MRE Review: Vintage 1995 Chili And Macaroni from Steve1989 MREinfo (Frozen for 20 Years!)
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2016
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Here are a few of Steve's frozen MRE reviews:
1993 Pork With Rice in BBQ Sauce:
• 1993 Frozen For 15 yea...
1993 Omelet with Ham:
• 1993 Frozen For 15-20 ...
1993 Tuna with Noodles (compared to a poorly stored 1989 one):
• 1989 Vs 1993 US MRE Fr...
So, this is pretty exciting (for me at least, hopefully others will find it interesting too). Steve1989 MREinfo sent me one of his super-rare frozen MREs. Old brown bag MREs aren't particularly rare or hard-to-find, but not many people thought to collect these things and freeze them for twenty years. The good thing about that is that we get a chance to go through a virtual time machine and try out a 20+ year old MRE that is actually in pretty close to new condition! It's the only way to make a truly "fair" review of one of these things on RUclips. Generally when doing a review of an old MRE or other ration it ends up being more of a mystery and comedy of errors than a true review. You open the bag and have no idea what condition the contents will be in. Generally they're not even edible and you take a pretty big chance just taking a little taste. These examples were frozen while still within their original lifespan so we can experience (see, smell and taste) what a 1995 MRE was actually like in 1995 or 1996 or so!
I apologize for the fact that this is such a long video (longest I've ever posted), but there really was a LOT of stuff I wanted to cover with this one (from the history of this MRE itself, my thoughts on frozen MREs being like vampires, the actual opening and full review of the MRE, a comparison of the 1995 entree to one from 2011 and a final push to eat everything (mostly) on camera). I did consider breaking this up into two parts, but really just wanted to get everything out there at once. Feel free to watch part of it now and finish it up later! I hope this was worth the effort and that at least some others will also appreciate how amazing of an opportunity this was. Heck, even the FRH was interesting (both in how it looked and how amazingly well it worked!). Thank you again Steve1989! 
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When I clicked in the video I thought to myself, "Hmm, 1995, not that old."
...and then it hit me.
Yep, I'm just a kiddo and already feeling old.
Tylorova Ahh, shit, one more year.
same!
That made me feel so bad, like, primal feeling of wrong, then I checked a calendar, made some calculus, asked Baphomet for advice, then he said "learn to count" pretty cryptic but I'll figure it out.
Latvieši. o_O
At first I thought the heating element was branded especially for you, then my brain caught up and realized that's where your logo is from
+jetsgo66 That's hilarious!
I have always been a fan of Chili Mac. Was a staple of life when I was nervous in the service. That ration has some great stuff in it
+gundog4314 Same here gundog. An old standby and always a favorite!
gundog4314 Fuck yeah, I grew up on Chef Boyardee's Chili Mac....and all his other recipes.
Straight from the can!!!!
Oh gschulz. Thank you. Your reviews are my favorite " get-to-sleep-help". Your voice is chilling me down in a really good mood. Good night. Great Review.
same!!! I always enjoy when there is a new video at bed time.
Same lol
A.S.M.R much?
Those strawberry's look like a wall texture from the Doom I or II.
Fart Cat hahaha
I just realized that I watched a 50 minute video... Time flies when you're entertained haha.
Watching this video makes me so happy!!! I really love how you can see how excited you are. You are legitimately giddy that's how happy/excited you are! Something about watching how happy this makes him is really great.
I'm glad that the excitement came through in the video!
this was a nice flashback to some happier times.... some great memories of times gone by with some outstanding folks.
Brings back memories
What a great find! Hometown is minutes away from McAllen, TX! How interesting to see something they made there surface 20 years later. Great video, man!
Enjoyed this review very much. Doesnt matter how long they are or short i enjoy them. That all looked so fresh. Love all the detail you put into doing these :)
Thank you Sharon. I appreciate hearing that. This one really was a bit of a marathon, but it was simply too amazing to NOT talk on and on about!
Great I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the review G Shultz. I guess I should thank Steve as well. An interesting comparison.
Its so funny seeing your actual eating speed after so many views of you patiently reviewing each component, testing it and poking it.
Such a shock
+apatheticAnxiety Yeah, I generally don't eat everything on camera because the videos are already long enough and I figure people don't want to watch me sit there and eat after the review's done. But in this case I felt I HAD to eat it on camera so people would believe that I actually did it. And then I had to do it FAST (both to keep it from getting TOO long and because I was actually running late for something!).
At some point I was expecting G. Schultz to just stand up and give the M.R.E. a standing ovation with a slow clap.
I hate how you always worry about time. Bro you took an hour to review a vintage so you did it right :)
Well all I can say to that is, you really enjoyed that one. Interesting comparison in the 2 mains and the contents.
wow it's as old as I am , crazy how freezing something for so long can preserve it so well. very impressive!
Good to see thank you for the video.
Great review gschultz...and I also miss the freeze dried fruit in the MRE's
From what I've read they didn't add more information about ingredients because they added more, they added it because by law they require them to add ALL of the ingredients on the packaging instead of a "slimmed down" version.
Great video gs!
I would have doug right in aswel honestly it looks delicious! Enjoyed the review
looks good man. glad to see they held up great!
The difference in ingredients seems mostly in the expanded ingredient list for each item (e.g. what the macaroni is made from), while the 1995 version is briefer.
+NUSensei Yeah, I was kind of thinking it probably had to do with a bit of "truth in advertising" from when they were required to put full nutritional information on all packaging.
Likely also spelling out the full "chemical" names of the vitamins and whatnot as well
I was in the army when this came out....lol. I remember eating this very well. Loved the oatmeal cookie bar.
Vampire bit cracked me up big time, Cheers!
+Masaharu Morimoto I'm glad to hear it! It was something that was going around in my mind as I thought of the frozen MREs decaying quickly after thawing and it seemed like a really good illustration of the process as I imagined it. I was pretty happy with how it turned out!
Still my favorite MRE video
omg i have this MRE!!! I did not know it was from 1995! I'm excited to see the review of it!
It was introduced in 1995, but is STILL around! Hopefully yours is newer than this one was!
love your channel! your voice reminds me off the voice in the movie "stand by me".
+lee garson Thanks for saying so lee! Hopefully my videos or voice won't end up causing a complete and total barf-o-rama in the future!
You're a brave man gschultz ;). Nice review, quite unique opportunity to compare the same dish from different era. I think that nowadays they try to satisfy everyone's needs - I mean the food has to be neutral - not to harm the taste, and you have to add spices. Probably 20-30 years ago there were no vegetarian or halal versions of MRE and people had to live with it ;)
That Tabasco sauce looks like this weird bottle of beer they found off the coast of Nova Scotia, where I live. It was sealed and still had liquid in it, and the guy was trying to figure out if it was beer.
I offered to try it for the price of a large pizza and $50.
Eventually, someone in a more professional capacity manned up and tried it, and it was beer.
"Horror of Dracula", nice....total classic.
I remember eating these! :D
My dad would bring them home and we ate every once in a while and when our power when out
I thought the supplied toilet paper read "sh*thouse" brand across the top, I had to rewind it and saw it was lighthouse, lol
I Love this video because this mre is as old as me lol, 21 years :)
I remember eating chili mac in the field. Very fond memories.
Damn, they made these contents when I was born. Still awesome packaging by today's standards. Very well made... 90's packaging for the win!
Keep up the good work!!!
That was always my favorite MRE, with a little Tabasco is was perfect.
The newer chilimac seems to have a lot more macaroni inside while to old one focused a bit more on the chili itself.
Had to admit the older one looks more appetizing for some weird reason, might because the chili just looks a bit more hardy then the new one. lol
Great review! Looking forward to the other reviews in the future.
I'm really interested on how you're going to tackle those two UGRs..... it's quite hilarious when I suddenly realized how huge that thing was when I was watching the unboxing video.
That looks really good. They should bring back freeze dried fruit blocks for MREs.
never expected a jumpscare in a MRE review...
Chilimac, an Army delicacy! ;) Nice!
What kind of camera do you use?
That apple jelly was really good.
That oatmeal biscuit bar looks a lot like a cheesecake base to me, it really is great to see how well everything has lasted! Knowing this MRE Is three years older than me is amazing :D
+charlotte coggon It's kind of an odd looking thing. They generally try to make the stuff in MREs look as appetizing and like "real food" as possible. Strange that they went with the look of a boring survival bar with that one. But it did taste pretty good. And yes, it was great to see EVERYTHING looking and tasting so good after all these years!
I'm almost surprised by how many people here saying "this is as old as me!" I thought I was one of the few people in their early twenties who liked this kind of stuff. Goes to show I'm not alone! Haha. Most of this stuff in here is as old as me, some even a little older. Very cool. 👍🏻
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+It's yuh girl mikkeai8908 lol im 19 and ive gone through and watched EVERY single gschultz vid, and 90% of kiwidudes and gundogs vids. I find them interesting and also very relaxing (i like to watch them as im going to sleep)
Woah very interesting
Awesome review. :D
Btw, you can put stuff in the freezer and sort of avoid the freeze burn. You first have to cool them down as far as possible with a ice-less refrigerator.
I have a Bosch unit with refrig and freezer, that's how i do it whenever i have some stuff i put inside (usually i leave it in the refrigerator for a full day before chucking them up in the freezer).
For example, i keep fruits for jam or as ingredients frozen inside. The oldest i have is from 2009, plums (cut, sliced, and cleaned), still edible, still juicy upon defrosting. Everyone who's tried to freeze fruits knows you either remove the water or you're going to have problems. This is my grandma's trick, always pays to listen to the old folk tips. ;)
+aserta Hey, thanks for the tips aserta! You learn something new every day!
Steve1989 MREinfo talked about your logo yesterday XD I never noticed what it was.
eating a mre while watching someone eating a mre. tasty
Holy shit. I never realized that the beginning you typed Eating History.
Great comparison review !! I agree with you on the toothpick ! Fun and entertaining friend. Keep up the good work, Peace, John. P.S. , am I the only one to wonder, LOL, How did the toilet paper hold up, LOL.
+MultiMagnum62 Thanks a lot Magnum, I appreciate it! You know, I guess it really WASN'T a complete review because I didn't even think to open up that toilet paper and check it out! And with everything in the video I almost forgot that I made that toothpick comment. It's a very small thing, but I really DO feel it would be a nice addition. Everyone might not need a toothpick per se, but then again how many people need the matches these days? I like how some countries include a toothpick, but refer to it as a "Dental Stimulator" or some such thing. Dental health IS an important thing, and how many people are going to have a toothbrush with them in a combat or emergency situation? Being able to pick teeth and chew on a (maybe mint flavored?) toothpick can be a good way of keeping your mouth clean and healthy while giving you a little something to do besides eating when there's some stressful downtime. A very small thing, but I feel also potentially very useful. Wow, did I REALLY just write all that about a toothpick?!?
You have seen me, when I get on my high horse preaching, Had to delete one recent post myself. simple, but effective. on toothpick, old farts with bad teeth, me, not you, use them, well too often ,LOL. You aint mad about lighthouse paper? Agree on matches, lol. Aint I A pain, lol, peace John., AKA Magnum. Love all in this community, so you all know !
Where did you find that mess tray?
mmmm chili can't wait for this one xD +gschultz
As far as the difference between the 1995 and 2011, it looks like the newer stuff has more macaroni - which is obviously the cheaper of the ingredients. Then it likely looks like more for the same reason, it's almost certainly 8oz by weight, and the macaroni weighs less than the rest. That's one thing we keep getting better at; making stuff cheaper to produce.
thank you!
I bet you could make the best Joker impression with your voice
that dried up strawberry bar made me wanna eat it
Those things your finding in the chilli, in the meat industry are called "defects". Veins, grissle or bone that made it through the grinding plate and bone chipper. They are unavoidable. Some batches will have more, some less. Cook up 1lb of ground beef and take a really close look and you will find defects. Also, sugar has an indefinite shelf life. That meaning you can seal up and properly store sugar or honey and your great great great grandchildren will be able to eat it without becoming sick and will remain sweet tasting.
I went into the army in 1987 we used to gamble for the dehydrated peaches and fruit when we were playing cards at night it was just like money we still had mres from 74 ,75 at ft . Benny ..we used to love making mres bottle bombs with the heaters packs
Did you go to Benning for Basic? Infantry? Me too! I shouldn't admit it, but it was also '87 for me. Were you in Harmony Church or Sand Hill?
Same here brother may 87
Sandhill
Basic and Airborne School the good old days and my wife was army to
Harmony Church for me!
i'm gettin very hungry watching this
we'll be eating these on the way to mars one day...
Your vids are like unintentional asmr with your talking and sounds
I was just thinking the same thing
Newbie asking. What does that mean?
I mean amsr thing. Thanks
Nate Balog google it
Lived on Chili Mac #13 for 4 months in Iraq 2003.
The noodles are lighter but bigger in the 2011 one. Also, probably more meat in the 1995 version.
awesome im from mcallen
1995 chili mac looked way more appetizing!
I have had MRE entres that were pushing 10-15 years old and they were fine.They start to lose some flavor but I ate a bunch of them.
Frezdried fruit or any kind of fruit would be nice to se in MRE´s again actuly. As always good job!
+The Magnus They do put thermostabilized (wetpack) fruit in them nowadays, but it doesn't seem to be all that often.
yeah i think i had like one DoD MRE whit fruit in it and it was in coctail form.
the freeze dried fruit was always great for snacking during road marches, late night foxhole parties and guard duty. the oatmeal bars and cereal bars were great snacking as well.
From a physics standpoint low temperature is effectively a time machine. With the speed of all your atoms making up molecules moving less per unit of time, it's like you jumped back so many years to where it would have experienced the balance of heat that hasn't been removed... a few years maybe? Perhaps we can find someone with a low temperature physics lab to store an MRE in liquid helium to see how it holds up... talk about susceptible to rough handling though.
am i the only one that wants chilly and mac
Does the toilet paper say "Shithouse SF, CA." on it?
I dear say Jesus , what are you doing in the comments?
+James Bond giving world peace Bond
+David Coulter Giving the peace of knowing where our toilet paper comes from to the world.
lol yea it looked like it
Your Tabasco sauce was half empty (or full) and I know why. The liquid expanded when frozen and seeped out of the plastic stopper. When thawed the sauce permeated the matches, etc. in the accessory packet. I checked my personal mini Tabasco bottles. They are filled to the top.
+lukewarm17 Aah, that makes a lot of sense. While it was still good, I was wondering why it seemed to only have a little in the bottle.
And the 20-year-old moist towelette? How well did that survive?
+BachateroZumba One of the little things that I completely forgot to check out as I was rushing to try to finish everything up! If you've seen Steve1989's videos on his frozen MREs he did remember to check them out and they seemed to be perfect.
i'ts possible the tobasco expanded when frozen and leaked a bit
The '95 chili looked like it had actual ground beef in it. The newer one looked processed.
I ate a few of these in my time😄👍
That MRE was old enough to drink. That amuses me.
+menroko Hadn't thought of it that way!
You should have given it some beer before you ate it.
That thing you pulled out was a vein.
16:10 I thought that toilet paper said shithouse for a second there.
Grover thought so to
Hope you didn't get indigestion after eating the rest of that MRE so quickly at the end :P
wow thats amazing that mre is almost as old as me haha xD
I always used to get that Gatorade beverage powder . One day i got the Coco Beverage powder and i didn't know it . I tuck a swig of it ice cold that shit was nasty.
I've always been a fan of the Cocoa Beverage Powder (hot or cold). But if I took a swig EXPECTING a Lemon Lime beverage I would be quite shocked indeed!
Why don't they make the cereal bars anymore?
+Dom “Amsterdom” Boileau I'm not sure. My guess would be because they don't seem as "fun" as cookies or energy bars. They seem almost too utilitarian and like a survival ration than actual food--and part of the point of MREs seems to be to boost morale with fun and familiar foods as much as possible (popular and traditional comfort foods as entrees, stuff like M&Ms, cookies and other treats as snacks...).
My favorite entre
Still trying to figure out if your Blade is a Gerber or CRKT? ;)
+Robert Hunter Do you want me to tell you, or do you want to keep trying to figure it out?
+gschultz9 plop it down in frame, so I can see the handle better. I'm leaning towards Gerber due to the pattern of the serrations 😉
+Robert Hunter I don't remember exactly when, but I believe I did mention it at some point. Maybe it was in the short review of a couple Field & Stream knives I got from Groupon a couple years ago?
+gschultz9 Gerber Evo. Which Sort of looks like a CRKT M16/M21. I'm enjoying working my way back through your videos!
the video starts at 7:36 thank you
the newer one looks like crap, there are more natural colors in the older one. i cook chili all the time and i think they went cheap. yeah if it tastes anything like something canned it can't be too good. it is less meat and all the good stuff you need. what pisses me off is why??? fn bs that our service men have cheaper more chemically filled meals. without being too political. i know it's about the mre. loved the vid and tyvm!
I have a 1995 #4 Grilled Chicken. It was never frozen, so it's probably not good. I think that was the only year they had grilled chicken, meaning it was probably never good. I was a grunt in the mid-late 80's, and the strawberries were my favorite.
HERMOSABEACHGUY Give it to Steve1989 he'll eat it and he'll think it's a treat
Chilimac was always the way to go
XD Manames Jerry XD. Also I ready want to have my first m.r.e for the first time,I know m.r.e but haven't taste it or given one or have it
Is there something in particular that attracts people to eat MREs? There's always a shock value when I see Steve1989 eat extremely old MREs. People are now "rough handling" MRE's that say not to, just to go against the label? 😕😕
lol for a second i though toilet paper wrapper says "SHITHOUSE" :D
+99nerka I was wondering if anyone would say that! I didn't notice that when I filmed it, but I saw the same thing during editing!
Chili ?
That look like something else tho
I feel like MRE's should last decades, not years/months.... :/
why do they give you matches but no cigarettes?
Because it's bad for health x)
Matches are for fire, let's say your kinda cold and you want heat you get a fuck ton of sticks, light a match and burn em up. Not to get lung cancer in the middle of nowhere.
It's almost as old as me hahaha
The old one looks better except for the weird bits lol
you should try the greek military mre
+Perry Haralambidis If I ever get one I DEFINITELY will!
gschultz9 its wird how nato mres like greece germany n such have cand style food un like us with the self heating
Eh, I've eaten the green bag MREs and Brown Bag MREs, no refrigeration, both atleast 15 years old, probably 20, mostly good, the tabasco goes bad and orange juice powder becomes pure evil death powder but that's it.