Unboxing the Arctic MRE That Will Keep You Alive at -50C
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- Tonight, we're Unboxing and doing a MRE Review of the best Arctic MRE in this galaxy, or any other...
This Russian 24 hour extreme cold weather arctic ration has been said to be the best MRE ever to come out of Russia. Called the Food Packet, Special Destination, Winter... This 2.5kg (5.5 lb) 5400 calorie MRE is just what the Siberian doctor ordered to keep the body fueled in Siberian Winter.
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This Russian MRE contains everything the body needs to stay warm from the inside out. While not a military ration, you can see the similarities between this ration and the Russian IRP 24 hour MRE.
Don't mind the Star Wars Parody, I love The Empire Strikes Back, and I thought to myself, if the Imperial Snow Troopers of the 501st legion, Vader's Fist, ate an MRE to keep themselves in the fight on Hoth, it would have been this one.
Timestamps:
0:00-0:56 - Very Out of Context Intro
0:57-1:54 - The Best MRE Ever to Come From Russia - Food Packet, Special Destination, Winter
1:55-6:24 - Unboxing Components
6:25-15:10 - Breakfast
15:10-18:43 - Lunch
18:43-21:46 - Dinner
21:46-22:17 - Is this the best ever from Russia?
Thanks for checking this video out. Want to see a modern US MRE? ruclips.net/video/2_1tw_uu_xo/видео.html
Since you liked this I suggest trying a British ORP (Operational Ration Pack) sometime, you'll be glad you did!
@@1IbramGaunt been looking around for some. I haven’t seen much British stuff on the sites I know about. A few Canadian but no British.
Use your phone camera with google translate and you will be able to read the names.
Where can I get one
You will benefit from learning a few basic Russian words. Сыр = cheese, сахар = sugar etc. These items are practically universal in all Russian rations.
чай = tea
Кофе= coffee
Hey thanks, I just learnt to speak Russian now😊
he can really benefit from learning to use google translate.
Like how you worded that.
"You WILL benefit, tovarisch."
@@BigPuddin lol I probably should've included the Anglicised pronunciations
For the breakfast, I'd be mixing the Nutella and the condensed milk together, then pouring all of it into the coffee. Make a super calorie-dense breakfast beverage.
Honestly, I think I'd be pretty dissapointed if I got sent off to Siberia with this ration. Sure, there are a lot of calories, but it looks like a good portion of that is coming from stuff like the sugar and sweetened condensed milk. There doesn't seem to be anything really substantial in it aside from the meat and potatoes for dinner. I think I'd want lots of stodgy stuff which I could heat up. Dehydrated stews and stuff like that. Not to mention the fact that at -50 I'm guessing a lot of this stuff like the sweetened condensed milk and fruit bars would be frozen solid and it's not really in a form that you could easily thaw out over a fire or something. Same with the cheese spread - I don't imagine cheese spread that's been frozen and reheated would be particularly great, I'm pretty sure it would split. The dehydrated soup is a good idea, but why not throw a bunch of those in, at least one to go with every meal? Hot soup is exactly the kind of thing you'd want and they take up hardly any weight and space and cost next to nothing. I dunno, just seems like they made a lot of very odd choices for an arctic ration.
The oatmeal was nice, the beef and potatoes I actually still have in my bugout bag. I would have thought so too, the beans were quite hearty.
There's also some proteins and fat in the nuts. But yeah, that ration looks suspiciously tourist-y. Plenty of snacks in pretty packages, but little actual substance. Porridge might taste nice, but it won't keep you running for long in - 50 degrees.
Given recent events, it should be a reasonable conclusion that Russia doesn't give a shit about her troops.
Need a combination of high fat and high carb foods. The carbs for quick energy and fats for a longer duration of energy source. Soups are good if you can source water because in low temperatures you may dehydrate just as fast as in the desert, the cold temperatures will also tend to mask the dehydration setting in.
I agree. Very little thought went into this ration. I live in Los Angeles and I'm a big guy at 6'5 and I need a minimum of 5000 calories per day. In Arctic training I was eating 10,000 per day and still lost weight.
I have no idea why, but im enjoying the whole MRE culture.
Couple of tips here. Google has a function for your phone (I believe if you download their translate app) that will translate selected foreign languages with your camera. Should help deciphering what's what.
The sweetened condensed milk is a good sugar and milk substitute in your coffee or tea. If you take it, crush a biscuit down to crumbs and add some of that hazelnut spread or cocoa powder, mix it up nice and then let it chill, you're likely to end up with a nice sweet fudge biscuit.
When my Slavic students give me candy and snacks at Christmas I use the heck out of the Google translate camera function! And it's so cool to be able to learn little bits about the things they consider treats as well.
I’d take a US MCW anyday. You can buy most of the entree portions from Mountain House Meals at Academy or REI and prepare them with less than 2 cups of boiling water. Make great camping meals.
It was an excellent idea to wrap it in a white winter camouflage motif....that way if you were to drop it in the snow in a blizzard, it would be so easy to find....😑
I've always recommended baked beans as a survival food. The cans last a long time, it's full of calories and protein, and has fiber. As a plus, baked beans can be eaten hot or cold, and tastes just fine either way. A can of Bushes baked beans is enough calories for a full day for an adult.
A dozen cans of baked beans, a half dozen cans of spam, and a case (24) cans of canned brown bread and you could survive quite a while with minimal to no upkeep or cooking required. You would have to supplement with fresh food or vitamin tablets for essential nutrients, but from a caloric and protein requirement, you'd be fine.
Make sure to include an extra 12 pack of toilet paper in that ration.
@@chuckschillingvideos
Beano as well.
Don't forget the Beano.
🍑💨
Beans are great but for extreme cold you want to be eating lots of fatty food
Hey, I am from Lugansk People's Republic, nice to meet your channel.
Sure you too mate. Try not to play catch with any artillery.
@@MREScout I stopped worrying about my family when Russian troops entered our republic! Vile Ukrainian shells are flying at the civilian population! but Russian air defense is top.
@@krepkiy001 Yeah mate, there's so much wrong with that I don't even know where to begin. Ugh.
Will the Russians help rebuild your cities that they have flattened? If you want to be Russian maybe you should move to Russia.
@@davidshanahan5134 according to your logic, a Russian should live in Russia, a Jew in Israel, a Hindu in India, a black in Africa in Germany should only true Aryans live? it's Nazism! I am Russian and I live where I want! and if they come to me and force me to speak in a foreign language to me, watch films and study at school in a language not native to me, and then they will kill me for being Russian, this is Nazism! Nazism will be destroyed!
I actually visited the Ice Planet Hoth the summer before they shot the movie. It was shot in Finse Norway and that was the only stop we had between Bergen and Oslo.
-40 here in alaska today makes me wonder what they eat at -50
Thanks and great job 👏
We have our own "Arctic" mre for up here
Uh, does it include some disks of pilot bread?
If I am able to make my own energy drink someday, I’ll make a flavor called “wooly mammoth urine slushy”, in honor of this video…
You can also make wooly yellow snow cone with your energy drink. But I suggest you do a taste test first before sharing it friends & family member.
Gotta add the condensed milk to the coffee that's what I'd always do
These are awesome rations. Love these.
I was thinking the Nutella could have been folded into the hot coffee to give it a chocolate and hazelnut flavor. Or crack biscuits into the mix for a hot coffee/chocolate/hazelnut porridge meal.
Never in the military, but learned to be a chow head on mre's.
Like your channel and delivery , instant sub !
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for sharing buddy. That's something that would be good for a camp. 👍😁🇬🇧
Thanks for this. Your Chan is great watching.
LT. Col. Andrew Tanner USAF.........WOLVERINES!!!! Love the shirt
I'd expected some peanut butter, condensed or portable soup, some dates, some energy drink, and lastly some pemmican
I need to start a mre company with dollar store items
That молоко milk thing is great with coffee.
I wonder why there are no glucose and vitamine C tablets (or some honey at least) in an arctic ration. In exremally cold arctic-like conditions these two elements will be most necessary for proper metabolism.
Luv that T-shirt!
That seems like a pretty decent ration just sucks they don't give you stuff to Heat all that water with to make your food
The best ration I’ve ever gotten was the 24 hour German ration from pre 2018.
Just in case no one has mentioned. The red package is actually a chemical heater for putting in your gloves/pockets etc
A lot of components for sure, this would be a might be a good one for a winter car ration here in Canada, limiting factor would be the availability of water or a way to heat the water. However it was awesome.
One might wish a small isobutane stove then, nestled in a small stainless pot…
Love the Pete the Puma reference. Better give me a whole lota lumps!!
Great video! Really loving your channel, just found it recently! I noticed in the photo you like putting up at 1:18 that you seem to be holding a Danish Madsen M50 sub-machinegun and what I think is a WW1 British Lee-Enfield bayonet, was just wondering what the story was there haha?
Taken off a gent who is no longer upright and sniffing the air. Just outside of a town called Al Tarmyah. Although I always thought it was a Swedish K. See you learn something new every day.
@@MREScout aaaahh ok, cool! Thanks for getting back to me! Assumed they'd be battle-trophies of some sort yeah, two of many such odd finds in Iraq that US and British servicemen unearthed, Saddam was quite the collector it seems. Madsens somehow seemed to pop up everywhere from Columbia to Argentina to Northern Ireland to Vietnam over the years, and now Iraq
Testament to the quality. That was obviously a vintage spray gun... but very effective.
Some of these combos would be handy to use to put together a homemade MRE of sorts. Especially for going on a day hike or breakfast for car camping in the cold, maybe a fishing trip or even just an easy-to-eat-at-a-rest-area meal for roadtrips.
I did something similar, pack away things that hold up in high heat conditions in a mylar bag and throw a oxygen absorber in it. Works great for a backup plan for hurricane season where im at. Or as you suggested a last minute road trip meal.
Ever since I first viewed this video and posted my response, I've been dwelling somewhat on this ration and the sheer amount of sugar in it. I mean 60 grams of granulated sugar, the nutella-like substance, the condensed milk. I mean, how much total sugar is in this thing?
Wow. All those carbs. Always found Ruskie MREs to be the most interesting.
The fruit bars are amazing.
Those temps are an average winter day in Edmonton, Alberta, a poutine and small espresso keeps us going in a 24hr cycle when we walk to West Edmonton Mall for Christmas shopping.
That shirt is badass!!
@ 14:30 - I drink my coffee black, but seeing that condensed milk lying there, I would have put some in the coffee, especially if it were -40.
could have also put the sweetened condensed milk in the coffee instead of the sugar. It would be great
These hit harder than school lunch
If it was socially acceptable I would eat sweetened condensed milk by the spoonful😂 can’t even keep it in the house.
My dad used to buy a can, poke 2 holes and just drink it, i did too but, its very unhealthy and I stopped.
@@egis4500 so did I, but if there is a open can, you better bet I’m taking a spoonful!
The "apple jelly" in Russian are's is then best shit ever.
Just realized I skipped passed my usual gaming videos, and youtube shorts to watch a guy eat a serbian arctic mre.
Just like last time..l
the "lumps" reference just cracks me up, from childhood cartoons
the biggest enemy in arctic combat is COLD. hard to get enough cals & fiber in - 20. high fat and WATER. study the russian winter battles. EAT EVERYTHING......save the milk for a doseing before sleep to keep your body heat energy up. we used to each (3 man sub team) pack a can for each planned day to pass around for sleep time. 1/3 each Marine. made a BIG difference in quality of sleep.
The way you pinky scooped that lemon powder had me laughing.
I imagine you rubbed it on your gums haha
It’s pure...
So, the "lemon powder" isnt just pure,its a fiber laxative supplement.
To make you fart with a surprise!
That "corn starch" is labelled "Napitok", which translates as "drink" - admittedly a very broad category :)
It also states "dry fat content" as 25%, so my guess would be it's something based on milk powder, so I'd expect it to be similar to some kind of protein shake or the like.
If that was powdered milk, it was way past it's prime.
@@MREScout It says powdered milk on the package
@@MREScout yeah, it is a sort of a milk drink, but it doesn't really taste great. Not a big loss if you threw it away 😂
Pours sugar into hand. "Ya that looks like about 2 spoons of sugar."
Spoon sitting right under his hand "Am I a joke to you?"
Like the channel brother former 11C here. Maybe post a link to where e could buy this rations. Thanks again for the videos!!
Breakfast lunch and dinner in one box? Hell yeah
Great video Scout. I like the Russian rations. Excellent job 👍
Thanks for watching
100% civilian
@@truckermre , eh? I like civilian also
@@tracyphillips3325 nothing will keep you warmer at -50 than a can of lentils 👊🏻
Steve1989 called and wants his channel back. Same exact setup. Good for you for being so "original"
So go watch Steve. He’s better at this than me. And I agree same set up except for the table the background the music the voiceover the personality the camera the lighting. Very observant.
It seems like theres only one good way to set up, so it makes perfect sense you both do it the same
Thumbs up for the Honest review even it came from the rival of your country. Hope you can also have Philippine Military Ration Review.
I'd be game if I find one out there. Russia is not our rival. No American seriously has issues with the Russian people even though our media tried to make Russia into boogeymen. I want to travel to Russia in the worst way to tour the major sites from WW2. It's a bucket list thing for me to go visit Chuikov's grave in Volgograd. The problem is Putler, not the Russian people.
I also want to travel there and see everything for my self. Putler may not be that good but he will not retaliate for no reason. Just knowing the reason and stories of both sides but not standing for any of them.
The biscuits you dip in the coffee and the milk is to put in the coffee
By the way just watching I got this as well back when I was living in germany and happened to see that your mains were missing because when I got mine they were still with it so us customs definitely got to this before you did
That was pretty cool! Just curious is there an American version, it would be neat to see the similarities and differences
Maybe the stormtroopers didn’t need these, there’s a rumour that old clones phased out by the empire are turned into protein bars for rations😂
Wrong imperium, that's Warhammer 40k 😂
Very cool intro. I am highly impressed! The meal is very cool as well. I have tried, 6-7 Russian different rations, just not this particular one. There are some items in this ration, I am not familiar with surprisingly. I guess, they actually do change items over the years. I have tried the Spetsnaz winter ration. This meal of yours, is equal or exceeds calories. I am glad you enjoyed friend. Peace, John.
I would love to get a hold of a spetznaz ration. That would be high speed.
@@MREScout , Sir, I went back to find, that Mountain ration. I could not. It may have been on my old channel? It is taped somewhere, I just can not , find or show, humbled, Apollogies. I had meant to send link, my bad, again, humbled. Many countries rations, still exist, on my newer channel . Sorry. Peace, John.
You just wearing a Red Dawn Tshirt with Powers Booth on it deserve a like and subscribe by itself.....
I don’t about the mre but your t shirt is sweet! Wolverines!!!
Just subbed Sarge.
The cornstarch might be an "atole" type of hot thich beverage generally consumed for breakfast.
Or powdered milk?
What is in your bug out bag? I would be interested in seeing a video on that
Nutella in -50.. that definitely won't bend your spoon! The EVAP milk and ketchup will be a rock, the fruit bar will be hard as hell (breaking your teeth hard). Many of these items have a lot of water in them which will freeze and require heating to eat.
seems to consist of a lot of snack items not a whole lot of filling long lasting foods. Lots of sugar not much fat and proteins. whoever put this together must've assumed the consumer is staying indoors or a vehicle. Not outside in a bivy or tent.
14:23 they don't want you spending time on the pot, so they clog ya up. heh
You could use the Google app on your phone to help translate the text to make it easier to identify items. Like the content.
Sweetened condensed milk is the BOMB... i almost got diabetes from drinking so much 🤣🤣🤣🤣
How do you get a hold of this MRE? I’d like to try one out too!
Thanks for the info. Very interesting!
probably got resold by a savvy soldier instead of throwing it away.
It's fun to watch how you guess where what products are, knowing Russian
Your awesome😎👍
Try the condensed milk in the coffee, its good
I really enjoyed my vacation in Russia several years ago,, but distinctly remember the stingy paper products. Perhaps it was an anomaly,, but the food was good, the people were nice, the prices seemed ok,, but every time i bought takeout food,, id get this one lonely, flimsy napkin. It was almost as if Russians arent messy eaters,, or the paper products cost much more,, i dont know the answer. Very cool video! The vacation was wonderful, but id advise taking your own small packet of wet wipes.
Trees don't grow in siberia. Go to gulag! ^-^
I would like to be able to visit Russia one day. Hopefully the current situation resolves itself asap.
I actually had to service my companies product on a Russian oil tanker, and they were super nice people. They insisted on feeding me before i was allowed to work, and it was the first time i had eaten borscht. And it was good!
Don't have any comment on the napkins or toilet paper, i finished up pretty quickly, so it wasn't an issue.
3:10 it's warmer - to heat hands, legs, body on day time or while sleeping.
I am a Canadian who works in the Arctic every winter .. I build houses in -60 degrees with between 40 and 120 km/h winds… I get paid between 150 and 200 k a year … not many ppl even with a great paycheck can endure the hard conditions
👀where do i apply
Sounds like good money, but how do you even get your hands to work in those temps?
My Russian's a bit limited, but what you thought was corn starch seems to have been milk powder intended for beverages.
I am surprised there is so much in the MRE that isn’t dehydrated. I would assume it would be frozen in Siberian conditions.
True, but mother russia doesn't care about inconveniences like that
I think the sugar and salt content of a lot of the food make it more resistant to freezing, albeit I don't suppose that matters a whole lot when it's -60 F outside. Plus, I don't imagine the Russians give two shits about this particular problem.
maybe its written already, but 20:22 is powdered milk i think, it can be drink as a milk , or added to other stuff, coffee , tea, the oat meal, or as a dip for the biscuits.
I thought that looked like creamer! =^[.]^=
It says "drink" on the label, so I'd expect it to be a little bit more than just milk powder, but yes, based on dried milk, as I can't think of anything else that results in 25% dry fat content. I'm sure it will also do for a good coffee whitener, but with the sweet condense milk there's not really much need for that.
Bruh said "Battle of Hoth" lmfao immediate sub
This guy says Mmm before he even tasted the chocolate/nuttela 😂😂
They should include a body bag as well.
"Let's get this out on a tray" slaps tray down
I'm pretty sure the 'corn starch' is powdered cream for the coffee (and oatmeal).
Putin: there is no poison in there, i swear.
Where did you get it, & how much did it cost?
my man we be Popsicle at that temp xD
I have seen this ration before, that white powder is dry milk, also you are missing several componets, beef and peas, pate, and other cans.
Second package was Chernobyl Roadkill, long shelf life.
Where can I purchase a couple of these? Thanks
Does the Google translator on your phone work?
This winter ration is lacking in protein and fats, necessary foods in cold climates. There should have been several large metallic trays of meat entrees. The West German Einmannpackung MRE, also in a similar size box, would have been a far more suitable winter MRE. It comes with two, thick foil tray entrees and several packs of hard wheat biscuits.
Where, in all that is holy, did you get that kick-ass Powers Boothe in Red Dawn tee??? My life will not be complete until I own one...
I think it was from Zero Foxtrot. Popped up on Facebook 1 day. I ended up buying 2 of them. One says all that hate is going to burn you up kid and the other has him smoking a cigar saying it was 5-1… I got 4.
Google Lens will translate from phone camera. Even available on iPhone. Use it all the time.
There’s an app on your phone where you can put the camera up to the russian text and it’ll tell you what it is in real time
Should've put it in the freezer for a couple days first 😊👍
The one you are saving for your bug out, may only be potato
“purée” ~ пюре, dehydrated mashed 🥔
I’ve had more than one “irp” ~ “ирп” of different configurations. Not bad at all, but not easy to acquire. Impractical to assume that widespread distribution is possible, even in the best of circumstances, much less during,
“time of need”, conditions during active operations.
I thought (watching other peoples videos) that russian ration packs had an esbit type stove and fuel system with every ration. Am I wrong or do they not add that anymore?
This is not a military ration. Russian MREs do have a stove and fuel tabs.
@@MREScout thanks
Please try the Ukrainian DPNP-P ration, if you can find it (probably hard to find ATM since it's currently deployed in actual combat use). Seems to have hit really high marks with other MRE reviewers so far.
I have a Ukrainian MRE in transit but who knows how long it will take to get here and if US customs doesn’t open it and pick it apart
You think. More likely American mre’s or British 24hr rations Wrapped in tax payer $100dollar bills. Oh yes ,I know “tow the line”. Now that the 20 year wars over. You know where we left millions of itar weapons with our great leadership. Let’s just jump in the middle of this war. Just Becouse it’s new to you. Doesn’t mean it didn’t start almost 9 years ago. When you where busy wacking your willie.
And yes I love the Ukrainian people. Just hate seeing them wasted over world politics. And before you tell me how good it’s going over there turn off the NFL snd go there yourself.
Great video not directed to your channel.
Cheers
Still wondering what the cornstarch was supposed to be used for ..
Aahhh...I'm sure the Galactic Empire probably had access to the creme al la creme of MREs. I would not doubt Palpatine was a FOODIE as well as a SITH LORD...
Is this a whole day or single ration.
Now I want to watch The Empire Strikes Back again.
I just love AT-ATs gotta tell ya.