Taste Testing a 2019 Polish MRE!
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- Another Boot Camp story as I unbox and eat this 2019 Polish MRE. I use the heater and eat everything. It was really good! I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed making this.
Bon Appetit!
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
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. :)
"Konserwa tyrolska" shouldn't be heated up. You eat it cold.
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
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.
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
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 ;))
but Czechoslovakia? It has been almost 29 years since it does not exist
"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
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
In Afghanistan, American soldiers were very eager to exchange an Polish food rations.
They like Polish cuisine.
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 😋
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!
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.
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!
Good video again Me Ancient..
Im from Czech Republic..✌
TFW, Pavel! Great to know someone from the Czech Republic is watching!
As a polish guy- im proud You call us czech and dont mind at all
Cheers to all slavic brothers.
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
being from poland this is so funny to watch , love the content
Thank you!
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!
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
I only came in here to see if you would tear the rice waffle off the bar like other MRE testers from US :-D But fortunately you have made a good assumption that the white part is edible :-D
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.
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!
Much respect from Poland. Thank you for your service!
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
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
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'.
As a Pole I love to watch these kind of videos where you taste our stuff :D
ta mała konserwa nie jest do podgrzewania to mielonka :)
Z tyrolskiej można zrobić niezły gulasz. Można spokojnie podgrzewać.
Greetings from Poland and thumb up ;)
Thanks for the visit and greetings from the States. TFW, Wiktor
Czy on wrzucił pasztet do ogrzewacza? ;-;
Did he just put pate into a heater? ;-;
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
Wtf Czechoslovakian???? these countries have not been together since 1993 🤦🏻♂️
I was busy building a business around that time frame. I paid no attention to world happenings. Sorry......TFW!
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.
Gościu co tyrolską podgrzał xd
lot of fun, when someone is trying to read foreign names in own language, here polish names by english speakers :D
Czechoslovakia in 2021.......Bravo marine🤣🤣🤣🤣
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!
i love gums from Polish MRE
i'm eating it every day because my mom works in military
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.
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.
You have to try SRG for 24h😁
I’am still on service and I still have many of them you just try.
All best form Poland Sir.
🇵🇱🤝🇺🇸
God bless America👊
How do I find one? Any ideas? TFW
@@MeAncient I try get one for you SIR
Zobaczyl oplatek i sie zaczal modlic xDD
"Suchary" /soo-ha-ry/ have actually nothing to do with sugar. They are biscuits. The name comes from the word "suchy", which means 'dry' ;)
Tks, Amjan. They were definitely dry. TFW
So glad you decided to do this! Love hearing your stories. Thank you 🙏
You are so welcome! TFW
I love the Polish rations. Might dare say the 24hr SRG is best in the world. The food tastes like homemade food canned by my grandma.
Now that's saying something! 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!
wtf? Polish soldiers have that kind of some fuckin scifi cookin something? And so much toilet paper? Well 2 of the most important things are secured. Only thing what we need, is the guns. big guns. And lot of ammo.
'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
All Polish MRE are quality products. In my was vitamin candy and coffe candy.
kinda bother me when you guys call Polish MRE a Czech one,those are two different countries,otherwise great video though
No the best way to start a video about Polish Ration by confusing with Czechoslovakia, not mentioning that such a country does not exists anymore ;)
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
My friend, Czechslovakia broke apart in 1993. Best regards from Europe
Ja wszystko rozumiem, ale jak można pomylić nieistniejącą już Czechosłowację z Polską? Nie wiem czy w kraju, w którym mieszkasz są lekcje czytania ze zrozumieniem i nauka geografii, ale zdecydowanie trzeba to poprawić.
The canned food you liked so much is the cheapest and the worst Polish luncheon meat, they give it a tasty meal in prison🤣🤗🤔
Co za wysyp dupolizów z Polski xD Czy wy serio musicie się poniżać pod każdym zagranicznym filmikiem w którym wspomniana jest Polska?
2:08 macaroni Bolognese pasta, canned vegetables and meat 😀😀😀😀😀😀
trying Polish MRE then saying its from Czech Republic lol
SU-1 are meant for enemies, you give it to the enemy and then the enemy cannot fight anymore beacause of broken teeth
1:25 Konserwa TYROLSKA Tyrolean canned 😋😋😋😋😋😋
Su-1 is a bulletproof crackers. Greetings from Poland.
1:50 special rusks PIASTOWSKI 😀😀👍👍🙃🙃
In Poland we call them PANZER CRAKERS 😉
You should try the chewing tobacco polish soldiers get. I had a try from one of my mates who's still in service. Looks like shoe paste, you place it between your gum and lip. It's so strong that you can't even look at cigarettes for next 24h. It kills the nicotine crave instantly.
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
11:21 special rusks PIASTOWSKI 😀😀😀😀😀😀
The polish really taking care of their troops… compared the the American mre are such small portions compared the that
Tyler, I will let you know about some of the newer ones soon. Stay tuned and TFW
fajnie popotrzeć jak Jankesi smokują polskie jedzonko!!
W Polsce nie jemy posiłków z czapką na głowie.
Well the blanket party really sounded like the same treatment they gave Gomer Pyle before he cracked. I know it was a different time and all that but I never liked it when several people gang up on one other person.
It is Polish MRE not Czechoslovakian :P
is there a free mason in hell for eternity that didn't repent MRE?
Polish and American MRE is the best!
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!
Can you make a ranking of the tastiest and worst dishes?
it might be interesting to put together something that would be like rations served to the troops from the Revolutionary War to Civil War. I know it's not an MRE but it might be fun. Hard Tack, Salt Pork, Coffee... I don't think they gave them gum, but if you were in the Navy I think you got Grogg. You can get some good ideas from the Townsends youtube channel for this. I think they even go into WWII stuff.
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I like that idea. It would require some research but you never know.....TFW
A good friend of mine from Rhode Island her and her hubby go and do civil war reenactment. She cooks for them. Probably 100% better then what they had back then tho lol
But they always seem to do one or 2 100% accurate meals.
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱💪
Meat can is ready to eat without warming it up, sir.
Co gosc ma łacha z naszych miekkich krakersow :D
yummy. I love the polish MRE’S
Jeszcze zabrakło pół litra i ogórków
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.
In Germany we call these crackers "Panzerkekse" wich means tankcrackers. I guess you know the reason why we chose these name allready. 😅
Polska przejmuje ten film
In every MRE taste-testing video I've seen by every reviewer, not a single guy has thought to use one of those common, office metal clips to close an FRE plastic bag. You could use one of those plastic potato chip bag clips. Heck, you could even use a clothespin.
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.
Ohh... we are calling it panzer wafers 😂😂😂😂
Yessir! TFW!
I could only imagine later on in officer's mess, your D.I catching crap from his fellow D.Is because of Bugs' reaction to his question.
This whole country is all about politics. They graduated a guy only cuz his father was a state senator...so he didn't look bad for his son being kicked out. That alone says a lot about our country
Why u testing Polish mre but telling about Czechoslovakia mre, and language? Poland never be a part of Czechslovakia, same as Poland never be a part of USSR. Czechoslovakia=Czech and Slovakia. U are vet of Marine i guess, and you dont know a basics of geography. Its sad. Return to school...rly.
Loving this videos man keep up the awesome content. (Side note) I admire the genuineness of your content. Straight to the point.
TFW, I'm glad you are enjoying them. I like making them.
I love them too. Both of you are just great fun to watch.
I love hearing your stories. It reminds me of my Papa and his Vietnam stories. Thank you.
the polish MRE looks good