MRE Review: Italy ~Razione Viveri Speciale da Combattimento~
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- HEY ALL! I just received another one of these rations. If anyone knows anyone in the Italian Forces with experience in the field with these please get in touch, or have them get in touch so I can learn any tips or tricks how the guys & gals in the forces really eat this stuff. CHEERS!
Thanks Lars for hooking me up with this!
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If we could get this menu in our ration line up. It would definitely make it into the Top 10. Hats off to the Italian Ministry of Defense. Thanks Gundog for bringing this to youtube!
Mooky Mann Rations like this are very comprehensive and seem to have tons of stuff. Kind of why I really like the simplicity of Japanese rations too. Both have their merits. Cheers
Italy is one of the best cultures. Go Italians!
The Armyantnation Love the culture! The traffic...we'll not get into that LOL
gundog4314 i'm into that eveyday lol
the thing on the chocolate was sugar, it get exposed with humidity :D
Oh yeahh im proud to be italian!
+Lallaa me to.
Lallaa that's nothing to be proud of!!
Dove sono le lasagne? E la pasta al forno? E i 2kg di focaccia?
Ma sopratutto, dov'è il mini mandolino portatile?
+Fadebola Ahahahahahah
+Steven Gutierrez Yes, I was just wondering about 2-3 kg of food missing :)
per una volta che uno vuole essere ironico :)
:)
A differenza di altri paesi.... Mangiano come signori anche i nostri soldati... Nice Video Dude :D
I love when he puts 8 ounces of water with that tiny packet of coffee lol. They are Italian rations, not folger's crystals
😂😂😂
Nice video, but you might want to know that those Amuchina tablets are not really water purification tablets, they're a disinfectant, turns water into it and then you can clean items, fruit and vegetables with it in order to remove the bacteria.
It is however possible to be used as water purification tablets, but only in an "emergency situation" as written on the instructions, one tablet in 15 liters of water (not 1.5L), as it is noxious if ingested.
Still have to admit those Wurstel look very tasty!
SpaceLizard1
quanti italiani ci sono qui nei commenti??
é 1000 volte meglio rispetto a quello americano
Teomoto cazzo se hai ragione anche se sono vegetariano
Bescattuo dolcee
mathias bagolin xD hahahahah già il bello è che ha detto all inizio che è stato in italia un paio di volte
Giuseppe Spada tanta stima
that coffee it's for an espresso ç_ç
SicilianScoundrel vaglielo a far capire
The rise salad, in Italy, is eaten cold. It's a typical summer food!
Rice* oh ok good
This is the first time I've seen a toothbrush included in an MRE. The US should take note, it's a good idea.
the spanish breackfast rations include a toothbrushm it comes in the breackfast and is suposed to last you for the day, its encapsulated and you get a portion of toothpaste with every meal
of course the Italy ration is incredibly massive lol
BDOT911 le tagliatelle della nonna pi.....ok la smetto
And you junk food we are massive but in America is junkkk burger chips chicken legs and others we eat vitamin food..... L'ho spento!!!!!
When do these Italians have time to fight with all this food to eat? Easily one of the heartiest MRE's I've ever seen.....
Militars usually eat many things, because they have to save energies and gain them if they're tired, so the meal offers many things, so you'll never be tired.
In Italy we don't eat that much, or we would explode
Omg Italy. 😍 that condensed milk should be in every mre ever
you get similar ammounts in spanish ICR and some polish rations too
Aha you right we include a tons of milk but vitamin milk to be a stronger and energetic person
Italy gets it nobody wants to fight when they're hungry.
Absolutely hands down the best ration I have seen yet. I would defect right now if they would have me.
In the old British army rations when they used tins instead of boil in bag they pierced the tin and sat it
in a mess tin with water a lot of soldiers didn't open the tin and they exploded
Mike Clas That would be an embarrassing way to get sent home from war ;) .
Ten man tea bag...!
Sounds really wrong
Artic ration packs they where the bees knees and ten man rat packs hit the spot with salmon and tins of sweets, now days it’s crap boil in the bag or add water only thing I use water for was brew and with tubes of condensed milk even better, Italian rat packs go some way today of keeping old foods which you eat on daily basis oh the alcoholic cordial was there nip after dinner in evening.
Nice vid gundog. i have a top tip for cooking in a can if ya wanna try it. Take any wrapping off, bash the side in to make a big dent. When the steam inside begins to push it out, with a cloth give it a shake (to stir) & back over the heat, then agan half way thru. Then when the dents not quite fully out (so the contents doesnt spray out) crack the top, rest a couple of mins then open fully. I've found (usually) it pours out better & hasnt caught as much where direct heat has constantly been. :D
22:57 God forgive him, for he doesn't know what he's doing! :D
Marco Di Prospero ODDIO. L'HA FATTO DAVVERO???
Marco Di Prospero wurstel e tortellino porcoddio
Marco Di Prospero Sacrilegio!
:D
Vabè dai perdonatelo
your supposed to drain the rice salad before eating. using the lid to make sure you only pour out the water
e le melanzane alla parmigiana della nonna ?
Data la dimensione pensavo ci fosse direttamente dentro la nonna...
Federico hahaha
@@FedericoSpada13 ahahahah
The chocolate bar has bloomed, it happens when the chocolate gets warm and the fat starts to separate from the cocoa. Still perfectly fine to eat it has just come out of temper.
Yep, I am about to do a vid on the "Bloom" soon in fact. Cheers Jenn!
What a hearty Ration! These and the French rations put our MREs to shame!
+Jacob Conrad i Heard that americans exchange 1 of our italians ration for 5/2 for an american one
The chocolate isn't "oxidised", it's just the fat content coming to the surface. It happens to all chocolate after a little while and is harmless.
+claverhouse1 It can be because of oxidation that that happens. It's called blooming. Its mainly caused by heat though.
I believe the little gelatin is called a Turkish delight
No turkish delight is more dense and is covered in confectioners(powdered) sugar but kinda the same concept but if your familar with gum drops like we have in america its just a gum drop in bar form lol
+Colten Meyer It's actually just a fruit bar. Kind of like a dumdrop but different.
+Kristy Mcjennett Its not turkish delight
There are many diferent turkish delights, like with diferent flavours, but they are always covered in powdered sugar yes
Usaully true turkish delight is made with rose water which isnt everybodys cupnof tea but yeah i like the one with pistachios
In the 80's the Italians also had an airplane bottle of whiskey, and a small bottle of red wine....
Contingency Preps Sometimes, I miss the 80's :) .
Yep! Me too!
+Jaybird196 savage
Cheesy Nachos Huh?
+Contingency Preps WOW!!! WHAT AN ARMY!!!!!!!!! AMAZED!!!!
Ragù is sauce with ground beef and the other was basically hot dogs. Insalata di Riso with turkey in a can...you can add it to the rice salad
E la pizza? Voglio il mio pranzo stereotipo
Well done Dog, tins of foodie challenge, you make it look great as usual. See you on the next one.
pretty sure you're supposed to drain the rice salad beforehand, that liquid is not a sauce but it's just there for the heating imo
That would make sense I was thinking it was a bit watery.
One hell of an outstanding video. Keep them coming!
LOL, I had to go make coffee, it looked so good!
I wonder if they will ever start putting the small silicone finger mitts in the packs? Any time you have a can, it's gonna be trouble!
Did the sweet biscuits taste like Nilla Wafers? They reminded me of them.
What a nice meal pack! Tasty, filling, and you can always snack on the many biscottos.
bcgrote Oddly enough the sweet biscuits didn't really have a sweet taste, just a sweet smell
A lot of stuff in the breakfast you may think it's unuseful are put there because will be used all the day. Chocolate and gelatine usually are put in the military vest's pocket when needed during the day.
The energy bar is in the dinner package beacuse is there for late operations, like the chocolate in the breakfast package.
Wow, that's the most complex combat ration kit I have ever seen :) And that's a german speaking, you maybe all know that we love complex things :p
One of the only countries that still issue tins of food that’s hearty and filling !
no wonder why they have energy tablets all that food is gonna make you lazy and not want to do anything
i think you are supposed to take the water off the rice salad !
Yeah....If I ever get another one of these things I promise to scroll through all the advice and comments here before doing that review. I had no clue, obviously and the gentleman I got it from was German so it was sorta the blind leading the blind LOL. Cheers Paola!
I actually got first view for once, LOL ! Was waiting on Kiwi Dudes update before bed, yours came up first. Almost noon, in Ky., I have to go in at 9:00 p.m. tonight, guess yours got watched, and Kiwi's will be for when I get off work tomorrow A.M. Night, great review, Peace, Magnum, John !!
But it's like 11:40 in the morning
I love sweetened condensed milk in coffee! It's so sweet and yummy. Plus, you don't have to add extra sugar.
@ Breydon Casey I never said I never screw up names of things, watch more of my stuff and you'll see that LOL! As far as my travels its more for the history than the food. Cheers
+gundog4314 When you put down the tort with ragu and then looked at the package and it said tort and meat sauce and you said, "It doesn't say what it is" or something like that I yelled at my computer that you were just holding it in your hands a second ago! Ragu is meat sauce! Keep it up. I liked this episode especially.
Hey Please I trained with Italian Soliders,before how can I get my hands on one of these please ? I loved them when I was there they had more than we did as you have shown also I could not find the WWII Rations as you shown . ? can you also help me there as well but most of all the Italian meals,thanks so much .
+gundog4314 :O
+ROD B The Italian ones are rare. I only found one on my own and with the shipping it was nearly 200 bucks. Needless to say I didn't buy it. The world war 2 stuff is on reprorations.com the k ration ones www.angelfire.com/nc/stug/
Shipping to and from the US costs a fortune. I was trying to get an MRE case shipped down here and the shipping alone was over 100$!
Bran tablets?
CAN OF MIXED FRUIT?
Sopako, Ameriqual, et al,
ARE YOU LISTENING?
nice video :)
just two things : in Italy we eat rice salad cold
Southern Italy (expecially Naples) peoples drink coffe very tight, with just a bit water, almost half of a little cup
andx479
you drain the liquid from the rice salad and it is served cold or room temperature it is not a hot or warm dish. I would be very surprised if it said to heat it as I lived in Italy for some time and we never ate that sort of thing heated.
I'm Italian, and there's so much wrong in that food, lol.
N_ Locket Definitely.
in Italy we have less than 5% of obese .
in the US is 50% of obese shame
+tonino5113 Ah, a percentages man. I think this data completely refutes your 5% claim, but hey, it would be a shame if you didn't read it.
easo.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IT-summary-EN.pdf
#Rekt
And? What's your point?
Dude seriously, what the hell does it have to do with the video. Son ciccioni, lasciali ciccioneggiare
Dude you were supposed to drain that rice salad lol, anyway awesome video!
+matteo castellani I think it's actually soup. Shake to mix it up, heat up and eat. Turkey/veg/rice with olive soup.
+bitsnpieces11 no it's not.. it's supposed to be drained.. i'm italian,we eat rice salad every summer and it's better to eat it cold😂
Love your videos Gundog
There's some damn nice food in there. When my brother and me were kids, on school holidays, we used to make condensed milk sandwiches, one of those things that are so wrong, they're right. But only when our parents weren't there to see. They could never work out where the tins went.
I thought this was cool. The little burner and cooking in the cans. It's like camping but wat more dangerous.
*way
I shouldn't be surprised the italian and french MREs look the tastiest!
I kinda want this MRE. Not just so I can try out MREs, but also for that cool little stove.
An Tran That style of stove is actually not that uncommon a design; I've seen several variations of it over the years in various outdoors-related/ camping gear catalogs. Here's one that turned up on Amazon, for example:
www.amazon.com/Esbit-Ultralight-Folding-Pocket-Tablets/dp/B001C1UGVO/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1437019814&sr=1-1&keywords=portable+stove+with+fuel+tablets
As of this writing, if you scroll down to the bottom and flip through the "Customers also bought" section, you should see two other variants.
Jerry Hong
Ah okay, thank you very much!
I just started watching your vids yesterday after it popped up in my feed, I have never eaten ration packs but for some reason I love seeing what ration/survival food people get around the world. Anyway I just wanted to ask out of all the ones you've tried which countries do you think is the best and which the worst?
Wow... the Italian MRE looks more delicious than the American MRE.
Most NATO MREs are better than the American ones. I've tried most of them. They probably changed since I was in, but the French was pretty good. I hear the Japanese have a good MRE too. We would just take them apart and trade the parts with other units. Aussies get vegimite in theirs barf.
I've heard that the US Army rations are better now than they used to be.
I heard the American MRE version scrambled eggs is the worst among all MRE. Have you tried that one?
If you don't know already, there is a channel called Kiwi Dude. He has a lot of American MRES that gundog hasn't covered. But gundog doess have some good looking stuff here
Alan Lo Most people said that the cheese and veggie omelette is the worst MRE of all time. I think gschultz9 has reviewed it
Thx for clarifying this for me.
looked pretty good up until dinner, went full on mystery meat puck
Good review, mate! So far I've really liked what I've seen from the Italian, French, and German rations which figures because I quite love the cuisine found in each of the respective countries.
Damn, Gundog! You actually startled me a bit with that exuberant "Buongiorno!" you threw out there O_O .
Jaybird196 Well at least no screaming buzzer alert this time LOL
hey gundog I have never had a mre before
All of these foreign MREs seem to continue to use canned products while USA MREs have moved away from that in part because GIs and Jarheads in the field carry them in their rucks and weight is a consideration. I guess the armies of the rest of the world didn't take that into account in their packaging designs.
Thanks Jessica. I did not know that.
It's more like a up-dated B1 ration than a true M.R.E. Miss the booze ration and dextros tablets. Most E.U stuff and local stuff mix in. Like I say it depends on the military budget. Good video.
I wonder how much of that menu is thrown away. Or, shared. I'd need a nap after eating each meal of the day.The tooth picks are an add on to my SHTF stash. Dented cans worry me a bit. The Ristora Tube interest me very much. Cheers.
That's why there's a bag off coffee in each meal 😉
You're suppose to close the cooking range with the fuel underneath the hole, then set the can on top
Hi Gundog, this is the first of your videos for me :)
I had a tip I wanted to share, but first say that it was kiwi who mentioned you and got me here, so I grinned when I heard you name him.
Tip:
Cooking fuel tablets actually work better if you take one and break it up a bit and place the pieces close to each other but not necessarily touching. Think of a Swedish log torch/stove and you get the idea.
Be good!
+Savage Insight Very good tip! Cheers
gundog4314 well I don't like coffee so I be screwed right there I like hot tea
wow the italians have some good rations
That is the sleekest ration pack I've seen yet. Got to give it to Italy for aesthetics.
es la primera ración de combate de todos lo menús que he visto que en realidad se ve rica ...desde el desayuno hasta la cena
looks good ,I'd eat that any day
@gundog4314 what's the best and worst military rations you've eaten?
*he heats up the rice salad*
Oh, and by the way the wurstels really do not go with the tortellini, lol
Had a few good chuckles here and there.
Nice vid.
Yeah, if I had it to do over again. The guy I got it was German, great guy but neither of us had a clue of what went with what or how. Perhaps next time if I get another. Cheers
The dinner was supposed to be a cold one, both the rice salad and the turkey are supposed to be eaten cold.
I was screaming "Put some Ristora in that coffee!" throughout the entire video! Other than that... Good show!
LOL! I literally did ZERO prep for this review. I opened the box put it on the desk and started rolling....at least I learned a lot from the comments that my 2nd review of one of these was a lot more put together HAHA! Cheers Albert
Nice video as always mate,, The pile of rations that I really want to try is building up so fast :P When I win the lottery I might explode :D
LOL! Leave it to gundog to put the big can of food into the small tray hole, and vice versa! (Had to throw a tidbit of Latin in there for an Italian ration...)
Tbh Im surprised, with the reputation italy has for quality food their mre does not look good. Even the spanish mre looks better than this. So far the german, polish, and russian mres look the most appetizing.
you ever open one that was spoiled and wanted to make you barf ? i think i seen one guy open a chicken one that he said smelled real bad.
gundog4314 Ohhh that liver Pate' did look rough.
Thanks for taking one for the team GD.
The Italian ration looks very good. Nice to have breakfast,lunch and dinner all in one pack.
kinluc06 ubet üver shtainei in püverst!
Würstels together with ravioli... please don't do that ever again
that wasn't ravioli...
Hint: If You've burnt the food in the bottom of the can.Leave it in there! It's Burnt! And will ruin the rest of the food if you add it in. You have no taste buds Sir! ☺
when i was in the italian navy, we used to mix the condensed milk with the little botles
(3) of brandy that came with the pakage
Maby its a best ration.
+UKEYsPOWER Check out Germany ;)
no! wurstels/hot dogs dont go with tortellini!! ew! and spaghetti and meatballs is more of an italian american thing that a common thing in italy. and usually that kind of hot dog in gelatin is not heated or cooked.
lol, noo! you dont have to heat the rice salad!
no bottle of wine? FOR SHAME ITALY!
They actually used to have a tiny liquor bottle in them!
They got rid of it in 2008 unfortunately.
demoniack81 Lame! What kind of booze?
"Liquore Cordiale"
It's a brandy-like liquor, I tried to find something in english for you but a quick search didn't turn up anything.
demoniack81 I believe we call that "Dutch courage"
it got back in, in 2015 version
gundog you didn't try the tube milk on the bar man lol. jk man had to cause I know how youtube viewers can be great reviews sir!
So would the Ristora make the turkey or the sausages taste better? J/K. ;) Thanks everything looked delicious.
dude i would need a bigass ALICE pack to carry that
i wish i had same lunch as this. i am italian.
Oh, no fair. Canned tortellini isn't sold at the stores I shop at anymore. I've made the boxed kind, but its just not the same.
wurstel is just a hotdog
rice salad, you break open the can pour out the water and the open the lid :D
Wow that was a good meal
you're not supposed to mix the wurstel with Tortellini, tortellini itself have meat inside. that's gross.
you shoud try to mix coffe, condensed milk, sweet biscuits and chocolate for obtain a "field tiramisù"
+Guido Santoni that would have been fun to try. that is one reason I always try to get info and tips from people that actually used the stuff in the field. Cheers
you are welcome.
if you want to try again italian MRE i suggest you to find the module with the small bottle of cordial.
anyway, here's the recipe:
1. Make some coffe. No need to add sugar but if you have cordial add it;
2. Soak the "biscotto dolce" inside the coffee and put them in a container (a mess tin will do the trick) making a layer;
3. Cover the cookye layer with condensed milk. At this point you may add chocolate chips if you want;
4. Do the points 2 and 3 as long as you want or at least as long you run out of ingredients;
5. Let the thing stay for some time in a cool place;
6. Enjoy it!
Another trick that i used to love is to cook the meat inside the sauce left from the 1st course.
It's hard for me to imagine eating one of those meat loaf patties. They look like canned cat food to me. I hope it tasted better than cat food though. LOL!
Hey gundog I am envious of you. My grandfather came to America at turn of last century from small town in southern Italy called Piso. It is a coastal town in the " Toe " of Italy in Calabria. I traveled to many countries when I was stationed in West Germany in 70s and 80s but i never got chance to go to Italy.
Your Army unit must have been selected to field test that Top secret new piece of equipment the US Army came up with then.
The EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle. As i recall it went through it's field trials initially in Italy.
I would gladly trade my 80s era MCI meal for this Iutalian MRE, it looks awesome.
thanks
Bill23799 I was pretty lucky when stationed over there. I was on a Bundeswehr Heer Kaserne and we got free train tickets within the FRG. We drove to Venice for a long 4 day weekend. Was great till I got majorly sunburned on Ledo!
wow i bet that was great. We had a German Kserne down the road from River's Barracks in Giessen where i was. On organization day we would invite our comrades ( Rads ) from down the road to join us. They absolutely kicked our butts in soccer ( futbol ) haha . Of course we beat them handily in Basketball. volleyball was up for grabs. Neat thing was Bundeswehr unit also setup a army field kitchen for the event. Best kartoffle suppe i ever had.
Coffee, sweetened condensed milk plus dark chocolate bar. Could be yummy!
The meat in jelly looks like a terrine, it should be eaten cold.
meal 1 spaghetti
meal 2 spaghetti
meal 3 spaghetti
momma spaghetti
I'm triggered
Meal 4 : Pizza
MrTntsupreme
followed by a canoli
Funny...
We have "meats" in jelly here in the UK but we never hear them, most people don't eat the jelly, some do though.
Hot hot hot
haha that Tortelinni Pasta looked great. I have a suggestion for you and the other MRE reviewers. Invest in a Pot Gripper like they use for gripping pot off a campfire. It would be neat tool to grab a hot can off stove and hold to pour with. Cost about 5 bucks on amazon i think.
Bill23799 I have one, just not prepared as usual LOL
I have been hoping to find one cheap in resale shop. Hate to have to pay full price fr one.
im italian and wurstel it's the meat you put in hotdogs and yes, tacchino it's turky.
Might be nice to melt the condensed milk and chocolate together to make a warm choc spread for the crackers
The tablet, i think you're supposed to put it in water. Not wait for it to dissolve.