2020 Russian Prisoner 24 Hour Ration Review Tushonka Vegetable Caviar Convict MRE Meal Taste Testing

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  • Опубликовано: 24 окт 2023
  • A very difficult to acquire package of food given to Russian suspects, convicts, and prisoners during transit or for when regular hot meals aren't feasible. Featuring a ton of hard tack, sugar, a couple tea bags, and a few halfway nourishing meat and grain kasha type items, along with a vegetable caviar - or rendered puree rather. It's some pretty delectable squash, carrot, and vegetable oil spread which really is the star of the show, along with that beef tushonka.
    Truly a fascinating ration that you don't get to see every day.
    To send an MRE or anything nice:
    Steve1989
    3616 Harden Blvd
    360
    Lakeland, FL 33803
    www.patreon.com/user?u=282133...
    teespring.com/stores/steve1989
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  • @workahol
    @workahol 6 месяцев назад +7028

    Steve can canonically read every language as long as it's written on MRE packaging

    • @mememachine171
      @mememachine171 6 месяцев назад +1350

      put some clay or stone tablets in front of him, and then watch him explain that it's a Babylonian MRE menu

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  6 месяцев назад +3477

      Nice

    • @aremel42
      @aremel42 6 месяцев назад +264

      In my head canon Steve learns the language of every ration he reviews before filming the video.

    • @Sparrow9612
      @Sparrow9612 6 месяцев назад +151

      Steve-3P0, protocol human.

    • @klawiehr
      @klawiehr 6 месяцев назад +74

      Linear B civilization ration

  • @oliverc1293
    @oliverc1293 6 месяцев назад +1404

    If I was being transferred to a Russian prison and the guy next to me started reviewing the meals in this style then I would feel immediately much more positive about the whole experience.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  6 месяцев назад +538

      Nice!

    • @christophercox2325
      @christophercox2325 6 месяцев назад +79

      ​@@Steve1989MRECan we see the guard ration sometime?

    • @ivarlarsen6045
      @ivarlarsen6045 6 месяцев назад +19

      I could see this happening in a Marvel movie

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@christophercox2325I think we have. I think he did a video on it. Someone did for sure that I saw, pretty sure it was Steve.

    • @jeremiahcherry5283
      @jeremiahcherry5283 6 месяцев назад

      Hahaha 😂

  • @j.ritter619
    @j.ritter619 6 месяцев назад +1397

    The lengths Steve will go to for a ration. I mean, just imagine going all the way to Russia, committing a crime, turning yourself in, processing into a prison, establishing dominance among the other prisoners, digging a tunnel, breaking out and going on the lamb, then paying off a boat captain to obtain passage back to the states...
    ...just to get lunch.
    Mad respect, Steve. Mad respect.

    • @LeTurpz
      @LeTurpz 6 месяцев назад +108

      Why do you think there's such a long time in between his videos sometimes? He's ultra committed 🤣

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy 6 месяцев назад +39

      It's like a superhero origin story. Steve1989 is like Batman, but in real life - and instead of fighting crime, he's fighting to get pre-1998 salted crackers reinstated. Along with coffee, instant, type II.

    • @telesniper2
      @telesniper2 6 месяцев назад +15

      In Putin's Russia, crime commits YOU

    • @ancientapparition1638
      @ancientapparition1638 6 месяцев назад +1

      Nice

    • @SamuraiMorshu
      @SamuraiMorshu 6 месяцев назад +17

      "Alright just gonna shiv this guard in the spine."
      "Nice~"

  • @Si74l0rd
    @Si74l0rd 6 месяцев назад +522

    In 1993 I worked as a labourer on a construction site in Russia for a month and the tea was literally twigs from a tea bush, no leaves at all, and even that tea dust looks like a improvement. The only saving grace was the enormous sack of sugar crystals we had, to dump into the tea for energy. As the hotel food provided was borscht twice a day, those sugar crystals provided most of our calories.

    • @telesniper2
      @telesniper2 6 месяцев назад +6

      Russian Borscht doesn't have cream? Or just the "gulag" version?

    • @aglimpse5238
      @aglimpse5238 6 месяцев назад +30

      Страна 2 года существовала, что ты ожидал? Повсеместная разруха - экономечиский кризис

    • @jacobthatguy8001
      @jacobthatguy8001 6 месяцев назад +104

      ​@@aglimpse5238hes just stating his experience, not putting the country down. I found it interesting aswell as your comment aswell.

    • @matthewsmcdill
      @matthewsmcdill 6 месяцев назад

      I'll put it down. Fuck Russia, can't even beat Ukraine lol.

    • @samteks125
      @samteks125 6 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@aglimpse5238Maybe shouldn't have started a war then, huh?!

  • @TheVIdeosOnly
    @TheVIdeosOnly 6 месяцев назад +4107

    Steve just got out of a Russian prison and still dropped a video. We are blessed

    • @Ole_CornPop
      @Ole_CornPop 6 месяцев назад +90

      Nice

    • @fordenginebuildersv8power184
      @fordenginebuildersv8power184 6 месяцев назад +17

      Lol

    • @kilasracingfactory
      @kilasracingfactory 6 месяцев назад

      Steve commiting crimes in Russia so he can get a taste of the Tushanka.

    • @vapormissile
      @vapormissile 6 месяцев назад +127

      The prison staff had had enough of his chatter, plus he had eaten everything even the borstch.

    • @cooleyefarwanderer8532
      @cooleyefarwanderer8532 6 месяцев назад +41

      RIP to all those who would have followed in Steve's footsteps but never made it out

  • @StoneEdge555
    @StoneEdge555 6 месяцев назад +1644

    Only Steve can describe prison food in a way that makes you hungry.

    • @Ole_CornPop
      @Ole_CornPop 6 месяцев назад +56

      Nice

    • @derheckenpenner177
      @derheckenpenner177 6 месяцев назад

      nice hiss
      @@Ole_CornPop

    • @hyypersonic
      @hyypersonic 6 месяцев назад +21

      how the hell did this shit make you hungry bro

    • @nomadmarauder-dw9re
      @nomadmarauder-dw9re 6 месяцев назад +14

      My last time in jail I marveled at what sort of human would poke the fat out of Treet lunch meat.

    • @danieltattersley
      @danieltattersley 6 месяцев назад +9

      You aint wrong! probably dog/cat food as its for prisoner, but he makes it sound so exotic. Suppose it would be if you were on your last legs.

  • @ProfCoyote
    @ProfCoyote 6 месяцев назад +875

    I swear, Steve has a supernatural ability to find the positive qualities of anything as long as it comes in a MRE box.
    *In a gulag* "Here, you have 1 pickled beet and whatever snow you can melt for dessert."
    *Steve* "Nice! The beet has an earthy quality and the melted snow reminds me of a winter's campout."

    • @EggwardEgghands
      @EggwardEgghands 6 месяцев назад +84

      "Wow, this tea is really weak, but you can taste the black pepper, polonium and bergamot. Nice!"

    • @myleswillis
      @myleswillis 6 месяцев назад +50

      Oh look an unopened can of Zyklon B. Nice hiss.

    • @mewmew2985
      @mewmew2985 6 месяцев назад +7

      i love the nice part cause i read it in his voice in my head

    • @Popenhtein
      @Popenhtein 6 месяцев назад +3

      Маринованная свекла?😂 Не разу ни слышал о таком)) это наверное вкусно)

    • @allesindwillkommen
      @allesindwillkommen 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@Popenhtein Pickled beetroot is actually quite tasty and eaten often with liver pâté sandwiches in Northern Europe.

  • @whyuhatenonmee
    @whyuhatenonmee 5 месяцев назад +80

    This guy eats expired foods as a pastime and doesn’t look a day over 25 absolutely amazing love you Steve!!

    • @WritesMe
      @WritesMe 3 месяца назад +8

      Preservatives.

    • @Xtariz
      @Xtariz 2 месяца назад +2

      You are what you eat...

    • @luckyguy600
      @luckyguy600 12 дней назад

      Oh. So you have seen my house that looks like the bunker under Berlin in 45.
      I eat nothing fresher than 2 years old.
      Still this side of the grass. Or should I say bunker?

  • @perw12345
    @perw12345 6 месяцев назад +2466

    I massively respect Steve's commitment to using that gnarly styrofoam cup.

    • @Geno2021
      @Geno2021 6 месяцев назад +151

      He didn't even wash it! AAAAAAA

    • @paltryicons4610
      @paltryicons4610 6 месяцев назад +28

      For science!

    • @whitestararmada103
      @whitestararmada103 6 месяцев назад +100

      might not see him again for a month due to him catching some sorta disease from that thing XD

    • @vickiekostecki
      @vickiekostecki 6 месяцев назад +123

      "Am I really going to make the tea in that?" *pause* "Yeah, why not." Love it.

    • @timbermicka
      @timbermicka 6 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@Geno2021That makes the experience even more authentic

  • @The.Original.Potatocakes
    @The.Original.Potatocakes 6 месяцев назад +463

    “And for dessert, a pack of sugar.”
    He made it sound so nice.

    • @Baron_Lio
      @Baron_Lio 6 месяцев назад +7

      Like, the tundra is cold and unforgiving, the road ahead is long and arduous. But damnit if I dont get my sugar for desert.

    • @wraithwyvern528
      @wraithwyvern528 6 месяцев назад +1

      Nice

    • @Baron_Lio
      @Baron_Lio 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1 nah.

    • @Tunkkis
      @Tunkkis 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1 Ya' get a lot of converts this way?

    • @luckyguy600
      @luckyguy600 12 дней назад +1

      how you make your candy is your problem. Now bring me a bunsen burner some water food colouring and some butter. Right now.

  • @TheRealStitchDaSavage
    @TheRealStitchDaSavage 6 месяцев назад +44

    “Probably don’t get a spoon” firmly grasps it like a knife “For whatever reason 🤷‍♂️”

  • @fgzfz
    @fgzfz 6 месяцев назад +113

    Steve is THE cellmate you want to be with, sharing a good meal taste testing.

    • @gianlorenzobernini6227
      @gianlorenzobernini6227 6 месяцев назад +6

      I already watch him eating when not imprison. Having him as a cellmate must make the stay insanely more bearable.

    • @teleman07
      @teleman07 3 месяца назад +5

      There is going to be a big confusion when guards find out he has been smuggling MREs inside.

  • @Moondog66602
    @Moondog66602 6 месяцев назад +865

    Steve has the absolute most underground black market ration hookup. And i love his dedication to the sketchy foam cup.

    • @moonasha
      @moonasha 6 месяцев назад +77

      I imagine getting russian rations isn't too difficult. So much corruption there

    • @terryh4987
      @terryh4987 6 месяцев назад +49

      @@moonasha Words are cheap.

    • @Ole_CornPop
      @Ole_CornPop 6 месяцев назад +6

      Nice

    • @Carefulwiththataxejs81
      @Carefulwiththataxejs81 6 месяцев назад +48

      Hail all mighty sketchy cup.

    • @LBG-cf8gu
      @LBG-cf8gu 6 месяцев назад

      yeah. for sure!

  • @zackbryans4982
    @zackbryans4982 6 месяцев назад +1537

    I love the idea of avoiding giving prisoners in transport utensils that could be used as a weapon by instead giving them a comically large bag of equally lethal hard tack.

    • @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger
      @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 6 месяцев назад +94

      The bag is really weak too, so unlikely to be used as a weapon.

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 6 месяцев назад +140

      True, but you could nibble the hard tack into shuriken and fling them at the guard. 🤣

    • @arya31ful
      @arya31ful 6 месяцев назад +187

      ​@@peterclarke7240Or shape it into a shiv.
      I'd hate to be the guy who bled to death after being stabbed with a biscuit.

    • @poppymason-smith1051
      @poppymason-smith1051 6 месяцев назад +59

      @@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger instead of rocks in a sock, hard tack in a sock?

    • @paulwoodman5131
      @paulwoodman5131 6 месяцев назад +18

      If You're creative. You can turn some of those tins into weapons or spoon if the guards Allow that, might get the poor.l Dissident some more time in the gulag.

  • @barryoconnor721
    @barryoconnor721 6 месяцев назад +26

    "I'm excited about this hardtack" said no one ever but Steve.

  • @tinakover385
    @tinakover385 5 месяцев назад +50

    Moscow to Siberia is more like three or four days by car! What an amazing ration to have gotten your hands on. Thanks so much for this, Steve.

    • @murphy7801
      @murphy7801 5 месяцев назад +3

      I mean where in Siberia? Could be 2 weeks

    • @tinakover385
      @tinakover385 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@murphy7801 I was thinking Moscow to Tomsk specifically--that's a full seventy-two hours by train.

  • @TGJoeyT
    @TGJoeyT 6 месяцев назад +853

    I just can't believe how strong this channel is going after all these years. We're a weird, diverse community. Nice.

  • @TheLoxxxton
    @TheLoxxxton 6 месяцев назад +878

    Steve is the only man on the planet who could be on a train to a gulag in Siberia sitting in a cage saying 'nice! Let's get this on to a tray'

    • @djwh7
      @djwh7 6 месяцев назад +11

      😂😂😂this killed me!!!!

    • @DD-ld1xq
      @DD-ld1xq 6 месяцев назад +40

      Ok. For breakfast, we'll be startin the day off right with some hard tack gruel

    • @Omni0404
      @Omni0404 6 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@DD-ld1xqA quality gusset right there

    • @ThickMolasses
      @ThickMolasses 6 месяцев назад

      @@DD-ld1xq You do know that shit doesnt come in an easy-open package right?

    • @zwerker
      @zwerker 6 месяцев назад +8

      "In Soviet Russia, tray gets YOU!"

  • @gloomsouls
    @gloomsouls 6 месяцев назад +74

    My favourite thing to just chill out watching Steve. It's been years now.

    • @NatheerHalawani
      @NatheerHalawani 5 месяцев назад +1

      I can say the same about myself. His videos used to be my late night solace away from the news during Covid times.

  • @FransLebin
    @FransLebin 6 месяцев назад +384

    I like how Steve treats this with as much respect as any other ration.

    • @TheB3e3
      @TheB3e3 6 месяцев назад +32

      I'm VERY curious how "Russian-prisoner-grade" pork pate compares, taste and quality wise, to stuff that's easily available in the US like Potted Meat Food Product, or those little cans of deviled ham in the paper wrapper.

    • @charlesmullen3359
      @charlesmullen3359 6 месяцев назад

      Or the cat food on isle 6?😂😂@@TheB3e3

    • @taran7728
      @taran7728 6 месяцев назад +26

      why shouldn't he

    • @TheTurbinator
      @TheTurbinator 6 месяцев назад +1

      What a fu*king weird comment.

    • @hpalpha7323
      @hpalpha7323 6 месяцев назад +15

      just a good honest review

  • @eldarius237
    @eldarius237 6 месяцев назад +75

    "We sat and ate hardtack with sausage and drank tea from the cracked cups with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men."

    • @flowerofash4439
      @flowerofash4439 3 месяца назад +11

      and there is people who eat luxury food and sleep in expensive house and feeling suicidal

    • @kristidrehnig4313
      @kristidrehnig4313 3 месяца назад +9

      Shawshank Redempski

  • @SpookyGrim
    @SpookyGrim 6 месяцев назад +476

    I love the fact that someone is eating this during the worst day of they're life and Steve is enjoying it so far 😂

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  6 месяцев назад +212

      Nice!

    • @commandingsteel
      @commandingsteel 6 месяцев назад +64

      *"the worst day of their life, so far..."

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 6 месяцев назад +5

      I think many would be really happy to see a transfer lol depends on where they are leaving

    • @cgnicolis
      @cgnicolis 6 месяцев назад +25

      I wonder if Brittney Griner enjoyed it.

    • @mrhypno1984
      @mrhypno1984 6 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@cgnicolisI still can't belive FJB traded the merchant of death for that dude! I bet he was treated to much better food than this too. Gotta treat the trains with raspek!

  • @tolik5929
    @tolik5929 6 месяцев назад +105

    Dated a Russian woman for awhile , she made the vegitable caviar . Homemade , it took all day to cook down to the right consistancy , it was realy , REALLY good ! She used it on rye bread , the heavy , dense , European type .

    • @jackuzi8252
      @jackuzi8252 6 месяцев назад +5

      I had some from a jar when I was over there. My first thought when we served it was "This is like baby food", exactly as he said. But it was surprisingly good, as you wrote, on bread.

    • @tolik5929
      @tolik5929 6 месяцев назад

      Million different recipies , home made is amazing , but A LOT of work , so most people dont do it . Mass produced is ok , but lacking in flavor @@jackuzi8252

  • @CursedLink666
    @CursedLink666 6 месяцев назад +30

    I like that he doesn't waste any of the food, even if it's 100+ years old.
    Alot of people would take a couple bites, make a remark or two, and then throw it away.

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 6 месяцев назад +1

      That lonely pile of hardtack won't eat itself!

    • @jennoq1311
      @jennoq1311 6 месяцев назад

      I'm so surprised he ate all this. None of it looked like I would eat it if I had a choice. I kept expecting him to say "now that smells like a can of cat food" but then he takes a bite 😅

  • @shootinputin6332
    @shootinputin6332 6 месяцев назад +335

    Been watching Steve for years. What I like about Steve is that he doesn't feel pressured to release videos every day or week. He does his thing, puts up videos when he feels like it, and we all benefit. He has the secret to longevity that many content creators haven't gotten yet, and they end up burning out and vanishing.

    • @repletereplete8002
      @repletereplete8002 6 месяцев назад +42

      I love him for this. He stays true to himself and his work after all these years. No flash, no gimmicks no fucking moronic thumbnails of himself pointing at things with a clown expression. Absolute A1 informative content delivered with easy going class.

    • @TwoDogsFighting
      @TwoDogsFighting 6 месяцев назад +13

      the secret is botulism.

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 6 месяцев назад

      If you'd watched before you'd know he used to post regularly but doesn't so much now.

    • @hollerinwoman
      @hollerinwoman 6 месяцев назад +1

      I would think he would need to spread a lot of mulch and put tons of plants in the ground so he could earn enough money to purchase some of these gems. Military ration collecting is not an inexpensive hobby.

    • @mrwood4557
      @mrwood4557 6 месяцев назад +10

      Some of these rations Takes him years and thousands of dollars to get his hands on.

  • @GPTblacksmith
    @GPTblacksmith 6 месяцев назад +135

    I replicated this breakfast with a can of my cats food, crackers and a coffee cup with a few dry grounds in the bottom I found in the dumpster. It was thirst provoking

  • @daviddohner1080
    @daviddohner1080 6 месяцев назад +30

    Steve I was excited to see millet in this ration. My wife (native Russian) has been feeding me millet for years but always at breakfast. She says farmers would usually eat it in the morning before heading out to work due to how calorie dense it is. I typically eat mine stirred up with a bit of sugar as well. Definitely my favorite Russian breakfast food.

  • @nailbunny95jthm36
    @nailbunny95jthm36 6 месяцев назад +11

    Hearing Steve say nice is like hearing a warm hello from an good friend.

  • @belliduradespicio8009
    @belliduradespicio8009 6 месяцев назад +997

    I was in jail and one of the inmates was a Russo-Ukrainian guy who had all the classic prison tats, he showed how Russian prison tea was really used: sticking like 50 of those tea packets in a small container with hot water for an ultra-concentrated version that felt like drinking 20 redbulls at the same time

    • @therealelizafox
      @therealelizafox 6 месяцев назад +164

      It's called chifir.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chifir

    • @F1zzler
      @F1zzler 6 месяцев назад +124

      Chifir' (чифирь) - ultra concentrated Soviet prison tea

    • @giostisskylas
      @giostisskylas 6 месяцев назад +75

      Have you ever heard the term “samovar”? This is a device for making Russian tea. A heating source below, a kettle above. And at the top there is a teapot with extremely strong tea extract. You dilute the tea extract with the hot water to make drinkable tea. The extremely concentrated tea extract has nothing to do with prison, but is the completely normal way Russians enjoy tea. The fact that there are people who drink the tea extract pure... well, everyone as they wish.

    • @ziemowitzderski1071
      @ziemowitzderski1071 6 месяцев назад +36

      ​@@giostisskylasin Poland we don't have samovars but prisoners still make the tea the same way. They call it "czaj" and it's made as described by the original commenter. It's supposed to have some narcotic effects (or at least give you a lot of energy) but I don't know if it's true.

    • @voliker
      @voliker 6 месяцев назад

      It is somewhat true as this ultra-highly concentrated tea has a lot of caffeine - so it gives prisoners a bump in productiviti and it's a measure to survive long and cold nights. But it's also a drink that is really damaging on your teeth and bad for your overall health@@ziemowitzderski1071

  • @lionheartz1337
    @lionheartz1337 6 месяцев назад +185

    Steve may be the most "glass half-full, not empty" person to ever exist. Only he could find the brightsides of what could barely pass as effort given for this ration lol. Never change Steve.

    • @XxpurexrussianxX
      @XxpurexrussianxX 6 месяцев назад +1

      raised in the US by euro immigrants - these rations actually look awesome 😭

    • @MeanLaQueefa
      @MeanLaQueefa 6 месяцев назад

      @@XxpurexrussianxXpackaging is absolutely garbage, but it doesn’t look that bad, a decent main, beverage and vegetables.

  • @minecachair
    @minecachair 6 месяцев назад +15

    Another brilliant video.Just to add that transporting convicts from Moscow to Siberia is normally by prison train which takes 45 hours-a bit more than all day.If they are transported by road for any reason,it takes six days.

  • @LavitosExodius
    @LavitosExodius 6 месяцев назад +52

    This is surprisingly better quality than I would think for a prisoner ration in Russia.

    • @ApathyBM
      @ApathyBM 6 месяцев назад +18

      He's eaten worse military rations

    • @Jbarack98
      @Jbarack98 6 месяцев назад +4

      Propaganda is real

    • @fvckgoo9le242
      @fvckgoo9le242 6 месяцев назад +13

      Hurr durr propaganda, it's not like it's a prison ration or anything

    • @kylelopez7631
      @kylelopez7631 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@wmduav dawg if it's in an MRE steve will find something positive to say about it. That's just how he is. I always appreciate his positivity.

    • @Jbarack98
      @Jbarack98 5 месяцев назад

      @@kylelopez7631 facts

  • @bowendgmail
    @bowendgmail 6 месяцев назад +303

    I don't even eat MREs but a Steve video always makes my day.

    • @Ole_CornPop
      @Ole_CornPop 6 месяцев назад +25

      It's Nice

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  6 месяцев назад +156

      Nice

    • @Zaapiel22
      @Zaapiel22 6 месяцев назад +18

      Oh shit, you were blessed. Nice.

    • @Stinger9516
      @Stinger9516 6 месяцев назад +3

      I hated WITH A PASSION the Spinach Fettuccine Alfredo. Then watched Steve’s review and he loved it! I guess it just your preference

    • @hanksamuelson
      @hanksamuelson 6 месяцев назад +3

      He eats them, So we don't have to!

  • @Omniprong
    @Omniprong 6 месяцев назад +217

    Really unique and fascinating ration. Only Steve could "start the day off right" with a meal of hardtack and cat food.

    • @messagedeleted1922
      @messagedeleted1922 6 месяцев назад +25

      Hahaha you thought that too. You can bet western cat food is better quality meat cuts then whatever they ground up into "meat"
      There is a chance Steve just ate people.

    • @canadiansoviet
      @canadiansoviet 6 месяцев назад +3

      And baby food (orange paste in the corner of tray)

    • @XxpurexrussianxX
      @XxpurexrussianxX 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@canadiansovietI know it looks bland at best, but that stuff is AWESOME. eggplant-based is 10/10

    • @denofpigs2575
      @denofpigs2575 6 месяцев назад +16

      Chicken pate is SO good, especially when made with liver. Highly recommend with flowery teas. Calling it cat food is doing it a disservice. Though for sure the one he had was very low quality

    • @baconatordoom
      @baconatordoom 6 месяцев назад +9

      It’s better than the food prisoners get in the states. That would be a high priced commissary item.

  • @robertsolomielke5134
    @robertsolomielke5134 6 месяцев назад +1

    I have following steve for since I first saw his awesome reviews.
    My understanding of MRE culture is now greater than norm, and I thank steve in public, but love him for it ! TY steve! We need you, an TY .

  • @jameswhitmore1984
    @jameswhitmore1984 6 месяцев назад +5

    Steve you are a national treasure. You bring so much joy to so many people. Nothing makes my day like realizing you uploaded a new video!

  • @luvlols4462
    @luvlols4462 6 месяцев назад +441

    I've struggled with an ED for most of my life. Watching Steve helps me eat. Even when the food is ancient, he's so excited and grateful. It's like his attitude is contagious. Thank you so much for these videos!

    • @daveR0berts
      @daveR0berts 6 месяцев назад +313

      I thought you were talking about erectile dysfunction at first and was wondering how what you said made any sense. 😂

    • @beargirl1
      @beargirl1 6 месяцев назад +12

      nice!!

    • @Hevynly1
      @Hevynly1 6 месяцев назад +31

      @@daveR0berts I'm so glad I wasn't the only one! 🤣

    • @applesauce6264
      @applesauce6264 6 месяцев назад +49

      I also struggle with ED!
      ....... oh

    • @bivvystridents3752
      @bivvystridents3752 6 месяцев назад +27

      Erectile dysfunction?

  • @EditoratIP
    @EditoratIP 6 месяцев назад +125

    One of the reasons we watch Steve1989 is to hear sentences you can't possibly hear any place else in the world - like "I'm excited about this hardtack!"

    • @brianseem
      @brianseem 6 месяцев назад +6

      Or that that vegetable spread looked amazing.
      Me: that looks disgusting
      Him: this looks amazing

    • @t.c.bramblett617
      @t.c.bramblett617 6 месяцев назад +3

      Lol he would be funny if he lived during early sailing times on some English ship... so cheerful and annoying the other sailors (there probably were some guys like that then too actually, people who are naturally happy and appreciate the simple things)

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 4 месяца назад +2

      He once ate Civil War era hard tack, it smelled like 'old library books and leather boots'
      It tasted like it too!

  • @saudisinaudis
    @saudisinaudis 6 месяцев назад +25

    There's something almost artistic about the way Steve presents all of these MREs and I really liked how he committed to using the cracked cup just for that added effect... It really gives you a feeling of what it's like on your way to the gulag and the type of food you're expected to eat and how it's presented and what's the best way to make it enjoyable if you can even say that. Avid follower for many years. Keep it up!

  • @caseykudlicki3837
    @caseykudlicki3837 29 дней назад +1

    The phrases and transitios from the trays and everything is just absolutely perfect

  • @matten5532
    @matten5532 6 месяцев назад +288

    Steve's stuck in a Russian prison but he still manages to pump a video out for us, nice 👍

    • @juhaj.5616
      @juhaj.5616 6 месяцев назад +1

      Lol

    • @Lunethex
      @Lunethex 6 месяцев назад +3

      As usual, he's got a lot on his plate. Sorry, I meant tray.

    • @ThickMolasses
      @ThickMolasses 6 месяцев назад +1

      While you are stuck at your dead end job watching it. :) Win-win.

    • @munat3413
      @munat3413 6 месяцев назад +1

      they even let him keep his nic cage shirt, nice

  • @williamjeffersonclinton69
    @williamjeffersonclinton69 6 месяцев назад +30

    The way Steve says "We'll be starting the day off right with a nutritionally balanced meal." Tells me this is the man you don't play poker against.

  • @kchretien1457
    @kchretien1457 6 месяцев назад +7

    I'm new to your channel but I already love these videos. I enjoy how you can see the good in meals that aren't desirable to most!

  • @PenSteel-ih8qr
    @PenSteel-ih8qr 3 месяца назад +5

    Just wanted to let you know Steve that we veterans appreciate you and enjoy watching youre videos ,especially the research and knowledge you have about this subject!! Actually youre catch phrase ( nice hiss ) has become a thing among us!!!😅😅😅

  • @Weltrath
    @Weltrath 6 месяцев назад +299

    For a Russian convict MRE, it's better than I figured it would be. Though it's also clear there's a fair bit of a 'we don't really want to give you anything but we still will' feel to it.

    • @stevemcgowen
      @stevemcgowen 6 месяцев назад +16

      Russian prisoners don't get rations like these...

    • @KirkHermary
      @KirkHermary 6 месяцев назад +54

      ​@stevemcgowen this video is about rations for Russian prisoners. What do you, on keeper of infinite knowledge, know that this video doesn't show us.

    • @kw2519
      @kw2519 6 месяцев назад +26

      This is the guards ration 😂

    • @MrVovansim
      @MrVovansim 6 месяцев назад +13

      This is a labour camp ration, not a prison ration.

    • @Tinil0
      @Tinil0 6 месяцев назад +90

      @@kw2519 Did you not pay attention to the actual video? This is not the guards ration, this is the prisoner ration during transfer between facilities. He specifically mentioned the guard ration has an extra 1k kcal

  • @darkpikachu959
    @darkpikachu959 6 месяцев назад +74

    So much new content in such a short time! 2023 has been blessed by Steve

  • @thatcriticvideo
    @thatcriticvideo 6 месяцев назад +3

    Steve is truly blessing us this month.

  • @purpleaquarius6611
    @purpleaquarius6611 6 месяцев назад +1

    I just started watching these with my boyfriend, and honestly, I'm hooked. I I 😊never expected to be so into this kind of thing, but dude, this is so cool! ❤

  • @channelboop4561
    @channelboop4561 6 месяцев назад +130

    Please note that the food and materials provided cannot be turned into a weapon to be used against guards or other inmates. Though the foil can be twisted in to a spike like shiv if you get enough meat tins and twist around tight enough.
    The bag of hard tack could be used like a sock full of pennies as a makeshift sap, but authorities thought ahead and made the bag super flimsy.

    • @qwopiretyu
      @qwopiretyu 6 месяцев назад +30

      I think if you give prisoners a sturdy bag they'll asphyxiate themselves/one another. But yeah a sap would work too.

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 6 месяцев назад +6

      Another potentially interesting detail is the low amount of very weak tea given and a very flimsy cup provided with the ration. This might be, at least in part, to prevent the convicts from using extra strong double or triple boiled tea as a low impact drug.

    • @poppymason-smith1051
      @poppymason-smith1051 6 месяцев назад +1

      I commented that hard tack sock instead of sock of rocks thing somewhere else lmao. surely they would have socks?

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 6 месяцев назад

      @@poppymason-smith1051 actually I’m fairly sure they do have socks. So that hardtack in a sock might actually work. Has anyone mentioned that to Alexi Navalny yet?

  • @Niedans
    @Niedans 6 месяцев назад +148

    I"ve been sicker than a dog the last few days and legit, seeing these pop up on my feed made me so happy. I'm already a blanket burrito, and now I have something to watch for the next hour. Hope you're well Steve!

    • @gunnar6674
      @gunnar6674 6 месяцев назад +2

      Get well soon, FishinGeek!🌻

    • @SpookyGrim
      @SpookyGrim 6 месяцев назад +3

      Get well my dude, time to binge Steve's videos again😂

    • @aBlackMage
      @aBlackMage 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same, also been wasting away in bed. Let's both hope for a swift recovery

    • @tacit9873
      @tacit9873 6 месяцев назад +2

      I hope you all get healthy soon

    • @lethrington
      @lethrington 6 месяцев назад +4

      I'm in the exact same situation, hope you get well soon

  • @Espresso139
    @Espresso139 2 месяца назад

    Steve's knife is always so sharp. I swear he must strop it before the shoot.
    Great work as always--thanks for coming back and giving us all this fantastic content.

  • @philipchiu9835
    @philipchiu9835 6 месяцев назад +24

    I worked in a correctional facility and prisoners could make weapons out of simple Styrofoam by simply heating it and molding it into a knife or sharp object. Crazy stuff prisoners will do out of ordinary items.

    • @StazherEzhov
      @StazherEzhov 5 месяцев назад +7

      In some correctional colonies of the former USSR there are museum corners with confiscated “prison weapons”. In some colonies, especially gifted self-taught people managed to assemble revolvers and single-shot pistols.

    • @taraellis8279
      @taraellis8279 3 месяца назад +1

      @@StazherEzhov thats crazy! Can you give me a description on how they made them?

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 2 месяца назад +1

      @@StazherEzhovMost prison facilities in the US do this as well for training guards

  • @episodesglow
    @episodesglow 6 месяцев назад +40

    "For dessert, a pack of sugar"
    I laughed way too hard at this 🤣

  • @gentryreed1115
    @gentryreed1115 6 месяцев назад +80

    Can we just say that Steve has some mad shirt game. Always excellent taste in attire and food rations.

    • @StormTrackerWV
      @StormTrackerWV 6 месяцев назад +8

      The "I ❤ Ham" tshirt is hard to beat!

  • @tweezerjam
    @tweezerjam 6 месяцев назад +4

    I love the strategy of getting through these things with as little discomfort as possible.

  • @SynerG4ce
    @SynerG4ce 6 месяцев назад +53

    What I love most about this video is Steve delivers the "alright let's get this out on to a tray, nice, m'kay" with the same exact enthusiasm as Italian or French rations with alcohol and liver pate as he does for post-Soviet gulag rations in modern Russia.

  • @jamesjacobson2780
    @jamesjacobson2780 6 месяцев назад +121

    I never would've expected myself to regularly watch MRE reviews, let alone get excited for them before discovering this channel. It's funny how a bit of passion and personality can make a seemingly mundane hobby entertaining and interesting.

    • @theroman886
      @theroman886 6 месяцев назад +13

      Steve mre vids got me through many bad barely sleeping nights

    • @fokendikhed
      @fokendikhed 6 месяцев назад +8

      wholesome and heartfelt, that's what I love about Steve...I can't believe the amount of knowledge he has regarding rations around the world.

    • @adamthompson7387
      @adamthompson7387 6 месяцев назад +8

      Roses are red, violets are blue. The best kind of coffee is instant, type two.

    • @denofpigs2575
      @denofpigs2575 6 месяцев назад +3

      Even the most mundane of things has a unimaginable breadth and depth of knowledge even down to the most minute of details. Steve just shares the beautiful view he sees that we can't.

  • @evaone4286
    @evaone4286 6 месяцев назад +126

    Steve please do a room tour one day! Please please pleeeeeeeease!

  • @SlapStyleAnims
    @SlapStyleAnims 6 месяцев назад +2

    This vid sparked a very comfy thread that turned into a lesson on Japanese ration history on /k/. Thanks Steve

  • @ThrustingButts
    @ThrustingButts 6 месяцев назад +1

    currently snorting at my work desk in response to each of these meals accompanied by a miserable plastic sack of hard tack- bless Steve for giving all his taste tests an equal level of thoughtfulness, critique, and respect

  • @gregorypappas8226
    @gregorypappas8226 6 месяцев назад +82

    We're going to start the day off right with a nutritionally balanced meal, haha thank you Steve you're the best.

  • @James670
    @James670 6 месяцев назад +33

    "Russian prisoner 24 hour ration" turned out a lot better than I expected it to be.

    • @Warhamer116
      @Warhamer116 6 дней назад +2

      question is if the prisoners get it or not, and what prisoners.

    • @James670
      @James670 6 дней назад

      @@Warhamer116 True enough. This could be what the first class prisoners get.

  • @jastrapper190
    @jastrapper190 6 месяцев назад +3

    Wow this was an interesting ration. Rare. Great video as always Steve.

  • @patrickschoenpflug
    @patrickschoenpflug 6 месяцев назад

    Steve you make laugh they way you describe everything about that ration is superb thank you so much for these amazing videos 😃👍🏻😊

  • @KorianHUN
    @KorianHUN 6 месяцев назад +45

    That hardtack is pretty much the same as we have in Hungary called "háztartási keksz". A ton of hildhood memories of eating it either soft in vanilla pudding as a dessert or by itself with tea when recovering from massive monsoon level diarrhea. It is good keksz.

  • @get_some2083
    @get_some2083 6 месяцев назад +116

    Who would've known that mre reviews would bring joy to my life. You make my day man, thank you. I wish you could narrate all my meals. You're like the Morgan freeman of meal reviews

    • @sanc9808
      @sanc9808 6 месяцев назад +9

      Bob Ross of MRE reviews

  • @ricktaylor7892
    @ricktaylor7892 6 месяцев назад

    I love your content been watching you for years! Good job

  • @mrd80
    @mrd80 6 месяцев назад

    Yo Steve! brilliant as usual I don't usually comment but i felt compelled to today.. thanks for the great content and knowledge you share .. Respect dude.

  • @Yenneffer
    @Yenneffer 6 месяцев назад +85

    It'd probably be best to have half the kasha and half the tushonka together both for lunch and dinner. The kasha would soak up the juices and fat from the tushonka. Or at least save the vegetable puree for the kasha. That'd probably give it a bit more life.

    • @bakielh229
      @bakielh229 6 месяцев назад +16

      That's what I would do (provided you're given the whole box at once, not an item every meal time)

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 6 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed

    • @scratchcratch
      @scratchcratch 6 месяцев назад +5

      That's exactly how it's done. In retail, they actually have them mixed together and canned for sale, which works great for camping.

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 6 месяцев назад

      @@scratchcratch actually looks good

  • @wpbrigham
    @wpbrigham 6 месяцев назад

    Steve, this is another first! Your channel is certainly the standard for other ration channels to follow!

  • @justinnkim
    @justinnkim 6 месяцев назад +5

    He had me laughing when he said "I'm excited about the hard tac"

  • @wolfschadow6399
    @wolfschadow6399 6 месяцев назад +103

    Steve you are the guy who got me interested into MRE's. I'm actually looking to getting myself some US MRE's from the german military surplus shop this year. A delectable creamy spinach fettuchine and a pepperoni or cheese pizza.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  6 месяцев назад +183

      Right on man I hope you have some amazing times with rations and get them out onto a tray. Hit the trail too. Nature is nice

    • @jtaco4101
      @jtaco4101 6 месяцев назад +2

      For what purpose? Genuinely asking.

    • @T0asterB4th
      @T0asterB4th 6 месяцев назад

      US MREs in Germany should be easy to come by. There's plenty of us stationed out here and plenty of bases, just ask any american and I'm sure you'll find it no problem.

    • @Omni0404
      @Omni0404 6 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@jtaco4101For eating 😅

    • @draxxsklounst6595
      @draxxsklounst6595 6 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@jtaco4101tf you think lol. To eat.

  • @selfloathinggameing
    @selfloathinggameing 6 месяцев назад +23

    You know Steve1989 is adding the "Russian Prison Ration Styrofoam Cup" to his MRE Museum

    • @Khunark
      @Khunark 6 месяцев назад +1

      you make it sound as if he'd eat it

  • @maskddingo1779
    @maskddingo1779 6 месяцев назад +1

    This channel always provides the soothing entertainment the body craves.

  • @dabajabaza111
    @dabajabaza111 Месяц назад

    Fascinating. Great channel as always.

  • @robertbullcarmichael9856
    @robertbullcarmichael9856 6 месяцев назад +19

    Steve, I've been having MREs off and on for years. Used to take them for work in the woods. Never did i ever think i would find someone making videos about them. After finding your channel i have a new problem. Now i order MREs more often and the people in my office think im nuts. But i don't care. Thanks for the great work and effort you put in your videos.

    • @alfonzo_
      @alfonzo_ 6 месяцев назад

      if you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living?

    • @maximilianrpm2927
      @maximilianrpm2927 6 месяцев назад +1

      I would buy a tray, just to drive those coworkers mad.

    • @robertbullcarmichael9856
      @robertbullcarmichael9856 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@alfonzo_ I'm an Emergency Management Coordinator for my local county.

    • @robertbullcarmichael9856
      @robertbullcarmichael9856 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@maximilianrpm2927 Now that's a good idea. Think I'll have to get a mess kit and join them for lunch.

    • @chugs1984
      @chugs1984 6 месяцев назад

      Having spent time in the bush MRE make so much sense especially with the water and carbs they provide.
      A self contained easily packable high quality meal
      Or
      Stuff you buy at the shopping centre, packets that break, stuff that goes off, crap thats heavy and the hassle of nothing fitting easily in your pack.
      I think people think poorly of MREs due to the shit talk of soldiers whinging about MREs from the 70s and 80s that made them terribly constipated.
      Modern MREs are just so superior an option for when you're outside of a civilisation.

  • @YaztromoX
    @YaztromoX 6 месяцев назад +30

    This has to be one of the coolest and strangest rations you’ve ever reviewed. Kudos!

  • @Monnssoon
    @Monnssoon 6 месяцев назад

    Great video as always! Didn’t see anyone mention it, or didn’t look hard enough, but loved the shirt!

  • @BRBTechTalk
    @BRBTechTalk 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks Steve, always interesting as usual.

  • @Xhero419
    @Xhero419 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for sharing these types of videos. I never thought I would enjoy watching another person eat food that I have no interest in eating, but I think I've watched every single video on this channel... maybe multiple times

  • @henryjones8256
    @henryjones8256 6 месяцев назад +5

    Unexpected but never disappointing when a new video comes along. Thanks Steve

  • @kyronking4771
    @kyronking4771 6 месяцев назад

    Looking good steve, nice job getting this MRE.

  • @davidblack7184
    @davidblack7184 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for posting , always enjoy 👍

  • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
    @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 6 месяцев назад +8

    I don’t always eat MREs, but when I do, I only eat ones the Steve reviews. Stay hungry my friends.

  • @used2beburnsy336
    @used2beburnsy336 6 месяцев назад +6

    Been sitting at the hospital since 7:45 this morning with my dad.. getting pretty irritated that he’s been waiting over 2 hours for a room.
    Then Steve pops up- I’m cool as a cucumber.
    Nice… mmmkay-

  • @penbucket
    @penbucket 6 месяцев назад

    What a cool and totally unexpected review. Never thought I'd see you eating prison food. The crack in the cup is a perfect touch for this ration.

  • @deanconley5949
    @deanconley5949 5 месяцев назад +1

    You got an excellent voice for narrating. And a good Vocabulary

  • @Conflict_Boardgaming
    @Conflict_Boardgaming 6 месяцев назад +4

    I like how Steve ALWAYS starts the day off right!!
    Good man!

  • @djdrack4681
    @djdrack4681 6 месяцев назад +43

    Steve always manages to find some of the epic "I didn't even know they made something like that" type rations/MREs.
    NEXT: An he'll find a Rhodesian military ration pack.

    • @timbermicka
      @timbermicka 6 месяцев назад +13

      Waiting for the North Korean commando 24h ration

    • @fbksfrank4
      @fbksfrank4 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@timbermickadid a regular army one!

  • @fck_youtube
    @fck_youtube 6 месяцев назад +1

    Unintentional ASMR,
    A most relaxing russian prison mre experience, ty

  • @jimvac77
    @jimvac77 6 месяцев назад +3

    "This is great" said no one ever about a Russian prisoner ration. Until now. Love it.

  • @Goldensheep12
    @Goldensheep12 6 месяцев назад +5

    Steve is always back when we need him most.

  • @StrangerOman
    @StrangerOman 6 месяцев назад +32

    We getting into Gulag with this one. Nice.
    What an actual weird experience. World of MREs is definitely a window for all sorts of experiences. This is why I love this channel.
    Kudos for keeping cracked plastic cup, authentic.

    • @mkelley4124
      @mkelley4124 6 месяцев назад +1

      Agree completely.

    • @michaelpettersson4919
      @michaelpettersson4919 6 месяцев назад +3

      I suspect we will see more of these in the future. There are so many non military uses for MRE's after all. Camping, refugees, field workers like linemen working in the middle of nowhere and so on.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 4 месяца назад

      This is haut cuisine compared to actual Gulag food

  • @forgettable8300
    @forgettable8300 6 месяцев назад

    Seeing that kyle poster never gets old xD keep up the great work man

  • @pimmpdaddyquill
    @pimmpdaddyquill 6 месяцев назад +1

    Steve I don't what you had to go through to get this but thank you very much.

  • @donalonzo63
    @donalonzo63 6 месяцев назад +17

    Thanks Steve, very much appreciate your MRE reviews 😊

  • @TrippTech
    @TrippTech 6 месяцев назад +6

    I will never understand why i always watch these during dinner....
    anways, love the 24 hour ones, those are my fav. Steve brings the knowledge, humor, and handsomeness that makes these perfect!
    love you steve, keep up the good work, god bless

    • @adamthompson7387
      @adamthompson7387 6 месяцев назад

      Yes i have to agree, the 24 hour ration reviews are. Nice!

    • @ThickMolasses
      @ThickMolasses 6 месяцев назад

      Its because you are lonely and you have no one to share your dinner with.

    • @morpheussieben
      @morpheussieben 6 месяцев назад

      @@ThickMolasses hey. come on now, man.

  • @thrashandburn10221
    @thrashandburn10221 6 месяцев назад +6

    One of the most consistent, reliable, and honest meal review channels on RUclips. Reviewbrah would be impressed

  • @evanhoutchen4687
    @evanhoutchen4687 3 месяца назад +1

    Drinking the tea in a Russian prisoner ration the most dicey thing Steve has ever ingested on camera.

  • @kuebby
    @kuebby 6 месяцев назад +16

    That was one of the most interesting MRE videos I've seen. I'd love to see the matching guard ration.