In this video, I break down some of my experience and insight with infantryman food. Drop down in the comments your favorite field food. Enjoy! And stay tuned for more.
Operating environment dictates like you mentioned. In my experience freeze dried rations are absolutely superior to "wet food" in cold (say about -20 C / -4 F) conditions hence why all Nordic armies use freeze dried rations. In the arctic/sub-arctic winter you need freeze dried rations because MRE style or canned "wet food" simply freezes and you cant eat it without heating it up somehow. Gas burners usually take really long in cold conditions and most gasses simply dont work. We use Trangia with burning alcohol. It too takes long but it has no issues with producing flame. MRE ration heaters i have found insufficient if the meal is frozen. 2 heaters seems to be just enough though. Another point in favor of freeze dried rations in the winter is that you dont need to carry water for them. Snow is plentiful. Eating your food cold is not the thing you want to do in cold environment as then you have to use calories to heat up the food to body temperature inside you. The difference between having cold and warm food in the cold is massive for both net kcal intake and morale. (You can mitigate the freezing food issue by keeping the next meal inside your clothing but that is quite inconvenient as you already have to have your water stored under the jacket anyway). Alas, operating environment dictates. I have often wished i had "wet food" rations during the summer months when almost all of the benefits of freeze dried rations are nullified. -best regards from FDF reserves ps. This channel has been a joy to follow. Keep going!
Squeezable Peanut Butter is another good one. Also, I prefer the Peak Refuel meals vs Mountain House. More calories and protein, about the same weight.
I was backpacking with a friend for a month straight and it took like two weeks for me to break him of his weight room diet. We were easily burning upwards of 3k sometimes as high as 6k calories a day depending on the terrain. We were in the Rockies, and elevation gains of 500+ feet per mile were not uncommon. Dude would eat like 1800 calories worth of shit through the day and wonder why he felt like absolute garbage and couldn't keep up a decent pace. Gear Skeptic has like eight hours worth of lectures on backpacking food and nutrition on his channel along with a massive excel sheet with like 700 commercial food items on it all broken down by caloric density and macros.
Tortillas with peanut butter are legit. Realistically, I’d be more concerned I brought enough cigs to the field; It gets expensive making snack runs every time before the field. A little bottle of mio is also nice.
I've read about arctic explorers who were sking to the north pole. They ate nothing but butter dipped in sugar for the final push to their goal. The calorie vs weight vs easy to eat conundrum.
Packs of Uncle Ben's ready rice are great to just crack open and eat on the go. Packs of ready to eat salmon and tuna go great to dump into those rice packs. Ready to eat chicken packs aren't too bad either. I keep a shaker of all purpose seasoning in my pack to use to add some extra flavor. Swedish fish and gummy bears are also my go to for home made MREs.
We lived on ramen both cooked and uncooked in Asscrackistan, along with jerky, trail mix and chicken/tuna packets. What I learned from SrSNCO’s in the 89’s…plan for 3, pack for 5.
11C, I use to make around 2 dozen peanut butter balls and roll them in oatmeal. Not the best might need a little water to wash it down but I’d share with my squad and it at least something other then the MRE. I found to be fairly filling. Mainly used it as quick breakfast or something like that on the gun line.
Electrolytes are a must. MRE will freeze in cold environments, that’s where mountainhouse is best. Mountainhouse is better for long storage in hot/cold. MRE will not last long in high heat, i.e… in a vehicle go bag for a long duration of time.
There was a UNIVERSITY student who DIED from only eating Ramen back right before 9/11. It happened. That Ravioli is no joke but bag of buckwheat, fat, and some vitamins, seabuckthorn, various dried fruits n nuts, water.
Back before electricity, I used to carry a couple of cans of the 'ol chef with me into the field. It was never meant to be a replacement food, just a treat every once in a while. Now my kids eat it cold out of the can, just like me I got old.
dry ceral and baked goods like a danish or biscuits arent bad . i pick up these muffins from the gas station and 2 things of butter each its 5 oz 700 cals and over 20 gram of fat and 10 grams of protein , i eat one for a snack the first day and breakfast the 2nd and 3rd day before they are nothing but crumbs or dry. the bridgeford mre sandwhiches are good too i normally eat muffin or pop tart for breakfast , mre sandwich or main for lunch and chicken packet with rice or ramen or a mountain house for dinner then i have candy, beef sticks , trail mix and granola bars for snacks. cant believe you forgot about the jar of peanutbutter or nutella guy lol
My lieutenant used to go to these patrol competitions that took place in the european winter and are hard as fuck. He was different in that he was an actual chad in the physical patrolling part. He swore by oat biscuits that he would bake himself the night before. He would take some butter, oatmeal, salt and sugar and make biscuits that he could eat on the go and would give him sugar and fat for quick and longer term energy. As well as salt. Long term you would need to supplement it with some proteins, naturally, but it works great. I have found myself that baked goods in general are god tier. They taste good and are dense in calories and easy to eat on the go. Most of them have a good amount of fats and salts in addition to sugar.
The best alternative to the jetboil is an alcohol stove made from a can of cat food. It weighs nothing, takes up very little space, boils a half-liter pot of water in 6 minutes, makes no noise and barely makes a flame. The jetboil is something to reserve for high mountains, where the temperatures and the lower amount of oxygen make it more difficult to heat water.
Great video! I know I’m late to the party but wanted to add a few things I always like. Aged, hard cheeses last a long time without refrigeration. Think aged cheddar, Parmesan etc. Summer sausage and hard cured deli meats too. Hard salami/pepperoni etc. Nuts, Fritos and Reese’s pieces are some of the highest calorie per ounce foods.
We use to take the Top Ramen and crush it up and throw it in a ziplock bag and add the packet to it. It was a great quick meal you can just eat out of the bag. Only downfall is you will need a lot of water to wash it down with.
Just parroting what I heard from Steve1989. The military experimented with just dehydrated mre’s but I guess if you eat enough dehydrated food unhydrated it can cause digestive issues so the military chose to only use them for cold weather mre’s where freezing is a concern and water is (generally) accessible.
Canadian here. One of the people I've trained with had frozen butter (provided it's not too hot) and pemmican for their rucks. Absolutely disgusting going down, but it's light in the pack and will keep you going.
My man. Mountain infantry guy here. 11b. Light. IYKYK. but yes this video is 100 percent accurate except I actually think that jet boil has way more uses than you describe. During day time ops with proper security, can’t you use a JB as a way to procure water. Or even just have a brew …even war doesn’t stop us from having a brew. Ya mates!? Yes. During winter(true winter) you can use it to make more water. (Pro tip, use a little water at the bottom of your JB so the snow melts faster.) also use a panco over head if you’re doing any night time JB work. You’d be surprised at how effective that is. Also the JB is best for a morning brew. Wake up pull security. No attack!?!?!? Fuck yea first of all and second is we gonna make a cupppa!!! Sorry ruskiees, you get to for after we’ve had our coffee/tea😂. Then. Then you will die.
Not a great idea to seal yourself under a poncho with a burning jetboil - they kick out a lot of Carbon Monoxide while burning. There are instances of backpackers suffocating in their tents because they've left their jetboil running with all the tent doors zipped shut
I did Keto for awhile and it sucked but it did introduce me to MCT oil. They have it in small 1 tbsp packets. Just like there are different carb sources, there are also different fat sources. MCT is a high quality fat that your body can directly convert to ketones fast. It is awesome when you are needing a boost and sick of the fast crash from carbs. It burns totally different! I think for optimal performance you need to be fat and carb adapted. Just adding my 2 cents. Thanks for all the awesome content!
This video is SO IMPORTANT. ive known and heard of kids, adults, even soldiers dieing out in the wilderness because they did not have adequate water, food, clothing, or shelter. Earth is a dangerous place. You can go hypothermic in 60 degree wet weather and die. Thats how easily were talking. Proper hydration, food/fuel, clothing, and shelter is paramount to your survival. Alot of frontiersman,pioneers, and pilgrims died this way. Learn from our forefathers.
Yep back in the 80s some of my team was captured on a field op. Lots of bad things done and IG got involved NIS got in. One thing the IG said mitigated the bad things was the MARINES had non issue chow (mres) the caned civilian stuff was “un authorized” but could not cite any mco. Command cover up for field interrogations.
as a boomer jarhead from the c-rat days...yeah, avoid carrying canned foods. If you are dead set on chef boyardee ravioli, remove it from the can and put it into vacuum-sealed bags. BUT, you FORGOT THE FREAKIN CRAYONS! Not great for calories, but they plug your ass up, come in variety of flavors, need no preparation, and are multi-use (can replace those gawd-awful heavy sharpies, pens and pencils). Glad I stumbled upon your channel, you're doing Chesty's work here. Semper fi.
You put your Ramen noodle and tuna in a wide mouth bottle with an appropriate amount of water. You do not have to use hot water. It will be edible within an hour. You just carry the premade Ramen tuna mixture in your pack, ready to go whenever you can take a slurp.
Same works with dehydrated food like mountain house meals, MACV -SOG guys would add the water, stick the meal in the camie blouse until the next rest stop and then eat. Also a popular UL backpacking method now too
Jet Boils and overnight oats came into play on my companies mission on our deployment. Again, though we are a heavy weapons company, so we had the luxury of trucks for storage.
The Gear Skeptic channel has a backpacking series on food/water/fuel/etc with spreadsheets that make my OCD happy and are really useful in making food/nutrition/weight ratio decisions. I've found it very useful in cutting weight for FTXs and even having better food nutritionally and calorically. And if a voice in your brain said "ooohhhh yeee-ahh" during the vid, chances are you had a good childhood. 😆
Crap load of clifbars, squeeze tube of pb. Decent amount of mountain house with bcb stove and fuel. Couple of mre main entrees and small amount of some type of slim jims or jerky
It's high dollar, but a brand called "Just Cheese" is exactly what you're talking about. I carried some on my last fire season and enjoyed them. Jerky, Cheese, and Dried fruit covered me when I was in a spot where there was no fire camp. You're 100% on the cramps.
I can't remember if it was The Gritty Soldier or Gruntproof who suggested mixing mass gainer, peanut butter and whatever else to keep you going in a little container but that's what I'm gonna try out this winter. I'm going into the snow this year with a vast caloric surplus 😂
Great video. For a couple of years now I've been packing the Tasty Bite curry and Seeds of Change rice mix pouches as my "main meal of the day". Rice pouch is 8.5oz (240g) and has 400 cal. The curry pouch is 10oz (285g) and has 280 cal. So combined you've got 18.5oz and 680 cal. Combined total 16g of fat, 108g carbs, 16g fiber, 9g sugar, and 19g protein. Pretty salty for my normal taste, with 1510mg combined sodium. But not too much weight, and the flavors are pretty good, if you like Indian foods / curries. I've got Madras Lentils flavor with quinoa & brown/red rice mix. The pouches are pretty handy - you can eat them cold, heat them up with hand warmers, spare MRE heaters, boil the bags (hasn't killed me yet), or you can just eat them cold. For lunch and trail stops I'm doing granola bars, jerky, trail mix, and a couple of tuna pouches with a mustard packet squirted in there, just for some different flavors etc.
Caffeine can also dehydrate you. As a SNCO Toon Daddy, I was asked to assist an A-Team with a two day vehicle patrol of south Helmand. Hell yeah! Still getting acclimatized, I wasn’t thinking, too excited about my first patrol in country…boot ass move, I knew better! The night before while going through my kit getting ready, I downed probably for big bottles of some fantastic Italian peach tea that the PX sold. Dumbass me, next day, I was hurting. Luckily I recognized the symptoms and was sucking down water and Gatorade! Later the team Delta and I was laughing about my boot move and said that he gladly would have stuck me! Being too excited, even being experienced could have been costly if it was foot patrol
I do the mountain houses usually chicken whatever in a galon siplock with the mountain house breakfast eggs. Mixed-up dry and filled up (mutiple moutain house)in a gallon bag then pour a portion in a empty tatlenti iceream container and cold soak them. I learned this from backpakers. Such a game changer in the feild mood boost and you dont have to pack out wrappers. its not hot but if you keep it close to the body its warm enough.
You can actually make tuna work. It has so little calories because it doesn't have fat. But you could have something like small bottle of olive oil or buy pack of small sachets similar to how you get kethup in some fast food places. In fact I would highly recommend extra virgin olive oil as good tasting condiment that also adds a lot calories for military or outdoor stuff. It's also quite healthy.
if you are in a COLD environment, factor in double rations AND you want to lean more on carbs and fats. your body uses more energy processing and digesting protein than the other two and that can be a big impact in a cold weather environment.
This page is so awesome man, as a non-infantry Marine this account has taught me so much of the stuff I feel like I haven’t learned / retained well. Thank you man
So I ain’t infantry but I am asian so I can confidently say you can eat the ramen quickly. Just smash it up in a bag, pour in the soup base and eat it like a dry snack.
You actually have me debating the relative merits of MREs/ vs mountainhouse in a civillian survival/ preparednesss context. Currently using store-bought (starkist chicken packets and pre-cooked rice). tested a mountain house last year and it was pretty tasty but MREs are sounding like more of a good idea. FWIW you can use a solid fuel stove like I do (esbit) I use a BCB fire dragon. It's a light discipline issue a bit but it boils well and its compact.
Mountain House is bulky. I get the protein cans to put into rice. Minute Rice is cheap. Soup greens and Textured Vegetable Protein (dehydrated soy) is fantastic for a base meal to add a scoop of Mountain House to.
some freeze dried meals are made to be cold soaked. No stove or boiling water needed. Also look at other brands, mountain houses are known to usually have too much salt, and not the best quality.
Your doctor may think it's too much salt in the MH meals. When I'm short on food (but not water) I suddenly have a diabetic piss schedule. Downing salt and electrolytes fixes that. Hope that makes sense.
How do you feel about on occasion practicing only eating what can be resupplied to you in LSCO environments? For example not eating poggy bait to better understand what to eat and pack out in that environment.
Great stuff like always. Some recommendations from long distance hiking, look into cold soaking for the mountain houses and ramen. Basically get a leak proof jar add the product and water, seal it up keep moving and when you get where you are going it is done. Also a pack of tortillas and a jar of peanut butter go a long way and are pretty light.
I got so damn tired of granola bars in cold weather training (87-91). It took me 30 years to get to a point I would even buy them again. We used to do smoked oysters, crackers, and spray cheese. Poured the oil out and had a freezer ziplock to bring the cans back. Small, high calorie, and tasted good. Slim Jims were good too.
with regards to MRE's, im not sure if they still have them in the menus but I fondly remember my first time getting the veggie omelette mre. Nasty thing scarred me for life lmao. Im pretty jealous of the new flavors you guys get nowadays but then again i was that weird jarhead that enjoyed the chow hall food
Pb packs are good, but it is dry. I would chug the coffee packs if I needed a perk. I always had my canteen cup and stand. Back in the day, before MRE heaters we had heat tabs. In combat ops we would burn C-4 to heat water. I am surprised you did not mention Nutrient Survival as they are all the rage. I have never tried them, but they do have snack options...
Operating environment dictates like you mentioned.
In my experience freeze dried rations are absolutely superior to "wet food" in cold (say about -20 C / -4 F) conditions hence why all Nordic armies use freeze dried rations. In the arctic/sub-arctic winter you need freeze dried rations because MRE style or canned "wet food" simply freezes and you cant eat it without heating it up somehow. Gas burners usually take really long in cold conditions and most gasses simply dont work. We use Trangia with burning alcohol. It too takes long but it has no issues with producing flame. MRE ration heaters i have found insufficient if the meal is frozen. 2 heaters seems to be just enough though. Another point in favor of freeze dried rations in the winter is that you dont need to carry water for them. Snow is plentiful. Eating your food cold is not the thing you want to do in cold environment as then you have to use calories to heat up the food to body temperature inside you. The difference between having cold and warm food in the cold is massive for both net kcal intake and morale. (You can mitigate the freezing food issue by keeping the next meal inside your clothing but that is quite inconvenient as you already have to have your water stored under the jacket anyway).
Alas, operating environment dictates. I have often wished i had "wet food" rations during the summer months when almost all of the benefits of freeze dried rations are nullified.
-best regards from FDF reserves
ps. This channel has been a joy to follow. Keep going!
Thanks for the support!
Great points. Approved as an Estonian.
Squeezable Peanut Butter is another good one. Also, I prefer the Peak Refuel meals vs Mountain House. More calories and protein, about the same weight.
PB is my go yo for dense protein calories, plus it has oils and can be mixed with other stuff.
I’ll have to check those out
Peanut butter fuel tab 😂 if u know u know ( not military but grew up with vets)
I was backpacking with a friend for a month straight and it took like two weeks for me to break him of his weight room diet. We were easily burning upwards of 3k sometimes as high as 6k calories a day depending on the terrain. We were in the Rockies, and elevation gains of 500+ feet per mile were not uncommon.
Dude would eat like 1800 calories worth of shit through the day and wonder why he felt like absolute garbage and couldn't keep up a decent pace.
Gear Skeptic has like eight hours worth of lectures on backpacking food and nutrition on his channel along with a massive excel sheet with like 700 commercial food items on it all broken down by caloric density and macros.
I’ll have to check that out
loving all of these videos, good stuff man. appreciate ya.
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Tortillas with peanut butter are legit. Realistically, I’d be more concerned I brought enough cigs to the field; It gets expensive making snack runs every time before the field. A little bottle of mio is also nice.
I used to know a guy who would carry out loaves of bread and peanut butter
Second the MIO
I’m a big fan of field sludge. Take a jar of peanut butter and mix it with Nutella and granola. It’s about 7000 calories.
Love the ingenuity 😂
COME GET YOUR SLUDGE
Field me: THE NECTAR OF THE GODS
Garrison me: What the actual fuck are you doing with that jar of peanut butter private?
I've read about arctic explorers who were sking to the north pole. They ate nothing but butter dipped in sugar for the final push to their goal. The calorie vs weight vs easy to eat conundrum.
Crazy
When I was a kid we would eat uncooked ramen. We would break it up in the bag and sprinkle the seasoning in and eat it like a bag of chips.
Yeah I did that too
Pretty bad, 2/10.
I still eat it like that.
Packs of Uncle Ben's ready rice are great to just crack open and eat on the go. Packs of ready to eat salmon and tuna go great to dump into those rice packs. Ready to eat chicken packs aren't too bad either. I keep a shaker of all purpose seasoning in my pack to use to add some extra flavor. Swedish fish and gummy bears are also my go to for home made MREs.
Man is living large
I'm a guard ordnance officer and a student in law school. These videos give me intrusive thoughts about throwing it all away to eat crayons.
We lived on ramen both cooked and uncooked in Asscrackistan, along with jerky, trail mix and chicken/tuna packets.
What I learned from SrSNCO’s in the 89’s…plan for 3, pack for 5.
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me living off takis sunflower seeds and dip in the field lol
👀
11C, I use to make around 2 dozen peanut butter balls and roll them in oatmeal. Not the best might need a little water to wash it down but I’d share with my squad and it at least something other then the MRE. I found to be fairly filling. Mainly used it as quick breakfast or something like that on the gun line.
Sounds delicious
The beef taco filling is awful, maybe I got a bad batch or a breached bag, but I shit my whole ass multiple times that day. 12/10 do not recommend.
Yeah they are pretty gnarly
Electrolytes are a must. MRE will freeze in cold environments, that’s where mountainhouse is best. Mountainhouse is better for long storage in hot/cold. MRE will not last long in high heat, i.e… in a vehicle go bag for a long duration of time.
Very true
There was a UNIVERSITY student who DIED from only eating Ramen back right before 9/11. It happened. That Ravioli is no joke but bag of buckwheat, fat, and some vitamins, seabuckthorn, various dried fruits n nuts, water.
Thanks for watching!
Back before electricity, I used to carry a couple of cans of the 'ol chef with me into the field. It was never meant to be a replacement food, just a treat every once in a while. Now my kids eat it cold out of the can, just like me
I got old.
As is life
dry ceral and baked goods like a danish or biscuits arent bad .
i pick up these muffins from the gas station and 2 things of butter each its 5 oz 700 cals and over 20 gram of fat and 10 grams of protein , i eat one for a snack the first day and breakfast the 2nd and 3rd day before they are nothing but crumbs or dry.
the bridgeford mre sandwhiches are good too
i normally eat muffin or pop tart for breakfast , mre sandwich or main for lunch and chicken packet with rice or ramen or a mountain house for dinner then i have candy, beef sticks , trail mix and granola bars for snacks.
cant believe you forgot about the jar of peanutbutter or nutella guy lol
Yeah I mean the jar of peanut butter is an option I guess, I don’t really like peanut butter enough to eat it by itself though
me either i was making fun of the guys that do it. ritz crackers and nutella is really good though and ssuper calorie dense @@TheGruntPerspective
My lieutenant used to go to these patrol competitions that took place in the european winter and are hard as fuck. He was different in that he was an actual chad in the physical patrolling part. He swore by oat biscuits that he would bake himself the night before. He would take some butter, oatmeal, salt and sugar and make biscuits that he could eat on the go and would give him sugar and fat for quick and longer term energy. As well as salt. Long term you would need to supplement it with some proteins, naturally, but it works great.
I have found myself that baked goods in general are god tier. They taste good and are dense in calories and easy to eat on the go. Most of them have a good amount of fats and salts in addition to sugar.
I’m an MRE cornbread man myself
Chef Boyardee, the master!
you hick can't even eat ravioli
Delicious
The best alternative to the jetboil is an alcohol stove made from a can of cat food. It weighs nothing, takes up very little space, boils a half-liter pot of water in 6 minutes, makes no noise and barely makes a flame. The jetboil is something to reserve for high mountains, where the temperatures and the lower amount of oxygen make it more difficult to heat water.
I’ve used alcohol stoves before, I made mine out of some soda, cans and fiberglass actually
Great video! I know I’m late to the party but wanted to add a few things I always like. Aged, hard cheeses last a long time without refrigeration. Think aged cheddar, Parmesan etc. Summer sausage and hard cured deli meats too. Hard salami/pepperoni etc. Nuts, Fritos and Reese’s pieces are some of the highest calorie per ounce foods.
All great choices, thanks for watching!
Ravioli ravioli give me the formuoli
Yes
We use to take the Top Ramen and crush it up and throw it in a ziplock bag and add the packet to it. It was a great quick meal you can just eat out of the bag. Only downfall is you will need a lot of water to wash it down with.
Yeah I’ve seen that too
Just parroting what I heard from Steve1989. The military experimented with just dehydrated mre’s but I guess if you eat enough dehydrated food unhydrated it can cause digestive issues so the military chose to only use them for cold weather mre’s where freezing is a concern and water is (generally) accessible.
Yeah that makes sense
**Marine walks into CIF**
"A bunch of wild boars stole my pack."
**CIF worker**
"Sounds like a YOU problem to me..."
Yeah man it was crazy
@@TheGruntPerspective I feel for that Marine. You know he was sweating having to explain that to Top.
Canadian here. One of the people I've trained with had frozen butter (provided it's not too hot) and pemmican for their rucks. Absolutely disgusting going down, but it's light in the pack and will keep you going.
That’s pretty gnarly
My man. Mountain infantry guy here. 11b. Light. IYKYK. but yes this video is 100 percent accurate except I actually think that jet boil has way more uses than you describe. During day time ops with proper security, can’t you use a JB as a way to procure water. Or even just have a brew …even war doesn’t stop us from having a brew. Ya mates!? Yes. During winter(true winter) you can use it to make more water. (Pro tip, use a little water at the bottom of your JB so the snow melts faster.) also use a panco over head if you’re doing any night time JB work. You’d be surprised at how effective that is. Also the JB is best for a morning brew. Wake up pull security. No attack!?!?!? Fuck yea first of all and second is we gonna make a cupppa!!! Sorry ruskiees, you get to for after we’ve had our coffee/tea😂. Then. Then you will die.
Also JBs are based. It’s a fact mate true and true.
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Not a great idea to seal yourself under a poncho with a burning jetboil - they kick out a lot of Carbon Monoxide while burning.
There are instances of backpackers suffocating in their tents because they've left their jetboil running with all the tent doors zipped shut
Umm lemme ask....how much fuel u carry and how was that fuel resupplied?
I did Keto for awhile and it sucked but it did introduce me to MCT oil. They have it in small 1 tbsp packets. Just like there are different carb sources, there are also different fat sources. MCT is a high quality fat that your body can directly convert to ketones fast. It is awesome when you are needing a boost and sick of the fast crash from carbs. It burns totally different! I think for optimal performance you need to be fat and carb adapted. Just adding my 2 cents. Thanks for all the awesome content!
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Thank you for the MCT tip! I'll try that out.
What about peanut butter? I've heard of mixing trail mix with it and making a PB taco
Agree on the pb!
Pb is definitely good
I've seen s guy only eat Ramen noodles out of his jet boil, he ended up getting sent to the hospital cuz of the shit build up...
Yikes
This video is SO IMPORTANT. ive known and heard of kids, adults, even soldiers dieing out in the wilderness because they did not have adequate water, food, clothing, or shelter. Earth is a dangerous place. You can go hypothermic in 60 degree wet weather and die. Thats how easily were talking. Proper hydration, food/fuel, clothing, and shelter is paramount to your survival. Alot of frontiersman,pioneers, and pilgrims died this way. Learn from our forefathers.
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ONE OF best vids
summer sausage, hard cheese, homemade hard tack, natural peanut butter with protein mixed in. and some exlax!
Thanks for the support!
As a former SEAL (from the late 70's) now i see this as a most 8mportant issue. Great video. Thank You.
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no one wants to admit they ate 9 cans of ravioli
That’s pretty gnarly life to live
TPB 😎
Yep back in the 80s some of my team was captured on a field op. Lots of bad things done and IG got involved NIS got in. One thing the IG said mitigated the bad things was the MARINES had non issue chow (mres) the caned civilian stuff was “un authorized” but could not cite any mco. Command cover up for field interrogations.
as a boomer jarhead from the c-rat days...yeah, avoid carrying canned foods. If you are dead set on chef boyardee ravioli, remove it from the can and put it into vacuum-sealed bags. BUT, you FORGOT THE FREAKIN CRAYONS! Not great for calories, but they plug your ass up, come in variety of flavors, need no preparation, and are multi-use (can replace those gawd-awful heavy sharpies, pens and pencils).
Glad I stumbled upon your channel, you're doing Chesty's work here. Semper fi.
Thanks for watching!
Dollar general sells cooked meatballs in sauce, they are pretty good. Especially if you leave them on your dashboard in summer.
Dashboard meat balls
You put your Ramen noodle and tuna in a wide mouth bottle with an appropriate amount of water. You do not have to use hot water. It will be edible within an hour. You just carry the premade Ramen tuna mixture in your pack, ready to go whenever you can take a slurp.
That’s gnarly
Same works with dehydrated food like mountain house meals, MACV -SOG guys would add the water, stick the meal in the camie blouse until the next rest stop and then eat. Also a popular UL backpacking method now too
Jet Boils and overnight oats came into play on my companies mission on our deployment. Again, though we are a heavy weapons company, so we had the luxury of trucks for storage.
Yeah when you’re mounted you’re living large
Tuna should be the one in oil. I think it doubles thae cal.
Even then it’s like sub 200 cals
So what you're telling me is that my putting spaghetti in a bag, like I'm Charlie from It's Always Sunny, isn't a horrible idea?
That checks off carbs, protein if you add meatballs, and fats….so yes technically…that is a good idea
The Gear Skeptic channel has a backpacking series on food/water/fuel/etc with spreadsheets that make my OCD happy and are really useful in making food/nutrition/weight ratio decisions. I've found it very useful in cutting weight for FTXs and even having better food nutritionally and calorically.
And if a voice in your brain said "ooohhhh yeee-ahh" during the vid, chances are you had a good childhood. 😆
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Crap load of clifbars, squeeze tube of pb. Decent amount of mountain house with bcb stove and fuel. Couple of mre main entrees and small amount of some type of slim jims or jerky
A man of variety, one time my team leader gave me nothing but vegetarian taco pasta MRE’s for a week field op
Granola bars turn into bricks when it’s cold
You can’t win em all
Клади их в карманы, прежде чем сожрать
I just eat dirt and bark if im feeling fancy
I’ve definitely ate bark before
you dont need hot water for ramen just throw water in a bag with the ramen and wait 5 to 8 min
had a buddy who would bring a gallon bag full of swedish fish, gummy bears and sourpstch kids on R&S
Crazy
It's high dollar, but a brand called "Just Cheese" is exactly what you're talking about. I carried some on my last fire season and enjoyed them. Jerky, Cheese, and Dried fruit covered me when I was in a spot where there was no fire camp.
You're 100% on the cramps.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the tip
I can't remember if it was The Gritty Soldier or Gruntproof who suggested mixing mass gainer, peanut butter and whatever else to keep you going in a little container but that's what I'm gonna try out this winter. I'm going into the snow this year with a vast caloric surplus 😂
That’s a good idea
Great video. For a couple of years now I've been packing the Tasty Bite curry and Seeds of Change rice mix pouches as my "main meal of the day". Rice pouch is 8.5oz (240g) and has 400 cal. The curry pouch is 10oz (285g) and has 280 cal. So combined you've got 18.5oz and 680 cal. Combined total 16g of fat, 108g carbs, 16g fiber, 9g sugar, and 19g protein. Pretty salty for my normal taste, with 1510mg combined sodium. But not too much weight, and the flavors are pretty good, if you like Indian foods / curries. I've got Madras Lentils flavor with quinoa & brown/red rice mix. The pouches are pretty handy - you can eat them cold, heat them up with hand warmers, spare MRE heaters, boil the bags (hasn't killed me yet), or you can just eat them cold. For lunch and trail stops I'm doing granola bars, jerky, trail mix, and a couple of tuna pouches with a mustard packet squirted in there, just for some different flavors etc.
Very interesting, thanks for watching!
Caffeine can also dehydrate you. As a SNCO Toon Daddy, I was asked to assist an A-Team with a two day vehicle patrol of south Helmand. Hell yeah! Still getting acclimatized, I wasn’t thinking, too excited about my first patrol in country…boot ass move, I knew better! The night before while going through my kit getting ready, I downed probably for big bottles of some fantastic Italian peach tea that the PX sold. Dumbass me, next day, I was hurting. Luckily I recognized the symptoms and was sucking down water and Gatorade! Later the team Delta and I was laughing about my boot move and said that he gladly would have stuck me! Being too excited, even being experienced could have been costly if it was foot patrol
Yeah you can’t go nuts with the caffeine as much as you want to some times
What about mercury content in the tuna packets! It can affect the frontal lobe of the brain 🧠 yo especially if eaten a lot.
This guys playing the long game
* laughs in infantry life expectancy*
I do the mountain houses usually chicken whatever in a galon siplock with the mountain house breakfast eggs. Mixed-up dry and filled up (mutiple moutain house)in a gallon bag then pour a portion in a empty tatlenti iceream container and cold soak them. I learned this from backpakers. Such a game changer in the feild mood boost and you dont have to pack out wrappers. its not hot but if you keep it close to the body its warm enough.
Thanks for watching!
I still refuse to eat.
Me too
You can actually make tuna work. It has so little calories because it doesn't have fat. But you could have something like small bottle of olive oil or buy pack of small sachets similar to how you get kethup in some fast food places. In fact I would highly recommend extra virgin olive oil as good tasting condiment that also adds a lot calories for military or outdoor stuff. It's also quite healthy.
That’s a way to go as well
Where are the Combos?
if you are in a COLD environment, factor in double rations AND you want to lean more on carbs and fats. your body uses more energy processing and digesting protein than the other two and that can be a big impact in a cold weather environment.
Absolutely true, plus cold weather MRE’s are fucking delicious
the adventure meals comment got me ;D
What eating them dehydrated?
This page is so awesome man, as a non-infantry Marine this account has taught me so much of the stuff I feel like I haven’t learned / retained well. Thank you man
I’m glad I could help man, thanks for watching!
So I ain’t infantry but I am asian so I can confidently say you can eat the ramen quickly. Just smash it up in a bag, pour in the soup base and eat it like a dry snack.
Yeah I’ve done that, but that’s not what most grunts do, at least they guys inknow
@@TheGruntPerspective Honestly not the most appetizing but definitely calorie dense and saves time
@@TheGruntPerspectiveAlso I don’t know if you’ve tried but I’ve heard if you add the salt packet to the F.R.H. it helps it to activate and work
@@jc1840 Loved this as a kid lol
do this all the time on long hikes. and you can break peices off for your friends. a little harder to do with hot noodles
You actually have me debating the relative merits of MREs/ vs mountainhouse in a civillian survival/ preparednesss context. Currently using store-bought (starkist chicken packets and pre-cooked rice). tested a mountain house last year and it was pretty tasty but MREs are sounding like more of a good idea. FWIW you can use a solid fuel stove like I do (esbit) I use a BCB fire dragon. It's a light discipline issue a bit but it boils well and its compact.
Mountain House is bulky. I get the protein cans to put into rice. Minute Rice is cheap. Soup greens and Textured Vegetable Protein (dehydrated soy) is fantastic for a base meal to add a scoop of Mountain House to.
Thanks for watching!
The fire dragon tabs im really sold on
I always ate MRE’s. Never had a problem with them. Back in the day everyone hated the chicken ala king, but I didn’t mind it.
some freeze dried meals are made to be cold soaked. No stove or boiling water needed. Also look at other brands, mountain houses are known to usually have too much salt, and not the best quality.
Thanks!
Your doctor may think it's too much salt in the MH meals.
When I'm short on food (but not water) I suddenly have a diabetic piss schedule. Downing salt and electrolytes fixes that.
Hope that makes sense.
How do you feel about on occasion practicing only eating what can be resupplied to you in LSCO environments? For example not eating poggy bait to better understand what to eat and pack out in that environment.
I’ve practiced it before, but good luck getting marines to not bring poggy bait
Great stuff like always. Some recommendations from long distance hiking, look into cold soaking for the mountain houses and ramen. Basically get a leak proof jar add the product and water, seal it up keep moving and when you get where you are going it is done. Also a pack of tortillas and a jar of peanut butter go a long way and are pretty light.
That’s good stuff as well
would love to see some links to not just this vidios but all of them. Thanks.
I got so damn tired of granola bars in cold weather training (87-91). It took me 30 years to get to a point I would even buy them again. We used to do smoked oysters, crackers, and spray cheese. Poured the oil out and had a freezer ziplock to bring the cans back. Small, high calorie, and tasted good. Slim Jims were good too.
Thanks for watching!
What about a good alcohol stove over the jetboil? Quieter, lighter/less bulk, less work to get going, better in the cold cold.
I’ve used and alcohol stove before, worked pretty well
I used to supplement my MREs with beef jerky.
Solid move
I carry a squeeze bottle of olive oil. Add it to your meal and it really helps boost calories.
I’ve seen that before actually
Oatmeal, crispbread, pork pâté in a tube, man flesh, canned pea soup, canned tuna in oil, trail mix.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
This needs to be spoken about as a civilian I have no idea how to pack for food.
I hope I helped guide you in the right direction!
with regards to MRE's, im not sure if they still have them in the menus but I fondly remember my first time getting the veggie omelette mre. Nasty thing scarred me for life lmao. Im pretty jealous of the new flavors you guys get nowadays but then again i was that weird jarhead that enjoyed the chow hall food
No the veggie omelette is long gone, thank god
The only current menu that is objectively bad is the spinach fettuccini.
I have some peanut butter. Are there down sides to this??
I pack peanut butter sometimes with trail mix mixed in. I just eat it as a snack.
Cool.
No peanut butter is great, It just gets a bit stiff in the cold
Would you be able to go over your carbine set up? Interested to see what guys are running these days.
Most likely not unfortunately
GearSkeptic is a backpacking channel that has a very well thought series trail nutrition as well as hydration and electrolytes. Worth checking out
Thank you!
Swedish fish a must
Swedish fish is amazing after a long hot day
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Pb packs are good, but it is dry. I would chug the coffee packs if I needed a perk. I always had my canteen cup and stand. Back in the day, before MRE heaters we had heat tabs. In combat ops we would burn C-4 to heat water. I am surprised you did not mention Nutrient Survival as they are all the rage. I have never tried them, but they do have snack options...
I’ve always heard about burning c4, never tried it though
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I’m going to try the Huel Black edition powder and see how many days it can sustain me.
Let me know 🤔
I was on it for over a month. It was boring AF but ok 😅
@@TheGruntPerspective Any experience or thoughts on the Range Bar?