I honestly love these videos and the fact that you actually enjoy these MRes, people nowdays can be so picky, it's refreshing to see someone humble, that is thankful for something simple like this :D

@SALTYCOMBATDIVER-ExInstructor

Жыл бұрын

When you consider some of the crap you have to eat while on active duty service you reset perimeters about what you will consider eating. It takes real grit to maintain food hesitations after such a life.

Im from denmark and that bread isn't cornbread its a wholegrain bread (danes are completely obsessed with wholegrain stuff its insane) cause korn in danish just means grain :)

@chifishingdk2884

2 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow dane 😃

@animetrash9110

2 жыл бұрын

What is this trickery

@shaunault7538

Жыл бұрын

The Cornbread looked good

@timspencer1856

Жыл бұрын

No one cares if you're a great dane. Look at the desert tan packaging. It's cornbread made and packaged in America by Sterling Foods maker of many US mre items. Stop your bs

@thehamster2905

Жыл бұрын

@@timspencer1856 well the packing says fuldkornsbrød wich means wholegrain bread in danish soooooo

This channel is such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for these videos. I love watching y’all’s father and son relationship. God bless you and you’re family.

Your story about taking the intelligence test in the marines with Morse Code was so interesting! Especially the part about the FBI going so in depth on your background check. I love these types of stories

@pasqualecuda5165

Ай бұрын

Yeah me too😊 he has to tell us more now😊

These Danish rations are huge and can be a tough find. Nice of that fan to send it along... These don't normally come with any heaters or stoves.

@appeltaartistheanswe

Жыл бұрын

This was a "FRYS" ration, which means freeze dried, so it wouldn't come with a heater. You always need to heat water yourself, for a FRYS ration. A "WET" ration would include a heater. Which is why I like those better. Just easier.

@vipergtsmre

Жыл бұрын

@@appeltaartistheanswe The only Danish I have had was "wet" and it didn't have a heater. It was like a 2016. Are the heaters a new addition?

@Duckkyy_

Жыл бұрын

​@@vipergtsmre I served in Sweden which probably is decently similar (our rations include several of the items in the video). Our wet ones were always handed out together with chemical heaters, however they were not included inside of the actual MRE.

@vipergtsmre

Жыл бұрын

@@Duckkyy_ nice! The only Swedish ration that I have is the Arctic version. I've been meaning to video that one for a very long time

Now that was a ration!! Nothing scary to try, just spiced differently than we are used to. I always look forward hearing your stories/memories. You and your son have such a nice rapport, respect, and love. Wholesome food eaten with wholesome guys.

Those danish mre never came with heat packs i had a similar 1 in the past and it also didnt have it.

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

Good to know. I won't wonder from here on out.

@abaddon1371

Жыл бұрын

@@MeAncient Freeze dried food just requires hot water. When I was in the danish army, we all were issued one solid fuel burner to heat water over or like in my case, which was before these fancy freeze dried packages, we got a large can with the meal in it, that you would heat over the burner. We even had one stupid private who thought he was very smart and just put the can over the burner instead of emptying it out in his metal cup. No need to tell what happens with a closed can over open fire. We sure got a good laugh though when his Chicken Frikassé exploded all over him and he looked like a whole party had barfed on him :D

When it's dehydrated food, there's no need for self heaters since hot water is added. And if you put a very small pinch of salt in your coffee, it'll take the edge of the bitterness off.

@shaunault7538

Жыл бұрын

An u need the heaters to heat ur water

@stephanieroberts4474

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunault7538 yes being able to heat the water is an absolute. Just not with the self heating heaters, as mentioned above. It would be so nice if all types of mre's come with at least matches and nesbits, even if self heaters were in the meal kits. I have had packs that was suppose to have the self heaters but none came with it, although it was listed. But yes, a way to heat water is an absolute need; even if only it would be matches to gather wood up where available....soooo, always carry at least a metal cup lol

@niklaslund2204

Жыл бұрын

@@stephanieroberts4474 Mre are for soldiers. And soldiers just cant make a fire when they are at war hence why the heaters is a MUST have

@SunnyThief

Жыл бұрын

@@niklaslund2204 You were obviously never in the military before.

@niklaslund2204

Жыл бұрын

@@SunnyThief In these days making a fire like that would only make you appear on thermal and drones. Sounds like you didnt think it proper through

That was a huge ration! The Danish military certainly look after their forces. Its very similar in size to the Dutch 24hr, I have one stashed as both the Dutch and Danish rations are not easy to get, even for me and I'm in the UK. Orifo make some of the best drinks and snacks imo. It was so much fun watching you thoroughly enjoying everything (except the chocolate lol) I loved the length of this video. Brilliant vid as always :)

@kenneymadsen5710

Жыл бұрын

OrifO is a danish based company aswell. Which is also a reason for the danish rations to contain many of their products.

@kiaragarciaaa

Жыл бұрын

i read the part about chocolate as he ate the chocolate and it spooked me

I enjoy these longer videos, and how you separated the meals to breakfast, lunch and dinner. Great job! Also as Ace says at 28:53, they give you a Full 24 set up. Meals and snacks to get through the day!

I didn’t know how interesting seeing different country’s MRE’s would be. Cool videos interesting stories from your past. I’d love to see you do a UK. As I have no idea what we’re feeding our troops in the field

Many of these stuff are also included in the german EPA. greetings from Germany and thank you for the good videos :-)

American: Everything is noodles.🤣 The rest of the world: There´s noodles (East Asia), and there´s pasta.👍 Good review btw and keep ´em coming, mate!💪

Amen❤ I love that a father and son get to share these moments.

Really enjoying your videos! The combination of commentary and anecdote is fantastic. Please continue with your videos as they are both enjoyable and highly informative. Kia kaha! Much love from NZ.

Now that's a meal. Still loving those stories you add. Great video sir!

well for a northern mre most of this makes sense to me as a swede. Raspberry grows wild like crazy in certain areas up here and winter we get like 6 hours of sunlight actually even less up in sweden so all the vitamins are a must. Lemon is more or less the standard run of the mill cheap tea around here tho i prefer lady grey and earl grey they are classics for a reason.

I cant stop watching MRE videos this is addicting. Also you are quite the story teller.

Always loved watching mre openings an loved watching ace an his fathers videos so finding ace an his dad doing mre pack openings is awesome

We have the same in Sweden but we don't have a toothbrush but you have got a vegetarian dishes we have both. We don't have hot bags for freeze-drying, we have an Optimus Crux Tactical military kitchen with both gas and alcohol burners so we boil water in the field, the things you got left over we have as a snack between meals or you save them for the next day when you get a new one with breakfast. lunch. dinner//Anders

Fun! I took my sons camping with MREs. We all enjoyed them quite a lot. Thanks for your service, by the way! My dad was NAVY from 67-89.

He always has passion and joy whenever he opens these mres

One thing I notice about the Danish and polish rations is that they don't add a lot of chemicals and extra sugar and they seem to start with high nutritional quality food (whole grains, no sugar added fruit paste, dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate) and the only preservation will be either the packaging (cans etc) or freeze drying. They also seem to have shorter shelf lives than American rations.

@MeAncient

2 ай бұрын

Allison, good observation. As you say, that's why they don't last as long. TFW!

Love your videos. Keep them coming? You're awesome.

A good way to take out the bitterness of coffee is to add a little salt surprisingly enough. 1/8 of a teaspoon salt and then add your desired sugar and milk. We used to get growing coffee for the industrial coffee maker at work, it would make 1.5 gallons of coffee per package and we were told adding salt to taste would take away the bitterness. Tasted so much better. It works out to basically a large pinch of salt per 8oz cup

Love the vids. Keep them coming!

We have about 20 humming birds that come around our place here in AZ. And surprisingly we have a select few that stick around and all year. Great videos guys.

Man I love the story’s I could seriously listen all day to them and I love the MRE videos those are my favorite and I love your son ace’s channel love the catch and cooks

I'm a new viewer, I just realized that this was a new video. I've enjoyed your videos the past few days

I just found your channel! You two seems very humble and im looking forward to more MRE tests. You should invest in a electric kettle, it would be so much easier than the big ol pot :) Greetings from Sweden.

@Arimil1234512345

Жыл бұрын

Electric kettles are a game changer. They just make everything so much easier.

Thanks for bring us along for this 24 hour Ration. Very impressed.

Amazing ration, and once again great setting!

Really cool yall do this. Keeps us in the know of what to get or not get. Thanks guys. Stay frosty

The cranberries taste like cranberry. The raisins taste like raisin..... The Schnozzberries taste like Schnozz. 🙄😄

Sure beats eating crayons eh? lol just messing around man, great channel. Army vet here and never miss!

Love your videos. And aces channel. You are both awesome

Another awesome mre and a good story, thanks Me Ancient 🙂

Hello from Clarksville Arkansas. I got my ham radio license in 1976 so I've enjoyed using morse code for more than a few years. Nice review, and thank you for sharing, and for your service to our country!

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

Steve, cool about your Morse Code use. So are were you specially trained or are you an autodidactic? TFW, btw.

I like this MRE. It would feed me for two or three days. Thank you for sharing. 🙃☕❤

I've had occasion to view a number of your videos. Overall it seems MREs are light on vegetables. Is that troops won't eat their veggies or is it that the nutritional value doesn't justify the weight? I was surprised this Danish MRE didn't have a meat/protein, possibly some type of preserved fish. Your thoughts? PS: I love the way you subtly share your faith by praying before eating.

@SALTYCOMBATDIVER-ExInstructor

Жыл бұрын

There's vegetables but fiber isn't always your friend. Most vegetables are pureed or juiced.

@kevinroche3334

Жыл бұрын

Possibly...a vegetarian menu?

Great stories...Always wished I could've joined. I tried but the doctors said I was pdq and so that was that. Thanks for the uploads.

I'm from the South a small country town and that is one of our favor signature drinks which is brewed sweet tea or brewed sweet tea with lemon added both are served on ice

I'm a new subscriber and I'm so glad to be here.

When I enlisted into the Airforce (1976-1980), I heard later from my parents and neighbors, they had been questioned by the military about me. I was an Avionics Tech working on fighter aircraft. Second hitch (1980-1986)I switched to the Navy. Never heard if anybody got questioned again, I was an Electronic Tech working on radios and crypto gear, and got a Top Secret clearance. Never ate MREs, but did eat some C-rats a couple times. I discovered MREs years later. Some Ilike, some I don't. I've yet to try foreign rations.

Me ancient keep them coming I love all of your videos I can't wait for the next one

Cold weather MREs are known to have a lot of liquids. That way soldiers are not getting dehydrated. As well as having low sodium menu's to help prevent dehydration.

@chaimafaghet7343

Жыл бұрын

That's not a cold weather ration, there's nowhere near enough calories. Put half a pound of boiled sweets in there and you'll be close.

I believe you got so much stuff because they don't intend on a person just eating 3 times a day but instead give things to munch on in between meals too. That's what I think the nuts and dried fruits were for. Good video guys, I liked Ace's Hummingbird dogfight. 🙂

New to this channel and love the content !

Why oh why am I watching this with two hours to go before Beautiful Bride puts some chow on the plank?

2nd viewer great 1 bud

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I bought this ration last year. That main did need more water and more heat and time to reconstitute it. I thought it was OK, nuthin to write home about. ;-) Love your work! Thank you!

@MeAncient

10 ай бұрын

Great observations. TFW!

Woo hoo. Been waiting

1 of the best videos yawl made but am I the only one that got freaked out by the Google commercial with that woman 😂😂😂

Great review. That looked like an all around good ration. No way you would go hungry with it. Beats the heck out of our U.S. MRE's.

@chaimafaghet7343

Жыл бұрын

The 24hr rat pack/ORP isn't quite the same thing as MREs, they're mostly COTS items and the user is expected to have cutlery, esbit stove or whatever, and just shove whatever they need for e.g. a patrol into their webbing as needed. Ironically with the way the US military actually uses MREs in practice, everyone involved at all levels would probably be much happier with ORPs.

@appeltaartistheanswe

Жыл бұрын

You'd get fed up with any ration after some time. I've lived off Danish rations for weeks, British rations for two months on end, and US MREs for about 3 weeks. US MREs made me love jalapeno cheese spread though, and I would trade some good stuff for it back then :D

That beats the hell out of the “dental stimulator” in the c-rats.

Your channel is like Clint Eastwood took over mr Rogers neighborhood love the videos man

This is my first time commenting😊my favorite videos are when you dive😁 for lobster on Ace's youtube, it's impressive. Could you do some of those for your channel or is it just MRE? I still subscribed 😄 but if I may ask... what about those snorkeling videos😊

Number one ☝️

And I thought of the hazelnut spread I had last year when we went to Colombia for a mission trip. A young gal that was there sharing the Gospel with us had bought some hazelnut spread swirled with a cream and let me tell you what, it was like a divine moment. I've not found anything like it here in Idaho. I like hazelnut spread, but it's a bit too thick. With the cream with it, it leveled it out wonderfully. Lol.

@ryanbales8116

2 жыл бұрын

There is a similar snack in Puerto Rico. It comes in a small container and has a little plastic spoon to scrape it out of the container. It's so good and a memory from my childhood.

@danny88dh

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Hey guys, you should try the Croatien MRE. Love your content💪🏼👍🏻

I know this is an old video but I just started watching your videos and being a chef I am wondering if the unknown cheese in the pasta soup was Neufchatel aka Cream cheese. it would give it a slightly sweet taste. Or possible Druzba cheese which is their version of American or Velveeta so that could be the sweet taste. Anyways I am enjoying your videos. I used to watch a couple other people who did MRE video I started with Emmymade, then I started watching Steve1989MRE, gundog4314, but it has been a while since I watched one, but your Italian 24 hour video popped up on my FYP and I just got hooked! so I subscribed and feel down the rabbit hole LOL!

We have a feeder for the hummingbirds too and it's so true, if more than one shows up they both just angrily chatter at each other and fly off before anyone eats.

some of my family was Danish! this is awesome when I was in 5-6th grade I made a few dishes from Denmark for a school peoject.

Me Ancient says salt bae eat your heart out. 😂. Great videos man.

Love the prayer 🙏 before chow only southern people do and by the way I joined usmc mos 6174 out of high school and I'm from little Rock Arkansas also and found my wayback here semper fi

Keep up the good work 👍

I love how they added the Map with denmark on it (weirdly not in the center) for all the uneducated viewers who dont know where anything is in the world xD Well, looks like even he didnt know :D No particularly cold weather in Denmark. It's not nearly as far north as Sweden, Norway and Finnland are (not talking about the most southern tips of course).

@mr.vargas5648

2 жыл бұрын

Its cold in the winter but yes Denmark have seasons so do Sweden.

I'm also a cashew's lover myself my favorite brand is made by planters they make some great cashew's and peanuts hands down by far

Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰 👋 thanks for sharing

Very interesting. I don't like pasta, but the rest sounds very good. The idea with the fruit is fantastic.

@niklaslund2204

Жыл бұрын

Do you like bread? Cuz it's the same

@Robert_Sparkman_01

Жыл бұрын

@@niklaslund2204 I eat mostly whole grain bread. I will eat lasagna occasionally. It just seems like empty calories to me.

@niklaslund2204

Жыл бұрын

@@Robert_Sparkman_01 You should try some proper danish ryebread

@Robert_Sparkman_01

Жыл бұрын

@@niklaslund2204 Are you Danish? Do you know about Kringle? I used to live in Kenosha Wisconsin..nearby is a city, Racine, that has Kringle...it's basically their whole business...O&H Danish Bakery.

@niklaslund2204

Жыл бұрын

@@Robert_Sparkman_01 Yeah i am. Yup i've heard the name before. Tho we danes have banned alot of things the us are able to use. So might not be the same since ingridients will be quite different

everytime i watch ur videos i see crazy mre in packets and heaters, in israel we probably have the lamest mre on the planet and my only guess as to why is because we usually always operate inside the country which is small and almost always has access to some base or outpost with food. had us marines who were here for some joint training and they shared their mre that had beef in it... it was much better than what we had, would totally trade our tuna for it.

@saiahr5463

Жыл бұрын

its funny because the us mre isnt looked down on compared to other mres.

Best one yet.

I was arctic infantry in the army. Our cold-weather MREs are different than the normal MREs. There’s lots of drinks lots of soups lots of pastas and carbs. What people forget is you need a lot of extra carbs to stay warm, and an arctic environment is very much like a desert environment it’s just as dry it’s just cold. So everything that you were seeing and telling sounds pretty familiar to me.

I love hearing your stories.

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to share them, for sure. TFW

@diverblc

Жыл бұрын

@@MeAncient thank you for your service! Pray for my son, Seth, who is active USN stationed in Guam aboard the submarine, USS Springfield.

Very Cool!!!

The raspberry drink reminds me of Danish dessert we make at Christmas.

Great video! In Denmark (and most of Europe) we don't like artificial stuff. The fewer ingredients the better!

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

It sure is good! TFW, John Doe

Yes I ended up doing the same thing, except I was in the army as a 92 charlie.same 1100 questions, did they make you draw maps and give a list of names and addresses I was glad I did some of the Best times and friends I have had, thanks for your service, semper Fi!

I love this video!!! It’s like a used car salesman trying to sell a 1978 Toyota!!! 😊

this was a really good video....

Hey guys. Interesting that there's no meat in any of the main courses. I wonder if that's because of cost or if it's some type of national preference? I was surprised that the one thing you didn't care for, the chocolate, was something I thought would have been great. I've heard that their chocolate is usually very good. Oh well. I noticed that you mentioned that the coffee, had a slight bitterness to it. My great uncle, who served in WW2, that I've mentioned in the past, said that in WW2, they would put salt in their coffee, to eliminate the bitterness. I guess he liked it, since he drank his coffee with salt, the rest of his life. Great video, looking forward to the next one, God bless.

@abaddon1371

Жыл бұрын

In combat rations there is usually meat in them. However, some rations don't contain meat, so you are able to give it to the local populace. For instance Afghans who doesn't eat pork or non-Halal meat. I am more surprised there wasn't any fish in it. Usually there is always one package of some sort of tuna or mackerel.

Man that cereal bar is the best I've ever had .most of that meal pack is great ever fall on the canteens wow was in the infirmary for 2 weeks bruised a kidney

Great video 👍

Great video. Ace should have tried more food

The heat packs & creamer could have been pulled by customs, but maybe not. I know powdered creamer is highly flammable, & the heaters I remember in The Corps, in the first half of the nineties, could get quite hot, so that was the first thought that came to mind why before being shipped over the pond they may have pulled those items out.

The best thing to stir up those freeze dried meals is a chop stick. It gets on the gussets very well.

Who likes when they thank god for giving them the food like i do?

dark chocolate is my fav !We have orange chocolate here, my son in law loves it, me... ack!

Absolutely love seeing the difference between different countries mre.....

@MeAncient

2 ай бұрын

I like doing full on comparison video reviews. Stay tuned for more of those this summer. TFW

Thats a lot of food and it looked mighty good too! Glad it was stolen from.

Back in the day when we had the M58 boots, we'd use the used ration toothbrush to get the polish in all the nooks and crannies.

You are correct about the canned pound cake, in OD can.

The powder in the breakfast would be milk powder. Also i think you could prepare it with cold water, as we most often eat muesli with cold milk in DK. But hot muesli porridge is nice as well!

@MeAncient

Ай бұрын

Good to know. I had a British MRE with the powdered milk in it as well. I prepared it correctly and it was quite good. TFW

Are you Steve1989's Dad? Love your videos.

Those hummingbirds.. Sad yet beautiful somehow.

Thank You , seems like the Denmark meals are good Maybe You could get a second that is different meals And see if You could get an Israeli Military meal kit

@tapestry6455

2 жыл бұрын

Steve1989 did a review on Israel MRE look at his channel.

Once you said Little Rock AR I put two and two together did you go to Marion Highschool in Marion AR? Just curious because I used to live in West Memphis.. for a little while before moving over to Greenbrier, AR

@MeAncient

Жыл бұрын

Marion, Iowa.....Met and married my wife in Arkansas 42 years ago in December.

add the raisins and cranberries to the cereal with the boiling water..it helps to cook them a little.... OR you could have mixed the apple sauce into the cereal and eaten the fruit later..

That's some tasty rations!

Speaking today it's 14.50 Saturday 12 August and it's 97 degrees here in Southern England

@christinevenner183

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thats hot! I'm on the outskirts of London and it's way too hot for me at 93⁰F Can't wait for next week its supposed to be back to more normal summer temperatures.

@misolgit69

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinevenner183 I'm in Slough