his spaghetti is freeze-dried lol.
"eeeeww, no, it's not edible"
"ok I'm gonna take a little bite....ewwww no, disgusting"
"well, maybe another bite"
This guy has the most calming voice on TH-cam
That toilet paper, I'm not going to test it on camera.
Thanks bud 👍🏻
*tastes jelly*
"Ew, is that rancid?"
*takes another taste*
"Yeah, that's like fermented, well maybe one more bite..."
Also why is freeze dried spaghetti not in every grocery store? Seems like a perfect idea.
Pat Patrix I'm not sure but it seems like mountain house is cornering the market on freeze dried foods. the only alternative is buying a freeze dryer for around $2k
We have that stuff in german supermarkets. Be glad you don't... 😉
"Can't say no to some 56 year old spaghetti"
This goes into my quote collection book.
Amalgamar Just the way momma used to make it.
Steve's amazing!!! I've tried less than 10 yr old dehydrated survival food that had a hint of rancidity and I couldn't eat more than a spoon full. I'm just amazed that this 56 yr old spaghetti is edible.
“That does not seem edible”
*eats it*
Steve's channel in a nutshell.
Should be a t shirt he should sell
I really love these videos! The thing I love most is the comments. Most comments nowadays are negative to downright mean, not on Steve's videos! Keep up the good work Steve!
There is something about your videos that I can't explain but they are just awesome.
I'm not eating that **takes bite**
Squabble sounds like me lol
klette 95 lol
I was thinking the same thing
"Ugh, that is NOT edible... okay, I'll take a bite."
It's like Bob Ross meets Antiques Roadshow meets Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
it's Steve you know!
41 minutes...awesome!
Thanks Steve!
Hey Joe, glad you didn't mind this one being a little long. And you're welcome!
Steve1989MREInfo Mind it?! Dude, you could make a 1 hour video reviewing a happy meal, and I'd be pumped to watch it!
Seeing the mre's is cool, but your passion and the way you share all your knowledge is what makes this channel great.
Keep up the stellar work brother!
for real, the longer the better steve!
Steve I worked in a small delicatessen when i was a teenager in the 70s and we sold Viceroy
cigarettes. They were more popular with older folks like Pall Malls and Parliament cigs.
Young folks smoked Marlboros and Kools.
I used to be able to spot what a cigarette a customer wanted just by looking at them.
A pack of smokes then was .60 cents. Customers swore if a pack went over a dollar they would quit smoking.
And how much are they now in 2019?
Here in Poland about 4/5$
WILLRACE4FOOD depends where your at, In Minnesota in the states a pack is almost 9/10$ for some brands
I'm only 40 and smoke Pall Malls, now I feel old*er*
Now in Australia due to us apparently liking being taxed into oblivion, a decent pack of 25 cigarettes is now at least $30AU (about $22USD).
@@SuperTelecom lung cancer treatment isnt cheap, you want medicare to treat your smoking related illnesses?
if yes, pay the taxes to fund said treatment
if no, move to the USA, then an insurance company can decide if you live or die
"Sometimes I've got to be careful with this stuff".
Please be careful all the time Steve. Nobody eats history like you.
"I've got a big ol pot of spagheti"-A happy man with a pot of spagheti
spaghetti
@@mrfrogg46able S p a G H E T I
Yep....soooo a Bachelor
emphasis on the "ol"
Have you ever thought about keeping your own supply of dried milk to use in case (as usual), the stuff supplied in the meal has turned? I know it's not exactly within the spirit of what you do, but it would allow you to eat some things as intended at least.
Steve is the most happy when he gets a pack of smokes. As a former smoker, I can understand the sense of joy getting a pack of those would have been for the soldiers.
Gah, i remember viceroys. Not the ‘61 viceroys, the ‘88 viceroys, when they were an el cheapo brand. The first one tasted just fine, but from then on it just went from bad to terrible. Y’know, when Roy vets the vice… Viceroy 🤷🏻♂️
imagine eating a chicken older than you are
Just think, the farmer that raised it has been dead a long time.....
@@ARaven-xf2lg not necessarily, they would be around 85-93 years old.
Mmm... chicken preserves
If the chicken is older than you... it's fish.
Love how descriptive you are. I quit smoking 6 months ago but every time you describe the cigs in the rations it makes me want one so bad. Triggered. Would definitely hunt for a ration just to understand the experience you had with the Camels in your 1954 Korean War ration.
You should start up again. Smoking is a really fun hobby.
Steve, if bread smells fruity (and it's not fruit bread), that's a very strong sign that there's mold even if it's not visible. The mold spores are everywhere even if not visible.
Oh wow I never knew this
oatznsquats
I think the last can of bread he ate smelled kinda fruity and was perfectly fine, so unless he posts a video that says he got some terrible disease, I'm going to take your advice with a grain of salt.
oatznsquats
Nevermind, the bread does have black mold on it.
oatznsquats yummy
Sgt. Eclair just because one guy doesnt get sick doesnt mean you wont either. some food for thought. add as much salt as you want.
this was probably the most captivating 41 minutes of entertainment ive ever watched! best video on your channel IMO but theyre all amazing anyways! love how true you stay to the preservation of the packaging in all of these videos. Museums must love you
Steve this is probably, if not is your best video to date! Keep up the good work!
"is that the oldest meat I've ever eaten....when you have to ask yourself that question you're really leading a strange life." Haha Favorite quote of the video.
Steve, have you ever or would you ever do a Q&A video? I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd be interested to learn a bit about you, like how you got interested in MREs and whatnot, and to hear you talk about some of your best and worst MRE experiences.
selanfene I believesteve said one time he had his first mre as a kid
selanfene would love him to do a live QnA so many questions that need answered lol
Reddit AMA would be awesome as well
GO to his patron. 5 bucks gets you alot.
slanfinne yes a live stream !!!
Steve you just tried food one year older than me and you didn't disappoint you rock in military food history again!!!
The hit you get from cigarettes isn’t just nicotine, they also give you a dose of MAOIs which are the strongest anti-depressant type. Easily googleable if you want to check. MAOI and cigarette will do it.
Your videos are incredible and easy to watch, easier than most broadcast TV, thanks for everything you do.
Tobacco smoke contains Harman - which is a b-Carboline closely related chemically to harmine/harmaline. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmine#Effects_on_bone_and_cartilage It's not that great an antidepressant and has some rather nasty negative effects.
Wow...TIL
Yep he isn't shittin you either. I guess that's why so many soldiers liked smoking cigarettes.
Michael Bennett don’t forget co2 from combustion. The lightheaded feeling.
I would love to see Steve at a restraunt lol excuse me waiter do you have any older meats? Waiter I’ll go check for you, we’ve found an old brisket of beef under the ovens that expired in 1964, Steve I’ll take it! Nice
classic Steve commentary:
"oh yeah that's not edible"
"no way I'm eating that"
....
"well, just a little bite"
"hey, not bad..."
Don't forget "Let's get this onto a tray". Or my personal favorite "Nice".
"Ah, that's disgusting."
(takes another bite)
"No way, sorry guys. There is no way I am eating that. When you get to experience as many of these things as I have you know there is no way this is any good...... Oh man, what am I getting myself into...... Oh man that is cooked!"
What about the classic - " Tastes okay.....awww, aw.....nope wrong again. It has turned."
"oh wow"
"hmm thats.. wow.. super creamy"
Crazy to think that the cows in the meat sauce have been dead for like 60 years
i bet those were grass fed cows
Hey , your excitement is our excitement , Steve 👍.
That's why I keep coming back .
hairy anal abscess very true and i about woke up my whole house laughing at your name man. Lol
I love this.
"That's not edible."
"Well maybe one bite."
"Ok one more."
Paper handles on paper coffee cups really takes me back : )
I absolutely Love how excited that you get Steve. The passion. You literally said "this is the stuff that I live for!" That's power man! I hope some day I am as passionate as something as you are Ration History!
"...well maybe this one last bite" -Steve's tombstone.
I don’t know why but I find Steve’s videos so relaxing to watch 🤣
That chicken died 60 years ago. And you just ate it.
Lets let that sink in for a minute
Scy I don’t think that’s a chicken
Funny I thought the same exact thing not long into the video. That chicken is older than both my parents
Ali Abbas there is a lack of biology education where ever you're from
The chicken is from a time with no color Television...
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I find myself getting excited to see what is in that next little packet too.
You sir are an, "Historical Conflict Gastro Archaeologist".
Idk why but seeing the joy that 50 year old food brings this guy really kinda makes me happy
Yeah same, his happiness and excitement are contagious!
"It's burning my throat...is it fermented?" Proceeds to take *TWO* more spoonfuls!
"need to try that one more time just to be sure"
A few days ago Lazy Game Reviews opened a sealed bag with computer parts in it and said "Nice Hiss" it was great. It was the video on the Creative DXR2 DVD-ROM drive.
stonent I saw that and laufhed
Awesome ratio! This is by far one of the funnier of your videos I watched. Love it!
Steve has what I call a Prozac voice. Reminds me of our old Army medic. If I were to get shot and he was talking to me, I would be completely fine with it.
holy moly 40minutes!
*grabs popcorn
This is my longest video to date. Hope ya like it!
Correction: grab a pack of freeze dried strawberies as a snack. That what i just did.
jeremak Nice !!!
[ *Grabs a 24hr Spanish MRE* ]
"It's burning my throat" *takes another spoonful*
Cameron Gaming "Why am I doing this?" Eats more.
Just had to make sure
Steve you replying to my comment made my whole existence so much better😊😭❤️
Steve, stay awesome, brother!
Rofl sooo funny. I got food poisining just watching
Steve, just chilling and opening insanely old military rations:
Me, in the middle of an emotional meltdown and watching him bc he’s my comfort youtuber: nice