Losing your sense of taste is a terrible thing to happen to a food content creator. It’s really interesting and inspiring how you’ve managed to pivot during the last few episodes and still make content. Hope everything is back to normal for you soon!
@@gisala1000 Not everyone who's gotten Covid has lost their senses of taste and smell. But the people I know had an EXTREMELY hard time breathing and had to go to the hospital.
It'd be really cool to see you re-review this same ration pack after you get your taste back to see if you can compare how you feel about it now and later
Jesus is coming, so please repent and turn Him and believe what He did to us so u may be saved🥰 He is our Lord and Savior and bc of Him we dont have to go to hell
I lost my senses of taste and smell for about 3 months. Then the phantom cigarette smell creeped in for a while. Now 6 months later I am a "super taster"... I can test the packaging the food is stored in, the metal its cooked in... Sometimes even the type of storage it was contained in. Its is sometimes awful. I really hope your senses come back to normal ! Absolutely love the channel.
@@laurelloaf I taste this too! Also the tinny flavor of canned tomato sauce or veggies. That's why I only get sauce in glass jars and fresh or frozen veggies.
Well our household is suffering with the flu, my husband and our 4year old little girl. We have been laying in bed a good bit and the only request my daughter has is “momma I want to watch Emmy!” She is literally obsessed with your channel and she pretends to be you at dinner and she has memorized your entire intro! 😂❤ thanks for this awesome channel!!
Flameless ration heaters don't contain any chemicals the way we'd typically think. In reality, they're more like disposable hand warmers. Hand warmers use a mix of ingredients along with iron powder. When exposed to air, the other ingredients help the iron oxidize (or rust) very quickly, which releases noticeable heat. Normally when things rust the heat is spread out over a very long time and is imperceptible. Flameless ration heaters take the same principle up a notch by using magnesium powder. When water is added to the powder in the presence of the surrounding air, another fast and even hotter oxidation reaction takes place.
Omg I have a chihuahua poodle and she smells amazing. I smell her all the time. My other dog is a poodle terrier mix and she smells like sweaty tacos 😂
You are just so delightful to watch and while TH-cam only gives a small glimpse of another person you seem like a genuinely wonderful person. Glad your senses are recovering, went through that myself, it was a weird but thankfully short experience. Now that a few months have gone by my sense of smell and taste are completely restored. Just hang in there! o/
You are such a joy to watch. You stay positive and smiling through spills, lack of proper heating and tasting unappetizing food yet you always found a bright spot through it all, I love these ration videos and am so glad that you're continuing to do them. I really hope and pray your taste and smell returns very soon.
For the beverage bag, the point of being a heat resistant bag is so you could add it to the flame less ration heater to get some hot water (in the event it worked). At least I believe that's why it's there 😊
Don't despair Emmy. You're taste and smell will come back. It may not be the same but it'll come back. I'd go out to a candle shop, some place with lots of variety in scents and just smell them to get that olfactory sense going. Then taste really strong tastes daily. Like eat 90 percent cacao, super flavor filled dishes you're used to eating essentially to get the taste buds going. Your body will remember how to do what it's supposed to. I doubt you've suffered some true genetic mutation. Even damaged tastebuds heal. Smokers report having taste come back after quitting smoking so think of it like that.
It’s a good sign it’s beginning to return for Emmy! Unfortunately my dad had Covid almost 2 years ago and STILL can’t taste or smell at all! I feel so badly for him because he’s always been so overly enthusiastic about food and I think it’s made him depressed.
I just recovered from COVID as well. I totally lost my sense of taste and smell as well during that time and I totally know what you're talking about with only tasting the food type but no flavor. It's maddening but it's getting better, glad you're healing up!
I got the phantom cigarette smoke 7 weeks after I recovered my sense of smell and taste. That lasted a week and then everything went downhill from there...Parosmia set in and most things smelled and tasted so wrong and so gross. Still dealing with it over a year later, but it has improved. I really hope you don't have to deal with any of that!
That sounds absolutely horrible. Had never heard that term before, so naturally I looked it up (curious person syndrome). Do hope you recover, for the sake of bacon.
I had to quiet drinking coffee cuz after I had covid when my hubby make coffee it smelled like a smoke house. It's been a year and I still smell that when he grew coffee. But everything else is good.
After a head injury, I had no sense of smell for a year then the cigarette smell for another year. It’s terrible because most food textures are gross without taste. I ate lots of salty pretzels because my tongue still worked.
Wow that’s a long time! I had phantom tastes and smells for months after I had covid. Mine wasn’t unpleasant, but nothing tastes like the item. My mouth blistered because I would eat a fruit and had no idea it wasn’t ripe enough. Kiwis hurt rlly bad.
I had Covid in Nov 2020 and still get random smells. It was really bad at the beginning…originally everything smelled like roasted turkey which was ok but then I woke up one morning to the strongest smell of what Incan only describe as rotting onions 🤢. Took months for that to go away and even now I still am not back to 100%
I'm sure others have noticed and commented, but the chapter names are from a previous video. It's okay though I had a good laugh seeing the chapter titled "making the brandy mixture" and initially thinking HUH MRE'S SURE HAVE CHANGED...LOL great video as always Emmy, glad you and your family are doing well.
This episode tried to take you down Emmy, but you kept going! Dual spills, dead mics, and yet you got there and took us along for the entertaining and educational ride - as ever, thank you!
Dud Taste Buds, Granola Goo, Mic Malfunction, Coffee Chaos & Flying Knives, Oh My! Even when things go Floopy, Emmy just Rolls with it Happy New Year! Also, No Winstons 😆
I had COVID just around Canada Thanksgiving. Cleaning up after my puppy was good but it was a curious thing to not smell or taste...I found that after a few weeks everything almost smelled and tasted sweeter? Hopefully you'll be tasting and smelling back to your norm soon. 😋 love you videos, very personable and genuine ❤️
I wonder if, as your sense of smell/taste slowly come back, you could try some recipes that are specifically catered towards people who can't taste and are mostly texture focused? I imagine texture would be a really big part of enjoying food if you're born without a sense of taste, or lost it. It would be cool to see cooking approached from that direction.
Good to hear you're getting back to normal, I can really relate to the small subtle smells of life being such a hidden treasure, it's so strange when they're gone for a bit. The video timeline labeling seems to be from the clear milk video, btw.
Right after you made the video eating the burnt orange, my son and I caught covid again. This time I've lost my sense of taste and smell and it's devastating. The enjoyment you got from eating food has disappeared. It's coming back slowly, and it's great to see yours is coming back too Emmy
I love how you kept all the mishaps in this video. This may be my most favorite video you have done. I hope you get your smell and taste back completely soon.
I wish that you had your taste! You’re so very eloquent, and descriptive when it comes to flavors. But you explaining everything without a sense of taste is also descriptive and eloquent. Thank you! Your contact is my favorite!
oh emmy😭 i do hope you regain your senses of smell and taste soon! i can imagine as a food content creator this is not fun. all the best to you and your family this 2023⭐️
Am I the only one who noticed she didn't follow the instructions correctly? At 6:19 you can see you place heater UNDERNEATH MRE (capitalization is from instuctions themselves 😁) and fold the top of the heater over the MRE, and the sleeve is meant to keep them in contact. Not the heater's fault, it was user error this time, sorry @emmymade 🥰
I currently have Covid; 2nd case in 4 months. I'm grateful that both times, I did not lose my sense of taste or smell. Hope you recover quickly. Love from Maine. ❤
Fun Fact: The Oralfactory bulb at the top of the sinuses? is actually part of the brain and the only part that lies beyond the 'blood brain barrier'. Its also subject to serious issues with bacteria and viruses attacking it constantly. It is the only part of the brain that is known to heal after injury. As you age, it takes longer to recover so for kids its a month, for middle age its 3 months, upper range is 6 months, if its really bad 18 months.
@@Aelffwynn report back why? You do understand what sarcasm is right? The girl say's she can't taste anything. Seems like a perfect time to do a taste test...🙃
I too lost my sense of taste and was left with a metallic taste for all fruit. So I couldn’t taste fruit or fruit flavoring at all. I finally gained my taste back almost a year later.
I hope your sense of smell and taste return soon and completely. You're so creative in making the best for us out of this situation, but you can hopefully use that creativity in other ways again very soon.
Oh hell yeah, I know how it feels to have the dropsy, and everything just slips out of your hands, I so happy that you're slowly getting your taste and smell back, my wife and I have been lucky enough not to get covid at all, but Melbourne Australia was the city of lockdowns, freaking brilliant video Emmy 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia
I tested positive a week ago Thursday and noticed taste was off and smell was completely gone. Watched a few videos and decided to give this a try. 2 cups water, one cup Apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon Cayenne pepper. Heat to boiling in a large pot. I took this large pot and headed to my recliner, put a blanket in my lap and set the pot down. Threw another blanket over the back of the chair and over my head, and spent 15 to 20 minutes in this steamy little tent, alternating deep breaths through nose, then mouth. Directly before doing this I could smell ZERO. Not peppermint essential oil, not coffee, nothing! After my 1st 20 minutes doing this I went back and tested and could smell those things again, maybe only slightly, but it was an improvement for sure. I've done this a few more times since then and my smell has pretty much come back to normal, and taste is improving as well. Definitely you should give it a try!
Oh god I’m so sorry that happened to you. That was my biggest fear when I got Covid but thankfully didn’t have that side effect. I hope your smell and taste return soon!
I also lost my sense of smell and for the first 2-3 days had a constant smell of burnt rubber in my nose. After that, I spent about a week total smelling absolutely nothing and then it sloowly started to come back. Every morning I would pick a basil leaf and rub it between my fingers and put it right up to my nostrils to try to get some sense of smell. Once it came back a couple of things tasted weird for about a month (earl grey tea tasted very weird!!) but then it all came back to normal. Hope your sense of smell comes back soon!
The breakfast MREs were always my favorite, not having a sense of taste is the wrong time to eat a breakfast one! 😂 The pork sausage one has always been my favorite.
Oh yeah, I love those maple flavour pork sausage patties, (don't look at the ingredients tho), they're my favourite. The granola and hash brown come second for breakfast. But hey, now all 3 items come in one menu (17) so that is absolutely the best menu available.
In this case it might have been a blessing considering the heat thing wasn't working. Mostly uncooked oatmeal and hash browns does not sound good at all.
I’ve always enjoyed hearing other people describe the taste of food more than actually tasting it myself. The videos she’s posted since she lost her sense of taste are very similar to my usual experience eating. Am I the only one like this?
I feel you. Smell and taste is so essential for our everyday meal. I was lucky that I didn't have any side effects like this when I came down with covid. So I keep my fingers crossed for you to get all your senses back as fast as possible.
I lost my sense of taste and smell for about 6 months. I remember being so excited that I could smell my BO of all things. It was the sign that I was finally getting my sense of smell back. However Coffee continues to taste extremely bitter.
I find it funny and refreshing how many things went wrong..🤣 first time trying a gadget/recipe - gets good results.. good old MRE tasting (your forte) - suddenly turns into a series of unfortunate events..
I wish we had this MRE when I was in the Army. 😒 When I was in, the next MREs were the vegetarian ones... great snacks, lol. But there's definitely that "MRE taste," you just can't avoid no matter the entrée (from my experience).
My two favorite things from MRE was the jalapeno cheese spread and the veggie patty in bbq sauce. Sadly it seems the veggie patty one is no longer made. Idk what that sucker was made out of but man it was good, and I'm a meat lover lol.
When my Mom had COVID in the early days before loss of taste was known to be a symptom, when she was getting better I was making her simple thai peanut noodles with chicken.. and I usually put a little siracha in to give it a bite.. Mom kept begging for more and more to the point I was dying with my own bowlful being so spicy!!
Why not just add the sauce to your moms bowl separately? I share a house with someone who can't handle spicy food, so I add Texas Pete to my own bowl, not the entire pot.
@@leeannjohnson1808 Yup, that would have been SMART. But I was tired and run down from caring for my Mom and also.. I thought I would add TOO much if I just added it to her bowl.. I'm not claiming I was the most brilliant with it..
So glad you're getting some smell back, that's my biggest fear, since I've had it happen with colds a few times. It's when I experiment with foods where I love the texture but hate the taste, like bell peppers. I like watching Paul Harrell's MRE and camp food reviews, he always goes hunting for the "do not eat"s, sometimes there are two of them :)
That menu is my favourite just because of the MH granola with blueberries and milk. It's the best item ever put into an mre. Nice to see you review an mre again :)
I still dont have my smell back all the way and it has been over a year and a half. It SUCKS. I SO feel ya. I hope yours returns correctly and soon!! Also, my Father is a bee keeper Emmy. I had him try your honey you sent. He loves its flavor and asks what your bees have access to gather? He wants to plant more things to vary his bees flavor of honey.
From what I have heard about many MREs, losing your sense of taste is probably the best way to consume them. Especially the US veggie omelet; I hear losing your sense of taste would be a blessing if you get issued those.
I had covid maybe 4 months ago at most and my sense of taste and smell 😢 I just wanna smell things again if nothing else! Great video and I’m thankful your feeling better xx
The good news is if your sense of smell is coming back It will more than likely return to normal but it's going to take time because your nerve endings have to regenerate in your nose. it'll just take time but you'll notice your sense of smell gradually returning
I'm so glad you are starting to taste and smell again. When I got COVID last year, I lost my sense of taste for a day (yeah, that's it. One day). It was so strange because I swear everything tasted like plastic. Not bad plastic, just flavorless plastic.
Cold hashbrowns, looking like cold mush: "not the most appetizing" Heated hashbrowns, looking like fresh vomit: " that's much better!" Sorry Emmy, but no, lol. My stomach actually turned 😅🤢
Retired military person here... That's like the best MRE and they are SOOOOO much better than they used to be (I enlisted in 2001). Fun fact: The heaters used to work pretty well but they nerfed them because you could make little bombs with them.
us ration heaters were always a bit anemic. I used to mix some salt with water to pour in the package. It seemed to react better with the heater element.
I originally had Covid right when things started here in the US, around mid March of 2020. I still don't fully have my sense of taste and smell back either, the way you described it is exactly how it's been 2ish years!
Poor Emmy, so many blips in this video from the non-functional heater, to the granola spill, and the "do not eat" packet still in the food, the mic battery dying and ripping the cheese open the wrong way, dropping the knife and spilling the coffee. You trooper! lol
Since having Covid the antibacterial bar soap I've used for years suddenly smells insanely strong & for some reason has an almost fishy smell but only when I use it to wash my hands. I've asked my son if he notices an odd smell & he thinks I'm crazy. My best friend was 50% luck 50% unlucky, she lost her sense of smell for all bathroom smells which I think is a blessing but also cinnamon, unfortunately cinnamon is her absolutely favorite flavor & smell for sweets.
It took my husband and I almost 2 weeks to fully get our taste back, my daughter never really lost hers but it was confused for example she thought my cherry coke tastes like sprite. Overall it took a full month to get over the residual cough and fatigue. Months later we still have lingering long haulers symptoms. It sucks. Hope your taste comes back asap. ❤
For the heater you may have not had enough water . I always filled to the bottom line. Also if the fold at the top isn't sealed enough it will not heat
Everybody uses the hot beverage bag wrong. You're not meant to put the drink in there with hot water. You're supposed to fill it up to your desired amount, and then stick it in with the ration heater and your entree to heat the water. Then you pour it out into your mug and add your coffee. Another great video and I'm glad you're feeling better! Mountain house granola is one of my favorite camping breakfasts. You are 100% correct,, a bit of warmer water, not necessarily boiling, and let it sit for 5 or 10 minutes and you have this wonderful blueberry flavored milk with the berries and soft granola and the whole thing just tastes so decadent it's ridiculous. When an frh fails, don't be afraid to just drop the package in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes. I find that actually took some way better and they're made to work that way.
if you are in the field, you will have a canteen which has a metal cup it that it fits into with handles/handle. Not sure if any one mentioned that in the comments, also they may differ in construction since served in the 70s and 80's.
I lost my taste after chemo treatments took about 3-6 months. The only think I could taste was frozen grapes, chocolate peanut butter ice cream, and chicken dumplings from Bob Evans. Everything else tasted like crap. Not fun dealing with that at all. Hope you get that back soon.
I remember as a child, my dad had a lot of MRE's from being part of the Air National Guard and search and rescue. My sister and I thought these were the coolest! My favorite part of the MRE's were always the cheese and crackers.
The one thing you can smell should be the chemical reaction in that FRH. That is a smell you never forget. Also the smell of the heating tabs in the heaters in Russian rations. If you get a dud heater again add the salt pack in your accessories pack in the heater and it should activate the heater pad.
Lowkey the filled French toast looks like a poptart gone bad 🥺😳 hope it tastes better than it looks. Ps, thank you Emmy, for always being so sweet and positive, you are a role model my beautiful friend. Bless you and I so hope your full taste comes back soon! Love, joy, and peace ✌️❤️
Just a thought....I don't think your supposed to put the food bag inside the heater bag anymore. It seems like the newer MRE's (maybe just the US ones) give you the insulated pouch, and maybe they intend for the food bag to be side by side with the heater bag inside that pouch. Maybe the food bag was stopping the water from distributing to the chemical (waffle part) and that's why it didn't get fully hot?
Losing your sense of taste is a terrible thing to happen to a food content creator. It’s really interesting and inspiring how you’ve managed to pivot during the last few episodes and still make content. Hope everything is back to normal for you soon!
texture is an important feature with food and im glad she is talking about it, the small things sometimes go overlooked
As a Chef/caterer my customers and I would find this a nightmare. I am so lucky not to have had to experience Covid yet
@@gisala1000 Not everyone who's gotten Covid has lost their senses of taste and smell. But the people I know had an EXTREMELY hard time breathing and had to go to the hospital.
My twin sister lost her sense of smell during COVID but got it back in nearly 2 weeks. Fortunately I hadn’t lost mine or taste either
With omicron it’s less than 20% of people who have a loss of smell/taste. With original Covid it was almost everyone.
I think this might be my favorite episode. I love that nothing is going right, and she’s still just trucking along. ❤❤❤
It'd be really cool to see you re-review this same ration pack after you get your taste back to see if you can compare how you feel about it now and later
Jesus is coming, so please repent and turn Him and believe what He did to us so u may be saved🥰
He is our Lord and Savior and bc of Him we dont have to go to hell
@J_J thank you but I don't believe in hell
Hell is a town in Michigan. I've been there, they have ice cream!!
What a great idea!
Yes! Great idea!
I lost my senses of taste and smell for about 3 months. Then the phantom cigarette smell creeped in for a while. Now 6 months later I am a "super taster"... I can test the packaging the food is stored in, the metal its cooked in... Sometimes even the type of storage it was contained in. Its is sometimes awful. I really hope your senses come back to normal ! Absolutely love the channel.
Am I the only one who can taste if bottled water was left in the sun?? It makes the water taste like plastic and it’s disgusting.
@@laurelloaf That is the plasticizer coming out of the plastic bottle.
@@laurelloaf I taste this too! Also the tinny flavor of canned tomato sauce or veggies. That's why I only get sauce in glass jars and fresh or frozen veggies.
Well our household is suffering with the flu, my husband and our 4year old little girl. We have been laying in bed a good bit and the only request my daughter has is “momma I want to watch Emmy!” She is literally obsessed with your channel and she pretends to be you at dinner and she has memorized your entire intro! 😂❤ thanks for this awesome channel!!
Flameless ration heaters don't contain any chemicals the way we'd typically think. In reality, they're more like disposable hand warmers. Hand warmers use a mix of ingredients along with iron powder. When exposed to air, the other ingredients help the iron oxidize (or rust) very quickly, which releases noticeable heat. Normally when things rust the heat is spread out over a very long time and is imperceptible. Flameless ration heaters take the same principle up a notch by using magnesium powder. When water is added to the powder in the presence of the surrounding air, another fast and even hotter oxidation reaction takes place.
So sweet that you miss the smell of your kids. You're a true Mama! I don't have kids but I love the smell of my Chihuahua. Get well soon!
I thought the same thing and related it to the way my pup smells! I hope she gets to smell them soon.
my chihuahua's forehead is basically a human baby's anyway
Adorable!
Omg I have a chihuahua poodle and she smells amazing. I smell her all the time. My other dog is a poodle terrier mix and she smells like sweaty tacos 😂
I have 4. That would be AWFUL. There is no describing the smell of that damp little child's head.
You are just so delightful to watch and while TH-cam only gives a small glimpse of another person you seem like a genuinely wonderful person. Glad your senses are recovering, went through that myself, it was a weird but thankfully short experience. Now that a few months have gone by my sense of smell and taste are completely restored. Just hang in there! o/
You are such a joy to watch. You stay positive and smiling through spills, lack of proper heating and tasting unappetizing food yet you always found a bright spot through it all, I love these ration videos and am so glad that you're continuing to do them. I really hope and pray your taste and smell returns very soon.
For the beverage bag, the point of being a heat resistant bag is so you could add it to the flame less ration heater to get some hot water (in the event it worked). At least I believe that's why it's there 😊
Don't despair Emmy. You're taste and smell will come back. It may not be the same but it'll come back. I'd go out to a candle shop, some place with lots of variety in scents and just smell them to get that olfactory sense going. Then taste really strong tastes daily. Like eat 90 percent cacao, super flavor filled dishes you're used to eating essentially to get the taste buds going. Your body will remember how to do what it's supposed to. I doubt you've suffered some true genetic mutation. Even damaged tastebuds heal. Smokers report having taste come back after quitting smoking so think of it like that.
It’s a good sign it’s beginning to return for Emmy! Unfortunately my dad had Covid almost 2 years ago and STILL can’t taste or smell at all! I feel so badly for him because he’s always been so overly enthusiastic about food and I think it’s made him depressed.
@@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat same
@@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat j can't think of much more depressing than not being able to taste or smell. It takes away all the fun of eating
I just recovered from COVID as well. I totally lost my sense of taste and smell as well during that time and I totally know what you're talking about with only tasting the food type but no flavor. It's maddening but it's getting better, glad you're healing up!
I got the phantom cigarette smoke 7 weeks after I recovered my sense of smell and taste. That lasted a week and then everything went downhill from there...Parosmia set in and most things smelled and tasted so wrong and so gross. Still dealing with it over a year later, but it has improved. I really hope you don't have to deal with any of that!
That sounds absolutely horrible. Had never heard that term before, so naturally I looked it up (curious person syndrome). Do hope you recover, for the sake of bacon.
I had to quiet drinking coffee cuz after I had covid when my hubby make coffee it smelled like a smoke house. It's been a year and I still smell that when he grew coffee. But everything else is good.
After a head injury, I had no sense of smell for a year then the cigarette smell for another year. It’s terrible because most food textures are gross without taste. I ate lots of salty pretzels because my tongue still worked.
Wow that’s a long time! I had phantom tastes and smells for months after I had covid. Mine wasn’t unpleasant, but nothing tastes like the item. My mouth blistered because I would eat a fruit and had no idea it wasn’t ripe enough. Kiwis hurt rlly bad.
I had Covid in Nov 2020 and still get random smells. It was really bad at the beginning…originally everything smelled like roasted turkey which was ok but then I woke up one morning to the strongest smell of what Incan only describe as rotting onions 🤢. Took months for that to go away and even now I still am not back to 100%
Sending you hugs for your sense recovery!!
I'm sure others have noticed and commented, but the chapter names are from a previous video. It's okay though I had a good laugh seeing the chapter titled "making the brandy mixture" and initially thinking HUH MRE'S SURE HAVE CHANGED...LOL great video as always Emmy, glad you and your family are doing well.
Thank you, I thought I was going crazy 😂
I wasn't even that surprised by that, there are some rations in some countries that do have a little bit of booze in them
We're rooting for you and every time you recover a little bit of your smell, know that we are happy with you! :)
This episode tried to take you down Emmy, but you kept going! Dual spills, dead mics, and yet you got there and took us along for the entertaining and educational ride - as ever, thank you!
Dud Taste Buds, Granola Goo, Mic Malfunction, Coffee Chaos & Flying Knives, Oh My! Even when things go Floopy, Emmy just Rolls with it Happy New Year!
Also, No Winstons 😆
So sorry for your plight. I love how you turned this lemon into lemonade. Thanks for taking us along as you monitor your progress. You are amazing!
Happy New Year!!! Covid really sucks! I'm glad you are feeling better. I hope you get your sense of smell and taste back soon.
The cardboard sleeve goes over the FRH to hold it closed while heating. That's how I always used them, anyway.
I had COVID just around Canada Thanksgiving. Cleaning up after my puppy was good but it was a curious thing to not smell or taste...I found that after a few weeks everything almost smelled and tasted sweeter? Hopefully you'll be tasting and smelling back to your norm soon. 😋 love you videos, very personable and genuine ❤️
I wonder if, as your sense of smell/taste slowly come back, you could try some recipes that are specifically catered towards people who can't taste and are mostly texture focused? I imagine texture would be a really big part of enjoying food if you're born without a sense of taste, or lost it. It would be cool to see cooking approached from that direction.
Good to hear you're getting back to normal, I can really relate to the small subtle smells of life being such a hidden treasure, it's so strange when they're gone for a bit. The video timeline labeling seems to be from the clear milk video, btw.
I think about the smell of my kids too and how it is so important. You are such a good mama and creator! I hope it has continued to improve!
Emmy, I think you have chapters from a previous video applied to this one. (I'm excited to watch!
I noticed that, too!
Right after you made the video eating the burnt orange, my son and I caught covid again. This time I've lost my sense of taste and smell and it's devastating. The enjoyment you got from eating food has disappeared. It's coming back slowly, and it's great to see yours is coming back too Emmy
Lost your sense of taste, but you kept your sense of humor. ❤
Finally someone thought of the exit end of digestive process when putting those rations together.
I’m glad to know another momma out there loves the smell of their kids. The way they smell after a day outside is my most favorite.
100% agree! The fresh air smell of my kiddos' hair is like a drug. My girls laugh that I smell their heads anytime I kiss their heads.
My favorite thing is how they smell fresh from a bath
Creepy. Joe Biden creepy. 😳
Hash browns or fried potatoes are definitely my comfort food. My dad used to make them a lot when I was a kid.
I love how you kept all the mishaps in this video. This may be my most favorite video you have done. I hope you get your smell and taste back completely soon.
I wish that you had your taste! You’re so very eloquent, and descriptive when it comes to flavors. But you explaining everything without a sense of taste is also descriptive and eloquent. Thank you! Your contact is my favorite!
oh emmy😭 i do hope you regain your senses of smell and taste soon! i can imagine as a food content creator this is not fun. all the best to you and your family this 2023⭐️
Always love an Emmymade video 💕 hope your sense of smell comes back soon!!
Her saying she missed the smell of her kids heads was so cute. I can definitely relate!!
Am I the only one who noticed she didn't follow the instructions correctly? At 6:19 you can see you place heater UNDERNEATH MRE (capitalization is from instuctions themselves 😁) and fold the top of the heater over the MRE, and the sleeve is meant to keep them in contact.
Not the heater's fault, it was user error this time, sorry @emmymade 🥰
I currently have Covid; 2nd case in 4 months. I'm grateful that both times, I did not lose my sense of taste or smell. Hope you recover quickly. Love from Maine. ❤
Fun Fact: The Oralfactory bulb at the top of the sinuses? is actually part of the brain and the only part that lies beyond the 'blood brain barrier'. Its also subject to serious issues with bacteria and viruses attacking it constantly. It is the only part of the brain that is known to heal after injury. As you age, it takes longer to recover so for kids its a month, for middle age its 3 months, upper range is 6 months, if its really bad 18 months.
I wonder if those weird berry pills that change flavors would impact your taste?
I've been curious about this too!!
Miracle berry pills! I love those, they're fun. I'm curious too.
I can't taste anything ... Guess I'll do a taste test.🤔🤔
@@mikeriddle1462 report back!!
@@Aelffwynn report back why? You do understand what sarcasm is right? The girl say's she can't taste anything. Seems like a perfect time to do a taste test...🙃
I too lost my sense of taste and was left with a metallic taste for all fruit. So I couldn’t taste fruit or fruit flavoring at all. I finally gained my taste back almost a year later.
I hope your sense of smell and taste return soon and completely. You're so creative in making the best for us out of this situation, but you can hopefully use that creativity in other ways again very soon.
Let's get this out onto a tray...nice! Hope you're better. Thanks for the content.
Right? Talking about the hissss☺️🥰
At least it wasn’t biscuits brown….
I haven't watched Steve in quite some time, but I always love his catch phrase!
I still always say “Nice hiss!” When a product hisses as I open it.
Oh hell yeah, I know how it feels to have the dropsy, and everything just slips out of your hands, I so happy that you're slowly getting your taste and smell back, my wife and I have been lucky enough not to get covid at all, but Melbourne Australia was the city of lockdowns, freaking brilliant video Emmy 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia
I tested positive a week ago Thursday and noticed taste was off and smell was completely gone. Watched a few videos and decided to give this a try. 2 cups water, one cup Apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon Cayenne pepper. Heat to boiling in a large pot. I took this large pot and headed to my recliner, put a blanket in my lap and set the pot down. Threw another blanket over the back of the chair and over my head, and spent 15 to 20 minutes in this steamy little tent, alternating deep breaths through nose, then mouth. Directly before doing this I could smell ZERO. Not peppermint essential oil, not coffee, nothing! After my 1st 20 minutes doing this I went back and tested and could smell those things again, maybe only slightly, but it was an improvement for sure. I've done this a few more times since then and my smell has pretty much come back to normal, and taste is improving as well. Definitely you should give it a try!
Great to see that you're fairly quickly regaining your smell! I hope you can smell everything again!
5:31 I just imagined bebeh Emmy going, "So stinkin' cute," and almost fainted. Cuteness overload! 😭
Oh god I’m so sorry that happened to you. That was my biggest fear when I got Covid but thankfully didn’t have that side effect. I hope your smell and taste return soon!
I also lost my sense of smell and for the first 2-3 days had a constant smell of burnt rubber in my nose. After that, I spent about a week total smelling absolutely nothing and then it sloowly started to come back. Every morning I would pick a basil leaf and rub it between my fingers and put it right up to my nostrils to try to get some sense of smell. Once it came back a couple of things tasted weird for about a month (earl grey tea tasted very weird!!) but then it all came back to normal. Hope your sense of smell comes back soon!
The breakfast MREs were always my favorite, not having a sense of taste is the wrong time to eat a breakfast one! 😂 The pork sausage one has always been my favorite.
Hashbrowns with bacon is the second best breakfast MRE, best is apple cinnamon oatmeal lol
When I was in the only breakfast one that I remember was the veggie omelet. No one wanted it because it had the texture of snot.
Oh yeah, I love those maple flavour pork sausage patties, (don't look at the ingredients tho), they're my favourite. The granola and hash brown come second for breakfast.
But hey, now all 3 items come in one menu (17) so that is absolutely the best menu available.
In this case it might have been a blessing considering the heat thing wasn't working. Mostly uncooked oatmeal and hash browns does not sound good at all.
This whole MRE was just sad. Poor soldiers. Poor Emmy
I’ve always enjoyed hearing other people describe the taste of food more than actually tasting it myself. The videos she’s posted since she lost her sense of taste are very similar to my usual experience eating. Am I the only one like this?
This entire video was chaos 😂 I’m here for it tho, Emmy 💜
🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣😂😂🤣
I feel you. Smell and taste is so essential for our everyday meal. I was lucky that I didn't have any side effects like this when I came down with covid. So I keep my fingers crossed for you to get all your senses back as fast as possible.
I love your MRE videos!
I lost my sense of taste and smell for about 6 months. I remember being so excited that I could smell my BO of all things. It was the sign that I was finally getting my sense of smell back. However Coffee continues to taste extremely bitter.
I find it funny and refreshing how many things went wrong..🤣
first time trying a gadget/recipe - gets good results..
good old MRE tasting (your forte) - suddenly turns into a series of unfortunate events..
OMG! Literally LOLing………. “The guts of my granola is leaking onto my table”…….. Dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wish we had this MRE when I was in the Army. 😒 When I was in, the next MREs were the vegetarian ones... great snacks, lol. But there's definitely that "MRE taste," you just can't avoid no matter the entrée (from my experience).
The absolute best cheese spread I've ever had came out of an mre from the early 90s.
The jalapeno cheese kind.
that stuffs famous!
My two favorite things from MRE was the jalapeno cheese spread and the veggie patty in bbq sauce. Sadly it seems the veggie patty one is no longer made. Idk what that sucker was made out of but man it was good, and I'm a meat lover lol.
I actually really like this menu MRE. While this is a far cry from the real thing, it's surprisingly tasty and a nice go-to in a camping pack
When my Mom had COVID in the early days before loss of taste was known to be a symptom, when she was getting better I was making her simple thai peanut noodles with chicken.. and I usually put a little siracha in to give it a bite.. Mom kept begging for more and more to the point I was dying with my own bowlful being so spicy!!
Why not just add the sauce to your moms bowl separately? I share a house with someone who can't handle spicy food, so I add Texas Pete to my own bowl, not the entire pot.
@@leeannjohnson1808 Yup, that would have been SMART. But I was tired and run down from caring for my Mom and also.. I thought I would add TOO much if I just added it to her bowl.. I'm not claiming I was the most brilliant with it..
If nothing else, I have to admire your creativity during this period. Maybe this will be the start of whole new series?????
So much went wrong in this video 😂 love your channel Emmy!
So glad you're getting some smell back, that's my biggest fear, since I've had it happen with colds a few times. It's when I experiment with foods where I love the texture but hate the taste, like bell peppers.
I like watching Paul Harrell's MRE and camp food reviews, he always goes hunting for the "do not eat"s, sometimes there are two of them :)
That menu is my favourite just because of the MH granola with blueberries and milk.
It's the best item ever put into an mre.
Nice to see you review an mre again :)
I still dont have my smell back all the way and it has been over a year and a half. It SUCKS. I SO feel ya. I hope yours returns correctly and soon!! Also, my Father is a bee keeper Emmy. I had him try your honey you sent. He loves its flavor and asks what your bees have access to gather? He wants to plant more things to vary his bees flavor of honey.
Emmy! You should do spicy food challenges before your sense of taste and smell come back to contrast taste with smell.
She already has.
From what I have heard about many MREs, losing your sense of taste is probably the best way to consume them. Especially the US veggie omelet; I hear losing your sense of taste would be a blessing if you get issued those.
I had covid maybe 4 months ago at most and my sense of taste and smell 😢
I just wanna smell things again if nothing else!
Great video and I’m thankful your feeling better xx
The good news is if your sense of smell is coming back It will more than likely return to normal but it's going to take time because your nerve endings have to regenerate in your nose. it'll just take time but you'll notice your sense of smell gradually returning
Also when you have an older MRE the ration heaters do not work properly, so use the salt packet with the water and it will help jump start the FRH.
I'm so glad you are starting to taste and smell again.
When I got COVID last year, I lost my sense of taste for a day (yeah, that's it. One day). It was so strange because I swear everything tasted like plastic. Not bad plastic, just flavorless plastic.
Cold hashbrowns, looking like cold mush: "not the most appetizing"
Heated hashbrowns, looking like fresh vomit: " that's much better!"
Sorry Emmy, but no, lol. My stomach actually turned 😅🤢
I'm so glad your sense of smell is slightly returning. Yay!
I love the MRE'S AND RATION VIDEOS.....YESSSSS MORE PLEASE!!
Retired military person here... That's like the best MRE and they are SOOOOO much better than they used to be (I enlisted in 2001). Fun fact: The heaters used to work pretty well but they nerfed them because you could make little bombs with them.
Awww this broke my heart when you said you missed smelling your kids 😢
I’m so glad you’re beginning to get your taste and smell back and hope it fully returns for you soon! ❤
us ration heaters were always a bit anemic. I used to mix some salt with water to pour in the package. It seemed to react better with the heater element.
Emmy, if you mix instant coffee in cold water first and then heat it the coffee will not be so bitter.
I originally had Covid right when things started here in the US, around mid March of 2020. I still don't fully have my sense of taste and smell back either, the way you described it is exactly how it's been 2ish years!
Poor Emmy, so many blips in this video from the non-functional heater, to the granola spill, and the "do not eat" packet still in the food, the mic battery dying and ripping the cheese open the wrong way, dropping the knife and spilling the coffee. You trooper! lol
I really enjoy watching these. 😄
Since having Covid the antibacterial bar soap I've used for years suddenly smells insanely strong & for some reason has an almost fishy smell but only when I use it to wash my hands. I've asked my son if he notices an odd smell & he thinks I'm crazy. My best friend was 50% luck 50% unlucky, she lost her sense of smell for all bathroom smells which I think is a blessing but also cinnamon, unfortunately cinnamon is her absolutely favorite flavor & smell for sweets.
The hot beverage bag is if you put regular temp water in it and heat it up using the same ration heater for the food.
It took my husband and I almost 2 weeks to fully get our taste back, my daughter never really lost hers but it was confused for example she thought my cherry coke tastes like sprite. Overall it took a full month to get over the residual cough and fatigue. Months later we still have lingering long haulers symptoms. It sucks. Hope your taste comes back asap. ❤
You should definitely do a video where you eat all of your favourite snacks when you're able to smell/taste properly again 😋
For the heater you may have not had enough water . I always filled to the bottom line. Also if the fold at the top isn't sealed enough it will not heat
Everybody uses the hot beverage bag wrong. You're not meant to put the drink in there with hot water. You're supposed to fill it up to your desired amount, and then stick it in with the ration heater and your entree to heat the water. Then you pour it out into your mug and add your coffee. Another great video and I'm glad you're feeling better! Mountain house granola is one of my favorite camping breakfasts. You are 100% correct,, a bit of warmer water, not necessarily boiling, and let it sit for 5 or 10 minutes and you have this wonderful blueberry flavored milk with the berries and soft granola and the whole thing just tastes so decadent it's ridiculous. When an frh fails, don't be afraid to just drop the package in a pot of boiling water for 10 minutes. I find that actually took some way better and they're made to work that way.
Beef stew is my favorite one, but while I was in Basic Training I liked the tuna because it didn't need to be warmed up to taste alright.
It took almost a month for my sense of smell to return. Hope yours comes back in full.
if you are in the field, you will have a canteen which has a metal cup it that it fits into with handles/handle. Not sure if any one mentioned that in the comments, also they may differ in construction since served in the 70s and 80's.
Fun fact! Mountain House is made in my city! Albany Oregon. 3 mins away from my house! How cool!
Oo Eugene here! 😄
@@mkchristner oh heeeyyy neighbor!
I lost my taste after chemo treatments took about 3-6 months. The only think I could taste was frozen grapes, chocolate peanut butter ice cream, and chicken dumplings from Bob Evans. Everything else tasted like crap. Not fun dealing with that at all. Hope you get that back soon.
I remember as a child, my dad had a lot of MRE's from being part of the Air National Guard and search and rescue. My sister and I thought these were the coolest! My favorite part of the MRE's were always the cheese and crackers.
The one thing you can smell should be the chemical reaction in that FRH. That is a smell you never forget. Also the smell of the heating tabs in the heaters in Russian rations. If you get a dud heater again add the salt pack in your accessories pack in the heater and it should activate the heater pad.
I'm sooo glad that you're recovering Emmy!!
Thank you!!
This video was calm yet chaotic at the same time 💜
Lowkey the filled French toast looks like a poptart gone bad 🥺😳 hope it tastes better than it looks. Ps, thank you Emmy, for always being so sweet and positive, you are a role model my beautiful friend. Bless you and I so hope your full taste comes back soon! Love, joy, and peace ✌️❤️
What a kind comment Heather! (Also I agree, that's a poptart that did not successfully graduate poptart school...)
It's not all recipes it's good wishes by chef John
Just a thought....I don't think your supposed to put the food bag inside the heater bag anymore. It seems like the newer MRE's (maybe just the US ones) give you the insulated pouch, and maybe they intend for the food bag to be side by side with the heater bag inside that pouch. Maybe the food bag was stopping the water from distributing to the chemical (waffle part) and that's why it didn't get fully hot?