It's not like the chocolate in there is "special mre chocolate" Germans are just good at making chocolate, and people like Steve1989 notice cause they focus on the flavor. Many people would eat that chocolate bar and not appreciate the complex flavor.
Literally Germans : "Our Reich will last a 1000 years" "Herr Komandant we just lost this war and lost all others we should find something else..." "Fine Kameraden, OUR MILITARY RATIONS WILL LAST A THOUSAND YEARS !!!" "That's ze spirit !"
"I don't understand how this chocolate is so amazing. It's like nothing I've ever had before." Spends the next 10 hours obsessively vacuuming the carpets.
I think Steve has a couple superpowers including iron gut, unshakable happiness, calming effect on all and he can read any language if it's written on an MRE
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I was watching this really drunk yesterday and that chocolate looked absolutely amazing so i spent literally all night scouring the internet to find one of these rations, to no avail. then i had a dream that i went to an army surplus store that had hundreds of these fresh, still in the crates. life is suffering.
Michael I dont know if it really is that exact choclate, but the closest thing probably is "Scho-Ka-Kola". Choclate with about 50& cocoa, a bit of fruit and coffee.
"I don't know if I'm gonna try it, uh..." *snifff* [puts bar down] "I mean..." *sniff* [puts bar down again] "It just smells..." *om* [puts down bitten bar]
The level of preservation is absolutely incredible. The fact that the meat bar was edible, if barely, is absolutely crazy. Oddly enough, I quite fancy trying the meat bar, since you didn't grumble about it being rancid lol.
You can still buy the chocolate. It's called Scho - Ka - Kola and comes in a round tin. Red for dark chocolate, blue for milk chocolate. Look it up, they've got an internet page. Greetings from Germany
It seems to be a different one, stop at about 2:07 it says its a sarotti chocolate. The brand still exists afaik but I am not sure if you can get that exact sort of chocolate. the scho-ka-kola is presented in a different video though in their typical round tin
sarotti does make sho-ka-kola. it used to be owned by a different company but around the late 60s it transfered ownership to sarotti. so, its no longer the same company that made the choholate for the wehrmacht
The first video I ever watched of yours I was laughing so hard because you were so excited and yet so SERIOUS about these things. But now I'm like "HM YES, QUITE INTERESTING STEVE. TOTALLY AGREE." Your passion for these videos is so awesome and entertaining and calming all at once. You are a pure soul, man. Pure as hell.
It sounds like SCHO-KA-KOLA which is caffeinated chocolate with kola nut. It comes in a round tin can and used to be pretty popular in Germany when I was a kid. I wasn't allowed to eat it because of the caffeine, though.
"Mr Gobachev, tear down this wall". Man I loved Reagan. As a side note. My Uncle was based in West Germany in the 60's, a very tense time there with people being shot trying to go from East Germany to West Germany.
hey ,if anyone else wants to uncover canned food for survival try Franaar Spies Control Formula ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my m8 got great success with it.
After watching a few of these videos, it really looks like the German stuff was never sealed up all that well, yet it holds up great. The US stuff being all in sealed tin cans, this thing just sealed with a sticker... Guess there is something to that German engineering thing after all.
Steve said , " 1961 " , that's 57 years today , but I think video was in 2016 , or 2017 , not that it matters that much when you're talking decades . Oh that smell it only gets worse .
I've just watched 5 hours of rations being opened and eaten. Now imagine eating rations everyday every meal (if you haven't). Great channel bro. It's like a time capsule. Also, you have Level 1000 jedi stomach.
Steve is a god among men -bomb ass editing skills -great voice and catchphrases -attractive (bruh I'm mirririn with them pythons and dat beard) -food review skills and of course that legendary Mr. Rogers shirt We are not worthy.
That’s a really beautiful metal case, I would love to have that to store pens and pencils in. The packaging is really stylish, even for the chocolates 🍫
I love, Love, LOVE how Steve keeps putting that meat bar back on the plate and picks it back up immediately, and I'm sitting here talking to the screen saying while I'm chuckling, "Come on, Steve, we all KNOW you can't wait to get a taste of that aged meat bar!" A unique and gifted man is our Steve! I really mean that.
Peak of the Cold war and at the front....... These guys had a serious concern,you can see by how well preserved this is how well fought out the packaging was for its time especially. This is probably one of the most fascinating rations I've seen technology wise. It was really meant to be very long term and bad environment freindly
Its meant to be carried around all day, unpacked and repacked all the time. Only to be used if you lose contact with the field kitchen. Thats why its so overbuilt compared to modern mres that are usually consumed shortly after being issued. I really like its design, very slick and hard packaging so that it can be jammed down in your pack without much care.
How a full grown straight man can watch another man eat old stuff and enjoy the show just baffles the hell out of me but it just does?!? World's most interesting man? If not Steve is in the running for that spot! No joke...
By FAR my favorite ration you've ever shown, I just can't believe how modern the ration looks, I asked my wife when she thought it came out and she placed it around 2000's Its just so freaking cool, and I'm starting to really understand your sense of humor now! Man your videos always top the last one you made -- incredible! Keep up the good work man.
Even at this date, that mre can save someone’s life in emergency situation. I am guessing dried meat and canned food can last forever if packaging holds. Really fascinating…
Since you liked that chocolate, try to get your hands on some "Scho-Ka-Kola" :) That bar was probably made by "Hildebrand, Kakao- und Schokoladenfabrik GmbH" who might even be the inventors of Cola-Chocolate, in 1935 they started selling is under the name "Scho-Ka-Kola", in WW2 it was a part of every pilot's ration which earned it the nickname Fliegerschokolade, while various other rations also contained it in some form or another. Since then the company has been closed down, and the rights and recipes changed hands multiple times, but they still pride them self in keeping the recipe as close as possible with modern regulations. No, I'm not a history fan or anything, but that stuff pretty much kept me alert at a job where you weren't allowed to carry any liquids outside the break rooms, so I got curious what my favorite chocolate actually is.
@@Mace907 There's a reason we call them grammar Nazis: Hitlerites introduced modern drug control regimes and were the first industrial economy to ban recreational meth. ):
Respect for translating everything which you did great (being German helps reading it and you translated everything very accurate, thinking of the Part where you have to translate every single language for every Ration I am more than impressed)
Apparently there are still a few places that make Chocolate Cola Bars but only the people that have eaten these rations would ever be able to compare the taste. I'd love to see you do something like that Steve. Were you try to find modern or current day equivalents in taste to some of the more delicious things you've enjoyed in these aged rations. Maybe a video of you eating the modern version and commenting on how you feel its similar or different to a ration item.
Scho-Ka-Kola is still sold commercially, and has been since 1936. I still remember surviving on that and the MRE peanut butter they gave us in the FDF. I assume this is the same stuff in the video since it's been in German military use for ages, but that the form is different for the survival ration (normally they come in round 'disks', and are separated into wedges). The caffeinated chocolate is really addictive. Not sure you can get them in North America, but worst case scenario you can just ship them over.
Correct, the Finnish Defense Forces. Note that I have never stumbled upon the product included in Finnish MREs, but it was an extremely popular product to carry with you since it's sold commercially in Finland. I just looked it up and you can get the product from Amazon US, but the tins are about three times as expensive as in Europe (original price ~3€). I suppose if you're desperate for a taste it might be worth it.
"This is some of the best chocolate I've had in my life." ...People overlook German chocolate's quality! Germany makes excellent chocolates. In general, I actually prefer German to Swiss chocolates.
In my opinion German Chocolate is very very good! Isn't that hard find better German chocolat than swiss ones, like 50/50, however Swiss Chocolate is the best if we talking about the high-end chocolates. If you go to a traditional Swiss maker chocolate blows your mind. Expensive but the better you can have. I live in Switzerland :)
Steve, your delivery of these videos is amazing. It seems to me that there is a bit of intended very dry and subtle humor, which makes it even better. "You know the German military, they would make a survival situation actually seem pretty - nice!" *flash to MRE ingredients laid out on the tray*. Well done sir!
You always talk about saving things for your display. When are you going to show us your display? I bet it's pretty freaking cool! We're loving your videos here in Plant City Florida Steve! Keep them coming my friend.
jzgsk Yeah, that's basically everyone's reaction when they come across Steve's videos. Then after watching them for 20 videos straight you just accept that these videos are pretty good.
Me and my son watch you and can't stop watching! You are so good at describing your experience which is how we are so we understand why you get so excited to find something as incredible as that chocolate! Keep doing your videos man you def bring ppl joy
Dude you are my favorite youtuber of all time. I get so much joy from watching your videos. Your the hero we deserve and the one we need. Thank you for your videos!
That meat bar is from Norway(manufacturer was originally making different kinds of jams), very fun to see. I was not aware that they used it in Western Germany though.
You are an absolute legend. I love your videos! It amazes me at the quality difference in packaging and content between the US rations of this period and the German ones. This one in particular seems incredibly advanced
i don't know the square metal box does seem quite likely to split, they added those little L shaped spacer he called them to stop it getting crushed if sat on but sharp corners easily split. I imagine an east german ration from this time would be a very very differnt story though... probably a chicken thigh wrapped in a handkerchief :p
Nuclear fallout happens.
Steve: Finally some good fucking food.
😂🤣
😂😂
It's not like the chocolate in there is "special mre chocolate" Germans are just good at making chocolate, and people like Steve1989 notice cause they focus on the flavor. Many people would eat that chocolate bar and not appreciate the complex flavor.
@@aphid8494 these radiation levels are off the charts, nice!
Nuclear dust all over the place?? Better get this out onto a tray!
Is it weird for me to say that this MRE is one of the sexiest I've seen? Outstanding packaging.
photolabguy this
as sexy as nazi uniforms...which is to say, very
photolabguy deutsche haben Style lel
Jap es ist einfach mal so gut erhalten wegen dem Tape etc. :D
Agreed; the meticulous packaging is strangely pleasing. :)
Not sure if I should taste this... Let me taste it to make sure.
HikingWorm LOL!
If he dies...he dies
What a man
If he dies, he dies for our entertainment
Aditya Gorain LOL I totally read that in Drago’s voice
I always marvel at Steve’s ability to translate every single language, as long as it’s written on an MRE
It’s called google translate 😆
I like to imagine he knows every language
@@petershalashaska7886 Yes, it's better that way
Literally Germans : "Our Reich will last a 1000 years" "Herr Komandant we just lost this war and lost all others we should find something else..." "Fine Kameraden, OUR MILITARY RATIONS WILL LAST A THOUSAND YEARS !!!" "That's ze spirit !"
It's no mre, but a survival ration.
The chocolate you like that much is named scho-ka-kola. They're still manufacturing with the same ingredients since 1935!
They still have it !
mit = with ?
N. Mad yes
@@starstencahl8985 thanks
Just ordered some. They have dark chocolate and milk chocolate options.
“The German military would make a survival situation seem pretty. nice!” Lmao
*NICE!*
*_N'KAY_*
No it's pretty... NIce
Über Alles
There a couple of million people who would disagree with that opinion
hey dad, why is my sister named rose
because your mother loves roses
ok, thanks dad
no problem, 1961 cola chocolate bar
Nice 😂😂😂
LMFAO!
Imagine the emptiness after he finishes that bar, damn I kinda feel bad for Steve 😢
Eont get it
@@jaidenssleepy the sons name is 1961 cola chocolate bar
"I don't understand how this chocolate is so amazing. It's like nothing I've ever had before." Spends the next 10 hours obsessively vacuuming the carpets.
His immune system has risen beyond human capacity. He no longer even gets constipated
I get it ,I'm sorry everyone else missed it
Lmaoooo definitely them Germans put that in every thing they could lol
rofl
Good old Pervitin
"Smells kinda foul and unpleasant....i kinda like it"
Hail Eris, Our Lady Discord ;)
I can’t believe Steve hasn’t sh!t out half of his intestines by now. Mans an animal...
Classi Steve. :3
he ate it.
Same as a womans butthole
NOTKARAMELLE translate to "EMERGENCY FUDGE" which is kinda hilarious to me
Haltlose Gainz Mom where’s the emergency fudge!!? 😂😂😂
And Fleischwürfel means translated "meat cube" even tough it looks like a bar
HANZ
GET ZE EMERGENZY FUDGE
@@OMMOBILIEN-MOGUL *meat dice
Deploy The emergency fudge
Steve: “These caramels are kind of addictive."
The Meth: ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°
It's from 1961 ww2 ended years ago so no there weren't any meth in the caramels
Meth?
@@tori9365 soldiers were given stimulants to keep them awake and alert during ww2
@@concentratecorner1744 really
@@tori9365 yes
I think Steve has a couple superpowers including iron gut, unshakable happiness, calming effect on all and he can read any language if it's written on an MRE
Nice
"Let's get this out onto a tray"
@@Smartyvoynice
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Ahhh fuck it! One more before bed 😂
Oh wow, you fully read that whole German sheet like an absolute champion!
Steve1989 MREinfo Good job on that. Greetings from Germany
that reading german thing is the most surprising, as Steve does not look like he would be able to read german.
TheDonBro same here
NEED TO SLEEP
NEED TO WATCH
HELP MEEEEEE
Andreas Wickman YES
Tigerle Are you a dang commie?
Cow 56 years ago: Im glad you like it
It protobably really struggled to only squeeze out the best milk.
What if you, the Person Eating it was actually the Same Cow at one Point and was Reincarnated as a Human now?....
Forget what I said...
@@zevailes mans fucked up in the crib thinkin 6th dimensionally
@@BariBro hahahahahhaha
his toilet in the present: *"I regret my existence"*
that's the most luxurious and exclusive looking survival ration i've seen here
Yeah its german, so its superior to everything USA or any other country did back in the day
@@fetts4ck849 Too much pride.
@@morallyemptycorruptedmaggot his name literally means "fatass"
@@kooroshrostami27 i read fartsucks
@@fetts4ck849 so muss es sein 👏🏻
Other people: "ew I don't like leftovers"
Steve: *casually chewing 56 years old chocolate*
While commenting how good it was.
when you renew your youtube page and see a new video uploaded from Steve - *NICE*
Steve1989 MREinfo hey its Steve! *nice!*
Love your videos
Papa Emeritus II Noice 👌
M'kay!
There's something called Schoka Kola maybe thats similar to that stuff www.scho-ka-kola.de/homepage-english.html
"Smells foul"...."I kinda like it."
Thats my fetish xD
Conan C "smells foul" then proceeds to eat it
Maybe he meant foul like chicken.
German engineering. Impressive. That whole ration looks like it was designed with precision. I totally want one.
@Leaving Blank made out of the finest of krupp meat, out of the foundry's of fangorn.
Wow still believing the engineering MYTH
@@therunningsloth6915 said the no name asshat on youtube
So ist es eben mit uns deutschen ;)
GERMAN ENGINEERING IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Steve in the bathroom 24 hours later: “What an experience.” 🚽
Edit: Lol this is the only comment I have to hit thousands of likes, thank you guys.
Lmao
‘Jeez as the vomit comes out you can really taste that meat bar, kinda acidic and bitter in aftertaste, nice’
Omg
Steve's digestive track "am I a joke to you?"
xD
I was watching this really drunk yesterday and that chocolate looked absolutely amazing so i spent literally all night scouring the internet to find one of these rations, to no avail. then i had a dream that i went to an army surplus store that had hundreds of these fresh, still in the crates. life is suffering.
Michael I dont know if it really is that exact choclate, but the closest thing probably is "Scho-Ka-Kola". Choclate with about 50& cocoa, a bit of fruit and coffee.
Freizeit Idiot It is the same company that made these chocolates in German WW2 rations. Not sure about west German rations though.
check this out www.berlin-military.com/1961-Pilots-Survival-Rations-in-Aluminum-Container
Scho-ka-kola, Google it. Red tin's dark, blue tin's milk.
“I don’t know if I’m gonna eat it... it kinda smells...hold on...*takes bite* “
haha I’ve been waiting for a channel like this.
I'm addicted to these videos, Steve's love for rations is so pure.
yah.... then again 19>> old a ferk rations lets eat it
I'll take someone with passion like his over a school education any day.
Top 3 most pure things on TH-cam
He's very articulate when explaining what he is tasting.
He's a romantic!
There's a very fundamental German military motto: "Ohne Mampf kein Kampf" - "No Grub (food), No fight". Quality food is what makes an army go.
So isses. Zuerst kommt das Fressen, dann die Moral. 😉 LG aus Th.
@@FrankTheThinkTank Ich vermisse meine Großmutter :'( Mama bestimmt auch :(
An army marches on its stomach
What cracked me up was the emergency Karamell bars
Did justin trudeau teach you thqt? 😂 jk
"I don't know if I'm actually going to try it... It smells..." *CHOMP*
ASecondOpinion I laughed far to much after reading this
Same here
Steve is so funny,his parents had a little boy that wasnt affraid of finishing his plate
ASecondOpinion no way I'd eat a MEAT product that's been laying around for 50 years
ASecondOpinion Welcome to the world of Steve
"They would make a survival situation actually seem pretty-
NICE mkay"
Lol
Best part 😂🤣
He knew exactly what was doing lol
"I don't know if I'm gonna try it, uh..."
*snifff*
[puts bar down]
"I mean..."
*sniff*
[puts bar down again]
"It just smells..."
*om*
[puts down bitten bar]
Cpt_Phobos seems bout right
"takes it up again to smell and show it to the camera
Anyone else having the problem where they click read more on a comment and nothing happens?
Steve was being a tease. I kept saying to myself. "eat the damn meat bar, Steve! Eat it!"
Travis Adams fleischwürfel is actually bouillon 😂
The level of preservation is absolutely incredible. The fact that the meat bar was edible, if barely, is absolutely crazy. Oddly enough, I quite fancy trying the meat bar, since you didn't grumble about it being rancid lol.
It looks like *pemmican.*
Slightly foul and just not pleasant.
Steve: “looks like we have some caramel”
Name on package: NOTKARAMELLE
😂
lmao
A decent addition to the Falsche Freunde list
Sneak 100
They almost got us with that, those Germans
Rio Grande do Sul Ball notkaramelle is emergency caramels
You can still buy the chocolate. It's called Scho - Ka - Kola and comes in a round tin. Red for dark chocolate, blue for milk chocolate. Look it up, they've got an internet page.
Greetings from Germany
Michael Staadt korrekt danke ^^^
NICE
It seems to be a different one, stop at about 2:07 it says its a sarotti chocolate. The brand still exists afaik but I am not sure if you can get that exact sort of chocolate. the scho-ka-kola is presented in a different video though in their typical round tin
Michael Staadt he has made a video about that chocolate.
sarotti does make sho-ka-kola. it used to be owned by a different company but around the late 60s it transfered ownership to sarotti. so, its no longer the same company that made the choholate for the wehrmacht
The first video I ever watched of yours I was laughing so hard because you were so excited and yet so SERIOUS about these things. But now I'm like "HM YES, QUITE INTERESTING STEVE. TOTALLY AGREE." Your passion for these videos is so awesome and entertaining and calming all at once. You are a pure soul, man. Pure as hell.
JaimeeBeyer DoingMakeupBadly far as you know, dont meet your heros..
bitchasshoeism I mean I'd want to give her the D
wtf
@@marwan4358 im sayin
bitchasshoeism weirdo
2017 Steve: This is the oldest meat I've even eaten
2018 Steve: Hold my Boer War beef. Actually give it back, I'm hungry
4;48 You know the german military would make a survival situation pretty...
cuts to tray
Nice!
Gotta love ya steve
I love that part lol
Steve sure wouldn't make a good food tester, testing poisonous food and he would just describe its incredible taste - perfectly edible.
Thirst provoking
I'm pretty sure he can taste the difference between something tasting bad and something tasting rancid
He can taste every single type of material in the food
And this is why we'll never see Fallout: Germany.
Consume survival ration
Plus 50 HP
0 rads
spiff2268 😂😂😂 Wo er recht hat, hat er recht :)
Lol 😂
Roflmao!!:D
It sounds like SCHO-KA-KOLA which is caffeinated chocolate with kola nut. It comes in a round tin can and used to be pretty popular in Germany when I was a kid. I wasn't allowed to eat it because of the caffeine, though.
they still sell it.
If you're really lucky you'll get the good stuff in it
@@Autechltd It never had cocaine or amphetamines in it.
@@kmjsmith Thanks for making me look up "Melting the myth of panzerschokolade: the Nazis’ meth-laden chocolate" by Tom Williamson on The Skeptic.
Shoot man, thats a flash back... East and West Germany... Damn
ProtoMario but proootoooo
"Mr Gobachev, tear down this wall". Man I loved Reagan. As a side note. My Uncle was based in West Germany in the 60's, a very tense time there with people being shot trying to go from East Germany to West Germany.
hey ,if anyone else wants to uncover
canned food for survival
try Franaar Spies Control Formula ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my m8 got great success with it.
Red Ryder65 but you know that it was not Reagan who convinced Gorbatschow?
You’re never too young to have a East and West Germany flashback!
Little did that animal know his time to shine was 58 years later. Bet his family is proud of him.
Damn, even Germans' MREs are stylish and well designed
Well at that time, in 80s was horrible, does not matter what flavour all tasted same
@@jantschierschky3461 that's true, Tagekötten Frass !
Let's not exaggerate...
and totally metal
Typical German over engineering
"It's a bar of Caramel!"
*On the package "Notkaramelle"*
My Brain: AOL connecting noises.
German here; Notkaramelle translates to "Emergency Fudge" and i think thats Beautifull :D
Ksksksksskksksksksksksksksksksk ga-DING ga -DING...
"I don't know if I'm going to eat that." Eats its. *Oh, Steve!*
"I think it's still edible!"
coolevi123 its called caring about your health and well being.
"Emergency-Caramel". For when you are dying... 1 last treat
It's pretty nutrition dense, emergency Kale would be difficult 😂
😂😂😂
Germans and their sweets.
Leave it to the Germans to make an incredibly neat and functional ration that stands the test of time.
Just like there buildings
tacomahnster Hater!
@tacomahnster t. polish
They had some really great Fuhers too!
@@carlweathers5714 lol!
It’s midnight and I’m watching a guy enjoying a 56 year old compressed meat bar... thank you internet.
German enginuity🤫
After watching a few of these videos, it really looks like the German stuff was never sealed up all that well, yet it holds up great. The US stuff being all in sealed tin cans, this thing just sealed with a sticker... Guess there is something to that German engineering thing after all.
Except on the meatstick wrapper it says it was made in Norway xD
@@malangope genetically norway is germanic
Ever thought about, dunno, storage conditions.....?
The German's knew what they were doing 👍
Yes 1961 German engineering for the cars it was terrible example my 1962 trabant its terrible but this seems good
“46 years old and smells pretty weird” That describes my husband.
Kaka Akak ?
East or West?
@@fressejetzt840 r/whoosh
@@arandomemailforwork4505 stfu random person on TH-cam
Steve said , " 1961 " , that's 57 years today , but I think video was in 2016 , or 2017 , not that it matters that much when you're talking decades . Oh that smell it only gets worse .
I've just watched 5 hours of rations being opened and eaten. Now imagine eating rations everyday every meal (if you haven't). Great channel bro. It's like a time capsule. Also, you have Level 1000 jedi stomach.
Some meth chokolate is alright xD
This is so well designed. Also, that Futura typeface and minimalistic packaging. Really digging this vibe.
"I'm not sure if I'm going to try it."
*Instantly takes a bite*
Steve is a god among men
-bomb ass editing skills
-great voice and catchphrases
-attractive (bruh I'm mirririn with them pythons and dat beard)
-food review skills
and of course that legendary Mr. Rogers shirt
We are not worthy.
-and he is brave to eat 56 year old meat!
Ganondorf or suicidal
Yeah he's pretty jacked.
Can read/speak multiple languages.
Also I hear he can play a mean guitar
the packaging, tidiness, quality tells its german
Everything except for the “made in Norway” on the meat bar... :D
They're also good at starting world wars (2/2) but not so good at winning them (0/2). Oops.
@@jhaz89 not easy to have a war on all fronts
@@jhaz89 Careful, dude. Let’s not lean into what the US has done. It’s not much better. So how about just enjoying the cool MRE review?
@@gsommerfeldt ever done dmt?
"i don't know if I'm gonna try it" 3 seconds later takes a huge bite
When a piece of food is older than you...
theTime lapse Chanel he eats a lot of good that is older then me......
theFilmingChannel Aren't we all pieces of food?
Chomp
The Almighty Sandvich-Nomming Gibusvision Hoovy you are right but germans arent they are gods
Opa Nama Okay Hitler (slight sarcasm)
"These caramels are kind of addictive" thats the Meth the Germans were still using, Steve lol they just made caramels with it
How u found out? O.O
You can still buy these exact caramel bars.
The only difference is the age and print.
But they are still addictive as all hell
Haha they consumed alot of amphetamines the ww2. That's what's kept them going.
@@woiowoiow190 Imagine those soldier coming back from the war with severe PTSD and amphetamines withdrawal.
Pervitin
steve biting snow white's apple:
"it has a little bit of salty and sweet, i kinda like it"
A very, apple like flavor....
Biting
Sour but very very addictive
Snow White’s Apple? 😏
Nice, okay.
That’s a really beautiful metal case, I would love to have that to store pens and pencils in. The packaging is really stylish, even for the chocolates 🍫
Grüsse an jeden Deutschen, der sich das hier ansieht:D
Edit: Vielen Dank für jeden der 3544 likes!
Ich wünsche euch nur das beste, bleibt gesund!❤
@Estrella Felina stark:D
Jawoll
Auch dabei
Besser isses
Mahlzeit
The only place I go to see rations from history that would normally have been left in the past and gone unnoticed. Thank you buddy! Thank you!!
Mr. Rogers T shirt......Nice
!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I don't know if I'm going to try it, it just smells..." *takes a bite*. Lmfao
I love, Love, LOVE how Steve keeps putting that meat bar back on the plate and picks it back up immediately, and I'm sitting here talking to the screen saying while I'm chuckling, "Come on, Steve, we all KNOW you can't wait to get a taste of that aged meat bar!"
A unique and gifted man is our Steve! I really mean that.
That's the cutest looking ration package I've ever seen. So neat.
Chicken Mike kind of lile an anime bento
Welcome to Germany ;)
Chicken Mike
What a Putz..
Probably intended to fit in a G3 magazine pouch. Looks about the same size.
*_h e l v e t i c a f o n t_*
LOL "It's 56 years old....it's a compressed meat bar............and...I think it's still edible!"
no its not!!!
Famous last words lmao
Alex Dubois GAG 🤢
I’m in design and branding, and this is brilliant packaging.
bauhaus years dude
@@harorider96 nice deflection and intellectualization. some of aren't as artistically inclined, though*
@@harorider96 nice qualifying statement
@@harorider96 lol
@@harorider96 wow mom dropped one
That is the prettiest MRE I think I have I ever seen, inside & out.
Picks the meat bar up
Puts it down
Picks it up
Puts it down
Eats it
I've been sick for three days and have enjoyed watching my Steve-a-thon. You have some of the best vids on TH-cam.
Steve: "that's the oldest meat i've ever eaten"......lol, wasn't that what Monica Lewinsky said........
BenniboiBadman Haha
:D
BenniboiBadman and the win goes to..😂😂😂😂😂😂
BenniboiBadman ;) Steve always has her beat!
Benniboi pls
died laughing bro
Peak of the Cold war and at the front....... These guys had a serious concern,you can see by how well preserved this is how well fought out the packaging was for its time especially. This is probably one of the most fascinating rations I've seen technology wise.
It was really meant to be very long term and bad environment freindly
Its meant to be carried around all day, unpacked and repacked all the time. Only to be used if you lose contact with the field kitchen. Thats why its so overbuilt compared to modern mres that are usually consumed shortly after being issued. I really like its design, very slick and hard packaging so that it can be jammed down in your pack without much care.
How a full grown straight man can watch another man eat old stuff and enjoy the show just baffles the hell out of me but it just does?!? World's most interesting man? If not Steve is in the running for that spot! No joke...
Ge0 Arc well.. world is a strangle place ..learn to enjoy it
+ayooo Strangle place? That's depressing.
Ge0 Arc I was thinking the same thing. Why do I enjoy watching this? Lol
Ge0 Arc I feel you bro lol I don't get it either
Same here... something strange is going on with these vids
By FAR my favorite ration you've ever shown, I just can't believe how modern the ration looks, I asked my wife when she thought it came out and she placed it around 2000's Its just so freaking cool, and I'm starting to really understand your sense of humor now! Man your videos always top the last one you made -- incredible! Keep up the good work man.
The same size as a G3 magazine. Probably meant to keep in a mag pouch.
Imagine a soldier reloading his rifle instead of the actual mag he accidentally inserted the ration in to the gun
@@brog3143 that would be unfortunate.
MaxKiel1701 no
Hao Tuan then shoots out like a dirty meat bar with a fat chocolate and some tea😂
@@_1kjefe best way to die
Even at this date, that mre can save someone’s life in emergency situation. I am guessing dried meat and canned food can last forever if packaging holds. Really fascinating…
He's the Bob Ross of these kinds of channels.
Rift Dancer hahahha i thought exactly the same!!!! 😂
OMG!!! I so wanted to write this too! You made my day!
Schokakola is still widely available in Germany and Austria. It's in a red and white round tin.
Herr Bert und Schweiz!
He said once that it tastes a little different from older versions
And there I thought America had crazy Sweets
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i’ve got to go buy it where can you get it ? rewe? edeka ? lidl
Wants to dig into a 50 yr. old meat bar.
That's our boy.
And says "that's savory"
This man genuinely enjoys what hes doing make me smile
*chuckles* "what an experience" Steves enthusiasm is both genuine and awesome.
Since you liked that chocolate, try to get your hands on some "Scho-Ka-Kola" :)
That bar was probably made by "Hildebrand, Kakao- und Schokoladenfabrik GmbH" who might even be the inventors of Cola-Chocolate, in 1935 they started selling is under the name "Scho-Ka-Kola", in WW2 it was a part of every pilot's ration which earned it the nickname Fliegerschokolade, while various other rations also contained it in some form or another. Since then the company has been closed down, and the rights and recipes changed hands multiple times, but they still pride them self in keeping the recipe as close as possible with modern regulations.
No, I'm not a history fan or anything, but that stuff pretty much kept me alert at a job where you weren't allowed to carry any liquids outside the break rooms, so I got curious what my favorite chocolate actually is.
The bar was made by Sarotti though (you can see it at 2:07). But it might have been inspired by Schokakola.
Oh man, If you only knew, WHY it was keeping you standing :)
Cola chocolate sounds yummy!
@@tonybloodloss unless he's a 90 year old furry and was eating this stuff in the mid 40s it didn't have any uppers in it, just caffeine.
@@Mace907 There's a reason we call them grammar Nazis: Hitlerites introduced modern drug control regimes and were the first industrial economy to ban recreational meth. ):
German here: That translation was quite good.
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Def7355608 ty google translator
im not longer along XD
The joys of closely related languages.
AgentTasmania English is actually quite different from German, although it is within the same language branch.
Respect for translating everything which you did great (being German helps reading it and you translated everything very accurate, thinking of the Part where you have to translate every single language for every Ration I am more than impressed)
The packet on the "meat cube" says it's made in Bergen, Norway, so dried reindeer meat might well be a (main) component.
I thought it stood for Nordrhein-Westfalen.. Oh
@@linie3183
It's says "Bergen, Norw."
@@linie3183
As in Bergen, in Norway.
Some moose included. :D
@@jjwp-ql5rv Norwegen
"Dang, that's the oldest meat that I've ever eaten!". Wait a few months, Steve...you'll be getting your hands in a Boer War ration.
I think he did eat Boer War meat.
I think the meat bar must be some modern(ish) version of pemmican.
Apparently there are still a few places that make Chocolate Cola Bars but only the people that have eaten these rations would ever be able to compare the taste. I'd love to see you do something like that Steve. Were you try to find modern or current day equivalents in taste to some of the more delicious things you've enjoyed in these aged rations. Maybe a video of you eating the modern version and commenting on how you feel its similar or different to a ration item.
Urek Mazino aged fig bars are one of the best things
Scho-Ka-Kola is still sold commercially, and has been since 1936. I still remember surviving on that and the MRE peanut butter they gave us in the FDF. I assume this is the same stuff in the video since it's been in German military use for ages, but that the form is different for the survival ration (normally they come in round 'disks', and are separated into wedges).
The caffeinated chocolate is really addictive. Not sure you can get them in North America, but worst case scenario you can just ship them over.
Tripticket you should message steve with what you know, so he can get more!
Correct, the Finnish Defense Forces. Note that I have never stumbled upon the product included in Finnish MREs, but it was an extremely popular product to carry with you since it's sold commercially in Finland.
I just looked it up and you can get the product from Amazon US, but the tins are about three times as expensive as in Europe (original price ~3€). I suppose if you're desperate for a taste it might be worth it.
I can get Scho-Ka-Kola in Montréal, QC in Canada. It's one of my favourite chocolates.
This ration is so cool. It reminds me of the old school sci-fi style with it's metallic silver look and food bars.
You're a legend for eating that meat bar.
Ad am it's the oldest meat he's eaten! Lol
UltraVioletReeper you shure? he has eaten a lot of rations way older than this.
manuel grohse I mean, he does say "its the oldest meat I've ever eaten"
"This is some of the best chocolate I've had in my life." ...People overlook German chocolate's quality! Germany makes excellent chocolates. In general, I actually prefer German to Swiss chocolates.
In my opinion German Chocolate is very very good! Isn't that hard find better German chocolat than swiss ones, like 50/50, however Swiss Chocolate is the best if we talking about the high-end chocolates. If you go to a traditional Swiss maker chocolate blows your mind. Expensive but the better you can have.
I live in Switzerland :)
german here. i have never ever seen chocolate with cola flavour!? o.O
scho-ka-kola is pretty common in supermarkets.
in which country do you live?
germany. you can get them at edeka and at every bigger supermarkt of other chains.
"Tastes like trash and gave me stomach ulcers"
*takes another bite*
The squareness of that meat bar makes it even more desirable
Steve, your delivery of these videos is amazing. It seems to me that there is a bit of intended very dry and subtle humor, which makes it even better. "You know the German military, they would make a survival situation actually seem pretty - nice!" *flash to MRE ingredients laid out on the tray*. Well done sir!
You always talk about saving things for your display. When are you going to show us your display? I bet it's pretty freaking cool! We're loving your videos here in Plant City Florida Steve! Keep them coming my friend.
B Caldwell yeah I'd also like to see this. been watching his videos for a long time. I enjoy the variety of all the MREs.
damn plant city i was raised there.
SplinterCel3000 Nice! I have been here all my life. Where you at now?
B Caldwell Washington
lol Ike Smith and McIntosh of knight s Griffin small world
Him: I'm going to eat nearly 60 year old meat and chocolate.
His toilet: Oh dear god, NO!!!
Who knew watching a person unbox, and taste test mres could be sooo interesting.
jzgsk Yeah, that's basically everyone's reaction when they come across Steve's videos. Then after watching them for 20 videos straight you just accept that these videos are pretty good.
"Don't know if i will actually try this One..." *nomnom*
That tape is exactly what "made in germany" stands for 😄
FXJammer except for your cars
In Germany we call it "Klebeband"
@@deadstr Germany is the biggest car exporter in the world.
So they have to do something right
@@pokergroupdigital5290 and herpes complex has affected 70% of the population. So it must be doing something right?
@@смиренный-х2б That comparison is completely useless mate
Me and my son watch you and can't stop watching! You are so good at describing your experience which is how we are so we understand why you get so excited to find something as incredible as that chocolate! Keep doing your videos man you def bring ppl joy
Dude you are my favorite youtuber of all time. I get so much joy from watching your videos. Your the hero we deserve and the one we need. Thank you for your videos!
This is definitely one of the coolest military rations Steve has reviewed,very special ✌️👍🍕
That meat bar is from Norway(manufacturer was originally making different kinds of jams), very fun to see. I was not aware that they used it in Western Germany though.
This is my favorite MRE on the channel, great find
You are an absolute legend. I love your videos!
It amazes me at the quality difference in packaging and content between the US rations of this period and the German ones. This one in particular seems incredibly advanced
i don't know the square metal box does seem quite likely to split, they added those little L shaped spacer he called them to stop it getting crushed if sat on but sharp corners easily split. I imagine an east german ration from this time would be a very very differnt story though... probably a chicken thigh wrapped in a handkerchief :p
Common Logic so is your English..