1969 Vietnam Meal Combat Individual C Ration Spaghetti Vintage MRE Review Oldest Food

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  • Опубликовано: 10 апр 2016
  • Check out this full review of a Vietnam War MCI or "C Ration"!
    This is the food US soldiers ate when deployed in the Vietnam War.
    Simple, much like an MRE but the meals were in cans. They used to have cigarettes in Rations until 1972.
    This one here turned out to be in pretty bad shape except the cigarettes.
    Check out this video and see for yourself!
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    www.mreinfo.com/
    www.patreon.com/user?u=282133...
    And thank you everyone for watching & subscribing - hope
    you enjoyed this one, as I certainly did making it!
    -Steve
    ** All Music By: Steve1989 MREinfo **
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    LET'S GET THIS OUT ONTO A TRAY, NICE™
    NICE HISS™
    I'LL BE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING NEW OR OLD, ALRIGHT COOL SEE YA™
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Комментарии • 14 тыс.

  • @Darkseid.of.Apokolips
    @Darkseid.of.Apokolips 4 года назад +8806

    His stomach is having another vietnam war

  • @Adriano66311
    @Adriano66311 3 года назад +5635

    there's vomit on his sweater already, nam spaghetti

  • @davidmarshall7752
    @davidmarshall7752 2 года назад +1167

    Steve is actually ninety-four. It's the irradiated food that gives him a youthful appearance.

    • @luns486
      @luns486 Год назад +81

      It's the sheer amount of preservatives he's consumed from these rations.

    • @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied
      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied Год назад

      Well, we are living in a simulation. The rules appear to be more complex than we were originally led to believe.

    • @pseudonymous1382
      @pseudonymous1382 Год назад

      A lot of food is actually irradiated to kill microbes. Now, if the food were radioactive that would be a problem.

  • @carlebach6676
    @carlebach6676 Год назад +498

    I ate C rations for 45 days. Only had a bowel movement 5 times and that was 5 to many. It was like passing a brick. Korea cold weather training January-February 1974.

  • @nuclear8817
    @nuclear8817 6 лет назад +26933

    You know it's bad when the healthiest thing in the ration is the cigarettes

  • @averageuser9323
    @averageuser9323 4 года назад +3783

    Everybody gangsta until the cheese spread hisses

  • @asheraumack-raner3
    @asheraumack-raner3 2 года назад +743

    I sent my gramp this video, as he served in Vietnam, and I thought he’d like the content. Not only did he enjoy it, but he actually said that this ration was one of his favorites. Love this side of military history, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @georgeglass4105
      @georgeglass4105 Год назад +13

      My personal favorite too.

    • @luns486
      @luns486 Год назад +17

      I'd love to see men who faught in these various conflicts reacting to these videos.

    • @jomosley4751
      @jomosley4751 Год назад +25

      Had to crush the cans before discarding. Kept Charlie from making booby traps out of them

    • @satanamogila9251
      @satanamogila9251 Год назад

      So your grandpa was a war criminal. You must be proud 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @6295607
      @6295607 Год назад

      Holla pops! 🎉❤

  • @WiddleMousie
    @WiddleMousie 6 месяцев назад +67

    As an avid Steve watcher, I still find myself from time to time watching his old content. I have noticed the difference in his voice as he has grown, noticed the difference in scenery, but have never noticed a difference in quality of content or entertainment. Big W’s for Steve all around. Glad to see him back to uploading regularly and I always save his uploads for a late night watch in bed before falling asleep.

    • @goead
      @goead 6 месяцев назад

      Just spread your legs for him already

    • @naenae2350
      @naenae2350 5 месяцев назад

      you def jerked off one of his vids i can tell girl

    • @k0biza
      @k0biza 3 месяца назад

      same, been watching him since i was in 7th grade, i'll be 21 this year. time flies

    • @WiddleMousie
      @WiddleMousie 3 месяца назад +2

      @@k0biza ahh, you may have me beat. I’ve been watching about 10 years when I had my daughter. I have shared him out to so many family members and friends, I truly believe his content can cater to so many crowds. I started watching him when I was doing research on World War I. And have been hooked ever since. The education, the food, the edginess of eating said food despite it being super old and just the wildness of that, and of course the MRE crowd too. I even had a genuinely concerned conversation with my fiancée about him when he stopped posting for awhile. I will never stop watching SteveMRE. Love his content!

  • @brycekrispiez714
    @brycekrispiez714 4 года назад +6935

    “I can smell that through the mask.”
    Bro I can smell that through the video

    • @KingCat3rax
      @KingCat3rax 4 года назад +29

      @SpecOpsMemer your underrated af

    • @brokeangryjerry9605
      @brokeangryjerry9605 4 года назад +11

      @@KingCat3rax no YOUR breathtaking

    • @jaemajor
      @jaemajor 4 года назад +2

      I could hear it

    • @tank5843
      @tank5843 4 года назад +4

      that stuff sometimes smelled bad even fresh

    • @lifeisokay7148
      @lifeisokay7148 4 года назад +1

      Clean ur house

  • @d.s.8227
    @d.s.8227 3 года назад +4133

    "I don't smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" haha

    • @rain6353
      @rain6353 3 года назад +112

      Yeah, came down here to look for this comment lol. I don't smoke (Cigarettes) either, but it would be pretty fun to try those!

    • @tonys8448
      @tonys8448 3 года назад +6

      🤣😂🤣😂

    • @tonys8448
      @tonys8448 3 года назад +3

      @@rain6353 as did i hahaha

    • @ejunkempire2459
      @ejunkempire2459 3 года назад +35

      If you ever need a seasoned smoker to compare them against new smokes, I’d be willing to do that for you. 😂😂😂

    • @ChaplainPhantasm
      @ChaplainPhantasm 3 года назад +23

      I would imagine they have a better smoke flavor, because the only ones putting love in their job, were cigarette companies.

  • @Kilgore482
    @Kilgore482 10 месяцев назад +116

    I love watching how much you appreciate a good historical cigarette. You're a national treasure, Steve.

    • @RealityWrecker
      @RealityWrecker 10 месяцев назад +5

      bro was itching and shaking to get into that Cigarette portion of the ration

  • @ellanina801
    @ellanina801 Год назад +483

    My old roommate was a vet from Vietnam. He passed of a pancreatic tumor a couple of years ago. He was on hospice at home when he left us (in the room that I’m in now lol). Just thinking that he probably ate some of these meals, and enjoyed some of theciggies. Rest in power Dee!

    • @vane8615
      @vane8615 Год назад +17

      I hope you are still doing well

    • @ellanina801
      @ellanina801 Год назад +11

      @@vane8615 thank you! I hope you are doing well also!

    • @re0028
      @re0028 Год назад +12

      Hey man, i just want to wish you a good life and everything to your family. Rest in Power Dee.

    • @ellanina801
      @ellanina801 Год назад +9

      @@re0028 awe 😊thank you! I hope everything the best for you and all of your family and loved ones too ✌️💜

    • @dflo4165
      @dflo4165 Год назад +4

      Retired Navy here, hope you doing well in life. My condolences for your roommate. As you said, may Dee rest with much power!! You will see him again!! My belief.

  • @harrywoods8312
    @harrywoods8312 4 года назад +2986

    “Ima have to smoke a cigarette to get the cheese smell out my room”
    legend

  • @TechHug
    @TechHug 5 лет назад +13377

    If this guy doesn't post for a month I'll assume he died from an old ration.

    • @samuraireincarnation3853
      @samuraireincarnation3853 5 лет назад +197

      Haha same he eats almost anything. Lol

    • @GeoLuchse
      @GeoLuchse 5 лет назад +94

      Yeah, something happened..

    • @broccodoggo8363
      @broccodoggo8363 5 лет назад +135

      Top 10 warnings no one took seriously

    • @greysonG10
      @greysonG10 5 лет назад +151

      Imagine if the dude is afraid of eating ass?

    • @ting6161
      @ting6161 5 лет назад +5

      @@greysonG10 lmao

  • @michaelyang3910
    @michaelyang3910 Год назад +222

    You really, really don’t need to apologize for not eating this

    • @NickSmokes
      @NickSmokes Год назад +32

      i wouldnt get within a counties radius of this biohazard

  • @KidsWithGuns1992
    @KidsWithGuns1992 10 месяцев назад +21

    Hey dude totally random question but the music at the start of your videos is extremely relaxing, it has a nostalgic sound to it that makes me a feel a certain way I can't quite pinpoint.
    Would you ever think of doing like a compilation of tall the songs together? In like a three hour video? That would be really awesome, and very appreciated.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  10 месяцев назад +23

      Dude thank you. The music has always been a fun part of all of this. Been working on a ration photo compilation and the tunes for a while now. Not sure when it's going to be complete & released though.

  • @albundy6008
    @albundy6008 7 лет назад +3154

    that cheese could be classified as a chemical weapon.

    • @gregorystell6858
      @gregorystell6858 7 лет назад +197

      todd krager. that whole box looked like a biohazard

    • @jduff59
      @jduff59 7 лет назад +95

      you could take a fart right in the face and not be bothered after smelling that cheese!

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 6 лет назад +43

      I'm daydreaming of throwing cans of cheese on villagers from a chopper while fortunate son is blasting on some side-slung megaphones

    • @DeloricIluris333
      @DeloricIluris333 6 лет назад +9

      Could use it to make a real dirty bomb.

    • @amandahernandez6117
      @amandahernandez6117 6 лет назад

      Haha xD

  • @squirreloffury9440
    @squirreloffury9440 3 года назад +3577

    "I met this guy, he was buff, but when we got back to his room, it reeked of cigarettes and rotten cheese. He did offer me some 50 year old spaghetti, though."

    • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
      @SuperNuclearUnicorn 3 года назад +146

      Dude's forearms are pretty shredded

    • @dirtwhisperer658
      @dirtwhisperer658 3 года назад +13

      HaHaHa funniest comment on here! LOL.

    • @divaden47
      @divaden47 2 года назад +8

      @@SuperNuclearUnicorn Wonder if he shaves his arms.....look very hairless :D

    • @jollytosty
      @jollytosty 2 года назад +8

      @@divaden47 some later videos he gets a better camera..... it can pick up his hairy arms, trust me he has tons!

    • @lunaluceat
      @lunaluceat 2 года назад +29

      @@SuperNuclearUnicorn yeah, he's one of those cement layer worker guys according to wikipedia. so i guess that explains why he's a smooth-talking, mre-eating tank, he's lofting huge bags of cement all day

  • @Originalchubbz77
    @Originalchubbz77 Год назад +84

    I admire and respect your commitment to check everything out! You open rotten rancid food and probe it for your viewers amusement when all you wanted was a cup of coffee and a smoke. Love the videos and love learning about how troops were fed and are still being fed today in active service. Keep up the good work!

    • @ryansmith-so4zi
      @ryansmith-so4zi Год назад

      Hotdawg

    • @chrisullery3386
      @chrisullery3386 Год назад

      They aren't getting this crap today, MREs are alot better.

    • @Originalchubbz77
      @Originalchubbz77 Год назад

      @@chrisullery3386 derrr

    • @chrisullery3386
      @chrisullery3386 Год назад

      @@Originalchubbz77 my bad I thought you meant that they were still getting that crap, I ate that shit in 1977 and was still in when the MREs came out.

    • @Originalchubbz77
      @Originalchubbz77 Год назад +1

      @@chrisullery3386 no worries 😊.

  • @conn0rized292
    @conn0rized292 10 месяцев назад +6

    His knees weak,
    Arms are heavy,
    There's vomit in this ration already,
    'Nam Spaghetti

  • @ev9554
    @ev9554 7 лет назад +5016

    The funny thing is, the pack of smokes are less likely to kill him than anything else in the box.

    • @RedColdRitsu
      @RedColdRitsu 7 лет назад +173

      Eddy Is Ready I'll have 2 number 9's.

    • @fabianramirez7807
      @fabianramirez7807 7 лет назад +87

      SmackDown! StopmotionTV a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip.

    • @LifeEnjoyer463
      @LifeEnjoyer463 7 лет назад +121

      Aww Smoke, you full a shit!

    • @ev9554
      @ev9554 7 лет назад +67

      Carl Johnson CJ?

    • @ciawozahao8685
      @ciawozahao8685 7 лет назад +54

      Fabian Ramirez 2 number 45's one with cheese and a large soda

  • @montroyryan
    @montroyryan 4 года назад +2879

    Vietnam Vet: "I've seen some things"
    Steve: "I've smelled some things"

    • @cosmictr4shtv992
      @cosmictr4shtv992 4 года назад +14

      Idubbbz: I’ve been through worse...

    • @statik1445
      @statik1445 4 года назад +31

      James Tisdale that literally makes no sense

    • @khoichau675
      @khoichau675 4 года назад

      From vn with....blablabla
      By the way 4 get it :v

    • @veronicam2942
      @veronicam2942 4 года назад +1

      😆

    • @ambassador8524
      @ambassador8524 4 года назад

      montroyryan cheesy 👎

  • @bellah8393
    @bellah8393 Год назад +11

    My dad did two tours in Vietnam in the ‘60’s and came home about ‘72. He brought a bunch of these meals home intending to use them for camping. We kids would go into the garage and take the gum out and we would look for the cans that had a round chocolate disc in them and eat them. They were pretty good. He probably STILL has some in his garage now. Lol

    • @TextileGeorge
      @TextileGeorge 10 месяцев назад +1

      It'd be cool if he could donate one or two to MRESteve to open and try on the channel

    • @bellah8393
      @bellah8393 10 месяцев назад

      @@TextileGeorge I’m sure he would be happy to, if he still has them. I can sure ask him.

    • @ostrich67
      @ostrich67 5 месяцев назад

      Let's get those out onto a tray. Nice!

    • @zlinedavid
      @zlinedavid 2 месяца назад

      And they’re probably no less edible than when he put them there! 😂

  • @johnburrows1179
    @johnburrows1179 Год назад +12

    That brought back memories. My favorite was ham and eggs. We became quite the chefs when it came to C rats. Guys would invent all kinds of different concoctions. The P38 was our most prized possession, without that you didn’t eat. There were always extra p38s at the bottom of the Crats case, but most times they were gone. The rear echelon mfrs would pick through the good shit and then repack them for us in the field. When guys saw it was an unopened case, they’d scramble to get the good stuff lol. 1st Cav 68-70

    • @rodiculous9464
      @rodiculous9464 11 месяцев назад

      Couldn't you open it with a knife? I do that when camping and such, but maybe those old cans were tougher

  • @cbremer83
    @cbremer83 8 лет назад +4348

    I have no idea how I ended up here.

    • @GrizzlySkater234
      @GrizzlySkater234 8 лет назад +16

      Same

    • @nunyabinnis940
      @nunyabinnis940 8 лет назад +29

      same.
      its 1 am where im at and i have z mid term tomorrow. probably should be sleeping

    • @rueandbea
      @rueandbea 8 лет назад +2

      +Ethan De Cohen good luck!

    • @nunyabinnis940
      @nunyabinnis940 8 лет назад +1

      ayyy im a dork :D thanks :/

    • @rebel360
      @rebel360 8 лет назад

      +Ethan De Cohen lol same hahah

  • @PISCESBEATS
    @PISCESBEATS 4 года назад +2475

    "I don't smoke cigarettes... but when I do, they're at least 45 years old"
    - Steve1989MREInfo 4/11/16

    • @brlamb5
      @brlamb5 4 года назад +45

      The most interesting Steve in the world.

    • @WPI94
      @WPI94 4 года назад +1

      Gold

    • @stolin4039
      @stolin4039 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @spacecat77
      @spacecat77 4 года назад +6

      The only good reason to smoke

    • @CarbonVamp
      @CarbonVamp 4 года назад +1

      Solid Steve

  • @grace-loves-hamsters
    @grace-loves-hamsters Год назад +40

    As someone who has a very sensitive sense of smell, I have so much respect for your dedication!! 👏

  • @LordMarlle
    @LordMarlle Год назад +9

    If I were to make a war movie, I'd cast Steve as the quartermaster in a heartbeat. The most chill dude on youtube
    Oh, and he'd do the soundtrack as well

  • @zeroblackzx
    @zeroblackzx 3 года назад +402

    You know its bad when he says, "I gotta smoke a cigarette to get this bad smell out,"

    • @8bitpixelbreakin
      @8bitpixelbreakin 2 года назад +14

      One of my coworker actually did this once. I was working at a fast food restaurant at the time, and they were cleaning the drains up front. The whole store smelled like death, so the *supervisor* started walking around, vaping, to try and cover it up. When that didn't work, he lit up a cigarette and did the same thing again. He was never reprimanded for this, and he was still working when I quit.

  • @thomasdemay9805
    @thomasdemay9805 6 лет назад +1680

    "i don't smoke cigarettes. but when i do they're at least 45 years old" ROFL

    • @phil9256
      @phil9256 6 лет назад +47

      Best comment ever. When I heard him say that I thought it should be part of a commercial or something.

    • @assraper1399
      @assraper1399 6 лет назад +28

      "I'm teeling ya, cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up"

    • @scottieray
      @scottieray 6 лет назад +18

      I only smoke cigarettes older than my women.

    • @Gonthor1000
      @Gonthor1000 6 лет назад +4

      SO WITH THAT BEING SAID.........

    • @tuaboy0255
      @tuaboy0255 6 лет назад +4

      Stay smokey my friends

  • @zyotich
    @zyotich 2 года назад +2

    Steve, you rock! Dialed this up on a whim and it's exactly what I needed to see and hear tonight. Thank you!

  • @dannyparrack6848
    @dannyparrack6848 2 года назад +5

    Your descriptions had me busting a gut! And what makes it REALLY funny, is that you didn't use any profanity or vulgarity at all!
    Keep up the good work!

  • @williamwagner787
    @williamwagner787 8 лет назад +1128

    Never have I been so entertained by a man opening tin cans.

    • @dave3gs
      @dave3gs 8 лет назад +14

      Same

    • @albcf2000
      @albcf2000 8 лет назад +8

      got damn true

    • @jslfc
      @jslfc 8 лет назад +1

      Amen.

    • @ExtraGloves240
      @ExtraGloves240 8 лет назад +3

      Neither have I. This is very entertaining.

    • @Fridelain
      @Fridelain 8 лет назад +11

      Go to +Ashens channel

  • @BlasterShell3000
    @BlasterShell3000 5 лет назад +771

    Hello, I'm from 2018. You've likely heard Steve say that this will be his last time ever opening processed cheese. I can tell you that he will keep opening processed cheese anyways.

  • @snowboarder3n1
    @snowboarder3n1 Год назад +11

    “I don’t smoke cigarettes, but when I do they are at least 45 years old.” That’s the best line

  • @andreaknibbs9328
    @andreaknibbs9328 Год назад

    Had such a good time and lots of laughs watching this! Thanks Steve1989!

  • @FlawsReal
    @FlawsReal 7 лет назад +3249

    I wonder how I ended up in here.. But this is actually kinda interesting to see

    • @vertez9957
      @vertez9957 7 лет назад +4

      Flaws Yeah same

    • @ThomasRyanEdits
      @ThomasRyanEdits 7 лет назад +2

      true

    • @heeeydevon8262
      @heeeydevon8262 7 лет назад +14

      Flaws bro.... I was listening to slipknot.... And was somehow recommended this.

    • @up_Oiseau
      @up_Oiseau 7 лет назад +6

      I was watching Oblivion videos.

    • @flyinggeneral
      @flyinggeneral 7 лет назад +10

      Yep. Was watching Jojo and blackhead removal videos.

  • @niallzoful
    @niallzoful 5 лет назад +733

    "I don't smoke cigarrettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old" - legend

  • @TheLaundryGuy32
    @TheLaundryGuy32 Год назад +8

    wow the sound of that 1969 air being released

  • @NegitoroIsBestShip
    @NegitoroIsBestShip 6 месяцев назад +5

    I love that Steve doesn’t reach for an air freshener to get rid of bad smells, he goes for the cigarettes XD

  • @Hyreia
    @Hyreia 5 лет назад +540

    "I'm telling you: cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." I would think it'd be hard to find many people who would actually disagree with you.

    • @gravnine
      @gravnine 5 лет назад +45

      the french

    • @thezodiac8973
      @thezodiac8973 5 лет назад +17

      Every french person with 2 million year old cheese waiting to eat it before they die.

    • @Ghettowater
      @Ghettowater 5 лет назад

      XDDDD

  • @OcotilloTom
    @OcotilloTom 6 лет назад +2574

    I served two tours in Vietnam, 1965-66, 1970-71. My favorite C-rats were Ham and Eggs chopped and Ham and Lima's. Beef Spiced wasn't bad either. We usually had Tabasco sauce sent from home to liven them up a bit. The canteen water with halazone tabs tasted awful so we also had packs of Cool Aid mailed to us. They included heat tabs to heat the meals but I usually used C-4 explosive. You could pinch a small piece off and light it up. It was the "microwave" of field cooking, fast and hot! I didn't smoke so I would trade cigarettes to other Marines who did. We gave the Vietnamese kids the candy and cookies and hot chocolate packs that came in some rations. Marine Corps tours were 13 months long ,my unit was always in the field so we would get one hot meal a day most of the time. Rest of the time it was C-rats. for your meals and a rubber poncho for your roof. When you were killed the poncho also became your shroud.
    Tom Boyte, Gy.Sgt., USMC retired

    • @melquesidek
      @melquesidek 6 лет назад +218

      Tom Boyte Thank you for your service Tom. How fast would you go through a tobasco container/bottle?

    • @nolanthomas7133
      @nolanthomas7133 6 лет назад +72

      Damn, took me back in time!

    • @truenameunknown
      @truenameunknown 6 лет назад +110

      Thanks for your service.

    • @ItzTemper
      @ItzTemper 6 лет назад +93

      Thank you for your service sir!

    • @ErnieJ89
      @ErnieJ89 6 лет назад +69

      'rah Gunny. Thank you for your service.

  • @ssgss4iammacabeefu_
    @ssgss4iammacabeefu_ Год назад

    The blisters on your hands are admirable. Hitting the pull-up bar consistently.

  • @rodiculous9464
    @rodiculous9464 11 месяцев назад +3

    I just want to say I really like your intro and outtro music idk why but it just hits right. Reminds me a bit of some retro videogame music

  • @E92TilInfinity
    @E92TilInfinity 7 лет назад +1566

    "i don't smoke cigarettes, but when i do, they're atleast 45 years old" brilliant

    • @juliolp95
      @juliolp95 7 лет назад +1

      Skankhunt42 same

    • @crossswordsproductions2059
      @crossswordsproductions2059 7 лет назад +21

      Mainly because the older the cigarette, the lesser the chemicals it'll contain

    • @Endeavour30
      @Endeavour30 7 лет назад

      brilliant.

    • @TnRebelnFl
      @TnRebelnFl 7 лет назад +30

      And so full of worm holes you have to smoke them like you are playing a flute

    • @Tate_Cunningham
      @Tate_Cunningham 7 лет назад +92

      he is, the the most interesting man in the world

  • @failed_K
    @failed_K 4 года назад +2415

    Imagine if smells could be transferred across devices

    • @Ass_Raiders_OG
      @Ass_Raiders_OG 4 года назад +82

      The horror! 😂

    • @MrsKrisLaw
      @MrsKrisLaw 4 года назад +73

      FUCK NOOOOOOO

    • @morgolig6095
      @morgolig6095 4 года назад +42

      Eugh.
      I’d be dead with all the videos like these I watch.

    • @chrislewis4606
      @chrislewis4606 4 года назад +12

      ruclips.net/video/0czFnIvKOJY/видео.html

    • @itsaboutthattime4425
      @itsaboutthattime4425 4 года назад +5

      Chris Lewis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @patrickmckowen1154
    @patrickmckowen1154 Год назад +23

    This dude's the Bob Ross of MRE eating youtubers.

  • @PlumpHotdog
    @PlumpHotdog 2 года назад

    Dude is so chill. His "nice" gets me every time. Semper Fi brother

  • @kantikun134970
    @kantikun134970 5 лет назад +663

    “I don’t usually smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they’re usually 45 years old.” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @pineapple6311
    @pineapple6311 7 лет назад +662

    imagine this ration was supposed to be opened by a hungry exhausted poor soldier 47 years ago and then a random guy opens it in 2016 :D kinda crazy

    • @dudeskidude8376
      @dudeskidude8376 7 лет назад +2

      Pineapple
      I like the way you think bud

    • @TheKilla1777
      @TheKilla1777 7 лет назад +1

      Pineapple 2017*

    • @TheKilla1777
      @TheKilla1777 7 лет назад

      Joshua Fairley ik lol im being sarcastic

    • @MentalMonkey2525
      @MentalMonkey2525 7 лет назад +8

      +TheKilla1777 How is that sarcasm?

    • @kyezek524
      @kyezek524 7 лет назад

      Yeah and he didn't even use an electronic can opener like it was still 1969

  • @3rdPlaya0709
    @3rdPlaya0709 6 дней назад

    I love this one! Always come back to it

  • @stev6963
    @stev6963 7 месяцев назад

    This has to be one of the most interesting rabbit holes I’ve fallen into on RUclips. This is truly so fascinating!

  • @comradesentournjr3696
    @comradesentournjr3696 3 года назад +1587

    My favorite part about these videos is how he openly acknowledges how disgusting all of this is but he keeps doing it even though nobody is making him, lmao

    • @Por-poI
      @Por-poI Год назад +26

      For science!!

    • @AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw
      @AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Год назад +13

      Hell I wish he stopped

    • @201hastings
      @201hastings Год назад +6

      @@Por-poI more of a fetish

    • @brettscott8288
      @brettscott8288 Год назад +4

      I grew up near Cherterfield, VA. Richmond had a lot of cigarette factories back in the day.

    • @br3akstuff
      @br3akstuff Год назад +1

      @@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Why

  • @RqtiOfficial
    @RqtiOfficial 7 лет назад +2923

    "Oh man this argh its just argh yeaa"

    • @cici.trinity
      @cici.trinity 6 лет назад +15

      Rqti Lmao

    • @Oipeeepwns
      @Oipeeepwns 6 лет назад +73

      i cant stand the commentary its like when youre watching porn and the dude keeps making sounds n shit

    • @edrlw
      @edrlw 6 лет назад +6

      LOL

    • @JoseRodriguez-er9jq
      @JoseRodriguez-er9jq 5 лет назад +4

      Throw up already

    • @asong4thedead
      @asong4thedead 5 лет назад +11

      @@TheDiscusserOriginal I'd watch. "Niiice".

  • @thetruth7264
    @thetruth7264 Год назад

    Hey honestly saw that it had been 5 months since your last video hope everything’s going well. Your videos are incredible and you can tell you actually care.

  • @karenflanagan1961
    @karenflanagan1961 Год назад

    Thanks for showing these videos of war's past especially Vietnam windows to the past.

  • @freakyfadge
    @freakyfadge 4 года назад +1640

    There's something magic about seeing a perfectly preserved packet of cigarettes from 50 years ago, it's like time travel.

    • @Krivbeknih29303
      @Krivbeknih29303 4 года назад +25

      Fallout...

    • @hubert9841
      @hubert9841 4 года назад +70

      I would smoke those smokes

    • @ChiralSpirals
      @ChiralSpirals 4 года назад +15

      Its a shame to open them but its nothing I wouldnt do

    • @billystink4611
      @billystink4611 4 года назад +57

      That’s back when they were healthy, before all the new ones were made with cancer in them.

    • @DJTrickiMusic
      @DJTrickiMusic 4 года назад +19

      @@billystink4611 yea, k.

  • @christopherengel7436
    @christopherengel7436 3 года назад +290

    "I tell ya cheese from the 60's just doesn't hold up." Lmfao

  • @r.c.c.3871
    @r.c.c.3871 2 года назад +2

    I was in Boy Scouts in the 1970's and we regularly got oversized deliveries of surplus army chow from the local guard units, among them were C rations, large cans of "survival crackers" 1 gallon cans of the best peanut butter I've ever had and a bunch of other foods. I liked the C rations, though we didn't get any that had cigarettes in them. Watching you open this took me right back to my days as a Second Class Boy Scout. I was glad to eat these in my tent in the rain, and doubly glad the war ended before we had to eat them in the Nam.

  • @jonreedau81
    @jonreedau81 Год назад +29

    I bought the same C-rat from an Army-Navy store back in high school- approx. 75 or 76. Ate the whole thing but it was a lot fresher than yours was back then. The cigarettes were too stale to smoke though.

  • @Thomas-lk5cu
    @Thomas-lk5cu 5 лет назад +1469

    *”Uhh nnhhya hhnya nnya nnhhha”*
    - Steve

  • @rrudydedogg3779
    @rrudydedogg3779 5 лет назад +1019

    I served in Nam from '70 to '71 and I'm still passing gas from that cheese spread. It honestly wasn't that bad but it gave Velveeta gourmet status. After C Rats I thought MREs were terrific!

    • @valcc7797
      @valcc7797 4 года назад +84

      Rrudy DeDogg Thank you for your service ❤️💪🏼

    • @oswaldoking229
      @oswaldoking229 4 года назад +6

      How old are you?

    • @juanjuarez4898
      @juanjuarez4898 4 года назад +88

      @@alexbondor9207 aww ur an ass lmao be more respectful

    • @Exploretheearthh
      @Exploretheearthh 4 года назад

      Hayden Dixon see what who did??

    • @user-ol6wp9fy5u
      @user-ol6wp9fy5u 4 года назад +6

      alex bondor scumbag

  • @rhiannonkinney4164
    @rhiannonkinney4164 Год назад

    Such neat videos. I always enjoy watching things like this. Great video.

  • @thesunchild2101
    @thesunchild2101 Год назад +3

    Steve, I appreciate your videos immensely. Thank you for sharing your vintage MREs with us. By far, your information and commentary are the best out there. ✌

  • @awsomesause333
    @awsomesause333 4 года назад +840

    This brings back memories! We would use thermo tabs to heat up the main course. I had this spaghetti meal as my first experience with c-rats. Why I remember.....heat from the thermo tab was causing the spaghetti to rise up out of the can!. My DI yelled at me for not putting a vent hole thru the middle to let the expanding air to escape!!! USMC 1972

    • @raulramirez6052
      @raulramirez6052 4 года назад +38

      awsomesause333 semper fi!

    • @igloopoo6860
      @igloopoo6860 4 года назад +37

      Great memories. Thank you for sharing sir

    • @eatu4tea
      @eatu4tea 4 года назад +25

      Legend!

    • @MrYeahyuhhh
      @MrYeahyuhhh 4 года назад +50

      we appreciate your service 🇺🇸

    • @Kevin-vn2ww
      @Kevin-vn2ww 4 года назад +48

      I'm sorry you had to experience such a futile war

  • @anthonycardillo1957
    @anthonycardillo1957 4 года назад +333

    "Havent had a C Ration Malboro in like a year"

    • @Augur_RAzul
      @Augur_RAzul 3 года назад +9

      Top 3 best moments of the whole video.

    • @MarkJusty777
      @MarkJusty777 3 года назад +2

      He earned it.

  • @tamiiymchristineragercollins
    @tamiiymchristineragercollins Год назад +3

    I love watching your videos Steve. Thank you God bless you ❤️

  • @MelinaPaez
    @MelinaPaez Год назад +3

    When he goes, “OH, MAN!” you know it’s gonna be a banger. 😍

  • @austinpitts594
    @austinpitts594 3 года назад +321

    "How was Vietnam?" "I've smelled some things man"

    • @FrankieAmadeian.
      @FrankieAmadeian. 3 года назад +8

      Napalm in the morning, for example.

    • @kienthunder4974
      @kienthunder4974 3 года назад +3

      @@FrankieAmadeian. bruh napalm is powerful but it wasn t able to use(sorry my English is bad because i am Vietnamese)

    • @pman123
      @pman123 3 года назад +4

      @@kienthunder4974 You a talking bush?

    • @kienthunder4974
      @kienthunder4974 3 года назад +2

      @@pman123 bruhhh

    • @flamingdog9207
      @flamingdog9207 2 года назад +6

      "You weren't there, man... The cheese spread.. The fucking cheese spread..."

  • @elviejodelmar2795
    @elviejodelmar2795 6 лет назад +133

    For those who are interested in how the C-ration was managed and prepared and a little about the life of a line doggy in Vietnam, here's a long post.
    I say managed because, as a brand new 2d lt., one of the first things my platoon sergeant showed me was how to distribute our resupply drops (which he did as the platoon sergeant). There were certain ítems that were coveted -- pecan cake roll, pound cake, peaches and applesauce being at the top of the list -- and none of them came in the same ration.
    So, to avoid conflicts and claims of favoritism, he would open each case, turn it up side down and move the boxes around to make them random -- because everyone quickly learned to memorize the location of each ration in the case. Then, each guy in the platoon, platoon leader and sergeant included took a turn pulling out their choices.
    The bartering then began. You see, everyone wanted to do things like combine pound cake with peaches or pecan cake roll with applesauce. The problem being they each came in different boxes. The bartering often included one guy agreeing to trade a desireable can -- like spiced beef -- for an undesireable one -- like ham and eggs (affectionately known as ham and mfers) in order to get his prized peaches, or what ever.
    The Tabasco company produced a C-ration Cookbook that was sent free of charge to anyone writing from a Vietnam APO (Army Post Office). Pizza could be made by taking out the cheese and all but one cracker from the B-2 unit; mixing the cheese spread with a spiced beef unit; dumping the mix on top of the remaining cracker; placing another cracker on top; putting the can back in the box and lighting the box on fire. The pizza was ready when the box went out.
    Apple crunch could be made by mixing applesauce in with the pecan cake roll, puting the can in the box -- well, you get the idea.
    If you had access to the local economy, ramen noodles were used as the starting ingredient in many a combat stew. The ammo can for machinegun rounds was a good size for cooking stew and easily carried. Of course, everyone carried a bottle of Tabasco sauce along with a bottle of LSA (gun lubricant) and had a can opener hung from his dog tags chain.
    And that's the way it was.

    • @patshmear10101
      @patshmear10101 5 лет назад +6

      Awesome, thanks for sharing Ed

    • @ZachCG
      @ZachCG 5 лет назад +7

      great story! love finding hidden gems like this in the comment section

    • @ericadams5997
      @ericadams5997 5 лет назад +3

      Damn, I really enjoyed that read.

    • @NavajoSunBeauty
      @NavajoSunBeauty 5 лет назад +1

      Awesome story! Thank you for your service ♡♡♡

    • @briandamage2164
      @briandamage2164 5 лет назад +1

      Great bit of history in his story, see what I did ? Good read mate, thanking you kindly

  • @shaunkukla9004
    @shaunkukla9004 Год назад

    Steve! So happy your channel is rocking man. Burner brother gettin it!!

  • @natetrout1
    @natetrout1 5 лет назад +1319

    Post apocalyptic Reviewbrah

    • @vbh_23
      @vbh_23 5 лет назад +5

      Nate Trout lol

    • @ripperoni5338
      @ripperoni5338 5 лет назад +4

      reviewbrah is what people call this guy who reviews fast food on youtube. His name is ReportOfTheWeek

    • @bedrantje
      @bedrantje 5 лет назад +16

      After the nuclear bombs dropped, reviewbrah had to kill to survive and got a lean body and let his hair grow

    • @KM-hd9wx
      @KM-hd9wx 5 лет назад +13

      He actually looks like review brah and the guy from demolition ranch combined

    • @ibulleti7948
      @ibulleti7948 5 лет назад +1

      They're brothers

  • @pmf2994
    @pmf2994 3 года назад +752

    Nam 1971, Thanks, I. Just got a flashback watching. It tasted and smelled as bad as it looked when it was “fresh”. The ham & beans were even a step down from the spaghetti ration. I bought a lot of beef jerky and candy bars to survive and traded or sold the rations.

    • @stevekillgore9272
      @stevekillgore9272 2 года назад +88

      Thank you, and all your fellows for Serving. Glad you got home. My uncle the Marine got home, the little girl who was going to be my new sister didn't make it out.

    • @Zack29810
      @Zack29810 2 года назад +17

      thanks for your service.

    • @allanlugo8095
      @allanlugo8095 2 года назад +24

      73. Vietnam..I liked it getter than mre

    • @JakeRidesBikez
      @JakeRidesBikez 2 года назад +9

      so what did people nickname the Ham and Lima Beans?

    • @trevorstokes4179
      @trevorstokes4179 2 года назад +10

      @@stevekillgore9272 I'm so sorry for your sister, my heart dropped as soon as I read that. :(

  • @davestier6247
    @davestier6247 9 месяцев назад +3

    "It's in my room, and it's just awful" this man is a living legend 😂

  • @marty5822
    @marty5822 Год назад +2

    Wow. I thought I'd never see those again. Thanks for the memory!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @tudo8412
      @tudo8412 Год назад +1

      Me too…at that time (67-72) I was just a kid. I knew because the Soldiers used to give me every time they came back to the base in VungTau if I met them. Which I liked the most was the B3 box. What was in the memory is hard to forget each time it is looked back. Thank you to all the soldiers who served in Vietnam and GOD bless you all. ❤

  • @bahubalilangdatyaagi8664
    @bahubalilangdatyaagi8664 4 года назад +1686

    1969 : In future we are going to have flying cars
    2019 : Millions watching opening of cans

    • @fluffdaluff6035
      @fluffdaluff6035 4 года назад +14

      Nuh-Uh, Cans with old, unedible food inside.

    • @DavidAbyssal
      @DavidAbyssal 4 года назад

      Jjsjajajajajaaaa...

    • @Attachments.
      @Attachments. 4 года назад +8

      And they are working on flying cars now. Cant wait till they actually make one and these comments can die

    • @thehick009
      @thehick009 4 года назад +6

      Just think. Watching opening of cans while riding in flying cars.

    • @howardfortyfive9676
      @howardfortyfive9676 4 года назад

      @@fluffdaluff6035 *AIN'T YA GOT ANY GUTS BOY??*

  • @OfficialOsarcMusic
    @OfficialOsarcMusic 5 лет назад +1083

    3:57
    "Ewwgh..look at that...ewgh! it's so acidic and sour!...ehya uhg oh oo...yeah here we go! Hey, look at that!"
    "Check that out, I don't think there's any rust in that can!"

  • @likeicare1234
    @likeicare1234 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Steve, I've watched some of your videos like 7-8 years ago. Always loved them. I'm 33 now and I've been craving a Peter Gabriel SO picture for my home, in good quality. At 17:25 I spotted it. LOVE that you have that album. Take care my man. Love your stuff to this day.

    • @Steve1989MRE
      @Steve1989MRE  4 месяца назад

      Hey man right on thank you! Peter Gabriel is truly one of a kind. So is a gem. Him and his crew put a ton of amazing work into that album and it's truly timeless and inspiring. Thanks for stopping by, take care and see ya around.

  • @larsl3694
    @larsl3694 8 месяцев назад

    Great man, a time capsule indeed. for me it really gives a look into life back then

  • @dr.hemp_xl1616
    @dr.hemp_xl1616 4 года назад +552

    The way he speaks of everything and how his voice sounds just makes it funnier 😂

    • @imnotabot7878
      @imnotabot7878 4 года назад +13

      Ohh ooooo,OOoOoOgiiiiii

    • @dr.hemp_xl1616
      @dr.hemp_xl1616 4 года назад +1

      😂😂

    • @bradmazza5842
      @bradmazza5842 4 года назад +4

      Niiccee!!

    • @mailman1052
      @mailman1052 3 года назад +6

      Yeah he's funny without trying to be...he's a natural 🔥🔥

    • @lh6784
      @lh6784 Год назад

      I know. I'm crying watching this and listening to him.😂😂😂😂

  • @LukasDorian
    @LukasDorian 4 года назад +901

    So you tellin me I just have to order a few of those and I can still get toilet paper ?

    • @danielj1642
      @danielj1642 4 года назад +7

      LMAO!!

    • @skybot9998
      @skybot9998 4 года назад +6

      With so many people hording toilet paper a 1969 c'rat box will be the only place to get toilet paper..

    • @mrdrank5772
      @mrdrank5772 3 года назад +2

      Use some water. It’s even more hygienic

  • @djparsons7363
    @djparsons7363 10 месяцев назад +4

    I was in Nam in 67 and ate c-rations the whole year in the boonies. Didn't have spaghetti in our rations, all the cases of rations were from 1943 and the cigarettes would often have holes in them from tobacco worms. Ah, the good old days!

  • @m-r-ian5682
    @m-r-ian5682 Год назад

    Awesome review Steve! As you say... NICE!

  • @efp722
    @efp722 8 лет назад +517

    What the fuck am I watching? And why did i just subscribe?

  • @CaryKelly11
    @CaryKelly11 6 лет назад +380

    Next Video: Sampling 20,000 year old turkey found in stomach of frozen saber toothed tiger.

  • @terry4815
    @terry4815 Год назад

    Hey man I love your show brother super job,been watching about two months now and you are the only RUclips channel I have ever liked ,subscribed and share.I can't wait to see what's next.

  • @MarkJusty777
    @MarkJusty777 Год назад +1

    Man, that was the best hiss yet. There should be a compilation of the best hisses and/or the most rancid food.

  • @zen3817
    @zen3817 3 года назад +649

    Hands down nicest hiss in all of hisses and we aren’t even blessed with a “nice hiss” :(

    • @SerabiiBot
      @SerabiiBot 3 года назад +106

      A hiss so nice yet so rancid that it left him speechless.

    • @ZainorZafran
      @ZainorZafran 3 года назад +42

      The hiss sounds sinister

    • @mrshenanigan5044
      @mrshenanigan5044 3 года назад +2

      exactly what I was thinking

    • @downhome7500
      @downhome7500 3 года назад +26

      That's because it wasn't a nice hiss, it was a bad hiss. It's only a nice hiss when the item inside is still okay to consume.

    • @chriszipter2578
      @chriszipter2578 3 года назад +1

      I instinctively said it in antipation for him saying it lol

  • @B-Reel929
    @B-Reel929 5 лет назад +155

    I showed this to my Pop and he said "The goddamn sweet rolls always stick. Crack both sides and push it out."

  • @davidh8018
    @davidh8018 Месяц назад

    This channel is fascinating. I can’t stop watching. Subscribed. Bet that cig was delicious too

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash Год назад +4

    You don’t smoke cigarettes but when you do they’re at least 45 years old.
    Now that is hilarious Steve!!

  • @ginopunsalan
    @ginopunsalan 8 лет назад +109

    As a kid I've had C rations back in the 70s. They were sold in what was called PX stores near the US bases here in the Philippines. The food wasn't bad but it wasn't great. But if one were battle weary and hungry I can see how these could have been a treat. I ate them because I got a kick out imagining that I was at war.

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 8 лет назад +1

      my mother is Filipino. Bella Umambac (now Bella Marx).
      We live in Beaufort, South Carolina (USA), and the Marine base here has a PX. I believe it stands for Paris Island Exchange.
      So I Guess your PX stands for Philippine Exchange.
      It's strange that something as inherently devastating as War could foster cultural exchange.

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 8 лет назад +2

      oop. just looked it up...
      BX=BASE EXCHANGE
      PX=POST EXCHANGE

    • @marksharkey4484
      @marksharkey4484 8 лет назад +7

      When your out in the bush and hungry those c-rats were gourmet food.....and the cigs were good too!

    • @userface4414
      @userface4414 7 лет назад +2

      my mother discovered cheese through b-rations. when she came to the U.S., she was hooked on cheese. it's funny to think these were the exact rations that were a great memory to a nine-year-old in Vietnam. we'll never forget the people who served. thank you.

    • @userface4414
      @userface4414 7 лет назад +1

      oops c-rations, sorry.

  • @heroniite
    @heroniite 5 лет назад +148

    Bruh im scared to even see something that is 1 min out of date and we got this guy over here eating shit from the stone age

  • @r.s.204
    @r.s.204 6 месяцев назад

    The track in the beginning is seriously so good, I wish there was a longer version available

  • @robertbabcock4014
    @robertbabcock4014 Год назад +2

    I had those at Basic at FT Knox in 1975, so boxes were marked mace in 1945, they had Chesterfield' Lucky Strikes, and Camels. The Nam era had new brands, the cheese and peanut butter were in their own cans on top of the main meal. 3 years later no more cigarettes in the condiment package.

  • @WarmageGarrison
    @WarmageGarrison 4 года назад +199

    My mans really unpacked a school lunch in front of us and thought we wouldnt notice

  • @francescogamba8280
    @francescogamba8280 5 лет назад +2707

    His p38 is ready
    Tar’s leaked, cans are smelly
    There’s a spoon on his ration already
    'Nam Spaghetti
    (Edit: 'Nam Spaghetti does sound better lol)

  • @King-Ransom
    @King-Ransom Год назад +1

    When you were talking about the cheese being ghastly, I said it at the same time you did. Perfect synchronization lol.

  • @Tiffany-kf7zu
    @Tiffany-kf7zu Год назад +15

    It would seem like food was an afterthought for the soldiers in Nam. Those boys gave us too much. God bless you all, and RIP to those who didn't make it home for a real meal.🙏😔🙏❤️

    • @wea69420
      @wea69420 Год назад +1

      they sure gave the govt a lot but the people got jack shit out of it. They were sent to a jungle to kill peasants for no real benefit for their loved ones.
      Sorry for the somber comment but that's the kind of shit no one should be forgetting.

  • @FBI-5
    @FBI-5 4 года назад +486

    The noises he makes in resistance is just so funny to me.