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i like the flameless ration heaters. We've gotten them before in these kits but ours were American kits. If you go to food pantry that gives you daily meals you might luck up on one or 2. Or get them in a regular bag of other blessed goodies from your church or pantry that gives monthly
Outside of America, raisins are the big dark ones from purple grapes, and sultanas are the medium light brown ones from green grapes, and currants are the small dark ones.
You know Emmy those oatmeal cookies can be used to make alternative meals, for example they can be eaten with either cheese spread or a spoonful of jam or honey, if you crush them they can be cooked into a type of porridge or by adding some melted butter it can used to make a base for a cheesecake or tipped into a pot of stew they will thicken it to make a meat dish that can be carried in the hand for eating on the move in an urgent relocation. The Army Catering Corps have a competition with every course that they run , where the students are split into small groups and challenged to produce the best meal they can using only the contents of the ration packs and the equipment that they would normally have in the field. The judges are usually the course instructors and senior officers, but sometimes they also invite chefs from local restaurants or celebrity chefs when possible.
Interesting fact about Stevia. I once wondered if you could use a leaf to sweeten tea, so bought a plant, placed a couple of crushed leaves in my cup as it steeped. It was definitely sweet tasting, and not as funky tasting as the processed powder. About 30, or so, minutes after that cup of tea, my sinuses began to swell, with no obvious cause. Decided to Google Stevia plant allergies and discovered it's a member of the ragweed family. Yep, one of my identified allergens! Didn't make that mistake again!
The brightly colored drink mixes in the US mre is so that if you have to use less than desirable water (in color) it doesn’t gross you out. It kind of hides the yuck. Obviously you’d boil said water, but the dyes cover up the real color of the water. My nephew was a Sgt in the army, that’s what he told me anyway.
I grew up in the military during the Cold War. Living overseas, we didn't always have easy access to food, so we ate MREs as regular meals from time to time. Thanks for sharing the nostalgia. xox And that shirt...love! ✌️
I'm an old vet... I've eaten American military field rations from 3 or 4 different wars. The oldest were the K-Rats, probably from the Korean conflict. They didn't leave much of an impression on me one way or the other. The C-Rats I ate were very good in my opinion. (probably Viet Nam war era) Of course there were rations that were universally hated... The ham & eggs were dubbed "Green Eggs & Ham". They were awful. But the beef stew was great, as was the pasta with beef sauce. It had shredded roast beef in the sauce. With both K-Rats & C-Rats, they came in a cardboard box & contained cans for the main entrees. They also had little can openers that you could put on your key ring. The small ones were designated P-38 & the large ones were called a P-51. If you got lucky, you got a blued steel P-38. It would never rust. The larger P-51 was made of tin plated steel & they rusted badly. The rations had the usual accessory items, the powdered beverage mixes, cookies, crackers, jam or cheese spread, salt & pepper, gum, TP, spork or spoon, etc. But what set K-Rats & C-Rats apart from MREs was the fact that they also contained cigarettes with matches. Yes... The small pack of cigs had 5 cigs in it. It could be any brand of cigs too. I've gotten Lucky Strike, L&M, Kool, Camel, Marlboro, Winston etc. (in C-Rats) I've also eaten a wide variety of MREs. The best part, in my opinion, was the tiny glass bottle of Tobasco sauce. You can kill the funky taste of anything if you put enough Tobasco sauce on it... Life in the military was often an adventure.
I joined when I was 18 and came back home 11 months later when my dad, also a Vietnam veteran passed away,, after the funeral my mother asked me to stay with her since both my brother and oldest sister went back go their lives and I haven't left since or went back😢 I really miss them days but the beef stew was my favorite lol and often used the entire bottle of little baby Tabasco on it and my favorite "dessert" thing was the poppy seed muffin thing Thank you for your service sir❤
Sometimes I feel like some people don’t like me cuz I’m so easily enthralled and amused and excited over everything, but Emmy is the most likable person ever and she’s the same way :) makes me feel better about myself 💗
They're not great. Now they have a bunch of options. When I served in the Marine Corps in '96, we had limited options. The best one I had (dont think they make it anymore), was the ham slice. Alot of Marines hated it, but I thought it was good. The dessert and chocolate doesnt taste what we get in the civilian world. Theres a off taste, gritty. The freeze dried fruit was always good. The crackers have the same gritty taste. Peanut butter tasted off too. The cheese spread was pretty good
There are some websites to order MREs, I forgot which I used but I got a full-day meal American MRE just to try it and it’s not that good, I wouldn’t get it again, but I loved trying everything and it was worth it just to try it at least once
You can buy all kinds of ration packs online, no need to go into the services, though avoid the US MREs, they're so heavily preserved that they just taste rank, my most favourite ones are lithuanian and latvian ones, their traditional cuisine style meals just taste so nice, haven't tried others cos the surge in MRE tasting videos has made them somewhat expensive... :P
I also really dislike artificial sweeteners. I've seen other people say they can't really taste them, but they have a very strong flavor that I don't like.
For me they taste like licking a piece of tin and has a metallic taste to them.... I'm also allergic to most of them so depending on the amount consumed I get headaches, sore tightened throat, throwing up and gastric distress to full blown seizures. Found that out the hard way in the early 90's when at a Pizza Hut and put Nutrasweet in my soda like kids always do... Ended up puking everywhere and having seizures at a friend's house inn the bathtub.
@@SilvaDreams that must've been terrifying. I knew some people had allergies to them, but I didn't realize the allergic reaction could be that bad. I've heard that some of those ingredients can cause cancer. I don't know if it's true though.
@@candacel3305 Honestly I don't remember a lot about it, just on the way home with them feeling a growing headache and feeling my throat close up, then throwing up violently a few times and some vague moments of being aware of my surroundings through the night. Oddly enough it was my friend's mother who was a registered anesthesiologist nurse who told me I was having seizures (But she was also the one who left me in the tub all night instead of calling 911)
I'm with you Emmy, I HATE artificial sweeteners. If I'm having something that's not supposed to be healthy anyway I rather have it have sugar. Which is why I hope it always remains an option to either choose sugar or sugar-free in drinks, unfortunately here in Europe they've been sneakily trying to push making stevia or other sweeteners a default and I'm not a fan. Also you're the person who made me go into a MRE rabbithole all these years ago! Ended up binging Steve1989 and co. to destress before my high school exams and since then I'm doing a masters in college now!
They are sneaking stevia into a lot of things here in North America as well and I get really sick from the artificial sweeteners. I always prefer a real product - sugar vs stevia, butter vs margarine, etc.
In Argentina it's the same. I barely drink Coke anymore because they're charging the sugar for HFCS and other artificial sweeteners, and it has a different flavour
I'm always one for "make things unsweetened and make people sweeten by their own decisions." I'm a stevia user and lean away from sugar. Even more so now that I learned my father's side of the family has a history of CAD and diabetes type 2, and he's at the border with pre-diabetes and high blood pressure. I'm delaying my turn to as late as possible, which stevia can help by reducing the sugar consumption, and changing to unsaturated fats
I also get a bitter aftertaste with artificial sweeteners. However, I found out today that if you eat a slice of Parmigiano Regiano before sipping a diet drink, it removes all hints of the after taste. The diet Pepsi I had became so smooth with it. You've got to try it. Eat a slice of Parmigiano regiano and try different diet drinks.
@@rum1093 I believe there is a wine that works with almost every cheese. Maybe you can try sharp cheddar since it has a strong taste that can combat bitter flavors.
I love Emmy so much, and I was giggling so hard when she was eating the cereal bar and kept trying to figure out the flavor. The front of the package says it's Caramel flavored 🥰😆
@@emmymade hehe it's okay! I can't tell you how many times I have overlooked things just like that! You are still amazing, and I am saving up to order one of your Eat The Ducky Moss tank tops! ❤
Steve 1989 said to add salt if the FRH ever doesn’t react. He also has noticed that, as time goes by, the rations last less time, so I would advise caution when eating expired rations in the future.
Well depending on the mixture it can be slower to react, plus it looks like she put it on top so it wasn't really sitting in the water so the reaction would be slower as it would just be what water got on it when she shook it.
Treacle was a British household staple back in the day and sneaking a spoonful was perilous because of how hard it was for little hands to manage it without leaving a trail 😂
hell it still is - surely every house has a tin of Tate and Lyles black treakle kicking around for the once yearly tradition of making the Christmas cake!!
I’M OBSESSED WITH THESE! I’ve seen a comment on one of your older ones saying you should do the 24hrs MREs throughout the course of the day to see if it’s actually a 24hrs thing! That would be cool.
The first time I ever had tea with milk was from a local coffee shop. They had a "London fog" which was earl grey tea with steamed milk & it had a hint of nutmeg to it. It was so delicious. So now I love steamed milk with tea lol.
So fun and relaxing to watch you tasting stuff again (like, that's the theme of the whole video). Are you considering ever doing another tasting series?
Hi Emmy...Thanks for the shout out and review....glad you enjoyed trying it ..The British flamless ration heaters do have a slower start time, but are generally pretty reliable. Great video and loved watching you, Hope you get time to check out some of my other videos....let me know what you think..ATB...Mick
We had to eat MREs after a hurricane left us without power for 3 months. The National Guard gave us boxes upon boxes. There are some surprisingly decent ones. The lemon poppy pound cakes were so good, they still come up in conversation with my family occasionally. If you are in a situation where MREs are all you have to eat, they’re really not hard to get used to and enjoy. Great video as always!
Yeah, i came looking for this comment! =D Raisins are made from bigger grapes, Sultanas from medium sized grapes, and currants from tiny grapes (I picked grapes during school holidays growing up - you definitely see the difference in size!)
For most of my life, I thought currants, or Zante currants as they are often called in the US, were actually dried currants, like black, white, or red - popular in Europe. Now I know they are just another variety of grape, common in the Greek islands, like Zakynthos, of which they are named.
Here’s an authentic Bolognese recipe Emmy! 4 large carrots 4 large celery stalks 1 large onion 1 package of chopped pancetta 1 tube of tomato paste 1 - 28oz can of San Marzano Tomato’s 2 cups of red wine 1 bottle of Pasatta(strained tomato’s) 1lb of ground beef 85%/15% 1lb of veal 1lb of ground pork 1 liter of chicken broth Olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Sofrito: The sofrito is the base of the sauce, in a blender chop the carrot, celery, onion and pancetta until you get a very finely chopped consistency. Add this to a deep pot with olive oil and sauté this for at least 8-10 minutes and season as you go to draw out the water. At this stage you can prepare the meat, brown the beef to get rid of excess grease, but not necessary for the pork and veal. Once your sofrito is sautéed, add your meat into the pot and break it up and continue to sauté, continue cooking until the meat begins to cook throughly. Next add the tomato paste and cook it out for a few minutes to get rid of the sharp bitterness of the paste. Then add your red wine and allow the alcohol to evaporate. Then add your passata, stir, then add your one liter of chicken broth and San Marzano tomato’s. Lower the heat to a simmer and allow to cook uncovered for 6-7 hours until it has reduced and the meat is visible and liquid no longer covers the top. Then, set aside off heat for one hour to rest, then you can reheat or store and let it cool overnight. The result is a deep, savory Sunday Bolonese for the whole family. Serve with Papardelli pasta or any long ribboned pasta.
*passata *soffritto *pappardelle Also chicken stock doesn't make much sense, vegetable broth is the most commonly used to make ragù (especially ragù alla bolognese)
I love your MRE reviews you are one reason I began doing MRE reviews too, because not many women were doing that before and now it’s a whole genre on YT
A good tip for the rations (main meal or any cooked meal) is that if you boil it in water (do not open the ration tho) and also the clear bag with the gum and tissues is called a gash bag 🙂
i can imagine during wartime you might not never know when its chow time. My grandpa was in world war 2, grandpas little brother died in world war 2 , my grandma nade it through basic in the same war but got discharged honorable because they found out she was deaf in one ear, and my mother wasn't active but did 2 maybe 3 years til they found out she was pregnant with my brother from 63 to 65 or 66. Her husband was stationed overseas when she was honorably discharged. I didn't come around til 79 my father different from the rest of my family was navy they're all army
I find the flame less heaters a waste of water. We during Desert Storm would heat in water in canteen cup. We would use the hot water for coffee and or cocoa. We would mix coffee and cocoa a lot of the time.
They're good when you can't or don't want to make a fire to boil water, either because you're in a middle of a storm or at night and afraid of revealing your position. And if you don't want to waste water, and if you're in a very tough spot and really need to get a fire going, you could try getting the magnesium powder to combust. So they're certainly useful and having few on hand don't hurt as long as you store them properly :P
I had no idea unscented was even an option. Some people feel they need to bathe in perfume or axe before work so sometimes I'm brought to my knees as my body violently tries to expel the scents as rapidly as possible. Good to know I'm not broken.
Emmy, you are an angel on earth. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. There have been many hard times that your spirit has helped me through. And in the good times, I quote your brilliance. Emmymade for president !
Native for sensitive skin in fact broke my armpits out in a rash. Confirmed by my dermatologist because I initially thought it was something else. I used to love native.
Try Lume if you're seeking an alternative -- I'm very sensitive and I've been using Lume for over 2 years with no issues! (No baking soda in Lume, which I've heard can be an issue)
The instant tea is a nice throwback to the old-style boxed 24-hour rations, as they would come with instant white tea, then they switched to teabags, which I guess is less efficient when you want a quick cuppa...
Our standard rifle may be universally mocked, but it's good to see that our MREs are capable of holding their own. After all, you have to have some standards.
probably golden syrup rather than treacle, treacle tends to be quite bitter and most of our flapjack style bars are made with golden syrup :) you should look up a recipe for Yorkshire parkin. its a ginger cake we eat for bonfire night in Yorkshire and its uses both treacle and golden syrup and oats. Its amazing ❤❤❤
Thew difrence beteen sultanas, raisins, and currants, are the type of grape and the processing method used. Sultanas are made from green grapes normally coated in an oil-based solution prior to drying to speed up the process. Raisins are normally a larger type of red grape that has been dried for around three weeks So tend to be sweeter and jucier than Currents. Currants are made by drying a variety of smaller kinds of red grapes for up to three weeks much like Raisins but due to the difrence in the size of the grapes take on a sligtly more tart flavor to its sweetness than that of the Rasins.
I was surprised when you poured the water into the coffee that it wasn't grey. I've noticed whenever you get that freeze died coffee and put any sort of whitener in it it tends to turn a grey or grey is brown rather than what coffee with cream looks like.
I rarely see anyone quite that excited about an FRH! I don't like the idea of "3-in-1" drinks because the milk powder is more likely to spoil than the instant drink. I've used some very old "Coffee, Instant, Type I" and never had a problem with it.
This is very exciting for me - i usually watch these at breakfast, and currently i’m making my way through tasting a Ukrainian military MRE, so that’s breakfast 😄
Love your MRE videos. As for the pasta sauce. When I make my own sauce I tend to add a bit of sweetener as well. The acid from the tomatoes doesn’t sit well with my stomach. I have IBD so…if I want to eat something that is acidic it does need a bit of sweet to tone that down. But store bought sauces seem to be overly sweet, and yes the canned pastas are way too sweet. I still crave the chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs in a can once in a while….I think it’s the nostalgia rather than the taste. It wasn’t something my mother bought, so the first time I had it was at a sleepover when I was in first grade. And every time I’d go back to that friend’s house I would ask if we could have it. 😂 So it brings back memories of those sleepovers. Btw, that friend and I are still close and we’ll be turning 50 years old very soon!!! Anyway, thanks Emmy! As always a wonderful video. ✌🏻🥰😊
I literally was talking with my friends yesterday bragging that I found Emmy years ago watching your MRE taste tests meanwhile they’re watching your newer content (which is fantastic as well) but God did I miss this 💜
I seem to remember that the flameless heater packs in the UK are the same stuff as in salt and vinegar favoured crisps. 🙂 (Honestly it's not as bad as it sounds, as the vinegar cuts through the greasiness). The drink wouldn't be a bright coloured, because we band alot of artificially colours to reduce allergic reactions.
It's magnesium alloy (Very rarely aluminum oxide based) and salt but there is an old trick for more shitty packs or those that were old and all you do it add a little salt in with the water and they will come to life.... But she also had the flameless heater on top of the food instead of under it so it would be sitting in the water so it slowed the reaction down
Yes!!!! I've missed these so much. Thank you. Bummed I ignored the notification for so long now. I'm sure at this point she's running out of rations to try. I tried to send her spaghetti and sauce ration but sadly it was sent back.
I would suggest, when it looked like the FRH wouldn't work, this is a problem that has been noticed in very cold climates. I'm assuming you were using a filtered water direct from the fridge. If you used room temperature water, the chemical reaction would have started far sooner. If the water is cold, it just takes extra time, to get going. Excellent video, keep them coming - very interesting.
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Tiny typo! "open the from the bottom" xD Love you, Emmy!
i like the flameless ration heaters. We've gotten them before in these kits but ours were American kits. If you go to food pantry that gives you daily meals you might luck up on one or 2. Or get them in a regular bag of other blessed goodies from your church or pantry that gives monthly
the only thing that doesn't tend to taste very well have been the crackers very dry and no salt
Outside of America, raisins are the big dark ones from purple grapes, and sultanas are the medium light brown ones from green grapes, and currants are the small dark ones.
How about... no
Yay! An MRE, feels like a throwback!!
Yes this is what got me watching her!
YAY!!!
Yeah, definitely been a while.
It's been a while since we've done one of these....
@@Karharlan Do you find yourself craving one from time to time too? The Beef stew with the M&M's inside the packaging.
You know Emmy those oatmeal cookies can be used to make alternative meals, for example they can be eaten with either cheese spread or a spoonful of jam or honey, if you crush them they can be cooked into a type of porridge or by adding some melted butter it can used to make a base for a cheesecake or tipped into a pot of stew they will thicken it to make a meat dish that can be carried in the hand for eating on the move in an urgent relocation. The Army Catering Corps have a competition with every course that they run , where the students are split into small groups and challenged to produce the best meal they can using only the contents of the ration packs and the equipment that they would normally have in the field. The judges are usually the course instructors and senior officers, but sometimes they also invite chefs from local restaurants or celebrity chefs when possible.
THIS needs to be a TH-cam series!
Brilliant!
Looks like a prison dish, for me! Prisoners used to use cookies like that for making other thing better.
Oatcakes with a good cheddar cheese and a gherkin (dill pickle). Amazing.
@@healinggrounds19 100% agree!!
Interesting fact about Stevia. I once wondered if you could use a leaf to sweeten tea, so bought a plant, placed a couple of crushed leaves in my cup as it steeped. It was definitely sweet tasting, and not as funky tasting as the processed powder. About 30, or so, minutes after that cup of tea, my sinuses began to swell, with no obvious cause. Decided to Google Stevia plant allergies and discovered it's a member of the ragweed family. Yep, one of my identified allergens! Didn't make that mistake again!
Oh no! I'm so sorry you had to discover that in such an awful manner! I'm thankful you passed on the knowledge 😊
Oh my! Thank you for sharing!
Yikes, good thing I haven't had that before!
Good to know. I will stick to Monkfruit sugar
The brightly colored drink mixes in the US mre is so that if you have to use less than desirable water (in color) it doesn’t gross you out. It kind of hides the yuck. Obviously you’d boil said water, but the dyes cover up the real color of the water. My nephew was a Sgt in the army, that’s what he told me anyway.
I grew up in the military during the Cold War. Living overseas, we didn't always have easy access to food, so we ate MREs as regular meals from time to time. Thanks for sharing the nostalgia. xox
And that shirt...love! ✌️
I love how bright the colors on your tie-dye came out!
Did she make that? I was gonna ask where she got it
I'm an old vet... I've eaten American military field rations from 3 or 4 different wars. The oldest were the K-Rats, probably from the Korean conflict. They didn't leave much of an impression on me one way or the other. The C-Rats I ate were very good in my opinion. (probably Viet Nam war era) Of course there were rations that were universally hated... The ham & eggs were dubbed "Green Eggs & Ham". They were awful. But the beef stew was great, as was the pasta with beef sauce. It had shredded roast beef in the sauce. With both K-Rats & C-Rats, they came in a cardboard box & contained cans for the main entrees. They also had little can openers that you could put on your key ring. The small ones were designated P-38 & the large ones were called a P-51. If you got lucky, you got a blued steel P-38. It would never rust. The larger P-51 was made of tin plated steel & they rusted badly. The rations had the usual accessory items, the powdered beverage mixes, cookies, crackers, jam or cheese spread, salt & pepper, gum, TP, spork or spoon, etc. But what set K-Rats & C-Rats apart from MREs was the fact that they also contained cigarettes with matches. Yes... The small pack of cigs had 5 cigs in it. It could be any brand of cigs too. I've gotten Lucky Strike, L&M, Kool, Camel, Marlboro, Winston etc. (in C-Rats) I've also eaten a wide variety of MREs. The best part, in my opinion, was the tiny glass bottle of Tobasco sauce. You can kill the funky taste of anything if you put enough Tobasco sauce on it... Life in the military was often an adventure.
I joined when I was 18 and came back home 11 months later when my dad, also a Vietnam veteran passed away,, after the funeral my mother asked me to stay with her since both my brother and oldest sister went back go their lives and I haven't left since or went back😢 I really miss them days but the beef stew was my favorite lol and often used the entire bottle of little baby Tabasco on it and my favorite "dessert" thing was the poppy seed muffin thing
Thank you for your service sir❤
I'll trade you my cigarettes, gum and cookie for your can of spaghetti.
Thank you for your service. My grandfather was a Vietnam vet and I loved hearing his stories.
My aunt brought home some when i was a kid. I got a Tabasco she grab it up.
Sometimes I feel like some people don’t like me cuz I’m so easily enthralled and amused and excited over everything, but Emmy is the most likable person ever and she’s the same way :) makes me feel better about myself 💗
Love these MRE videos! I've always been curious how they tasted.... but not curious enough to go into the military. 😂
They're not great. Now they have a bunch of options. When I served in the Marine Corps in '96, we had limited options. The best one I had (dont think they make it anymore), was the ham slice. Alot of Marines hated it, but I thought it was good. The dessert and chocolate doesnt taste what we get in the civilian world. Theres a off taste, gritty. The freeze dried fruit was always good. The crackers have the same gritty taste. Peanut butter tasted off too. The cheese spread was pretty good
There are some websites to order MREs, I forgot which I used but I got a full-day meal American MRE just to try it and it’s not that good, I wouldn’t get it again, but I loved trying everything and it was worth it just to try it at least once
Lol. Vet here. Enjoy your sense of humor.🙃
You can buy all kinds of ration packs online, no need to go into the services, though avoid the US MREs, they're so heavily preserved that they just taste rank, my most favourite ones are lithuanian and latvian ones, their traditional cuisine style meals just taste so nice, haven't tried others cos the surge in MRE tasting videos has made them somewhat expensive... :P
Depends on the menu really, some are great, some not so much. Most foreign rations I've reviewed are superior to US.
I also really dislike artificial sweeteners. I've seen other people say they can't really taste them, but they have a very strong flavor that I don't like.
I can immediately taste aspartame and sucralose in things and it's such a turn off. So gross I can't get past a few sips! Yuck
My throat swells when I have it and it's hidden in more and more products in recent years
For me they taste like licking a piece of tin and has a metallic taste to them.... I'm also allergic to most of them so depending on the amount consumed I get headaches, sore tightened throat, throwing up and gastric distress to full blown seizures.
Found that out the hard way in the early 90's when at a Pizza Hut and put Nutrasweet in my soda like kids always do... Ended up puking everywhere and having seizures at a friend's house inn the bathtub.
@@SilvaDreams that must've been terrifying. I knew some people had allergies to them, but I didn't realize the allergic reaction could be that bad. I've heard that some of those ingredients can cause cancer. I don't know if it's true though.
@@candacel3305 Honestly I don't remember a lot about it, just on the way home with them feeling a growing headache and feeling my throat close up, then throwing up violently a few times and some vague moments of being aware of my surroundings through the night. Oddly enough it was my friend's mother who was a registered anesthesiologist nurse who told me I was having seizures (But she was also the one who left me in the tub all night instead of calling 911)
I'm with you Emmy, I HATE artificial sweeteners. If I'm having something that's not supposed to be healthy anyway I rather have it have sugar. Which is why I hope it always remains an option to either choose sugar or sugar-free in drinks, unfortunately here in Europe they've been sneakily trying to push making stevia or other sweeteners a default and I'm not a fan.
Also you're the person who made me go into a MRE rabbithole all these years ago! Ended up binging Steve1989 and co. to destress before my high school exams and since then I'm doing a masters in college now!
They are sneaking stevia into a lot of things here in North America as well and I get really sick from the artificial sweeteners. I always prefer a real product - sugar vs stevia, butter vs margarine, etc.
In Argentina it's the same. I barely drink Coke anymore because they're charging the sugar for HFCS and other artificial sweeteners, and it has a different flavour
I wish they would stop as well, my body can’t tolerate it either. Real sugar all the way.
I'm always one for "make things unsweetened and make people sweeten by their own decisions." I'm a stevia user and lean away from sugar. Even more so now that I learned my father's side of the family has a history of CAD and diabetes type 2, and he's at the border with pre-diabetes and high blood pressure. I'm delaying my turn to as late as possible, which stevia can help by reducing the sugar consumption, and changing to unsaturated fats
Stevia is a natural occurring sweetener, unfortunately most diet drinks contain aspartame, which is poisonous to many people, me included.
I also get a bitter aftertaste with artificial sweeteners. However, I found out today that if you eat a slice of Parmigiano Regiano before sipping a diet drink, it removes all hints of the after taste. The diet Pepsi I had became so smooth with it. You've got to try it. Eat a slice of Parmigiano regiano and try different diet drinks.
That’s interesting. I must try it!
Is there an alternative for people who despise parmigiano ?
Or enjoy the cheese and skip the poison beverage!
@@kayo5291 if you're referring to wine, then yes, I do avoid it. I avoid all liquor.
@@rum1093 I believe there is a wine that works with almost every cheese. Maybe you can try sharp cheddar since it has a strong taste that can combat bitter flavors.
I love Emmy so much, and I was giggling so hard when she was eating the cereal bar and kept trying to figure out the flavor. The front of the package says it's Caramel flavored 🥰😆
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@@emmymade hehe it's okay! I can't tell you how many times I have overlooked things just like that! You are still amazing, and I am saving up to order one of your Eat The Ducky Moss tank tops! ❤
Haha yes! Describing it as ‘caramely’ 4 or 5 times and coming to the conclusion that it’s…treacle! 😆
@@SessVlogs I just learned today that molasses is called treacle in the UK.
@@barbaravyse660 And I learned just now that that’s what molasses is! I’m thought it was a seed, for some reason 😂
Steve 1989 said to add salt if the FRH ever doesn’t react. He also has noticed that, as time goes by, the rations last less time, so I would advise caution when eating expired rations in the future.
Well depending on the mixture it can be slower to react, plus it looks like she put it on top so it wasn't really sitting in the water so the reaction would be slower as it would just be what water got on it when she shook it.
Love these. I am craving a Retro Recipes, a Fruity fruits and a Tee and Wee reunion!!
All the best. Keep being wonderfully wonderful!
Aww...Emmymade classics for sure. 🧡I just got back from a trip visiting my family, so look for Wee soon.
Your MRE videos are my favorite! Thank you for doing this!
You're welcome!
Treacle was a British household staple back in the day and sneaking a spoonful was perilous because of how hard it was for little hands to manage it without leaving a trail 😂
hell it still is - surely every house has a tin of Tate and Lyles black treakle kicking around for the once yearly tradition of making the Christmas cake!!
I’M OBSESSED WITH THESE! I’ve seen a comment on one of your older ones saying you should do the 24hrs MREs throughout the course of the day to see if it’s actually a 24hrs thing! That would be cool.
@CKS1949 thank you 🥰
Agreed!
The first time I ever had tea with milk was from a local coffee shop. They had a "London fog" which was earl grey tea with steamed milk & it had a hint of nutmeg to it. It was so delicious. So now I love steamed milk with tea lol.
Earl grey with milk - sacrilege!!!! English breakfast only, NEVER Earl grey!
So glad to see another MRE video! Love all your videos Emmy !!! Love from Ireland 🙂
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Hello from Achill Island!
So fun and relaxing to watch you tasting stuff again (like, that's the theme of the whole video). Are you considering ever doing another tasting series?
Hi Emmy...Thanks for the shout out and review....glad you enjoyed trying it ..The British flamless ration heaters do have a slower start time, but are generally pretty reliable. Great video and loved watching you, Hope you get time to check out some of my other videos....let me know what you think..ATB...Mick
We had to eat MREs after a hurricane left us without power for 3 months. The National Guard gave us boxes upon boxes. There are some surprisingly decent ones. The lemon poppy pound cakes were so good, they still come up in conversation with my family occasionally. If you are in a situation where MREs are all you have to eat, they’re really not hard to get used to and enjoy. Great video as always!
The only one I've ever had that I didn't necessarily care for was the Ratatouille. I'm still not sure what I ate with that one.
Three months or MREs? How long before you could take a crap after that???
@@vincedibona4687 if anything, id think you'd have the opposite problem
@@shannonrickard8605 No. Those things are notorious for "stopping you up".
Katrina I assume? I remember having MREs for lunch for months even after some things were back up and running
Actually I think you’ll find the big fruits are raisins, medium is sultana. At least that is what they are in Australia which usually follows UK
Yeah, i came looking for this comment! =D Raisins are made from bigger grapes, Sultanas from medium sized grapes, and currants from tiny grapes (I picked grapes during school holidays growing up - you definitely see the difference in size!)
For most of my life, I thought currants, or Zante currants as they are often called in the US, were actually dried currants, like black, white, or red - popular in Europe. Now I know they are just another variety of grape, common in the Greek islands, like Zakynthos, of which they are named.
Oat biscuits are more for savoury things usually like cheese or paté but I'm sure there are plenty of people who would have jam or something on them.
Those raisins are there for a reason. They keep Things moving along
I can't explain how true this is
Nothing like an Emmy video to brighten my day 🌞
i missed these MRE videos! was just watching your playlist
Here’s an authentic Bolognese recipe Emmy!
4 large carrots
4 large celery stalks
1 large onion
1 package of chopped pancetta
1 tube of tomato paste
1 - 28oz can of San Marzano Tomato’s
2 cups of red wine
1 bottle of Pasatta(strained tomato’s)
1lb of ground beef 85%/15%
1lb of veal
1lb of ground pork
1 liter of chicken broth
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Sofrito: The sofrito is the base of the sauce, in a blender chop the carrot, celery, onion and pancetta until you get a very finely chopped consistency. Add this to a deep pot with olive oil and sauté this for at least 8-10 minutes and season as you go to draw out the water.
At this stage you can prepare the meat, brown the beef to get rid of excess grease, but not necessary for the pork and veal. Once your sofrito is sautéed, add your meat into the pot and break it up and continue to sauté, continue cooking until the meat begins to cook throughly.
Next add the tomato paste and cook it out for a few minutes to get rid of the sharp bitterness of the paste. Then add your red wine and allow the alcohol to evaporate. Then add your passata, stir, then add your one liter of chicken broth and San Marzano tomato’s.
Lower the heat to a simmer and allow to cook uncovered for 6-7 hours until it has reduced and the meat is visible and liquid no longer covers the top. Then, set aside off heat for one hour to rest, then you can reheat or store and let it cool overnight.
The result is a deep, savory Sunday Bolonese for the whole family. Serve with Papardelli pasta or any long ribboned pasta.
Whyyyyy
never use tomato concentrate and chickenstock
*passata *soffritto *pappardelle
Also chicken stock doesn't make much sense, vegetable broth is the most commonly used to make ragù (especially ragù alla bolognese)
It’s been a while, I always love your mre reviews/taste tests
I've really missed the MRE videos! They were so much fun and Emmy did such wonderful descriptions of the food.
i'm so happy that we get a new mre video! i always binge the old ones, your mre videos are my favorite!
I definitely missed MRE videos. I don’t know why but I find them very fascinating. Also adorable shirt, hope your little guy had a wonderful birthday.
I've shared MREs with my husband on campouts. Tasty and quite filling.
I love your approach!
Yay! It’s Emmy! I love ration videos!
I love your MRE reviews
you are one reason I began doing MRE reviews too, because not many women were doing that before and now it’s a whole genre on YT
Love these ration videos! Reminds me of when we all tried some in middle school during Girl Scouts.
Emmy, I’ve had a pretty sad week but your videos never fail to make me feel warm and safe again!
I luv Emmy, so cute and makes awesome snacks.
A good tip for the rations (main meal or any cooked meal) is that if you boil it in water (do not open the ration tho) and also the clear bag with the gum and tissues is called a gash bag 🙂
Btw I’m a royal marine cadet
We love your home made tie-dyed shirt. Can you do a video on how you did it?
I'm very glad to see you back with an MRE video! I really miss these videos on your channel because they're my favorite of yours! :)
Let’s get this out on to a tray. Nice! M’kay
I love how excited Emmy gets over the little things in life, I do the same and find that it’s the small stuff that makes life more enjoyable!
Definitely missed your MRE videos. It was nice to see one. :) Love ya Emmy!
It's been quite a while since I've watched one of your videos and they are always comforting and soothing.
Many moons ago as a soldier I remember not measuring your day in hours but when was next chow.
i can imagine during wartime you might not never know when its chow time. My grandpa was in world war 2, grandpas little brother died in world war 2 , my grandma nade it through basic in the same war but got discharged honorable because they found out she was deaf in one ear, and my mother wasn't active but did 2 maybe 3 years til they found out she was pregnant with my brother from 63 to 65 or 66. Her husband was stationed overseas when she was honorably discharged. I didn't come around til 79 my father different from the rest of my family was navy they're all army
Awesome ration Vids. She has been working hard this summer.
I find the flame less heaters a waste of water. We during Desert Storm would heat in water in canteen cup. We would use the hot water for coffee and or cocoa. We would mix coffee and cocoa a lot of the time.
They're good when you can't or don't want to make a fire to boil water, either because you're in a middle of a storm or at night and afraid of revealing your position. And if you don't want to waste water, and if you're in a very tough spot and really need to get a fire going, you could try getting the magnesium powder to combust. So they're certainly useful and having few on hand don't hurt as long as you store them properly :P
The rations videos were why I started watching this channel in the first place! Nice to see one again!
MRE videos were what got me hooked on your channel! so glad to see a throwback
One of favorite memories seeing my dad after weeks In the field ..and him bringing me an MRE. I was 6. It was such a treat and a lil adventure.
I missed the MRE tastings, so fun to see a new one!
I had no idea unscented was even an option. Some people feel they need to bathe in perfume or axe before work so sometimes I'm brought to my knees as my body violently tries to expel the scents as rapidly as possible. Good to know I'm not broken.
Emmy, you are an angel on earth. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. There have been many hard times that your spirit has helped me through. And in the good times, I quote your brilliance. Emmymade for president !
Love these videos of tasting MREs, wish you had new ones more often.
I really miss the MRE series. I hope you do them again because their my favorite!
Native for sensitive skin in fact broke my armpits out in a rash. Confirmed by my dermatologist because I initially thought it was something else. I used to love native.
Try Lume if you're seeking an alternative -- I'm very sensitive and I've been using Lume for over 2 years with no issues! (No baking soda in Lume, which I've heard can be an issue)
The way you huskily say “Yeah, yeah, yeah!“ when sipping your tea makes me think your husband is a very, very, very lucky man.
I would love to try one of them meal packages. It absolutely fascinates me.
Buy one off ebay or if you live in the EU order off MRE Empire :) 😃
Plenty of sites/stores sell them, do pay attention to the country. If you check this series you'll see a wide variety of reactions.
Wholesome content. Perfect for winding down after a hot busy day 🙏🏻
The instant tea is a nice throwback to the old-style boxed 24-hour rations, as they would come with instant white tea, then they switched to teabags, which I guess is less efficient when you want a quick cuppa...
Our standard rifle may be universally mocked, but it's good to see that our MREs are capable of holding their own.
After all, you have to have some standards.
It's lovely to see you doing another ones of these, and it actually looks quite nice!
probably golden syrup rather than treacle, treacle tends to be quite bitter and most of our flapjack style bars are made with golden syrup :) you should look up a recipe for Yorkshire parkin. its a ginger cake we eat for bonfire night in Yorkshire and its uses both treacle and golden syrup and oats. Its amazing ❤❤❤
Thew difrence beteen sultanas, raisins, and currants, are the type of grape and the processing method used. Sultanas are made from green grapes normally coated in an oil-based solution prior to drying to speed up the process. Raisins are normally a larger type of red grape that has been dried for around three weeks So tend to be sweeter and jucier than Currents. Currants are made by drying a variety of smaller kinds of red grapes for up to three weeks much like Raisins but due to the difrence in the size of the grapes take on a sligtly more tart flavor to its sweetness than that of the Rasins.
I love Native! Usually you can’t trust natural deodorants to work, but I love Native!
Oh I love these !!!! Definitely feels like old times
I was surprised when you poured the water into the coffee that it wasn't grey. I've noticed whenever you get that freeze died coffee and put any sort of whitener in it it tends to turn a grey or grey is brown rather than what coffee with cream looks like.
I loved the MRE Test series🌍
Thank u so much for creating all these videos🌈💙
So happy to see the MRE make a come back !! I rewatch the Playlists when I am laid up with my illnesses lol
I rarely see anyone quite that excited about an FRH! I don't like the idea of "3-in-1" drinks because the milk powder is more likely to spoil than the instant drink. I've used some very old "Coffee, Instant, Type I" and never had a problem with it.
More of this, classic Emmy awesomeness, less of the TikTok rehashed content.
Was just thinking about how much I missed these videos!! So glad you have one for us :)
Ahhh, this is a feel good, vintage Emmy. Thank you for the gift.
Omg I remember when I first came across your channel through your MRE videos!! Love these ! 😁
A ration video always makes me so happy!!! 😭😍
YESSS EMMY I MISSED THE MRE VIDS SOOO MUCH I ALWAYS REWATCH THEMM
Yay! So funny a few videos back I was literally thinking, man I could really go for an Emmy MRE review!
Great work Emmy. You're awesome. Well done. You're super charismatic. I love hearing you talk.
This is very exciting for me - i usually watch these at breakfast, and currently i’m making my way through tasting a Ukrainian military MRE, so that’s breakfast 😄
Love your channel, you have such a calming voice
This was the most raisin heavy meal ever!! Love the throw back of mre tasting
Love your MRE videos. As for the pasta sauce. When I make my own sauce I tend to add a bit of sweetener as well. The acid from the tomatoes doesn’t sit well with my stomach. I have IBD so…if I want to eat something that is acidic it does need a bit of sweet to tone that down. But store bought sauces seem to be overly sweet, and yes the canned pastas are way too sweet. I still crave the chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs in a can once in a while….I think it’s the nostalgia rather than the taste. It wasn’t something my mother bought, so the first time I had it was at a sleepover when I was in first grade. And every time I’d go back to that friend’s house I would ask if we could have it. 😂 So it brings back memories of those sleepovers. Btw, that friend and I are still close and we’ll be turning 50 years old very soon!!!
Anyway, thanks Emmy! As always a wonderful video. ✌🏻🥰😊
These MRE videos saved my life during quarantine.
Yay! These are some of my most fave vids. Thank you Emmy! 🙏🇬🇧
I love oatmeal raisin cookies, but for a twist I soak the raisins in Fireball till plump. Love the pop of cinnamon when I bite the cookie
I literally was talking with my friends yesterday bragging that I found Emmy years ago watching your MRE taste tests meanwhile they’re watching your newer content (which is fantastic as well) but God did I miss this 💜
I seem to remember that the flameless heater packs in the UK are the same stuff as in salt and vinegar favoured crisps. 🙂 (Honestly it's not as bad as it sounds, as the vinegar cuts through the greasiness). The drink wouldn't be a bright coloured, because we band alot of artificially colours to reduce allergic reactions.
I LOVE salt and vinegar chips.
It's magnesium alloy (Very rarely aluminum oxide based) and salt but there is an old trick for more shitty packs or those that were old and all you do it add a little salt in with the water and they will come to life.... But she also had the flameless heater on top of the food instead of under it so it would be sitting in the water so it slowed the reaction down
You talked about MREs recently and I’ve been hoping for another MRE Emmy video💕🙏
Still one of my favorite types of videos!
Wow I remember binging all the MRE videos back in middle/elementary school and I’m entering college in a week
It’s been a while for this series. Nice to see a new one 😊
I miss these videos I hope you bring them back ❤️❤️
Yeeeyyyy MRE video!! The whole reason I started following this channel years ago!!!
Yes!!!! I've missed these so much. Thank you. Bummed I ignored the notification for so long now. I'm sure at this point she's running out of rations to try. I tried to send her spaghetti and sauce ration but sadly it was sent back.
I would suggest, when it looked like the FRH wouldn't work, this is a problem that has been noticed in very cold climates. I'm assuming you were using a filtered water direct from the fridge. If you used room temperature water, the chemical reaction would have started far sooner. If the water is cold, it just takes extra time, to get going. Excellent video, keep them coming - very interesting.
only Emmy can make MRE’s look ~appetizing~ 🥰