March 1943 US Army Field Ration C Dinner B Unit MRE Review Vintage Meal Ready to Eat Taste Test

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  • Опубликовано: 27 фев 2019
  • This specific WW2 C Ration Dinner B unit was produced for the month of March 1943. It's not just your average well-stored Dinner unit with biscuits, candy, lemonade, and sugar. It has one extra morale-boosting component that makes it the first generation of it's kind. The first C Ration cigarette.
    (Merch)
    teespring.com/stores/steve1989
    For correspondence, or to send a Military Ration for review, my mailing information is:
    Steve1989
    3616 Harden Blvd
    360
    Lakeland, FL 33803
    (Patreon)
    www.patreon.com/user?u=282133...
    And thank you everyone for watching & subscribing - hope
    you enjoyed this one, as I certainly did making it!
    -Steve
    ** All Music By: Steve1989MREinfo **
    gschultz9:
    / gschultz9
    Delicious: / @deliciousmre
    stickyfingaz745:
    / @sticky745
    gundog4314:
    / @gundog4314
    emmymadeinjapan: / @emmymade
    Paul Buikema:
    / @paulbuikema
    Elandil:
    / @elandilmre
    LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
    NICE HISS™
    I'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING NEW OR OLD, ALRIGHT COOL SEE YA™
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  • @EpicHotCheese
    @EpicHotCheese 5 лет назад +6870

    Hundreds of years into the future, Steve’s great great grandson will be opening a bag of Doritos from 2019 and describe the strange taste to people on Mars.

    • @anddrom6853
      @anddrom6853 5 лет назад +76

      Lol true

    • @nou-jn6uz
      @nou-jn6uz 5 лет назад +70

      Unfortunately humanity won't live long enough for that to happen....

    • @rkmugen
      @rkmugen 5 лет назад +190

      Doritos..... rancid..... and metallic. The included Frito-Lay bean dip: "DECADENT!"

    • @bernardhasimaj5157
      @bernardhasimaj5157 5 лет назад +4

      😂😂😂

    • @pikmansion1648
      @pikmansion1648 5 лет назад +8

      And mountain dew?

  • @ProudNothing
    @ProudNothing 4 года назад +2026

    I pet my cat:
    No hiss. Nice.

  • @WowMarioz
    @WowMarioz 4 года назад +951

    smells ciggarette: Smells like.. Vanilla.
    smells biscuits: Smells like tobacco.

    • @masynrager4085
      @masynrager4085 3 года назад +45

      Invasion of the flavor switchers.

    • @RequiemDream
      @RequiemDream 3 года назад +2

      Let's get this out onto the Diego - Nice!

    • @kristapsjj8520
      @kristapsjj8520 3 года назад +13

      Maybe you're supposed to crush and smoke biscuits while using cigarettes for water flavoring

    • @NadyaBali
      @NadyaBali 3 года назад

      Switch flavor

    • @RequiemDream
      @RequiemDream 3 года назад

      @@NadyaBali Let's get this out onto the Diego, nice!!!

  • @mrand3r50n3
    @mrand3r50n3 5 лет назад +1346

    *Casually lights up a 1943 cigarette indoors, then moves on to describe the experience of smoking it. There is something hypnotic about all this and I don't even smoke.

    • @googalooga
      @googalooga 4 года назад +51

      I can’t pinpoint what it is but I’m so hooked.

    • @jasonfield7538
      @jasonfield7538 4 года назад +64

      @@googalooga there's a ASMR element to his videos. He's tapping into our brains!

    • @michellenotherday1482
      @michellenotherday1482 3 года назад +7

      googalooga same here! I tune in to relax an$ even fall asleep! Thanks Steve!

    • @Mattm182
      @Mattm182 3 года назад +16

      Same here. I feel like I’m getting an extra special treat when we get to view him smoking one of the ancient cigarettes.

    • @jitsroller
      @jitsroller 3 года назад +1

      @@Mattm182 yes!

  • @xPartyWoundsx
    @xPartyWoundsx 5 лет назад +1611

    STEVE IS ALIVE EVERYBODY!
    We can rest easy now.

    • @KumaPaws376
      @KumaPaws376 5 лет назад +7

      Coup de Grâce of course, with all these MREs

    • @MP-pg9te
      @MP-pg9te 5 лет назад +39

      It was a dark time for all of us.

    • @edb1382
      @edb1382 5 лет назад +21

      You don't realize what you got till it's gone

    • @ashleygreen2842
      @ashleygreen2842 5 лет назад +8

      Nice

    • @MrSniperdude01
      @MrSniperdude01 5 лет назад +24

      Honestly thought he succumbed to the 90yr + MREs.

  • @dexterkoula3407
    @dexterkoula3407 5 лет назад +2286

    *sees one single item in the can*
    *knows EXACTLY when the MRE was made because of it*
    you're one of a kind Steve. Never change

  • @fenotipobombay
    @fenotipobombay 4 года назад +437

    The things he eats cost more than the most expensive dinner in a luxury restaurant. Literally.

    • @bramiwami
      @bramiwami 4 года назад +29

      But that is missing the point tho

    • @Nairuulagch
      @Nairuulagch 3 года назад +8

      Paid by US tax payers and by Pentagon.

    • @cowboykelly6590
      @cowboykelly6590 3 года назад +6

      🤣.. true, I watched one, where Steve
      CASUALLY says, got 12 for alil over 600$ I think I Lost Time (about 2hrs)
      Before Snapping out of it . 🤠🖖

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 2 года назад +6

      @@cowboykelly6590 lmao. I just saw that video before this one. He said 650 and im thinking $6.50 but he says $650 right away.

  • @seantimberwolf
    @seantimberwolf 4 года назад +246

    When Steve finds cigarettes his voices raises a few octaves.

  • @Steve1989MRE
    @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +3019

    Hey everybody, it's great to finally be back with a couple new videos. Had a little injury back in January that cost about a month's work. But all is good like new & I've been back to filming/editing and catching up with messages these last few weeks.
    Right now I'm in the middle of filming an incredibly well stored and fascinating ration from 1906. Condition-wise, it is astoundingly preserved. That is enough of a spoiler there. But stay tuned, I finish up filming it later tonight and then to editing.
    In the meantime I hope you all enjoy tonight's 2 new videos and in a day or two I have one more video coming out that is already edited. A Canadian Army WW2 Ration.

    • @blurryangel_
      @blurryangel_ 5 лет назад +16

      Steve1989MREInfo WOO WOO

    • @erick_gomez204
      @erick_gomez204 5 лет назад +35

      Glad your back and fine

    • @maximilianf3025
      @maximilianf3025 5 лет назад +51

      *1906*
      THE MADMAN

    • @danilo8088
      @danilo8088 5 лет назад +16

      What happend Steve,is everything ok now man,and congrats for one mil subs dude...

    • @cupiidakarezo
      @cupiidakarezo 5 лет назад +10

      back with a vengeance, Steve. i like it. glad you’re no longer injured. 🙂

  • @mobsterduck8315
    @mobsterduck8315 5 лет назад +4348

    Me: Mom I'm hungry
    Mom: We have food at home
    Me: But I want a March 1943 US Army Field Ration C Dinner B Unit MRE

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski93 4 года назад +174

    Pack of cigarettes
    instructions:
    - to smoke after leaving a french brothel or blowing up a german mission objective.

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 3 года назад +8

      I want to buy one of these rations just to smoke the cigarettes

  • @lukecampbell801
    @lukecampbell801 3 года назад +37

    I'm so impressed with how well preserved it all is. 76 year old food and cigs, and if you'd told me it came off the assembly line this year I'd probably believe you

  • @Wangavision
    @Wangavision 5 лет назад +2027

    I was having lunch last week at work with some colleagues... sitting around the table conversing about everything and nothing. I got my lunch out and said aloud, "Let's get this out onto the tray... Nice". Silence. Then one of the guys points at me and says, "SteveMRE, right?" A golden moment. Anyway... that phrase needs to go on a t shirt. I'd buy it.

    • @sqike001ton
      @sqike001ton 5 лет назад +25

      Me too

    • @obi-wankenobi1514
      @obi-wankenobi1514 5 лет назад +137

      Wangavision then everybody clapped right?

    • @Wangavision
      @Wangavision 5 лет назад +84

      @@obi-wankenobi1514 They were too in awe of the supreme synchronicity they had just witnessed.

    • @TheStepmonkey
      @TheStepmonkey 5 лет назад +6

      LOLOL That sounds amazing 😂 Im gonna desing a tshirt with that phrase 💗

    • @Domestic_Orange
      @Domestic_Orange 5 лет назад

      Me too. Id love that

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 лет назад +2468

    It's crazy to think that this ration has survived longer than some WW2 veterans, and it ends its journey catalogued on something that would boggle the mind of someone from 1942.

    • @playa3219
      @playa3219 5 лет назад +9

      Hii

    • @VJPlayz555
      @VJPlayz555 5 лет назад +13

      Wow there should be more likes in this comment

    • @GibbyGibsoniCarly
      @GibbyGibsoniCarly 5 лет назад +9

      Hi justin

    • @MalcadorTheSigilite
      @MalcadorTheSigilite 5 лет назад +52

      It's crazy seeing you on all sorts of weird places. Anything you're not on?

    • @DeXalphus
      @DeXalphus 5 лет назад +19

      This man is everywhere

  • @jaydebey7714
    @jaydebey7714 5 лет назад +116

    I found myself walking around and just blurting out “Nice Hiss”😂😂😂😂

  • @lmaolmoo4147
    @lmaolmoo4147 4 года назад +154

    This all takes place in an alternative timeline after Steve had collected thousands of MRE in a post apocalyptic future. He records himself in his bunker after the nuclear war. We have these videos after someone traveled to his universe to collect the footage and bring it back.

  • @theaverageDon
    @theaverageDon 5 лет назад +604

    The man smokes a cigarette like a person of high class tastes wine

    • @watershed44
      @watershed44 5 лет назад +59

      @Corey Cieliela
      It's relaxing just watching him smoke on the video.
      Thank God that YT doesn't demonitize the vid because it has
      evil cancer sticks in it. PC bull shite.

    • @chris.breadz
      @chris.breadz 5 лет назад +64

      It's a history piece, so shouldn't have censorship, just like nude art is acceptable

    • @savethezombies
      @savethezombies 5 лет назад +23

      He's in flavor country now.

    • @GodWeenSatan
      @GodWeenSatan 5 лет назад +5

      @@watershed44 I believe cigarettes are cancerous though

    • @NoThisIsPatrick.
      @NoThisIsPatrick. 5 лет назад +8

      Eastwood Unforgiven so are overused dead memes.

  • @ashimayed8013
    @ashimayed8013 5 лет назад +2498

    There is something very satisfying seeing his videos at 3 in the morning.

  • @NigelOgden
    @NigelOgden 3 года назад +49

    One of the most awesome commentators I have ever listened to. He could commentate on paint drying for 30 minutes and I would still probably sit and listen.

  • @milotheangel9756
    @milotheangel9756 4 года назад +39

    This is a dramatic re-enactment of trying to find salvageable food when mom hasn’t gone shopping in a couple days

  • @KC-bg1th
    @KC-bg1th 5 лет назад +300

    I just worked a 14.5 hour day, and was stuck in rush hour because of 3 accidents. It's 8:50PM right now and I'm about to fall into bed. While in bed, I get to watch a long awaited Steve video. The timing of this video is truly..... *_NICE_*

  • @jabaaronkowalski498
    @jabaaronkowalski498 5 лет назад +1576

    smokes an ancient cigarette. "a bit dry"
    lmao gordon would be proud

    • @cerberushunter1448
      @cerberushunter1448 4 года назад +6

      wascally wabbit I ran 3 miles for fun

    • @rmorrow123
      @rmorrow123 4 года назад +17

      @@cerberushunter1448 what where you thinking

    • @mmodnao
      @mmodnao 4 года назад +2

      BLAND.

    • @macsimum
      @macsimum 4 года назад +14

      I love how excited he gets for the cigarettes... Its like a kid on X-mas morning.

    • @user-im5tk5te5c
      @user-im5tk5te5c 4 года назад

      It's bland ..

  • @doflassholemingo6609
    @doflassholemingo6609 3 года назад +26

    "IT HAS CIGARETTES IN THERE!!!" lol 😆 he got so excited

  • @josephglista561
    @josephglista561 3 года назад +21

    I love how excited he was for 5 biscuits, 3 smokes, some lemon juice, and a few hard candies. 😂 Love it!

  • @wyattpoppe9906
    @wyattpoppe9906 5 лет назад +463

    Now I'm craving biscuits and cigarettes from 1943

  • @DumbBeeeeeee
    @DumbBeeeeeee 5 лет назад +231

    I enjoy how Steve seemingly got embarrassed by the volume of his freakout and balanced the audio accordingly.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +130

      I enjoy how you notice this. i just didn't want to bother folks by being too loud. But cutting the excitement would have cut the heart right out of the discovery. So I kept it - but lowered the volume of that clip by about 50-60%.

    • @TheStepmonkey
      @TheStepmonkey 5 лет назад +10

      @@Steve1989MRE We all love you and admire you Steve 💗

  • @TheToribash99
    @TheToribash99 4 года назад +21

    I dont smoke cigarettes, nor have I wanted to. But i am tempted to buy one of these old packs to try.

  • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
    @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 4 года назад +206

    1917 army spoon.....23% lead

  • @shahmuzafar6146
    @shahmuzafar6146 5 лет назад +308

    Thank god a poison meatball from 1995 wasn’t the end for Steve

    • @Dielonthug
      @Dielonthug 5 лет назад +2

      Gaaaar, Joes be the only place for Steve

    • @bubbaplop808
      @bubbaplop808 5 лет назад +6

      Can i get some context for this comment?

    • @shahmuzafar6146
      @shahmuzafar6146 5 лет назад +5

      Slainhydra77 Steve eats a lot of questionable food sometimes even if there’s some mold on it, this activity is very dangerous and since botulism is pretty common in old stuff like this it’s a pretty risky thing to eat the stuff he does

  • @JadeWisdom
    @JadeWisdom 5 лет назад +283

    Steve isn't the hero we asked for, but the hero we deserve. Glad you're back Steve.

    • @christiangrondin7177
      @christiangrondin7177 5 лет назад +16

      He's the hero we need, but not the one we deserve. He's the best.

    • @Hedvigu
      @Hedvigu 5 лет назад +1

      I never got this comment, so sorry to be a drag. Who did we ask for initially and why do we clearly deserve this dude, that we don't even pay? I think we all feel Steve is amazing... so why would we feel that we aimed higher but then settled like "oh well guess we deserve him..."

    • @JadeWisdom
      @JadeWisdom 5 лет назад +1

      @@Hedvigu just a meme really lol

    • @Hedvigu
      @Hedvigu 5 лет назад +1

      @@JadeWisdom Oof, I'm so not with it anymore...

  • @RunningFreeForeverFree
    @RunningFreeForeverFree 3 года назад +15

    Thank You my dad was a paratrooper in ww2. Now I have idea what he ate.

    • @flash-thunder
      @flash-thunder Год назад

      Do you have any stories from him?

    • @RunningFreeForeverFree
      @RunningFreeForeverFree Год назад +1

      @@flash-thunder My dad never would talk about ww2 . My dad was in the 82nd Airborne . I only know what the history channel says about the 82nd Airborne

  • @michellemay8477
    @michellemay8477 3 года назад +10

    12:53 - “Actually I couldn’t get to sleep, and this is what happened.”
    Thanks Steve. Sometimes when I can’t sleep or need to be put to sleep I put your videos on :)
    Anyone else?!! Lol

    • @stunnaboy3021
      @stunnaboy3021 2 года назад +2

      He helps with my anxiety at night, definitely helps me fall asleep

  • @vchalmel
    @vchalmel 5 лет назад +113

    That muffled "Wow ! What ?! No way !" is legendary.

  • @derekrubicky4810
    @derekrubicky4810 5 лет назад +343

    To whomever gives these videos a thumbs down. What's your problem??? Historical, informative, and he increases his chances of getting cancer everytime he samples these vintage cigarettes!?!? Let alone the potential for food poisoning??? Y'all need to go somewhere else if you can't appreciate Steve's dedication!

    • @ohmyblindman
      @ohmyblindman 5 лет назад +14

      HEAR! HEAR! (but I think the RUclips algorithm puts them there.)

    • @auxreumxzx6067
      @auxreumxzx6067 5 лет назад +8

      By accident?

    • @harrisp584
      @harrisp584 5 лет назад +5

      The algorithm just randomly dislikes videos? I swear Anytime I hear something about their algorithm it's always just hearsay or just plain rumors. It's probably more simplistic than most think

    • @daviscampbell9020
      @daviscampbell9020 5 лет назад +1

      Protest of sort ?

    • @markalbert7756
      @markalbert7756 5 лет назад

      @@harrisp584 shopped

  • @SpaceWaffle
    @SpaceWaffle 5 лет назад +376

    I love that he sparked the cig LMAO

    • @tmcboston1
      @tmcboston1 3 года назад +16

      yes, surprised YT/GOOG hasn't 'acted' to 'protect the community'

    • @jefrebugni4064
      @jefrebugni4064 3 года назад +25

      he almost always does, it’s part of the experience. i’ve smoked some ration cigarettes myself, salem’s, pall malls, and lucky strikes specifically and they are actually very nice

    • @parvizmammadov88
      @parvizmammadov88 3 года назад +2

      Is he still alive ? ))

    • @allenseeallendo5844
      @allenseeallendo5844 3 года назад +4

      He’s a big ciggy guy.

    • @mobydiccc3816
      @mobydiccc3816 3 года назад +5

      He always does lol

  • @aftersexhighfives
    @aftersexhighfives 4 года назад +24

    I love when you're so excited about cigarettes. Your passion is wonderful.
    I'd really love some Merch. A simple baseball t with let's get that on a tray, nice! In 50s baseball slogan text. Or army font would be really awesome.

  • @Riviscira
    @Riviscira 5 лет назад +522

    BRING OUT THE TRAY

  • @BustedRobotStudios
    @BustedRobotStudios 5 лет назад +202

    Anyone else find it adorable when Steve freaked out when he saw the cigarettes?

    • @Trainy2
      @Trainy2 5 лет назад +5

      He gets overly excited about a lot of stuff in rations and it's pretty amusing.

    • @dragonlordpatrol5
      @dragonlordpatrol5 5 лет назад +5

      yes, so cute

    • @kelpshakeandy.v7663
      @kelpshakeandy.v7663 5 лет назад +1

      No homo tho

    • @trashtalker-oz8vo
      @trashtalker-oz8vo 2 года назад

      No

    • @katj3443
      @katj3443 10 месяцев назад +2

      He’s such a cute, literally adore this dude, cute, intelligent, awesome sense of humour, creative and just out right talented.

  • @Towboatin
    @Towboatin 4 года назад +15

    It is truly amazing how well some of these things held up.

  • @moonglow630
    @moonglow630 2 года назад +8

    My grandfather’s were both in the Marines in the Pacific. My grandpa was left for dead on Guadacanal & they ran outta food before the Army came ashore & they “borrowed” some from them.
    I like to think of my grandpa’s eating these. At least until they ran out.

  • @kojombasi506
    @kojombasi506 5 лет назад +201

    The genuine excitement when discovering the cigarette 😂

  • @Saastapukki
    @Saastapukki 5 лет назад +1523

    You are like the Bob Ross of rations. I love these videos

  • @Dita2233
    @Dita2233 3 года назад +37

    Sees steve's video get recommended that you never saw before soft nice

    • @musti3853
      @musti3853 3 года назад +1

      Hey no fun here Dita get back to work

  • @multibucker
    @multibucker 4 года назад +27

    Next morning, poops out HISTORY. 👍

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 5 лет назад +69

    The 1942 Chelsea packs were still in the white cardboard with metallic gold for the striping and the word "Cigarettes". That's because it was the same packages used for two and three smoke free promo packs handed out prewar. From early 1943 they used brown paper and red ink in place of the gold. That was supposedly to conserve the metals in the ink. I think it's more likely it decreased reflectivity when a soldier pulled it out of his pocket for a smoke. Cigarette companies did all kinds of stunts to supposedly help the war effort. Lucky Strike is probably the most famous in this regard when they started printing their packs in the familiar red and white compared to the green and white prewar pack. They touted the change with the slogan "Lucky Strike Green Has Gone to War!". We now know that the switch was because red ink was cheaper than green, and American Tobacco knew they could sell as many as they could make regardless of color.
    The Chelsea smells and taste different because it's basically pipe tobacco. Reed & Co., makers of Edgeworth, was the largest maker of pipe tobacco in the country, and I believe it still is. They used up their supply of pipe tobacco seconds to make the the early three packs for C rats. Guys complained they tasted "weird" and weren't' strong enough so Edgeworth started blending the pipe tobacco with about 20% Virginia varieties. That increased as the war went along because cigarette tobacco needed less aging and care than pipe tobacco. By the end of the war, soldiers were complaining Chelsea were too strong. With that kind of brand recognition, Chelsea didn't last long after the war. As far as I can tell, the blend was still used for private label cigarettes for tobacco store chains up to about 1950 but the Chelsea brand name was gone by 1947. Interestingly, RJ Reynolds, the company that eventually bought out Reed, briefly tried reviving the Chelsea brand name in 1989 as the "Cigarette that smell good". They used a pipe tobacco blend along with a paper that smelled like vanilla as it burned. It did well in trials for taste and a less unpleasant smell while burning but public health officials didn't like the idea of anything that made cigarettes less unpleasant, so the idea was quickly shelved.

  • @thatonecrytian8997
    @thatonecrytian8997 5 лет назад +195

    0:14 The sudden zoom in on the guys face cracks me up.

    • @hibleh5672
      @hibleh5672 5 лет назад +7

      I didn't even notice 😂 now I can't get over it

    • @Shreder108
      @Shreder108 5 лет назад +20

      When I heard the music distort and zoom in on the guys face, it made me think he just smelled the worse fart in the world.

    • @RubberAndLiquor
      @RubberAndLiquor 5 лет назад +2

      cuz its johnny sins

    • @mainlyfine
      @mainlyfine 5 лет назад +6

      He looks buggered

    • @jamestheotherone742
      @jamestheotherone742 5 лет назад +1

      That is one of the iconic pictures of a "grizzled GI Infantryman" . Food is probably crappy but he doesn't care.

  • @mikemissesthefairway
    @mikemissesthefairway 4 года назад +12

    What I find most interesting about these videos is discovering just how long some companies have existed. Domino Sugar, for example. I buy Domino Sugar every month at the grocery store.

  • @stuflu8380
    @stuflu8380 3 года назад +25

    Imagine living on a farm in the middle of nowhere and enlisting in the army, and that being the first time you see plastic

    • @exMuteKid
      @exMuteKid 3 года назад +1

      This is existential crisis material right here

    • @jimmyjohnjames6397
      @jimmyjohnjames6397 2 года назад +1

      Imagine enlisting in the Army, and that being the first time you used indoor plumbing or toilet paper. America was crazy rual back then.

  • @Vulf_Faolan
    @Vulf_Faolan 5 лет назад +149

    "I'm just gonna stand here and enjoy this" Man, I wish I could be that positive about life.

  • @jeste4187
    @jeste4187 4 года назад +29

    The way to defeat Steve is by giving him a meal already on a tray. That’s the end game. He will then short circuit and explode.

    • @helpme4121
      @helpme4121 3 года назад

      What are you doing here? I thought you were heading to Atlantic City?

    • @danielmiyahara9089
      @danielmiyahara9089 2 года назад

      @@toffeelatte6042 *NICE*

  • @sallythatgirl8173
    @sallythatgirl8173 5 лет назад +36

    Im curious (because I heard you say something about preserving that candy) do You have a video on things you do to preserve things for display if any? That’d be a good video.

  • @ShouT_AT
    @ShouT_AT 5 лет назад +1053

    Steve at Mcdonalds.
    Steve: Hey, what sort of coffee do recommend ?
    Employee: We got Coffee Instant Type 1&2.
    Steve: You got Trays too ?
    Employee: Yes
    Steve: *Nice*

  • @endymion7585
    @endymion7585 5 лет назад +271

    Dropped everything when I saw the notification

    • @Enes-wj5xq
      @Enes-wj5xq 5 лет назад +5

      What were they you dropped ?

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +51

      Well I hope you weren't holding anything fragile or valuable at that moment Sergeant!

    • @MP-pg9te
      @MP-pg9te 5 лет назад +5

      Me too! Almost forgot i was driving!

    • @boitoiful
      @boitoiful 5 лет назад

      ME TOO!!

    • @boitoiful
      @boitoiful 5 лет назад

      @OwO what's this? ME TOO!

  • @jefferyhankins1980
    @jefferyhankins1980 4 года назад +3

    Interesting video, my Uncles Tom and Vic were vets of WWII, both fought in the European theater of operations, both survived the war (Tom left the Army, Vic served over 30 years also Army). It's cool learning what kept them fed and nourished.

  • @jonathanmann8036
    @jonathanmann8036 4 года назад +66

    76 year old biscuit asmr.

  • @Dubyah_B
    @Dubyah_B 5 лет назад +217

    Am I dreaming? Steve is back!?
    Nice.

    • @andreiarca3024
      @andreiarca3024 5 лет назад +5

      Mkay.

    • @chuffpup
      @chuffpup 5 лет назад +5

      You're not dreaming, son. This is real. You have arrived in 1943..... have a cigarette, a biscuit. Sit back.

  • @T0astedR0asted
    @T0astedR0asted 5 лет назад +1087

    An MRE is just a battle-ready lunchable

    • @WMM-td4pk
      @WMM-td4pk 5 лет назад +38

      JDMlatino well now I won’t be able to think of it as anything else. Thx

    • @Levi-hx6sd
      @Levi-hx6sd 5 лет назад +156

      lunchables are just kid friendly mres

    • @porkdemon
      @porkdemon 5 лет назад +29

      Levi λ for the child soldiers right?

    • @sugarbxnny741
      @sugarbxnny741 4 года назад +3

      Holy shit it is

    • @devinpetersen2387
      @devinpetersen2387 4 года назад +3

      These were devised for the sole purpose of extra protein to keep fighting men fighting. Your lunch able isn't a fighting machine.

  • @chieftree7425
    @chieftree7425 5 лет назад +31

    As soon as you lit that cigarette I subscribed. Love the commitment!

    • @wigglytuffgaming
      @wigglytuffgaming 4 года назад +1

      @Staying Out The Way i mean, look at his pfp.

  • @el_guero0958
    @el_guero0958 4 года назад +12

    I always find the compact rations the most interesting

  • @bobsters2020
    @bobsters2020 5 лет назад +109

    Steve, congratulations on 1 million subscribers you earned it. Looking forward to new videos

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +14

      Hey Bobsters thanks so much man. It's seriously not 100% sunk in still that the channel hit the 1 million mark. I'm always going to be working on new videos too as this whole ration review thing could easily be a lifetime's work with all the material out there.

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 5 лет назад +738

    Bro! I was worried about you! Thought you'd finally been taken down by an expired ration! You need to get back on your twitter....

  • @tplyons5459
    @tplyons5459 Год назад +2

    I had 2 uncles in WW2 and neither smoked (A huge sin in my family) and they used to trade their cigarettes for other GIs chocolate. One of them amassed a huge supply of chocolate and cigarettes from his rations and one day they walked into a German town that was an open city with no battle damage and he found a camera store. He traded his stash for a used German 6x6 twin lens reflex which when I was growing up he always had with him.

  • @somepuertoricanguy5668
    @somepuertoricanguy5668 2 года назад +5

    I've said this before and I'll say it again. Steve my man, you got some balls to eat the stuff coming out of these can dude. I'm impressed

  • @uptowndc
    @uptowndc 5 лет назад +213

    Steve is a national treasure, he really is...….."I'll be coming back at you with something new---or Old. Alright, cool!"

  • @johnmartin6334
    @johnmartin6334 5 лет назад +84

    I don't always smoke cigarettes. But when I do, I only smoke vintage WWII era.

  • @itsJay___
    @itsJay___ 4 года назад +35

    Hey Steve, I have salad dressings in my fridge from 2015 if you want me to send them to you're P.O box...

    • @rascallyrabbit717
      @rascallyrabbit717 4 года назад +13

      Pack em away with some cigarettes and see my grandkids in 70 years

    • @TweekMorgan4dictator
      @TweekMorgan4dictator 4 года назад +4

      Tactical salad dressing?

    • @ashaler__
      @ashaler__ 2 года назад

      i used to have an unidentified gray paste in my fridge, i could have sent that to him

  • @carlbarnes5517
    @carlbarnes5517 3 года назад +3

    Been off work for 5 months due to covid. Started back on nights and these videos make every moment worth it. Keep it up Steve. You are part of history. Best thing to watch on RUclips. Fascinating history!

  • @Abbekej
    @Abbekej 5 лет назад +677

    1 mil subs.. YOU DESERVE IT!!!

    • @Semicon07
      @Semicon07 5 лет назад +1

      yep, I tell all my mates! freaking good vids

    • @ThommyofThenn
      @ThommyofThenn 5 лет назад +1

      Correct.
      Also, love that number of likes!

    • @volcommadness
      @volcommadness 5 лет назад +2

      He’s definitely on his way to 10 million. He has a huge cult following

    • @shambo247
      @shambo247 5 лет назад +1

      Cathy Jones excuse me Cathy?

  • @descendanddecay6307
    @descendanddecay6307 5 лет назад +650

    I literally subscribed because you tried the cigarettes too. True professional

    • @ThejollyFrenchman
      @ThejollyFrenchman 4 года назад +118

      Surprisingly, that's the one thing in that MRE least likely to kill him.

    • @wigglytuffgaming
      @wigglytuffgaming 4 года назад +6

      @@ThejollyFrenchman lolol, tru

    • @kakaneto8570
      @kakaneto8570 3 года назад +2

      Damn right

    • @epic8923
      @epic8923 2 года назад +1

      he always tries the cigarettes

    • @descendanddecay6307
      @descendanddecay6307 2 года назад +2

      @@epic8923well I know that now that I've been watching for years haha

  • @alecratterree1543
    @alecratterree1543 4 года назад +28

    You at the gas station, Got some smokes
    Gas station attendant, Yea I Got A Rare 1943 Chelsea 3 pack from a USM ration

  • @RamblingRecruiter
    @RamblingRecruiter 4 года назад +16

    I'm a vet, and I appreciate your appreciation for the old style military rations. My generation ate MREs, but the older ones that were just bags of constipation. No smokes, but matches and about 1 square of TP. Question for you: Have you ever gotten sick eating 75 year old rations? This video was great, had a very calming ASMR quality about it.

  • @kgaming-fv5vr
    @kgaming-fv5vr 5 лет назад +406

    *Puts the other hand in the pocket while smoking*
    Classic...

  • @rdub6941
    @rdub6941 5 лет назад +135

    I still wonder why I am compelled to watch your videos, but I think it is your friendly demeanour and the way it allows us to maybe understand what "it" was like, even just a little. Thank you for this unknowingly wanted/needed catalogue of history.

  • @aidenpettigrew9239
    @aidenpettigrew9239 4 года назад +25

    Steve: “No hiss”
    My brain: “Nice hiss”

  • @slippers9692
    @slippers9692 3 года назад +3

    Idk why but whenever he says "let's get this on a tray, nice." It sounds so satisfying and smooth ^-^

  • @felixb6616
    @felixb6616 5 лет назад +113

    Finally. I wanted to hear that NICE! again. Love your Vids.

    • @timdake
      @timdake 5 лет назад +2

      And "no hiss". I can't open a can of soup, spam, clams, beer, anything, without saying "hiss" or "no hiss" to myself!!! Not sure if I love Steve (icky) or hate Steve. Still can't turn off the videos, tho.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +8

      So glad I could get two new ones out before the end of the month here. Got some catching up to do on videos! Thanks so much, I love making them.

  • @mintedm9936
    @mintedm9936 5 лет назад +113

    THANK GOD YOURE ALIVE

  • @davidlinihan3626
    @davidlinihan3626 3 года назад +2

    Last cigarettes I had in a ration was 1974 MCI. Packed sometime in the early ‘60’s. Infantry Training School Camp Pendleton CA. USMC.

    • @gunnarthefeisty
      @gunnarthefeisty 3 года назад

      yeah, they stopped putting them in around 1972

  • @SindyJ37
    @SindyJ37 5 лет назад +1

    Wow!! This was hella fun and exciting to watch! Thank you for sharing your experience

  • @yeahitskimmel
    @yeahitskimmel 5 лет назад +60

    I'm freaking out waiting for that 1906 US emergency ration with how excited Steve is about it's condition

  • @MissNuclear
    @MissNuclear 5 лет назад +74

    Steve: "no hiss"
    Me: :(

  • @markswanson7839
    @markswanson7839 4 года назад +2

    Always fun to listen to your reviews of WWII cigarettes. Really entertaining, Steve.

  • @KornKrlz2
    @KornKrlz2 3 года назад

    What a treat to preserve and share this history. Thanks man

  • @RafelloPL
    @RafelloPL 5 лет назад +134

    I'm from Poland and it's 2:40 AM, but Steve1989? I'm watching now!

    • @jshaw1503
      @jshaw1503 5 лет назад +10

      Poland is the best country in the east

    • @MrSniperdude01
      @MrSniperdude01 5 лет назад +4

      On the plus side, you'll be back in the sack by 3:05

    • @lettuce3696
      @lettuce3696 5 лет назад

      Lol

  • @Lucasrainford
    @Lucasrainford 5 лет назад +124

    Steve you are the coolest feckin dude on the interwebs!

  • @blessings1015
    @blessings1015 2 года назад +1

    You seem like the most humble person to hang out with. Whoever’s your closet of friends are blessed.
    Your videos are so relaxing

  • @chrisroutliffe2305
    @chrisroutliffe2305 Год назад +2

    love seeing the old smokes

  • @owen1246
    @owen1246 5 лет назад +10

    I like how he says “this is one of the coolest rations I’ve ever opened” to every ration he opens

  • @israelking9835
    @israelking9835 5 лет назад +66

    It’s just amazing to see (Made in the USA) on everything

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 4 года назад +4

      IamKing Israel Beautiful sight to behold.

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 4 года назад +5

      Israel is an illegitimate state.

    • @jmorton3462
      @jmorton3462 4 года назад +1

      @@itwontcomeout5678 same with india and pakistan depending on who you ask

    • @jmorton3462
      @jmorton3462 4 года назад +1

      @Simply The Best how about the usa and canada and mexico?

    • @tori9365
      @tori9365 4 года назад

      @Simply The Best no all 3 are countries

  • @AcidGlow
    @AcidGlow 4 года назад +241

    *makes you wonder who's been holding onto these ancient MRE's all this time..* ✅🙂

  • @bo49685
    @bo49685 5 лет назад +1

    I’m a very new subscriber but I really love your presentation and knowledge about all these MRE’s. I’m binge watching from newest to oldest. Just a great job Steve👍

  • @vanPoll
    @vanPoll 5 лет назад +37

    "Not that bad:::" he says about something he is going to eat, that is 76 years old. I love this guy.

  • @pstechnical
    @pstechnical 5 лет назад +67

    time to cancel that date i had tonight

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  5 лет назад +56

      Don't cancel it just bring your date back home and watch some ration reviews.

    • @phongtran901
      @phongtran901 5 лет назад +8

      Steve1989MREInfo bruh lol

    • @johnd5529
      @johnd5529 5 лет назад +3

      @@Steve1989MRE perfect way to find out if shes the right one. If she doesnt watch the video, shes not for you.

    • @Sarah_Grant
      @Sarah_Grant 5 лет назад +7

      Rations and chill....

    • @Ryan-re1rs
      @Ryan-re1rs 5 лет назад

      I'm sure your left hand could use a night off anyways. Lol..

  • @FullNelson007
    @FullNelson007 4 года назад

    Love it man, thanks for all your videos!

  • @fbispecialagents6288
    @fbispecialagents6288 4 года назад +16

    2:38 *Steve has a mini stroke*

  • @LordGrotesk
    @LordGrotesk 5 лет назад +197

    Now remember, kids: Just because you see old, expired food and tobacco products being consumed in this video doesn't mean it's safe or healthy for you to do the same! Why, were it not for the Super Soldier Serum coursing through his veins, Steve would surely have long since died of food-borne illness or lung disease sometime during his nearly 80 years as Our Rational Hero. But, with the help of Science and his own unbeatable moxie, he's still fighting the good fight and eating the bad food for all of us. So from the bottom of our hearts and stomachs we say: Thank you, Cap! Keep givin' 'em what for!

  • @MrZoupsoup
    @MrZoupsoup 5 лет назад +103

    Does anyone else think Steve should add one or two more ads, this man deserves more money

  • @bradcarlton8665
    @bradcarlton8665 2 года назад

    Another great video. Thanks Steve.

  • @jonnymally1864
    @jonnymally1864 3 года назад

    steve just has such a chill and down to earth vibe, i love it

  • @Wangavision
    @Wangavision 5 лет назад +129

    In 70 years, some dude is going to be doing this with McDonalds Happy Meals. That stuff will never rot.