As someone who has tried over 25 different countries military MREs....Polish ones are in the top 3 of best ones...and they still make their own homemade main meals, unlike many of the other countries who now use commercialized companies to supply the main meals (3 different companies provide the meals for over 15 different countries now)... you definitely started off trying the international ones the right way...
@@MeAncient Not sure if you are aware, but trying all the different kinds of MREs and Rations from all over the world became a popular hobby a few years ago.. There are a few youtubers who were the first ones (and most popular) reviewing them and it grew to having 1 million+ fans of it and got lots of people interested in trying them all. The main person who started it is Steve1989 (He. Reviews all kinds of rations (edible and non food) old and new. He really has a passion and wanted to make sure there was some kind of historical documentation of these items and lots of them would be lost in time without someone doing it. Def worth checking out. Do you have an email or address to send you something ?
@@gballs007 Drew, the way I found out about the popularity of MREs is that one day when Ace and I were boat fishing we decided to do a catch and cook. The catch part did not go so well. After we ate the meager catch, I remembered that I had stowed a few old MREs that I had been dragging around from way back in my active duty days. Well, Ace recorded me opening the MRE and trying some (It was a little too old for me to eat all of it, but, as I recall, I did sample everything.) His comment section lit up with people excited about MRE tasting. I never would have thought that MREs would be such a big thing. But that's when I decided that if I ever did start my own channel, I'd try opening up the MREs I had left over from USMC days. Since then, Micah and Ace have both bought me more and I've found a few myself. I've also seen Steve's channel but haven't every watched one of his videos all the way through. I don't want to be influenced by other channels. I like the idea of doing my own thing with my own unique perspective. My mailing address would be Ace Video's address : PO Box 16893 in Bristol, VA. 24209 Put Ace Video with Attn: MeAncient on any correspondence. Thank you for watching and the input, Drew.
@@MainahTony yes..thats him...haha... He has definitely gotten sick a bunch of times from eating the old stuff (I am friends with him ). But he really has an appreciation for this hobby so he sacrifices his stomach..lol..as well as take a lot of precautions (testing small amounts and smell test and so on)..
Panzerwaffle yea you can start a fire with them, just find a rock and hit it with it, they can block grenade schrapnel, and they can fill you up while they break your teeth
"Suchary", pronounced as [soo'Harry] means literally "dry biscuits". It comes from the word "suchy" [soo'hee] which basically means "dry". Very traditional biscuits here in Poland. "Specjalne" [speh'cee'alneh] means "spacial". They are hard. They've always been that way as far as I can imagine and remember. They tend to be more salty (a bit) , sometimes with addition of some spices, but definitely not sweet. "Makaron" [ma'carron] means pasta indeed. "Makaron po bolońsku" [ma'carron poh ball'onscoo] literally means "pasta a'la Bolognese". "Malinowy" [malee'novee] is an adjective and comes from a noun "malina" (raspberry). Hey, no offense taken for mistakenly taking Polish for Czech 😉 The pronunciation I gave here is obviously as close as I can provide. In Polish the letter "w" is never pronounced as in the word "wood", but as in the word "very" 🙂 The letter "e" is never like in the word "Lee" but rather in the word "letter" (the first "e"). I hope it all tasted good, for an MRE of course 😉 The easiest way to tell the Polish language from the Czech language (by what's written) is that in Polish there's no diacritic signs such as "š" and "č" (those V-shaped additions on top). Instead, in Polish, we'd use two letters "sz" and "cz". Both in Czech and Polish they are pronounced as "sh" / "tch" almost as in the words "shoot" or "perch" (or Czech! 😁). I loved your boot camp stories 👍 Damn, I'm hungry now 😁 The spam is called "mielonka" [myeh'lonkah] in Polish I guess from looking at it, and if it is what I think it is it is best to take it out of the can and use a knife to slice it and put it on those crackers. Then, they would go very well with sweet coffee ☕👍
Greetings from Poland! Really liked your video. The small meat package is something like a chopped pork / luncheon meat, you can heat it but it's usually eaten cold as a spread on bread / crackers. You can buy the fruit drink "pellets" in a bigger package (at least in Poland), children often eat it as candy instead of making the drink, at least that's what we did :) And not sure how it's usually in US, but when you check calorie content, it's often listed per 100g and not per package.
SU -1 In jargon, soldiers jokingly "Pancerwafle". The addition of caraway has a beneficial effect on the digestive system and has vitamins: A, B6, C, E, Riboflavin, Niacin, Thiamine and Folic Acid .100g contains: 1615.9 kj / 386.2 kcal.
Hi, ex-polish military here :) So, - you got a fairly good menu (although hungarian gulash is by far the best), - you got one vit. C and one coffee candy - large zipper bag was usually used for water purification, but the tablets were in a larger 24h patrol ration, - panzerwaffles are kinda legendary around here, You can replace teeth broken by them - with them, - the raspberry instant drink is supposed to be drank with the straw while the bag is zipped, - salt works great added to the flameless heater water, - spam cans are the best ashtrays, - the shortest recorded unit of time is the duration of xylithol chewing gums taste, - the only purpose of the honey is to make everything sticky, also, for some reason it helped with the insect bites, perhaps someone knows why, I always added the honey to the heater pack, liquify it and used it to make the raspberry tea sweeter, sugar can give quite an energy punch during long marches - the green plastic bag is made from a very thick plastic, which works great as a tinder (SORRY GRETA, DEAL WITH IT), - I know it will sound a bit disgusting, but the wet wipes used as a toilet paper is the best thing that happened to the army since the beginning of time. No more japanese “itchybutty” syndrom
First off thank you for your service! I found one of your videos by accident and I’ve probably watched 12 of them before I got to this one. It was something to see your expression using the MRE heater. I’m always amazed by how many views videos have compared to how many likes. If I watch a video and it has good content and as well done always give alike. I’ve only give a few thumbs down mainly because they were giving incorrect information yours are thumbs up all the way! You and Ace keep up the good work. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
I love hearing your dad stories. It reminds me when I was a kid, my dad and his old war buddies would sit around and smoke cigars and tell stories like these all night. I loved listening to them. Thank you for sharing.
i love my polish friends. tough as nails, salt of the earth. edit - for anyone who may not understand what salt of the earth means, it means you are hard working, good people
Couldn’t be a better way to spend the first few minutes of the weekend! Love all of the videos and both of your sons videos! Love from Prosperity, South Carolina! Keep it up 👍
Czechoslovakia? Dear God guys im begging you 😅...FYI theres no country like Czechoslovakia from 1992. Great video keep going. BTW Polish MRE have 20 main dish kinds... try those which are more traditional 🙂 P.s Next time soak those crackers in coffe or tea 😄
Reminds me of my chemistry teacher. Early 2000's, Poland. Teacher was a woman, age: around 50. Once she pulled out this thick old book with yellowed pages and started reading about steel production volume in USSR and Czechoslovakia. Everyone: "But Miss, there's no USSR and Czechoslovakia anymore!". She stops for a moment, obviously digging in her memory, then replies: "I don't know anything about this" and keeps reading. She ended up in a psych ward the same year and we got really good replacement teacher
This was a truly enjoyable video, I was happy to see you enjoy this MRE! Thank you for the entertaining video, and God bless you and your family. You’re truly awesome!
As a Polish guy I can tell that You choose one of my favourite ration menu, like one of top 3, try also one with "fasola po bretońsku" or more like baked beans main course. It's made of beans, sausage pieces, bacon, everything in tomato sauce, taste like granny cuisine :D Shame that we don't have any tea or coffee in our rations, but it's understandable, it should be quick and not water and time consuming.
I absolutely love the stories you hand to tell.....i lost my grandfather and father when i was young so i cling to all these stories told by them and you're a beautiful reminder!! God bless you and your family sir. Thank you for your service
@@margplsr3120 For vegetarians we have pierogi ruskie. Sound like russian pierogis but its not, its coming from Ruski region in Poland. Its pierogi with potato, white cheeze, fried onion, salt and pepper, and its amazing! And also the most popular, sour cabbage and mushroom filling, top hit in Christmas time!
Loved the video and as always thank you for it! It made me smile ~ I'm happy you got to eat the whole meal and that it was good definitely a big improvement over the last meal haha
"Suchary" is a kind of crackers and the name comes from "suchy" that means dry. Nothing common with sugar, saccharin. They should be eaten slowly, apart from other meals, through all day by scraping little by little with teeth. It gives catching taste and fed feeling. No jam, butter or dive into tea, it`s not bread or roll
Asa and Micah brought me here! I'm so glad you started using the heaters and warming the food up. I subscribed and want to thank you for your service! I hope to try some MREs myself soon and maybe record my reactions like you. So happy to see your family become so inspirational.
Greetings from Poland. Besides, Czechoslovakia has not existed as a single country since January 1, 1993. Since then, we have two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Thank you for your service! My son is a marine and I’m scared to death he may get deployed soon with everything going on in the world so please keep him and our family in your prayers!
1:30 tyrolean cann 1:40 rasberry jamm, highly sugarised 1:50 special rusks "Piastowskie" (brand) (suchar = rusk ; sugar in polish is "cukier", and sweet (taste) in polish is "słodki" , słodzone (from słodki) means sugarised), you are suppose to mix it with some water/tea/juice ('suchar' literally means 'dry bread/coockie') 2:00 bolognese pasta 8:40 I'm wondering how many people already got burn from such heaters :P 9:35 It looks like rat poison to me ; jugding by the fact that it is both red and disolves in water, it's propably oranżada (orangeade/lemonade), a sweet drink
@@robikszablinski6578 nienawidziłem ich i kochałem. Ja to na poligonie trzymałem w gębie tak długo aż były miękkie by oszukać lichy jak szef zajebał się z obiadem. Pozdro. Lato 05/06
Polacy mają tyle wspaniałych dań, a katują się różnymi dietami. Grochówka, buraczkowa, zalewajka, biały barszcz, rosół, pomidorowa, kapuśniak, krupnik, jarzynowa, schabowy, kotlet mielony, prażoki, mizeria, kwaśne mleko, maślanka, groch z kapustą, bigos... A najlelsze te najbardziej proste : ziemniaki, sadzone jajko, kapusta ( lub inny dodatek) i kwaśne mleko. To tylko niewielka lista. Aż ślinka leci... Bardzo ładnie mówisz po polsku.
Sir, Czechoslovakia no longer exists for about 30 years now. They are now two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and this MRE is from another country of Poland, but you already know that. 😅
The plastic bag has many uses in survival situations. You can use it to filter water, store water, keep materials dry, flotation device (In a way some are pretty large), storage, maybe a fish trap, etc they have added them to a couple MREs I've seen for their many uses
I Love your spirit and videos. I too, was in the military. I enlisted into the USAF back in 1971. Seems like yesterday. I know we had it better than the tough Marines, but had some interesting moments too. When we ate MREs, they were the older type in the cans. Overall, I enjoyed them. Actually, I liked the fruitcakes too.😁 Keep up the good work. You help make my day. I also love that you pray before you eat.👍
How do you want to test the MRE when you don't know what you are testing and how to use it? Polish MREs differ significantly from those unified in most armies in the world. It would be advisable to go to a little trouble and translate the directions for use. Properly used, Polish MREs are one of the best in the world, both in terms of taste and caloric value. I know something about it - I am Pole. In Polish Army is used to say: a good bowl (jargon: food) as important as a good weapon. Isn't it? A small can of ground pork, without heating, is added to a serving of rusks, usually eaten for breakfast. Fruit jelly, jam is usually eaten with rusks for supper. The main course, that really needs to be heated patiently, even longer than recommended in the manual - it warms up slowly - this is a comprehensive lunch. The big advantage of the polish MREs is that the soldier does not run to the latrine every five minutes. It may seems funny to someone, but in combat conditions it is really a very important property. Everyone who was in the army knows it very well. It is strange to me to watch a soldier eating in a cap, no Pole will eat like that. Soldiers always take off their cap or headgear, even helmet, at meals - this is the custom both in the army and in civilians. Eating in headgear in Poland is treated as an extreme lack of upbringing.
The way I remember boot camp was you get in bed and before you know it it’s Reveille ,PT off to chow hall for Breakfast and PT throughout the Day Shark Attacks and do your requirements for training drilled for your constant Stress requirements……… they always keep you busy and then eventually you graduate……those who couldn’t figure this process out made me more appreciative of the Drill Instructors ability to show you can dot it and Get The Job done!!!
I was so worried about the physical aspect of boot camp. I kept telling myself that hundreds of thousands of other guys had made it before me back when it was more difficult so I could do it too. Then, the easy part was the physical (I felt like we were always 'playing' on an adult jungle gym or I was doing what I did as a kid, camping, shooting, running; basically just having fun outside. The part that I had trouble with was drill. I'll tell a few stories about that in a video to come. TFW, as always, Mike.
'Suchy' means 'dry', 'suchary' means dried bread pasteries. And what do you mean curly pasta, just like in lasagna? Lasagna is made out of flat sheet-like pasta o.O
really good clip i enjoyed your story you where talking about back in military, just little heads up for next video do some more revision on details beforehand ^^
The paper on the energy bar is rice paper, can be brought in cook shops, used when baking cookies or as in this case sticky bars to make it easier to eat. We have sweets (candy) that are called Flying saucers which have sherbet inside, put in the mouth whole, the rice paper melts and your mouth fills with fizzy sherbet!
I served in the Polish army, and I was unfamiliar with such delicacies XD I ate black bad bread and black coffee, and the dessert was the biscuits you break your teeth on
Another great video I liked how you put your Boot Camp story in there It would be nice if we could hear more of those stories or anything else that you want to talk about with your military career they are interesting stories.
When I was in the Army is the late 80's - early 90's I'm pretty sure we had the little fuel heaters... I just don't recall using the water based heaters till after I got out (maybe I'm wrong). I agree though, the water heaters are amazing!
You're funny, Ryan. Some people think I'm old as dirt. I've got a good story coming, I believe. It's about crossing the Arctic Circle........Stay tuned.
Good one! There are plenty of these types of vids out there, but yours I find the most sincere and entertaining. Glad to see Ace sampling some things. "What's up doc?" Good share Mr. Ancient. Cheers!🤙🍻
what you got here is the cheapest polish MRE thats basically just a lunch, you should check out the 24hrs polish ration with 3 full meals, those are quite tasty
You know you are definitely right you should be doing a taste review on all MREs like an everyday thing because not only do you have the background experience with the old MREs you have the new experience of excitemen along with a good sense of taste for everybody to enjoy ,your experience to make it feel like .....we are experiencing it as well..... definitely the best MRE review and I watch a lot of them thank you and you can thank yourself for that....
Its so neat to see that you were at the same place i was. Obviously you were there way before me....but i was at that same rifle range in 2001 when i was in boot camp. I was platoon 2082
Thank you for this review. No worries about Czech issue. I am polish and for me every nearby language that is not polish sounds like russian hehe. Mistakes happen ;) By the way, I watch a lot fishing videos made by yourself and your son. Good job! Going back to the main topic, I'd love to test US MRE but these are not easy to get here. Maybe I should go to your brave troops stationed East of Poland. Good to have you guys here in these troubled times :/
Just a question. How do you get an MRE with all the goodies including matches when we get ours picked over by customs and the post office? Just asking? I think this this is a great question!!!
I'm not surprised you found the Kofik to be strong. The point of it isn't to be a dessert candy as such, but to be a nicely portable replacement for an actual cup of coffee, caffeine and all.
A lot of these international MREs are something special man. Anyone who ever traded anything I had probably regretted it but I don't speak French, so I never found out.
Suchary mean crackers so Suchary Specjalne means sprcial crackers if You need some Polnish MRE Im from Poland and I can get U some like 25h rations. In Poland it cost like 20zł for ration like here and 50 for 24h so it is like 5$ and 12$. Nooo the meat in can is to spread!
awsome video, i think it serves its purpose especially the coffee candy, imagine you are really tired escaping the danger and you need to stay awake, this would be very handy in that moment
love hearing bootcamp stories, I have one where a recruit pooped on the floor in the head right next to the toilet. I mean right next to the toilet, I don't know if he couldn't hold it long enough or just playing a joke. But all 200 of us had to sit on the floor next to our bunk for 2 days straight until someone came forward.
SU1 Special Cracker "Piastowskie". Piastowskie is taken from first ruling dynasty of Poland "Piast Dynasty" from X-XV century. Crackers can be eaten with jam, honey, pate or canned meat. In Polish army we called them "PanzerWaffles" because its hard as Soviet tanks.
As someone who has tried over 25 different countries military MREs....Polish ones are in the top 3 of best ones...and they still make their own homemade main meals, unlike many of the other countries who now use commercialized companies to supply the main meals (3 different companies provide the meals for over 15 different countries now)... you definitely started off trying the international ones the right way...
That's good to know, Drew. How did you come about trying all those different meals? TFW
@@MeAncient Not sure if you are aware, but trying all the different kinds of MREs and Rations from all over the world became a popular hobby a few years ago.. There are a few youtubers who were the first ones (and most popular) reviewing them and it grew to having 1 million+ fans of it and got lots of people interested in trying them all. The main person who started it is Steve1989 (He. Reviews all kinds of rations (edible and non food) old and new. He really has a passion and wanted to make sure there was some kind of historical documentation of these items and lots of them would be lost in time without someone doing it. Def worth checking out. Do you have an email or address to send you something ?
@@gballs007 Drew, the way I found out about the popularity of MREs is that one day when Ace and I were boat fishing we decided to do a catch and cook. The catch part did not go so well. After we ate the meager catch, I remembered that I had stowed a few old MREs that I had been dragging around from way back in my active duty days.
Well, Ace recorded me opening the MRE and trying some (It was a little too old for me to eat all of it, but, as I recall, I did sample everything.)
His comment section lit up with people excited about MRE tasting. I never would have thought that MREs would be such a big thing. But that's when I decided that if I ever did start my own channel, I'd try opening up the MREs I had left over from USMC days.
Since then, Micah and Ace have both bought me more and I've found a few myself. I've also seen Steve's channel but haven't every watched one of his videos all the way through. I don't want to be influenced by other channels. I like the idea of doing my own thing with my own unique perspective.
My mailing address would be Ace Video's address :
PO Box 16893 in Bristol, VA. 24209
Put Ace Video with Attn: MeAncient on any correspondence.
Thank you for watching and the input, Drew.
@@gballs007 drew, is that the guy who eats the rations even from WW1? that guy gotta have a iron stomach
@@MainahTony yes..thats him...haha... He has definitely gotten sick a bunch of times from eating the old stuff (I am friends with him ). But he really has an appreciation for this hobby so he sacrifices his stomach..lol..as well as take a lot of precautions (testing small amounts and smell test and so on)..
The crackers, called "Panzerwaffles" are actually dual purpose. They're to be eaten, and also can be used to cut steel sheets.
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They are also useful in repairing tank armour, if it takes damage.
@@Mimirai also its great additional padding for your bulletproof vest
or to use them as bricks for building barricades
some grease on them makeing them into burning throwing weapons but for real you can use them with some oil/fat etc to lite a camp fire
Brave one you are, for trying "PanzerWaffle". We use it in hand to hand combat if enemy is to close and you have no knife.
XDDD
"Panzerkekse" you mean with a bit of fat on it you could make easy fire^^
Panzerwaffle yea you can start a fire with them, just find a rock and hit it with it, they can block grenade schrapnel, and they can fill you up while they break your teeth
@@OhezzO I heard this is what they're going to make the new tactical armour out of now.
Super to podsumowałeś 🤣🤣 jesli odpowiednio podpilujesz tego panzerwaffla to mozesz sciac nim drzewo na opal😂😂
"Suchary", pronounced as [soo'Harry] means literally "dry biscuits". It comes from the word "suchy" [soo'hee] which basically means "dry". Very traditional biscuits here in Poland. "Specjalne" [speh'cee'alneh] means "spacial". They are hard. They've always been that way as far as I can imagine and remember. They tend to be more salty (a bit) , sometimes with addition of some spices, but definitely not sweet. "Makaron" [ma'carron] means pasta indeed. "Makaron po bolońsku" [ma'carron poh ball'onscoo] literally means "pasta a'la Bolognese". "Malinowy" [malee'novee] is an adjective and comes from a noun "malina" (raspberry). Hey, no offense taken for mistakenly taking Polish for Czech 😉 The pronunciation I gave here is obviously as close as I can provide. In Polish the letter "w" is never pronounced as in the word "wood", but as in the word "very" 🙂 The letter "e" is never like in the word "Lee" but rather in the word "letter" (the first "e"). I hope it all tasted good, for an MRE of course 😉 The easiest way to tell the Polish language from the Czech language (by what's written) is that in Polish there's no diacritic signs such as "š" and "č" (those V-shaped additions on top). Instead, in Polish, we'd use two letters "sz" and "cz". Both in Czech and Polish they are pronounced as "sh" / "tch" almost as in the words "shoot" or "perch" (or Czech! 😁). I loved your boot camp stories 👍 Damn, I'm hungry now 😁 The spam is called "mielonka" [myeh'lonkah] in Polish I guess from looking at it, and if it is what I think it is it is best to take it out of the can and use a knife to slice it and put it on those crackers. Then, they would go very well with sweet coffee ☕👍
thanks for the input!
and greetings and good wishes from germany
Greetings from Poland! Really liked your video.
The small meat package is something like a chopped pork / luncheon meat, you can heat it but it's usually eaten cold as a spread on bread / crackers.
You can buy the fruit drink "pellets" in a bigger package (at least in Poland), children often eat it as candy instead of making the drink, at least that's what we did :)
And not sure how it's usually in US, but when you check calorie content, it's often listed per 100g and not per package.
Thanks for the info! I'm glad you are out there enjoying the videos. TFW
Where in the Uk do you live ?
@@MeAncient you guys call it SPAM in America, and "suchary" means all sorts of dry, dehydrated bread or cracker.
@@strider1988pl Jak byłem w 2002 w armii to nazywaliśmy to panzerwafle ,były niebezpieczne 🤪
Nie płacz
SU -1 In jargon, soldiers jokingly "Pancerwafle". The addition of caraway has a beneficial effect on the digestive system and has vitamins: A, B6, C, E, Riboflavin, Niacin, Thiamine and Folic Acid .100g contains: 1615.9 kj / 386.2 kcal.
As a pole, it is so fun to watch you guys try to read polish writing and try to figure out what it's saying 😆 great review!
Hi, ex-polish military here :)
So,
- you got a fairly good menu (although hungarian gulash is by far the best),
- you got one vit. C and one coffee candy
- large zipper bag was usually used for water purification, but the tablets were in a larger 24h patrol ration,
- panzerwaffles are kinda legendary around here, You can replace teeth broken by them - with them,
- the raspberry instant drink is supposed to be drank with the straw while the bag is zipped,
- salt works great added to the flameless heater water,
- spam cans are the best ashtrays,
- the shortest recorded unit of time is the duration of xylithol chewing gums taste,
- the only purpose of the honey is to make everything sticky, also, for some reason it helped with the insect bites, perhaps someone knows why, I always added the honey to the heater pack, liquify it and used it to make the raspberry tea sweeter, sugar can give quite an energy punch during long marches
- the green plastic bag is made from a very thick plastic, which works great as a tinder (SORRY GRETA, DEAL WITH IT),
- I know it will sound a bit disgusting, but the wet wipes used as a toilet paper is the best thing that happened to the army since the beginning of time. No more japanese “itchybutty” syndrom
You are a breath of fresh air my man. I love your passion in these videos. You really seem like such a genuine guy. Cheers to you and Semper Fi!
I appreciate that! Thank you for those kind words. TFW!
This guy is the best. These videos are such good entertainment, I could listen to his stories all day
Thank you for that, Crue. I'll try to keep 'em comin'.
First off thank you for your service! I found one of your videos by
accident and I’ve probably watched 12 of them before I got to this one. It was something to see your expression using the MRE heater. I’m always amazed by how many views videos have compared to how many likes. If I watch a video and it has good content and as well done always give alike. I’ve only give a few thumbs down mainly because they were giving incorrect information yours are thumbs up all the way! You and Ace keep up the good work. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
I love hearing your dad stories. It reminds me when I was a kid, my dad and his old war buddies would sit around and smoke cigars and tell stories like these all night. I loved listening to them. Thank you for sharing.
i love my polish friends. tough as nails, salt of the earth.
edit - for anyone who may not understand what salt of the earth means, it means you are hard working, good people
in Poland we have same saying.
If somebody is curious:
"Malinowy" means "Raspberry" in Polish
"Suchary" means "Crakers"
"Specjalne" means "Special"
Thank you! I've been told about translating apps. I'll probably give them a try next time. TFW
@@MeAncient no problem. Also thanks for interesting video :)
exactly like in Russian. Guess suchary are as hard as Russian are ;))
Couldn’t be a better way to spend the first few minutes of the weekend! Love all of the videos and both of your sons videos! Love from Prosperity, South Carolina! Keep it up 👍
Aye Aye, Bill! TFW and glad you are enjoying them. I like putting them together.
The Polish SR is a mighty fine ration. Try to get your hands on an SRG too, it's a 24hr.
Glad to see you eat a new one, for once.
I'll see what I can do. Tks for the tip.
Yes Matt!! Like I dare say, best in the world the SRG
Czechoslovakia? Dear God guys im begging you 😅...FYI theres no country like Czechoslovakia from 1992. Great video keep going. BTW Polish MRE have 20 main dish kinds... try those which are more traditional 🙂
P.s
Next time soak those crackers in coffe or tea 😄
Reminds me of my chemistry teacher. Early 2000's, Poland. Teacher was a woman, age: around 50. Once she pulled out this thick old book with yellowed pages and started reading about steel production volume in USSR and Czechoslovakia. Everyone: "But Miss, there's no USSR and Czechoslovakia anymore!". She stops for a moment, obviously digging in her memory, then replies: "I don't know anything about this" and keeps reading.
She ended up in a psych ward the same year and we got really good replacement teacher
@@novislavdajic983 😅
Nie ma już żadnego kraju, który kilkadziesiąt lat temu graniczył z Polską. :)
This was a truly enjoyable video, I was happy to see you enjoy this MRE! Thank you for the entertaining video, and God bless you and your family. You’re truly awesome!
Tks, Shilo!
The mint gums contain Xylitol, a sugar substitute that is effective against caries causing bacteria….
That's why it's been put in MREs of all kinds, I would guess. TFW
As a Polish guy I can tell that You choose one of my favourite ration menu, like one of top 3, try also one with "fasola po bretońsku" or more like baked beans main course. It's made of beans, sausage pieces, bacon, everything in tomato sauce, taste like granny cuisine :D Shame that we don't have any tea or coffee in our rations, but it's understandable, it should be quick and not water and time consuming.
We used jam in ration to make fruit drinks 😁
Hungarian Gulash and Bigos 😋
I absolutely love the stories you hand to tell.....i lost my grandfather and father when i was young so i cling to all these stories told by them and you're a beautiful reminder!!
God bless you and your family sir.
Thank you for your service
I am happy to be part of bringing good memories back for you, Angel. More stories to come! TFW
One of my relatives is a Polish lady and her cooking is wonderful.
I love Polish cooking!
@@MeAncient nice to hear that :-) Recommend polish pierogi and soups :-) I am a vegetarian so I dont eat meat but they say is good, too.
@@margplsr3120 For vegetarians we have pierogi ruskie. Sound like russian pierogis but its not, its coming from Ruski region in Poland. Its pierogi with potato, white cheeze, fried onion, salt and pepper, and its amazing! And also the most popular, sour cabbage and mushroom filling, top hit in Christmas time!
I love hearing your stories. It reminds me of my Papa and his Vietnam stories. Thank you.
As a polish guy- im proud You call us czech and dont mind at all
Cheers to all slavic brothers.
"Konserwa tyrolska" shouldn't be heated up. You eat it cold.
Loved the video and as always thank you for it! It made me smile ~ I'm happy you got to eat the whole meal and that it was good definitely a big improvement over the last meal haha
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, a definite improvement. TFW, Kara!
Much respect from Poland. Thank you for your service!
"Suchary" is a kind of crackers and the name comes from "suchy" that means dry. Nothing common with sugar, saccharin. They should be eaten slowly, apart from other meals, through all day by scraping little by little with teeth. It gives catching taste and fed feeling. No jam, butter or dive into tea, it`s not bread or roll
Asa and Micah brought me here! I'm so glad you started using the heaters and warming the food up. I subscribed and want to thank you for your service! I hope to try some MREs myself soon and maybe record my reactions like you. So happy to see your family become so inspirational.
Thanks for subbing! Asa is my camera man. Micah has recorded one for me when I was in S.C. Enjoy those MREs and you are welcome, Matt. TFW
So glad you decided to do this! Love hearing your stories. Thank you 🙏
You are so welcome! TFW
These videos are always such a treat, great video as always! Glad to see a newer MRE!
Glad you like them! I was happy finally eating something as well. TFW, Hayden.
As a Pole I love to watch these kind of videos where you taste our stuff :D
At this point I’m not sure how much better your storytelling can be! Another entertaining video, keep them coming sir!
Thanks! Will do!
being from poland this is so funny to watch , love the content
Thank you!
that was your best video yet and loved the story keep it up my friend !
Thanks, will do!
Greetings from Poland. Besides, Czechoslovakia has not existed as a single country since January 1, 1993. Since then, we have two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
I started watching for the MRE reviews but have found myself coming back and staying for the stories
I am glad to hear that! Welcome aboard. TFW!
Thank you for your service! My son is a marine and I’m scared to death he may get deployed soon with everything going on in the world so please keep him and our family in your prayers!
I just prayed for your son, Jessica. Tell him, "Semper Fi," from an old Devil Dog. TFW!
Really good review! Enjoyed video as always! Love this channel and content! I watch often! Thanks guys!👍😎
Glad you enjoy it! More to come. I always knew Sasquatch was real. TFW!
@@MeAncient Sasquatch loves MRE's! 👍👣
1:30 tyrolean cann
1:40 rasberry jamm, highly sugarised
1:50 special rusks "Piastowskie" (brand) (suchar = rusk ; sugar in polish is "cukier", and sweet (taste) in polish is "słodki" , słodzone (from słodki) means sugarised), you are suppose to mix it with some water/tea/juice ('suchar' literally means 'dry bread/coockie')
2:00 bolognese pasta
8:40 I'm wondering how many people already got burn from such heaters :P
9:35 It looks like rat poison to me ; jugding by the fact that it is both red and disolves in water, it's propably oranżada (orangeade/lemonade), a sweet drink
In Afghanistan, American soldiers were very eager to exchange an Polish food rations.
They like Polish cuisine.
Najlepiej wymówiliście konserwa tyrolska super odcinek pozdrowienia z Polski
Sorry, I don't understand......TFW
@@MeAncient You have best pronounced the konserwa tyrolska super episode of greetings from Poland
Love your videos, and your stories gave me a good laugh 🤣👍🏼
This biscuits in Poalnd, we call a "Panzer Wafle". Now You know why ;D
Haha dokładnie ale czasem to było lepsze niż żarło że stołówki haha
@@robikszablinski6578 nienawidziłem ich i kochałem. Ja to na poligonie trzymałem w gębie tak długo aż były miękkie by oszukać lichy jak szef zajebał się z obiadem. Pozdro. Lato 05/06
Polacy mają tyle wspaniałych dań, a katują się różnymi dietami. Grochówka, buraczkowa, zalewajka, biały barszcz, rosół, pomidorowa, kapuśniak, krupnik, jarzynowa, schabowy, kotlet mielony, prażoki, mizeria, kwaśne mleko, maślanka, groch z kapustą, bigos... A najlelsze te najbardziej proste : ziemniaki, sadzone jajko, kapusta ( lub inny dodatek) i kwaśne mleko. To tylko niewielka lista. Aż ślinka leci... Bardzo ładnie mówisz po polsku.
Good video again Me Ancient..
Im from Czech Republic..✌
TFW, Pavel! Great to know someone from the Czech Republic is watching!
I just love hearing your stories. Thanks for this video.
lot of fun, when someone is trying to read foreign names in own language, here polish names by english speakers :D
Heck of a story. Love to hear tidbits like that from the ancient. Keep eating those MREs!
New MREs on the horizon and more stories to come. Stay tuned and TFW, Mark.
but Czechoslovakia? It has been almost 29 years since it does not exist
Really enjoyed the video, and good to see you use the FRH this time too. The military stories are a great touch as well, always a pleasure sir!
More to come, James and TFW
Greetings from Poland and thumb up ;)
Thanks for the visit and greetings from the States. TFW, Wiktor
Just started watching your videos and already loving them, especially the military stories!
More to follow.....TFW
Another great video but you should have czeched to make sure it was Polish before you polished it off. ;)
Ha Ha Ha .....I see what you did there. It's nice to have intelligent viewers out there. TFW
Love you’re stories. Thank you. God bless you and you’re family.
Sir, Czechoslovakia no longer exists for about 30 years now. They are now two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and this MRE is from another country of Poland, but you already know that. 😅
He says Czech later though. I guess those who lived through all of the Cold War forget the split in 1992, hehe.
The plastic bag has many uses in survival situations. You can use it to filter water, store water, keep materials dry, flotation device (In a way some are pretty large), storage, maybe a fish trap, etc they have added them to a couple MREs I've seen for their many uses
That's a great idea. I'm not too good at thinking outside the box on this sort of thing. I appreciate the input. TFW
I've watched all of your videos and so far this looked like it was the best meal, wonder if they have the same in the Australian defence force 🤔
I hope to find out about a lot of different meals. TFW, Stephen.
I Love your spirit and videos. I too, was in the military. I enlisted into the USAF back in 1971. Seems like yesterday. I know we had it better than the tough Marines, but had some interesting moments too. When we ate MREs, they were the older type in the cans. Overall, I enjoyed them. Actually, I liked the fruitcakes too.😁 Keep up the good work. You help make my day. I also love that you pray before you eat.👍
Ps. Who is the person filming? Son? Friend?
How do you want to test the MRE when you don't know what you are testing and how to use it? Polish MREs differ significantly from those unified in most armies in the world. It would be advisable to go to a little trouble and translate the directions for use. Properly used, Polish MREs are one of the best in the world, both in terms of taste and caloric value. I know something about it - I am Pole. In Polish Army is used to say: a good bowl (jargon: food) as important as a good weapon. Isn't it?
A small can of ground pork, without heating, is added to a serving of rusks, usually eaten for breakfast. Fruit jelly, jam is usually eaten with rusks for supper. The main course, that really needs to be heated patiently, even longer than recommended in the manual - it warms up slowly - this is a comprehensive lunch.
The big advantage of the polish MREs is that the soldier does not run to the latrine every five minutes. It may seems funny to someone, but in combat conditions it is really a very important property. Everyone who was in the army knows it very well.
It is strange to me to watch a soldier eating in a cap, no Pole will eat like that. Soldiers always take off their cap or headgear, even helmet, at meals - this is the custom both in the army and in civilians. Eating in headgear in Poland is treated as an extreme lack of upbringing.
The way I remember boot camp was you get in bed and before you know it it’s Reveille ,PT off to chow hall for Breakfast and PT throughout the Day Shark Attacks and do your requirements for training drilled for your constant Stress requirements………
they always keep you busy and then eventually you graduate……those who couldn’t figure this process out made me more appreciative of the Drill Instructors ability to show you can dot it and Get The Job done!!!
I was so worried about the physical aspect of boot camp. I kept telling myself that hundreds of thousands of other guys had made it before me back when it was more difficult so I could do it too.
Then, the easy part was the physical (I felt like we were always 'playing' on an adult jungle gym or I was doing what I did as a kid, camping, shooting, running; basically just having fun outside.
The part that I had trouble with was drill. I'll tell a few stories about that in a video to come.
TFW, as always, Mike.
'Suchy' means 'dry', 'suchary' means dried bread pasteries. And what do you mean curly pasta, just like in lasagna? Lasagna is made out of flat sheet-like pasta o.O
I love watching you it’s so interesting the things that are in the mres
Zobaczyl oplatek i sie zaczal modlic xDD
really good clip i enjoyed your story you where talking about back in military, just little heads up for next video do some more revision on details beforehand ^^
I love that this guy's former service man who eaten his fair share of MRE. He's able to prepare it just about how you would in the field.
The paper on the energy bar is rice paper, can be brought in cook shops, used when baking cookies or as in this case sticky bars to make it easier to eat. We have sweets (candy) that are called Flying saucers which have sherbet inside, put in the mouth whole, the rice paper melts and your mouth fills with fizzy sherbet!
I served in the Polish army, and I was unfamiliar with such delicacies XD I ate black bad bread and black coffee, and the dessert was the biscuits you break your teeth on
Another great video I liked how you put your Boot Camp story in there It would be nice if we could hear more of those stories or anything else that you want to talk about with your military career they are interesting stories.
More coming, for sure. TFW, Alex.
When I was in the Army is the late 80's - early 90's I'm pretty sure we had the little fuel heaters... I just don't recall using the water based heaters till after I got out (maybe I'm wrong). I agree though, the water heaters are amazing!
Once I figured out how to use them, yes, they were pretty cool.
This might be the best video yet! The story and the food
Glad you think so! I was real happy to be able to finally eat some good chow. TFW
This man can go on tour and talk about dirt...I'd still buy tickets!! His stories are absolutely fantastic ✊🏾
You're funny, Ryan. Some people think I'm old as dirt. I've got a good story coming, I believe. It's about crossing the Arctic Circle........Stay tuned.
@@MeAncient can't wait I'll be there with bells on!!
Thanks for the story. Very enjoyable to listen to!
Glad you enjoyed it! TFW, Lydia.
just got this video on my main yt page :D greetings from poland, really enjoyed Your vid.
Good one! There are plenty of these types of vids out there, but yours I find the most sincere and entertaining. Glad to see Ace sampling some things. "What's up doc?" Good share Mr. Ancient. Cheers!🤙🍻
I'm glad you enjoyed this one. It was lots of fun putting together and getting to actually eat all of a meal. TFW
what you got here is the cheapest polish MRE thats basically just a lunch, you should check out the 24hrs polish ration with 3 full meals, those are quite tasty
You know you are definitely right you should be doing a taste review on all MREs like an everyday thing because not only do you have the background experience with the old MREs you have the new experience of excitemen along with a good sense of taste for everybody to enjoy ,your experience to make it feel like .....we are experiencing it as well..... definitely the best MRE review and I watch a lot of them thank you and you can thank yourself for that....
Thank you
Tks for those kind words, Tomas. I'm happy to make your day better. TFW
@@MeAncient thank you
yummy. I love the polish MRE’S
Its so neat to see that you were at the same place i was. Obviously you were there way before me....but i was at that same rifle range in 2001 when i was in boot camp. I was platoon 2082
Semper Fi, Nicole. TFW
I don't know why I enjoyed this story so much
Thank you for this review. No worries about Czech issue. I am polish and for me every nearby language that is not polish sounds like russian hehe. Mistakes happen ;) By the way, I watch a lot fishing videos made by yourself and your son. Good job! Going back to the main topic, I'd love to test US MRE but these are not easy to get here. Maybe I should go to your brave troops stationed East of Poland. Good to have you guys here in these troubled times :/
Love your video's and your stories. New subscriber here. God Bless you and thanks for your service.
Thomas, welcome aboard and TFW!
Thank you for the newer mre. Just keep it up man love this stuff
Thanks, will do! Glad you enjoyed it, Matt.
Just a question. How do you get an MRE with all the goodies including matches when we get ours picked over by customs and the post office? Just asking? I think this this is a great question!!!
I'm not surprised you found the Kofik to be strong. The point of it isn't to be a dessert candy as such, but to be a nicely portable replacement for an actual cup of coffee, caffeine and all.
Thank you for your service ❤️
That was really good!!! I can't "wait for it" :) to watch the next one!!
I'm excited to bring publish the next one. TFW!
A lot of these international MREs are something special man. Anyone who ever traded anything I had probably regretted it but I don't speak French, so I never found out.
Love this channel ..Really enjoy the stories as well from your experiences in the army 👌👌..Respect Sir
Simon, I was in the Marine Corps. There's a difference. Ask any Marine or soldier. TFW
@@MeAncient Sorry I never meant to offend you mate 👌👌...
@@simonbcity No offense taken, Simon......just thought you should know. Thanks For Watching (TFW)
@@MeAncient Thanks for letting me know you learn something new every day ..😉😉
Suchary mean crackers so Suchary Specjalne means sprcial crackers if You need some Polnish MRE Im from Poland and I can get U some like 25h rations. In Poland it cost like 20zł for ration like here and 50 for 24h so it is like 5$ and 12$. Nooo the meat in can is to spread!
awsome video, i think it serves its purpose especially the coffee candy, imagine you are really tired escaping the danger and you need to stay awake, this would be very handy in that moment
Indeed! No cooking or heating up. Like a caffeine pill. TFW!
Keep them coming! I look forward to these videos!
More to come! TFW, James.
Cool story, thank you for your service sir ! 👍🇺🇲
As a Pole, I found this INCREDIBLY PAINFUL but also somewhat entertaining to watch. I had the urge to shout at the screen A LOT.
So sorry about the frustration, my friend. Tks for watching it all. I don't mind you yelling at the screen. TFW!
love hearing bootcamp stories, I have one where a recruit pooped on the floor in the head right next to the toilet. I mean right next to the toilet, I don't know if he couldn't hold it long enough or just playing a joke. But all 200 of us had to sit on the floor next to our bunk for 2 days straight until someone came forward.
SU1 Special Cracker "Piastowskie". Piastowskie is taken from first ruling dynasty of Poland "Piast Dynasty" from X-XV century.
Crackers can be eaten with jam, honey, pate or canned meat.
In Polish army we called them "PanzerWaffles" because its hard as Soviet tanks.
So entertaining. Love the stories🤣😆. Glad you got edible food this time.
Glad you enjoyed. I am definitely going to be eating edible ones for a while. More fun for me, too. TFW
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱💪
I am muslim and appreciate the fact that you say a prayer for ur meal. May you be safe and nice. Videos
Czy on wrzucił pasztet do ogrzewacza? ;-;
Did he just put pate into a heater? ;-;