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- Here I'm opening a French survival ration from 1996. What a cool and fun ration to get to see and open. This particular ration set me back about $30 US. So I hope you all enjoyed checking this one out as much as I did. I really enjoy finding these cool hard to find things and even the everyday things and sharing them with you.
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oldsmokey great work as usual man, although I would have used sugar from my sugar bowl for the coffee. I think it's fine to use your own stuff in a review to substitute something that comes in the ration anyway to avoid opening a component like those sugar cubes. Because thumbs up to France for probably the coolest sugar packaging I've ever seen
on behalf of my dad (Vietnam vet) thanks oldsmokey
+Federico Peña
That's an awesome thing your dad done protecting our country in Vietnam. If it weren't for people like him who knows where we'd be.
honestly the coolest looking survival ration ive ever seen, so compact with so many different items packed into it, its perfect, if the french military still makes these ill buy 2 for myself
+David G
The ones they have now are no where near as cool. I have one and it's just in clear plastic. I have a different one from the same time period in a really cool ss steal container. I'll review it some time as well. I might do it the same time add the new clear plastic one.
I am always amazed how much they can cram in a small can.
+Fernbark Frist
No doubt.
The makers of this must've been great at Tetris!
+Cheryl Muffin
Haha...Roger that. They definitely used every bit of that can. But I'm not complaining. Thanks for checking it out. Later.
Cheryl Muffin thats funny yet so true..agreed
I'm surprised so much stuff could fit in that little can.
Actually quite a cool ration. 21 years and still basically something you could survive on. Nice review Smokey!
+Henry Soltysinski
Thanks so much. And on the pemican. That stuff can be made 100 different ways. But yea it usually holds up for a long time.
finally my meagre french from grade school comes in handy
You and probably millions of other Americans. I never had it myself but my old lady did.
I haven't built up the nerve to eat any old mre's yet,thumbs up!
I don't blame ya. it's not for everyone. Thanks for watching. Have a safe weekend. Later.
I think it might not be the most calorie dense ration, but i think that the assortment of stuff in it meant to replenish the soul and not only the body.
good review!
+A G
It's definitely a fun ration to check out.
loved watching Smokey..great review as always..cheers and to all the veterans thank you for your services and have a great weekend
+Stephen McTowelie
Thanks so much. I appreciate ya.
That was a lot of contents for that little spam can, another great review man!
That can was stuffed that's for sure. Thanks so much for watching. Have a good, safe weekend.
Outstanding review, what a treat of this French survival ration.
+lee vancleef
Definitely a cool ration to check out. I also have an abandoned aircraft French survival ration from the same time period. It's really cool too. RCGusto and I both got these at the same time. I'd say he will review them soon.
I've used this ration a lot when I was in the french army in the 90's. What you have in your ration are definitely the Maggi broth cubes. The 25g Pemmican cube was much bigger and came in a silver wrapper. As usual in the army, the same denomination was used in the content list for Pemmican and broth, so that you couldn't make any difference...
Nice review, Smokey. Given the size of the can, I'd rather have that one for bailing out than most American or British emergency rations. Having some hot soup and coffee is a great moral booster. The pemmican on its own isn't too good but it's tolerable if it's dissolved in hot water. Pemmican has always been survival food because of its lasting qualities, but most people wouldn't eat it unless they were really hungry. I'm surprised French sugar wrappers would have a US PT-17 and P-51 Mustang on it rather than French aircraft. Maybe it's part of a series with US aircraft on the wrapper.
+Sar Jim
Yea the planes were definitely a treat on the sugar cubes. As far as the pemican goes its edible but not tasty. I'm going to try to get a couple cans from WW2 hopefully. If I can afford it that is. I'd really like to check that out for you guys and see if it's held up or not. Thanks for watching and commenting. Later.
Pemmican raw always tastes pretty nasty because the real stuff is almost 100% fat. The only reason it lasted as a survival food was the amount of calories contained in a small package. It's been around since at least the the fur trader days of the 1700's and probably earlier with the natives. From what I've read, it was almost always prepared with flour, salt, and whatever wild vegetables like onions, carrots, and potatoes could be found. It was supposedly not bad when made this way. Give it a try ff you run across some of the WWII variety that are still edible.
This is probably the nicest survival ration I've ever seen. So many different items.
I would say I agree. it was nice having all the variety. most survival rations are repeat items.
Nice find! I'm impressed how well was used the space inside the can - perfect fit ! And you are a brave man ! - eating something what looks like the water from floor cleaning ;)
+Delicious
Good description. It did look like old floor cleaner water haha. They really used all of that can to pack stuff in there. It was a fun one to check out.
Delicious it's what old smokey does brother
lol it looks like my suitcase when I pack XD Awesome review, and really neat!
+Alannah Threet
Yea me to. I always used every little bit 9f room in my suitcase haha. Thanks for watching. Later.
Hey Alannah!
Really enjoyed this one very much. Love learning what different countries have in their rations. On a side note i hope its ok to comment on each video. Its just fascinating to watch these things;)
+sharon maurer
Heck yeah I look forward to the comments. So definitely comment away.
Thanks Oldsmokey i will:)
Wow this is really nice! So much variety!
+zhaneranger
It would be awesome in a survival situation. That's for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting. Later.
I hated pemmican back in the day and I still hate that stuff. I loved the no,no,NO! And the pointing finger like it was a bad dog. Great vid !
+Donald Parlett jr
Thanks you just made my day. I'd usually just cut that part out but I felt like it should stay in this time. Thanks for watching and commenting. Later.
THANK YOU Old Smokey..........GREAT REVIEW
Awesome review. Liked and subscribed. Another shortcoming to the ration is that you have three things to heat, possibly more if you space out the pemmican, but they only supplied one Esbit tablet.
Thanks for subbing. Yeah one fuel tan isn't enough. You'd need to heat with a traditional fire I guess.
What a cool ration ...... Wish it was still available.
+Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
Definitely a well rounded survival ration. The one they have now isn't as nice that's for sure. I have one of those too.
oldsmokey
The old one was esthetically pleasing (trust the French to create a super stylish survival ration) ..... But I guess that's not really the main consideration when it comes down to it .... Thanks for sharing it with us.
+Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
No problem. I enjoyed opening it. I have another one from the same year and I have one from 2015 as well. The other one I have from 1997 is in a silver metal rectangular box and the 2015 is in a clear plastic bag.
that cool man good job. i just got a. british 24hr military combat ration. i cant waith to tasts it 😄
+grasser 1
They are fantastic military rations. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. They are one of my favorite rations.
Very cool there quite a lot in that can. Kind of surprised me a bit. Great video.
+Daves45auto
Is one of the coolest little actually survival rations I've ever seen.
Btw, I googled pemmican and it says it's Canadian and can be used 75 years...
I can't believe you just tried to eat the Maggie haha. These are bouillon tablets, they need 500ml of hot water. These things are very common in France, we boil our pasta, rice etc. in it.
+Sherrifs Forge
I think that Maggie made the pemican for this because the list and the bouillon was definitely separate from this. I actually did some research after the last comment and it is indeed pemican not bouillon the company Maggie made this pemican for the survival rations back in the 90s. Also just wanted to mention that it's very soft and it's not very strong flavored like bouillon is. I've had bouillon probably 1,000 times literally I used blocks all the time in my soups and noodles etc. But hey thanks for watching and hope you come back and watch more.
"No....no..no...... 👉🏻 NO!!" Great review Smokey!! Enjoyed it!
+Flying Hellfish
Thanks man I appreciate that. Hope you have a great and safe weekend. Later.
Great stuff man! Certainly interesting to see how most stuff can actually last for 2 decades with no real problems.
I wonder when they stopped issuing survival rations like this?
+BTemple
I wish I knew. I couldn't find anything about this particular ration. But I'm not great at the research yet. So maybe or probably I missed something.
I'm sure there's a pile of awesome/crazy stuff out there that none of us have stumbled across yet.
This was a real treat.
+BTemple
I have the abandoned aircraft from this same time period too. Me and Gusto both got them at the same time. He actually went ahead and ordered mine for me. So he had the same rations. He was kind enough to let me get my review out first. I have some rations that haven't been seen on TH-cam yet. Not very many but some.
oldsmokey Nice! RC is a great dude. Hooked me up with my first RCW and I won my first ever US MRE off of a giveaway he had a long time ago.
I was surprised to see that my Slovenian Type A 24hr ration seemed to be the first of its kind on TH-cam
Lookin good. Interesting and sometimes to find out what is inside you have to open and explore. They sure fit ton stuff inside of that can.
They sure did. It's fun to explore something like this.
nice review matey.what a great little ration.have a good weekend.
+Vincent rudge.
Thanks so much. You have a great and safe weekend and if your traveling be safe. Later.
Hahahaha! When you first opened it and said it smelled like chocolate then the stove fondu came to mind lol..
+Director Border Narcotics
No doubt. I wouldn't put it past the French to survive on fondue. Hey thanks for watching. Later.
NOO GAR , DON'T ROLL THE R , Ca ra mel, Carmel is a placé in Israël and also in Californie who shrewdly elected Clint Eastwood mayor a while back
i love your videos old smokey keep on doing an amazing job
Thanks so much. Will do.
Nice review. Never heard of this particular type of ration.
+13 Bravo
No doubt. Me either it was fun to see though.
Still waiting to review my emergency parachute ration and my SA-2... awesome review man!
+Connor G
Those are great rations. If I were you I'd keep those bad boys. Have you seen what there going for on eBay? Thanks for watching. Later.
Nice something new and rare. great review thanks
Thank you for watching and commenting. Later.
Super interesting review, haven't seen this one anywhere before. Subbed!
+tiffany may
Awesome glad to have ya. I've got some really cool stuff to check out. So stay tuned.
The Maggi cube is bullion too lol. In Bulgaria the bullions are cubes like this ... and they have similar wrap :D You put it in hot warter .... one cube is for one cup or 1l for soup
In this ration if you look at the contents list the Maggie is pemican. I've checked and Maggie company made the pemican for the French government for these rations. Thanks for watching.
I just took a picture of my dad in his neighbor's garage with a Stearman he just rebuilt, cool aircrafts don't know how to add pictures to this
Yeah its impossible. I'll put my email down below so you can email me and I'll give you my number to text me.
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Great review. I was born n 96 its as old as me. Keep it up man
+Zachary Moore
Right on. Thanks.
Oldsmokey the Slurper!""""" LOL Mark UK
Surprised they didn't put spork in it to mix the drinks
+Simon Fottrell
I don't think they had those little foldable ones back then but idk. Like the ones they put in the rcirs now.
Great review. Man a lot of good stuff in there.
+Bryan smith
There really was. Thanks for watching.
Dam a lot of stuff in that can top review my bearded brother
+Steve Lender
I loved this survival ration. One of the best out at the time for sure.
The Maggi stuff isn't pemmican it's more bullion cubes
+greatjob9999
The bullion wad in the packet and the content list said it was pemican. Plus it didn't taste like bullion either. It's definitely a pemican.
I know it's bouillon blocks for a fact, because i know the brand Maggi.
it is like a soup, we have it in spain
and you need to use a lot more water, those are strong
i also think its more bouillon cubes, "Maggi" brand. which is owned by nestle.
very cool ration and thorough review, Nice :D
+Freebirdx13
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Later.
no worries, greeting from Kentucky
Coolest pack I've ever seen in a sardine can dig it, be cool if you did a fan mail unboxing as well
This is probably the coolest little kit I've ran across as just strictly a survival ration. There are some cool survival kits with rations in them but this was one of my favorites.
oldsmokey cool bro that pic in the email I sent you of the Stearman that guy that did that plane is an absolute genius he's a friend of my dad's my dad also has been a pilot since he was age 15 owns many of his own and rebuilt planes as well that was the other day
Shoot I forgot to check my email. I hardly ever use my email at all.
This looks better than the US survival ration, to me.
I'd halft to agree with you on that. But I like the U.S fpsgp also. The French is more rounded.
It looks like a lot of little snacks, and no really filling lunch item. I think the pemmican cooked in the boullion with some crackers crumbled in would make you some kind of hot meal.
The Maggi Stuff are bouillon cubes, you're supposed to use them to make soup (it's civillian stuff)
Did you see the contents list? Maggie made the pemican especially for these rations and the French government. So what you seen in this ration was pemican.
take a drink everytime he said cool
awesome review keep them coming
+James Derynck
Thanks. Will do.
I don’t think that is puffed rice in the Commando bar. Maybe died and dried weevil.
Good review video, the survival rations are always interesting. Does the other sugar wrapper have a P-51 Mustang on it?
+Jerw66 usa
Yep Roger that. That's why I kept it wrapped up for my display. Thanks for checking it out. Later.
Ok, thanks.
cool video glad I subbed
Nice. Me too. Glad to have you.
oldsmokey likewise
+swgaguy7710
Thank you. Have a good safe weekend.
Great video as usual! Have a great weekend!
+Godviper White
Thanks so much. You have a great and safe weekend also. Later.
I keep forgetting that I'm on your channel and not Steve1989s channel
you two, RC gusto , stickyfingas are the best mre reviewers
+Sylvester Stalin
It's great to be in the same group as those fellas. I really appreciate your comment. It makes my day to get good feedback like that.
omg the gold cube is soup
+Ben Kraft
Yea buddy that pemican was tough stuff.
I imagine any French soldier would not be happy with this ration.
"Ou et le pate? Ou et le bisque? Pfft non. NON NON NON!!" MERDE!!"
+davey lad45
Even back in 1996?
oldsmokey
Those French soldiers are pretty exacting when it comes to cuisine.
This is the kind of thing they would probably think would be in a British ration.
They think we eat brown stuff in gravy for every meal. 🤣😂
6:58 is a great example of why I am bleeding from my ears. Ouch dude :(. An interesting video, but not worth sacrificing my hearing over. Those sharp hisses are major ouchies!
Idk why it did that. It's something that had to happen in editing. Sorry about that. I've not heard that in my other videos.
Its all good dude. Mostly just letting you know :P.
Hey dude. the "pemmican" are bullion cubes. Its crazy that you just bit in to it hahahahahha.
And we use 1 cube per 300ml of water, any less and it will be really salty.
+Lokfort
They aren't really bullion there actually different. They have oils and fats that are just in the pemican. They taste very odd but I can see how they would get you by in an emergency situation. Even though I put very little water it still didn't have much flavor. If I were to halft to eat these I would eat them dry I think.
Coffee is Nescafe Gold Blend. What you Yanks call taster's choice. Was during the old Sharon Maughan/Tony Head ad campaign fromt eh 80s.
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You Sir have earned a like and a sub :)
Greetings from France !
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your watching and commenting. I try to put interesting videos out for everyone to watch. Just stuff I myself like to see. Good to hear from France, hello from WV in the U.S.
Great review of a fascinating ration.
+Harrison Blackwood
It was a really cool one. Thanks for watching and commenting. Later.
Hey fast response. Cant wait to see your review of the other survival ration. Did my friend ever contact you about the C rats?
He did and he said that the guy wanted to much for them. He didn't say how much just they were to much.
Oh wow. Sorry dude.
+Harrison Blackwood
What's up?
I'm just curious, chocolate and carmels little candy bars, isn't that a bad idea? Giving a sugar rush that'll cause u to crash, empty calories.... Why?
+Dr. K
I think it's for numerous reasons. One it's cost effective, two they pack lots of energy in very small spaces, it's like comfort food. Plus once your body goes into starvation mode I think any calories would be good productive calories but I could be wrong.
i think every european is laughing at the moment het takes a bite from the maggi tablet ,,, those are buillion cubes aswell
+Schyzofrenic87
If you read the contents list those were produced by the Maggie company for this ration, and they are not bouillion they are in fact pemican produced just for this ration. I'm not stupid I know exactly what buillion tastes like and that stuff was miles from buillion. I've had to many people tell me those weren't pemican so I did some research like I said though Maggie produced the pemican just for these types of survival rations. I have another one that's a different style with the pemican also.
Jesus that was a friggin clown can!
Exactly. ...that's perfect.
This was a good video.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for checking it out and commenting...... Later.
It's raining rn anyone else love thunderstorms at night
+Justin Best
Same here. I think it's awesome.
I'm curious about the contents of the pemmican. I make my own but it doesn't look anything like that.
+Allison Lewis
Yeah me to. I'm curious because it wasn't what I expected. There's 100 different ways to make it from what I've seen. I've had about 4 French people tell me it wasn't pemican but it most definitely was. It is listed right on the contents list and the manufacturer Maggie produces bullion as well. But they made the pemican for this ration 20 years ago. That's interesting you make your own. What's it like?
Allison Lewis Good pemmican is 50/50 kidney fat and meat, from what I hear. It can't be subcutaneous fat, because it goes rancid too quickly.
Jaybird196 yeah pemmican is lovely. I have made it for years for camping and hunting
Allison Lewis That, and custom hardtack, would be my ideal survival food base :) . If the tallow comes from grass fed cattle, it has all your vitamins (if the meat is authentically been dried, as opposed to being cooked first, like many jerkies).
Jaybird196 I don't make hard tack as I don't eat any grain. I do use a lot of the fat I gather from when I go hog hunting :) venison makes delicious pemmican as well with fat supplemented from hogs and with some dried blueberries
oh my god. why would you open those sugar cubes, thats evil dude. those are shelf pieces if ive ever seen them
+Austin Wortham
I just replaced the sugar cube with a modern one. You can't even tell that I opened it now. It's one of those things we do for the sake of the video.
Great videos. My question is why is there a vitamin C tablet?
It helps keep you from getting sick and is just all around good for you.
Prevents scurvy
You don't eat pemmican for flavor
How I'd break it up,
Breakfast: coffee with 2 sugars, biscuits, commando bar.
Lunch, soup made with 2 pemmican bars plus 500ml of water,commando bar, 2 nougats.
Dinner:bouillon pemmican soup,commando bar, the remaining nougat.
The caramels I'd save for a late night snack.
And break the chocolate into 2 pieces
I soak it in scotch
Hi Bro. I think you got it backwards: those little gold "Maggi" bricks are actually bouillon (broth), NOT Pemican. That's why it tasted like @$$ - it's like biting a pure bouillon cube. The pemican is actually those "Commando" bars. (link to Maggi bouillon: www.hashems.com/store/soups-and-broth/maggi-halal-chicken-bouillon-cubes-1
+Bob Sullivan
Maggi had the contract for the pemican in these rations. Watch Steves review of the one I sent him in the silver tin. I can promise you that it was the pemican I have it right. I still have a block as a matter of fact and I've done research since on it. Also commando bars are still in french rations and are more or less protein bars.
Never seen before???????????????? beautiful. 96 and it that good condition, stored well ! 1996, damn , held up . all good, sugar cube, damn? message me,, Gmail sir ? or face book Peace, john. Mean on message..
+MultiMagnum62
Yea this was a cool one to check out for sure. I'll check my Gmail and see if your still in my history.
Almost the same as an RCIR can.
Yep Roger that.
oldsmokey new subscriber, man. Really enjoying your videos 🤙🏻
+tokyosmash
Great to have ya. Hope ya hang around.
remind me of sardine can.
Yea kina but a good bit bigger. It's just like the French main entrée cans.
If its maggi its boullion haha
And they still make that to this day
I know the brand. It's in a grocery store that I frequently visit. But that being said I did my research on this because so many people telling me I was wrong. Maggie produced small batches of the pemican for the French militaries numerous different types of survival, abandoned ship, and lifeboat rations. Steve1989 reviewed a similar type ration that I sent to him. He also will tell you that it is pemican.
wtf are you doing with the Bullion xD ...
Perfect Blue
That was Pemican. Go watch Steves video of the French survival ration 2 sent him. We both did our research on this. The Maggie company had the contact to make the pemican for this era of french survival ration.
@@Oldsmokey1 ok, maybe, just maybe you're right, but as a french, we all thought about this :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillon_cube
the cube in the picture, you put it in water, never eat it raw. (well.. like a bouillon).
I never heard of Pemican from Maggi.
Perfect Blue
Well there's another thing that should be a dead giveaway for you being french. Look at the contents list. The packet had the beef bullion in it and the 4 gold wrapped blocks were pemican blocks that can be eaten raw or reconstituted in hot water. Per the contents list and instructions. Either way I've had tons of bullion on and those gold blocks were no bullion that was some pemican that was probably really, really stale plus the fats and stuff in it have changed over time I'm sure. I actually take what I do seriously and if I make a mistake I'll be the first to admit it but in this case I'm not wrong. I do understand that Maggie makes bouillon that looks very much packaged the same but the contents of the Golden wrappers was Pemican blocks in this rartion.
@@Oldsmokey1 i see. ok then. very weird seeing that tho :D
Perfect Blue
I can understand that it's out of the norm but it is not exactly normal food. Especially pemican. That goes way back as survival food.
Put maggi in a boiling water then boom it's a soup
+Queen Rhen
I tried that. The water I had was just boiling and put in my thermos. I'm thinking that there were fats in it that went bad maybe idk but it was funky. Anyways thanks for watching and commenting. Later.
oldsmokey yes it's always like that maybe because it's a beef flavour or chicken. There are many recipes for that.
Fancy Hands again?!?
NOPE!
I'm outta here for good.
Unsubbed.
Overnout.
+H ?
Well this video was a long time ago and I agree I talked way to much with my hands but I corrected it in my regular videos a good while ago, probably a year ago.
I managed to get to 2:11 before I cant take "Cool" any more soz bye!
+Soney Liston
Oh well thanks for watching 2:11.
I just went back and
re-watched and I did miss cutting the part where I repeat myself. But at the same time filming yourself and editing isn't as easy as people think. I'm human I miss stuff like that all the time.
So you're copying Steve....