2004 British 24hr Operational Ration Pack MRE Review Curried Lamb UK ORP Army Meal Tasting Test
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- These British 24 hour Ration Packs are designed to last between 3-5 years. Check out how well this 12 year old one has held up! A mixed bag, and with unusual and out of production components that make this one a heck of a rare treat!
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LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
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"That's really weird, but I just keep eating it."
We know Steven, that's why we're here.
That sounded so cute :)
steven or steve
Lol yes, true
UK MOD 2004 -- "Our troops can't go hungry if they are perpetually nauseous.
"Tastes like body odor." Keeps drinking it. Yup, you're at Steve's channel.
Hammer U its like when he smells something bad and cant stop smelling it hahahaha. gets me everytime.
Hammer U He does this so much.
Hammer U LMFAO
which is why I come back and continue watching
cool.
The way Steve describes Rations makes me want to see him eat in an actual nice restaurant. It must blow his mind.
Used to have 'Biscuits AB' in some packs.
AB = Alternative Bread, but we all referred to it as 'Anal Blockage'.
You could build a house with biscuits brown!!!!!,I remember braking a "tooth" on one of those biscuits during a exercise in Tidworth 1995, when I see a house brick ,I always smile 😷 🚑🏁 good days B BTY Royal horse artillery
@@marklloyd4087 why is "tooth" in quotations
@@user-gs6wt5op7p Because British people don't have teeth
@@Zulgurub that's not cool
"it's 12 years old"
that horrifying moment when 2004 feels like yesterday
Enxiaty omg 😂 serious?
Dee C so does 1984 & i was 11.
....and I graduated the following year 😩
Enxiaty Jesus dude I know I'm five months late but your desperation is still just as palpable
2004 was yesterday, as was 1994, and 1984... at least how my mind works. I guess people have different capacities of memory, which is why the world has ended up weird, since there are differences in people. Something society has yet to recognize.
'It kinda adds a disturbing living on the edge kind of feel to the rest of this food around it, but I think that's part of the allure'.
Steve perfectly summed up the entire channel in one sentence.
Leo How does this comment not have more likes? It's so accurate.
You know, I wonder if some of John Peel's soul was reincarnated in Steve - that's the kind of thing John Peel would have said.
@@KelseyDrummer . g ,f h.
I thought the same thing!
As a brit seeing you dunk those biscuits in the tea makes me proud!
DrEko2012 me too! 😊
...and me
Aye me too!
@@lalakers1984 and anyone who interrupts tea time, tell em to sod off! LOL
DeY aRe CaLlEd DiGeStIvEs
From experience the Pate smelt like cat food and the Biscuits Brown smelt stale in 2004 :-D
Madcap247 that lamb curry also deffo had a baby vomit smell to it fresh as well.
the herb pate tasted fowl it was the first thing on my trade away list but the beef one was really nice
Had to suck in those hard bastard brown biscuits lol and i liked the cat food, even with fruit biscuits..what can i say I'm not all correct in the head lol drink powder like sherbet as well haha
Those old British mre, were just as bad new.
....and he kept hold of the green sweets!!?? ;-)
Just more on Range Cards for those who have not done infantry training or from countries who don't use range cards...
The idea of a range card is that when a defensive position is set up you fill out the card with geographic features (dead ground mostly), ranges of notable features, claymore positions, barbed wire/obstacles other pits, listening posts/sentries and your designated arcs of fire. This means that you are not in your pit because you have been relieved or are off on a work party (or something else) somebody can jump into your fighting pit and know what is in front of them so that they can fight effectively. It's basically mandatory for the gun pits where piquet is usually run through the night and day by everybody in the section/platoon rotating through.
Although the circles make it look like a target that's not what it is -you draw a diagram on it that shows the features mentioned above. You're meant to designate a distance per ring such as 50m, which help people understand the ranges and locations of features quickly and easily.
"smells like baby vomit" "tastes like body odor" the descriptions in this episode were something else, haha
Catfood...
In fairness most British food tastes like that.
@@extramild1 where are you eating?
Bacon can sometimes be indestructible. In the mid nineteenth century, some builders in a village in the County of Essex, broke into an old chimney in the building they were working. Hanging in the chimney, was a side of bacon, that the building's owner estimated must have been sealed up in there since the seventeenth century - it had been hung there to smoke, of course. The interesting thing is that the builders ate some of the bacon, and pronounced it excellent.
That is the phenomenon that is cured meats. Tastes stronger, lasts longer. My favourite will always be Montreal smoked brisket.
@@jokerjoj.f.4212 I wonder if a lot of the taste factor is people being more likely to survive if they liked it.
Is there any way you could post a link to the story? *I need answers.*
Legend has it, it’s still there today.
I found some gammon steaks in my deep freeze that were 8 years past their BBE. They tasted fine, and were very tender.
I had one of these! My father brought one back from his short time in Iraq. This was so good remembering opening the packet as a young boy. As I recall I had sausage and beans, and spaghetti. The waterproof matches blew my mind at 9 years old!
Steve and Ian from "Forgotten Weapons" must be brothers. Both do amazing reviews of delightfully old/obscure military gear, both seem to know just about everything about their respective subjects, and both have righteous mustaches.
Truly.
David Meyer good ole gun Jesus.
Gun Jesus and MRE Jesus
Six years later and STILL no collaboration.
What would they collaborate on, Ed? There is no real overlap. You’d be making a cake from a crumb just to put them together. There’s just no “there” there. 🤷🏻♂️
I love hearing him say "nice!" After he opens everything
"Its so naff its cool" to those of you who arent British, that pretty much means: "Its so shit, is cool"
"Looks pretty good for twelve years old". One of the few contexts where that phrase is actually acceptable.
Half of the country in the world: “ are you sure about that
Hi Steve, I was a royal marine cadet, (in the U.K.) and these rations are similar to the ones that I used to eat on a regular basis on camp. The biscuits by the way, (in the packets) are designed to prevent you crapping on a regular basis. They actually were used to fill the soldier up and prevent them pooping, which means when on operations, they are less likely to be caught whilst on the toilet. The sweets also were mainly meant to be eaten when you are on the move to give short bursts of energy when fatigued etc. Interesting facts I thought you might want to hear. (Oh I forgot one thing, if you eat too many sweets in one go, they are essentially a laxative...) great content. Keep it up. Your number one fan. James
I was taught in ccf that the green biscuits stuff you up, the pink ones relieve you
I think they reformulated the rations a few years back which dont have the coloured biscuit packs in though, sadly.
I was always told that but i suspected it was bullshit . Guess i was wrong.
Fairly sure it is bullshit. This same stuff keeps getting told about every ration pack in every military, as they all tend to stuff you up. Add to that the usual military pastime of making up shit for fun and you get these weird legends about everything.
I never got bunged up by the rat packs as a cadet (1980 - 83) not as a regular (1983-2007), I did get to see many changes in the rat packs over that time, mostly improvements but some that were not (getting rid of Babies Heads', Cheese Possessed, Pink Death, Compo Sossies in a tin).
“biscuit fruit makes you toot, biscuit brown makes you frown”
The Steve I used to know would have tried the baby vomit
Tru dat.
N.ESS true
maybe he's developed a healthy respect for his own mortality.......not quite as entertaining though lol
Oh, you used to know steve?
+BenniboiBadman
If you are what you eat and what Steve eats lasts forever...
Then that means Steve will last forever.
You've chosen an interesting one to review Steve (great video by the way!). There were a few 'firsts' for this ration pack, that wouldn't be obvious today. First, really interesting you spot the clear rice packet - this *was* indeed a trial of sorts. The old 'British' foods were going out of favour (Corned Beef Hash etc...) so they thought they would try curries again, but for the first time with separate rice, never done before. At the time, they knew that British rations needed updating, but the thinking was that British troops liked the *idea* of MRE's more than the actual US type meals. So, the hot sauce was a sop towards the MRE style, also a very new thing. The pate tins were history a couple of years max after this era, after that you got Pate in commercially branded (made by Princes, but not available to buy retail) retort pouches and now not at all. Also, did you spot the rather interesting 'no girls' logo on the chocolate? Duncans of Scotland had supplied the MoD for years, and when the contract ended they went bust - long having abandoned any pretence of making chocolate for civvies in any serious quantity. At that time, Yorkie (Nestle formerly 'Terry's of York') stepped in and back then had an half sexist, half tongue-in-cheek campaign along the lines of 'Yorkie - It's NOT for Girls!'. Some ration pack chocolate had this changed to 'It's NOT for Civvies!'. Later on, all chocolate was removed since virtually all conflict has been in super hot places. I don't want to talk politics, but sadly since 2010 British Ration packs IMHO have been the worst in the world, with privatisation of the catering leading a 'race to the bottom' where nasty, preservative stuffed retort pouches are being imported from Thailand and the likes, together with cheap ricecake bars etc...
Was worried about Coronavirus, came here to be calmed down by Steve and realized, if we could synthesize his immune system, we can end the virus tomorrow
HahA
covid: *infects steve*
steve's immune system: "So you have chosen... death"
@@saninorochimaru2 Haha, nice.
"That tastes like body odor." Love it.
NICE!
Brother, I use your vids to go to sleep. I have horrible trouble sleeping and your vids are relaxing and mind numbing. I love your vids man.
Yep, I fall asleep to YT vids with the intent of watching them in their entirety, never happens. Lol
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Edward Merida I use them to sleep too!!
Me too!
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was anybody else nervous when he held the tray in his hands together with both glasses?
Stocklee lol he can do it cause he's a professional
I thought he was gonna have a FailArmy moment.
well thats pretty... nice :)
Stocklee yes lol
Only for a sec, then I remembered just who's holding that tray. The tray man himself!
i can confirm that the pate looked, smelled and tasted as steve describes when it was "fresh" in 2004
This one is from my infantry soldiering days; you got a great menu ORP here. Few points:
Oatmeal biscuits are amazing
Bacon and beans was the best breakfast to get, totally agree it's smokey and there's lots of it as a bacon:beans ratio
Biscuits brown smell and feel stale but are actually great for something so simple, put the Yorkie chocolate in bewtwen two like an un-melted smore and it's heaven
The hot chocolate mix you use some of the water from the mess tin you heated the bacon and beans in (the rest is for shaving and cleaning the cam cream off) and with the sugar already in it (don't add more) it really wakes you up
The pate goes straight in the empty sandbag to be thrown away
The boiled sweets are for when you are on sentry at 0200 in the morning, if you focus on keeping them moving around your mouth, touching each tooth as it goes, you won't fall asleep
The juice powders are great but you can't let them sit in your water bottle for long or they'll stick to the inside and you'll have a rotten water bottle in no time
Hot sauce goes in the curry; the little bottles of tabasco that came before this were far better than whatever those sachets were
When it's cold and wet, the stock drink will change your life
I wish I was as passionate about something in my life like Steve is for MREs... That being said, I never miss a video! Keep it up Steve!
Just need a hobby my man.
In the mid 80s I became strangely obsessed with the Vietnam War (I'm British & we didn't really have any real involvement over there), but ever since then, anything I find interesting online that harks back to that is interesting to me... I came to this channel about a year ago from a Vietnam era MRE and now I am pretty much addicted to watching these! I mean this video alone, after only 24 hours online has had almost 100k views... thats a lot of people interested in watching a bloke eat stuff for soldiers from years ago! Mental right? I love it though and big love to Steve1989 for his channel!
"its that hot sauce that burns" (cuts to next scene) "Nice"
The hot sauce is for the main meal.
The pate is for snacks throughout the day with the Biscuits, brown
The oatmeal block is best in a mug with hot water, biscuits brown and sugar when you are hanging out your arse after a night on stag in the rain.
The curry is not for lunch. The snacks, biscuits, tea/ coffee and sweets are for lunch. The curry is for evening meal with the dumplings for dessert, both piping hot.
The orange drink is commonly known as 'Screech'!
I have eaten thousands of these 'Rat Packs'!
You eat whatever you want for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Maybe he means as in, best for circumstances
"Well that smells like body odour. weird. it literally does. I don't know why I am going back for more. It's not that bad." Steve your videos are often comical, educational and cool. thank you!
Steve's voice is so calming like Bob Ross. His enthusiasm is so sincere and contagious. Love your work, Steve!
Exactly!
“ the soup tastes like body odor “ 😂😂😍😍
Man, I miss those old packs.
It's odd that the yorkies didn't have the "NOT FOR CIVVIES!" gag on the back of them though.
No really, they used to have that line on them. It was a joke take on the Yorkie "not for girls!" tagline.
I remember having even older packs than this which had some off brand chocolate in a white wrapper with a red stripe going down it.
The hot sauce was replaced with a little tiny bottle of tabasco pretty quickly.
Btw, that orange drink?
We used to clean toilets with it. It was (colloquially) called "screech". It did a better job of that than it did as a drink! You'd need about 3 litres of water to make it sort of palatable. If we had to drink it, we'd just mix at most 1/4 of the powder into a cup at a time. Also, we *never* put it in our water bottles. It'd stink the things out and they'd smell like that for literally years.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH'
😂 😂 😂 WHAT ABOUT BISCUITS BROWN, TWO PACKS OFF BISCUITS THAT WOULD STICK IN YOUR THROAT, AND A SMALL POT OF MEAT WHICH WILL ONLY GO ON TWO BISCUITS, AND YOUR LEFT WITH A PACKET AND A HALF
😡, OH WHAT JOY BROKEN TEETH
😂 😂 😂 😂
Gareth Fairclough I remember the advert for YORKIES. For truckers. Can you imagine the screech from feminists these days over that advert? Lol.
@@pommiebears It's even funnier now ......th-cam.com/video/HGvjGJ9II9Q/w-d-xo.html
lloyd biscuits brown
Guaranteeing that your next shovel recce will feel like a religious experience.
@@marklloyd4087 I swear it was those biscuits brown that stopped me having a shit for 3 days. I got back off excercise and had some proper scoff and had a mahoosive dump afterwards.
Man, what a shame the Lamb Curry was shot. Cool find and you are right these things are super rare. Cheers!
Instant tea is an abonimation unto the Camelia, it should be burned with fire & erased from history!
+Steve1989MREinfo:
I miss the days when you'd try it anyway!
Smells like Baby Vomit? Taste the Rainbow! :D
The amount of these we used to throw away after exercises lol always took the chocolate out tho :)
Smells like baby vomit? Nothing wrong with that then!
Swap ya =P
How can anyone thumbs down these videos? Thanks Steve they are awesome.
Let's put this out onto a tray.... Nice!
Never get tired of it :)
MoD Curried Lamb has 'Natural Yoghurt' so that's going to be the ingredient that failed.
Liking the "They live" poster! Awesome movie which is more than just a movie.
The Ulsterman I'm here to expose the new world order and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum.
The Ulsterman Sure, not a word about that killer Christopher Walken shirt? You are relieved of duty, son.
"And who are you, little fella? Come to tell them where I am? Not nice..."
"he's...rowdy Roddy peeper."
*dramatic close-up of grounds keeper Willie
that movie has the longest fight scene I have ever seen
Been watching for about half a year and I have you say your videos are really *slight pause* nice.
the highlight of your channel isn't even the MRE's, particularly. it's you. you are one of the most charismatic people I've ever seen. you could literally make anything seem interesting. you are spectacular
it thw passion and care put into it it cantagous
This brings back memories! The yorkies in England used to have a tag line as “there not for women” hence the women with a line through it,
The military ones had the tag “there not for civies” the powder we called screech powder, I loved the stock drink so shame it looked off. the oat cake you can eat by itself or mix with water to create a porridge. Great content, keep it up!
This guy sounds like the coolest person on the planet
He's definitely up there on the list
Steve is the man. Nobody does this stuff better.
he issss
Damn right.
Nice hissssss
The fruit dumplings weren't popular Steve so they got rid of them. I loved them so got everyones! Later Yorkies in UK ration packs had the slogan, "Not for civvies" written on the wrapper. All we get now in our ORP biscuit wise is the oatmeal block; no chocolate either! See if you can get your hands on an old school UK Arctic ration pack - that's be a coup. Shame about the curry, when fresh it was brilliant.
9:45 - Love the _They Live_ poster in the background!!
Aleatha Vogel 👍
Steve I've watched all your videos more than once. Thanks for the knowledge and the entertainment. No ads, no bullshit, and true passion for what you're interested in. And somehow you made all of us interested as well. Your channel is appreciated by millions.
I swear these edits are getting funnier every time
Torico. "Looks like the kind that burns.. Nice!,
my man steve is ripped
jon jaquez because he eats army food 24/7
The secret power of eating nothing but military rations.
MENTAL ADVICE!! Food is only half the equation to getting ripped like that.
tygonmaster tell me about it ! But I'm getting there !
I think he does landscaping stuff for a living, so you kind of get pretty fit lifting stuff and moving around so much. Plus, he might or might lift weights in addition to that.
Man i miss these kinda ration packs, used to have them as an army cadet. Love the comments further down about the biscuits brown bunging you up and the biscuit fruit doing the opposite. i heard (and beleived) that rumour too though i remember doing 3 days in the field during out annual camp and never needed the toilet so the entire ration pack must be designed to do that either that or you're expectd to need the nutrients from them that much that your body absorbs almost everything from it so it doesnt leave any waste material for you to poop, loved the biscuit fruit but didnt like the browns anywhere near as much.
I can remember the 'big trade' that always took place after we had our ration packs distributed, everyone opening them up and finding out what boil in the bag meals they had. and you'd hear 'Anyone trade a fruit dumplings and biscuit brown for a chocolate pudding' and similar as people tried to trade what they didnt like for what the did. I ended up with 10 packets of biiscuit fruit in those 3 days as only me and 1 other guy in my section liked them.
He is holding a tray with two beverage filled glass cups with one hand and eating with the spork on the other hand. I swear, every time I see another one of his videos, he gets even more badass.
I love that you're branching out into foreign and new/new-ish rations!
Love watching it, thanks for the reply dude! Made my day!
'Getting to try food from around the world' Hahaha Lol!
It's certainly an interesting way of discovering cuisines from around the world!
the czech one was awesome, wished i could eat it too
MRE ration videos are my more recent guilty pleasure. And your videos do not disappoint!
When I was in during 2006 we used to get a little bottle of tabasco sauce. When in the field most of my friends hated tabasco, so my jacket pocket would be full of tabascos. I would just drink them straight on a really cold day to warm the cockles of my heart, or load it on top of a biscuit brown.
I delivered to Tabasco, Avery Island 3 weeks ago. Got 2 bottles just for being there. No minis,though. U.S. MREs have gone with lowest bidders/ flavor of the week.
Thank you for having such a peaceful voice. Im so stoked to see your videos from end to end when they drop. Im also stoked to play these videos all over again to help me keep the intrusive thoughts out of my head so i can sleep. Im not really kidding. I kinda need these videos to help me get some rest. Its one of the few things that work.
just a heads up, the meals should have been:
breakfast: bacon and beans with oatmeal block or biscuits, dead fly (fruit)
lunch: soup, biscuits brown (or AB as they were originaly called, we called them biscuits arse buster, supposed to be alternative bread)
dinner: curry and rice, with fruit dumplings for desert (yes us brits get a desert which is nice)
other bits and bobs to be eaten through the day as desired. also the tea to a brit is terrible its one sachet per pint. and the sugars are 2 teaspoons per packet. the boiled sweets are great, always had a good exchange on boilies especially as i liked the green ones, so i managed to swap one of my reds for 5 greens, or 2 reds for someones oatmeal block, crumble it up, add 2 creamer and 2 sugar couple dead fly biscuits and a touch of hot water, and you get a decent porrige
we also got fruit dumplings in butterscotch sauce, that was a treat. nothing on treacle sponge however that thing could be weaponized to rot teeth at a thousand paces. least you didnt have cheese possessed sorry processed, crunchy cheese, a odd sensation.
if you do get another i would advise dropping the pate in boiling water with a meal as the meat absorbs the fat and becomes more edible and less catfood. sadly your curry and pate had gone off over time as the curry used to be the most popular dish. pate was always crap though.
and on the subject of yorkies, the original ones had a picture of a stopsign with a diagonal strike through over a woman inside and the tagline was its NOT for civvies, a play on yorkies marketing of its not for girls
as a british person, I can confirm yorkies are lovely.
you can get yorkies with rasins and biscuit in.
What's with the anti female logo ?
David Pejuan because it's chunkier than a regular chocolate bar as a gimmick it was marketed for men with the tag line "it's not for girls", but as you can imagine everyone got offended in the early 2010s so they scrapped it and called it "Yorkie original"
its not for girls !
JaninePhoenixStarr 😷
"those smell stale. not bad!"
i love this channel so much
This was a pretty packed ration set! Its crazy how a lot of rations went from bring in aluminium and tin cans to plastic wrap and vacume sealed. Man we have the technology! Thanks for sharing Steve!!! 😀😀😀
Good job holding the tray one handed with two drinks, nice.
Here within first 30 minutes of upload. love ya Steve
Fuaarrkk youre the man
Crispy Kush cheers bro, youre the man too 🍻🍻
Fuaarrkk the people are so nice here as opposed to every other TH-cam channel
If you don't arrive within 30 minutes you get your advert for free.
Your genuinely enthusiastic tone makes your videos all the more wholesome :)
Keep up the good work and try not to get too sick
You are THE BEST!!! No matter what it smells like or taste like you just PLOW THROUGH IT!! Your videos are timeless Steve!!
I've tried this one! Wayback when I went on a bivvying trip and we had these provided, I remember having treacle pudding the most clearly, it was one of the sweetest things i've ever eaten. We all swapped round the meals and I think I ended up with burger and beans for breakfast.
i always want to eat something when I watch these
THUG PUGG I always do. ramen noodles, cheese its, or whatever I can find
THUG PUGG me too. see everyone gets it!😎
same
I eat dinner while I watch them. lol
Your insecurities I do
Hey great review as always thanks. I joined in 2004 so I've eaten a few of these things from fresh. The curry used to be good but I guess after shelf life it doesn't age well that's a shame. The custard in the dumplings used to be more liquidy than that I think it dried out over time. Really delicious though from what I remember. Also the curry is supposed to be for dinner with the dumplings as a desert. Traditionally we only lit stoves in the morning and evening for heating up the food pouches. So for lunch we just ate the cold items such as brown biscuits and pate, orange juice drink, fruit biscuits boiled sweets and oatmeal block. There is an even rarer Yorkie bar that says not for civvies on it. A play on the Yorkie advertising slogan not for girls (hence the crossed out woman on the front of the wrapper) implying it was very manly chocolate. Thanks for the video it was a trip down memory lane :)
YES!!! I absolutely love the videos with unique NICE cuts!
Do you film these all at one time or do you actually wait till breakfast, lunch, and dinner time to eat them?
exiarules I was wondering that myself! The editing is flawless enough that we can't tell haha.
exiarules I'm pretty sure he has said in the past that he actually waits for breakfast lunch and dinner
awsm can confirm
Alright thanks
I think he does or should because the newer rations contains higher amounts of calories/nutritions for a person that's out walking around all day burning energy. It would do damage to your body to eat it all at once
You know Steve, you have some of the highest quality and consistent vids on TH-cam. Whenever a new one comes out I know it's gonna be.... Nice.
Steve1989MREinfo thank you so much for your videos. Even tho I have no interests in MREs. I still watch all your videos. From the way you speak and act it's shows you are a nice respectable person. Big thanks 👍
Love your enthusiasm for eating army rations even if they look and taste like crap! I use to be in the Army Cadets in the UK in the late 80's and we use to get issued with British Army 24 hour arctic ration packs. Some which are familiar to some of the items in this pack. Keep the videos coming. Great viewing.
you should make a q&a video! I'm sure people have many questions to ask you. awesome video as always. nice :)
I've been watching your videos for awhile now Steve, and what I find amazing is that not only are you usually eating rations that most people would throw away, but you're a food reviewer that has a MUCH better vocabulary than the overpaid hacks on the Eater channel that are "reviewing" $1000 steaks. And watching them try to eat sushi just makes me want to slap them into next month.
Always a pleasure watching these!
I love your vids. Always excited to hear the hiss assessment. Parts of this vid felt a little rushed though. Maybe others freak out over vid duration but what draws me to this channel is how you take your time with everything. Still really enjoyed this. Keep em coming and I'll keep watching.
This made my day, THANK YOU STEVE!
When I was eating that ration freezing cold and wet to the bone. That was moral boost I did not need. Good review 👍 things have improved a lot since
I don't know why, but something about these videos i just love. I don't think you have a patreon but if you do id love to support the channel, keep up the great videos!
I love how optimistic he is about eating expired food lol must be why I'm binge watching his videos
Hey Steve!.
I noticed you read the comment in a previous video about showing you eating the food and have started doing it.
It's an interesting change that completely caught me off guard, definitely one that I think may add something to the videos, much like how the cigarette sections usually added something that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
Good to see you adjust things to stay informative and engaging, and this was a great review, glad you got to find out what a yorkie is like.
Bloody shame about the curried lamb though!
Keep up the awesome work mate!
Steve, you're awesome man. Love your personality lol, seem like such a laid back, kindhearted guy. Have a great day, looking handsome as always!
I like how he gives nice descriptions of the food and such,instead of just saying "it's good" or "it's not good"
My dad used to bring extras of these home with him. My sisters and I always got excited when we got them!
This is oddly therapeutic
Love the 24hr pack videos.
Dude I really like your videos. I don't know how I come across your channel but enjoy it.
I've only just 'discovered' your channel and I've been binge-watching. ;)
I just received a 10 pack of British ORP's in the post - menus 11 - 20. (Ebay is great sometimes)
They're completely different from 'compo' rations.
I'll eventually work my way through your vids so thanks for sharing!
hi Steve. the biscuit browns are meant for lunch. They are designed to block up your bowls so you don't need to poo. the biscuit fruits are designed to make you poo so you csn choose when you do your functions. the pate always smelt like cat food and taste like it too. I always liked the curry though
Hi Steve
We get a Yorkie in a purple wrapper over here too, it's the same but with raisins and bits of biscuit mixed in, one of my favs.
Omg how is Steve so funny without even trying- I literally laughed my ass off when he said "hm, smells stale!" It's all in the delivery. #nice
"I draw the line at weird 10-year-old canned chicken" I'm dead
Hey cutie
You are so right, having a bad day come and see Steve.
I just found your channel from emmymadeinjapan. And I am hooked on your videos! I find this so intriguing and you commentary is great! I am subbed and definitely watching more of your videos!
lmao i laughed so hard when you said it literally smells like baby vomit
just found this channel and i love it
That's what I'm talking about.... When he said 'this sauce looks like it'll burn..... (Switches over to a new tray) says, "NOICE".>>> LOVE THAT! FUNNY EDITIMG BRO.. KEEP DOING THAT! WE NOTICE THESE LITTLE EDITS AND THATS WHAT KEEPS ME ATLEAST COMING BACK EVERYTIME. I LOVE IT. GREAT VIDEOS BROTHER
These videos are just plain awesome.
i like and fav your videos before i even watch them because i know they're gonna be nice!
Fun fact, the lemon and orange drink were affectionately known as "screech". This is due to the noise you'd make if you simply ate it like sherbet. Also, the oatmeal block could be mushed with hot water to make oatmeal.
By far, the most hilarious review yet! Sad to say, I was eating when you said, "baby vomit". Dang near put me off my food! I'm catching up on some of your older vids, and having a great evening. Thanks, Steve!
Ok it’s 2 years old, only just found this channel but this cracked me up 😂 Brilliant.
“Oatmeal block” sounds delectable.
I hate that 2004, still feels like it wasn't that long ago.. but in reality it was 13 years ago >.<
I love your videos!! I'm glad the notifications are working again :) You and Emmy are my favourites!! The way the crazy russian hacker opens MRE's gives me severe anxiety, lol!! He is so fast and doesn't lay it all out.. but I love his sense of humour about it. Still though, you and Emmy are my top 2- the aussie is my third :)
We sent you half a million of these ration packs in 2005 because of hurricanes, there rarer than hens teeth over in UK enjoy ;) i was jealous of that bacon and beans, the newer ones look less flavoursome.
Why are these mre reviews so fucking awesome to watch?
Love your videos man. Your an awesome person!