We actually get steak, lobster, and ice cream. When i was in from 2010-2020, we'd get that when we got bad news like deployment extensions or shit ops. Basically when you see surf and turf with ice cream, expect the worst. Edit - Thank you all for the your support!
Probably doesnt bring back the fondest of memories nowadays huh? Conditioning you over time to expect bad news with a good meal sounds like psychological warfare. Thank you for your service.
You missed out on the fact that Ice Cream was big in the military during WWII. Ice cream became so associated with America that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini banned it to avoid the connection. In 1943 Americans military ate 135,000,000 lbs of Ice cream.
You're leaving out Historical context as well, Ice cream was a huge replacement due to Prohibition of Alcohol from 1920 to 1933 due to the 18th Amendment and it's repeal via the twenty first amendment. Ice cream became so popular because bars shifted to ice cream shops to stay in business and a whole generation who were, consequently of "fighting age" viewed Ice Cream as the the "taste of home" for many service members like Beer was for Vietnam service members.
Not only that, but Americans getting good desserts sent to the front was absolutely obliterating to German soldier's morale. They're starving...and the Americans are eating freaking ice cream and cake. American logistical supply lines are one of the unsung heros of WW2
@gyromurphy not just the Germans, but all axis powers. You're 100% correct that it was a crushing blow in terms of psychological warfare as American and allied troops supplied by Americans had a distinct morale advantage vs Axis forces who were hurting for even ammunition and rations.
@@Littlevillager2004 I'm sorry to have to say this,but that's every war. You can litterly look at DNA and genetics and connect when wars happened through the whole genetic lines. There's even been a whole charity for people in Ukraine and other countries now to pay for abortions of raped victims- children and all. War is basically synonymous with rape at this point. The one that caused Hiroshima I believe is considered the worse so far.
It also fails to convey just how unappealing maconochie stew was. Soldiers complained the potatoes looked more akin to black masses. And officers complained it gave their men a particularly offensive kind of flatulence. News reporters and civilians claimed it's appearance alone was a entirely inferior grade of garbage. (As did the officers) To top it all of a famous quote from a unknown soldier about its taste "warmed in the tin, maconochie was edible; cold it was a mankiller." Some versions also had turnip added in which combined with the haricot beans made what soldiers claimed was a foul odor. The product was so unpopular fraserburgh heritage center confirmed there was only one positive response to the product. Idk what your imagining. But I somehow doubt the real maconochie would be considered edible to our modern senses.
My grandfather was in Vietnam as a crew chief, Plaque was one of his assignments, and the meals that were available for him, and those around him were basically sea rations. There was a mess hall, but he was flying so late at night that it was mostly just sea rations available for him.
@@amoebaa_4084I didn’t say that the guy in the video said “it’s 1910 and we’re in ww1” which is incorrect because ww1 didn’t start until 1914 read a book and the us didn’t join the war till 1917 the war ended in 1918
Fact: If you dress up as a US soldier in Germany and someone (near a US station) sees/catches you, you'll get arrested and sentenced by US law, on German grounds. :P
I really like videos like this because not only do we get like a military but we also get a chef perspective because since Chef Rush was in the military and he’s also a pro chef you get two proper opinions for the price of one
15:13 fun fact that the chemicals in the MRR’s are not supposed to be eaten while the food is cold. You’re supposed to warm them up. That’s why they come with a heater.
You can forget the spaghetti and pasta, that did not come into soldier's diets until after WW2, this was because of GIs who had served in Italy who brought these tastes back with them. Also, don't forget pizza.
Nothing beats instant coffee when you're on the go, and need caffeine right away! On my mountain bike trip i remember i was soooo hyped for it!! I can only imagine how great it must be while on duty! It will probably be the best tasting coffee ATM!
The heaters didn't get introduced until the 90s. We always had Dfacs. But it was mostly ran by military until the 90s in some post. We didn't have energy bars in the MRE. Candy, cheese, and crackers peanut butter. That little chicklet square gum. We also had steak dinner in the dfacs But I enjoyed this, great content with Chef. Rush.
Watching this, you reminded me of my Tio, Pedro Rangel. He's a chef and he explained dishes passionately; whether it was a new dish I hadn't tried or something he was testing before putting on the menu.
This goes to show how much we should respect our soldiers, for surviving through these meals for months in battle, which a normal person couldnt even take 3 bites of.
the MRE one i can attest to, wasnt actually as bad as they made it out to be, but they arent really good either, they're just a step above bad school food in terms of taste usually, which is fine, some of the better ones (cheese tortellini, chili mac, etc) are up there though and are things i'd actually choose to eat regularly if they werent so expensive Source: hurricane helene forced me to break into The Stockpile.......
As a kid, my dad used to bring a box of MREs home every 5-6 months. I really loved the pasta options and the drinks more than anything. I also remember most of the "desserts" being pretty awful. If you were lucky, you would get a pack of skittles. If you were unlucky, you would get a crumbly dry pound cake.
MAN, 1910 and so on is both intriguing and fascinating, this shows the evolution of MRE'S journey since the very beginning. Today, it is more varied and delicious thanks to mess halls and modern MRE'S.
I heard from a history youtuber that they now serve fast food at bases that are away from combat zones for the soldiers to have a bit of home near them.
Chef Rush, aka, Chef from total drama island himself, teaching more people that the kitchen is far more brutal than any battlefield out there by the day. And this is him toned down.
13:09 imagine you and your allies eat this 5-star food, have better equipment when your enemy eats rice with a bit of vegetables and has worse equipment. And surprisingly??? THEY STILL WON! 😅
In wrestling terms, the match hit the 30 minute time limit and the "winner" through outlasting warhawk government and extremely negative "crowd reaction" was Vietnam.
It's a Pyrrhic victory. Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, forests destroyed, people contaminated with napalm and Agent Orange. People dying every year from prolonged exposure. Its hell. No one won in that war, Vietnam could have been reunited without one.
WWI Americans: the food we have is bland and boring, but filling. WWI Germans: we are resorting to using and eating everything we can to ensure our troops have enough to do. Times are tough but we'll try our hardest to make do. WWI Russians: you guys have food!?!
LOL sorry guys but the field kitchen at 6:24, those are WW2 German reenactors. I served 1987-2000 and I thought for the most part the food was pretty good.
6:36 fun fact about field kitchens, when the soviets would set them up, Germans would stop doing what they were doing and come over for food, the soldiers didn’t like it, but they let the Germans get food.
Also im not including soldiers who volunteered to go earlier than the official US involvement. But at first I forgot they went by decade, not by year, so when they said we were in wwi in 1910 I thought they meant we were overseas fighting in 1910 lol
0:07 you are saluting wrong. in America we don't show are palms during a salute. your hand should be tilted just ever so slightly downward to not let the palm be seen. also your hand is to high, it should be at the eyebrow or edge of the brim of a hat if wearing one. just a bit of info for those who dont know as i know he was joking
This is probably the calmest I have seen chef rush
Fr
Ngl
He was chill on Master Chef and the time he agreed to make Thanksgiving food for a family in Compton. He's actually a super nice dude.
FÜR REÁL
Must be on his 25% roid dose
Chef rush is actually so calm and not yelling all the time at Albert and Patrick XD
Wow actor acted in entertainment business hooooow mind blowing eh?
I’m jealous of how simple you are
I am making my own cartoon animated series called, Jailbima Rotains
@@the_jingoit's a joke
@@the_jingoWhoosh
Wow ❤
We actually get steak, lobster, and ice cream. When i was in from 2010-2020, we'd get that when we got bad news like deployment extensions or shit ops. Basically when you see surf and turf with ice cream, expect the worst.
Edit - Thank you all for the your support!
Damn
Wow
Like how suicide squad was about to sortie. Eat best 'cause you might not able to again.
Probably doesnt bring back the fondest of memories nowadays huh? Conditioning you over time to expect bad news with a good meal sounds like psychological warfare.
Thank you for your service.
Wow
Chef Rush seems like such a truly chill dude...
why would he be? cuz he’s a giant loud black man ? is that something that surprises you racist?
Just make sure there's enough protein.😆
When he’s not on his roids
Was he ever an actual soldier
chef in normal videos:😀
chef in youtube shorts:💀
You commented this when it was 3:23 a.m. (in my country)
@billgate803 Why no sleep
@billgate803 What country?
You missed out on the fact that Ice Cream was big in the military during WWII. Ice cream became so associated with America that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini banned it to avoid the connection. In 1943 Americans military ate 135,000,000 lbs of Ice cream.
And the navy had ice cream barges
You're leaving out Historical context as well, Ice cream was a huge replacement due to Prohibition of Alcohol from 1920 to 1933 due to the 18th Amendment and it's repeal via the twenty first amendment. Ice cream became so popular because bars shifted to ice cream shops to stay in business and a whole generation who were, consequently of "fighting age" viewed Ice Cream as the the "taste of home" for many service members like Beer was for Vietnam service members.
@@Case9250hard not like theyre eating ice ream during battle😂 like the navy have better things than icecream😂
Not only that, but Americans getting good desserts sent to the front was absolutely obliterating to German soldier's morale. They're starving...and the Americans are eating freaking ice cream and cake. American logistical supply lines are one of the unsung heros of WW2
@gyromurphy not just the Germans, but all axis powers. You're 100% correct that it was a crushing blow in terms of psychological warfare as American and allied troops supplied by Americans had a distinct morale advantage vs Axis forces who were hurting for even ammunition and rations.
21:59 Heavenly ahh dap
lmao
Piccolo would be proud
@@Spicykabis So real
Lol
@@Spicykabis Facts
12:06 "american soldiers were walking around local shops" that's one way to put it
Yes a very interesting, way 💀🙏
Are you talking about how American soldiers got freaky?
They looted and committed a lot of grape
@@Littlevillager2004 I'm sorry to have to say this,but that's every war. You can litterly look at DNA and genetics and connect when wars happened through the whole genetic lines. There's even been a whole charity for people in Ukraine and other countries now to pay for abortions of raped victims- children and all.
War is basically synonymous with rape at this point. The one that caused Hiroshima I believe is considered the worse so far.
@@HoneyPot.9 the rp of Nanking isn't what caused the nuke drops, unless you're willing to resort to conjecture.
1960 food = Average school cafeteria food
WOW, all these meals are amazing, I would even happy eating 1910 food everyday
The 1910 meal is wrong and not what they would have eaten. They didn't have crackers but hardtack.
It also fails to convey just how unappealing maconochie stew was. Soldiers complained the potatoes looked more akin to black masses. And officers complained it gave their men a particularly offensive kind of flatulence.
News reporters and civilians claimed it's appearance alone was a entirely inferior grade of garbage. (As did the officers)
To top it all of a famous quote from a unknown soldier about its taste "warmed in the tin, maconochie was edible; cold it was a mankiller."
Some versions also had turnip added in which combined with the haricot beans made what soldiers claimed was a foul odor. The product was so unpopular fraserburgh heritage center confirmed there was only one positive response to the product.
Idk what your imagining. But I somehow doubt the real maconochie would be considered edible to our modern senses.
I treat school food like 4 stars (I'm Vietnamese)
Hard pass
Rare Footage of Chef Rush not tearing apart Patrick and Albert but just chillin' and eating military food.
lol
True 😊
😢😢😢😢😢
I’m sure he’s a chill guy irl, prob do it for the act🤷♂️
It's a nice change 😂
1:06 he really got PTSD
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@@shaynewheeler9249 he fought in iran in 1990s
@@Aha5653ch. Is that real? He fought Iranian soldiers!?
He still gets withdrawals
@@Tsukimaru_Komokishi yes
My grandfather was in Vietnam as a crew chief, Plaque was one of his assignments, and the meals that were available for him, and those around him were basically sea rations. There was a mess hall, but he was flying so late at night that it was mostly just sea rations available for him.
0:15 ww1 didn’t start till 1914
Hello from 26 secs
He meant 1910s
Blud thought that the military only emerged during the first world war 😂
@@amoebaa_4084I didn’t say that the guy in the video said “it’s 1910 and we’re in ww1” which is incorrect because ww1 didn’t start until 1914 read a book and the us didn’t join the war till 1917 the war ended in 1918
You get very far in life with this knowledge?
Fact: If you dress up as a US soldier in Germany and someone (near a US station) sees/catches you, you'll get arrested and sentenced by US law, on German grounds. :P
Aren't there reenactments every year where thousands of people dress up as US soldiers?
Why ?
@@Lui1xI think it's because dressing up as a US soldier while not being enlisted is fraud.
@@Lui1xImpersonating a US Army servicemember.
Umm…… how did you know that???
Really love this style of video. We actually got to see the amazing personality of Chef Rush outside of his skits. Keep em coming
I really like videos like this because not only do we get like a military but we also get a chef perspective because since Chef Rush was in the military and he’s also a pro chef you get two proper opinions for the price of one
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15:13 fun fact that the chemicals in the MRR’s are not supposed to be eaten while the food is cold. You’re supposed to warm them up. That’s why they come with a heater.
That was a crisp dap up at the end ngl😂😂
You can forget the spaghetti and pasta, that did not come into soldier's diets until after WW2, this was because of GIs who had served in Italy who brought these tastes back with them. Also, don't forget pizza.
Yeah after WWII is still 1940s
I was in the Army for 26 years. I can count on one hand the number of times I saw pizza in an Army mess hall.
Nothing beats instant coffee when you're on the go, and need caffeine right away! On my mountain bike trip i remember i was soooo hyped for it!! I can only imagine how great it must be while on duty! It will probably be the best tasting coffee ATM!
Lol
What is it
Whatever you're smoking, buddy, you got any more because that kind of optimism is what I need right now
4:08 These troops are shown wearing the M1 helmet, which wasn't designed until 1941
daam bro you have sharp eyes and a sharp brain
And in 1910 the Brodie wasn’t invented yet
🤓🤓☝️
another strange thing is hot chocolate in Vietnam
@@kadersgaming8299 shut up
In the war zone, especially the World War, these things were not available. Some soldiers ate dog meat out of extreme hunger.
Take a shot every time he says the word ration. Love you guys you make such awesome food and Content 🫡👌
He never drinks the drink
13:11 I'm so glad that both the chefs loves the 1970 one where they're basically just Vietnamese foods, automatic W
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Big W
guilty 14:33 14:35 14:35 14:36 14:36 14:36 14:36 14:37 14:37 14:37 14:37 14:38 14:38 14:39 14:39 14:39 14:39
The 1920s didn’t look to bad at all. Really interesting to see whst troops got fed at their garrisons a long time ago. Cheers for the upload 👍
Prohibition was around in the 1920s.
Did it apply to the armed forces or did soldiers buy booze on the black market?
Black marked or when they stayed outside us in the country
Or made it themself
The heaters didn't get introduced until the 90s. We always had Dfacs. But it was mostly ran by military until the 90s in some post. We didn't have energy bars in the MRE. Candy, cheese, and crackers peanut butter. That little chicklet square gum. We also had steak dinner in the dfacs But I enjoyed this, great content with Chef. Rush.
Korean war food
@shaynewheeler9249 don't know where you were going with this, but sure.
13:00 those who know + still water + german stare + bulgarian rage + thick of it 💀🥶
Watching this, you reminded me of my Tio, Pedro Rangel. He's a chef and he explained dishes passionately; whether it was a new dish I hadn't tried or something he was testing before putting on the menu.
They only feed you the good stuff when they know something huge's about to go down the next day. Almost like a last meal kinda thing.
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This goes to show how much we should respect our soldiers, for surviving through these meals for months in battle, which a normal person couldnt even take 3 bites of.
Well said endergamer6396
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the MRE one i can attest to, wasnt actually as bad as they made it out to be, but they arent really good either, they're just a step above bad school food in terms of taste usually, which is fine, some of the better ones (cheese tortellini, chili mac, etc) are up there though and are things i'd actually choose to eat regularly if they werent so expensive
Source: hurricane helene forced me to break into The Stockpile.......
its not that deep relax dude.
A shame half the country doesn’t respect these heros
My great grandfather was a chef in the US army in Kolkata, India 1943 after his short service as a combat medic. Great video guys!
0:15 I found that picture on google long ago before you posted this video and I was gonna use it on my ww1 project
19:25 that's very expensive 💀
I literally love this series ❤
Not even 2 minutes in and chef rush gets PTSD
shit your right
As a kid, my dad used to bring a box of MREs home every 5-6 months. I really loved the pasta options and the drinks more than anything. I also remember most of the "desserts" being pretty awful. If you were lucky, you would get a pack of skittles. If you were unlucky, you would get a crumbly dry pound cake.
How old were the skittles 😂😂
@@wildbanana5628let’s see we are still in 2024 and I still occasionally find a guardians of the galaxy vol. 2 skittles 😂
@@wildbanana5628 at the time, didn't taste weird or expired at all! XD this was well over 10 years ago
skittles are bad luck
@@Emperor_Sxmuel my dad says the same thing.
MAN, 1910 and so on is both intriguing and fascinating, this shows the evolution of MRE'S journey since the very beginning.
Today, it is more varied and delicious thanks to mess halls and modern MRE'S.
Rare footage of chef rush being calm amd chill
1970: soldier first time tasting real food lol
I heard from a history youtuber that they now serve fast food at bases that are away from combat zones for the soldiers to have a bit of home near them.
McDonald’s at the military?
Here in Germany they have Starbucks 😂
@@Seras99even kfc
In Afghanistan they brought mobile Burger King for troops stationed in rural areas
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Chef Rush, aka, Chef from total drama island himself, teaching more people that the kitchen is far more brutal than any battlefield out there by the day. And this is him toned down.
Rare footage of Chef Rush not tearing apart Patrick at the seems
Keep it up on your work and this video and channel
I love this video and channel
Thanks you for your video and channel
1980 segment has an MRE from the modern era. In the '80s the US MRE had an olive green outer packaging and way fewer components
Also, they could've sprung for a case of actual FSRs... Only about 200 for a case
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Patrick your the best I watch your vids every single day and you make me smile when I feel sad
Yes, I prefer him
Chef rush insulting the food had me crying 😭😭
5:38 chef rush: MUSH
That dap is heavenly
4:53: They have it! Canned bread
- Squidward Tortellini
Was just looking for this comment lol
I believe you mean Squidward Tentpoles
@@spongeyspikes09 No! It's Tennis Balls!
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@@Sam-nimatezWrong! It's Tentacles.
Bro chefs rushs biceps are the reason he could eat 3x4000 calories of MRES, he must need to eat 20k daily for those badboys
he just needs his daily roids
16:47 The food at this timing is better than my school lunch😭🙏🏻
idk why but this is such a nice and pleasant video to watch, i enjoyed every second of it
Me watching this when I’m on Christmas break from basic training.
19:28 "US Army Uniforms"
Proceeds to Show a US Air Force servicemember in USAF combat fatigues
Also mentions that 1910 was during WWI.
5:34 chefrush was so hesitant in that one bite 😂
I love Chef Rush, great video!
9:41 HELL NAH, beans and sausage give nutritians and energy, and it even would taste good! I would give 4.5/5 delicious!
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13:09 imagine you and your allies eat this 5-star food, have better equipment when your enemy eats rice with a bit of vegetables and has worse equipment.
And surprisingly??? THEY STILL WON! 😅
In wrestling terms, the match hit the 30 minute time limit and the "winner" through outlasting warhawk government and extremely negative "crowd reaction" was Vietnam.
It's a Pyrrhic victory. Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, forests destroyed, people contaminated with napalm and Agent Orange. People dying every year from prolonged exposure.
Its hell. No one won in that war, Vietnam could have been reunited without one.
america lost 50k whilst vietnam lost 1.2 million america had a 24/1 kd ratio we won, we just left
@@floridaman-pt2bv Agree. The goals were met but the attrition was too high. It also fed the MIC from a tadpole to a young hungry predator.
@@floridaman-pt2bv funny the way you think that war is just only about how many you killed lol
3:42 it might be our last piece 😂
WWI Americans: the food we have is bland and boring, but filling.
WWI Germans: we are resorting to using and eating everything we can to ensure our troops have enough to do. Times are tough but we'll try our hardest to make do.
WWI Russians: you guys have food!?!
Anyone else disappointed he didn't use the chili mac for the MREs? 🤣🤣
Jailbima Rotains: This is probably the calmest I have seen Chef Rush lol 😂
LOL sorry guys but the field kitchen at 6:24, those are WW2 German reenactors. I served 1987-2000 and I thought for the most part the food was pretty good.
6:36 fun fact about field kitchens, when the soviets would set them up, Germans would stop doing what they were doing and come over for food, the soldiers didn’t like it, but they let the Germans get food.
If I were the German I would just throw my weapon and go buy that dang that look good
20:42 "This looks nice, spit, spit, spit 👉🏾"
18:33 why the gaterade glowing?
It's reflecting off the metal
Shield from fortnite
Radioactive lol
(scar shooting)
(Walking noises)
(Popping a big pot noises)
Chef rush: let me see that
12:24 i don't think he's smiling
What you talking about he's smiling big!
12:27 now he is
That dap was godly
8:08 I’m eating a can of vienna sausages rn 😂
Chef rush is so sassy I love his eye rolls and facial expressions at the camera he’s awesome 😂❤️
Thank you for serving us chef rush 🫡
17:11 why would broccoli suck? im 13 and i love it, steamed or not steamed.
Flavorless. Stir fry it
20:16 that looks like an average US Air Force meal lol
As à vietnamese I am happy that you enjoyed that😊 13:07
I appreciate you taking a look at all military facets of dining. Good job.
14:07 ooh combos! Those are pretty good! (those "cheese filled pretzels" are called combos and sold in grocery stores probably!)
1:51 how does he even know that tastes like cat food 💀
He’s a chef he gotta know what everything tastes like
@@Arey2539lol
Every cat owner tasted they're cat food at one time. No?, just me? Okay.
Idk of he's a cat owner I'm a new subscriber....
@@quinta0w035 I ate my cat instead
Jk
@@Blakethegamer-jd8os😧
18:21 THAT GATORADE IS LITERALLY GLOWING. ARE YOU SURE YOU DONT HAVE A NUCLEAR REACTOR SIR?
I think it's a relection .
Nuka-Rade
11:49 IS THAT KSI
ngl bro that is almost spot on😂
Nah more like Kante
😂😂😂
😂 we ain’t in the thick of it
You know too much
It also shows us how blessed we are to get to eat proper food respect to the soldiers
12:42 Patrick pushing chef rush like when your pushing your really big freind like they wouldn’t throw you through a wall 😂
Actually, I hate to be this guy but when he said 1930 it showed the M1 helmet when they still use the doughboy helmet up until 1941
18:12 that aint Gatorade thats slurp juice
Bros still in season one
its big pot wtf
“Was it this bad chef?”
…
“NOOO!”
chef rush got it wrong that meal isn’t at the top of the food chain he is 😂😂😂 13:06
Such a great video thank u
8:08 is those Vanna sausages
damn, not only died vietnam beat america in the war, they colonized their military's food palette XD
The fact it took until Vietnamese cuisine for the rations to actually be good 😭
Vietnam could've been reduced to rubble if not for $hxt politicians.
There's a reason why foreign food is popular in the usa lmao
@Hakun09 it's not.
2:12 it's 472$ today but ig it was enough to feed the family of 5 and buy a house back then
We will never see this calm chef rush again
21:59 that perfect dap 😮💨😮💨
This is the closest we've had to eating with mike tyson😂
I would just say that saying we were in WWI was barely a fact, we went to war in April 1917, and the war ended on 11:00 on 11/11/1918
Also im not including soldiers who volunteered to go earlier than the official US involvement. But at first I forgot they went by decade, not by year, so when they said we were in wwi in 1910 I thought they meant we were overseas fighting in 1910 lol
"it's 1910, and WW1 has started" Bruh it hasn't even started yet
They rounded up 😂
Ye it didnt start till 1914
@@joshuagodwin16931910’s means in the years 1910 to 1919
They just meant the decade in general
Its cooking vid not history
That Dap up at the end. MMM, it was such a satisfying sound.
The first time I’ve seen chef rush actually calm
0:07
you are saluting wrong. in America we don't show are palms during a salute. your hand should be tilted just ever so slightly downward to not let the palm be seen.
also your hand is to high, it should be at the eyebrow or edge of the brim of a hat if wearing one.
just a bit of info for those who dont know as i know he was joking
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COOK ME SOME FOOD DAMNIT!!!!!-Chef Rush 2024.