You know what I love about Steve? He doesn't beg for subs or likes. He literally just reviews the MRE's and lets the content sell itself. I will forever be subscribing to this guy.
So true. He *never* says “You know what would be delectable? If you would smash that ‘Subscribe’ button. Yeah, I cherish every one of your comments. Those never grow old in my mind.”
Bonus is he knows how to chew with his mouth closed and without smacking and cracking every bite. You don't truly appreciate it until you try to watch some other MRE channels.
There's a gamer named Pikasprey who does the same thing with his discussion and gameplay videos. All he does at the end is thank you for watching and bids you a good night. But the best part is, he actively rips on people who DO beg for likes and subscriptions and all the thumbnail clickbaiting tricks they do.
Hey thanks for your service and to anyone reading this, I’m a liberal. We appreciate our troops, just question the old bodies who make the young do their dirty work.
@@kanatapaw if you have never tried MREs I recommend it at least once in your life. It's one of those things that you do, then just don't really think about again until 20 years later when you are craving the old school ham or spaghetti ones and the peaches. God mre peaches are so good. Also, the smell of FRHs is so unique. I love it. Has a strange smell but it's something you never really ever forget.
I enlisted in the Army in 1988. Seeing these old MRE's is (strangely enough) like meeting an old friend. Many a dumb story, bad joke and bonding moment with friends long gone happened while eating these things. Thanks for the memories, Steve.
"No rancidity, no metallic smell or bleachiness, that smells perfect." Steve, you would be the easiest dinner guest to please. If you come to my Halloween party I'll make you sweet potato pie.
@@notgray88 that’s how i am, but i went to romania for a week and got some instant coffee out there, and it was the best i’ve ever had, europe does better with their instant coffees and sodas
This menu was always the one I went for when the case was cracked open. A lot of the guys in my unit liked this one because of the cherry nut cake, which tasted even better if you dusted it with some of the cocoa mix. Highly prized.
My daddy used to bring his MREs home to me when I was a little girl in the 80s. I remember them looking like this. I loved the accessory pack, charms, cheese spread, and chicken ala king...😂
Me too, I was a toddler. And Steve wasn't even born until 4 years later. I think this might be the oldest full meal I've seen him eat that was also in perfectly fresh condition. (Hardtack and emergency rations of bouillon cubes and candy do not count as full meals.)
Oh My Goodness, this takes me back. I so remember this MRE. Story: I was in a Army Reserve unit that it seems no one had been in the old Army, the Coffee Army. It was a Texas unit that would do their two weeks in Texarkana in the summer, in the heat and humidity. At lunch, I noticed no one used the coffee from their MREs. They would give them to me when I asked. I then showed them how to make an iced coffee with the cocoa. You take two coffee packets, one cocoa milk chocolate mix, stir it in a wee bit of hot water, maybe a third of a canteen cup. Then fill the cup with ice (yes, we had ice), pour in water to cover and stir. Iced coffee! They were amazed! A refreshing coffee drink in 110 degree weather. And I miss those little bottles of Tabasco sauce that came in the MREs. Good Times
@@Gizmomaster Don't like to talk bad about other soldiers (that much), but They were all career reservists or just doing their time to get any bonus.Most they ever did was their 2 week exercise and monthly get-together.
@@seraphthegatekeeper It was GodAwful. I hare humidity. Two years before, I had a collapsed lung months before I was PCS. Story though. on the weekend, we got to swim in a local pond/lake. There was a chainlink fence that was maybe 10 feet, from the top of the water to the floor of the pond. The youngsters were like, What is this shit. I said, what do you see over there? Fireflys? I said, no. that is about six alligators eyes reflecting in the lite. If they really are hungry and want a bit of you, the chainlink fence won't stop them. About two minutes later, I had the whole pond to myself
Little Steve’s teacher calls home... Teacher: hello is this Steve’s dad? SteveMre: yeah Teacher: are you aware he brought a 35 year old packaged meal to school for lunch? SteveMre: Nice!! Teacher: sir that’s not acceptable he needs fresh food. SteveMre: Did it have a nice Hiss? I couldn’t believe that’s still edible. Teacher: Sir should we address the 1942 package of camels I caught him smoking last week with what he called an army mochachino? SteveMre: they are the best, let’s get that stuff out onto a tray. Teacher: I’m calling child services. SteveMre: I’ll see ya soon with something new or old......
This channel is where I come when I need a break from all the negativity of much of the content on social media. Just pure, wholesome positivity. Thanks for always providing a great refresh, Steve! Hope you’re having a great year so far.
Had a brown bag the other day. Menu 12, escalloped potatoes with ham. Everything was still good but the brownie. Nuts went rancid. Applesauce was Fermented too. Thanks for starting me on this hobby, Steve!
@@Steve1989MRE will do! Better than my first a few weeks ago- 1990 ham Omelette. Both the potatoes and ham Omelette were foul, both had a metallic taste. The cheese spread was disgusting, seperated and a strong smell. The only good food in there was a fantastic Oatmeal Cookie Bar. Those are a treat for sure.
The dried pears and maple nut cakes were my favorite. People talk smack about the original 'dirty dozen' MREs but that's mainly because the entrees were mostly terrible. The freeze dried fruit and the nut cakes made it feel like they put together a real meal, not just grabbed junk food off the shelves at a 7-11 and threw it into a tan bag. And thankfully they updated the entrees before we had to eat them for months on end in the desert. Dehydrated pork patties would have been death.
Steve: "Oh, wow. My hands are shaking." Me: "Steve, that's because your body has come to associate the sound of rations opening with the nicotine rush from those hardcore smokes."
I could swear I ate these ration packs. During the Bosnian war we would usually get old ration packs donated from different countries and watching this video is like a dejavu. I'm pretty sure I had these. I can remember the crackers and the peanut butter. Thanks for sharing your experience. Love your videos
I can imagine Steve asking when he passes that his body be freeze dried and put in a retort pouch and buried. Then a 1000 year later in the future they uncover his grave and as they open the retort pouch he is in the archiologist saying 'nice hiss'.
I remember this MRE, was one of my favorites during my time in the National Guard 1983 - 1994 . The cherry nut cake was great and the mix fruit was ok. After we were given our MRE in the morning we would place the main course on the engine manifold to heat up.
You know Steve, something has always surprised me about your channel. I've been here since around the 200k mark, and I've steadily watched your channel boom, plateau, boom, plateau, and now it is at a steady incline, and I'm amazed... you're headed towards 2mil. All because your personality is... nice! You don't rely on the stupid oversaturated "WHHHHHHHATS GOIN' ON EVERYBODY" and "PLZ LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE" rhetoric regurgitated by every RUclipsr out there. You're just chill, and it's a fun channel to watch. I'm not even into MREs, I've never eaten one EVER before in my life, I'm obviously not in the military nor have any desire to be, yet I've been here for years.
This exact beef stew menu was the very first MRE I had in basic training in early 1985! I have been an MRE fan ever since and keep a minimum of 10 cases of MREs on hand at home. Keep up the awesome work Steve and I always look forward to your content!
"This is one of the greatest meals I've ever had. I'm never gunna forget this." it makes me happy knowing that we get to share this special moment with you, steve. Love the videos!
You always include a nice little history lesson with your tastings. It is really impressive how much you know about this subject, and how much you like your job. And that enthusiasm clearly spreads to your fan base, of which I am a very happy member. Keep it up Steve. You are my MRE Hearo.
Not sure why but I'm dying to try one of those. Can imagine they taste amazing and have a really interesting texture. I'm seriously considering hunting down an mre with it just to satisfy my curiosity!
Whenever i got the freeze dried peaches, I'd used the creamer from accessory packet, add it to & a bit of water to the peaches for peaches and cream treat!
Thankfully they updated the entrees before Saudi/Iraq. I had the original 'dirty dozen' in basic at Ft. Dix, but by the time we got sent to Saudi Arabia they'd gotten rid of the worst offenders and you could make some decent meals out of the newer ones.
Steve, every morning I have a packet of powdered cocoa, a teaspoon of sugar, a tablespoon of instant coffee, and a splash of milk for my breakfast. I have adapted your Army Mochaccino for my everyday use, have been doing this for over a year now. Thanks for all you do!
That freeze dried fruit reminds me when my dad would bring home "Astronaut Icecream". Just freeze dried icecream. I miss that. Thanks for another awesome video!
Steve is the reason my roommate and I started buying rations and eating them for fun. Even got an old Vietnam accessory packet with smokes. Only for display of course.
Steve doesn’t need to beg for shares or ask for subscribers, he could grow through word of mouth alone, I know I’ve put at least 7 of my friends onto this channel and they’ve all come back and expressed their love for his content. Pure, honest, educational and truly passionate about the subject, whether as a sleep aid or something to throw on when chilling with friends - Steve has the video for you. Or the line, I know I quote him on the regular. Thank you Steve, you’re the GOAT.
Kindergarten teacher - "Would you like some milk before naptime?" Steve Jnr - "No thanks (pulls out tin canteen, esbit stove, packets of cocoa beverage & coffee type-2) Water's fine"
I had the same MRE (37 years old) and it was still fine, the cocoa and the peanut butter had that old library book smell and taste but both were still enjoyable. The coffee was fine aswell as the cherry nut cake and the freeze dried peaches. Main was actually perfectly fine!
I recall when a friend in the National Guard shared an MRE with us in our college dorm in 1987. He made us the hot chocolate + coffee creamer icing for the fruitcake. I liked the freeze dried fruit.
Blasting those pouches with radiation is actually one of the reasons why they last so long. You wanna kill every single of those microscopic motherfuckers that may still be hiding in those hermetically sealed pouches, and a healthy dose of X-rays or gamma rays will do the job.
Just took a road trip from Minnesota to Arizona for a two week vacation. I brought along MRE's to eat at hotels along to save some money instead of dining out. They were recent ones, not the vintage stuff Steve enjoys. But every time I broke open the package all Could think about was Steve and his wisdom. I always like his videos and I get excited whenever I get and alert that he is posting something new. Thank you Steve1989MREinfo.
My neighbour gave me one of those when I was a kid. I believe he was in the Marines. The only things I can remember about it was the main pouch had some kind of tomato sauce in it, and then the matches, which I just gave to my mom because I was a good boy. I guess that must have been about 1987.
I was in Saudi Arabia eating the same 1st Gen MREs that had been sitting on an MPS ship for several years. We were thrilled when they ran out and we started getting the 2nd Gens (with the brown spoon).
**debates not going there...** **decides to anyways, against his better judgement** **concludes it best not be said after all...** Alls I'll say, it involved the terms "after" and "birth" 🥴 (I'm still going to hell for this lmao)
Steve, that brings back my best cold war childhood memories! In 1986, when I was seven years old there was an US ADA-unit here in my village in Germany during the REFORGER-Exercise. We children played and had fun with the american soldiers and were allowed to stay with them in the field kitchen. They gave us exactly this type of MRE and also boxes of grape jelly, peanut butter, cocoa and grape baverage powder and cyalume chem lights. Boy, we were so proud and happy! Seeing that video brings back the sweet smell and taste of the cocoa, of this delicious fruit mix and especially that amazing cherry nut cake! It is as it was yesterday. And from that time for us kids the United States tasted like grape jelly on peanut butter, warm cocoa, grape drinks and with these chem lights we felt like yedi knights from star wars! And still today, when I have the opportunity to buy it, then I get some Cool Aid Grape to bring back these memories! Thank you very much for that video!
I was there in Germany from 86-89! Some of the best times of my life happened while I was stationed there in Friedburg! The German people were great! I'm glad that you have good memories of those times as well! I was in a tank unit and it always pained me to see some of the damage as we passed through towns on Reforger, and other field exercises!
I love the old 80's technology and or traing video sounding music. Makes me also remember being a kid and first hearing and loving music like that from the 80's early 90's.
Thanks for sharing that, and very glad to know MRE's can hold up that long! I miss the nut cakes, I don't understand why people didn't like them. Beef Stew and Spaghetti were the best.
Love your videos! I just got my very first us military mre today and it was WAY funner than i thought to open it up and eat it..i had a blast thanks to you i didnt even know what an mre was
I'll never forget the first MRE I ever had was when I went camping with my dad and brother. It came in a white and green box instead of the basic brown box, but I had this menu and seeing the dark brown wrappers bring me back a little.
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You know what I love about Steve? He doesn't beg for subs or likes. He literally just reviews the MRE's and lets the content sell itself. I will forever be subscribing to this guy.
So true. He *never* says “You know what would be delectable? If you would smash that ‘Subscribe’ button. Yeah, I cherish every one of your comments. Those never grow old in my mind.”
Nice!
Bonus is he knows how to chew with his mouth closed and without smacking and cracking every bite. You don't truly appreciate it until you try to watch some other MRE channels.
There's a gamer named Pikasprey who does the same thing with his discussion and gameplay videos. All he does at the end is thank you for watching and bids you a good night. But the best part is, he actively rips on people who DO beg for likes and subscriptions and all the thumbnail clickbaiting tricks they do.
He is a hell of a good guy too (off camera)😁
If everyone treated each other like how Steve treats a 35 year old cherry poundcake wed all be in a better place
Tommy Wiseau: ip errywan treeded eetch udder laik ow Steve treets a 35 jeer ol cherry poun cake de wirrl wuh b a bedder plaise 2 lib
Cherry nutcake
Top tier comment
@@jakedibiase7404 johnny I didnt recognize you
I was the person who gave you the 300th like
I entered the US ARMY in 1984 and the beef stew was one of my favorites!!! Thanks for that time travel Steve!
Hey thanks for your service and to anyone reading this, I’m a liberal. We appreciate our troops, just question the old bodies who make the young do their dirty work.
@@ddespair lol ok?
@@ddespair no one asked though lmao
Thanks for defeating oceania
@@ddespair same
Steve: “I’m so grateful to eat something normal”
Also Steve: *Eats 35 year old beef stew*
Yeah and because it is only MRE's that he eats and lives off.
maidenslayer nice
This proves it. Eating 35 year old carbs, sugar, and fat is more enjoyable than plain salad and baked skinless chicken breast made today.
begs the question, what was he eating before that was so abnormal?
I'm so happy this is the first comment I see right after Steve mentioned this
I've begun calling the hot chocolate mix in our house "Cocoa Beverage Powder" and my wife is looking at me funny.
I hope you have some coffee, instant, type 1 or 2 as well.
Wrong wife, perhaps?
Hopefully you follow it up with an "okay. Let's get this out on a tray. Nice!" Just to really confuse her.
teach the kids the difference between type 2 and type 1.
Lmao
Steve is so unapologetically himself and his music is so awesomely bizarre that you just can't help liking his content
right, I don't even eat mre food.
but you can see the passion steve has for it.
@@kanatapaw if you have never tried MREs I recommend it at least once in your life. It's one of those things that you do, then just don't really think about again until 20 years later when you are craving the old school ham or spaghetti ones and the peaches. God mre peaches are so good. Also, the smell of FRHs is so unique. I love it. Has a strange smell but it's something you never really ever forget.
I dig his awesomely bizarre music.
Its his bands music. So some respect please man
@@harrymonk6 he has a band?
Why the government hasn't contracted Steve to be an advisor for their MREs baffles me.
You think Natick doesn't watch these?
His first act would be to reintroduce cigarettes, then coffee instant type I.
Ashley Pomeroy would be a thing of beauty
He wouldnt be at liberty to discuss if he was
The government doest make mres
He has emerged when we needed him most to bring us the tales of his mre endeavors!
I enlisted in the Army in 1988. Seeing these old MRE's is (strangely enough) like meeting an old friend. Many a dumb story, bad joke and bonding moment with friends long gone happened while eating these things. Thanks for the memories, Steve.
Tasting an MRE from 1985 while wearing a T-shirt with "VHS" on it... It matches!
If only he had done the review while roller-skating along the Miami waterfront in a bikini with Glenn Frey on the soundtrack. If only.
VHS: Very Hungry Steve
He ain't no beta
The previous video he did on the Latvian military ration he had a VHS themed shirt as well.
"No rancidity, no metallic smell or bleachiness, that smells perfect."
Steve, you would be the easiest dinner guest to please. If you come to my Halloween party I'll make you sweet potato pie.
He literally compliments generic nescafe instant coffee lol
Wait ‘til he tries the stew I put at the bottom of my chest freezer in 2018! My freezer-burned
2018 stew is to die for.
@@FlourescentPotato For real I can't stand any instant coffee. I always grind and brew the beans myself.
@@notgray88 that’s how i am, but i went to romania for a week and got some instant coffee out there, and it was the best i’ve ever had, europe does better with their instant coffees and sodas
@@deadfr0g let’s get that out onto a tray
"I'm gonna cherish every morsel of this...such as in life. Enjoy every bit of it."
Steve is too pure and good for us - our Bob Ross.
Watch your mouth.
Gets a cheat day eats a 35 year old mre LoL 😂 only Steve
He's livin' the dream !
Saint Steve.
Tbh... half way towards a cheat day and I want one!
No no no.. It's gut day. He's strengthening his stomach. And probably the all rest of the way down. Look at that gastric flex!
Never says what he’s cheating... death probably
"A little friction, that always gets things going"
-Steve1989
Nice
Nice little hiss
Nice
Niiice
Let's get this out on a tray
"Smells like an industrial machinery plant with an old couch" ... makes me wonder what his childhood was like
Memories of ‘Nam...
Makes me think he spent time as a kid sitting at his dad's job suckin down mres
Nam spaghetti
He lived in a bomb shelter in the woods of Maine with a viet nam veteran dad. His dad saved 5 years of MREs that they ate as a regular diet.
Steve, dating: "Come for dinner. I've got this great little 35-year-old."
Date: "Wine? Scotch?"
Steve: "Beef stew."
"I got this 100 year old"
"Wine, scotch?"
" *hard tack* "
@@agentant7834 then we’ll cleanse our palate with a delicious cup of coffee instant type 2, spray dried, because that’s what makes all the difference
@@Scotty97 then we'll go to sleep and take it over to breakfast
*gets breakfast on a tray*
Nice
@Ocean Deyy the desert combined with the coffee is a truly decadent combination
Haha. Nice one!
I'll make breakfast or dinner and i'll say "lets get this out onto a tray" my 12 yr old daughter says "nice, mkay". Pretty sure im winning as a dad!
Or you are trying to push things onto her which eventually will not be funny and resentment will set in
Absolutely
You are!😁🌼
Yup!
That's sweet lol
This menu was always the one I went for when the case was cracked open. A lot of the guys in my unit liked this one because of the cherry nut cake, which tasted even better if you dusted it with some of the cocoa mix. Highly prized.
Good idea.
I was thinking some of that peanut butter on it would be good
Roses are red,
this channel is fun,
Find someone who loves you like Steve loves coffee instant type 1.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Steve once caught botulism,
He did it for you
@@4R8YnTH3CH33F 😂
Both of these deserve awards
You have to be careful biting down, could crack a tooth.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Let's get these out on a tray
Mnice
I was opening a can earlier today and I caught myself saying "nice hiss".
It's spreading
Nice
Steve1989MREInfo nice
I have done that too.
Steve1989MREInfo hiss 🤗
My daddy used to bring his MREs home to me when I was a little girl in the 80s. I remember them looking like this. I loved the accessory pack, charms, cheese spread, and chicken ala king...😂
I was a baby when this MRE was made. Kind of weird to think about eating meat from a cow that was alive before the person eating it
Had the same thought when he was digging in to the ancient emergency ration from 1904, except it was "those cows were older than my grandparents...."
i wasnt even planed :D
Me too, I was a toddler. And Steve wasn't even born until 4 years later. I think this might be the oldest full meal I've seen him eat that was also in perfectly fresh condition. (Hardtack and emergency rations of bouillon cubes and candy do not count as full meals.)
@@MrAsmoLp ok
This beef saw Chernobyl
Oh My Goodness, this takes me back. I so remember this MRE. Story: I was in a Army Reserve unit that it seems no one had been in the old Army, the Coffee Army. It was a Texas unit that would do their two weeks in Texarkana in the summer, in the heat and humidity. At lunch, I noticed no one used the coffee from their MREs. They would give them to me when I asked. I then showed them how to make an iced coffee with the cocoa. You take two coffee packets, one cocoa milk chocolate mix, stir it in a wee bit of hot water, maybe a third of a canteen cup. Then fill the cup with ice (yes, we had ice), pour in water to cover and stir. Iced coffee! They were amazed! A refreshing coffee drink in 110 degree weather.
And I miss those little bottles of Tabasco sauce that came in the MREs.
Good Times
No offense my man but your fellow servicemen don’t sound like the brightest bunch in that story. Thanks for your service though!
@@Gizmomaster Don't like to talk bad about other soldiers (that much), but They were all career reservists or just doing their time to get any bonus.Most they ever did was their 2 week exercise and monthly get-together.
Texarkana summer heat is brutal. I feel for you guys.
@@seraphthegatekeeper It was GodAwful. I hare humidity. Two years before, I had a collapsed lung months before I was PCS. Story though. on the weekend, we got to swim in a local pond/lake. There was a chainlink fence that was maybe 10 feet, from the top of the water to the floor of the pond. The youngsters were like, What is this shit. I said, what do you see over there? Fireflys? I said, no. that is about six alligators eyes reflecting in the lite. If they really are hungry and want a bit of you, the chainlink fence won't stop them. About two minutes later, I had the whole pond to myself
When you sniff this stuff you are literally breathing original air from 1985. Amazing.
True that
Smells like cocaine and hookers
It’s vacuum sealed so not really? I mean I guess when you open the main bag cause it’s not. But the food isn’t the point they take all the air out?
@@absolutjackal yes, that's why it hisses. The air rushing into it.
Is there such a thing as “duplicated 1985 air?”
When Steve has kids, I bet he sends them to school with MREs for lunch.
hehe!
Quarantine mre lunches
Little Steve’s teacher calls home...
Teacher: hello is this Steve’s dad?
SteveMre: yeah
Teacher: are you aware he brought a 35 year old packaged meal to school for lunch?
SteveMre: Nice!!
Teacher: sir that’s not acceptable he needs fresh food.
SteveMre: Did it have a nice Hiss? I couldn’t believe that’s still edible.
Teacher: Sir should we address the 1942 package of camels I caught him smoking last week with what he called an army mochachino?
SteveMre: they are the best, let’s get that stuff out onto a tray.
Teacher: I’m calling child services.
SteveMre: I’ll see ya soon with something new or old......
That's actually surprisingly logical, if you consider MRE's are basically lunch boxes for the armed forces.
@@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160 for a grown man doing physical work, not for a kid studying for 6 hours. they will get fat.
I really want to try some of this stuff
buy one! you can get one from 7-12 bucks.
Join the military
try it if you dont like shitting
Me too
Makes me wonder where he gets the MRE's that he reviews on his channel
Steve's channel has corrupted me. I have a pile of Russian/British/Latvian/and US MREs sitting in my room.
This channel is where I come when I need a break from all the negativity of much of the content on social media. Just pure, wholesome positivity. Thanks for always providing a great refresh, Steve! Hope you’re having a great year so far.
I've been social media free for 3 years now, it's been great. Only watch RUclips.
When we needed him most, he returned
Had a brown bag the other day. Menu 12, escalloped potatoes with ham. Everything was still good but the brownie. Nuts went rancid. Applesauce was Fermented too. Thanks for starting me on this hobby, Steve!
Sounds like it was an experience to remember. New MRE hobbyists always makes me happy - keep rockin it man!
@@Steve1989MRE will do! Better than my first a few weeks ago- 1990 ham Omelette. Both the potatoes and ham Omelette were foul, both had a metallic taste. The cheese spread was disgusting, seperated and a strong smell. The only good food in there was a fantastic Oatmeal Cookie Bar. Those are a treat for sure.
Steve's vids got me hooked too😁 my first foriegn mre's arrive soon... From Russia with love... Hopefully😂
@@oldrick1038 I've heard good things about the Russian ones. I'm working thru all the US ones I can (FSR case, US A/B case, etc)
Rock and roll Steve !!!! You do great work and always excellent.
When I was in Army in 80's, this was gold for trading.
Waiter: "How was your meal sir?"
Steve: "It was almost as good as a 35 year old MRE I had the other week"
ultimate burn
1985, the year I entered the Army. That was my favorite MRE BTW.
Steves comment section has to be the best in any social media platform .
I loved eating the dark brown mres as a kid. freeze dried fruit was insane.
I loved the "whisk broom" peaches!
The fd fruit was the best.. they need to bring it back
@@Steve1989MRE you know that you actually can reconstitute the freeze dried fruit and make it into a fruit cocktail right?
My favorite thing I’ve ever had in an MRE is freeze dried peaches. Insanely good.
The dried pears and maple nut cakes were my favorite. People talk smack about the original 'dirty dozen' MREs but that's mainly because the entrees were mostly terrible. The freeze dried fruit and the nut cakes made it feel like they put together a real meal, not just grabbed junk food off the shelves at a 7-11 and threw it into a tan bag. And thankfully they updated the entrees before we had to eat them for months on end in the desert. Dehydrated pork patties would have been death.
Steve: "Oh, wow. My hands are shaking."
Me: "Steve, that's because your body has come to associate the sound of rations opening with the nicotine rush from those hardcore smokes."
John Anon MRE withdrawals are rough
nice
Nope...effects of that german choko-cola bar still have not worn off...
I could swear I ate these ration packs. During the Bosnian war we would usually get old ration packs donated from different countries and watching this video is like a dejavu. I'm pretty sure I had these. I can remember the crackers and the peanut butter. Thanks for sharing your experience. Love your videos
Are you from Bosnia? Pozdrav
@@twentytwo138 I was born in Bosnia. I lived in a lot of places since the war. Pozdrav
I can imagine Steve asking when he passes that his body be freeze dried and put in a retort pouch and buried.
Then a 1000 year later in the future they uncover his grave and as they open the retort pouch he is in the archiologist saying 'nice hiss'.
Bruh you're definelty that guy who's wife thinks your cheating on her .
b r u h
Let's get this out on a tray!
Nice mmkay
*Opens the retort pouch*
''So right off the bat we got a freeze dried Steve, that's 150 pounds right there''
I could just sit here all day listening to Steve waxing nostalgic on old MREs.
Its great, isn't it?
Half the time I won't even eat stuff that is approaching the sell by date, and Steve's out here eating 35 year old beef stew. What a legend.
Gotta love this channel. No drama, no BS, just a weird dude and his passion for MREs.
Only Steve would consider eating a 35 year old MRE 'normal'
Considering the fact that he ate 100+ year old beef, 35 years old IS normal for him
@@1D991 and the thing is, it was edible after 100 yrs 😮
Well, considering that it held up as well as it did especially considering how old it was
It's actually pretty impressive
Ime Prezime the meat was kinda just dirt at that point haha
Only Steve could make me hungry for a 30 year old MRE...well done sir.
I remember this MRE, was one of my favorites during my time in the National Guard 1983 - 1994 . The cherry nut cake was great and the mix fruit was ok. After we were given our MRE in the morning we would place the main course on the engine manifold to heat up.
*eating 35 year old food*
“Glad to be eating something normal”
🤣😂
wait till Davie504 challenges him to eat a 40 year old bass
I'm always amazed how long (and well) food will last by preventing air from touching it. Remarkable.
"Im so grateful to eat something normal... after all this time"
Huge MonkaS
This man opens MREs like a kid opens Christmas presents. I'll never get tired of watching these reviews.
You know Steve, something has always surprised me about your channel. I've been here since around the 200k mark, and I've steadily watched your channel boom, plateau, boom, plateau, and now it is at a steady incline, and I'm amazed... you're headed towards 2mil. All because your personality is... nice! You don't rely on the stupid oversaturated "WHHHHHHHATS GOIN' ON EVERYBODY" and "PLZ LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE" rhetoric regurgitated by every RUclipsr out there. You're just chill, and it's a fun channel to watch. I'm not even into MREs, I've never eaten one EVER before in my life, I'm obviously not in the military nor have any desire to be, yet I've been here for years.
Hope you’re having a NICE Monday, Steve.
Who else watches these while eating, so it’s like ur having a dinner with the legend Steve
If I don't it always makes me hungry.
no doubt i just tried a Wise company mre and i'd trade him in a heart beat
Having dinner right now! Nice to know I'm not the only one.
Lol I’m at uni so I watch these instead of eating dinner
Every single time
This exact beef stew menu was the very first MRE I had in basic training in early 1985! I have been an MRE fan ever since and keep a minimum of 10 cases of MREs on hand at home. Keep up the awesome work Steve and I always look forward to your content!
I nominate steve for the congressional medal of honor due to his bravery in the face of extreme peril
"This is one of the greatest meals I've ever had. I'm never gunna forget this."
it makes me happy knowing that we get to share this special moment with you, steve. Love the videos!
You always include a nice little history lesson with your tastings. It is really impressive how much you know about this subject, and how much you like your job. And that enthusiasm clearly spreads to your fan base, of which I am a very happy member. Keep it up Steve. You are my MRE Hearo.
Nice little hiss-tory lesson :)
oh gosh I do love that dried fruit. It's such a fun snack with how crunchy but flavorful it is
They need to bring it back
@@Steve1989MRE oh that would be the best. They always phase out good stuff, like cocoa beverage powder, or cherry beverage base.
Not sure why but I'm dying to try one of those. Can imagine they taste amazing and have a really interesting texture. I'm seriously considering hunting down an mre with it just to satisfy my curiosity!
@@Steve1989MRE hey Steve, how's about a vid on your training programme, you got some guns my freind.
Whenever i got the freeze dried peaches, I'd used the creamer from accessory packet, add it to & a bit of water to the peaches for peaches and cream treat!
How to break the internet:
Steve1989MREinfo goes on hot ones🔥 nice!
Or the sauce
Ghost pepper wings? “Nice kick to them”
I seriously think Steve would make an awesome food critic. He is so suited to it the way he describes every component of the food.
This was the version of the MREs that I was eating in Germany, the NTC, Ft. Bliss, and Saudi/Iraq. Memories!
Thankfully they updated the entrees before Saudi/Iraq. I had the original 'dirty dozen' in basic at Ft. Dix, but by the time we got sent to Saudi Arabia they'd gotten rid of the worst offenders and you could make some decent meals out of the newer ones.
Howdy, from El Paso.
@@desertdog3684 Howdy back! I'm in Tucson now, but there are at least a couple of my buddies from 3d ACR who are still living in El Paso ! 😃
I look forward to every episode, it's like a history lesson and a food show all in one!
learn more here than our history lession.
its soo cool how this guy enjoys this hobby soo much, and even better, share that joy with us
The legend is back with another one!
Nice.
I like cabbages
....or two.
Nice
@@walkingglasses6264 Nice.
Steve, every morning I have a packet of powdered cocoa, a teaspoon of sugar, a tablespoon of instant coffee, and a splash of milk for my breakfast. I have adapted your Army Mochaccino for my everyday use, have been doing this for over a year now.
Thanks for all you do!
I love Army Mochaccino, too! I make it all the time, and thinking of Steve makes it extra fun.
Sounds like the diabeetus
"a beautifully irradiated masterpiece"
Words to live by folks, words to live by... xD
That freeze dried fruit reminds me when my dad would bring home "Astronaut Icecream". Just freeze dried icecream. I miss that. Thanks for another awesome video!
Space Food Sticks, Tang & Freeze Dried NASA ice cream!
I remember having this meal as a kid in 87' when my dad brought it home, was awesome! Even though I didn't eat the lima beans. 😜😜
My favorite thing about
Steve’s videos is when he says, “Let’s put it out on a tray.” Then that classic, “Nice!” My favorite content creator by far.
I watched this 50 minutes after uploaded. It already had 1.4k likes; that's one like every 2.14 seconds. I love this guy.
Steve is the reason my roommate and I started buying rations and eating them for fun. Even got an old Vietnam accessory packet with smokes. Only for display of course.
As kids we smoked cigarettes out of old Korean and Vietnam ration.
Steve doesn’t need to beg for shares or ask for subscribers, he could grow through word of mouth alone, I know I’ve put at least 7 of my friends onto this channel and they’ve all come back and expressed their love for his content. Pure, honest, educational and truly passionate about the subject, whether as a sleep aid or something to throw on when chilling with friends - Steve has the video for you. Or the line, I know I quote him on the regular. Thank you Steve, you’re the GOAT.
Eats a 35 year old meal : " I'm glad I'm finally able to eat something normal"
Steve, you're a treasure.
Kindergarten teacher - "Would you like some milk before naptime?"
Steve Jnr - "No thanks (pulls out tin canteen, esbit stove, packets of cocoa beverage & coffee type-2) Water's fine"
No but do you have coffee instant type 3?
Nice.
I had the same MRE (37 years old) and it was still fine, the cocoa and the peanut butter had that old library book smell and taste but both were still enjoyable. The coffee was fine aswell as the cherry nut cake and the freeze dried peaches. Main was actually perfectly fine!
I recall when a friend in the National Guard shared an MRE with us in our college dorm in 1987. He made us the hot chocolate + coffee creamer icing for the fruitcake. I liked the freeze dried fruit.
Another one I remember eating back in Desert Storm. Added hot sauce for extra flavor.
When I was in the US Army back in 1966, this was my favorite MRE. The peanut butter was better then also.
“Ya know? Life’s not complete without a little **slap** army mocaccino”
No one can make "beautifully irradiated retort pouch" as sexy sounding as Steve.
Yessssss
Blasting those pouches with radiation is actually one of the reasons why they last so long. You wanna kill every single of those microscopic motherfuckers that may still be hiding in those hermetically sealed pouches, and a healthy dose of X-rays or gamma rays will do the job.
Just took a road trip from Minnesota to Arizona for a two week vacation. I brought along MRE's to eat at hotels along to save some money instead of dining out. They were recent ones, not the vintage stuff Steve enjoys. But every time I broke open the package all Could think about was Steve and his wisdom. I always like his videos and I get excited whenever I get and alert that he is posting something new. Thank you Steve1989MREinfo.
The Donald Sutherland of MRE Reviews, enjoying a finely preserved Vintage MRE. Nice!
omg he looks like him I never noticed
Steve's girlfriend trying to hide a fart...
Steve - "That's a nice little hiss"
😂😂😂😂😭💀 this had me laughing to hard and I woke up my cat 🐈
"That smells perfectly fine. It smells fresh." Steve 2020
Cursed comment
Best comment so far lol
Lol!!!!
im so additcted to steve opening these rashen's and explaing the back story
My neighbour gave me one of those when I was a kid. I believe he was in the Marines. The only things I can remember about it was the main pouch had some kind of tomato sauce in it, and then the matches, which I just gave to my mom because I was a good boy. I guess that must have been about 1987.
Find you somebody who treasures you as much as Steve treasures a 35 year old well preserved MRE.
Seeing Steve get stoked about his passion is truly inspiring. Keep it up you mad lad
Sept 1, 1985. I was in high school. The Titanic was found.
I was in 3rd grade, and the U.S.S. Challenger was 4 months, 27 days away from it's tragic final flight.
I was tiny and in six short years the Berlin wall fell.
I was in my Sr year playing college football.
Holy shit it took until 1985 to find the titanic? The ocean is fucking huge.
I was in Saudi Arabia eating the same 1st Gen MREs that had been sitting on an MPS ship for several years. We were thrilled when they ran out and we started getting the 2nd Gens (with the brown spoon).
I feel like a grandma that just wants to feed this man all the mre’s, lol. Always fun to watch these
This Ration is almost Exactly my age! Born 18 days after me.
Born a few weeks before me
**debates not going there...**
**decides to anyways, against his better judgement**
**concludes it best not be said after all...**
Alls I'll say, it involved the terms "after" and "birth" 🥴 (I'm still going to hell for this lmao)
So glad to see you reviwing a MRE again. I was afraid the weather gotcha
Steve, that brings back my best cold war childhood memories! In 1986, when I was seven years old there was an US ADA-unit here in my village in Germany during the REFORGER-Exercise. We children played and had fun with the american soldiers and were allowed to stay with them in the field kitchen. They gave us exactly this type of MRE and also boxes of grape jelly, peanut butter, cocoa and grape baverage powder and cyalume chem lights. Boy, we were so proud and happy! Seeing that video brings back the sweet smell and taste of the cocoa, of this delicious fruit mix and especially that amazing cherry nut cake! It is as it was yesterday. And from that time for us kids the United States tasted like grape jelly on peanut butter, warm cocoa, grape drinks and with these chem lights we felt like yedi knights from star wars! And still today, when I have the opportunity to buy it, then I get some Cool Aid Grape to bring back these memories!
Thank you very much for that video!
I was there in Germany from 86-89! Some of the best times of my life happened while I was stationed there in Friedburg! The German people were great! I'm glad that you have good memories of those times as well! I was in a tank unit and it always pained me to see some of the damage as we passed through towns on Reforger, and other field exercises!
I love the old 80's technology and or traing video sounding music. Makes me also remember being a kid and first hearing and loving music like that from the 80's early 90's.
Thanks for sharing that, and very glad to know MRE's can hold up that long! I miss the nut cakes, I don't understand why people didn't like them. Beef Stew and Spaghetti were the best.
“ enjoy every morsel, just like life, enjoy every second of it”
Steve has it figured out, and im just hoping i can do the same.
"...Such as in life... Enjoy every bit of it." What a wonderfully positive attitude. And you know he means it. Brilliant.
1 min ago?
Must be lightning speed.
Welcome to the party
Welcome to the party
Kami kamikaze
Hell yeah! Nothing better than a double upload on a Monday afternoon
Can't go wrong
Love your videos! I just got my very first us military mre today and it was WAY funner than i thought to open it up and eat it..i had a blast thanks to you i didnt even know what an mre was
I feel like I’m cheating on Steve when I watch other MRE reviews....
There's other MRE reviews?
@@RuffsTV Yes
Lol! Why would you watch any others??
I’ll only watch Emmy and Steve
Never cheat on Steve or he will slap you like his coffee instants 🤣 jk
Can we all just appreciate for a second how ripped Steve is getting
Always has been
Yeah he’s always been pretty muscular Fr.
Kinda hot, no homo
TRT
He’s so buff
I'll never forget the first MRE I ever had was when I went camping with my dad and brother. It came in a white and green box instead of the basic brown box, but I had this menu and seeing the dark brown wrappers bring me back a little.
“Need a little friction. That always gets things going”
-Steve 😂
7:20
Noice