Am I cheating on Steve by watching this?

@christhorpejunction8982

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I’ve reported you! 😂👍🏻

@tubeTreasurer

3 жыл бұрын

Its his fault for not trying any german EPAs. They are easy to get, and very tasty. Hmm maybe thats it. He is saving his for later, about 30 years or so.

@dean8842

3 жыл бұрын

I feel so cheap and used...

@sparky287

3 жыл бұрын

Steve seems like the kind of person to have an open arrangement, you’re good to go!!!

@TheGreatMidnight

3 жыл бұрын

"let's get this out on a tray, nice" I've gotten so used to this that now I think all MRE reviewers are going to say it.

Looks great! Seems like Germany feeds their soldiers well. Some of the best friends I’ve made online are from Germany. Sending love to Deutschland from USA!

@ricwalker6600

3 жыл бұрын

yeah... well if i remember correctly from my days a type 4 is meant to get you through 2 days. it was kinda fun to watch the vid as a german and yes, that yellow/orange bar went straight into the trash bin. Those could indeed pull your fillings of your tooth out so they were commonly named as "Blombenzieher" and LTs hat to order and remind their boys not to toss them into the bushes. i remember one particular field training. we temporary camped at a lake with ducks to eat our MREs. for the life of me i cant remember who started it, but we tried to feed the ducks with the "Blombenzieher". It was all fun and giggles until one of them blocked its airways with a too big and too gluey piece. When we realized that it was about to die the fun was over and the medic and two others jumped into the lake for the rescue. The medic succeded to get it out with the help of some tools of his kit just barely in time. He was not pleased. the LT and the Sarge too. Lets just say the penalty workout and the penalty march back to the barracks we got for it burned into my memory just like the initial fun feeding the ducks.

@keoken9078

2 жыл бұрын

Sending greetings back to USA

@mbr5742

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricwalker6600 No, also a 24h ration. The huge size is due to the packaging. Even in the cold war EPA was using commercial production for the hot meals and jams etc. More bulky then purpose build stuff like MRE

@TexasChilliMassacre

Жыл бұрын

Goes back. Where in the US are you located? Had a girlfriend in LA b4.Well actually 31 yrs ago.

They had those "Hamburgers" even back then when I served, 30 years ago. They were very popular. I preferred green beans with potatoes and pork. Btw: Those "Hartkeks" cookies, we called them "Panzerplatten" (armor plates), were great to start a fire under wet and windy conditions. A little bit of the old shoe polish paste onto the cookie and it would burn like a grill lighter for several minutes.

@mrn234

2 жыл бұрын

And when you are out of Ammo just throw them.

@Ricardo-cl3vs

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrn234 Exactly! 😂

@keoken9078

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrn234 wow that would be a war crime 😂

@mbr5742

10 ай бұрын

​@@keoken9078No, the war crime was feeding "Rice with Fruit" to a PoW. We once tried to feed the stuff to a Bentheimer Landschwein (that beast would even try to eat Animl Rights activists) and it refused

The card at 2:01 asks to rate the meal. Down below it says: "In order not to jeopardise military safety, do not carry out the survey until you have completed the exercise / mission."

Hi Nathan, "Toppits" is a German brand producing "food" foils. Relatively big name here in Europe. "Schupfnudeln" are a dish from the south-western part of Germany. Originally they are some type of noodles made from potatoes. BTW, I´m pretty sure both mains are from the "Buss" brand and are pretty easy to purchase in grocery stores. Not the worst stuff. "Geflügeljagdwurst" - hey, where´s the problem??? *duckandcover* .-) Pretty standard type of German sausage. However normally not made from poultry but beef and/or pork. I would like to know which brand is the juice. Somebody here who knows which company makes them? The sesame bar seems to be the new (oldstyle) Hartkeks. I wonder if anyone in the army ever tried to make smoke bombs out of them (we did it from the old Hartkekse back then *lol*) Nice vid, as always!

@RavenHeart6667

3 жыл бұрын

Die Hauptgerichte sind von Buss Freizeitmacher. Die Hamburger werden nicht mehr produziert von der Firma Buss, ähnliches Produkt ist jetzt aktuell das Mexico Hacksteak. Grüsse aus Baden-Württemberg

@ronin47-ThorstenFrank

3 жыл бұрын

@@RavenHeart6667 Das Beste von Buss waren eh die Asia-Nudeln. Das ärgert mich wirklich das die nicht mehr produziert werden. Meine Frage bezog sich aber auf speziell den Instant-Saft. Grüße von der Hessisch-BaWü-Grenze

@RavenHeart6667

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronin47-ThorstenFrank Die Instantpulver von Orifo? Manchmal in Army shops erhältlich, allerdings als Grosspackung für 20 Mann inclusive Tee, Kaffee,Zucker usw(AdventureWorld Onlineshop hat sowas manchmal). Einzeln hab ich sie noch nie gesehen.

@ronin47-ThorstenFrank

3 жыл бұрын

@@RavenHeart6667 Danke dir!

@RavenHeart6667

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronin47-ThorstenFrank Gern😊

That is a huge ration! Lots of great components and the bread looked amazing but i love rye bread. White cheese and sausage looked killer. Great review Nathan!

@magni5648

2 жыл бұрын

It's specifically what's known as Pumpernickel. It's grist (and sometimes whole grain) rye bread. One of the nice things baout it is that it's very shelf-stable for soft bread. IIRC it holds like 2+ years minimum when tinned.

do not forget: this is a full day ration (3-4 meals) and not one meal like most of the MRE. During my army time we shared it with the US soldiers 2:1 one EPA worth 2 MRE. And if you weight this and compare, than you understand efficiency. The tuna was always great...

"Alright lets get out into the tray." **boom**

@xkavarsmith9322

3 жыл бұрын

Noice, ohhhhh kay. 😆

@Blazs120gl

3 жыл бұрын

@@xkavarsmith9322 No hiss

@MatteoVitello216

3 жыл бұрын

As you can see these pouches have a nice gusset on the bottom

@NeoDraven757

3 жыл бұрын

Randy Santel and Steve need to collaborate. Win before you begin, with a nice hiss.

What a great and dedicated mre review!!! Really loved it and the time you took to prepare and actually eat all of the different items! Thumbs up and thanks for this nice and dedicated review!

Thanks for doing these mre videos your one of my favorite reviewers you have a a good style on how you explain the taste and quality keep up the good reviews I will definitely keep watching thanks again

Another good review, Nathan. Those mains look great. If there actually is rice in those burger patties, this would be intentional. Raw rice gets mixed in with the meat. The rice will absorb the water and juices the meat gives off as it cooks. This has the effect of keeping the flavour of the meat in the patty and the expansion of the rice makes the patty less dense. This gets used in making what is generally called "cabbage rolls", which are very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Harking back to the Croatian ration you reviewed recently. There were the little pots of Podravka brand pastyet. They also do something similar to the geflügeljagdwurst in this ration.

Since germany has now a professional army, 20 years ago i was a drafti, they changed a lot. Especially the food. I am active reserve now and the food in my last training was amazing( for military standards 😂).

@heikopanzlaff3789

2 жыл бұрын

Did a few years in the German Air Force from 1989 until 2001, that exactly same type hamburger in tomato sauce we also had in our EPA, no big change there...

@DevSolar

2 жыл бұрын

German military structure hasn't changed. They just suspended compulsory service and rely on volunteers only. The compulsory service could be reinstated with no further notice (and, looking at recent developments, might be). The army is no more or less professional than before. And the EPA hasn't changed much, if at all.

@jorgschimmer8213

2 жыл бұрын

@@DevSolar . I meant the food in mess hall.

@uutdiegodzilla3821

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, ja! Als mein Freund vereidigt wurde, lang, lang ist's her, war gerade Freitag. Es gab zum Mittagessen zwei Gerichte zur Auswahl: Spaghetti mit Tomatensauce und panierten Fisch. Dessen Beilage: Spaghetti mit Tomatensauce. Ein wahres Festmahl, kann ich nur sagen!! 🤣🤣🤣

@keoken9078

2 жыл бұрын

But the real question is do they still give you göffel, Gabel Löffel or not

The german EPA is designed as a 24 hour ration, but it will last for 2 days without any problems. 2 warm meals for lunch, 6 slices of bread (2 slices for breakfast or dinner) with enough meet spread and jam, lots of snacks and beverage powders. Always have a couple of these EPAs in my basement for emergencies. :D The only disadvantage is that the EPAs have no esbit or flameless ration heaters inlcuded, because in the german army the esbit cooker is part of the soldiers personal equipment.

@mbr5742

2 жыл бұрын

Two days if used as emergency food. If used as designed the 3300-3800kcal are what a soldier will burn during a day of exercises in west germany

With my half forgotten High school German I can squint and figure out what 3/4 of these are for brotaufstrich, brot= bread auf = on strich didn’t know .... google.... spread! Spread for bread! Yay! Thumfisch in Salatcreme ... you know Heinz British salad creme, it’s basically Mayo, Fisch is fish... turns out thumfisch is just tuna fish... well that’s hardly exotic I really want to get my hands on a packet of that crazy concentrated coffee powder.

Looks like a great ration pack, some awesome components. I like your Gerber just brought the Prybrid myself.

Thanks Nathan for another great review. I would love to get some of these rations. But.... you know how that goes.

Length was fine, I enjoyed watching. In fact I wouldn't have minded a longer video so you could enjoy the food more.

@1jarhead100

3 жыл бұрын

I agree I like when they break it up into meals in the 24 hour rations. Let’s you think about what you would eat with each meal

You can also save up four packs of them and put them in an Old Sock and use it as a backup weapon

That was a huge ration. Great review Nathan and thank you for the shout out.

@NathansMRE

3 жыл бұрын

Thank for watching Art

Hello. Lovely review. And nice variety of components. 🙂👋🏻🇨🇦

Wow. That is a biggin.... Thanks for another great vid!!!!!

Good video. But I would have rather seen it divided into more of daily meals. You could have covered more of the items. And sometimes the more you eat of a item the more the unpleasant flavors surface.

Blimey, our EPAs in the early 90s were a helluva lot less generous. The bicuits went by the informal name of "Panzerkekse" (tank cookies), because it took a Leopard-II tank ro crush them. I never went anywhere near them as I preferred to keep my teeth. The bread went by the name of Atombrot (nuclear bread). You took one tiny bite, it removed all signs of moisture from your body and grew bigger and bigger in your mouth until it threatened to explode your head. One slice filled your stomach for a day. Main course was usually a tub of chemicals with bits of soil in it, euphemistically called "Roast Beef". Considering the stuff was usually already 6 years old and made for a shelf-life of another 6 years, the taste was usually debatable. Good old days of sitting in a Biwak on a damp forest floor for the tenth day flat in late October, cooking up a coffee at 6am on your folding Esbit-cooker...

Was waiting for the hamburger on the bread with the pepper cheese

I've tried a few of these German mres. I'd like to try some newer ones if available

A great review Nathan as always

Can’t believe all the stuff soldiers get now. Ain’t like the old days

This is definitely one I'd finish! Looks delicious!

Let's get this out onto a tray. Nice!

Let’s get this out on a tray! Inneresting! 👍

Great channel! Informative and entertaining.

i remember those... Hamburger where allways the favorite EPAs ... get yourself a German messkit the can opener with knife , fork and spoon are of stainless steel.. simply next level stuff.. i still use mine on a daily basis after over 25 years

Great review. New to this, but wondered if you can tell how fresh the ration is? Do they have any kind of dates to indicate production date or inspection date? Do the German rations have same shelf life as American ones? Looking forward to getting one.

thing with the rye bread is the more often you eat it the more you like it, it kinda grows on you. But I can understand the dislike when first trying it :D

Schupfnudeln are great snack food, widespread in southern Germany. You often find them in small stalls at festivals or mobile sellers. Classic variant here is frying them in a pan together with sauerkraut, diced bacon and salt/pepper/herbs to taste.

@CalderaXII

2 жыл бұрын

alter, wegen dir gibts am dienstag schupfnudeln :D

Curious if you think the jerky would soften up in the bouillon broth and taste good in the soup... great looking meal 😋

I've always like German rations. Had some back in the 90's, very similar to the one in the video. More pate back then, and it came in tubes instead of those little cups though. Only downside i see on them is no FRH, so you'd have to have a fire or a camp stove to heat up the mains.

@CDP1861

3 жыл бұрын

They used to include some dry fuel tablets (called 'Esbit') with the rations and every soldier had a palm sized stove to heat up the meals. You could set it up in no time and make it disappear just as quickly. However, making all that packaging disappear was another story...

@mrn234

2 жыл бұрын

@@CDP1861 I think you can still get them but iam not sure. But when you are with the Tank crews they just throw the stuff to the Engine of the tank :D

@CDP1861

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrn234 Tank crews? Are you serious? Do I smell like mud? Luftwaffe :-)

Fun fact: Schupfnudeln - a dumpling made from rye or wheat flour and eggs - has been mentioned as typical trooper meal in letters and documents from the 30 years war 1618-1648. We eat it fried with Sauerkraut and sausages or onions and bacon or cooked in salted milk, spiced with nutmeg and fried onions and bacon as topping.

I haven't seen anyone try to light matches that way for 40 years. (Using the cover over the match and striker...) I think I was taught early not to do it that way, 'cause the entire book could go up if there was an errant piece of flaming material that came off the match...

@stevenmeahan5120

2 жыл бұрын

American strikers are on the back not the front

As a former german soldier (1993-2009), I must say we had one EPA mostly for 2-3 days.

I always look forward to your videos!

Made me hungry that ration was displayed well. Good job ! What menu was it, so I can Oder one. That’s enough food for 2 days

What translator are you using ?? Very cool !!

Hi Nathan, what an awesome MRE! Lots of food in this MRE. Enjoyed video! 👍😎

Great video and a great review of this 24h mre. It is hard to compare such 24h mre's with the 8h mre's of the USA. I think try out mre's is like trying out what the people likes to eat in this country. Germany has it's bread and sausages. America and England the peanut butter. I like the drinks in the European mre's more than the stuff out of the US mre' s. US stuff has more this fabric made flavor, specially for the drinks.

Has anybody figured out why the US military MRE's are so sucky in comparison to the European and Russian military MREs?

@lwnf360

3 жыл бұрын

US MRE has a 5 year shelf life requirement. Other countries is usually 3 years. The food has to be different (typically in ways that make it less good) to last 5 years.

@mbr5742

2 жыл бұрын

Different logistic chains. The classic EPA like this where designed when the german army was training where it would die in case of WW3. So they could go with heavy/bulky food. And most troops (except paratroops) would operate with/close to their vehicles. Throwing a fee EPA on the 2to Unimog never was a problem.

Which you using app for automatic translate languages on your phone? I want to find in Google Play store.

I love these vids!!!!

Of course a really good review would in a trench with bullets flying around that would be an honest review

Damn. I love Beef Jerky but i've not had a chance to try REAL jerky from the US as it's usually the Jack Links stuff that's in the UK.

What ? I’ve never seen the mains open that easy haha. The entire squad used spill half of it during exercises

@NathansMRE

3 жыл бұрын

I have opened a few of these over the years lol

I was with German AF in the late 1970‘s. Our MRE‘s were just like this / very similar. They were very good. BTW they are intended for a whole day (24 hours). All the main dishes were very good, definitely regular civilian grade (I only disliked one with fish due to personal taste - I do not like fish at all.)

What is that app on your phone you are using in order to read the German language.

That looks delicious

heh, these are like muk bang vids, military style! Keep up the great work, I love seeing the different types of food. Greetings from the UK!

I like the look of that bread

Hey what no way...I just got my boots off and your already done....new sub...eat slower and longer....oh god that sounds wrong....I mean enjoy the meal lol

What phone app did you use to translate?

I believe þe date printed on þe box isn't for experation but for production. I could be wrong tho.

What translator app are you using?

This isn’t an individual single field ration is it? Isn’t it just a pack of ration contents?

Nathen is not Steve that's for sure. I watched that guy eat stuff that would make a Billy goat puke and yet don't think I ever herd him say "that don't sound to appetizing". Now I have herd him say after trying something, " that's an explosion of flavor with rancid undertones" ....takes another bite....... "yes, past it's prime but still good...."

@charlestaylor253

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. He said that after opening and eating the 150+ year old British army can of bully beef...😉

I'm used to watching the other guys. It makes it more interesting if we actually see you eat the food. Just my opinion

Hey what app are you using to translate?

The hamburgers in tomato sauce looks delicious 😋

Interesting ration. Somehow that was also weird where some biscuits were given warnings because the health department sent from them.🤔🤷

Will this have freedom fries and a liberty steak?

Get one of those cheap match books where the matches are the flat ones on flexible cardboard, and *then* tell me that's a bad way to light matches.

Jasmin Munchgsettner: "This isn't coffee, it's brown water". referring to American coffee" (in the movie Bagdad Cafe).

What translate app you use?

I love MRE videos and I have to say this puts US rations to shame 😂 they even made the peanut butter packet in the us rations smaller. Nothing says thank you for your service more than reducing the size of the peanut butter pack!

@TrangleC

3 жыл бұрын

That is not necessarily stinginess, but it could be that they had good reasons for putting less peanut butter in. I'm no nutritionist, but as far as I know that is how it works: Eating carbs makes you thirsty, eating protein makes you tired. Carbs give you short term energy boosts, proteins give you long term energy. Peanut butter has a lot of salt in it and people usually eat it on bread, which means you get 2 things that are thirst provoking in one. The body transforms carbohydrates into glucose to store them and that requires adding water to the molecule, as far as I know. Don't ask me how exactly that works, since the name "carbo-HYDRATE" suggests that there already is water in the molecule, but apparently that is why people feel bloated and get spongy when eating a lot of bread or noodles. Your body stores a lot of water in your cells. I think it is the same with salt, which makes salty carbs, like peanut butter on bread, especially thirst provoking. Long story short, when they design a military ration, they have to put a lot of thought into how many carbs and how many proteins they put into it, to not have negative effects on the soldiers. It isn't all just about calories and morale boosting, it is about providing the soldier's body with the right kind of fuel for the environment and for the task envelope.

@Willowtree82

3 жыл бұрын

US MREs are the worst, it's embarrassing

@matthewfairley4101

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrangleC yeah they are thinking of your well-being in every choice they make. Portion sizes have been getting smaller in all products over the years as a more acceptable choice to manufactures instead of raising the price to keep profit margins.

@TrangleC

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfairley4101 We are not talking about stuff being sold in super markets to regular consumers here.

@matthewfairley4101

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrangleC in a capitalist society we are all producers and consumers. Thought the military might have a slightly skewed system we are still talking about a manufacturer selling hopefully at a profit to a customer.

what is this photo-translations-app called ?

let's get this out onto a tray lol

@ulrichquoos9274

3 жыл бұрын

steve is not here!

@chrisaudi1593

3 жыл бұрын

@@ulrichquoos9274 you should be aware that steve is a legend ... steve is in all mre video even if you don't see it is presence is there @Steve1989MREinfo

@ulrichquoos9274

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisaudi1593 AND BE THE fORCE WITH HIM

This should be interesting

Does anyone know what translation app he is using

Coffee whitener? As in coffee creamer?

@DJDoener

3 жыл бұрын

yup

You light the matches the other way when they are cheap paper and not little sticks because if you try to light them like a stick they will bend and fold on you

very special ration.

Is that an app or what that you use to translate that note?

@spacecase7566

3 жыл бұрын

Google translate.

Sounds like the sort of MRE that might be needed to feed the average American if the shit continues hitting the fan over hear until the point the fan clogs and burns out... For 'most' American's I thank you Germany.

Libensruam woulda worked with these. Just missin the smokes

Soak that hard bar thing in your coffee

It's kind of amusing to see a german MRE with actual ''original'' hamburgers in them, as in this is the dish the immigrants took with them from germany and is what would turn into what most people think of when hearing the word Hamburger. Quit interesting to be honest and i thought they all started to reffer to it as ''Hacksteak'' (Minced meat steak) by now.

I got a type 1 today

That was a massive ration, strip that one out and you could stretch it out for a while. Nice work

@chrismartinez8393

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you could get 3 days out of it. Coffee is a good hunger suppressor

@Erenyara

3 жыл бұрын

It is no mre, its a daily ration 😁

@mbr5742

2 жыл бұрын

If younuse it as normal food it is a two day supply. Each of the hot mealsmis sold as a main for one person commercial. During military exercises in the 1980s - one EPA per day would be issued since you burn a lot more energy

what is the name of the app which translates on screen of the camera view?

@NathansMRE

2 жыл бұрын

Google translate

Yeah dude we already got Steve1989. Thanks anyway.

Hey bro what is the name of that software that you translated through your mobile plz tell me

@spacecase7566

3 жыл бұрын

Google translate.

Um wait what ??? What app you using to translate

It is a complete 24h combat ration. Just add water

with this ration you can make some Pizza, if you add some water to cracked hartkeks, you can then use the tomato sauce from the hamburgers as sauce and the hamburgers ripped into pieces as topping it's actually quite a change if you're out in a camp and have a fire and the time

@NormanTheDormantDoormat

3 жыл бұрын

And the chocolate for cheese on top.

@Markus-zb5zd

3 жыл бұрын

@@NormanTheDormantDoormat nah, you can actualyl use the spread that comes with the package for it and if you're realyl really bored, you can melt the chocolate onto the dark bread

grind up that sesame bar, add honey and almonds, and you have Halavah.

If you're sticking a recall notice in the ration, check to see if the biscuits are on the notice. Not a German move by far.

Magnificent

that ration makes me hungry...

why review the whole mre at once? break it up into meals...

What do you do with a food you don't eat straight away

@mbr5742

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in the package or your cargo pockets. The cookies and chocolate are sturdy and heat resistant

How to ask questions

watching this makes me realize how good Steve's videos are

Save and use some of the sauce from the burgers and soak the jerky in that