1906 US Army Emergency Ration Preserved Survival Food Testing 24 Hour MRE Review

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  • @lezardvaleth2304
    @lezardvaleth2304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12509

    *Can hisses*
    *Time stops for Steve as his eyes roll back and his nostrils flare, his pupils dilating as the scent of century old air, paint, and tin metal rush into his lungs, the ancient molecules dispersing into his bloodstream and carried straight into his brain.*
    _Nice hiss._

    • @anonymouscommenter801
      @anonymouscommenter801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +375

      Such an under rated comment.

    • @EtechnoTechno
      @EtechnoTechno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      Ik you've written a my hero fanfic at some point lmao

    • @SpiritualExplorers
      @SpiritualExplorers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@anonymouscommenter801 Facts 100%

    • @hathaway.1166
      @hathaway.1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      cursed comment

    • @Kan_DSU
      @Kan_DSU 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Well written 👏🏼

  • @JPeachyDev
    @JPeachyDev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2762

    Steve, I'd like to share a memory with you.
    I go home from college every so often to see my parents. Well, one particular Saturday when I came home I wasn't able to sleep very well so I watched tv from about 4 am to 6 am. I heard my dad come out and make coffee, and we talk for a bit.
    "Hey dad, wanna see something cool? There's this guy on youtube that opens old MRE's and reviews them in a very neat way"
    We sat through the whole morning watching your videos while the sun rose. My dad was a CW4 in the Night Stalkers back in 2010, and he thought your videos were very entertaining. After he watched a few, he was saying "Nice" after every "Let's get this out onto a tray." He especially liked your US Army spaghetti review, and he said it brought back a lot of good memories.
    Thanks again, Steve.

  • @connor8253
    @connor8253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14094

    Can we take a moment to appreciate Steve spent over $2,000 on both these rations for us to appreciate? Thank you Steve!

    • @lockedboat4782
      @lockedboat4782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      Juliet Marlowe what are you basing that number off of?

    • @stellarfox5869
      @stellarfox5869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      @@julietmarlowe5661 you're fucking stupid if you think he's earning any good amount of money.

    • @jikachu926
      @jikachu926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      @@julietmarlowe5661 holy shit u do realize 500k a year is fucking a lot right. I doubt thats right

    • @Chrispbacon99
      @Chrispbacon99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      @@lockedboat4782 maybe not that much,but he is making bank

    • @cheddar2648
      @cheddar2648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      A $700 hiss? Deal me in.

  • @bansaw99
    @bansaw99 ปีที่แล้ว +892

    "Sorry for the wimpy bites" he says as he's eating a 112 year old ration.
    Any sized bite is heroic!!

    • @kenrickkahn
      @kenrickkahn ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Steve has ate food from the Civil War..

    • @jwr2904
      @jwr2904 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​​@@kenrickkahn but still lol, that was just hardtack wasn't it

    • @enchantededition6879
      @enchantededition6879 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Remember food back then wasn't full of additives and flavourings like it is now. That's probably what it tasted like pretty much, a bit bland compared to our modern day palette.

    • @tboda2621
      @tboda2621 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get it, I get it, it's amazing!
      but please don't say, it's like a porridge grain soup
      again! Ever!!! No really,
      Never!!! I feel like we have a non event when it comes to describing it. I mean its water, and hard, tooth chipping grain...it's a porridge! AAAHHHH!!!!Stop!!! actually, I bailed out at,
      "It's sorta like a sewage
      Smelling" Good-bye!!!!!

    • @patriciushibernius7577
      @patriciushibernius7577 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@tboda2621 i had a stroke reading this

  • @ShadowStrike29
    @ShadowStrike29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3704

    It's actually a 48hour ration, the first 24hrs is spent trying to open it .

  • @CreatorCade
    @CreatorCade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    An hour and a half of steve eating the oldest and rarest of war rations, he’s really spoiling us today.

    • @lethalwolf7455
      @lethalwolf7455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Josh Cade I was thrilled to see this show up in my notifications. Great vid and he truly found a special piece of history

    • @vascovalente3929
      @vascovalente3929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Jordan Spencer It was hardtack from the american civil war.

    • @TheFuriousBean
      @TheFuriousBean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Huh I only realised when I read this it was over an hour

    • @tedpeterson1156
      @tedpeterson1156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Walter Melon He should have saved that, might need it in 6 months

    • @bloodnivel70
      @bloodnivel70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The boer war beef was older

  • @bman6414
    @bman6414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    Incredible Steve. My great grandmother was born in 1906. She passed in 2007 about a month shy of her 101st birthday. It baffles me this ration out lived her, and you ate it 😂 Keep up the great work 👍

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      My grandmother was born in 1898, died in 2001, 10 days after her 103rd birthday. This stuff was made in her lifetime and outlived her, too!
      Your grandmother was born in the transition from horses to motor vehicles and died the year smartphones came out. Mine was born into a world that still traveled by horses and died a month after 9-11. She was mentally sharp until a day before she died, so she knew about 9-11, watched it on live TV from her assisted living. She told me on the phone that it was the beginning of WWIII and advised me to move back to Maine if I wanted to survive.

    • @robmcguckin7605
      @robmcguckin7605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mariekatherine5238 I'm not sure that Maine is far enough since the globalists are focusing on the United States. Personally, I'd head south to Mexico and or Central America.

    • @LittleKitty22
      @LittleKitty22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My grandma was born in 1909. She passed in 1996 - very young, at the age of only 86 (there are suspicions that her death was not natural). She was also mentally sharp and knew exactly what's going on and how things would progress in the world. Now, 26 years after her passing, I find that she was absolutely right! Grandma also still remembered horse drawn carts and the early cars, and gas lights. She passed before 9/11 of course but she was always aware that war could break out at any moment the way things are. Just think, this ration was produced three years before my grandma was born, and got eaten 24 years after my grandma's passing... wow! (and I'm just watching this video again after a few years, lol)

    • @emilioa.2365
      @emilioa.2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He's like, this isn't good quality meat and it's from 1906 lol

    • @raccoon874
      @raccoon874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *BETTER THAN STEVE EATING YOUR GRANDMA*

  • @crispybacon7937
    @crispybacon7937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    I wish I had seen this earlier. My grandpa served in WW2, but his grandfather had served in WW1 near the end, and they described something like this. They called it the "Chemical Porridge" because they said none of them would survive being carried around in their packs next to their metal ammo boxes, metal canteens and other hard objects that would dent, poke or jostle the air tight canister. They claimed that half the time when you opened it, it would be bad, and probably lased with whatever chemical agent was used that day. A lot of these were left in an area that was exposed to gas attacks, and the ones that had holes in them would be compromised, but the quartermasters rarely did a quality check on them before handing them out, their rationale being they were only supposed to be used in a life or death situation anyway so it didn't improve your chances of survival by that much.
    His grandpa would say than when you did find one of these, you would often buy a sausage or fatty meat from one of the locals and cook that first then add the porridge in the leftover fatty oil and serve it as a sausage porridge. Even with the added meat and fat, nobody liked the stuff, but it made an intolerable meal that might just as easily kill you as keep you fed a little more tolerable. There would also be a few soldiers who were entrepreneurs who would carry sausages around inside their clothing to hide from the officers and trade them to the soldiers for a few cigarettes or some extra pay.

    • @41tl
      @41tl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      ^This comment deserves a lot more likes👍

    • @TheWarCorrespondent79
      @TheWarCorrespondent79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Incredible. Deserving of so many more likes! I thank your grandfathers for their service.

    • @wezzbeet2923
      @wezzbeet2923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Top comment mate

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Thank you so much for sharing that fascinating look back into history!

    • @jamesmurray116
      @jamesmurray116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@41tl I agree. Not everyday you come across someone who has intimate knowledge of what the soldiers actually did besides fight or plan battles.

  • @hagen3457
    @hagen3457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +870

    I like that there are multi-million dollar movie productions that I've turned off half-way through...but this...this I watched from beginning to end.

    • @michelguevara151
      @michelguevara151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Sightless_Seeker you have to admit, this hiss as particularly nice

    • @HarshNerf
      @HarshNerf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Thystaff Thywill amen

    • @TheBoxNasty
      @TheBoxNasty 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      X movie was overrated

    • @TheRixtah1
      @TheRixtah1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ghiley That's the best film I've seen so far this year

    • @michaelrullis7501
      @michaelrullis7501 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sightless_Seeker lets get this out onto a tray.... nice

  • @anja0106
    @anja0106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2845

    I love that this is literally just a dude super passionate about this specific thing. No flashy-ness. Just all cool info.

    • @GUstavo25805
      @GUstavo25805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      J

    • @bowgunsandblood4399
      @bowgunsandblood4399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I've been watching him for years I believe now 🖤😌😂

    • @ds7483
      @ds7483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Facts

    • @plopperdeplop02
      @plopperdeplop02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GUstavo25805 qqa

    • @lefroy1
      @lefroy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wlelcome to Boomerville.

  • @Ruiluth
    @Ruiluth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    I think the $2000 was worth it. If this guy hadn't bought it, it probably would have sat on a shelf somewhere in someone's collection. Even if it was in a museum, it would have been a minor item in a display that people would have glanced over and forgotten in a minute. But thanks to this video, five million people have been able to have the vicarious experience of eating it.

    • @jessepinkmangaming2337
      @jessepinkmangaming2337 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      iirc Steve only eats a ration once he has two of them
      the other ration gets stored in his collection

  • @TheBearo88
    @TheBearo88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1541

    Is Steve actually Captain America?? His name is Steve like Steve Rogers, he has biceps the size of mountains, he’s patriotic and seems like he’s a man not of this era. I feel like he must’ve been defrosted and now he’s trying to relive the past by opening old Military Rations and the reason his stomach can take eating all this old stuff is because he’s actually a Super-Soldier!!!
    You cant fool me Captain America!!!!!!

    • @srilankangaming4534
      @srilankangaming4534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TheBearo88 over reacting dagalana

    • @lewiskirby6256
      @lewiskirby6256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Sri Lankan Gaming its a joke you degenerate.

    • @thomasnesmith5426
      @thomasnesmith5426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      He isn't Steve Rogers he's Wolverine. He is just reliving all the snacks he's had throughout all the wars.

    • @travisk6221
      @travisk6221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@thomasnesmith5426 yea Wolverine and Cap fought in the same Wars

    • @Seeingisntbelieving
      @Seeingisntbelieving 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      No, actually my 4 year old swears he’s Captain America!!😂😂😂😂

  • @dionysus6892
    @dionysus6892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2898

    Steve and his gf go out on a picnic.
    “What did you pack honey?”
    “I got a war of 1812 British ration pack here. Let’s get it on a tray.”

    • @uriahcube6432
      @uriahcube6432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      “Nice”

    • @thatrealba
      @thatrealba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      "mmkay"

    • @Short_Potato
      @Short_Potato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      "So let's start off... with *insert funny cunnilingus joke here haha comedy* "

    • @ColonelHerpDerp
      @ColonelHerpDerp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice!

    • @QWER_-yx5hf
      @QWER_-yx5hf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      N I C E

  • @chris6969
    @chris6969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +929

    That can has been holding in that hiss for over 100 years. Stunning effort.

    • @bigteddybear5962
      @bigteddybear5962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The hiss heard 'round the world.

    • @calebfuller4713
      @calebfuller4713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Imagine the relief that can finally felt when Steve cracked the seal!

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If it had walked into a crowded elevator though...

    • @jimtalbott9535
      @jimtalbott9535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Technically holding *OUT* that hiss. :P

    • @skyrocketautomotive
      @skyrocketautomotive 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like me in a job interview

  • @snypez4703
    @snypez4703 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    "Just standing in the corner like a really weird dude eating old food"
    $700 old food. That meal cost more than any I have ever eaten in my life! Great content!

  • @Nirvash2010
    @Nirvash2010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    "I'm just standing here in the corner like a really weird dude, eatin' old food." - March 7, 2020 - Steve becomes self aware.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    When I was in the Boy Scouts in the 50's, we'd have pemmican when we had to carry our food on our winter hikes and overnights. It really needs to boiled for about a half hour, until it gets down to a thick soup, kind of like clam chowder. We always carried dehydrated onion, salt, pepper, and those little bottles of hot sauce for the pemmican, since it had almost no taste on its own. We'd throw the onion in with the pemmican soup about ten minutes before it was ready, and that really helped the flavor. Each scout added salt, pepper, and hot sauce to taste. When you're sitting in your tent with a temperature of 15 degrees and snowing so hard you couldn't see the tents across from us, pemmican was actually pretty good. I can see how it was a sustainable cold weather food.

    • @formalbusinessonion7265
      @formalbusinessonion7265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds tasty old timer, wish I knew how to make it

    • @Red-S-267
      @Red-S-267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FormalBusinessOnion watch townsends. They show you how to make it

    • @CREEPINGIRON
      @CREEPINGIRON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What a neat perspective, I'll have to look into pemmican more, something that transcends generations; which is one aspect I enjoy about Steve's videos.

    • @sarjim4381
      @sarjim4381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@formalbusinessonion7265 It's easy. You can buy pemmican from just about any outdoor foods dealer. Dump it into a pan with the amount of water called for on the package and then boil the crap out of it for at least a half hour. Even an hour won't hurt. It's the kind of food you want when you need something to be cooking while you're setting up camp. Make sure you have the spices I talked about or whatever your favorites might be. Pemmican tastes just like dirt without things to spice it up, but it's pretty tolerable when you do. It's survived all this time because you just can't get much else with its combination of durability, calorie denseness, and weight.

    • @sarjim4381
      @sarjim4381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CREEPINGIRON Yeah, I really like all the old rations. I haven't thought about pemmican in a long time. It's not freeze dried steak, but it was okay stuff in the days before freeze dried food and you were carrying everything yourself. I'm amazed Steve would spend a couple grand to just entertain us, but I suspect he enjoyed it more than any of us did. :-)

  • @Snootypants
    @Snootypants 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1046

    Explorer: We've found a 5000 year old ration in an Egyptian tomb, but no one wants to try to taste it.
    Steve: Hold my pemmican.

    • @antaine1916
      @antaine1916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      They've totally found Egyptian honey and sourdough starter, and found them to be edible(-ish)!

    • @dawidkaminski7494
      @dawidkaminski7494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "I did older than that" ~Steve

    • @billy_in_4c
      @billy_in_4c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Steve: Hold my coffee, instant, type II.

    • @feloniousfisch7824
      @feloniousfisch7824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Steve looking at mummified food: Nice!

    • @RanochVTX
      @RanochVTX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice

  • @haboab0216
    @haboab0216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I don't think anyone in us army ever thought nearly 116 years later a guy named Steve will eat their 1906 ration ..Nice

  • @anofsti
    @anofsti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Eating these is so much better than letting them rot on a shelf. Like you say, sooner or later they are just going to go bad. Cleaning out the tins so they won't be eaten by rust and documenting the eating of the content is the best way to preserve the history

    • @kirbyis4ever
      @kirbyis4ever ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Pretty much! Until the point where we can make forever rations (perfectly preserved forever by breaking the laws of thermodynamics) they will go bad one day. May as well document taste, smell, texture, and prep before then.

    • @rufusray
      @rufusray ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Exactly. Steve is the king of mre preservation and documentation. As an history enthusiast I'm deeply gratefull for the experience of watching him unveil and describe them for us.

    • @sacrilegioussasquatch
      @sacrilegioussasquatch ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think this is far more important than letting them be. He's showing what they looked like on the inside and preserving everything in a good amount of detail.

    • @joedirtbag6662
      @joedirtbag6662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think it already gone bad😅

  • @galaxian23
    @galaxian23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5201

    *corona virus enters steves stomach*
    corona virus: "why do i hear boss music"

    • @e3lifeconsultingbrainspott938
      @e3lifeconsultingbrainspott938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Iron gut he'll never get corona lol

    • @dandude211
      @dandude211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      LMAO so true.steve eat corna virus "HMMMM its a bit laking in flavour"

    • @Levi---q7p
      @Levi---q7p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Underrated comment lmao

    • @HadesHatredEdge
      @HadesHatredEdge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "Corona virus? Alright. Let's get this out on a tray! NICCCCEEEEE! M'kay."

    • @antonchigur4299
      @antonchigur4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read this as the intro music was playing and made me bust out laughing even more 😂😂

  • @Mythricia1988
    @Mythricia1988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    Steve is a culinary astronaut. He marches fearlessly into the void and narrates his experiences and describes in elaborate detail exactly what he sees and hears (and tastes) as if describing it to a team of awestruck scientists on the other side of a black hole, listening to this brave astronaut having traveled past the event horizon for the first time.

    • @David.C.Velasquez
      @David.C.Velasquez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesome analogy! For me it's akin to culinary archaeology. How can he top this.... jarred food offerings from an ancient egyptian tomb?

    • @XXXXXXXXXXXYZ
      @XXXXXXXXXXXYZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      great explanation lmao

    • @Paige-Turnner
      @Paige-Turnner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I lol'd that was great 😂

    • @Wallriss
      @Wallriss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice

    • @genjatimelord
      @genjatimelord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      great explanation lmao

  • @Jenult
    @Jenult ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This channel is so fucking cool and wholesome, just a community of people into history. No shock factor, ads, BS. Just a dude sharing his hobby with us. You keep being you, Steve

  • @matthewn4896
    @matthewn4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1788

    Steve should really be getting recognition from the academic community for his work developing a primary history source.

    • @hughjass5156
      @hughjass5156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, I think youre right.

    • @thedude7726
      @thedude7726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      100% a national treasure

    • @thatunicornhastheaudacity
      @thatunicornhastheaudacity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Agreed. Not many people would be willing to spend money on seriously opening and analyzing preserved historical items.
      Most folks buy stuff like this to resell, (Not to say anything bad about that, somethings should be preserved and they do have value) but Steve is really willing to put in extra effort to understand this specific time and item.
      That being said he did just eat a century and a half year old food. I don't understand it but I still do have to respect it.

    • @patrickbyrne5070
      @patrickbyrne5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i agree. i do wish he was a little more careful opening these things though..

    • @jimmylarge1148
      @jimmylarge1148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@patrickbyrne5070 this one was his worst opening I’ve em seen him do. He’s usually better than this vid.

  • @brandy4522
    @brandy4522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    I've heard you say that you give some components to museums sometimes. That's great, but I also realize. Your channel IS a museum. And people from all over can see vs just a few that have a museum near them. Very interesting to see all your treasures and experiences. Thank you for sharing.

  • @lethalwolf7455
    @lethalwolf7455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2945

    Steve’s gravestone will read “it’s edible...I think”

    • @dopeytripod
      @dopeytripod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      it's gonna say "NICE HISS" if anything

    • @Thomas-lk5cu
      @Thomas-lk5cu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Also: “Nice hiss”.

    • @thechrondiggidy6054
      @thechrondiggidy6054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That was his yearbook qoute

    • @macro820
      @macro820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Botulism is odorless

    • @jordenhenderson4691
      @jordenhenderson4691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Let's get this on to the tray! Nice !

  • @SabreLeonheart
    @SabreLeonheart ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "This is the best salt...I've ever tasted. Cause it's so old."
    Never change brother. 😂❤

  • @Wemius61
    @Wemius61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    I'm really touched by the way Steve cradled this in both hands while reading the instructions. He has so much respect for these pieces of history.

    • @patriciaboyd2681
      @patriciaboyd2681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's because you feel transported to that time. It happened to me when I entered my 1962 Chevy coup Deville 🚗

    • @megannason3649
      @megannason3649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the $700 he spent on it and it won’t be worth that after he’s done with it

    • @sawingwithsammy6059
      @sawingwithsammy6059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@megannason3649 he made 50 grand off it

    • @dickhitswater4836
      @dickhitswater4836 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@megannason3649it’s his hobby and he’ll make that back on the video. He also won’t open a vintage one unless he’s obtained a second one to preserve in a private collection. Look at the bigger picture bud.

    • @TheEddiefiend
      @TheEddiefiend ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sawingwithsammy6059 jn

  • @icb138
    @icb138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    I started watching Steve just out of fascination, marveling at how somebody could eat rations that outdated most of us watching his channel. Then I came to appreciate the historical significance of it. Steve really gives insight to what we're watching and for the times and location and history behind the purpose of that that particular ration. I have learned a great deal from him and I think he should be somehow officially recognized by some sort of historical society. For I know though he may have, I haven't seen all the videos. Just my insight, sure I'm not the only person to come to that conclusion.

  • @robertmiller7721
    @robertmiller7721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Only Steve is worthy of opening these old rations. Nobody else appreciates them the same way.

    • @--___--d
      @--___--d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its kinda "cute" (in lack of better term) that his hands are shaking from excitement.

    • @SammyRenard
      @SammyRenard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ashens is close

    • @CIDILIABRA
      @CIDILIABRA 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nor eats them the same

    • @greenh609
      @greenh609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I hate when other ration reviewers open 90's rations and dont eat anything, wasting it saying it's not safe to eat!! 90's rations are still "fresh" by Steve's standards.

    • @prismstudios001
      @prismstudios001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Robert Miller I know who will get to taste test the next frozen Siberian Mammoth now.

  • @stampdealer
    @stampdealer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    My grandfather was born in December 1906, and died in May 1983. This ration survived him by thirty-seven years. Impressive.

  • @lucky9er567
    @lucky9er567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    I read a story about Steve in which a journalist asked about his passion for military rations. If I remember correctly, his father explained to him, as a child, that these are what soldiers eat in emergencies and while fighting wars. Steve then began eating them when he could because, as he said, “I want to eat what heroes eat”. I love that story and as a veteran, thanks Steve for showing me what my heroes were eating when they were fighting for freedom so long before me.

    • @slyfrailzz
      @slyfrailzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      That’s the wholesome lore I never knew I wanted to know about Steven.

    • @arthurbarbosa8204
      @arthurbarbosa8204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Frozen Adept what do you consider to be "our rights"

    • @norfangl3480
      @norfangl3480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There not rights really. The state can take them away whenever they please without any repercussions.

    • @valinor5397
      @valinor5397 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Being israeli attack dogs is not being heroes

    • @octane98-fn4qk
      @octane98-fn4qk ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@norfangl3480 slave mindset

  • @tznwyvuk471
    @tznwyvuk471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2080

    Steve eats 114 year old chocolate.
    Steve's toilet: Oh shit here we go again...

    • @TananBaboo
      @TananBaboo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Srpska Gora hope he bought enough TP before it all sold out!

    • @eternalbattle1438
      @eternalbattle1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *ЦРНА ГОРА И СРБИЈА ТО ЈЕ ЈЕДНА ФАМИЛИЈА!*

    • @jaydunsmore050897
      @jaydunsmore050897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @_frxst_5
      @_frxst_5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Quite literally

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aw shiet, here we go again...

  • @adamkokorite6010
    @adamkokorite6010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    To put this into perspective, when we were storming the beaches of Normandy in WW2, this ration was in its same can and had been like that for 38 years already! Insane.

    • @MtnManLucas
      @MtnManLucas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      My father was eating WW1 rations during his Aleutian Islands defense 1942.

    • @giovonemendoza6531
      @giovonemendoza6531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice *hiss*

    • @palmtree9221
      @palmtree9221 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dayum

    • @frankiec3659
      @frankiec3659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahaha and your average Joe then would be like “no way in hell am I eating 38 year old rations” 😂
      Now it’s 114 years old and Steve is just like *omnomnom

    • @nunyabizness690
      @nunyabizness690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Guys in ww1 probably would have thought twice about eating it

  • @whiskeytango9040
    @whiskeytango9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +949

    "In 2020, an over 100 year old sample in a ration was successfully preserved and eaten by TH-camr Steven Thomas."
    Steve made it into the pemmican wikipedia article. Nice

    • @AmerigoMagellan
      @AmerigoMagellan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Nice!

    • @Chilly_Billy
      @Chilly_Billy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Well deserved. Steve really needs to write a book on the subject of U.S. military rations. His knowledge is amazing.

    • @animespiegel
      @animespiegel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Green_Bullet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemmican

    • @samuelrs5138
      @samuelrs5138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Green_Bullet control+F is your finder-friend

    • @UBNsoldier
      @UBNsoldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@samuelrs5138 Someone removed the mention. Perhaps revise the entry to read "In 2020 an over 100 year old sample successfully persevered in a ration was eaten by TH-camr Steven Thomas." [citation] ?

  • @koretechx1
    @koretechx1 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I always love seeing the care and reverence Steve takes in these historical rations. I've seen other TH-camrs spend the money and they just tear them to pieces complaining about the smell and appearance. They end up with the destroyed pile of crumbled food and shredded packaging on the table in front of them.

  • @ahmademil2611
    @ahmademil2611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    *Eats century-old chocolate*
    “What a strange chocolate”. A great guy, Steve.

  • @curiousentertainment3008
    @curiousentertainment3008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Hardtack from 1863: Tastes like mothballs and old books, cool.
    Fried beef from 1899-1901: Tastes foul, lets make it into a porridge, it still tastes awful, awesome.
    Pemmican from 1906: Smells like fish food. Makes it into a soup, doesn’t smell too bad, the broth tastes like sewage and grain tea and the grain is flavorless, great.

    • @raiwserkoopa2221
      @raiwserkoopa2221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And gets food poisoned by 21st century chinese mre

  • @pandamilkshake
    @pandamilkshake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2198

    "Mom! This can is out of date!"
    *Steve bursts through the window*
    "STILL 113 MORE YEARS TO GO, KIDDO"

  • @MossyBear
    @MossyBear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Still reeling from him describing pemmican both as "relative morale boosting" and "sewage water"
    I love this so much

  • @charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243
    @charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2546

    If it weren’t for this guy most people would never see this part of history.

    • @sandib4234
      @sandib4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yeah sure is interesting!

    • @dadoody
      @dadoody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Esoteric part but important. Armies march on their stomachs.

    • @JohnTannerinDerbyshire
      @JohnTannerinDerbyshire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Steve sees it twice...

    • @seanm7539
      @seanm7539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes I agree I love his vids there awesome

    • @1973miniclubman
      @1973miniclubman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yer for sure. I Loveit how dedicated he is with his rations

  • @ufophil91
    @ufophil91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    “Tastes like sewage water”
    *TAKES ANOTHER BITE*

    • @ve2mrxB
      @ve2mrxB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I wonder how he knows what it tastes!

    • @denmanfite3156
      @denmanfite3156 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL.

    • @sugadagud3093
      @sugadagud3093 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ve2mrxB smell and inhaling fumes open sewage hole.

    • @jaydunsmore050897
      @jaydunsmore050897 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

  • @SpeedRunningWarcrimes
    @SpeedRunningWarcrimes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    Steve has been going above and beyond lately to get interesting and well preserved rations

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Thank you Jacob, I am always working hard at procuring the best.

    • @codybarrett4672
      @codybarrett4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Steve1989MRE It definitely shows!

    • @gagaface26
      @gagaface26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree. Ive been wanting to see a compilation of his music. Very unique and pleasurable.

    • @Olsen-vp5vg
      @Olsen-vp5vg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Steve1989MREInfo you are a legend, Steve.

    • @patogrady3216
      @patogrady3216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great job Steve. One of ur best!

  • @francesjordan1540
    @francesjordan1540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Criminally underseasoned" is now my new favorite food descriptor.

  • @FrankTech
    @FrankTech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Imagine being the person who manufactured this in 1906, some factory worker wondering if this food would still be good by the time it got to the troops.. not ever thinking that in 112yrs some guy would be eating one for the internet.. lol

    • @raisa_cherry35
      @raisa_cherry35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly my friend 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ryanc2696
      @ryanc2696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its unfathomable. They wouldnt have even had a remote clue what the internet is. Truly amazing

    • @visaman
      @visaman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They didn't even know about radio.

    • @dezznutz3743
      @dezznutz3743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1906 guy: Whats the Internet?

    • @rks5457
      @rks5457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve must continue to eat things like he's a pet or slave for the internet's amusement.

  • @Colddirector
    @Colddirector 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I'm legitimately stunned. Those Boer War rations we saw a while back were amazing, but in understandable condition. I legitimately cannot imagine how this ration was kept in as good shape as it is. Like, did they straight up bury it in the Arctic or something?

    • @Vercingetorix.Rising
      @Vercingetorix.Rising 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The boer was the oldest he had done right?

    • @theinstitute1324
      @theinstitute1324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well it is Pemmican and high sugar cacao chocalate with no milk vacuum sealed in a can. Pemmican Is already known for a long shelf life when made by hand, and Chocolate when not made with milk essentially never goes bad (the bloom is it's own phenomenon, but doesn not really cause anything to go bad) and then there's the fact that it's almost perfectly dry and vacuum sealed. All of this results in an extraordinarily long shelf life, and I can imagine that the food wasn't too much different (aside from the chocolate) back when it was first made.

    • @JimmyJinky67
      @JimmyJinky67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you ever have illegal thoughts?

    • @danielfromconnecticut684
      @danielfromconnecticut684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🍻🗽🇺🇸

    • @ikeyschultz4969
      @ikeyschultz4969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Be N S O N No kidding. It came out nearly pristine. Cool to think this was the type of food our doughboys were eating in the trenches in WWI.

  • @kurtsloop2462
    @kurtsloop2462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Every so often, I show one of your videos to my high school classes. They love them. History made fun

    • @sadietravels6213
      @sadietravels6213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kurt Sloop You are a cool teacher 👨‍🏫 Sir!

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Dude that is amazing thank you for doing that Kurt. Super cool teacher indeed

    • @scottm9605
      @scottm9605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is fantastic! Kids need to know there are many levels to approach history from, including experiential

    • @wanderinggeri8477
      @wanderinggeri8477 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This would be a great one to show.

  • @jkerman5113
    @jkerman5113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Man, I nearly spit out my drink when he casually brought a *second* 112 year old ration into frame. Great job man.

    • @david-stewart
      @david-stewart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did the title not give it away

    • @jkerman5113
      @jkerman5113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@david-stewart Nope

    • @reelmsy3831
      @reelmsy3831 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@david-stewarthe said second

    • @Derek_Keenan
      @Derek_Keenan หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@david-stewarthow exactly would the title have given that away?

  • @InuitInua
    @InuitInua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Imagine the life of the farmer who grew and harvested that wheat in the pemmican. It is amazing to think about. Lives long gone but here you are eating the fruits of their labor and here we are, looking at it.

    • @MotoResurrect
      @MotoResurrect 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      InuitInua thanks for that

    • @Tailstraw_xD
      @Tailstraw_xD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mind blowing

    • @Soul_Alpha
      @Soul_Alpha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm really glad you said that now I'm even more intrigued.

    • @Reddirtrelichunters
      @Reddirtrelichunters 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful

    • @cheddar2648
      @cheddar2648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not to mention that hands that touched it during production, and I wonder if it was ever toted around before storage, and by whom?

  • @savethezombies
    @savethezombies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    If (God forbid) Steve ever poisons himself badly, I hope the paramedics say "let's get this out onto a stretcher... nice."

    • @dischordonthebeat
      @dischordonthebeat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bruh hahaha

    • @booploops22
      @booploops22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@dischordonthebeat Careful, this man's a hero.

    • @WinterInTheForest
      @WinterInTheForest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Nice hiss!

    • @brosephh7130
      @brosephh7130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Save TheZombies
      I cringed hard when he opened the can like that with them jagged edges 😖

    • @hellothere7510
      @hellothere7510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He got e coli once

  • @MrStensnask
    @MrStensnask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "This is some of the best salt I've ever tasted because it's...so old"
    Don't ever change, Steve :)

  • @Bradschermer420
    @Bradschermer420 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I just started watching you! Today. 6 hours ago. And haven’t stopped 😂 this is my new favorite channel! You’re awesome. Thanks Steve. Amazing history.

  • @alexistrebexis3195
    @alexistrebexis3195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3395

    It amazes me that he’s eating meat, from a cow slaughtered over 114 years ago. Just wild. I love it.

    • @anglerandy5736
      @anglerandy5736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Absolute madlad

    • @TheBoglin
      @TheBoglin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      I watch these and I'm like "I'm amazed he's not run off and vomited right after eating some of this stuff." But it goes to show how long stuff can stay preserved if kept under the right conditions.

    • @MichaelJ44
      @MichaelJ44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Isn’t it crazy. That lil cow has a great great great great grandcow out there somewhere, just oblivious knowing that his ancestors have just been eat. Life is fine

    • @Joe12345F
      @Joe12345F 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was gonna say the exact same comment until I saw yours. Yes it is truly fascinating

    • @unknown_truck
      @unknown_truck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That's called dry ageing

  • @JeffJK000
    @JeffJK000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2367

    Date comes over for dinner.
    Girl: "What's for dinner?"
    Steve: "1906 US Army Emergency rations."

    • @J25-p3h
      @J25-p3h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      “Trust me it’s edible, it’s only 112 years old we still got a good century before it spoils.”

    • @gerarddagle7580
      @gerarddagle7580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@J25-p3h I think it tastes disgusting

    • @SuperJames215
      @SuperJames215 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ² the ¹

    • @jamescassells1223
      @jamescassells1223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Probably the most expensive meal ever prepared for that person haha.

  • @HaroldLloyd69
    @HaroldLloyd69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    "It tastes like sewage water"
    **keeps eating**

    • @IDoABitOfTrollin
      @IDoABitOfTrollin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Harold Lloyd this made me giggle

    • @RT804
      @RT804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      "This smells foul"
      Proceeds to eat most of it while apologizing about not eating all of it

    • @WVMountaineer
      @WVMountaineer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m assuming Steve has tasted sewage water.........😬🤢

    • @Jack_Krauzers
      @Jack_Krauzers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      looks like he already tried sewage water.. no wonder if he ate century old foods 😂

    • @SuV33358
      @SuV33358 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😄😄🤣

  • @TheUsmc0802
    @TheUsmc0802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    That sound of early 20th century air escaping is AMAZING.

    • @robine5280
      @robine5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's 21st century air rushing in, these things (are supposed to) have a vacuum inside.

    • @TheUsmc0802
      @TheUsmc0802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@robine5280 oooh very true. Great point.

    • @RayRay-g9d
      @RayRay-g9d 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s amazing

  • @KynrieFairy
    @KynrieFairy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    When I'm relaxing for the night and am in a chilled out mood I like to watch this in the background when I'm doing other things like drawing or playing a game on my phone and it's so relaxing for some reason lol. You get to see cool, basically antique packaging, the suprise of whether the food is good anymore and a interesting history lesson from a calm voice. This is my jam.

    • @Super_Bunny_
      @Super_Bunny_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i put steve on if i can't sleep. his voice is so soothing.

    • @danielmiyahara9089
      @danielmiyahara9089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I honestly home taped some of his episodes for my stereo when I go to sleep

    • @slurpx524
      @slurpx524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      33rd 33333rd 3rd 3rd St. Patrick's 3rd birthday

    • @SnickleFritzzzzzz
      @SnickleFritzzzzzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same, Steve's voice is so soothing after a stressful day of work

  • @hunterrussell9263
    @hunterrussell9263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I never seen someone so passionate and knowledgeable about such a specific part of history as Steve, but I love it

  • @bobrys12345
    @bobrys12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    "Tastes like sewage water" - Takes another big sip.

    • @colinmoore7460
      @colinmoore7460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What I want to know is, how does HE know? But then again,
      NO I DON'T!! Makes me think of the urban legend of the wannabe fuel thief, who tried to suck Syphon the wrong tank on a RV.

    • @Verisquishy
      @Verisquishy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and grain tea

    • @debsreno911
      @debsreno911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He likes sewage water lol. I'm sure he's tasted worse.

    • @SunnyLovetts
      @SunnyLovetts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @magicaltomatoes
      @magicaltomatoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "it's gross... but it's edible"

  • @CrucialParodies
    @CrucialParodies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This dude is eating food from a time when Adolf Hitler was a teenager and the RMS Titanic hadn't even began construction yet.

  • @jin8684
    @jin8684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Steve is truly the only one that deserves to open these old MREs and rations. No one else can emulate his excitement for these treasures.

    • @Rob_Fordd
      @Rob_Fordd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's also building a sort of museum collection for MRE's from what I understand. He gets at least 2 of most of his historic MRE's so he has a complete display, and for those he doesn't, he is careful to preserve the packaging as best he can.

    • @missalexx420
      @missalexx420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember in one of his vids he mentions he always prefers to open the cans upside down so he can preserve the original look.

  • @Steve1989MRE
    @Steve1989MRE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +896

    Table of Contents:
    - Intro: 0:00
    - U.S. Army Emergency Ration: 0:33
    - Trench Rations of the AEF: 3:03
    - Opening the 1906: 9:30
    - First Bite: 16:24
    - My Place for Dinner: 23:06
    - Second Layer: 49:46
    - A Ready Porridge: 1:08:08
    - Fried: 1:20:01
    - End: 1:33:10

    • @jameswilliam4662
      @jameswilliam4662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey Steve how much did it cost?

    • @firstname5912
      @firstname5912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Long video. Was going to Redbox for a movie but this will do just fine. Going to enjoy lasagna my wife made and watch your video. Thanks Steve

    • @golvfex8387
      @golvfex8387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You could unbox a raw bar of corn and make it somehow interesting thank you for the video made my day

    • @normanresch7340
      @normanresch7340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You just made my night Steve, thank you for posting! Been a pretty crappy day till seeing this posting.

    • @kayleeriley3591
      @kayleeriley3591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have said this comment section before but I wanted to try to say it directly to you if I could, I am blind and love your videos because you describe them so well I feel like I miss very little but not being able to see anything. Hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend

  • @UchihaSumairu
    @UchihaSumairu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    Just when we get the coronavirus Steve comes and opens a can of Spanish flu on to a tray. N I C E

    • @weebiscuit7337
      @weebiscuit7337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @PintzAmigaGameNight
      @PintzAmigaGameNight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finds a frozen can from 1905 while on arctic expedition,.....gets smallpox

    • @rocknb123
      @rocknb123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chinese flu

  • @Infam0us1999-i
    @Infam0us1999-i ปีที่แล้ว +6

    112 years old and that hiss was amazing. crazy how well packaged things were back then!

  • @silenius19
    @silenius19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3889

    Florida Man eats hundred-year-old dust for an hour, survives.

    • @AmerigoMagellan
      @AmerigoMagellan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Steve is a fellow Floridian? Cool!

    • @Radeo
      @Radeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      Florida? Now it all makes sense.

    • @burki677
      @burki677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      His mail address is Lakeland Florida.

    • @cameltoeinspector6015
      @cameltoeinspector6015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@burki677 he sounds like he is from Cali

    • @MeatSporkMusic
      @MeatSporkMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      silenius19 lmfao

  • @EricAustinYun
    @EricAustinYun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    Steve: *sees chcocolate that looks like its been mummified*
    Also Steve: Hold on that looks really good I need to take a bite of that *RIGHT NOW*

    • @tommiemajor3849
      @tommiemajor3849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Also steve: yup that's rancid

    • @marshamitchell4034
      @marshamitchell4034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also tells us how food it is for fifteen minutes and we love and listen to him hell yeah😋😋

  • @cammobunker
    @cammobunker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Steve eats 114 year old ration chocolate: "Hey, this is delicious chocolate"...finds tiny sliver of aluminum foil in it "can't eat that it's not good for you"...

  • @Nunya9876
    @Nunya9876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Steve, the history lessons are invaluable in your videos. You have a lot of respect for the past, and it shows in your videos. You try to imagine what it could be like living in the time of these rations-a weary, tired soldier that just has a precious amount of time to find some way to relax, if possible in their situation, to eat. The momentary break of eating a meal is very important for morale. Soldiers are tired, weary, stressed out due to the war or conflict they’re putting their efforts into, supporting their side. Thank you again for showing this important history in every video you make. And thank you Steve for the hard work you put into each video!

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    My wife thinks I am crazy, but when that ration “hissed”, I said “oh my God”... I stand by my exclamation. Thank you, Sir, for another fine video.

    • @ametamaa
      @ametamaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      my thoughts

    • @ja4571
      @ja4571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      my wife judges the hell out of me for watching a grown ass man eat 100+ year old food in the name of history lol

    • @Thomas-lk5cu
      @Thomas-lk5cu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      William Austin My wife watch these videos with me :) she’s just as interested in this as I am. She doesn’t understand my “nice hiss” references though.

  • @SenLouie
    @SenLouie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    That hiss was like an angel's kiss.

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking more Curse of the the Mummies.

    • @onceacarnowaking539
      @onceacarnowaking539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      First reply

    • @sogcezar
      @sogcezar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hopefully not the angel of death...this guy is the best!

    • @clark9992
      @clark9992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This ration was hissing, before hissing was cool.

    • @lifeisstr4nge
      @lifeisstr4nge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Angel of death

  • @billr6983
    @billr6983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1009

    Crazy Russian Hacker: "This is wery old. I'm not going to eat this or touch it, it might kill me."
    Steve1989MREInfo: "Lets put this out on a tray. Nice!"

    • @funnyshit54321
      @funnyshit54321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      CRH is a disgrace to opening rations.

    • @mcescher1957
      @mcescher1957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Lol...which is why CRH should NOT be doing MRE videos. He does enough other stuff...leave the military rations to Steve.

    • @hcyobo2553
      @hcyobo2553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He should send his rations to Steve, to give those rations some justice..

    • @morgenergy4074
      @morgenergy4074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Love the ‘Hacker, primarily for his kitchen gadget videos. But my God, his ration videos drive me crazy. He may as well be putting whole rations in the trash, he doesn’t seem to know anything about them except the novelty of an old ration. Dude is wasting history for some views and ad revenue to buy another pet.

    • @GC_420
      @GC_420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Van Damage He just does things a different way, not a big deal (loss) when you think about it.

  • @ItsSauIGoodman
    @ItsSauIGoodman ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love that youre so much different than the other MRE reviewers. You spoil us and actually eat some of the stuff. Stay safe Steve, you da man!

  • @andrewmaino9280
    @andrewmaino9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    "I paid about $700 for this ration" "this stuff is gold. nearly priceless"

    • @ommnibox1917
      @ommnibox1917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      " now lets get this out onto a tray"

    • @leonardogomez8812
      @leonardogomez8812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Andrew Maino
      Wonder if rations are like wine :/

    • @Julio-wc3vg
      @Julio-wc3vg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ''Lets eat it''

    • @pixlitol
      @pixlitol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leonardogomez8812 good point dude

    • @bradleyb171
      @bradleyb171 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guess I should have watched the whole vidya before I asked how much something like that cost.🤦‍♂️

  • @limelorax
    @limelorax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    I just realized that 114 year old bread isn't even the oldest thing Steve has eaten

    • @mrnemo204
      @mrnemo204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      He ate beef from 1899

    • @spoon7965
      @spoon7965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Ardin Anester No its the hardtack from 1863

    • @RandoGamer1248
      @RandoGamer1248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Literally correct... I think the 1860+ thing was the oldest

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I'm still waiting for him to try bog butter or ancient Assyrian honey!

    • @johnaldrich2074
      @johnaldrich2074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's eaten hardtack from 1863.

  • @Vestner262
    @Vestner262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    A slo-mo hiss. Steve has reinvented himself.

    • @ElkinsEric
      @ElkinsEric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Remaking the brand!

    • @armdaggerblade
      @armdaggerblade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the slow-mo to surpass bullet time

    • @yeeaahhzz
      @yeeaahhzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was shocked when it hissed. Bygawd!

    • @XxjosemitoxX
      @XxjosemitoxX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow careful with the spoilers

    • @dolphinbeta514
      @dolphinbeta514 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wat

  • @midwestgrunt
    @midwestgrunt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The level of enthusiasm for MREs is in another level😂. I’ve eaten so many MREs in the marine corps and we primarily threw away everything but the cheese packet lol. I don’t understand how one can get so excited about dried foods in any context, but here I am watching. I just like it when he says “nice!” 😂

    • @grantg1598
      @grantg1598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey man, looking at these marines really makes me appreciate the MREs I eat now lmfao

  • @ebiven1563
    @ebiven1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    All those years of eating 100 year old MRE's is finally paying off, steve's gonna have an immune system that'll kick the coronavirus right in the ass.

  • @bemljj
    @bemljj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Steve you have been cited on the Wikipedia page for pemmican! You proved that pemmican is technically still edible after a century (if kept in good condition) well done man!

    • @godofannoyance
      @godofannoyance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it's amazing how much of a legacy this man is building in the niche of army rations,

  • @gbode7762
    @gbode7762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +736

    Let’s get one thing straight. That wasn’t a nice hiss. It was a LEGENDARY hiss

  • @hardygaming3454
    @hardygaming3454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    With all of the dark evil awful stuff on the internet this man is a living comfort zone I’ve actually started saying shit like “let’s put that on a tray, nice!” In my life

  • @navnig
    @navnig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2389

    That hiss was the sound of 112 year-old cow souls escaping......

    • @RequiemDream
      @RequiemDream 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Common arigato mister roboto DOMO, DOMO! 🎶

    • @AgreeableSmile
      @AgreeableSmile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Nice lets get this onto a tray

    • @tense99
      @tense99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      *Hiss contains under . 67 percent cholera and tuberculosis*

    • @nickeyfynn3270
      @nickeyfynn3270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      haaaaaaaaaa

    • @LancerloverLL
      @LancerloverLL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I usually don't like comments but when this one said 499 I just couldn't help it.

  • @brettjones8567
    @brettjones8567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    Corona virus enters steves body, " guys it doesnt seem right in here" Steves immune system, " we've been waiting for you"

    • @donaldwycoff4154
      @donaldwycoff4154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      "Twenty-something-year-old Florida man presents at emergency room, with symptoms consistent with food poisoning from eating ration from Roman times." :)

    • @woodfern909
      @woodfern909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve’s immune system becomes Chaz Palminteri in Bronx Tale, “Now you’se can’t leave.”
      C-The Coronavirus had a reputation for breaking up immune systems, but in that moment it realized it had made a fatal mistake.

    • @operator1997
      @operator1997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      White Blood Cells: Let's get these Corona bits on a tray. Nice!

    • @Diddy23
      @Diddy23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@operator1997 bahahaha

  • @flyboy8364
    @flyboy8364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Girl- hey Steve how do I look?
    Steve- let's get you out onto a tray
    Steve- nice

  • @thebigblippity5221
    @thebigblippity5221 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It must be so incredible to be tasting something from so far back in history. You are witnessing history in its most direct way

  • @haiderman1610
    @haiderman1610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    This actually kinda puts into perspective how much physical history has been lost throughout the ages

    • @prouddegenerates9056
      @prouddegenerates9056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't worry, we are the same.

    • @morgenergy4074
      @morgenergy4074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You never know what goodies you or a relative may have lying in a basement, attic or shed.

    • @ShriekinWizard
      @ShriekinWizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. And this is only 112 years ago. Imagine what's been lost over the past 500 or 1000 years

    • @fullfist
      @fullfist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      what about all PEOPLE like us

    • @TM-bn8pv
      @TM-bn8pv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TO Steve's STOMACH

  • @johnrife7134
    @johnrife7134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +772

    I feel like one of these days he's going to free an ancient evil.

    • @jozura5569
      @jozura5569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wouldn’t be surprised 😂

    • @corygibson2678
      @corygibson2678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      what do you think, will it come out with a hiss or no hiss?

    • @williamjeffersonclinton69
      @williamjeffersonclinton69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Klaatu, Verata, Nik *cough cough cough*, there I said the words.
      Opens MRE can and demons hiss
      Oh that's not a nice hiss.

    • @davelastname8074
      @davelastname8074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Steve is the real life doom slayer

    • @Acrylescent
      @Acrylescent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      “This ancient spirit of Rah has an earthy balance, it’s decadent. Really a step above the rest considering the soul of Baal was canned around the same time” “let’s get this out onto an alter, nice”

  • @artemnoelgames
    @artemnoelgames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7747

    *Steve goes to the movies with a girl*
    *Steve sneaks in an MRE from the French Revolution*

  • @1MeatBattery
    @1MeatBattery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "I"m just standing in a corner of a room like a really wierd dood eating old food." Classic! "I'm pretty glad I am more normal." Awesome! Best Channel on the Tube.

  • @EmeryPigg
    @EmeryPigg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    "A watery, raw sewage, beef cereal flavor"
    "Mmmm"

  • @JohnnyKaw11B
    @JohnnyKaw11B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Can you imagine being a shell shocked soldier in a freezing trench in France, you just watched your buddy get vaporized by an artillery shell, your hands are shaky and frost bitten all you want is some food and you hook up that key and the fucking ribbon breaks half way?

    • @dalcallcenter2879
      @dalcallcenter2879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      i would have thrown it into no mans land

    • @Kevin-ev7hw
      @Kevin-ev7hw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dalcallcenter2879 to Hit that German in the head crawling across No Mans Land.......

    • @robertv6628
      @robertv6628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @Maretoast
      @Maretoast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      use a dead horse as a ration

    • @joesmithe198
      @joesmithe198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd be glad. Considering I'd be eating like a ten year old ration if you're talking WW1

  • @freshlyshrimped4651
    @freshlyshrimped4651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1285

    Its 8 am I havent slept yet and I'm watching a man eat 100 year soup

  • @davidr2715
    @davidr2715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    A time capsule, of history. And an iron stomach.

    • @mowtow90
      @mowtow90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep. I think he should consider writing in his will that he agrees his body to be donated for science. If we can replicate his stomach - it will solve some of the nastiest diseases caused by impure watter and food.

    • @grindelston5968
      @grindelston5968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Watter"
      Yorkshireman detected

  • @dylanfranklin6493
    @dylanfranklin6493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    In the past he said he has gotten botulism from MREs but just imagine him going to the hospital for this. telling a doctor you ate a 112 year old canned meat.

    • @t_y8274
      @t_y8274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The chinese mre's are far more dangerous than these

    • @PrimordialKrishna
      @PrimordialKrishna 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      talha yaprak how so?

    • @DarkoPetreski
      @DarkoPetreski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@t_y8274 a one century old mre is less dangerous than a brand new chinese mre? Ya sure?

    • @t_y8274
      @t_y8274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@DarkoPetreski have you watched Steve's PRC MRE videos? Half the package is rotten already even when "in date"

    • @DarkoPetreski
      @DarkoPetreski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@t_y8274 Honestly i wouldn't eat either of them to be honest.

  • @dylandylanson4448
    @dylandylanson4448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +481

    Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States when this thing was made.

    • @Vee_Astra
      @Vee_Astra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This ration is badass by association.

    • @newvocabulary
      @newvocabulary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Hawaii was not a state when this thing was made.

    • @dylandylanson4448
      @dylandylanson4448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@newvocabulary Along with Alaska, New Mexico, and Arizona.

    • @SgFlaxy
      @SgFlaxy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Czechia didn't have a president when this thing was made

    • @heyandy889
      @heyandy889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy shit

  • @davidcool5189
    @davidcool5189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Steve using pliers to open the can like he couldn't just rip that thing open with them big-ass guns of his.

    • @troy4340
      @troy4340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      He wouldve destroyed that can. Im sure he wanted to keep it as intact as possible for his collection 🙂

    • @mariegp5021
      @mariegp5021 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Can we talk about how he gets beefier every video? Like he's gotta be hella ripped

    • @snorgonofborkkad
      @snorgonofborkkad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      He could have popped the whole thing open by placing it in the crease of his elbow and flexing.

    • @shimmerite_ua
      @shimmerite_ua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@mariegp5021 yeah, I attribute that to his healthy diet of ye olde foods, 100% organic and stuff

    • @Dorf274
      @Dorf274 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude eats tons of protein with every MRE and doesn't let it go to waste

  • @NextKnown
    @NextKnown ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Going back to all his videos that I enjoyed when this channel was small I realised how much money he spent to buy all these , it’s incredible .

    • @jwr2904
      @jwr2904 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's great he grew such a substantial following to make up for it! He seems like a cool, stoner like dude

  • @ItsLikeAShammy
    @ItsLikeAShammy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    “This can is 112 years old” Steve must have a lot of pending projects if this one just came out and was filmed in 2018. This dude is doing awesome work!

    • @sotamies1990
      @sotamies1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It must be all the expired food taking control of his memory

    • @enzift
      @enzift 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He has completely lost all sense of time after so many centuries of food down his belly

    • @DanceySteveYNWA
      @DanceySteveYNWA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The two years worth of content is to be released monthly by his estate , in the case of his death ☠

    • @curtiskretzer8898
      @curtiskretzer8898 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      2012(106 y.o.ration from 1906)

    • @brettjones8567
      @brettjones8567 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanceySteveYNWA ☠☠☠🤣

  • @angrykappa
    @angrykappa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    "Just standing here in the corner of a room like a really weird dude, eating old food"
    At least you getting paid while you do it... unlike my crazy uncle Ted.

    • @nocturnalferalguitarist
      @nocturnalferalguitarist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are no ads, so wts , is he actually getting paid?

    • @jacob.700
      @jacob.700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Angry Kappa 😂

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My crazy uncle Ted stands in the corner of my room late at night and stares at me while fucking my crazy uncle Ned’s corpse.

  • @82dorrin
    @82dorrin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Doctor in ICU: Alright, let's get Steve out onto a tray!
    Nice!

  • @5954ldydi
    @5954ldydi ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I not only have been entertained but I learned something and even laughed a few times too. What more can you want. Thanks Steve. 😊