As Canadian (from Québec) and retired member of the CAF (Canadian Armed Forces), just want to point out that English and French are the two official languages of the Country. It does not mean we are all bilingual but at the Federal Gouvernment level it is strongly encouraged to develop competencies in both languages. Never had the poutine while in service... but herd good comments about it although the appearance is nothing like ones served in restaurants... Thnak for making this very entertaining video.
@@paranaplant Most Canadian provinces have always been de facto unilingual English and they do their best to eliminate access to French-language provincial services.
I would just like to add on, that in Alberta where i reside, every single officer i have encountered has come up and spoken first in English, then repeats themself in French. Every time.
Some of the least appetizing looking MREs end up tasting the best 😂 it’s more about giving you a meal that at least somewhat reminds you of home. Admittedly it is kind of weird having a dish made with fries in an MRE pouch. But if someone is deployed overseas and it tastes good, makes the day a little more bearable.
I live in Japan but I'm from Toronto. Here in Japan lots of people ask me if I speak French because I'm Canadian. I always answer "I speak grocery store French" After learning about the labeling laws on Canada, perhaps you know what I mean by "grocery store French" Imagine every day of your life seeing everything you buy in English and French. How many times have you bought milk? Or Lait? Lol yeah you just start picking it up over time, but unfortunately it's pretty much limited to the grocery store. Grocery Store French
I like this, I lived overseas in a non English speaking country, you're so right, you just start picking up bits and pieces of a language by hearing or seeing it often. Exposure based language training at a sudo subliminal level!
@@KitbashedSurvival The USA was founded with the colonies. It's an english country. Canada was a french country that was divided into two halves when us colonists fled the revolutionary war. (I'm dodging BC and the maritimes in that explanation). Funny bit is that French Canadians have more british habits than with France.
Across all of Canada, foods & medicines must have English & French labeling. We also learn both languages in schools, although French is not as widely spoken in most places. Québécois are extremely proud of their French heritage
The rest of Canada seems to forget that 'Canada' was mostly southern quebec for the longest while! Quebec was the door to the North! We Quebecers have the longest, most extensive history and culture, unlike the rest of Canada which has absolutely no homogeneity whatsoever, it's a melting pot of tofu! Canadian 'multiculturalism' is plain, basic, flavorless!
@@JulieDeuxFois Dude, Canada is multicultural through & through. There’s Native American, your French, and English. But Canada has always seen people from many different countries besides those three
@@JulieDeuxFois Very true, Quebec (or Nouvelle-France) existed way before the english colonies came to canada. And honestly, multiculturalism just strips any form of identity from a nation
@@averycheesypotato Yeah it's sad to see that some of us Quebecois think that: 1) 200 years of assimilation of native americans before being assimilated ourselves for 200 years is an extensive history, cuz it's nothing compared to the history of the old continents and doesn't give the Quebecers of today any special status. Our distinct culture is a good enough point, having lived here for an extra 150 years isn't. 2) No Homogoneity in the genetics of a population is "plain", because there is nothing as plain and boring as a bunch of people from one single origin 3) Tofu has no taste : that's because you don't know how to marinate it!
Canadians have some of the best MRE's when in Kandahar back in 03 we swapped with the Canadians stationed there. The Salmon in Caper sauce was the 1st Sgt's favorite and he hoarded them. Good Times
Back when I was in the CAF I served as a Radio Operator, which meant I spent most of my time in a rad truck or a command post. Which meant we always had power. If I knew I would be eating rations I would bring an electric kettle big enough to stuff the rations inside because it was always easier than setting up a Coleman camp stove. What this means for you is that it is perfectly authentic to the soldier experience to heat rations inside the kettle. Especially Canadian rations. It also meant you had extra hot water for washing up before and after you eat.
The FRH’s are kept separate for a couple of reasons. Without the FRH the IMP (Individual Meal Package - we don’t call them MRE) is not dangerous cargo. Plus those things are useless in the winter unless you double up the contents into one bag. So when the rations are set out for people to draw them, there will be a box of FRH’s on the side. Grab what your need. In any bivouac they will usually set up cooking stoves and you can put your packages you want to heat into the pots of boiling water they will have going. For the older serving members and vets you’ll remember the immersion heaters and using them to also warm up your IMPs. Alway hilarious to watch the new private or LT trying to light one of those. Eyebrows anyone!. 😂
Which never made any sense to me. Dozens of other armed forces see no problem in shipping the FRH with the ration pack. But us Canadians are currently arguing whether airsoft guns should be banned. So who knows what overprotective good idea fairy is in charge of the Armed forces and their flawed thinking process.
IMP's officially have 5 years of shelf life, as long as they are kept in proper storage conditions. The chicken in the Poutine is probably there only to increase the protein content of the meal. That said, while the traditional poutine is just french fries, cheese curds and gravy, some restaurants here in Québec do offer poutine variants that includes chicken... However those typically also include green peas... Like the poutine Galvaude from Fromagerie Victoria.
I used to work as a production worker and for our Canadian IMPs (MREs just called differently) and I remember that we were allowed to take a couple home, Literally like every day I came home for work I had like 5-7 IMPs I lived off them and they weren't half bad 😂
Yeah, being Canadian myself. We are a multicultural nation. 2 main languages is French and English. 95% of our packaging has both translations. Depending on where it's produced. I am also in the Canadian army, and this is better than most. I usually skip the poutine or trade it off. Most of the time, we have hot meals, so we are lucky like that. Mainly on overnight exercisea we bring 3 days' worth of MRE's.
@@masterkiller619 Definitely not smarties. Smarties have eight standard colours (pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown) and are considerably larger than M&M's. Reeses Pieces are the same size as M&M's and only come in three colours (yellow, orange, and brown) as seen in the video. Those are 100% Reeses Pieces.
After seeing this "poutine" I can hear the Quebecker warcries coming from their log houses getting louder and louder "Tabarnak Esti d'Viarge!" all around. If you never hear from me again, it was a pleasure being part of the Kitbashed Survival crew while it lasted! *salutes*
if the condiments had been packaged here in Canada they would be dual languages (Canada has 2 official languages so both will be on everything) but the Province of Quebec, French is the prominent language
Also Canadian here and from Ontario, we have two official languages as per our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in school (at least in Ontario) we're taught to speak French from Grade 4-9 with it being optional in 10-12, though you can go to school where it's spoken from kindergarten to 12. It's also on all packaged products you buy in the stores, however on signs you generally only see both languages when you're closer to Quebec or up North. Also side note, it's not uncommon in Toronto to see street signs or general signs in both English and any number of other languages since there's about 160 languages spoken in the city. For example in Little Greece off of the Danforth signs are in English and Greek.
Despite having only one provincial language in Quebec which is French, the government still communicates in English with the citizens who don't speak it. As a quebecer myself, I've had english classes since 3rd grade until university, but I only learned through TH-cam videos and at work in the last 3-4 years. I wasn't a good student lol
@@wipoute there is hospitals where the staff speaks only english and if you show u and you are french and white they dont welcome you very well they say things like why did you came to this hospital meaning that im a frenchy i need to travel twice as much to see a doctor... the anglos always whine and complain but what you are saying is false they have schools and hospitals and everything Québec is not only in french but if people are not happy about where they live they can come here in alberta there is a ton of jobs available...
Why does Quebec not recognize English as the primary language that it is? After the battle of the Plains of Abraham we, the English, gave the land back to France to be nice and now look how they treated us afterward.
Very interesting. First time in my life seeing a Canadian MRE and I've been living here for 73 years. Somewhere back in the '70s the Quebec government decided to change the language laws because most of the businesses here in Quebec were run by English people. That created a massive Exodus of businesses from Montreal to Toronto. I was a fashion photographer in those days and within one year I lost every single one of my customers because they all left the province. Everything here is bilingual French English right across Canada but they only stress it here in Quebec. Many years ago there was a man who got cheese and gravey on his fries at the restaurant and that's how it started.
I'll be honest I had some worries when I saw poutine in the pouch. However it looks more like a potato stew with nice gravy etc, they want to call it poutine by all means. As long as the soldiers enjoy it.
fun fact they used to have a maple mint in the rations that was the same shape and size as the towelette. when they changed it to a towelette there was a lot of cases of people putting the towel in their mouth expecting a mint...
Looks a lot better than the rations we had back when I was in the forces. There was nothing worse than the dreaded ham omelette. A grey rubber brick with unidentifiable pink bits (aka "ham").
I’m from western Canada and I don’t speak French but I have learned a lot of words from food container’s. Poutine in a bag is so Canadian and hilarious. 😂🇨🇦. Ps. We have more land and 10% of the USA population so the matches are for a fire. That’s how we heat food.
More land you Canadians indeed do. Yet more land that tends to get overlooked with people in said land asking for help with none to arrive. But aside that most of your land isn't utilized.
@DeeJay Luc Olivier if your smart, you'll beg and plead with your govt to build a Trump-like wall in order to keep us south; our country is quickly going downhill, and I don't mean in the geographical sense. .
English and French are the two official languages in Canada so all products made and sold anywhere in Canada must be labelled in both languages, including the nutritional information. There are exceptions for certain parts of the packaging like the brand name (eg: Pop-Tarts) which is probably why Mars and Tobasco didn't need translations. Though the Tobasco slogan being only in english is pushing it since the Nescafé had to translate theirs. The stricter language laws in Quebec mostly revolve around needing French to be featured more prominently than any other language on things like signage and such.
For a while during the peak of COVID they temporarily removed the requirement to have French for products sold outside Quebec. It meant that the dollar store started getting in American products. Pay Day bars are delicious. 😋 How I miss 'em...
French Canadian here. Many things are still called by their English name here regardless of the language spoken by using anglicism (anglicisme en francais, comme une toast ou des ribs). Including products you named here, many products just keeps their original name here regardless of the pronunciation. The reason for such strict laws is because the Quebec french language/culture is cornered in a single region of Canada and the government (of Quebec) doesn't want English to takeover. The most important side of this is the law also allows french-speaking folks to have access to products and services in their respective language without being forced to resort to English. Despite the law, many services/companies fails to offer this properly (thus why it is so strict). I know french Canadians aren't well seen outside of Quebec, but I hope this is seen as a fair explanation.
@@DeZilla01 I don't get why some unilingual anglos get upset because french Canadians exist. What's wrong with us wanting to preserve our cultural heritage?
@@mdinelle A lot of it is just discrimination/racism. The same way Americans would dislike Mexicans for "crossing the border illegally" or Muslims for "being terrorists". Mostly people who cannot stand having to deal with a language they do not speak (to be fair there's a handful on our side as well). Then again the bill 101 (La loi 101) is pretty strict and that triggers people mentioned above pretty easily.
those pressed towlettes are soo so useful. Did you know that if you twist them while they're wet and dry them while they're twisted, you can use them as wick to make a fat candle?
So the language laws deffer in quebec from the rest of canada, as we have a different legal system all together. In quebec french must be prominently displayed on everything, at a bare minimum equal to english. In the rest of canada, french is still mandatory on many types of goods including food and other essential type things, but even things like sizing tags at a clothing store or the washing instructions tag on that clothing. Regarding the french on the MRE, even if it wasnt the law to put it there the government would still require it on the MRE because we have many french speaking regiments in our armed forces. it is necessary to have bilingual information on everything so both english and french speaking regiments can use the same equipment.
I really like your videos. It made me hungry! I used to travel to British Columbia and Alberta a lot on business. Being in BC was similar to being in Washington and being in Alberta was like being in Montana or Wyoming. I had poutine many times and really love it. The first time I had it was in the City of Calbary's mess hall. It was delicious. Western Canada didn't seem French at all when talking to the people. It was pretty much like speaking to someone in the USA. A lot like a California accent to me. Of course all the public information and signs were in English/French. Everyone I met and worked with were so nice. I really miss going up there as much as I used to.
Almost no one out here speaks French other than in a few scattered communities in Saskatchewan and even there most don't...in BC Mandarin is more of an advantage than French.
I am a French Quebecer and also a Canadian. Yes you have to speak French. But we are asshole only with our Western English Canadian to keep the spirit. OUPS. Concerning Poutine, it was invented by MISTAKE. A restaurant in Victoriaville but other say in Drummondville (I was born in Drummondville) had a request from a worker who was on the run back to work. He asked to put the fries, sauce and cheese in a bag... The owner asked what is the taste of the poutine... And the Legend started. Now for myself, all of them are good if the fries, cheese and sauce are good. HOURRA.
the small items like the Tabasco sauce probably don't need to be in French because the small package might not be something available for sale and might be directly supplied
Canada has two official languages, English and French, and as such everything (federal law) must be labeled in both. This means everything from product instructions, and warning labels to food.
Yes....because we conquered the French and then immediately handed them the reigns of power....designated them a needy province and looted the treasuries of the Western provinces into perpetuity to fund Quebecois social programs
@@TheWolfsnack they are a whiny over privileged arrogant bunch. I said it. With that being said, that is not a fuckin poutine. Shout out from the real Canada.
@@TheWolfsnack They were considered second class citizen by the British until the 1970s. Just like your own ancestors (since you have an Irish name). Both the Irish and French-Canadians were used as cheap labor by the British.
@@TheWolfsnack ah yes, handed them the reigns of power... Buddy Québec has a quarter of the whole population of Canada, the only province with more people being Ontario. If you want to talk unequal representation, the place where you vote counts the most is PEI.
The "straight" poutine is served without chicken. When you had chicken it becomes a "galvaude" but galvaude is a marketed name, so everybody do it and just call it poutine with chicken.
There's something strongly homey about this, very enjoyable experience, especially as a Canadian, interesting to learn mre poutine was a thing. Very wholesome and glad I watched this! Keep up the strangely enjoyable content 😄
Hi Im from Québec and just to add to your video your Poutine is actually a Poutine GALVAUDE or just a Galvaude. Basically just a regular poutine with chicken or turkey added. Nice video !
I believe that with products like "Tabasco," "Mars," and "Tic Tac" because they're proper nouns (vs a description) they don't need to be translated. Side note: it's funny to me that that's the coffee included in a military MRE since me and the wife buy it for camping/work lunches all the time.
It's because that's the brand name of it. It isn't related to whether it's a noun or not as there are nouns that need to be translated. If you had "cookies" printed on a package it would have to be translated but "Oreos" doesn't have to be since that's a brand name if that makes sense.
The laws of a province, including Quebec, are not relevant for the production and use of IMP for the Canadian Forces. The Canadian Forces are, not surprisingly, a federal entity, governed under federal law. Packaging for IMP must be bilingual and the labelling on the packaging will display English and French to the same extent.
I’m Canadian and in Canada the two languages are official so all Canadian’s stuff ad be in both languages. On the other hand in Quebec only French is the official language which implies that things can be in French only or in both languages.
Well, all consumer goods (including B2B goods and such) must have ingredients and instructions and manuals and so on in both languages, just like everywhere else in Canada. But Québec does have a lot of extra hoops to go through for businesses that have a presence here, rather than just selling goods -- well, any business elsewhere in Canada goes through SOME hoops, but Québec is sometimes administrative-heavy, indeed, and while other places may just use the English manuals and ignore the fact that there isn't one in French, for example, Québec kinda needs that manual in French to be able to read it.
@@TristouMTL Quebecers are better able to read and understand English than the average Canadian. Even if the French language is a priority, Quebecers know how to manage very well without French. When a manual is not available if the object is needed, a company will always offer the service of translating it. And as for university documents, they are in English even in French-speaking schools, which means that a highly educated Quebecer is always bilingual. ;)
@@MyrtilleZima ...and most people know how to use Google Translate. But in reality, only around 42% of French-speaking Quebecers are bilingual. So seen from the 58% that are not, it's understandable that many appreciate laws that require that your new car, say, comes with a manual in both languages.
My favorite scene in the movie "Canadian Bacon" is when they get pulled over in Canada and have to re-graphiti the anti-Canadian slogans on the side of there truck in French as well to conform to the law.
As this is a NATO country ration they are also required by the alliance to have French description of contents on the package. That is why the US MRE packages also have French on them.
That's very interesting. In that case are they also required to have languages from the other NATO countries as well, such as german, italian, dutch, etc...? If not, why just french is required? Does that mean if you are in Germany, then the languages would be german and french? Thank you,
This time Last year i bought 30 lbs of potatoes on sale for 89 cent for a 5 pound bag I dehydrated about 15 pound into 1 and 1 /2 Mason jars (fine flake form) Added garlic powder salt and Pepper And made 4 portions of potato packets *Vacuum sealed with o2 And added to a 1 gallon mylar bag with other goods And sealed / labeled....Spring of 2022 I had beside the lake Brook trout with potato and fried ramps picked walking along the way to the lake a Meal while fishing and traveling this great country ...
Looks edible. I was in the Canadian military from 1984 - 1999. The IMPs were not too bad. Back in the day Lasagna was a favourite. Unlike the US ones, we never had the FRHs, so on our units scale of issue were Coleman propane stoves that we used to heat the IMPs. Back in the day there were not any condiments except mustard and ketchup and the peanut butter and honey were in squeeze tubes like toothpaste.
I used to love the chop suey and Swiss steak, was able to trade for some good stuff with those. Ravioli and lasagna had the chocolate bars so no sugar and officers hoarded those. If I remember correctly the chop suey had a chocolate bar too. The honey in a tube with peanut butter on the bread loaf was my favourite.
@@the80hdgaming very true! They can shove the French language down the throat of the entire country but the same rules don't apply to Quebec. As a Quebecois I thought I was a Canadian citizen and protected under the Charter of Rights. My country is bilingual, thus I refuse to acknowledge Quebec as unilingual. I'm not talking labels on products btw, but everything else.
@@the80hdgaming Seriously, Québec is the most bilangual (french/english) province in Canada. The Quebec's anglos minority has way more access to services in their language (compared to what francos minorities get in the rest of Canada). I know a bit of that as I spent 13 years in the Canadian Forces and 22 years in the public service all accross Canada...
@@erictremblay4940 probably just depended on the time or location, back when I was growing up, my father was serving and had to do a short stint there for courses/training and I heard lots of stories from the time there. It would have been after the whole “bilingual” initiative came out because I remember my dad being baffled about having to learn French and they had made French classes mandatory throughout middle school in the public school system here (I grew up in a small area of Alberta with an airforce base, still live here).
When there is chicken in the poutine, we usually call it "Galvaude", and we usually add green peas on it. Anyway, it's still a poutine and it's still good. ;) I love this video. I'm happy to see that Canadians make MRE not only eatable, but good too. What's bad in war is a moral issue, so it's better adding some sugar and cream to continue a hell of a day.
I'm Canadian. Canada is bilingual and as a result, all advertising, services, and public/semi-public organizations (banks, government own companies, etc.) are required to offer everything in both French and English as to not discriminate one way or another. So as a French speaking Canadian you would be able to get essential items, or services to living, anywhere in Canada. Quebec speaks French more dominantly and has some additional rules for languages other than the rest of Canada.
you were really lucky on some of the stuff you got in your mre to be honest poutine is probably the least favorite of anybody but the jus the chocolat bar and the trail mix pack people would try to trade you those in a hurry. I highly suggest you try the pulled pork one if you have the opportunity its really good and if you are lucky you can get a corn cake its soooo good when its warm
@@patricelajoie2383 national, it’s on everything government across Canada thanks to the Québécois, they’re the only ones making a stink over the French being anything but equal even if it’s not the dominant language nor equally spoken
@@bostonrailfan2427 You seem to be american going by your handle, so you may not know--and a lot of english Canadians seem to be ignorant of this as well, but Quebec did not force the french language on the rest of Canada. The federal government did--not the same thing. The french that is taught in the rest of Canada is metropolitan french--not even quebecois french!
@@thedoctor3029 The poutine in this IMP is terrible compared to a real poutine, however.... everything else in the package is on point. ESPECIALLY the Wildberry drink. I'd live off of those if I could.
My dad would bring back extra MREs from exercises when he was in the army. The packaging hasn’t changed much since the 80s. He did once bring back US MREs (many exercises were joint and we often had Americans on base), and I remember the American MRE’s being a lot fancier. Fun memories!
You got your answer about labeling As for what your girlfriend said about jumping through hoops you're absolutely Right This is one of the main reasons why target bailed from Canada Canadians expected it to be the same as Target in the US But they came in here opening up way too many stores all at once and realizing they just can't import the stuff across the border Most of the merchandise they tried just slapping French stickers on it
"I like my pears like I like my women" LOL! I ordered one of these Canuck Poutine mres and can't wait to try. My first poutine was in January, 1996 at the Celine Dion diner in Ottawa. Got hammered and rode sleds down slope at Hog's Back Park.
I was introduced to poutine in Ottawa too. First time I ordered it, I got it on a roach wagon over at U of O in -30C weather (it's even better when you are freezing 😀) Now if only I could find the right cheese curds state side 😞
Seeing this is taking me back to when my family relied on MREs cause we were too poor. Didn't have any poutine cause they weren't popular in the early 90s here at Nunavut.
@@Unaliq good to hear! I wish you and yours that things will continue to get better... I'll be honest, as someone in Quebec City I feel ashamed of the difficult situation native populations often get put in and would like to be in a position do more to help out... (like most people around me really) sadly we don't exactly know what we can do without adding a slice of condescension/infantilization on top of a "difficult situation" sandwich and we do understand the need for a nation's autonomy and autodetermination. Well wishes from Quebec again, I know it isn't worth much but I can guarantee a big portion of the population here share the sentiment and wish for you to have a good life quality while at the same time keeping your identity as a nation. Sorry for the few vocal assholes and racists, sadly they exist everywhere... Well that was a mouthful... anyway, I'm happy to hear positive news for once on that front, too often we don't hear the positive stuff...
Government offices, road signs and commercial packaging all must be bilingual. I too worked for a company that had a Canadian division and everything we made had bilingual packaging.
Names of places don't change on road signs and most everything else on them are symbols or numbers. You won't see much for bilingual road signs outside of the more informational ones in national parks for that reason.
@@KitbashedSurvival Just be thankful you didn't eat these years ago when they had the "great" macaroni with cheese and peas meal... omg it was terrible...
It's actually really interesting that you mention the French text thing. I'm a Graphics Design student in Ontario, Canada and if you are designing text for a package it must be the same weight (Font size and Level of boldness or thickness) and must be the same font choice as the English counter part. So in Ontario where both English and French are the main languages but English is used more we have English on top usually and French under it but they must be the same weight and font.
Main reason for the French is they want French speaking people enlisting in the Canadian military and Quebec has a large population. Quebec language laws apply mainly to products sold and companies operating in the province
In training, we would divide up the Poutine and Pulled Pork IMPs because they were the worst, everyone would have to carry at least one of them and the person who got the worst shift would get a different IMP (Pizza pasta is the best).
Canadian packaging has to have both French and English no matter where it is sold in Canada. Quebec has stricter laws and they are enforced. They actually have "sign police" that go around to business and fine them if they don't have proper French signage ( French first and minimal English on the outside of businesses). Yeah we are weird.
Not that wierd. Usually a majority of your clients will be french speaking. It makes sense to cater to their needs. Only companies that get fined are grievers. (Except for the ociasional crazy "sign police" zealot.. like that italian restaurant menu from a few years ago). There's a bunch of loopholes :)
@@Jigger2361 And their population represents a fraction of Canada. Always found it funny we let a tiny portion of the country bully the rest into the whole bilingual thing.
I've lived in Canada my whole life and i don't even notice French labeling until someone points it out, my eyes are just trained not to see it anymore.
The poutine and the Salmon IMPs are my favorite, which is good as lots of people really dislike the salmon one, so I'm that guy who everybody trades them to, they taste exactly like canned salmon you buy off the grocery store shelves. The beef stogonhoff one is not so great imo, but in general they are all pretty tasty even the veggetarian ones. The chocolate bar is also not always a mars, you can get coffee crisps as well that are not available in the States and they are pretty good
A viewer from Ontario Canada here... Yes, the french laws are mostly enforced in Québec, but everything is printed in dual language, especially for government business, and documentation.
The French being more prominent is a Quebec thing. In Ontario the items only have to be bilingual so often one side of a package is English and the other side French or the French is below the English.
No clue if anyone will see or read this but I am from the province next to Quebec (Ontario) and we are required to have at least one credit in high school of French. Most people however speak English here and usually the English on things outside of grocery stores is English.
In Quebec there is a French language protection act. Since the Military is a federal entity all packaging, publications and anything with writing on it has to be bilingual. If you were selling a product say strictly in Manitoba, Alberta or Ontario (especially to a private entity) then there is no need for bilingual packaging etc. Also we don't call them MREs in the Canadian Army (I served for over 20 years) we call them IMPs (Individual Meal Packets). I never used the paper towel as TP (generally we always carry TP into the field), I have used it to blow/wipe my nose. As for flameless ration heaters, they are a separate stock item in our supply system and are issued separately; but in combination to a case of IMPs. IMPs are generally shelf safe for 5 years; but I have eaten older ones......Im still alive....lol. Tortillas, are ok; the what you want is the Pain Hamburger; remember bilingual writing.....pain is french for bread.
I live in Ontario. It's beside Quebec. Almost everything sold here has English and French on both sides of the bag or can or whatever item you happen to be looking into
Although primarily used in Quebec, they are both our official languages and therefore both need to be present on national-related text. (on the West Coast, french is never really used nor widely known (french language classes become elective in highschool)) Whether intentional or not, the added paper was on the packaging was great as a tear-off to pack into your boots, or for fire starter. Packing them in your boots would work similarly to newspaper stuffing, absorbing moisture + morning dew from the inside as you slept with them off overnight. I'm shocked they got rid of the pane-bread brick! Tortillas are an interesting change 🤔
I'd also suggest not eating many of these often lol. I'm not sure if they're still designed this way, but from I remember after a few days of these, I'd be constipated for a week. Perhaps intentional for short term operations 🤔
RE the laws in Canada, Quebec is based on Tort Law, the rest of Canada falls under British Common law system, each province has their own tarriffs, as well as Federal tarrifs.
You mean Civil law (derived from continental Roman law tradition). Tort law is the *common law* equivalent of Québec's extracontractual civil liability. Common law isn't strictly British, as Scot's law is a branch of civil law. Common law applies in the jurisdictions of England and Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Some attribute that to 110v house current. They think it's less capable in this task than 220v. By electrical theory they're right enough... but it may be the American appliance features a thicker power cord in compensation; doesn't take too many minutes to boil the water, anyway.
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As Canadian (from Québec) and retired member of the CAF (Canadian Armed Forces), just want to point out that English and French are the two official languages of the Country. It does not mean we are all bilingual but at the Federal Gouvernment level it is strongly encouraged to develop competencies in both languages. Never had the poutine while in service... but herd good comments about it although the appearance is nothing like ones served in restaurants... Thnak for making this very entertaining video.
Came to say this. Thanks 👍
Of course the appearance of poutine is different from MRE and restaurants... It is an MRE.
the new language laws they proposed in Québec just eliminate access to English in the province
@@paranaplant Most Canadian provinces have always been de facto unilingual English and they do their best to eliminate access to French-language provincial services.
I would just like to add on, that in Alberta where i reside, every single officer i have encountered has come up and spoken first in English, then repeats themself in French. Every time.
This Poutine just made all our ancestors cry !!
Meh as a First Nations Canadian I am just amused by it. No horse in this race.
That being said I have seen more appetizing dog food.
This ain't Poutine, this is the army french fries with preserved cheese in broth
I’ve never been more proud to be Canadian as I am watching that poutine go down.
As a Canadian Quebecer and poutine afficionado, that poutine looks positively disgusting.
I agree, but it tastes amazing :)
As an American, who's unfortunately never had poutine, that poutine looks positively disgusting.
As a queeeebecer, you're about the farthest thing from being Canadian.
@@Whiskey.Tango.Actualit’s overrated, like the attitudes of Canadians and their cuckold ways
Some of the least appetizing looking MREs end up tasting the best 😂 it’s more about giving you a meal that at least somewhat reminds you of home. Admittedly it is kind of weird having a dish made with fries in an MRE pouch. But if someone is deployed overseas and it tastes good, makes the day a little more bearable.
I live in Japan but I'm from Toronto.
Here in Japan lots of people ask me if I speak French because I'm Canadian.
I always answer "I speak grocery store French"
After learning about the labeling laws on Canada, perhaps you know what I mean by "grocery store French"
Imagine every day of your life seeing everything you buy in English and French.
How many times have you bought milk? Or Lait? Lol yeah you just start picking it up over time, but unfortunately it's pretty much limited to the grocery store.
Grocery Store French
I like this, I lived overseas in a non English speaking country, you're so right, you just start picking up bits and pieces of a language by hearing or seeing it often. Exposure based language training at a sudo subliminal level!
yes but there are no laws requiring that Spanish be on products here.
@@KitbashedSurvival True, but more companies are adding Spanish to their packaging to help cater to the United States' growing Hispanic community
@@KitbashedSurvival The USA was founded with the colonies. It's an english country.
Canada was a french country that was divided into two halves when us colonists fled the revolutionary war. (I'm dodging BC and the maritimes in that explanation).
Funny bit is that French Canadians have more british habits than with France.
I've always called it, "cereal box French"
Across all of Canada, foods & medicines must have English & French labeling.
We also learn both languages in schools, although French is not as widely spoken in most places.
Québécois are extremely proud of their French heritage
Quebec's culture is also tied with it's language, it's very important that we protect it
The rest of Canada seems to forget that 'Canada' was mostly southern quebec for the longest while! Quebec was the door to the North! We Quebecers have the longest, most extensive history and culture, unlike the rest of Canada which has absolutely no homogeneity whatsoever, it's a melting pot of tofu! Canadian 'multiculturalism' is plain, basic, flavorless!
@@JulieDeuxFois Dude, Canada is multicultural through & through. There’s Native American, your French, and English. But Canada has always seen people from many different countries besides those three
@@JulieDeuxFois Very true, Quebec (or Nouvelle-France) existed way before the english colonies came to canada. And honestly, multiculturalism just strips any form of identity from a nation
@@averycheesypotato Yeah it's sad to see that some of us Quebecois think that:
1) 200 years of assimilation of native americans before being assimilated ourselves for 200 years is an extensive history, cuz it's nothing compared to the history of the old continents and doesn't give the Quebecers of today any special status. Our distinct culture is a good enough point, having lived here for an extra 150 years isn't.
2) No Homogoneity in the genetics of a population is "plain", because there is nothing as plain and boring as a bunch of people from one single origin
3) Tofu has no taste : that's because you don't know how to marinate it!
Canadians have some of the best MRE's when in Kandahar back in 03 we swapped with the Canadians stationed there. The Salmon in Caper sauce was the 1st Sgt's favorite and he hoarded them. Good Times
ahahahah! I was always trading I have for the the gold enveloppe ( salmon) !🤘
Back when I was in the CAF I served as a Radio Operator, which meant I spent most of my time in a rad truck or a command post. Which meant we always had power. If I knew I would be eating rations I would bring an electric kettle big enough to stuff the rations inside because it was always easier than setting up a Coleman camp stove. What this means for you is that it is perfectly authentic to the soldier experience to heat rations inside the kettle. Especially Canadian rations. It also meant you had extra hot water for washing up before and after you eat.
The FRH’s are kept separate for a couple of reasons. Without the FRH the IMP (Individual Meal Package - we don’t call them MRE) is not dangerous cargo. Plus those things are useless in the winter unless you double up the contents into one bag. So when the rations are set out for people to draw them, there will be a box of FRH’s on the side. Grab what your need. In any bivouac they will usually set up cooking stoves and you can put your packages you want to heat into the pots of boiling water they will have going.
For the older serving members and vets you’ll remember the immersion heaters and using them to also warm up your IMPs. Alway hilarious to watch the new private or LT trying to light one of those. Eyebrows anyone!. 😂
Which never made any sense to me. Dozens of other armed forces see no problem in shipping the FRH with the ration pack.
But us Canadians are currently arguing whether airsoft guns should be banned. So who knows what overprotective good idea fairy is in charge of the Armed forces and their flawed thinking process.
@@clothar23 The FRH's also go bad, well before the food will. So it makes sense, to package them separately.
The hot and wet pears part made my whole family laugh aloud since I was listening to this video on speaker 😂
IMP's officially have 5 years of shelf life, as long as they are kept in proper storage conditions. The chicken in the Poutine is probably there only to increase the protein content of the meal. That said, while the traditional poutine is just french fries, cheese curds and gravy, some restaurants here in Québec do offer poutine variants that includes chicken... However those typically also include green peas... Like the poutine Galvaude from Fromagerie Victoria.
Even Canadian taco bell has poutine
I used to work as a production worker and for our Canadian IMPs (MREs just called differently) and I remember that we were allowed to take a couple home, Literally like every day I came home for work I had like 5-7 IMPs I lived off them and they weren't half bad 😂
"I wonder if it's still good after 3 years."
*laughs in steve1989mreinfo*
I love his videos, but man he eats some questionable stuff.
Niiiiiice 😄👍
Nice hiss!
I've eaten 10 year old ones no question.
Yeah, being Canadian myself. We are a multicultural nation. 2 main languages is French and English. 95% of our packaging has both translations. Depending on where it's produced. I am also in the Canadian army, and this is better than most. I usually skip the poutine or trade it off. Most of the time, we have hot meals, so we are lucky like that. Mainly on overnight exercisea we bring 3 days' worth of MRE's.
Those looked like Reese's pieces. They look like m and m's but are peanut butter flavoured!
Pretty sure those are Canadian smarties. It's taste like Easter egg in and m and m's size.
Definetly reeses peices, not m&m or canadian smarties
@@masterkiller619 Definitely not smarties. Smarties have eight standard colours (pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown) and are considerably larger than M&M's. Reeses Pieces are the same size as M&M's and only come in three colours (yellow, orange, and brown) as seen in the video. Those are 100% Reeses Pieces.
After seeing this "poutine" I can hear the Quebecker warcries coming from their log houses getting louder and louder "Tabarnak Esti d'Viarge!" all around. If you never hear from me again, it was a pleasure being part of the Kitbashed Survival crew while it lasted!
*salutes*
Calis! Ça pas d'osti de bonsang TABARNACK! (translation: this means war...)
LMAOO
if the condiments had been packaged here in Canada they would be dual languages (Canada has 2 official languages so both will be on everything) but the Province of Quebec, French is the prominent language
I think you meant the OFFICIAL language
french is the only offical language in Quebec.
@@lequebecois4203 yes
and enforced by the "language police"..... Que is the only province where English is considered sub standard and if they had their way NON-EXISTENT!
@@BorisTheSpyder You should check your facts. English, in Québec, is not sub-standard. It is just not an official language.
Also Canadian here and from Ontario, we have two official languages as per our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in school (at least in Ontario) we're taught to speak French from Grade 4-9 with it being optional in 10-12, though you can go to school where it's spoken from kindergarten to 12. It's also on all packaged products you buy in the stores, however on signs you generally only see both languages when you're closer to Quebec or up North. Also side note, it's not uncommon in Toronto to see street signs or general signs in both English and any number of other languages since there's about 160 languages spoken in the city. For example in Little Greece off of the Danforth signs are in English and Greek.
in Alberta there is familys that still speak german/ukrenian/french etc and there is education in french available
Despite having only one provincial language in Quebec which is French, the government still communicates in English with the citizens who don't speak it. As a quebecer myself, I've had english classes since 3rd grade until university, but I only learned through TH-cam videos and at work in the last 3-4 years. I wasn't a good student lol
@@wipoute there is hospitals where the staff speaks only english and if you show u and you are french and white they dont welcome you very well they say things like why did you came to this hospital meaning that im a frenchy i need to travel twice as much to see a doctor... the anglos always whine and complain but what you are saying is false they have schools and hospitals and everything Québec is not only in french but if people are not happy about where they live they can come here in alberta there is a ton of jobs available...
Why does Quebec not recognize English as the primary language that it is? After the battle of the
Plains of Abraham we, the English, gave the land back to France to be nice and now look how they treated us afterward.
As long as they teach real French and not French- Canadian. Parisian French is a beautiful language and not at all like French Canadian.
Very interesting. First time in my life seeing a Canadian MRE and I've been living here for 73 years. Somewhere back in the '70s the Quebec government decided to change the language laws because most of the businesses here in Quebec were run by English people. That created a massive Exodus of businesses from Montreal to Toronto. I was a fashion photographer in those days and within one year I lost every single one of my customers because they all left the province. Everything here is bilingual French English right across Canada but they only stress it here in Quebec. Many years ago there was a man who got cheese and gravey on his fries at the restaurant and that's how it started.
Check out Steve1989 he did several Canadian MREs. He's also got lots of other ones and it's great content.
Thank God for the government. /s
Officially it's bilingual, but the only place where you can pretty much get served anywhere in both languages is Montreal.
I'll be honest I had some worries when I saw poutine in the pouch. However it looks more like a potato stew with nice gravy etc, they want to call it poutine by all means. As long as the soldiers enjoy it.
we didn't like it, and wish they would take it off the menu
fun fact they used to have a maple mint in the rations that was the same shape and size as the towelette. when they changed it to a towelette there was a lot of cases of people putting the towel in their mouth expecting a mint...
lmao
Can confirm, seen people do it, and it's always funny. Now they have a mini 2 pack of tic-tacs instead.
Looks a lot better than the rations we had back when I was in the forces. There was nothing worse than the dreaded ham omelette. A grey rubber brick with unidentifiable pink bits (aka "ham").
RIGHT???? LOL Although there was one guy in my section that loved those things, everyone would trade them to him.
We would call it the “lung”. No amount of ketchup or hot sauce could make that taste good. Ha! Even worse cold..
I’m from western Canada and I don’t speak French but I have learned a lot of words from food container’s. Poutine in a bag is so Canadian and hilarious. 😂🇨🇦. Ps. We have more land and 10% of the USA population so the matches are for a fire. That’s how we heat food.
More land you Canadians indeed do. Yet more land that tends to get overlooked with people in said land asking for help with none to arrive.
But aside that most of your land isn't utilized.
Poutine est Québécois. N'est pas canadien.
@@deejaylucolivier5955 Sure, whatever. Last I checked you had Canadian postal codes
Conservé votre culture américaine et des colonies anglaises, on va garder la nôtre.
@DeeJay Luc Olivier if your smart, you'll beg and plead with your govt to build a Trump-like wall in order to keep us south; our country is quickly going downhill, and I don't mean in the geographical sense. .
English and French are the two official languages in Canada so all products made and sold anywhere in Canada must be labelled in both languages, including the nutritional information. There are exceptions for certain parts of the packaging like the brand name (eg: Pop-Tarts) which is probably why Mars and Tobasco didn't need translations. Though the Tobasco slogan being only in english is pushing it since the Nescafé had to translate theirs. The stricter language laws in Quebec mostly revolve around needing French to be featured more prominently than any other language on things like signage and such.
For a while during the peak of COVID they temporarily removed the requirement to have French for products sold outside Quebec. It meant that the dollar store started getting in American products. Pay Day bars are delicious. 😋 How I miss 'em...
You are correct, it's called Loi 101 in Québec (bill 101).
French Canadian here. Many things are still called by their English name here regardless of the language spoken by using anglicism (anglicisme en francais, comme une toast ou des ribs). Including products you named here, many products just keeps their original name here regardless of the pronunciation. The reason for such strict laws is because the Quebec french language/culture is cornered in a single region of Canada and the government (of Quebec) doesn't want English to takeover. The most important side of this is the law also allows french-speaking folks to have access to products and services in their respective language without being forced to resort to English. Despite the law, many services/companies fails to offer this properly (thus why it is so strict). I know french Canadians aren't well seen outside of Quebec, but I hope this is seen as a fair explanation.
@@DeZilla01 I don't get why some unilingual anglos get upset because french Canadians exist. What's wrong with us wanting to preserve our cultural heritage?
@@mdinelle A lot of it is just discrimination/racism. The same way Americans would dislike Mexicans for "crossing the border illegally" or Muslims for "being terrorists". Mostly people who cannot stand having to deal with a language they do not speak (to be fair there's a handful on our side as well). Then again the bill 101 (La loi 101) is pretty strict and that triggers people mentioned above pretty easily.
those pressed towlettes are soo so useful. Did you know that if you twist them while they're wet and dry them while they're twisted, you can use them as wick to make a fat candle?
Also telling new guys that they're mints is always kinda fun
So the language laws deffer in quebec from the rest of canada, as we have a different legal system all together. In quebec french must be prominently displayed on everything, at a bare minimum equal to english. In the rest of canada, french is still mandatory on many types of goods including food and other essential type things, but even things like sizing tags at a clothing store or the washing instructions tag on that clothing.
Regarding the french on the MRE, even if it wasnt the law to put it there the government would still require it on the MRE because we have many french speaking regiments in our armed forces. it is necessary to have bilingual information on everything so both english and french speaking regiments can use the same equipment.
Thanks for the info!
I really like your videos. It made me hungry! I used to travel to British Columbia and Alberta a lot on business. Being in BC was similar to being in Washington and being in Alberta was like being in Montana or Wyoming. I had poutine many times and really love it. The first time I had it was in the City of Calbary's mess hall. It was delicious. Western Canada didn't seem French at all when talking to the people. It was pretty much like speaking to someone in the USA. A lot like a California accent to me. Of course all the public information and signs were in English/French. Everyone I met and worked with were so nice. I really miss going up there as much as I used to.
Almost no one out here speaks French other than in a few scattered communities in Saskatchewan and even there most don't...in BC Mandarin is more of an advantage than French.
I am a French Quebecer and also a Canadian. Yes you have to speak French. But we are asshole only with our Western English Canadian to keep the spirit. OUPS. Concerning Poutine, it was invented by MISTAKE. A restaurant in Victoriaville but other say in Drummondville (I was born in Drummondville) had a request from a worker who was on the run back to work. He asked to put the fries, sauce and cheese in a bag... The owner asked what is the taste of the poutine... And the Legend started. Now for myself, all of them are good if the fries, cheese and sauce are good. HOURRA.
Small world! That company that I said my girlfriend works for...their Canadian office is in Drummondville! Thanks for the info!
@@KitbashedSurvival where did you get the Canadian MREs from?
the small items like the Tabasco sauce probably don't need to be in French because the small package might not be something available for sale and might be directly supplied
I love how you eat the fruit when it's clear on the package "heating instructions not applicable to fruit", so maverick
Something to note: Thermopack has Canadian operations in Shippigan NB.
Canada has two official languages, English and French, and as such everything (federal law) must be labeled in both. This means everything from product instructions, and warning labels to food.
Yes....because we conquered the French and then immediately handed them the reigns of power....designated them a needy province and looted the treasuries of the Western provinces into perpetuity to fund Quebecois social programs
@@TheWolfsnack they are a whiny over privileged arrogant bunch.
I said it. With that being said, that is not a fuckin poutine. Shout out from the real Canada.
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@@TheWolfsnack They were considered second class citizen by the British until the 1970s. Just like your own ancestors (since you have an Irish name). Both the Irish and French-Canadians were used as cheap labor by the British.
@@TheWolfsnack ah yes, handed them the reigns of power... Buddy Québec has a quarter of the whole population of Canada, the only province with more people being Ontario. If you want to talk unequal representation, the place where you vote counts the most is PEI.
MRE Fruit pouch: "COOKING INSTRUCTIONS DON'T APPLY TO FRUITS"
Kitbashed: "Huh. I wonder who that's for. *boils pears* "
What it's not for me ...... Proceeds to cook fruits shrugging
The "straight" poutine is served without chicken. When you had chicken it becomes a "galvaude" but galvaude is a marketed name, so everybody do it and just call it poutine with chicken.
There's something strongly homey about this, very enjoyable experience, especially as a Canadian, interesting to learn mre poutine was a thing. Very wholesome and glad I watched this! Keep up the strangely enjoyable content 😄
Hi Im from Québec and just to add to your video your Poutine is actually a Poutine GALVAUDE or just a Galvaude. Basically just a regular poutine with chicken or turkey added. Nice video !
Galvaude needs pees. This is just a chicken poutine.
Its missing the green peas.
I concur, no canned peas no galvaude... just ain't the same.
I believe that with products like "Tabasco," "Mars," and "Tic Tac" because they're proper nouns (vs a description) they don't need to be translated.
Side note: it's funny to me that that's the coffee included in a military MRE since me and the wife buy it for camping/work lunches all the time.
It's because that's the brand name of it. It isn't related to whether it's a noun or not as there are nouns that need to be translated. If you had "cookies" printed on a package it would have to be translated but "Oreos" doesn't have to be since that's a brand name if that makes sense.
The laws of a province, including Quebec, are not relevant for the production and use of IMP for the Canadian Forces. The Canadian Forces are, not surprisingly, a federal entity, governed under federal law. Packaging for IMP must be bilingual and the labelling on the packaging will display English and French to the same extent.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
I’m Canadian and in Canada the two languages are official so all Canadian’s stuff ad be in both languages. On the other hand in Quebec only French is the official language which implies that things can be in French only or in both languages.
Well, all consumer goods (including B2B goods and such) must have ingredients and instructions and manuals and so on in both languages, just like everywhere else in Canada. But Québec does have a lot of extra hoops to go through for businesses that have a presence here, rather than just selling goods -- well, any business elsewhere in Canada goes through SOME hoops, but Québec is sometimes administrative-heavy, indeed, and while other places may just use the English manuals and ignore the fact that there isn't one in French, for example, Québec kinda needs that manual in French to be able to read it.
@@TristouMTL Quebecers are better able to read and understand English than the average Canadian. Even if the French language is a priority, Quebecers know how to manage very well without French. When a manual is not available if the object is needed, a company will always offer the service of translating it. And as for university documents, they are in English even in French-speaking schools, which means that a highly educated Quebecer is always bilingual. ;)
@@MyrtilleZima ...and most people know how to use Google Translate. But in reality, only around 42% of French-speaking Quebecers are bilingual. So seen from the 58% that are not, it's understandable that many appreciate laws that require that your new car, say, comes with a manual in both languages.
The rules you were mentioning about Quebec for language regulations are the same for all of Canada :)
My favorite scene in the movie "Canadian Bacon" is when they get pulled over in Canada and have to re-graphiti the anti-Canadian slogans on the side of there truck in French as well to conform to the law.
As this is a NATO country ration they are also required by the alliance to have French description of contents on the package. That is why the US MRE packages also have French on them.
That's very interesting. In that case are they also required to have languages from the other NATO countries as well, such as german, italian, dutch, etc...? If not, why just french is required? Does that mean if you are in Germany, then the languages would be german and french? Thank you,
This time Last year i bought 30 lbs of potatoes on sale for 89 cent for a 5 pound bag I dehydrated about 15 pound into 1 and 1 /2 Mason jars (fine flake form) Added garlic powder salt and Pepper And made 4 portions of potato packets *Vacuum sealed with o2 And added to a 1 gallon mylar bag with other goods And sealed / labeled....Spring of 2022 I had beside the lake Brook trout with potato and fried ramps picked walking along the way to the lake a Meal while fishing and traveling this great country ...
Looks edible. I was in the Canadian military from 1984 - 1999. The IMPs were not too bad. Back in the day Lasagna was a favourite. Unlike the US ones, we never had the FRHs, so on our units scale of issue were Coleman propane stoves that we used to heat the IMPs. Back in the day there were not any condiments except mustard and ketchup and the peanut butter and honey were in squeeze tubes like toothpaste.
I was in the CF 87-95.....remember "The Lung"?
@@robertdemery6679 Ham omlette!!!
@@jeffho1727 - Nope, plain omelette, or lung in a bag.
Some guys would throw out the thick and dry bread, condiments so when I had the Salisbury steak I made myself a hamburger. It was delicious!
I used to love the chop suey and Swiss steak, was able to trade for some good stuff with those. Ravioli and lasagna had the chocolate bars so no sugar and officers hoarded those. If I remember correctly the chop suey had a chocolate bar too. The honey in a tube with peanut butter on the bread loaf was my favourite.
Toronto is the most multi cultural city in the entire world. We got everyone here.
I live in Canada(Ontario to be exact) - Ya the french labels are on everything. Its definitely a nation wide thing.
Except Quebec... lmfao
@@the80hdgaming very true! They can shove the French language down the throat of the entire country but the same rules don't apply to Quebec. As a Quebecois I thought I was a Canadian citizen and protected under the Charter of Rights. My country is bilingual, thus I refuse to acknowledge Quebec as unilingual. I'm not talking labels on products btw, but everything else.
@@the80hdgaming
Seriously, Québec is the most bilangual (french/english) province in Canada.
The Quebec's anglos minority has way more access to services in their language (compared to what francos minorities get in the rest of Canada).
I know a bit of that as I spent 13 years in the Canadian Forces and 22 years in the public service all accross Canada...
@@erictremblay4940 probably just depended on the time or location, back when I was growing up, my father was serving and had to do a short stint there for courses/training and I heard lots of stories from the time there. It would have been after the whole “bilingual” initiative came out because I remember my dad being baffled about having to learn French and they had made French classes mandatory throughout middle school in the public school system here (I grew up in a small area of Alberta with an airforce base, still live here).
Note: This video has chapters for those who want to skip around. :)
When there is chicken in the poutine, we usually call it "Galvaude", and we usually add green peas on it. Anyway, it's still a poutine and it's still good. ;)
I love this video. I'm happy to see that Canadians make MRE not only eatable, but good too. What's bad in war is a moral issue, so it's better adding some sugar and cream to continue a hell of a day.
I'm Canadian. Canada is bilingual and as a result, all advertising, services, and public/semi-public organizations (banks, government own companies, etc.) are required to offer everything in both French and English as to not discriminate one way or another. So as a French speaking Canadian you would be able to get essential items, or services to living, anywhere in Canada. Quebec speaks French more dominantly and has some additional rules for languages other than the rest of Canada.
In my old age... I miss the 4-pack of camels...
Yes Quebec has a law called Law 101 that protects french language in Quebec .
you were really lucky on some of the stuff you got in your mre to be honest poutine is probably the least favorite of anybody but the jus the chocolat bar and the trail mix pack people would try to trade you those in a hurry. I highly suggest you try the pulled pork one if you have the opportunity its really good and if you are lucky you can get a corn cake its soooo good when its warm
I'm French-Canadian from Québec and yes as you said Québec gov made lot of laws to protect the language
…by forcing it on the rest of the country to appease a few
@@bostonrailfan2427 totaly wrong...its a provincial thing
@@patricelajoie2383 national, it’s on everything government across Canada thanks to the Québécois, they’re the only ones making a stink over the French being anything but equal even if it’s not the dominant language nor equally spoken
@@bostonrailfan2427 You seem to be american going by your handle, so you may not know--and a lot of english Canadians seem to be ignorant of this as well, but Quebec did not force the french language on the rest of Canada. The federal government did--not the same thing. The french that is taught in the rest of Canada is metropolitan french--not even quebecois french!
Anybody else jumped up thinking Steve had woken up from a half year break?
Yeah, he's gone MIA
@@KitbashedSurvival haha, exactly! great RME review again. i feel like trying poutine now;)
@@KitbashedSurvival We enjoy your videos, and it was nice to see an MRE (IMP) video on your channel. But we miss Steve1989.
@@thedoctor3029 The poutine in this IMP is terrible compared to a real poutine, however.... everything else in the package is on point. ESPECIALLY the Wildberry drink. I'd live off of those if I could.
@@platobach8309 Did Steve pass away?
I'm glad to see that I am not the only person to eat peanut butter and jelly on tortillas.
Loved it until you called the Reeses pieces in the trail mix "m&ms"
I'm pretty sure they were m&m's. Maybe I was imagining things lol.
@@KitbashedSurvival that's what made it peanut butter trail mix
I was gonna comment the same thing. Obviously never heard of Reeses pieces!
My dad would bring back extra MREs from exercises when he was in the army. The packaging hasn’t changed much since the 80s. He did once bring back US MREs (many exercises were joint and we often had Americans on base), and I remember the American MRE’s being a lot fancier. Fun memories!
You got your answer about labeling
As for what your girlfriend said about jumping through hoops you're absolutely Right
This is one of the main reasons why target bailed from Canada
Canadians expected it to be the same as Target in the US
But they came in here opening up way too many stores all at once and realizing they just can't import the stuff across the border
Most of the merchandise they tried just slapping French stickers on it
"I like my pears like I like my women" LOL! I ordered one of these Canuck Poutine mres and can't wait to try. My first poutine was in January, 1996 at the Celine Dion diner in Ottawa. Got hammered and rode sleds down slope at Hog's Back Park.
I was introduced to poutine in Ottawa too. First time I ordered it, I got it on a roach wagon over at U of O in -30C weather (it's even better when you are freezing 😀) Now if only I could find the right cheese curds state side 😞
Seeing this is taking me back to when my family relied on MREs cause we were too poor. Didn't have any poutine cause they weren't popular in the early 90s here at Nunavut.
Sad to hear hopefully things got better! Good luck up there it must be so rough I cant imagine.
From a Quebecois
@@charlolel This was back in the late 80s, and when I was around 3 - 5. Things have gotten better, and we're doing fine now.
@@Unaliq good to hear! I wish you and yours that things will continue to get better... I'll be honest, as someone in Quebec City I feel ashamed of the difficult situation native populations often get put in and would like to be in a position do more to help out... (like most people around me really) sadly we don't exactly know what we can do without adding a slice of condescension/infantilization on top of a "difficult situation" sandwich and we do understand the need for a nation's autonomy and autodetermination. Well wishes from Quebec again, I know it isn't worth much but I can guarantee a big portion of the population here share the sentiment and wish for you to have a good life quality while at the same time keeping your identity as a nation. Sorry for the few vocal assholes and racists, sadly they exist everywhere...
Well that was a mouthful... anyway, I'm happy to hear positive news for once on that front, too often we don't hear the positive stuff...
Government offices, road signs and commercial packaging all must be bilingual. I too worked for a company that had a Canadian division and everything we made had bilingual packaging.
Names of places don't change on road signs and most everything else on them are symbols or numbers. You won't see much for bilingual road signs outside of the more informational ones in national parks for that reason.
Your kitteh heard the familiar tone of treats in a bag. My minx climbs the door screen if he heard a certain tone of crinkle. 😆🤙🏾
Just to add some info, with the IMP, the FRH is issued seperate to the meal in the field....
Good to know
@@KitbashedSurvival Just be thankful you didn't eat these years ago when they had the "great" macaroni with cheese and peas meal... omg it was terrible...
bro brought out the whole KITCHEN SET in the middle of a battle field
"PRIVATE PUT DOWN THAT INDUCTION STOVE! WE GOT A WAR TO FIGHT HERE"
It's actually really interesting that you mention the French text thing. I'm a Graphics Design student in Ontario, Canada and if you are designing text for a package it must be the same weight (Font size and Level of boldness or thickness) and must be the same font choice as the English counter part. So in Ontario where both English and French are the main languages but English is used more we have English on top usually and French under it but they must be the same weight and font.
and just to add on to that yes it is required by law.
@@ItsJam3z meanwhile that law doesn't apply in Quebec. English can be the size of an ant or none at all.
@@o4komodo That's interesting. Didn't know that.
@@o4komodo English is pretty much always there
No
Main reason for the French is they want French speaking people enlisting in the Canadian military and Quebec has a large population. Quebec language laws apply mainly to products sold and companies operating in the province
Im surprised as an American you say "Quebec" perfectly well
Thanks
The Colonel's restaurant signs in Montreal have PFK not KFC.
Everybody enjoys hot-n-wet peaches lol
french in Québec or the more northern countries are more french but like vancouver is mainly english dominant
Great review my man. I love the IMP Poutine! I tried the fruit warm before and it was not fir me! That banana trail mix and the coffee are 🔥 as well!
In training, we would divide up the Poutine and Pulled Pork IMPs because they were the worst, everyone would have to carry at least one of them and the person who got the worst shift would get a different IMP (Pizza pasta is the best).
Canadian packaging has to have both French and English no matter where it is sold in Canada. Quebec has stricter laws and they are enforced. They actually have "sign police" that go around to business and fine them if they don't have proper French signage ( French first and minimal English on the outside of businesses). Yeah we are weird.
Not that wierd. Usually a majority of your clients will be french speaking. It makes sense to cater to their needs.
Only companies that get fined are grievers. (Except for the ociasional crazy "sign police" zealot.. like that italian restaurant menu from a few years ago).
There's a bunch of loopholes :)
Très bizarre de parler français effectivement.
"I like my pears like I like my women..."😂
Canada is officially a bilingual country ... but only in Québec 😅
Oui tu a raison loll
...New Brunswick is also officially bilingual fyi
@@Jigger2361 And their population represents a fraction of Canada.
Always found it funny we let a tiny portion of the country bully the rest into the whole bilingual thing.
I've lived in Canada my whole life and i don't even notice French labeling until someone points it out, my eyes are just trained not to see it anymore.
I would like to believe I totally would be using my phone and liking their Facebook page during my pause at war 🤣
The Engineers didn't spend all day setting up a wi fi connection just for you to look at adult websites ya know.
Canadian field rations are called IMP (Individual Meal Pack), not MRE (Meal Ready to Eat).
Mas, IMPs have come a long way from the '90s :)
The poutine and the Salmon IMPs are my favorite, which is good as lots of people really dislike the salmon one, so I'm that guy who everybody trades them to, they taste exactly like canned salmon you buy off the grocery store shelves. The beef stogonhoff one is not so great imo, but in general they are all pretty tasty even the veggetarian ones. The chocolate bar is also not always a mars, you can get coffee crisps as well that are not available in the States and they are pretty good
i liked after the hot pears joke :)
Ugh! That "poutine" looks soooo gross bruh.
jesus 2019 poutine .... this is do fresh.
A viewer from Ontario Canada here... Yes, the french laws are mostly enforced in Québec, but everything is printed in dual language, especially for government business, and documentation.
The French being more prominent is a Quebec thing. In Ontario the items only have to be bilingual so often one side of a package is English and the other side French or the French is below the English.
As a Quebecer who once ordered an "ananas" pizza in Toronto, I can confirm this is true
I always trade away the poutine with someone else. If there's no takers I eat the chocolate bar and coffee and dont eat until supper.
No clue if anyone will see or read this but I am from the province next to Quebec (Ontario) and we are required to have at least one credit in high school of French. Most people however speak English here and usually the English on things outside of grocery stores is English.
This guy when he likes something “Oh yeah!”
you know the face bobby boucher made when he seen the water coach klein was giving the team? Thats my face seeing that poutine as a Canadian.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. Feeling more brave to try mine now
In Quebec there is a French language protection act. Since the Military is a federal entity all packaging, publications and anything with writing on it has to be bilingual. If you were selling a product say strictly in Manitoba, Alberta or Ontario (especially to a private entity) then there is no need for bilingual packaging etc. Also we don't call them MREs in the Canadian Army (I served for over 20 years) we call them IMPs (Individual Meal Packets). I never used the paper towel as TP (generally we always carry TP into the field), I have used it to blow/wipe my nose. As for flameless ration heaters, they are a separate stock item in our supply system and are issued separately; but in combination to a case of IMPs. IMPs are generally shelf safe for 5 years; but I have eaten older ones......Im still alive....lol. Tortillas, are ok; the what you want is the Pain Hamburger; remember bilingual writing.....pain is french for bread.
I live in Ontario. It's beside Quebec. Almost everything sold here has English and French on both sides of the bag or can or whatever item you happen to be looking into
I bought plenty of boxes of the "Nescafé Sweet "N' Creamy", but mine is the French Vanilla Cappuccino one. I love the stuff!
As an Aussie, the only thing that appeals here is the coffee and the Mars bar
Just a note; all products sold in Canada need to be bilingual as per federal laws.
As someone from Alberta we have alot less strict laws. It just has to exist in the bag in some way
Although primarily used in Quebec, they are both our official languages and therefore both need to be present on national-related text. (on the West Coast, french is never really used nor widely known (french language classes become elective in highschool))
Whether intentional or not, the added paper was on the packaging was great as a tear-off to pack into your boots, or for fire starter. Packing them in your boots would work similarly to newspaper stuffing, absorbing moisture + morning dew from the inside as you slept with them off overnight.
I'm shocked they got rid of the pane-bread brick! Tortillas are an interesting change 🤔
I'd also suggest not eating many of these often lol. I'm not sure if they're still designed this way, but from I remember after a few days of these, I'd be constipated for a week. Perhaps intentional for short term operations 🤔
Boy this have changed from back in the day , lol ,good vid.
RE the laws in Canada, Quebec is based on Tort Law, the rest of Canada falls under British Common law system, each province has their own tarriffs, as well as Federal tarrifs.
You mean Civil law (derived from continental Roman law tradition). Tort law is the *common law* equivalent of Québec's extracontractual civil liability. Common law isn't strictly British, as Scot's law is a branch of civil law. Common law applies in the jurisdictions of England and Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Always amazes me seeing an American with a kettle.
Yeah for some reason they're not as popular here, but I have 2 of them. Love them.
Some attribute that to 110v house current. They think it's less capable in this task than 220v. By electrical theory they're right enough... but it may be the American appliance features a thicker power cord in compensation; doesn't take too many minutes to boil the water, anyway.