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Awesome review man I'm happy you liked the suff inside. BTW Hamburger is bacon we got that from Germans and Austrians into our cuisine (Hamburger Speck): Cooked bacon, in the region also popular under the name of hamburger, is made of streaky pork back fat. The cross-section displays evenly distributed meaty and fatty parts. Streaky cooked bacon is mildly smoked and has quite a juicy taste. We eat this kind of bacon often for breakfast.
Sardines are popular food here since we have a long coastline, real name for this fish is European pilchard.
Best Regards from Croatia
Crombat Rations Honesty the word makes more sense when ham is used. Ham burger. I laughed as a kid because we got beef when it sounded like we should get pork.
Yeah European bacon is much different than our US. They have more of a pork belly....yummm
Crombat Rations. This is where the confusion comes from: Certain German street foods are named after the city where they come from. Frankfurter, Berlinner (a kind of Bagel), Hamburger from? Yep Hamburg. It has nothing to do with it being made from ham, a Hamburger is always made from beef.
Karl P hamburger speck is totally different kind of food in Hamburg.
Cromat Rations. I was waiting for this. You are correct. But it leads into what I mentioned that a lot of German/Austrian food gets named after the Town where it got provinence.
Given that my German side family comes from Hamburg, I know about "Hamburgers" , but I'm also aware of speck (love it) which may have the same provinence. The "Hamburger" as such, as street food (stalls etc) is at least 300 years old. It's a wonderful world. Just don't get a Rheinlander talking about where Frankfurters come from.
Croatian food in general is very tasty, the fresh stuff is delicious and even the canned meals are kept very natural - which is why you loved the simple beans and bacon one. Greetings from Germany.
You can find all of these in any local store in Croatia. The orange drink looks like Cedevita, very popular in Croatia. Also, if the honey is crystalized, that usually means it has no additives in it.
Since you seem to be informed on Croatian food, I'd like to ask you something:
I had a Croatian grandmother. Naturally, my mother was ethnically Croatian too, but she was not interested in that part of her heritage and never really talked Croatian to us kids and never really cooked Croatian food, or anything like that. I only got to eat Croatian food when I was at my granny's house and she used to make a orange looking stew with white beans and pork in it, that looked very much like the one in this video, but I am almost certain she didn't call it "Grah", but had another name for it. I totally forgot that name. Can you tell me if there is another name for this dish, or maybe another, very similar dish with another name?
@@TrangleC try looking for food as gulaš, paprikaš, perket. Those are all eaten here.
@@TrangleC another name for 'grah' is 'fažol' it depends on region your grandma comes from. 'ž' is pronounced similar to 'sh' but more like french, like that 'ge' sound in word prestige. I hope you understand haha. I don't think we have any other food with beans in it except grah/fazol so yeah it must be it
you need burek, ćevapi and rakija. the real food and drink
luka135 That is not from croatia. Burek je iz Bosne, cevapi takodjer a rakija iz srbije....
Burek je iz turske
Rakija nije iz srbije nego je to piće slavneskih naroda, odnosno nastala dok još nije bilo toga tko je hrvat tko srbin itd.
Čevapi su iz bosanski specijalitet
Je možda u tvojoj glavi.
@@ffffff4580 Nonsense. Burek is actually originally Turkish and brough by the Ottomans, however adapted and adopted by literally all ex-Yugoslavian countries so it cannot be claimed by anyone specifically. Cevapi are actually originally from the Middle East and also brought by the Turks and also adopted and adapted by virtually entire ex-Yugoslavia as a type of fast food. Rakija is a Balkan specific drink which possibly predates even the Slavic "migration" and is also produced in literally every country from Croatia down to Albania and Greece. Even further a similar drinks are made in Hungary and all the way to Poland and Czechia. Ne seri kvake kad nisi bravar...
I really like your easy way of describing the rations. No gimmicks, good description of flavors. Kudos.
MsKestrela thank you! Honestly, I wouldn't know how to do it any other way. Just eat and talk. No need for more.
"so letd take a look inside"
(pulle out sword to cut peice of tape) lmao
cstrng12 I hoped that would get a laugh.
lovee the video, thumbs up from croatia :)
Paprenjak: peprendžek Hahahaha
hahaha
Ahhaaha
Hamburger is not mistranslated... in croatia besides the patty hamburger, hamburger is also a type of bacon
tonycerki whatever it is, it was delicious.
RC Gusto when I watch Steve1989 review of that mre he also pick the beans with bacon for dinner,but we eat beans usually for a lunch..
@@nevenmilat2729 steve1989 didn't eat beans with bacon, he ate beef goulash. that was type 2 mre, this is type 3.
@@rcgusto2427 its called a hamburger for the same reason as the sandwich... it originated from the german city of hamburg and its a style of steamed/cooked bacon as opposed to the usual dried/smoked bacon. it's really good and pretty common in balkans.
"meat from Hamburg". Bacon, later grinded (the idea of grinding probably comes from times of Ottoman wars), nowdays it means just grinded meat between two slices of some pastry. But it means "from Hamburg" and it is widely known as processed bacon throughout Europe.
i am 15 years old and im watching mre reviews im proud of myself (greetings from greece everybody)
Χαρης Μπαλατσουκας thank you for watching!
Just bought a couple MRE's from my local surplus store. These things are great, thanks for making videos on them.
Great job! I found you from Steve's channel and just subscribed. I love your reviews!
Melissa Fleming thank you!
Glad you liked the sardines, super good for you food keep eating some. Great review...
Grest review of a great ration. So glad you liked the sardines, when you said you've never tried them I went "Oh no..!" They're a bit polarising, but Europeans tend to love them (and herrings too).
Karl P they were good! Just like canned tuna.
Karl P I like sardines (when I first tried them I was uncertain if I would or not), but I've never tried herring. I enjoy most seafood so there's a good chance I would enjoy them as well.
Fixy Clary. You'll like herrings.
+RC Gusto That is because Sardines and Tuna belong in the same family of fish...along with the Mackarel which I personally like the most. In Croatia we colloquially refer to all these as "blue fish" based just by their physical appearance...I am guessing Herring would be considered "blue fish" as well but we don't have those in Croatia since it's a North Atlantic fish which obviously doesn't live in the Mediterranean and/or Adriatic Sea.
Great job, and very cool review. You divided and conquered all 3 meals very well. All items looked highly edible. As you stated, that, Hamburger, looked an awful lot like bacon, pork, agreed. Seems like someone in an earlier review, came into same translation. BTW, The beans and pork looked delicious from my viewpoint also. Great job, Peace, John.
Hamburger is in Croatia also type of bacon (at least for couple of hunderts of years). Hamburger as ground meat stzeak in a sandwich like McDonald's, Burger King etc. came much later.
Janko Ehrlich-Zdvorak thank you. This was new to me
I only watch this channel when i hve the munchies
StankSentinel you are welcome to have the munchies anytime.
RC Gusto are married or with anyone? If so you should do a MRE taste test with them
Elite Droid I'd enjoy that, but my wife would try it in a million years.
Spider it's so tempting to say "nice"...but out of respect for Steve, I just can't do it. And yes, the beans had that effect, which my kids thought was hilarious
StankSentinel same here :D
It seems like everybody and their mother is reviewing rations these days, but you and Steve are still the best out there, keep up the good work man!
Bryant W. thank you! There seems to be a trend even with some bigger name youtubers doing rations.
Always love seeing a new review from you pop up, just got a chance to see it, wonderful as always RC.
Just reviewed the B-component of that RCW Menu 5..... a few things had gone bad apparently... worst cotton-mouth I've ever experienced. The drink mixes were amazing though!
BTemple chocolate brownie?
The nuts in that seemed fairly ok actually, not too discoloured at all, but it had gotten fairly dry and hard. The oatmeal cereal bar was what really made my tongue swell and mouth turn into cotton. Even the M&M's had a weird taste, and little flecks of white on them that kinda looked like mold. Weird.
Put the review up on MREInfo.com in the "Other US Rations" section
BTemple dang. Sorry to hear that. It's always a chance with old stuff, but well worth it for the adventure
Oh of course it's always a crap-shoot. Just very happy to have the opportunity to try them out. For the most part it was great!
Love your videos as always.(greetings from Finland)
I have tried the coffee candy this summer and I loved it, the sardines tho I have them most of the time!
RC Gusto great review and ration. those beans and ham bits looked awesome! I don't think your daughter did though. LOL
keep up the great work.
Great review.
Regarding the Beans with hamburger, I have no idea why the company called it hamburger, it's literally just thick bacon and ham with beans, it's a very common meal here in Croatia, Eastern Croatia at least.
Mega Gaming it was amazing
because that type of baked bacon is for some reason called hamburger in Croatia, its not just that company
that is basically this www.pik-vrbovec.hr/polutrajni-suhomesnati-proizvodi-g10-p53?lang=hr probably best tasting type of bacon
It's kind of cooked bacon, Germans and Austrians call it Hamburger Speck so this isn't just Croatians use this word for different kind of bacon.
Now that explains it, but I have never heard someone calling it like that, but hey, you learn something every day.
In Mexico we have something similar called Frijoles charros, we put beer into them
Nice review ! I also enjoyed this ration and thought that there is a hamburger in the can ;). It is interesting what you've said about honey. You should taste the buckwheat honey - it is dark as coffee and 5 times stronger than this mixed flower from this ration. I will send a sample if there will be an occassion
Delicious awesome! I love dark honey. We need to work out some exchanges between us
RC Gusto OK, I'll send you an email
Well, guess I'm not going to sleep yet.
Arie Heath thanks for watching instead of sleeping
amazing job gusto, you never disappoint!
tidus4531234 thanks! I appreciate you watching!
Awesome review. Man........The bacon and beans actually made me hungry. LOL
haha! what a knife! I beat you are slicing bread with katana!
Nick Chernuha my favorite knife--it's Dexter Morgan's kill knife
RC Gusto When I saw that the first thing I thought was whether or not Crocodile Dundee called you and asked for his knife back!
Fixy Clary that knife was custom made for me by a youtuber called Green Beetle. Check him out. His video of making that knife is on his channel
+RC Gusto Will do.
RC Gusto e
love the reviews,keep it up
Gerardo Hernandez thanks! Will do!
Just finding you, and enjoying the reviews, but I think I would have made some rice to put that bean dish over. Soak up some of the juice.
Crystallized honey is delicious. It makes a rich spread. If you don't like it, a warm/hot water bath will return the honey to liquid (put the container in the water, not just the honey (for those who haven't done it)).
For future reference, in croatian the 'j' actually makes a 'y' sound, so the paprejak (honey/pepper/ground nuts/gingerbread-ish spiced biscuits) is said 'papreyak'. Pretty neat to see, it's not too MRE-specialized (more a collection of grocery/restaurant supply items) and not too difficult to recreate given that it's all/nearly all Podravka stuff.
OrangeCrusader good to know. All I know is that stuff was delicious. My daughter loved it.
well it's true what you said about j, but not in this case, letter "j" is a part of digraph letter "nj" which is read like first part of word NEW (ɲ)
As OrangeCrusader mentioned most of these can actually be bought in any Croatian grocery store. I am guessing in the US you could probably find most (if not all) of these items in any "Euro market" type stores...I know there are those all around US and Canada since there are very large Croatian (and other ex-Yugolsavia) expat communities in those countries.
Its "papernjak" nj is one letter in our (Croatian) language. Its really hard to learn xD
Great review man! Its food from
My homecountry, you can buy everything in the regular shops there :)
Gusto the reason why the previous one was raided by customs officials was that certain fruits espcially one from other countries are actually banned here in the us
i love sardines. also crystalized honey is also i think better than regular, because its easier to spread and work with.
Gren Moyo this was a great ration. Sardines were surprisingly good. Great thing is honey never goes bad. Crystallized was just fine--can be liquified by microwaving for a few seconds
Amazing video :) Thank you from the heart :)
Today I just watched this video and I liked it. I have a question, how do the Croations heat this food up and where are the utensils to eat this food?... Thank you
When i was in the army we used zippo lighters... 😁
Spoon, fork, knife and mess kit are standard gear of Croatian soldier, also we know how to light a fire to heat the food!
the bones in a sardine ar very very fragile so thats why you didnt notice them rcgusto
sweet review...was that Dexter's knife in the beginning
That skull with the ration spoon makes me want to never eat another ration again.
Love your reviews!
Thomas Allan Pedersen thank you for watching!
RC Gusto Well, keep doping such a great job, and i will continue watching them. Would love trying some og these rations, but i can't find them.
WOW was the knife big enough to get the box open?!?!
there are bones in the Sardines the curing process makes them soft so you can eat them. it gives you extra Calcium
Happy New Year Skull Spoon!
the bones in sardines are soft from being cooked during canning, i like the type in mustard
ThisFish good to know
Another great video! ☺
Im glad you liker our food :)))
down the hatch..RC your funny as hell..cheers and applause
Bo Riddle thank you!
gusto your going places keep up. the great work love the reviews
Nice blade! What make and model was that?
G M Parks it was made custom for me. It is a reproduction of Dexter Morgan's kill knife. TH-camr by the name of "Green Beetle" made it for me.
in croatia,serbia and montenegro every soldier got mess kit thats why you didnt got spon,fork and knife.
I had sardines when I was a kid. They had mustard on them. Was really good. Just got to watch out for the bones.
if honey is crystallized after some time, that means it's a proper natural honey, not some sugar molasses with a hint of honey.
I actually live in Croatia and it's fricking cold in here.
AZGameplay same here. Glad I'm headed to Florida tomorrow
Hey man -10 isn't cold it's just right :)
AZGameplay Yea
late night binge watching!
Cypress Esparza sweet
Gusto to Crocodile Dundee: You call that a knife? This is a knife!
00:58 now that's a knife!
Another great vid Gusto
where did you get your wedding ring/what is it made of? silicone? My husband is an Airman, and he has always wanted one of those
Vilaeyan qalo.com
RC Gusto Thank you!
If you really liked the sardines, you really should try the version in tomato sauce with vegetables, same can, superb taste. You can order it online pretty sure. A soldier could live just of those forever (not kidding).
what happened to your right arm? burn?
Maximilian Ambrose birthmark
Ah, things have changed. No more Rambo biscuits. These look rather good. Those from 90s could have been used as weapon. Real treat for teeth.
Yeah, true. We called it "brick" :)
IM CROATIAN.
THANKS TO OPENNING CRO MRE.:-)
those coffee candies look alotvlike charms
Oh and by the way I just checked and grah s hamburgerom translates to beans with bacon
I am glad sanity has prevailed! Thank you for giving this response. I have always maintained that "hamburger" = cow while "bacon" = pig. What was in that can was not cow. The look alone ought to have answered the question, but having a translation makes it all real!
I’m not sure if someone else mentioned it but if you’re gonna heat up the honey, please PLEASE take it out of the package first. Even a few seconds in the microwave could cause trouble
5:05 ja vec mislio da ce pojest samu pastetu hahaha
hi man im from croatia 😊
Keti Roso hello!
thats not a knife this is a knife
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Crocodile Dundee
Stephen Jones it's Dexter Morgan's kill knife
We in croatia have 2 words on saying bacon we say slanina or sometimes hamburger...hopfuly i cleared some confusion for you
Imamo mi i više riječi za to. Špek. Panceta. Vjerojatno bi se našla još poneka. :)
why does the turkey have some dutch on it? I don't know if any of the others also have dutch but it's so weird becuase the only place they speak dutch on the other side of Europe.
younes nafih I was wondering the same thing.
I hope im not mistaking but that is German word also? Hope im not wrong or offending Dutch but Podravka is also very popular in Germany and Austria and their translation priority is German and English.Also probably because Germans like hams and sausages so thats probably Podravka's best seller there.
I didnt do any research this is just speculation so dont be mad if I got something wrong.
Did you notice some weird whispering at 3.21?
Rachel Spenser that was my daughter. She was behind me playing with legos
Thank goodness for that, freaked me out lol
DUDE NICE KNIFE WHERE'D YOU GET IT
EliteGaming Squad13 it's a replica of Dexter Morgan's kill knife. Made for me by a TH-camr by the name of Green Beetle. Check him out
Thank you very much I will
Actually honey is probably the only nourishment that never decomposes. It has no expiration date and, if it crystallizes, means it is real honey and not some honey-flavored artifitial syrup.
Fernando MCC you're absolutely correct. To dissolve the crystals, just heat it gently. Never goes bad. It also has natural antimicrobial properties, in fact, we use a honey formulation in wound care medicine.
You also don't need to heat it up in a microwave oven...just pour some hot water in a cup or bowl (depending on the size and type of the package) and put the honey in the hot water for a couple of mins...it should revert to it's original viscous state. ;)
Great video
did you know that q tip
lol "oklahoma pronunciation". Okies for life!!
hunterhamilton9 yes. Where in OK are you?
RC Gusto Okc born n bred. How about u Gusto?
hunterhamilton9 born in OKC, grew up in Muskogee, now in Jenks.
RC Gusto Right on! You're videos are great. Can I email u about a civilian ration that I acquired after the tornado that hit in May 2013?
couldn't find a bigger knife
The way he tried to spread narezak on cracker is funny😂
Sardine bones are edible, they are really soft to chew on.
You need to try are older mre from 90s (CSO 1-10)
why? beside even these are hard to find
Fun fact ..... podravka (company) is best food compqny in croatia
I'd love to get my hands on an mre
AtHx Psych they're pretty easy to find. Amazon or eBay for USMREs. The international ones take a bit more searching
RC Gusto sweet I'll check it out
Hamburger means bacon
I have no idea why the can says its hamburger, it's clearly 'spek', which is basically chunks of bacon as you correctly identified. It's basically Croatia's version of Pork n' beans.
Shame you didn't get the pork luncheon and sardines with vegetables. Those are much better in my opinion.
hamburger also means bacon 8n croatian
Hrvatski i francuski MRE su meni subjektivno najbolji obroci namjenjeni vojnim snagama..
I'm from Croatia and this all in my fridge 😁
Looks like one of the requirements to become a Customs agent is a complete disregard of anybody else's property.
Now,that's a knife.
Metalman200xdamnit yes! Custom made by TH-camr "Green Beetle"
He did a great job for you.
His cup says cRombat rations
yeah because that's our name croatia+combat rations = crombat rations
South OKC!
falloutmule nice! Jenks here.
btw. regarding the honey. That is what "normal" organic honey from the wilds should taste and the fact that you think it is rich and better dues to the fact that in our supermarkets
nowadays there is only shit honey to buy....
Armin Repic typical honey here in the states is usually clover honey. I love wild honey that is darker and stronger flavored. This was great stuff
@@rcgusto2427 Maybe check online for varieties? My search in Germany on Amazon brought up loads of different honey's, but oddly non from clover. I even found one from New Zeeland.
in beans is croatian meso
as a croat grah sa hamburgerom for us means beans with bacon since we call bacon a hamburger...there are lil differences with špek...but yea all that is same thing...bacon
i like that walrus cartoon.....
His name is Šime
It does say "with hamburger" on the tin, so they probably mislabeled it
no they didnt mislabeled ..;) we call that and i write u on the top everything about that!! ;)
Damir Filipovic daj nauci engleski ili pisi na srpskohrvatskom, nemoj ovako nakaradno
Misli se na Hamburger Speck tj. Hamburger Špek. Austrijski naziv za slaninu, tipično kuhanu i dimljenu slaninu.
Becon is Spek
*keks intensify*