@@xXxZAPSTERxXx honestly, since I know golubtsy (cabbage rolls, meat wrapped in cabbage leafs) and dolma (meat wrapped in grape leafs) I would naturally assume that those leafs are an edible part of the thing.
No soy de Honduras pero también tenemos tamales acá en Guatemala, cuando lo vi comerse la hoja del tamal me tiré una carcajada. Se lo mostré a mi madre y solo vi su rostro de pena antes de tirarse otra carcajada. Saludos desde Guatemala 🇬🇹, fiel subscriptor de Steve el Jesus de las MRE.
I was once in the children’s hospital in Dallas, Texas. There was also a little boy there with his mom. They were from Honduras. Was fortunate to be there for his 6th birthday. My parents got him an Oklahoma University football jersey.
This has to be the most down to earth mre ever. Honduran Military basically through in everything a soldier wants, from grandmas tamales, childhood candy's, and hangover gas station food.
I think it's more that they either don't have the infrastructure for dedicated MRE production so they went for the short-term solution and bought mostly consumer products with minimal if no specialized food, and then just gave it a short shelf life for an MRE. It's more expensive in the short term, but if they have a smaller military that is often not deployed outside the country, it can make sense.
Banana leaves are used in some countries as opposed to corn husks for tamales. They both provide a way to maintain moisture while the filling steams. Also, the lack of mustache caught me off guard!
So I just bought my first house recently. Few months in, and I'm rearranging the garage and realize there are cabinets behind a stack of building materials left there by the prior owners. I open the cabinets and find 50x 24hr MREs, and 6 cases of emergency water packets. I literally dropped what I was holding, and said outloud "NICE!" and then my gf laughed and said "Let's get this out on to a tray" - Total score.
the fact that (he never askes you to like his videos) gives me the sensation of watching TV back in the days,, i guess that's why many of us love about steve
Fun Fact: Back in the 90s, we used to have Zuko drink powder packs in Lithuania, looked almost exactly like the one in the MRE. They were strong enough that you could dye shirts with them.
Hey Steve! Honduran here, with some guidance if you want: -Overall this looks like a 3 meal ration with 2-3 snacks -breakfast was good, an alternative is to eat the beans with the breakfast or as a snack with crackers later -The zuko drink is good for 1-2 liters of drink. The idea is you make yourself a water bottle of flavored drink to carry around after breakfast is over. -THe second zuko packet is to have a side drink for both lunch and dinner, again, you can be carrying the water bottle or make a large bottle of drink for in between meals -Most of the crackers can be eaten on the go, just pop the packaging and dump it into your mouth! Makes for a good snack in between meals -The beans can also be used as a spread on crackers -The tamales are made of corn dough. You can buy those exact tamales and they last a long time if you freeze them. Cheers!
@@dankmemer3289 I assume that's because in an effort to make it shelf stable the milk fat has been removed This pretty much just turns it into lactose water
The Tamales in this particular ration are actually wrapped in banana leaves. Most of Mexico uses corn husks to wrap their tamales, but cuisines near the Yucatan as well as Central and South America mostly use banana leaves - I think because they are so abundant in the less-dry areas, and they are perfectly porous enough to allow just the right amount of steam to pass through them. When I lived in Hollywood I had a huge yard with around a dozen banana trees growing in it. During my first Christmas there many of the old El Salvadorian Abuelas (grandmothers) stopped by and asked in Spanish if they could take some of the leaves. Of course I said yes, and to my surprise, a few days later each of the Abuelas brought my family a basket of Christmas Tamales steamed in my banana leaves. After I knew the secret I began ordering Oaxacan/Mayan and Central American Tamales wherever I could find them - and sure enough, they were all wrapped in the same leaves. --- My Realization: only a small portion of tamales made just south of the US border use corn husks as wrappings, and the rest use either banana or plantain leaves (which actually seem a bit better because they hold more moisture. Try the Banana leaf wrapped Oaxacan tamales if you get a chance - the chicken ones are steamed slathered in black chocolate mole sauce. It's amazing.
My ex-partner is from Honduras, and her family makes those tamales, which are really different than the Mexican or Cuban ones. They add olives to theirs, which I think brings them over the top from really good to addicting! (I love olives though, so...)
I am a Honduran and I honestly did not know we had MREs here. Thought all we had was American donations. This was very cool. Catracho is a word to refer to Hondurans by the way. Love from Honduras! 🇭🇳♥️
The UN encouraged Honduras to do this because of what happened in the liberated concentration camps in WWII. The death rates actually went up for the first six months. This happened in the camps for three reasons. 1 too many calories after months to years of way too few can kill your liver. 2 The food they gave to the camp was frankly just nasty. 3 People survive better on foods that they were brought up with. This third is thought to be psychological but definitely exists.
As a hispanic that LOVES zuko, seeing Steve pour the whole bag into that TINY glass broke my heart, that bag is enough for a 2.5 litter jug (and it is still quite strong) I can just imagine how concentrated that was. Gotta love steve!
It's strange because he even mentioned Tang, which is a version of the same thing in the US that uses similar proportions haha. He must have just assumed it was single serve (which, granted in an MRE they probably should find a way to give single serve packets, idk who's going to be making 3 liters of orange drink in the middle of a battlefield haha).
I picked up a Russian Federation military and civilian meal several months ago. While my boys and I was trying it we mentioned how you did these videos. My youngest ran and found my steel mess trays and said "let's get this onto a tray". We liked those meals.
Steve, because of you, my 8 year old son requested menus 2 & 3 for Christmas since he'd already had menu 1. It's something we share together. We put it on a tray. It's pretty nice.
I'm more used to seeing tamales in the corn husk and pasteles in the banana leaf. I'd have known not to eat it in either circumstance, but I'd have gotten a little surprised by the banana leaf wrapping on a tamale. Looking it up, it appears Honduran style tamales do use the banana leaves though.
I'm from Oklahoma, and I have a Native American background I was laughing my ass off too! It was like he never even seen a tamale! They are everywhere where I'm at.
@@ACRus19 No need to be embarrassed, the meal is edible. Go watch his reviews of the Chinese PLAs, and you'll go, yeah ok. My countries rations are fine.
@@MrGchow Which is something you'd think most (food) critics would possess or strive to achieve, but it's unfortunately and often not case-though it used to be, but anyone can be one now.
@@MrGchow It's like...this food will keep you alive when shit hits the fan, but also it has notes of nutmeg with a citrus kick on the back end. I'm a big fan of Steve. Love this channel.
As a Honduran, I am profoundly glad that you did not add the ketchup to your tamale. I hollered when you said you wanted to at 17:10 . It would be kind of like adding mustard to your pizza. It just doesn’t go. A squeeze of lemon is the thing to add to those. I’m glad you liked our food. You should try it fresh sometime. Thank you for reviewing an MRE of the land of my birth.
Apparently it was not okay for me to think that putting ketchup and mustard on pizza was weird by my ex. What is up with central america and Pizza, cant you guys just eat it normally?
My God thanks for showing off the MRE from Honduras 🇭🇳 i never thought they will have there own. My hone country has a lot of surprises and these one is 100% amazing.
The Bob Ross comparison is so apt. Who needs tranquillizers when you we have MRESteve? So calm, so positive. It's fun to watch people that are so passionate about their hobbies. Keep it up Steve!
As an Honduran, never in the world I would have imagined you trying a Ration MRE from my country. I will enjoy thissss so much, we do things a bit different over here lol
From the looks of things, 90% of the ration is basically just individual serving packets of common off the shelf goods from a grocery store. It IS different, and not necessarily in a bad way. Most MRE's are built to last 3-5 years in storage and at least 2 years out in the field, so you have one big bulk purchase of these things and squirrel them back. But there's something to be said from sourcing local, it's something everyone would recognize at a glance, and know and like the taste of. And these things still have reasonable shelf lives, usually a year or two, so if you're requisitioning these things annually instead of every 5 years or so, you don't have to worry about them going off and not having any stored back.
@@Picasso_Picante92 Yes sir. All of these items look supermarket bought, tbh I thought there would've been more gov't made items but I guess the money isn't going into sustainability. The tamales are probably Tamales El Carmen, these are listed on Amazon for $14. The beans looks like they're on there too, Campofresco refried beans. These are some of the things I would've bought for spring break back in the day!
@@ComotoseOnAnime As a ration this thing really sucks. It's heavy as hell (3.1 pounds versus a First Strike Ration's 2.8, which probably has more than twice the calories), it's full of very fragile, low-density stuff, and the packets of Zuko are absurd, those packets are for like filling a cooler at a football game, and they give you two! As a portable MEAL for like, camping, this looks like a lot of fun. But for a combat ration it leaves a hell of a lot to be desired. You never ever put liquids in a ration, it's just wasted weight. The cornflakes have no nutrition and are wasted volume. The crackers, chips, and cookies, again, wasted volume because they're like mostly air.
Steves definitely the kind of guy to go to a friends house. Find out their cooking is disgusting. Eat his way through it and still find a way to give a genuine compliment
24 hour MRE's are always my favourite to watch. I like the older and smaller ones, but when they usually just contain candy, soup and crackers, it's hard not to prefer watching a different culture's way of feeding somebody for a day.
Having eaten US MREs all my life (as a military kid in the 80s and 90s, my dad used to pick up cases of them from base and we'd take them shooting, hunting, camping, and hiking), it astonishes me what some countries put in their MREs. A lot of them are staples for the country and culture, and that's neat seeing them. But then you get countries like France or Spain or Italy that look like they really put some top-notch, gourmet-quality things in there. I still remember those tinned squid in ink and the Gallician stew Steve had in that one Spanish ration. It makes the ham slices and dehydrated peaches of the MREs of my youth pale in comparison. (Except for the fruit cake and maple nut cake. Those were awesome. It saddens me whenever I get an MRE nowadays and they don't have one.)
Same, I just got a 24 Ukraine ration so see what it’s like haha. I had lived in Honduras for a couple years, so it was cool to see this one personally.
@@Maria_Erias I remember those, they came after the original Dirty Dozen with the dehydrated pork patties and other nasty stuff and were the best MREs overall because they still had real food in them. The nut cakes and dehydrated fruit were great, but then they started adding all of the commercial junk loaded with sugar to replace them. Those 1990-91 rations were also good because they came with a lot of stuff you could get creative with; the menus weren't too good on their own but we got creative when we were in Saudi Arabia and had literally nothing else to eat for weeks on end. The entrees have gotten better, but the rest of the ration seems like it came from the shelf next to the checkout at a 7-11.
@@Raskolnikov70 Yeah. I don't remember much of the menu variety of the ones I used to eat as a kid, just the ham slices (that were tasty and reminded me of Spam), chicken a la king, BBQ meatballs or something like that... And that's all I remember. The ham slices were my favorite, the chicken a la king was a distant second. The BBQ meatballs tasted like pleh. And I honestly don't remember any others.
Working in public service and the forestry commission I have consumed quite a few MREs through the years. It still seems like an adventure with each one. Love to see the adventures you take us on. Truly classic.
Not all cultures take milk with their coffee, learned that the hard way when I went to Lithuania back in '93! Learned to drink black coffee pretty fast. When back to normal when I returned to England.
I heard some anthropologists found an urn of honey in an Egyptian tomb and ate some of it. Supposedly, it tasted about the same as fresh. 4500 year old MREs for dead pharohs...that's pretty impressive. Not as impressive as it would have been if Steve reviewed it, though.
to be fair actual genuine honey doesn't spoil AND does not leave a crust on top that hardens. If that happens, it ain't real honey despite what the tin says
Tamales are usually cooked in corn husks or banana leaves. You don’t eat em lol but I’m impressed and amazed they could do that in rations. Love this ration
Yeah, I've spent time in Belize, Gautemala, and Honduras. I noticed that in the interior/highlands they were usually cooked in corn husks and cooked in banana leaves around the coast.
Found this week old muffin still packaged and figured I could eat it considering what Steve does. Took a bite it was fantastic. Then saw mold on the otherside and threw up. Steve is a legend.
The bag even says it, Kellogg's frosted flakes, the bag is right out of one of those kids' boxes of cereal. :D VERY impressed by the actual tamales, leaves and all!
I reckon Steve is actually a Spanish-American war vet. All the MREs and Amphetamine-laden WW2 rations have kept him well preserved. The 1989? That was the last time he took a dump without medical intervention...
As much as I love the historical ration you did last time, you can’t really beat one where all the food is edible. Bonus points for food you don’t usually see in a ration!
The milk will be bland because it’s almost certainly UHT milk. That is “Ultra High Temperature”. It’s a milk processing method that basically scalds the milk with steam to sterilise it and then it’s packed into sterile packaging, moments later. Does wonders for shelf life and it no longer needs to be refrigerated, but it blows apart the lipids (fats) that give milk it’s body or “mouth feel” and seems very thin tasting. These days the mouth feel of less processed milk is (ironically) replicated by more processing. I’ll bet the label on that carton listed something added to bulk it out a bit. The same stuff is what’s in those tiny milk cartons you get on airliners or trains. Great video by the way. And great to have you back!
Honestly I prefer it, but maybe because it is about the only milk that I can drink without having stomach problems. Have no problem with cheese or icecream and those type of milk or powder milk
Steve oh man! Thanks for repping my people. I showed my mom and this is exactly what she would give me to eat, just missing eggs and cheese. We make do with what we have and keep a good belly laugh in our heart. Honduras my patria queried 🇭🇳
Also I wanted to say, those bean pouches are gold and I'm sure one of those is shared by 2-3 soldiers per meal so it lasts. You could eat it cold, make it sweet, or heat it. That's how us Hondurans are. Make the best of what you have and make sure that is good
A HONDURAN MRE! I have a year watching the channel and Never would've imagined seeing a Honduran MRE here. Everything in the MRE can be Store bought and You don't eat the Tamale leaf. It is just for it to be heated better and preserved. Most countries don't eat Fried beans. Foreigners always get surprised when they see red Bean puré. Watching from the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. 🇭🇳🇭🇳 ¡Gracias Steve!
Vivo en EEUU y los frijoles fritos so común aquí. La diferencia es que nadie los come de desayuno como plato típico en HN. También los frijoles fritos en HN son más condimentados y procesados que aquí, entonces tienen un poco diferente sabor. 👍
Hey steve im Cody, im 33 from NC, just wanted to say i never thought i would get so much enjoyment from a story like format of contents being unpacked and described. I just came across your videos few days ago and tonight im pulling a binge watching marathon. I wont even watch other channels it has to be yours. The way you set up, present, then go through with such detail, and just the passion you have for bringing the amazing content you do is just truly awesome. Im a loner and have dealt with bad depression for some time now, and nothing really has any enjoyment for me anymore but your channel. So thank you i really appreciate it. And every time i fix food now i catch myself saying "ok so lets get this out onto a tray" lol, but awsome work buddy keep it up.
😂 right! love the way he says “ok let’s get this out onto a tray”. And goodluck with your mental health man. I can relate. It’s not easy. It’s nice to watch someone whose positive and passionate about something. And so descriptive too. Personally it just grabs my attention and I can forget all my troubles for a bit. It’s really fun to watch while eating too. It’s become this habit of mind. This shit makes me hungry.
I love that they just have a carton of UHT milk in there, that stuff is shelf stable for a few years and since it's basically just normal milk that's been pasteurized at an extremely high temperature it typically doesn't have any chemical preservatives added. The corn flakes also gave me a chuckle, that's clearly a bag taken out of those little boxes of cereal you used to be able to get (or maybe still can get) with hotel continental breakfasts. Overall this looks a lot like the "MREs" people (myself included) put together for themselves using store bought shelf stable foods for camping and backpacking trips.
A lot of budget militaries still have rations like that. Usually they toss in some commercial canned goods or locally available candy in a goodie bag. I'm a little worried by the milk, once you start lugging it around outside in any sort of heat.
@@Peerkons Lets be real, frosted flakes are pretty good. Why try to make your own frosted flakes when you can just buy single serving bags that everyone already likes for dirt cheap. I think the Hondurans made some solid choices when putting together this ration.
It makes sense why Steve was never sick from the rations, it was Shaggy all along. Amazing ration, didn't knew Honduras had its own rations. You can find most of those stuff on stores but still an amazing ration. Greetings from El Salvador
RUclips is crazy. I used to watch this guy all the time in middle school. (Graduated and got a career now.) the jack up algorithm comes into play and I don’t see this channel until now. 7yrs later, thank you YT for putting this back in my recommendations. I completely forgot
@@AzuriteCoast thats the things I don't want my cereal overly crunchy. My goal is to get as much milk tasting like cinnamon toast crunch goodness so I can drink it.
Are you sure he wasn't experimenting with making the corn husk part of the MRE? And before anyone says, But why on earth would you do that, just remember. This is Steve.
I still want a tour of his bookshelf that’s behind him. It looks likes it’s a treasure chest of cool pop culture stuff! I think he got a nice new HD camera too!
Watching Steve try out an MRE is like watching my kids opening their presents at Christmas, brings a smile to my face and fills my heart with joy! Keep it up Steve!!
I literally don’t care about MRE food at all, I don’t care for the history of it, yet I have binged your vids at least 10 times no telling how many hours I’ve watched. Idk what to praise you for either but these videos never disappoint. Always bust a gut too! Your comedic timing is unreal. Thx for ur work here
Todas tienen la verdad, me sorprende que fuera tan buena (no lo digo en mal plan), la de Guatemala es un montón de cosas en lata y me daría pena que las comiera Steve
I want to know how long the milk can survive. It's always a bit scary when non-refrigerated milk is involved. One packet of hot sauce for two dishes is a little cheap.
Day 57: It has been two months since MRESteve has posted. I have watched every one of his videos. I do not know how much longer I can hold on. I can only pray that help arrives soon and we are blessed with more MRESteve
That orange pack is indeed for a whole liter of water, it is almost entirely sugarcane based and it is often seen as a cheap Tang knockoff. Nothing wrong with it though.
That brand is all over Latin America and they have tons of flavor options. They aren’t really that much cheaper. They just have different more Latin-based flavors.
Yeah, those drinks are available anywhere there are central and south American populations. I've seen them in NY, LA, and Texas. Usually folks will buy a gallon jug of the stuff. Sweet and tangy, but don't taste of juice. It's like someone whispered orange into a bag of sugar and citric acid.
@@andyoli75 yeah I had them in Honduras and then they are all over here in AZ too. I don’t really eat/drink much sugar anymore so I can’t remember the orange flavor much.
I once had a Mexican tell that his dad told him the reason we make tamales on Christmas is because we are so poor we would not have anything to unwrap on Christmas day. He was joking of course but still a good one. I love tamales
Among jokes truths pop up their heads, though, here in Mexico a lot of low income families make tamales for Christmas, they are cheaper than, say a whole ass turkey and other accouterments, but tamales are god tier nonetheless
That was one reason I loved South American milk. It was shelf stable, came in liters (some with a spout), and tasted just as fresh as cold milk from the USA. Surprisingly good whole milk (Leche Entera) that we were able to leave back at the apartment and come back to months later. Eggs were shelf stable as well, which was a trip.
Wow, that ration actually has a very homely looking breakfast that you'd see civilians eat on a normal work day. That has to be a serious morale booster under stressful conditions.
Aw, Steve. It's a tamal. You just take it out of the husk and eat it whole, like a sandwich. Think of it like a savory Uncrustable. The history of tamales is right up your alley, they were historically used as military rations!
That’s really fascinating, and sounds a lot better than the hard tack that were typical of the time period, I know I would’ve welcomed a Tamale any day over hard tack.
@@10191927 the only thing is that they have a lot of moisture because they are wrapped in a banana leaf. So I’m not sure how well they’d hold up against mold
Steve you did well tackling the tamale! Also you’re right, beans are definitely for the morning and I’m amazed at your assessment to suggest that, so very spot on. Would be epic to see you do more central/South American MREs!
Its definitely a family event for me when a new review comes out, me and my brothers love watching them together. Those tamales look incredible, and I had a wonderful laugh at your comparisons for the cold beans. Thanks for bringing us another amazing review Steve
Watching you eat the banana leaf I was like 'oh please don't do that" adding sugar to beans might sound strange to a Latin American but I Asians eat sweet beans so it might be good. Great Video Steve, glad to see you back. I wish Mexico made MREs.
It's also common in parts of Africa. My wife is from central Africa and she always puts sugar on her beans, with palm oil as well usually. It's not so bad!
I don't know about a whole pack, but you add a teaspoon thereabouts for each can of beans the way my family makes them... but they're pretty spiced with sofrito, lard, and cumin, so.
Yo, Steve! Thanks for the upload. I was surprised by the breakfast component, cereal like this is actually a super rare, expensive and un-traditional item for Latin American countries. A corn drink, Maizena, would be not only more available, cheaper and better suited for a ration, but also popular in my opinion. The boxed milk, however, is the most common way to buy milk in Latin American super markets, and is usually fortified with vitamins and added oils and butter fat.
UHT milk is all over the place in the middle east as well. They don't have the infrastructure outside the cities to store and distribute tons of fresh milk in refrigeration, so boxed is the only stuff you'll find in smaller towns.
In Honduras cereal is pretty common, in particular corn flakes. There’s several Miami-based companies that sell cereal for a really cheap price in Latin America. Usually milk comes in powder form, and this milk box likely has a higher water to powder ratio so that’s probably why Steve thought it tasted bland.
Nature Valley is owned by General Mills who also owns Kellogg's. It may be as simple as the salesperson saying "hey, if you take the granola bars and the cereal I can get you a great price"
I love you steve ❤ as a Nicaraguan who regularly has those kinds of tamales (we call them nacatamales) it was very amusing to watch you attempt to eat the husk. It's not pleasant!! Thank you for reviewing this MRE. Shoutout to my hondoureños
That looks like something I'd put together for a backpacking trip here in Peru, except I'd go with powdered milk. The Hondurans do tamales like the Peruvians, with banana leaves, not like corn husks like the Mexicans. Cool! Good job Honduras for not going crazy and reinventing the wheel with the MRE.
También usamos hojas de plátano, son usadas por lo general en el sur y el centro, de forma tradicional, pero como consumidor normal las puedes comprar donde sea.
Amazing to see the similarity between Asian and Hispanic cuisines thanks to prevalent use of banana leaves to wrap and steam certain foodstuff. I’ve never had tamales in my life but they look extremely similar to a variety of steamed glutinous rice cakes in SE Asia.
Parts of Latin America use other ingredients to wrap tamales. I know in Mexico, they use a corn-based dough more often than Banana Leaves. Different areas have different cuisines in Latin America. Like Puerto Rico has Rellenos de Papa and Argentina has Argentine Pizza. Each area has a different food culture, though there is a lot of overlap, but that just makes Hispanic countries and territories all so much more unique.
Oh, there are lots of similarities. I live in North Texas where there’s a large Asian community and a large Hispanic community. Sometimes, people create fusion dishes. They are fire! 🤤 and, of course, everything goes good with rice. 😆 Well, most things.
@@superkamiguru6856 The dough is always made of corn. It doesn’t matter what the country. It’s the wrapping that changes. North Mexico only uses corn husks. Once you hit southern Mexico though, everybody uses banana leaves all the way south. There are a few exceptions. I am from Honduras and, one kind of tamale that we make is made just with the sweet corn and eaten with sour cream and that one is wrapped in corn husk. If it’s got meat in it at all, it’s going to have the banana leaves. Anyway, in spite of all the different cuisines of Latin America, he is still right about a lot of the overlap with Asian cooking. They have lots of different cuisines too, you know. The Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and the Thai do knowt eat the same things. Neither do the Filipinos. But, there are certain things that they have in common and, some of those they even have in common with us.
not even that. its nice to see that it wasnt a complete disaster like i was expecting. i recognized almost everything. without even turning the bean packaging, im like these fkrs bought that off the store
"I don't think you're supposed to eat that" said the man who ate beef broth made from meat packaged in a British ration pack from 1898.
Also the same man who ate civil war hard tack
Goodness me!
That leaf wrapped around the tamale is a banana leaf. No comida
@@mobetta4588 yup. I was watching him try to cut it and was like oh lord my dude hasn't eaten tamales before.
@@xXxZAPSTERxXx honestly, since I know golubtsy (cabbage rolls, meat wrapped in cabbage leafs) and dolma (meat wrapped in grape leafs) I would naturally assume that those leafs are an edible part of the thing.
Waitress: How is everything over here?
Steve: No headache, no nausea, very normal!
No chemical flavor, very natural, not overly processed at all!
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@@2kchallengewith4video I just unsubscribed from your channel.
“Let’s get this laid out on a tray, nice, ok.”
No hiss...
As a Honduran you rarely see the country mentioned on media and this is just awesome, watching you eat food from home. MRE 100% Catracho 🇭🇳
And it was a banger
No soy de Honduras pero también tenemos tamales acá en Guatemala, cuando lo vi comerse la hoja del tamal me tiré una carcajada. Se lo mostré a mi madre y solo vi su rostro de pena antes de tirarse otra carcajada.
Saludos desde Guatemala 🇬🇹, fiel subscriptor de Steve el Jesus de las MRE.
Because we prefer to call it Belize. 😐
I was once in the children’s hospital in Dallas, Texas. There was also a little boy there with his mom. They were from Honduras. Was fortunate to be there for his 6th birthday. My parents got him an Oklahoma University football jersey.
You got memology 101 who is the baddest Honduran on RUclips spreading truth and awareness
This has to be the most down to earth mre ever. Honduran Military basically through in everything a soldier wants, from grandmas tamales, childhood candy's, and hangover gas station food.
It looks like they had no idea how to make a ration and picked stuff from the local gas station.
At least it’s more appealing than our US rations. Sometimes I wonder what our military is doing trying to shill bland or disgusting MREs at us.
I think it's more that they either don't have the infrastructure for dedicated MRE production so they went for the short-term solution and bought mostly consumer products with minimal if no specialized food, and then just gave it a short shelf life for an MRE. It's more expensive in the short term, but if they have a smaller military that is often not deployed outside the country, it can make sense.
@@inevitable48 I mean you can’t deny the local gas station ain’t got good shit.
@@inevitable48 Most of what they'll do is patrol the Mosquitia reserve. They don't need fancy stuff.
Hey Steve is back. A Christmas miracle that he didn't die from food poisoning.
NICE!
Steve is immune to botulism
@KirbysMentalProblems No, he's Jesus. Have you SEEN him?
I wonder if he plans on making a Christmas ration
When he kicks the bucket they will lay him out on a Tray, Nice!
🤣
"Milk. Just a carton of milk. WHOLE milk.....
Amazing."
Steve, you're absolutely perfect.
Get a man who appreciates you like Steve appreciates a carton of milk.
you just dont appreciate food science like he does
Banana leaves are used in some countries as opposed to corn husks for tamales. They both provide a way to maintain moisture while the filling steams. Also, the lack of mustache caught me off guard!
I know right, I looked up from my computer at my tv and did a double take.
I was trying to think why he looks different.
🍌 🥸
Yup, In Mexico whe call the tamales that have banana leaf "Tamales Oaxaqueños"
I think Steve's handsome regardless, but he looks much older without the 'stache
So I just bought my first house recently. Few months in, and I'm rearranging the garage and realize there are cabinets behind a stack of building materials left there by the prior owners.
I open the cabinets and find 50x 24hr MREs, and 6 cases of emergency water packets. I literally dropped what I was holding, and said outloud "NICE!" and then my gf laughed and said "Let's get this out on to a tray" - Total score.
Even better than a stash of Bongo Mags - nice...
Nice!
American here what is a bongo mag?@@casinodelonge
Wife her.
My friend, you have wife material.
the fact that (he never askes you to like his videos) gives me the sensation of watching TV back in the days,, i guess that's why many of us love about steve
Or joining stupid patreon BS
And I saw he posted, so just in general I liked it anyway.
I like that. That's why I always give him a like.
Wtf is with the brackets bud
@@Starkl3t Oh you mean (this doesn't) read normal to you(?)
Gullet of steel and a voice like silk, Steve's back with Honduran milk
love his voice!
Nice
Let’s not forget Steve’s very camera ready, niiice hands 😁✌🏻 these hands are made for this 😉😉😛✌🏻🥰lolol
Wondering where he was and now we know…..in Honduras. Lol 😂
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Eating a sandwich while watching Steve makes the sandwich 100 times better.
True
Nice
Did you get your sandwich out onto a tray?🤔....nice
It’s all fun and games until the sandwich hisses
I eat dinner while watching Steve.
"I don't think you are suppose to eat it. Let's try a piece!" We love you Steve. Never change!
Lol. Steve- 😋
Steve- 🤔
Steve- 🤢
Steve- 😋
Yeah... you're not supposed to eat the wrapper
@@idontcare9797 That was an old comment... still love Steve! One of the two best Steve's on the internet.
Steve is the Bob Ross of MRE tasting.
but i dont think of an "happy little accident" if something rotten bursts out and lands in steves face.... XD
Bob Ross is the Steve1989MREinfo of painting
Every new video is like a variant of The Last Supper painting.
Steve1989MREinfo: The Joy of Rations
@@F4FireAndSecurity lmfao!
Fun Fact: Back in the 90s, we used to have Zuko drink powder packs in Lithuania, looked almost exactly like the one in the MRE. They were strong enough that you could dye shirts with them.
From former Yugoslav country, can confirm. :D Also, hair dye!
Kazakhstan in the early 90s as well, alongside Invite and Yuppi
Yep, looks like all children of 90s from former Soviet Union know the drink
They're used all over latin America! You can even buy them at Latin owned groceries here in the u.s!
Yeah, I remember we used to dilute them in like 2-3 liters of water, I was really worried when I seen him dumping the whole pack in a glass :D
I still love how he changes the pitch whenever stirring the drinks it’s so cute haha
iconic. I donated to him and he sent me a postcard saying 'Nice!' Steve is a treasure.
efficient editing
Never gets old
Nice...
That stirring is everything!
Hey Steve! Honduran here, with some guidance if you want:
-Overall this looks like a 3 meal ration with 2-3 snacks
-breakfast was good, an alternative is to eat the beans with the breakfast or as a snack with crackers later
-The zuko drink is good for 1-2 liters of drink. The idea is you make yourself a water bottle of flavored drink to carry around after breakfast is over.
-THe second zuko packet is to have a side drink for both lunch and dinner, again, you can be carrying the water bottle or make a large bottle of drink for in between meals
-Most of the crackers can be eaten on the go, just pop the packaging and dump it into your mouth! Makes for a good snack in between meals
-The beans can also be used as a spread on crackers
-The tamales are made of corn dough. You can buy those exact tamales and they last a long time if you freeze them.
Cheers!
Those tamales are so expensive here
This was the grosses meal I have ever seen in a MRE, he must not have a woman that knows how to cook, to think that was a good meal. Yucky.
@@marizensoul8410 lol if you eat that everyday you're gonna get sick, it was one of the worse I've seen as well
@@marizensoul8410 Have you seen some of the OTHER stuff he's eaten? In comparison...
@@DGneoseeker1 compared to 100 year old pemmican, this is gourmet.
"The milk actually lacks flavor."
Steve probably thinks that because the milk hasn't been aged for 4 years prior to consumption. Nice!
it sounds like an accurate description of shelf-stabilized UHT milk, though. It tastes right, but...flat.
hahaha , did you mean 40 years?
It's just the general milk UHT milk always taste bland even if it's only spend a few days on the shelf
@@dankmemer3289 I assume that's because in an effort to make it shelf stable the milk fat has been removed
This pretty much just turns it into lactose water
UHT milk is horrible. Lacks taste, that's why it usually has flavoring added (plus, it's bad for you)
The Tamales in this particular ration are actually wrapped in banana leaves. Most of Mexico uses corn husks to wrap their tamales, but cuisines near the Yucatan as well as Central and South America mostly use banana leaves - I think because they are so abundant in the less-dry areas, and they are perfectly porous enough to allow just the right amount of steam to pass through them. When I lived in Hollywood I had a huge yard with around a dozen banana trees growing in it. During my first Christmas there many of the old El Salvadorian Abuelas (grandmothers) stopped by and asked in Spanish if they could take some of the leaves. Of course I said yes, and to my surprise, a few days later each of the Abuelas brought my family a basket of Christmas Tamales steamed in my banana leaves. After I knew the secret I began ordering Oaxacan/Mayan and Central American Tamales wherever I could find them - and sure enough, they were all wrapped in the same leaves. --- My Realization: only a small portion of tamales made just south of the US border use corn husks as wrappings, and the rest use either banana or plantain leaves (which actually seem a bit better because they hold more moisture. Try the Banana leaf wrapped Oaxacan tamales if you get a chance - the chicken ones are steamed slathered in black chocolate mole sauce. It's amazing.
Interesting, thanks for sharing
Much appreciated insight.
I gotta try this one day!
My ex-partner is from Honduras, and her family makes those tamales, which are really different than the Mexican or Cuban ones. They add olives to theirs, which I think brings them over the top from really good to addicting! (I love olives though, so...)
@@hannahpumpkins4359 sounds like the ones my boss made from Venezuela. So delicious!
I am a Honduran and I honestly did not know we had MREs here. Thought all we had was American donations. This was very cool. Catracho is a word to refer to Hondurans by the way. Love from Honduras! 🇭🇳♥️
Nunca, solo he visto cuando les dejan las bandejitas de comida😂
The UN encouraged Honduras to do this because of what happened in the liberated concentration camps in WWII. The death rates actually went up for the first six months. This happened in the camps for three reasons. 1 too many calories after months to years of way too few can kill your liver. 2 The food they gave to the camp was frankly just nasty. 3 People survive better on foods that they were brought up with. This third is thought to be psychological but definitely exists.
@@gordonlawrence1448 How is that in any way related to Honduras having MRE rations?
@@Jalil8171 he said at the start, the UN encouraged them to make their own mres
@@jackson14431 yeah but since when are Hondurans concentration camps escapees...?
As a hispanic that LOVES zuko, seeing Steve pour the whole bag into that TINY glass broke my heart, that bag is enough for a 2.5 litter jug (and it is still quite strong) I can just imagine how concentrated that was. Gotta love steve!
dude i almost yell at the screen when i saw that, that powder is for a 3lt bottle, idk if it even disolved properly in that glass
It's strange because he even mentioned Tang, which is a version of the same thing in the US that uses similar proportions haha. He must have just assumed it was single serve (which, granted in an MRE they probably should find a way to give single serve packets, idk who's going to be making 3 liters of orange drink in the middle of a battlefield haha).
@@Nathan-qo9kg people here often reuse 2lt plastic bottles and make juice in there, i assume soldiers do the same and carry it until its empty
@@Nathan-qo9kg oh we have tang as well here, I literally have both in the pantry and I think zuko has a stronger chemical flavour than tang has.
@@cluelessdev3851 I thought proper Zuko had concentrated juice instead of just citric acid and sugar like in Tang
I picked up a Russian Federation military and civilian meal several months ago. While my boys and I was trying it we mentioned how you did these videos. My youngest ran and found my steel mess trays and said "let's get this onto a tray". We liked those meals.
"Nice!"
@@Rinzler0001 "In Kay"
Great bonding moment! Do more if you have the means, they won’t forget them :)
Nice!
Nice
Steve, because of you, my 8 year old son requested menus 2 & 3 for Christmas since he'd already had menu 1. It's something we share together. We put it on a tray. It's pretty nice.
God, this is wholesome. Cheers to you!
Sharing something old... or new
... Alright... Nice.
that is SO neat!
best to you and your fam! cheers!
That is so
Nice!
Let's get this wholesomeness out onto a tray
As a Hispanic person, watching Steve try to navigate a tamale was one of the funniest things I've seen all week. Amazing video loved it throughout!
This is what I thought. I'm white as the driven snow, but spent 7 years in New Mexico. Watching him knife that tamale had me in tears
Truth! Lol.
I'm more used to seeing tamales in the corn husk and pasteles in the banana leaf. I'd have known not to eat it in either circumstance, but I'd have gotten a little surprised by the banana leaf wrapping on a tamale. Looking it up, it appears Honduran style tamales do use the banana leaves though.
I'm from Oklahoma, and I have a Native American background I was laughing my ass off too! It was like he never even seen a tamale! They are everywhere where I'm at.
It's a side effect of having real food growing up.
This MRE is awesome. It's like you told your mom you're going on a field op and she packed you food haha
Definitely one of, if not, the most wholesome ration set I've seen so far.
But its not LOL, im Honduran and its embarrassing that our soldiers are given this gas station stop MRE.
@@ACRus19
No need to be embarrassed, the meal is edible. Go watch his reviews of the Chinese PLAs, and you'll go, yeah ok. My countries rations are fine.
@@MistaOppritunity Im half Honduran and i dont think its embarrasing
I was shocked to see a whole milk carton there, it was cute
As a Honduran this was a dope surprise. My mom and I were dying with your uncertainty over the Tamale wrap. Good content man.
I'm pretty sure he lives in Florida too - I don't understand how he's never been exposed to a tamale.
@@saml1939 Tamale ain't cuban. It's popular in southwestern states and NYC
@@Peasant_of_Pontus There are tamales in Cuba.
Tamales are everywhere.... How he didn't know. 🤔
@@theopinion9452 Yeah but they aren't popular.
"There's an accumulation to the palate of a light garlic mixed with butter..." He's more eloquent than most food critics.
You’re absolutely right...
Not hating but u think he might just have good vocabulary 🤔 and use descriptive words?
@@MrGchow Which is something you'd think most (food) critics would possess or strive to achieve, but it's unfortunately and often not case-though it used to be, but anyone can be one now.
@@Valanway I agree with you and chow. You’d certainly thing having proper word articulation would be highly sought after by reputable food critics.
@@MrGchow It's like...this food will keep you alive when shit hits the fan, but also it has notes of nutmeg with a citrus kick on the back end. I'm a big fan of Steve. Love this channel.
As a Honduran, it gives me great pride to see Steve eating tamales.
Also that Zuko pack is meant for 1 liter of water (maybe a bit more)!
Here in Argentina we make it with 1.5 liters, the same with Tang or other brands.
Zuko sounds better than Tang tbh.
Only Steve would eat the leaves of the tamale...💪🏼
2L if its for a kids party
Do you normally eat that many beans in a day?
As a Honduran, I am profoundly glad that you did not add the ketchup to your tamale. I hollered when you said you wanted to at 17:10 . It would be kind of like adding mustard to your pizza. It just doesn’t go. A squeeze of lemon is the thing to add to those. I’m glad you liked our food. You should try it fresh sometime. Thank you for reviewing an MRE of the land of my birth.
Apparently it was not okay for me to think that putting ketchup and mustard on pizza was weird by my ex. What is up with central america and Pizza, cant you guys just eat it normally?
"I dont think you are supposed to eat this so lets try a bite." Classic Steve.
😂
Never disappoints
🤣😂
They are Banana leaves.
as a latino, i gasped
I love it when Steve describes breakfast as “starting the day off right…”.
i hear him in my head every morning.
Would be cool. If people could pic the mres in the field
Would breakfast over and over
gotta love when a military's ration philosophy is: "if it's good enough for college kids with a hangover, it's good enough for our soldiers"
😂
Anything is good for college kids with a hangover as long as its edible 😂
In other words, if it's good enough for college kids with a hangover, it's good enough for college dropouts with a hangover.
Since a lot of the soilders are college students wanting a hangover
More like “whatever’s cheapest and meets the minimum nutritional values
My God thanks for showing off the MRE from Honduras 🇭🇳 i never thought they will have there own. My hone country has a lot of surprises and these one is 100% amazing.
I'm worried an MRE this fresh could potentially be harmful for Steve. Just leave it in storage for a good decade before opening just to be safe.
Lmao. I can’t believe this guy will eat decades old food haha. Steve is a legend!
@@Sev3617 his stomach is lined with adamantium
Decade? Half a century...
@@Sev3617 The original MRE's were meant to last a couple of decades and did. C Rations lasted a heck of a long time.
@@dacsus if he starts storing now by 2045 this channel will explode with content.
The Bob Ross comparison is so apt. Who needs tranquillizers when you we have MRESteve? So calm, so positive. It's fun to watch people that are so passionate about their hobbies. Keep it up Steve!
100th
Do you have any recommendations for other hobby channels? I have a hard time finding the youtube niches.
As an Honduran, never in the world I would have imagined you trying a Ration MRE from my country. I will enjoy thissss so much, we do things a bit different over here lol
I was expecting some tortillas to go with those beans at least 😅
Is there any way to buy just those packaged tamales and the refried beans? They would make the perfect lazy lunch.
From the looks of things, 90% of the ration is basically just individual serving packets of common off the shelf goods from a grocery store. It IS different, and not necessarily in a bad way. Most MRE's are built to last 3-5 years in storage and at least 2 years out in the field, so you have one big bulk purchase of these things and squirrel them back. But there's something to be said from sourcing local, it's something everyone would recognize at a glance, and know and like the taste of.
And these things still have reasonable shelf lives, usually a year or two, so if you're requisitioning these things annually instead of every 5 years or so, you don't have to worry about them going off and not having any stored back.
@@Picasso_Picante92 Yes sir. All of these items look supermarket bought, tbh I thought there would've been more gov't made items but I guess the money isn't going into sustainability. The tamales are probably Tamales El Carmen, these are listed on Amazon for $14. The beans looks like they're on there too, Campofresco refried beans. These are some of the things I would've bought for spring break back in the day!
@@ComotoseOnAnime As a ration this thing really sucks. It's heavy as hell (3.1 pounds versus a First Strike Ration's 2.8, which probably has more than twice the calories), it's full of very fragile, low-density stuff, and the packets of Zuko are absurd, those packets are for like filling a cooler at a football game, and they give you two! As a portable MEAL for like, camping, this looks like a lot of fun. But for a combat ration it leaves a hell of a lot to be desired. You never ever put liquids in a ration, it's just wasted weight. The cornflakes have no nutrition and are wasted volume. The crackers, chips, and cookies, again, wasted volume because they're like mostly air.
“That looks like….pudding!” What a save Steve
You beat me to it 😅
To be fair it doesn't look like that other thing all that much just because it's soft and brown.
Steves definitely the kind of guy to go to a friends house. Find out their cooking is disgusting. Eat his way through it and still find a way to give a genuine compliment
24 hour MRE's are always my favourite to watch. I like the older and smaller ones, but when they usually just contain candy, soup and crackers, it's hard not to prefer watching a different culture's way of feeding somebody for a day.
Having eaten US MREs all my life (as a military kid in the 80s and 90s, my dad used to pick up cases of them from base and we'd take them shooting, hunting, camping, and hiking), it astonishes me what some countries put in their MREs. A lot of them are staples for the country and culture, and that's neat seeing them. But then you get countries like France or Spain or Italy that look like they really put some top-notch, gourmet-quality things in there. I still remember those tinned squid in ink and the Gallician stew Steve had in that one Spanish ration. It makes the ham slices and dehydrated peaches of the MREs of my youth pale in comparison. (Except for the fruit cake and maple nut cake. Those were awesome. It saddens me whenever I get an MRE nowadays and they don't have one.)
Same, I just got a 24 Ukraine ration so see what it’s like haha. I had lived in Honduras for a couple years, so it was cool to see this one personally.
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@@Maria_Erias I remember those, they came after the original Dirty Dozen with the dehydrated pork patties and other nasty stuff and were the best MREs overall because they still had real food in them. The nut cakes and dehydrated fruit were great, but then they started adding all of the commercial junk loaded with sugar to replace them. Those 1990-91 rations were also good because they came with a lot of stuff you could get creative with; the menus weren't too good on their own but we got creative when we were in Saudi Arabia and had literally nothing else to eat for weeks on end. The entrees have gotten better, but the rest of the ration seems like it came from the shelf next to the checkout at a 7-11.
@@Raskolnikov70 Yeah. I don't remember much of the menu variety of the ones I used to eat as a kid, just the ham slices (that were tasty and reminded me of Spam), chicken a la king, BBQ meatballs or something like that... And that's all I remember. The ham slices were my favorite, the chicken a la king was a distant second. The BBQ meatballs tasted like pleh. And I honestly don't remember any others.
I'm genuinely surprised that countries haven't started sending menus to him for testing.
Haaa haaa haaaa !
No doubt.
He's definitely the authority on the subject. I bet provision developers have watched his reviews.
Hell of an idea!!
A lot of countries have set aside rations to send him. They'll arrive in about 50 years.
@@AdCosmo 😄😄😄
Working in public service and the forestry commission I have consumed quite a few MREs through the years. It still seems like an adventure with each one. Love to see the adventures you take us on. Truly classic.
Just when the world needed him the most, Steve returns. Missed you pal
He eats Zuko for breakfast.
I don't think I've ever seen Steve without a mustache. Caught me off guard. 😬
Great vid as always man. 😎
Meeeeeeeee toooo
I knew something was wrong but couldn’t put my finger on it! I knew his hair got crazy long too.
i find his lack of facial fuzz disturbing
Therapist: "Bald faced Steve isn't real. Bald faced Steve can't hurt you."
Bald faced Steve: "Let's get this out onto a tray"
Me: Hoping he puts some of that milk in the coffee like a creamer.
Steve: pours the rest of the milk into the coffee.
Me: nice.
Nice.
Made himself a café con leche to be authentic to the ration’s country. Nice.
Not all cultures take milk with their coffee, learned that the hard way when I went to Lithuania back in '93! Learned to drink black coffee pretty fast. When back to normal when I returned to England.
I heard some anthropologists found an urn of honey in an Egyptian tomb and ate some of it. Supposedly, it tasted about the same as fresh. 4500 year old MREs for dead pharohs...that's pretty impressive. Not as impressive as it would have been if Steve reviewed it, though.
to be fair actual genuine honey doesn't spoil AND does not leave a crust on top that hardens. If that happens, it ain't real honey despite what the tin says
Steve at a digsite: Let's get that out on a tray... Nice!
Honey is great even the pharaohs kept it and it stayed edible
I heard that there was a liquified baby in that there honey urn 🤢
Honey can't spoil, it's pure sugar from flower nectar.
Tamales are usually cooked in corn husks or banana leaves. You don’t eat em lol but I’m impressed and amazed they could do that in rations. Love this ration
Yeah, I've spent time in Belize, Gautemala, and Honduras. I noticed that in the interior/highlands they were usually cooked in corn husks and cooked in banana leaves around the coast.
@@David_Rafuse it’s sort of a comfort food made in bulky amounts and they’re quite filling sometimes
The vendors at the Jai-Ali arena in TJ sold the best tamales when I was a kid.
Would not be surprised if Steve ate it all.
The bean were definitely banana leaf-wrapped. AZ here.
Found this week old muffin still packaged and figured I could eat it considering what Steve does. Took a bite it was fantastic. Then saw mold on the otherside and threw up. Steve is a legend.
Nice
You are now ready to go fight in the military
“Nice! Now let’s put this throw up on a tray”
Never, ever, go for that old twinkie at the bottom of the cookie jar. Looks perfectly fine on the outside. On the outside.
😂😂😂 Can’t beat the legend! 😉
The bag even says it, Kellogg's frosted flakes, the bag is right out of one of those kids' boxes of cereal. :D VERY impressed by the actual tamales, leaves and all!
Supplied for the Armed Forces by: La Bodega
The tamales are called pasteles. Typically made with plantains, and folded with banana leaves. It's very good.
@@franciscobeauchamp-flores8262 Thank you for the info!
I reckon Steve is actually a Spanish-American war vet. All the MREs and Amphetamine-laden WW2 rations have kept him well preserved. The 1989? That was the last time he took a dump without medical intervention...
Would explain why he's willing to eat rations from the 19th century -- those germs are old news to him
Steve has to have the most diverse, nuanced palate on the planet...as well as the strongest immune system.
Along with a set of ironclad insides
I’m convinced he’s borderline immune to mold sickness
As much as I love the historical ration you did last time, you can’t really beat one where all the food is edible. Bonus points for food you don’t usually see in a ration!
The milk will be bland because it’s almost certainly UHT milk. That is “Ultra High Temperature”. It’s a milk processing method that basically scalds the milk with steam to sterilise it and then it’s packed into sterile packaging, moments later. Does wonders for shelf life and it no longer needs to be refrigerated, but it blows apart the lipids (fats) that give milk it’s body or “mouth feel” and seems very thin tasting. These days the mouth feel of less processed milk is (ironically) replicated by more processing. I’ll bet the label on that carton listed something added to bulk it out a bit. The same stuff is what’s in those tiny milk cartons you get on airliners or trains.
Great video by the way. And great to have you back!
Wow I learned a lot there thank you.
I personally think UHT brings out the flavor in milk, making it taste like steamed milk.
Honestly I prefer it, but maybe because it is about the only milk that I can drink without having stomach problems. Have no problem with cheese or icecream and those type of milk or powder milk
I was wondering how they would be able to package milk and not have it go bad over long periods good information.
@@williammunny9916 ok but what has it got to do with my milk?
Steve oh man! Thanks for repping my people. I showed my mom and this is exactly what she would give me to eat, just missing eggs and cheese. We make do with what we have and keep a good belly laugh in our heart. Honduras my patria queried 🇭🇳
Also I wanted to say, those bean pouches are gold and I'm sure one of those is shared by 2-3 soldiers per meal so it lasts. You could eat it cold, make it sweet, or heat it. That's how us Hondurans are. Make the best of what you have and make sure that is good
And platanos. Either yellow and sweet with cream and white cheese on top or green as tajadas.
Always a pleasure to see you again, Steve. Appreciate you.
Hey right on Mark much appreciated man, always good to be back.
My daughter is 2 and I can safely say she is your biggest fan. No matter how bad her mood is she hears your voice and it instantly calms her down
Steve has that effect on me also!
nice
A HONDURAN MRE!
I have a year watching the channel and Never would've imagined seeing a Honduran MRE here. Everything in the MRE can be Store bought and You don't eat the Tamale leaf. It is just for it to be heated better and preserved.
Most countries don't eat Fried beans. Foreigners always get surprised when they see red Bean puré.
Watching from the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. 🇭🇳🇭🇳
¡Gracias Steve!
Vivo en EEUU y los frijoles fritos so común aquí. La diferencia es que nadie los come de desayuno como plato típico en HN. También los frijoles fritos en HN son más condimentados y procesados que aquí, entonces tienen un poco diferente sabor. 👍
Hey steve im Cody, im 33 from NC, just wanted to say i never thought i would get so much enjoyment from a story like format of contents being unpacked and described. I just came across your videos few days ago and tonight im pulling a binge watching marathon. I wont even watch other channels it has to be yours. The way you set up, present, then go through with such detail, and just the passion you have for bringing the amazing content you do is just truly awesome. Im a loner and have dealt with bad depression for some time now, and nothing really has any enjoyment for me anymore but your channel. So thank you i really appreciate it. And every time i fix food now i catch myself saying "ok so lets get this out onto a tray" lol, but awsome work buddy keep it up.
😂 right! love the way he says “ok let’s get this out onto a tray”. And goodluck with your mental health man. I can relate. It’s not easy. It’s nice to watch someone whose positive and passionate about something. And so descriptive too. Personally it just grabs my attention and I can forget all my troubles for a bit. It’s really fun to watch while eating too. It’s become this habit of mind. This shit makes me hungry.
Hope you’re doing better. Keep grinding away.
I love that they just have a carton of UHT milk in there, that stuff is shelf stable for a few years and since it's basically just normal milk that's been pasteurized at an extremely high temperature it typically doesn't have any chemical preservatives added. The corn flakes also gave me a chuckle, that's clearly a bag taken out of those little boxes of cereal you used to be able to get (or maybe still can get) with hotel continental breakfasts. Overall this looks a lot like the "MREs" people (myself included) put together for themselves using store bought shelf stable foods for camping and backpacking trips.
A lot of budget militaries still have rations like that. Usually they toss in some commercial canned goods or locally available candy in a goodie bag.
I'm a little worried by the milk, once you start lugging it around outside in any sort of heat.
The cereal is most definitely just standard Kellogs Frosties. Lived in C.America for a few years, it's very popular.
@@Peerkons Lets be real, frosted flakes are pretty good. Why try to make your own frosted flakes when you can just buy single serving bags that everyone already likes for dirt cheap. I think the Hondurans made some solid choices when putting together this ration.
It makes sense why Steve was never sick from the rations, it was Shaggy all along.
Amazing ration, didn't knew Honduras had its own rations. You can find most of those stuff on stores but still an amazing ration. Greetings from El Salvador
I swear Steve your videos come like desert rains. We never know when but are so thankful when they do. Thanks man, love your work.
RUclips is crazy. I used to watch this guy all the time in middle school. (Graduated and got a career now.) the jack up algorithm comes into play and I don’t see this channel until now. 7yrs later, thank you YT for putting this back in my recommendations. I completely forgot
Steve is a man of culture, he does things the right way
he puts cereal before milk
Are you implying that some people haven't been parented and actually pour the milk... first?!
What the hell kind of heathen puts milk in the bowl BEFORE the cereal???
If you add cereal to your milk, you can put just a little cereal in at a time, so it's all at optimal crunchiness.
@@AzuriteCoast HERESY!!!! The key is to eat it FAST. And if you're not drowning your Corn Pops in milk, you're just doing it wrong.
@@AzuriteCoast thats the things I don't want my cereal overly crunchy. My goal is to get as much milk tasting like cinnamon toast crunch goodness so I can drink it.
As a Guatemalan, we're neighbors with Honduras and I'm fascinated by the commentary of products I usually see, you've made my day!
The one tragic part of the video is the fact that Steve has apparently never had a tamale before. He has been missing out for far too long.
He’s eaten a tamale in the columbian ration video at the very least lol
I thought the exact same thing.
Who chops a tamale into pieces?
how are you supposed to eat those? they are hard as hell and don't taste very good
@@xChimkin Open up your throat and let it slide down. Also, take off the corn leaf before you do that.
Are you sure he wasn't experimenting with making the corn husk part of the MRE? And before anyone says, But why on earth would you do that, just remember. This is Steve.
I love the way Steve says, Let's get this out onto a tray." Makes me smile every time.
It's Treh.
Nice
I have watched a few other mre unboxing channels. Steve’s voice and his “nice” just makes this channel better. 😂
Honestly him not knowing what to do with Tamales is so wholesome I died.
yes, i almost died of shock when he tried cutting through the banana leaf LOL.
What do you do with them? (UK)
@@CheshireTomcat68 The leaf around it is there to keep its shape while it's being steamed.
@@CheshireTomcat68 unwrap it like a package and eat what’s inside.
"Disturbingly smooth and fresh"
I wonder if that's what he said when he shaved the mustache off.
I can imagine a soldier just waiting at the grocery store, buying all of these, and going back to base to pack them in the 'MRE' as his daily duty.
LOL now im convinced that is exactly what happened here
I was thinking Honduras is a poor country so some general just asked his abuela to be the quartermaster-general to save money.
I still want a tour of his bookshelf that’s behind him. It looks likes it’s a treasure chest of cool pop culture stuff!
I think he got a nice new HD camera too!
Imagine being Steve's kid and someday getting full access for these historical gems. Wild stuff...
I always look out for Sheikh Yerbouti.
Watching Steve try out an MRE is like watching my kids opening their presents at Christmas, brings a smile to my face and fills my heart with joy! Keep it up Steve!!
The Dean of the Military Ration Review returns.
Honor is due.
I literally don’t care about MRE food at all, I don’t care for the history of it, yet I have binged your vids at least 10 times no telling how many hours I’ve watched. Idk what to praise you for either but these videos never disappoint. Always bust a gut too! Your comedic timing is unreal. Thx for ur work here
This is the most colorful MRE I've seen. I was so surprised when the first thing he pulled out was just "milk".
Oh wow!! As a Honduran, this is like an early Christmas present! Thank you sooo much for representing our country!
I’m from Honduras and seeing that our army even had an MRE made specifically for the soldiers has left me flabbergasted. QP2 Honduras!
🤣 same here.
Todas tienen la verdad, me sorprende que fuera tan buena (no lo digo en mal plan), la de Guatemala es un montón de cosas en lata y me daría pena que las comiera Steve
I want to know how long the milk can survive. It's always a bit scary when non-refrigerated milk is involved.
One packet of hot sauce for two dishes is a little cheap.
@@SusCalvin if its propperly prepared? Idk, a year or two.
@@SusCalvin Ive had milk last 6 months in a fridge that was set to 40 degrees
Day 57: It has been two months since MRESteve has posted. I have watched every one of his videos. I do not know how much longer I can hold on. I can only pray that help arrives soon and we are blessed with more MRESteve
When all hope was lost, Steve came back.
That orange pack is indeed for a whole liter of water, it is almost entirely sugarcane based and it is often seen as a cheap Tang knockoff. Nothing wrong with it though.
That brand is all over Latin America and they have tons of flavor options. They aren’t really that much cheaper. They just have different more Latin-based flavors.
Yeah, those drinks are available anywhere there are central and south American populations. I've seen them in NY, LA, and Texas. Usually folks will buy a gallon jug of the stuff. Sweet and tangy, but don't taste of juice. It's like someone whispered orange into a bag of sugar and citric acid.
Tang is a cheap knock off of zuko. Tang can't even come close to zuko
@@andyoli75 yeah I had them in Honduras and then they are all over here in AZ too. I don’t really eat/drink much sugar anymore so I can’t remember the orange flavor much.
Screech is the hardest soft drink in the world. If you dont believe me watch the documentary on it which is part of one of the "Bluestone 42" series.
I once had a Mexican tell that his dad told him the reason we make tamales on Christmas is because we are so poor we would not have anything to unwrap on Christmas day. He was joking of course but still a good one. I love tamales
Among jokes truths pop up their heads, though, here in Mexico a lot of low income families make tamales for Christmas, they are cheaper than, say a whole ass turkey and other accouterments, but tamales are god tier nonetheless
That was one reason I loved South American milk. It was shelf stable, came in liters (some with a spout), and tasted just as fresh as cold milk from the USA. Surprisingly good whole milk (Leche Entera) that we were able to leave back at the apartment and come back to months later. Eggs were shelf stable as well, which was a trip.
Eggs are supposed to be shelf stable.
Wow, that ration actually has a very homely looking breakfast that you'd see civilians eat on a normal work day. That has to be a serious morale booster under stressful conditions.
I always love the combination of constructive criticism interspersed with calling attention to the things rations do well.
Aw, Steve. It's a tamal. You just take it out of the husk and eat it whole, like a sandwich. Think of it like a savory Uncrustable. The history of tamales is right up your alley, they were historically used as military rations!
That’s really fascinating, and sounds a lot better than the hard tack that were typical of the time period, I know I would’ve welcomed a Tamale any day over hard tack.
@@10191927 the only thing is that they have a lot of moisture because they are wrapped in a banana leaf. So I’m not sure how well they’d hold up against mold
@@10191927 hard tack would last far longer. Tamale will have evolved into a new sentient life form from six months in a ship's hold.
This was all funny and cute to watch.
Tamales fall apart if you eat them like a sandwich though, don't they? The ones in the ration look very crumbly
Steve you did well tackling the tamale! Also you’re right, beans are definitely for the morning and I’m amazed at your assessment to suggest that, so very spot on. Would be epic to see you do more central/South American MREs!
Its definitely a family event for me when a new review comes out, me and my brothers love watching them together. Those tamales look incredible, and I had a wonderful laugh at your comparisons for the cold beans. Thanks for bringing us another amazing review Steve
Watching you eat the banana leaf I was like 'oh please don't do that" adding sugar to beans might sound strange to a Latin American but I Asians eat sweet beans so it might be good. Great Video Steve, glad to see you back. I wish Mexico made MREs.
It's also common in parts of Africa. My wife is from central Africa and she always puts sugar on her beans, with palm oil as well usually. It's not so bad!
It isnt to my taste, but I can definitely see where the appeal is in it
Currently eating "pan de munggo" (bread bun with sweetened mung bean filling) while watching this
I don't know about a whole pack, but you add a teaspoon thereabouts for each can of beans the way my family makes them... but they're pretty spiced with sofrito, lard, and cumin, so.
Yo, Steve! Thanks for the upload. I was surprised by the breakfast component, cereal like this is actually a super rare, expensive and un-traditional item for Latin American countries. A corn drink, Maizena, would be not only more available, cheaper and better suited for a ration, but also popular in my opinion. The boxed milk, however, is the most common way to buy milk in Latin American super markets, and is usually fortified with vitamins and added oils and butter fat.
UHT milk is all over the place in the middle east as well. They don't have the infrastructure outside the cities to store and distribute tons of fresh milk in refrigeration, so boxed is the only stuff you'll find in smaller towns.
In Honduras cereal is pretty common, in particular corn flakes. There’s several Miami-based companies that sell cereal for a really cheap price in Latin America. Usually milk comes in powder form, and this milk box likely has a higher water to powder ratio so that’s probably why Steve thought it tasted bland.
Nature Valley is owned by General Mills who also owns Kellogg's. It may be as simple as the salesperson saying "hey, if you take the granola bars and the cereal I can get you a great price"
It's awesome to see your country mentioned once in a while, nice video Steve 🇭🇳
I always love the subtle flex of how sharp Steve gets his knives.
Today I learned Steve has never eaten a tamale before.
Never seen a person get emotional over a gusset, and a pack of hot sauce.. but that is a fantastic 24hr ration..
Find someone who looks at you like Steve looks at a good gusset, lol :)
This guy is very entertaining, steve never disappoints with his quality videos
The beans being delicious cold and working as a dessert is the kind of plot twists I need in my life. So wholesome.
I love you steve ❤ as a Nicaraguan who regularly has those kinds of tamales (we call them nacatamales) it was very amusing to watch you attempt to eat the husk. It's not pleasant!! Thank you for reviewing this MRE. Shoutout to my hondoureños
That looks like something I'd put together for a backpacking trip here in Peru, except I'd go with powdered milk. The Hondurans do tamales like the Peruvians, with banana leaves, not like corn husks like the Mexicans. Cool! Good job Honduras for not going crazy and reinventing the wheel with the MRE.
Hacemos tamales con hojas de maíz también😁
También usamos hojas de plátano, son usadas por lo general en el sur y el centro, de forma tradicional, pero como consumidor normal las puedes comprar donde sea.
Amazing to see the similarity between Asian and Hispanic cuisines thanks to prevalent use of banana leaves to wrap and steam certain foodstuff. I’ve never had tamales in my life but they look extremely similar to a variety of steamed glutinous rice cakes in SE Asia.
Parts of Latin America use other ingredients to wrap tamales. I know in Mexico, they use a corn-based dough more often than Banana Leaves. Different areas have different cuisines in Latin America.
Like Puerto Rico has Rellenos de Papa and Argentina has Argentine Pizza. Each area has a different food culture, though there is a lot of overlap, but that just makes Hispanic countries and territories all so much more unique.
Oh, there are lots of similarities. I live in North Texas where there’s a large Asian community and a large Hispanic community. Sometimes, people create fusion dishes. They are fire! 🤤 and, of course, everything goes good with rice. 😆 Well, most things.
@@superkamiguru6856 The dough is always made of corn. It doesn’t matter what the country. It’s the wrapping that changes. North Mexico only uses corn husks. Once you hit southern Mexico though, everybody uses banana leaves all the way south. There are a few exceptions. I am from Honduras and, one kind of tamale that we make is made just with the sweet corn and eaten with sour cream and that one is wrapped in corn husk. If it’s got meat in it at all, it’s going to have the banana leaves. Anyway, in spite of all the different cuisines of Latin America, he is still right about a lot of the overlap with Asian cooking. They have lots of different cuisines too, you know. The Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and the Thai do knowt eat the same things. Neither do the Filipinos. But, there are certain things that they have in common and, some of those they even have in common with us.
Glad to see you back making videos! Hope all is well Steve!
Just what I needed tonight! Sending you well wishes and a merry Christmas, Steve!
This is so cool to see a Honduran MRE, I'm half Honduran and its so cool to see a lil Central American country mention on this cool channel, NICE !
My parents are Salvadoran, it was sick to see banana-leaf-wrapped tamales in a MRE
not even that. its nice to see that it wasnt a complete disaster like i was expecting. i recognized almost everything. without even turning the bean packaging, im like these fkrs bought that off the store
I'm Honduran! Thank you for this review. So great!