You seem smart, and I love your videos, but you are a Trump lover (said by your son Ace) so I will have to unsubscribe. Noone in their right mind would support him.
@@MeAncient Coming from someone who takes his hat off and prays to a "god" that gives cancer to thousands of children every morning around the world for breakfast. Get you head checked.
This is political discrimination. Shows how "indulgent and open minded" you are. If you can't watch a video about a mre because someone doesn't approve all the same things you do it's pathetic just like your alphabet group.
поэтому и победил британский)) + ещё летнее время (где он там, в Майами или Лос-Анджелесе сейчас). В холодное время победил бы Российский (блюда с тушёнкой, шпикоми т.п.) ну или Белорусский (чистый тушняк, сгущёнка)
@@MeAncientso I was remembering another video of a 24 hour MRE I think from Poland and there crackers were so hard you couldn’t hardly bit them or break them.
Reminds me my Russian childhood: parents force you to eat porridge or oat meal for breakfast, and you make it tasty by adding various stuff: raisin, jam, apples, honey
That's definitely what it takes to make oatmeal more palatable. We did the same thing. Usually we made ours edible by adding lots of brown sugar and butter while it was still hot. TFW, Vladimir
I always liked the UK rations, especially the high carb arctic ones. And I love the instant tea. In the field it's so quick, and it's just right every time. Love it.
I'm not religious either, Sniperboy. If you ever want to discuss the difference between religion and true Christianity, email me at meancient@gmail.com and we can have an email conversation. TFW, as always!
Great comparison video, the British ORPs in the brown bags started to come into service in my last year of serving in the military. I'm looking forward to seeing the next video.
Thanks for the upload - I really love the dialogue between the two of you! On an unrelated note, have you ever heard the song “The Lebanon” by The Human League?
UK scones are usually sweetened, don't expect the same outcomes or toppings to work out so great. Though savoury variants exist far closer to the American biscuit.
On Russia we says - «Завтрак съешь сам, обед раздели с другом, а ужин отдай врагу»“Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to your enemy.”almost like in this MRE hehehe,maybe this MRE not so thicc ,because for now, we have really many variations for diffrent regions(like variant with extra drinks for Kavkaz(where is hot weather) and packs with really nice dishes for north regions).
The most optimal and in demand is the IRP-P or everyday. The order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation dated 06/21/11 states "continuous nutrition of personnel on this diet should not exceed 7 days", Apparently, that is why 7 variants of this type of diet have been formed.
Hello Me Ancient, I think that it was definitely a clear win for us Brits with that one! We call those biscuits oatcakes, I have both the orange choc chip and the cheese ones in the kitchen cupboard just now, I love the choc chip ones with a nice cup of tea. I think that the cheese oatcakes were probably meant to go with the tuna, at least that’s what I would have done. All the best from Scotland 😊
Gillian, I'm happy you watched and could relate to different menu items. It's interesting to me how MREs from all countries have added menu items that are available on the commercial/retail market. TFW
Biscuits with a nice cuppa? 😋 do you ever drink coffee? Definitely good with pastry or cookies/ Biscuits...I'll have to try with tea, do you use any milk or sugar? Also I've been trying some English foods, recently I've tried birds custard an those bonds strawberry and rhubarb candies, very tasty stuff. Take care 🙂
"Do not drag large wagons behind you, the main thing is speed and onslaught, your bread is in the baggage train and the satchels of the enemies." (A.V. Suvorov)
And apparently in civilians homes too given experience of my uncle and grandma. Memories for US soldiers in west part of our country are definitively better than what we had in east.
Hi Guys! Another very entertaining video, also over 50 minutes long. I like the extra length of this video, since you were able to go into more detail about the comparison between the two. The final main dish on the British side looked great. I've eaten something like that before growing up, I just can't remember what it's called. The expression when you took too much of the tomato sauce, said it all! LOL!! God bless guys, looking forward to the next one.
I can watch me ancient eat mre's all day! Love you ancient! Love you ace! Love you micah!!!! You guys are are so wholesome. Lo e your content for me and my kiddos!
Fairly recently moved to a less toxic alternative: Started in late 2017, so carry the 1, factor in that we're in June now, add in Ministry of Defence procurement speed, and they should be hexamine free by 2302.
@@MeAncient Most modern British AFVs have an onboard boiling vessel to allow brewing of warm water while still buttoned up. Turns out getting out and making a cuppa was a fun time for Axis snipers in WW2, and with CBRN concerns during the cold war and beyond, keeping the hatches closed was made even more important.
@@MeAncientI’m a yank in the UK living near a military museum. They have a section about the BV! An inoperative boiling vessel is grounds for the tank to be classed as inoperative.
I appreciate that you put images of products, that you compare MRE to, on the screen. Otherwise I would have no idea what you're talking about as non-american.
Hi from Siberia, actually the Russian ration you ate was made for civilians (tourist, I think), it's not a military ration. And not of the best quality.
It is, as I understood it, for something like our Forest Department or Interior Department. I should do a comparison with one of the 24 hour type that Vlad sent me a few years back. I'll have to look for one. TFW
Very cool friend. Cool comparison. Expensive, but cool, LOL. I see A lot of my favorites in this comparison. Both sides. I am glad you had some fun with this one. Peace from Ky. John. P.s., what part of Fla. ? Just curious. Peace.
I pray it never comes to that, we’re all human at the end of the day. It’s always sad when we start killing each other, but I guess that’s just human nature.
The UK big plastic bag can be used for number of things to can used to poo in, so you can pack it out with you and leave no trace. It can also be used as a trash bag etc But it also has number of survival uses keeping thing dry etc
I don't know about pooping in a bag, James. Easier to dig a quick hole and have a larger opening. Safer for the hands, too. Trash bag a storage sounds better. TFW
I'll try a different Russian MRE next time. That one wasn't actually a military one. It was more a Department of Forestry or Interior Department meal. TFW, Erin.
British Army issues a small folding stove similar to an Esbit designed to use blocks of solidified ethanol gel, but most troops purchase what ever they consider more efficient Jet Boil stoves are popular
I was wondering about water purification tablets? I wonder if that would keep food fresher for longer because it kills germs. Like if you wanted to keep some food fresher for longer like dried food and put a tablet inside or on the other side if you only had off food to eat would adding one of them as you cook it make it consumable and make you not get ill like it does for water?
Idea of the tablets is to kill germs in water from natural sources (springs, rivers, lakes) if you don't have filter or can't boil the water. Just put 1 tablet into canteen and after 30-60 minutes you may drink.
@@dand8538 , RUclips algorithm deleted my answer this morning :( Tablets are for purification of the water from natural sources - springs, rivers, lakes. 1 tablet per canteen, wait for 30-60 minutes and you can drink. Tablets I tested 20 years ago added distinctive chlorine taste.
another fine video soldier!!! i'm like you, i don't care for dark chocolate at all and its funny because people not from the states say that they don't like milk chocolate. anyway good job fellas!!!!
The Russian supper main meal is not a soup - it's actually a 'kasha' (something like a porrige). So, yeah, you did everything right, it's supposed to be like that.
Yeah, we call pretty much any grain cooked with water/milk a porridge. Btw. we love buckwheat so much because it contains a significant amount of fibre (2.2 g), calcium (67mg) and protein (13.3 g) per 100g serving, it prevents constipation, is weight-loss friendly, helps prevent and regulate diabetes, is naturally gluten-free, promotes bone health, and controls blood pressure. And it can be cooked with milk for sweet breakfast or with water and meat for the main dish of the day.
@@GOR77708 Best way how to separate regions is check their food. :) Ukrainians and Russians are eating a lot of buckwheat while we (Czech Republic) barely know it exists. :D
English biscuits are closer to our cookies what we call biscuits they don’t have or might’ve gotten recipes now but obviously because as Americans we had to change what England had by name because we didn’t want to be them same seeing as we had kicked them out during revolution. we have our own measurements system which can be difficult because a lot of stuff is made overseas with metric but oddly enough we’ve used liters and u.s liquid measuring for decades!
If it was war and i could choose, i would have servings with freeze dried eggs, oatmeal, fruits and some vacuum sealed nuts.. At least for me, pure oatmeal without additions and eggs gives me the most and longest lasting power.
@@MeAncient And that's what pisses them off. Lol. It's all good fun bantering back and forth amongst veterans. I'm an Air Force veteran. Imagine the jokes thrown my way.
@@reidadams4277 Reid, you heard the one about the Air Force TechSgt who walks into the commissary and sees brains for sale. AF brains are $2 a pint. Navy brains are $4 a pint. Army brains are $6 a pint. Marine brains are $16 for 4 ounces. TechSgt complains to the manager and asks, "how can Marine brains possibly be more valuable that the other branches?!?!" The manager says, "Do you have any idea how many Marines it took to fill that jar?" 😁😁😁
When you pulled out the tuna with lime and pepper I thought you were in with a nightmare, one of the worst things I've ever tasted or smelled, glad to see it was different for you.
I guess I'll cope with a tie for breakfast. Fun fact: Honey was found at an ancient Egyptian dig that was approximately 4000 years old, and it was still edible. Oooh the chocolate mousse with granola and cherries! Im calling lunch as a Brit win, solely based on that item. Even if you didnt get crackers with the tuna lol. You didnt dunk the biscuits (cookies) in the tea! I'll try to cut you some slack though. :) I forgot you are not a dark chocolate fan. I guess my idea of a win based on that mousse was wrong. Yey! We won lunch. (Im not gloating, promise) lol As soon as I saw the dinner was the black bean noodle main, I knew we would win the dinner. :) I loved this comparison review. (It wasnt just because we won.. I promise lol)
Rosemary, that sounds right. Every meal I've reviewed from Russia had some type of buckwheat....sometimes many menu items with variations of buckwheat. TFW
I am usually not this blunt and try to find positive spins on MREs, and I have seen other videos of older R MREs that were in fact excellent, especially by having something we also have a lot of in Portugal, Spain and France, pates, concentrated animal protein very tasty and comforting (the fish based ones from Portugal are highly recommended by myself, sardine, tuna, macro, etc), but this one had nothing of it, and besides the chocolate, it really was a poor sight, only the peanuts and raisins, with the honey, could be used as "travelling on the go" food, and that dinner?... The British one, my friend, to the point, somewhat too sweet, but you are burning calories when you are moving, and it had details in it that made it comforting, some sweet tea with a biscuit, that main meal, a balanced MRE that I could see myself take on a hike... Excellent one Sir., and I agree with your choice 100 per cent.
I think both of these meals were probably less desirable meals of course they were only one option out of many different one I'm sure and I'm also sure there may be better ones from both countries
Frank, thank you for that. We plan on having a good one, for sure. TFW and If you are a father, I trust you have a good one as well, even it it is from good memories.
@@jrraced2878 nope, this one is a commercial ration. Producer promote this weekly kit as "Hiking rations "PROFI"®". About 50 USD per 7-days pack in Russia. Company logo and brand "Spetspit" reffering to special forces is just marketing.
@@jrraced2878 , this is commercial MRE. Producer promote this weekly kit as "Hiking rations". Brand name and logo refer to SF just for better marketing :)
500 ml (milliliters) is about 2,1 US cups, or 16,907 fluid ounces. 🍺 (and at 42 minutes you say that. I wrote my comment before watching the entire video 😁.)
@@MeAncient but not both arctic rations. They give you more calories for cold environments. A real Russian arctic military ration has much more food than the civilian one you had. Even a normal Russian military ration is more filling.
@@MeAncient , on the manufacturer's website this weekly pack promoted as hiking ration. They do some rations for the Ministry of Emergency Situation with canned food inside.
My dad was in Play COO and I know I spelled that wrong. And he said as a calmsman, she never ate. M r e I ask him what his favorite meal was. He said we had meatloaf and I was like. Was it made with real meat? R like span no real meat What's funny is the first time he ate an M. R. E was after hurricane Harvey, cause we stayed for that
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You seem smart, and I love your videos, but you are a Trump lover (said by your son Ace) so I will have to unsubscribe. Noone in their right mind would support him.
Darren, it's with a heavy heart that I say goodby to an enlightened, tolerant, liberal. Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out! TFW!
@@MeAncient i might have to unsubscribe too, i just don't like you speaking english... STOP IT!!!
@@MeAncient Coming from someone who takes his hat off and prays to a "god" that gives cancer to thousands of children every morning around the world for breakfast. Get you head checked.
This is political discrimination. Shows how "indulgent and open minded" you are. If you can't watch a video about a mre because someone doesn't approve all the same things you do it's pathetic just like your alphabet group.
Lmfao cry 😂😂😂😂😂😂 trump is the man
Российский паек гражданский, его делает частный производитель для охотников и рыбаков. Он не популярен, удивительно что вы смогли его найти в США😊
поэтому и победил британский)) + ещё летнее время (где он там, в Майами или Лос-Анджелесе сейчас). В холодное время победил бы Российский (блюда с тушёнкой, шпикоми т.п.) ну или Белорусский (чистый тушняк, сгущёнка)
У американского поставщика было ограниченное количество таких услуг. Они быстро распроданы. TFW!
Love the 24 hour MRE videos
Owen, the are fun to review. TFW
I’m supposed to be mowing the lawn, but it doesn’t get dark until 8… so I guess this is what I’m doing for the next hour. I can’t resist.
I appreciate that! TFW
@@MeAncientso I was remembering another video of a 24 hour MRE I think from Poland and there crackers were so hard you couldn’t hardly bit them or break them.
The grass will always be there! Lol
I would do the same thing
I was just thinking yesterday that we were due for a MeAncient video. Thanks for delivering
I've already watched most of his latest videos. I've been watching his older ones for the past few days.
Hope you enjoyed it! And you are welcome. TFW, Mike.
Reminds me my Russian childhood: parents force you to eat porridge or oat meal for breakfast, and you make it tasty by adding various stuff: raisin, jam, apples, honey
That's definitely what it takes to make oatmeal more palatable. We did the same thing. Usually we made ours edible by adding lots of brown sugar and butter while it was still hot. TFW, Vladimir
I love your video`s thanks for making this type of content and thanks for your service!
My pleasure and TFW
content it's the English teacher in me.
@@petepeterson4540 hahah, thats what you get from fast typing xd
Thanks for always uploading new stuff! This channel is very underrated.. Carry on, Marine (you'll be at a million soon)
I'll take 100K for now....TFW!
Now this is just the video I was waiting for, amazing one as always, cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it! TFW Kris!
New sub here love everthing u stand for and the vudeos are great lost both my grandpa and father in wars.... stay safe god bless
Been waiting for a new one. Love these reviews and hearing your stories. Hope everything is going well for you and your family.
Thank you for that sentiment. Yes, things going well, keeping busy, staying healthy. TFW
Another awesome video,been missing these
More to come! Stay tuned and TFW
Great comparison again. A perfect Tuesday treat. As always yall out did yourselves.
Michael, we enjoy bringing them to y'all. TFW, as always.
Nice I was hoping for a new video and you gave me one on my birthday .
Happy birthday, John! TFW. Enjoy!
Both rations looked pretty good man! Great video ad always
The British one really was the clear winner after the lunch and dinner menus were compared, at least to me. TFW
Your channel was suggested for me. Just started watching, and I love it! Fascinating! My brother served in the Marines from 1984-1992. Semper Fi. 🇺🇸❤️
Welcome aboard, Samantha. Tell your brother Semper Fi for a fellow Devil Dog. I hope you enjoy my content. TFW
I always liked the UK rations, especially the high carb arctic ones. And I love the instant tea. In the field it's so quick, and it's just right every time. Love it.
That tea was surprisingly good. TFW
@@MeAncient It kept me going for a 3-week stint as liasion officer on exercise with the UK Royal Marines. I could live on that stuff.
Just looked up customs brokers and now I am so very greatful for you doing this for us. That is expensive to do so thank you sir
Hey, thank Marcus on this one and Vlad on the previous review. TFW!
Love your videos and how you send a prayer before eating
I’m not religious myself, I’m getting there, but I love it too.
That's what I do at every meal, Mike. TFW!
I'm not religious either, Sniperboy. If you ever want to discuss the difference between religion and true Christianity, email me at meancient@gmail.com and we can have an email conversation. TFW, as always!
I know that you prat every video but it's one of my favorite parts
Hope that you are doing well and thank you for sharing this with me and I'm praying for you 🙏 and your family 🙏💘
I appreciate that, Felisa. You are welcome and TFW
l love your videos keep up the wholesome work
Getting ready to film one now. TFW and stay tuned.
Love the 24 hour MRE reviews and comparisons! God bless brother!
“One spoon to unite them all” 😂
🤙Alan, you caught that, eh? TFW
Great comparison video, the British ORPs in the brown bags started to come into service in my last year of serving in the military. I'm looking forward to seeing the next video.
John, I'm working on filming it now. Getting things lined out. Stay tuned and TFW
Thanks for the upload - I really love the dialogue between the two of you! On an unrelated note, have you ever heard the song “The Lebanon” by The Human League?
I don't believe I have and Asa and I have a good time, for sure. TFW
Love hearing Ace in the backgroung helping out pops. Drop a new video Ace! Cheers y'all!
He did earlier this week on his main channel. You've probably seen it. TFW
What we call cookies the British call biscuits. What we know as biscuits the British call scones.
I have enough trouble keeping up with American English. I don’t need to learn a whole new language!! TFW
UK scones are usually sweetened, don't expect the same outcomes or toppings to work out so great. Though savoury variants exist far closer to the American biscuit.
I enjoyed the different country review on the MRE. Semper Fi Marine God bless you
Semper Fi, my friend. TFW
If my MRE told me to start foraging I'd be pretty worried 😂
On Russia we says - «Завтрак съешь сам, обед раздели с другом, а ужин отдай врагу»“Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to your enemy.”almost like in this MRE hehehe,maybe this MRE not so thicc ,because for now, we have really many variations for diffrent regions(like variant with extra drinks for Kavkaz(where is hot weather) and packs with really nice dishes for north regions).
Vremen, that's funny! TFW and for the information.
The most optimal and in demand is the IRP-P or everyday. The order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation dated 06/21/11 states "continuous nutrition of personnel on this diet should not exceed 7 days", Apparently, that is why 7 variants of this type of diet have been formed.
That makes sense of the 7 day menu plan. Tks for the info and TFW
Great review as always! Hope all is well with you. 😊
We be good here. TFW as always.
Russians really love onions, that mushroom soup is probably going along with this fact.
That makes sense of it, Greg. TFW
Thanks for another entertaining review.
My pleasure and TFW
Hello Me Ancient, I think that it was definitely a clear win for us Brits with that one! We call those biscuits oatcakes, I have both the orange choc chip and the cheese ones in the kitchen cupboard just now, I love the choc chip ones with a nice cup of tea. I think that the cheese oatcakes were probably meant to go with the tuna, at least that’s what I would have done. All the best from Scotland 😊
Gillian, I'm happy you watched and could relate to different menu items. It's interesting to me how MREs from all countries have added menu items that are available on the commercial/retail market. TFW
Biscuits with a nice cuppa? 😋 do you ever drink coffee? Definitely good with pastry or cookies/ Biscuits...I'll have to try with tea, do you use any milk or sugar? Also I've been trying some English foods, recently I've tried birds custard an those bonds strawberry and rhubarb candies, very tasty stuff. Take care 🙂
Thank you for the new video :o
My pleasure. TFW
Another interesting mre comparison. Thanks Me Ancient 🙂
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it, Srijan and TFW
"Do not drag large wagons behind you, the main thing is speed and onslaught, your bread is in the baggage train and the satchels of the enemies." (A.V. Suvorov)
I love quotes like that. Sounds like something Robert E. Lee would have said. TFW
And apparently in civilians homes too given experience of my uncle and grandma. Memories for US soldiers in west part of our country are definitively better than what we had in east.
Hi Guys! Another very entertaining video, also over 50 minutes long. I like the extra length of this video, since you were able to go into more detail about the comparison between the two. The final main dish on the British side looked great. I've eaten something like that before growing up, I just can't remember what it's called. The expression when you took too much of the tomato sauce, said it all! LOL!! God bless guys, looking forward to the next one.
Glad you enjoyed it! TFW!
I can watch me ancient eat mre's all day! Love you ancient! Love you ace! Love you micah!!!! You guys are are so wholesome. Lo e your content for me and my kiddos!
Thank you so much!! We love making the clean content for y'all. TFW
I never thought about trying tuna and peanuts together, seems a bit odd, but I'll have to try.
Thanks for another fun video.
It seemed counterintuitive to me as well.
But having tried it, I might make it a thing for my tuna from here on out. TFW
Tuna, especially skipjack, and peanut sauce is a pretty common dish in South Asian cuisine.
Another great video from you 👍
Thanks you for those kind words and TFW
Yea most tea is really good with a little milk and sugar or honey, I usually do two tea bags and cut it with milk...just a whole different flavor.
Sounds great!
British troops are issued a small folding stove which burns hexamine tabs.
John, thanks for passing on the information. And, TFW
Fairly recently moved to a less toxic alternative: Started in late 2017, so carry the 1, factor in that we're in June now, add in Ministry of Defence procurement speed, and they should be hexamine free by 2302.
Awsome comparison, I really liked the looks of the British meals
It was good and the better one in this case, for sure. TFW, as always. Say 'hi' to the fam.
Hello, from Russia, friend!
Hello, friend. Did you serve in the Russian military? TFW
@@MeAncient no.
Good video chief
Ryan
Tks, Ryan. TFW
I'd like to remind people that Tea is so important to British troops, their tanks come with kettles.
Seriously?!?! TFW
On The Chieftain's tank videos, he has pointed out the British tank's "tea kettles". It's true! 😊
@@MeAncient Most modern British AFVs have an onboard boiling vessel to allow brewing of warm water while still buttoned up. Turns out getting out and making a cuppa was a fun time for Axis snipers in WW2, and with CBRN concerns during the cold war and beyond, keeping the hatches closed was made even more important.
@@MeAncientI’m a yank in the UK living near a military museum. They have a section about the BV! An inoperative boiling vessel is grounds for the tank to be classed as inoperative.
I appreciate that you put images of products, that you compare MRE to, on the screen. Otherwise I would have no idea what you're talking about as non-american.
That's exactly why I do it. Lots of folks from all over the world watch these types of reviews. TFW
You could have broken up the chocolate and added it to the trail mix. Great video! Much luv
Noah, what a great idea! Hopefully I can remember that next time. TFW
Don’t even have to watch it to tell you who wins in my book. Go Britain.
Michael, I understand. TFW
Still gonna watch though. It’s just that I have had them both and Britain wins all the time.
Hi from Siberia, actually the Russian ration you ate was made for civilians (tourist, I think), it's not a military ration. And not of the best quality.
Yup that's what I was gonna say. The main one is double the size easily
It is, as I understood it, for something like our Forest Department or Interior Department. I should do a comparison with one of the 24 hour type that Vlad sent me a few years back. I'll have to look for one. TFW
Agree. That’s shouldn’t be in Russian Army at all. That’s for tourists from Europe and the USA
Love the vidoes keep it up ancient
Working on the filming part of the next one. Stay tuned and TFW!
Very cool friend. Cool comparison. Expensive, but cool, LOL. I see A lot of my favorites in this comparison. Both sides. I am glad you had some fun with this one. Peace from Ky. John. P.s., what part of Fla. ? Just curious. Peace.
John, we were in the Panhandle. Had to keep moving where we shot depending on surf noise and light. TFW
Not been that part of state. Jacksonville, st. Augustin, Daytona, Titusville, Orlando, Ocala, Tampa and more. Stay safe. John.
Definitely something a crayon eater would say (i like flavored nutz)😂😂 great video RLTW
But are crayons flavored? TFW
We might find this answer for real ....if the Ukrainian situation gets hotter!?
Scott, no kidding. TFW
I pray it never comes to that, we’re all human at the end of the day. It’s always sad when we start killing each other, but I guess that’s just human nature.
The UK big plastic bag can be used for number of things to can used to poo in, so you can pack it out with you and leave no trace.
It can also be used as a trash bag etc
But it also has number of survival uses keeping thing dry etc
I don't know about pooping in a bag, James. Easier to dig a quick hole and have a larger opening. Safer for the hands, too. Trash bag a storage sounds better. TFW
@@MeAncient The 1st part is form a shag dog story I was told not if true or not I do not know
I'd definitely have the British MRE'S over the Russian MRE any day ❤❤
I'll try a different Russian MRE next time. That one wasn't actually a military one. It was more a Department of Forestry or Interior Department meal. TFW, Erin.
is that a Vegetarian Russian MRE..? i didn't know they made those.
*I need my Meats.. where's the Meats? lol
Your age is showing......TFW
What part of Florida are you in?
We were in the panhandle. TFW
I never cared for mushrooms. Both MREs are interesting, but not what I'd purposely choose.
Fresh mushrooms are the best (if you like mushrooms). TFW, Lance.
Me and my little brother watch your video's,but especially myself lol, keep up the awesome review's.
Thanks! Will do! Stay tuned....TFW. Tell your little brother, 'hello,' from MeAncient.
These videos make me so hungry 🤤
I know, right? TFW
British Army issues a small folding stove similar to an Esbit designed to use blocks of solidified ethanol gel, but most troops purchase what ever they consider more efficient Jet Boil stoves are popular
I wish one came with the MRE. TFW
What part of Florida are you in? I’m In Naples Florida
Further up the coast in the panhandle. TFW, Dean. I love the Naples area.
I was wondering about water purification tablets? I wonder if that would keep food fresher for longer because it kills germs. Like if you wanted to keep some food fresher for longer like dried food and put a tablet inside or on the other side if you only had off food to eat would adding one of them as you cook it make it consumable and make you not get ill like it does for water?
Idea of the tablets is to kill germs in water from natural sources (springs, rivers, lakes) if you don't have filter or can't boil the water.
Just put 1 tablet into canteen and after 30-60 minutes you may drink.
I believe, as I understand it, they are just for water. Perhaps someone else can shed some light on that. TFW
@@MeAncient Bet someone somewhere had tried it. Thanks for replying. Dan
@@dand8538 , RUclips algorithm deleted my answer this morning :(
Tablets are for purification of the water from natural sources - springs, rivers, lakes.
1 tablet per canteen, wait for 30-60 minutes and you can drink.
Tablets I tested 20 years ago added distinctive chlorine taste.
another fine video soldier!!! i'm like you, i don't care for dark chocolate at all and its funny because people not from the states say that they don't like milk chocolate. anyway good job fellas!!!!
Jimmy, thank you for those kind words and TFW
The Russian supper main meal is not a soup - it's actually a 'kasha' (something like a porrige). So, yeah, you did everything right, it's supposed to be like that.
It was different from what I'm used to, for sure. TFW, Sam.
Yeah, we call pretty much any grain cooked with water/milk a porridge.
Btw. we love buckwheat so much because it contains a significant amount of fibre (2.2 g), calcium (67mg) and protein (13.3 g) per 100g serving, it prevents constipation, is weight-loss friendly, helps prevent and regulate diabetes, is naturally gluten-free, promotes bone health, and controls blood pressure. And it can be cooked with milk for sweet breakfast or with water and meat for the main dish of the day.
@@GOR77708 Yeah, I like buckwheat too. Food of champions :)
@@GOR77708 Best way how to separate regions is check their food. :) Ukrainians and Russians are eating a lot of buckwheat while we (Czech Republic) barely know it exists. :D
@@Opomunds i'd say most of the west world doesn't know it exists. It's mostly used as a farm animal feed over there.
Nice to hear the kids playing in the background.
It was. We actually had a few come and sit down by us and watch off camera. They were real quiet and well behaved. TFW, Anita.
English biscuits are closer to our cookies what we call biscuits they don’t have or might’ve gotten recipes now but obviously because as Americans we had to change what England had by name because we didn’t want to be them same seeing as we had kicked them out during revolution. we have our own measurements system which can be difficult because a lot of stuff is made overseas with metric but oddly enough we’ve used liters and u.s liquid measuring for decades!
The Russian Dinner Main looks like Kasha and if it was its meant to be like that....
That's what someone else said. TFW
Y'all should come down here in Alabama and fish!
That spork’s been through some stuff; it should write it’s own memoir 😳🤣👍
Maybe something like, “Top foods you should never mix!” TFW!
@@MeAncient and perhaps a second “and maybe some you should”… 🤔
Sugar and napkins? That's ignition right there!
You'll have to explain how to me. I'm unsure of the technique. TFW
im a brit and in 55 years of living ive never once eaten tuna with lime and peppers or even seen it on a menu
It was delicious, for sure. TFW and welcome aboard.
If it was war and i could choose, i would have servings with freeze dried eggs, oatmeal, fruits and some vacuum sealed nuts..
At least for me, pure oatmeal without additions and eggs gives me the most and longest lasting power.
If only we could choose what meals we get........TFW
The British 24 hours are as good as the French RCIR's in my opinion. I also love the Russian ones to.
Maybe there's another comparison there? TFW Kevin.
I like to call them sailors for fun. Be ready to run for it when you see them start foaming at the mouth.
In the US, the USMC is actually a part of the Navy. The Naval Secretary is in our chain of command. TFW, Reid.
@@MeAncient And that's what pisses them off. Lol. It's all good fun bantering back and forth amongst veterans. I'm an Air Force veteran. Imagine the jokes thrown my way.
@@reidadams4277 Reid, you heard the one about the Air Force TechSgt who walks into the commissary and sees brains for sale. AF brains are $2 a pint. Navy brains are $4 a pint. Army brains are $6 a pint. Marine brains are $16 for 4 ounces. TechSgt complains to the manager and asks, "how can Marine brains possibly be more valuable that the other branches?!?!" The manager says, "Do you have any idea how many Marines it took to fill that jar?" 😁😁😁
Hey, Brother, what was your MOS?
2621, Manual Morse Intercept Operator. They don't even do that anymore. Sat and track phones I guess. How about you? TFW
@@MeAncient 0331 machinegunner
When you pulled out the tuna with lime and pepper I thought you were in with a nightmare, one of the worst things I've ever tasted or smelled, glad to see it was different for you.
I really did enjoy it! TFW
I guess I'll cope with a tie for breakfast.
Fun fact: Honey was found at an ancient Egyptian dig that was approximately 4000 years old, and it was still edible.
Oooh the chocolate mousse with granola and cherries!
Im calling lunch as a Brit win, solely based on that item. Even if you didnt get crackers with the tuna lol.
You didnt dunk the biscuits (cookies) in the tea!
I'll try to cut you some slack though. :)
I forgot you are not a dark chocolate fan. I guess my idea of a win based on that mousse was wrong.
Yey! We won lunch. (Im not gloating, promise) lol
As soon as I saw the dinner was the black bean noodle main, I knew we would win the dinner. :)
I loved this comparison review.
(It wasnt just because we won.. I promise lol)
Christine, you wouldn't be biased now, would you? England was the clear winner, seriously. TFW, as always.
@@MeAncient Me, biased? Never! Lol
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According to some Russian bloggers buckwheat is a staple food in Russia
Rosemary, that sounds right. Every meal I've reviewed from Russia had some type of buckwheat....sometimes many menu items with variations of buckwheat. TFW
I am usually not this blunt and try to find positive spins on MREs, and I have seen other videos of older R MREs that were in fact excellent, especially by having something we also have a lot of in Portugal, Spain and France, pates, concentrated animal protein very tasty and comforting (the fish based ones from Portugal are highly recommended by myself, sardine, tuna, macro, etc), but this one had nothing of it, and besides the chocolate, it really was a poor sight, only the peanuts and raisins, with the honey, could be used as "travelling on the go" food, and that dinner?... The British one, my friend, to the point, somewhat too sweet, but you are burning calories when you are moving, and it had details in it that made it comforting, some sweet tea with a biscuit, that main meal, a balanced MRE that I could see myself take on a hike... Excellent one Sir., and I agree with your choice 100 per cent.
I appreciate the input. TFW, Joao
CRRAN CRACKERS ARE EATEN WITH CHEESE OR MASHED EGG AND MAYO OR VEGEMITE AND BUTTER.
Sounds delicious. Next time.......(if I can remember). TFW
I think both of these meals were probably less desirable meals of course they were only one option out of many different one I'm sure and I'm also sure there may be better ones from both countries
Danny, the British one. was clearly the winner. TFW, as always!
@MeAncient You bet, I wouldn't miss any of you guys videos
That was interesting usually Russian meals are really good that seems real skimpy
I thought so too. TFW, Tom.
500ml approximately 1 pint
Joseph, indeed. TFW
Hope you have a great father's day tomorrow
Frank, thank you for that. We plan on having a good one, for sure. TFW and If you are a father, I trust you have a good one as well, even it it is from good memories.
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Same to ya! TFW, Charlie!
I’m thinking the cheese and oat biscuits were for the tuna
I think you are correct. Next time......... TFW
Looks like Russia has made some serious budget cuts to their MREs.
This one is not the main army mre that was shown.
@@vladm5992 understood
@@MMID303 this is SF mre to be precise.
@@jrraced2878 nope, this one is a commercial ration. Producer promote this weekly kit as "Hiking rations "PROFI"®". About 50 USD per 7-days pack in Russia. Company logo and brand "Spetspit" reffering to special forces is just marketing.
@@jrraced2878 , this is commercial MRE. Producer promote this weekly kit as "Hiking rations". Brand name and logo refer to SF just for better marketing :)
500 ml (milliliters) is about 2,1 US cups, or 16,907 fluid ounces. 🍺 (and at 42 minutes you say that. I wrote my comment before watching the entire video 😁.)
Thanks for the info and TFW
The UK flag is upside down :)
I missed that. Sorry.........:-). TFW
I like it mre from russia 🇷🇺 12 hours and 24 hours 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Exactly. TFW
M.A. popping out mre videos faster than Steve
Steve's been at it a lot longer. TFW
Happy father's day me ancient!
Mitch, thank you for that and TFW
You compared a Russian non-military ration to a special cold weather military ration. of course the British one had more to offer ;-)
Both 24 hour rations, though. TFW
@@MeAncient but not both arctic rations. They give you more calories for cold environments. A real Russian arctic military ration has much more food than the civilian one you had. Even a normal Russian military ration is more filling.
@@couchcamperTM I wish I could get my hands on a Russian cold weather MRE.......TFW
@@MeAncient it used to be easy before the war...
Does Rissian Mre was mentioned vegetarian?
No, but "Friday" and "Saturday" packs are without meat... Remember this MRE is not a military, but commercial.
It did not. See. below. I was told it was packaged for something like our Forest Department or Department to the Interior employees. TFW
@@MeAncient , on the manufacturer's website this weekly pack promoted as hiking ration. They do some rations for the Ministry of Emergency Situation with canned food inside.
My dad was in Play COO and I know I spelled that wrong. And he said as a calmsman, she never ate. M r e I ask him what his favorite meal was. He said we had meatloaf and I was like. Was it made with real meat? R like span no real meat What's funny is the first time he ate an M. R. E was after hurricane Harvey, cause we stayed for that
Crazy. What branch was your dad? TFW
The Russian oatmeal is the way I like mine.
A little thick for me, but Asa said that's the way he eats his, too. TFW, Tim.