1943 Life Raft Rations Army Air Force Survival MRE Tasting Test Vintage Radio & K Meal Unit Review
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2023
- An in depth review of three generations of the AAF Life Raft Ration of WW2 from 1943-1945, a 1942 K Ration Breakfast Unit, their history, correlations, nutritional comparison, and testing. Also featuring a Vintage survival radio nicknamed the "Gibson Girl" for it's curvy appearance - used by downed Army Air Force crewman for sending out a Morse code signal for rescue on land or at sea.
Modern Charms are now owned and produced by Tootsie Roll Industries, and can still be purchased to this day. Who knows, maybe they'll bring back the old formula on a limited run. I still say modern Charms are worth trying out.
Wrigley's gum can still be bought, and also Adam's Chiclets (American Chicle Company). Neither have chicle gum base like the old days, though.
To send a Military Ration for review, my exact mailing information is:
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I used to describe Steve as this crazy guy on RUclips that eats old food. But now I've come to realize, Steve is a historian. Possibly one of the most prolific historians of military rations of our time. I think future students will go back and watch these videos to learn about military rations once you and I are long gone.
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Well put my dude. Nice.
Absolutely. He’s an incredible guy, and his legacy is iconic.
Historian here! Perhaps Steve's videos could be seen as a form of experimental archeology, a type of research where archeologists use historical artifacts for their intended purpose in order to confirm or disprove hypotheses. Steve also tests hypotheses, such as 'is the vomelet really that bad?'. He does not fully replicate the original context though :)
You might think that he's wasting these rations by opening them and consuming them, so no-one else can, but he's documenting them so well and describing them so informatively, that everyone benefits. He really should write a few books about the topic, he's got plenty of source material. I'd pre-order a copy of that!
I guarantee that radio kit has never been filmed even partially anywhere on RUclips before, and Steve was able to get the whole kit on film! What a documented Time Capsule!
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I have seen the radio before but not the whole kit.
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Steve is the only guy I’d believe when I hear him say “I’ve chewed like 95 year old gum that’s been Better than this, it’s all dry”
Think I remember him chewing a tablespoon of fruit in juice that had basically dried out in the can and liking it
@@StanErvin-yo9vlreminds me of holes
Let’s just appreciate the fact that Steve managed to find a 1940’s radio pack. My grandpa, if he was still alive would adore this. He was stationed in Okinawa in 1945.
My great uncle fought in Okinawa for the Japanese side
That thing genuinely looked awesome. I want one, to put on a shelf next to my Pipboy 3000!
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@@ComradeHaxshame emperor Hirohito was worth dying for, but humans are stupid, BTW my sister who's American been living in Japan for 20 years, married to my brother in law who is Japanese, so I know more than the average person about the history, my sister doesn't even speak English anymore
@@ComradeHax My great uncle was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was hit. He was a lifer and wound up a POW in the Korean War, unfortunately. It eventually killed him because his lungs were so damaged afterwards. :/
Holy moly he’s too generous giving us so many content in one month
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The glucose and sucrose in the candy also combats shock and hypothermia and reduces shivering. The act of chewing will help keep you awake, which is good for people on watch at night in a raft and it helps keep your mouth wet with saliva which is beneficial for comfort. It’s a shame that they are no longer carried in liferaft/boat survival rations. I pack a bag of individually wrapped candies (jolly ranchers or lifesavers) in every lifeboat I work with and in my personal survival kit.
Thanks so much for this informative comment! Just saw it before hitting the hay
@@Steve1989MRE no thank you! What an engaging, knowledge packed episode. You take great care and pride in your work and it shows.
Make sure you swap those Jolly Ranchers out/eat them every now and again. After a while, even when wrapped, they start sticking together and forming an omega jolly rancher. Not the best to try and pry apart while in a survival situation but it _may_ give you something to do.
Wow.... I'll keep that in mind
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In 2017 I was suffering from insomnia and somewhat of a mild depression. Every day and night I was frantically searching and hoping to find the song or the video that will get me to sleep or calm my thoughts down enough just to get a 5 minute blackout, but to no effect. Until I found Steve with his voice and amazing content. First night I blacked in and out multiple times during a couple of videos until I fell asleep for a couple of hours. The rest of the days and nights, well I dont need to say it because I watched since then almost all his videos and remained a loyal subscriber and hardcore fan. In the past week I had trouble sleeping again, and as always Steve's videos came in handy! Tx Steve !!
Seen comments like this before, and I must say for myself his videos are the best thing to help me sleep.
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This is what makes me keep coming back over and over to your videos. Taking time to actually explain the food science behind rations is a MASSIVE part of your appeal. I don't want to speak ill of others, but I'll just say your main draw is how much more detail, history, and food science you discuss in your videos over simply opening a ration and going "wow so cool" over every thing inside. This extra detail helps us understand the history, reason for the rations development, and how it might be used. We even get a human connection when we see all the little comfort items, or messages of encouragement a ration sometimes provides (like emergency rations).
As always, NICE!
12:24 THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK LOL
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I sincerely love that Steve hasn't changed his style in all these years. It's almost comforting with how crazy the times can be.
Exactly !
We'll all be eating humanitarian rations soon enough
It’s him and reviewbrah keeping us all going
When in doubt, get this out onto a tray. Nice.
@@patrickglaser1560in 2094, some Mad Max version of Steve will be reviewing 2027's UN Nanotech Disaster ration paste.
I was dying laughing when Steve said “it’s two months later and I ate all the candy” sweet content as always!
the quick flash to the wrappers was perfect lmao
I lost a close friend only a few days ago. He adored your channel and was equally into MREs and similar things. I used to watch a few years ago but I forgot your channel name. I miss him dearly and MREs along with your videos were his favorite things. Thank you for making his life all that more enjoyable, he was the closest thing I had to a father, and I miss him dearly.
This man could review a 2x4 for 3 hours and I’d still watch every second of it.
A whole HOUR of Steve? We have been BLESSED 🙌🏽 Nice.
Holy shit I didn't even realize til I seen your comment!
Steve is tri- laminated freeze-dried Soup for the Soul😂😊
Are we in some kind of golden age of Steve1989MREInfo?
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That’s what I’m saying
Steve's the only person that can make me crave for 70 year old candies.
Ikr he needs to make a buy it now for a pack for us 😅
LOL Agreed 😂
Steve makes me crave for those old cigarettes
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I have always enjoyed Steve's videos, but this one was an instant classic. Not only did we get multiple rations, we also got a lecture on survival nutrition and a look at a rare survival radio (my favorite part).
all cell phones were originally going to be satellite accessible but money and greed stopped that idea !
@@paulsolfelt8452 Don't you think they ARE? With the GPS and the chips they can locate almost any phone, anywhere, now.
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It's always mind blowing to see 80 year old rations that are so well preserved.
They put more effort into preserving them at that time than they do for our food today. Less chemical additives, so they had to compensate by making the containers environmentally sound. Notice how they reinforced the seams of the cans with extra paint, maybe two or three layers to seal over the welds as well as needing a can opener of some type, instead of the pop-tops of so many of today's aluminum cans, that can be easily punctured or eroded and dent so easily.
I’m a nurse where I work it’s pretty hectic and fast paced, I watch these on my break to bring my stress levels down and help me feel grounded. It really helps, I love hearing about the history of the rations, how they are used and how the environment they are used in effects how it is used. I’m from the UK and a lot of these components I’ve never even heard of before. Compressed food bars, sounds like something from a sci-fi movie. I worked in a nursing home for a short while and looked after an airforce lad from world war 2, it was quite the privilege to hear his story and I can tell he needed to tell it. It’s sad not many people are willing to listen, it’s all very well watching a documentary but when you have someone who was actually there, wow gold dust! Anyhow Tks Steve, your a one of a kind gem thank you for all your hard work!
Yeah sadly in the nursing home he was probably neglected which lead to his death. Just going from my own family members nursing home experience and this was after they were switched five times. Nursing homes are inhumane places
A nurse killed my mom with doctors orders of course. They took the intubation out of her and told me they would give her oxygen, bypap or warm nose canula whatever to help her breath and the respiratory therapist left the room after the tube came up and they put normal oxygen in her nose and then her oxygen was rising almost to 80 and climbing the doctor nodded at nurse she injected my mom with pain meds, seconds later he needed again the nurse did it again and then he nodded a third time and the nurse did it a third time and my mother was overdosed. So now I don't know how I feel anymore. I have seen the worse of the medical industry and so many families have sadly.
Thank you for you work, M'am ❤
God bless you, From America with love.Soon There will be no more WW2 veterans to talk to about what Really happened!
Concur with this. Had quite a stressful day at work and I always find these videos to be relaxing, whether it be the history or simply the calm and relaxing demeanor of Steve, he always seems to help bring relaxation when I watch his videos.
The in depth technical analysis of why they chose charms was amazing
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I wouldn't call it deep analysis. It was a brief and complete description of something simple.
Always a party pooper @@EternamDoov
Trying to find a way to communicate to Steve about the dangers of handling the Gibson Girl radios - they have friable radium paint on the panel and ingesting even the dust can be harm
He probably knows lol
At this point Steve could eat some uranium and he'd be fine lol jk
Type it on his comments for future advice
Let's be honest, I'm sure we could all write the equivalent of a college thesis on why we love Steve. I'll just say that his knowledge but moreso his soft spoken enthusiasm of his ...(business, hobby, both?) is really unsurpassed. Love that he's back. Even my wife is using his phrase when she's serving dinner. "We're gonna get these chicken and
dumplings out into a bowl....Nice".
“The citric acid is bad for the mucous membranes if that’s all you’re eating…”
As Steve continues to eat just Charms… I love this guy.
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and at the end "the bags empty because I ate all the candy"
Better for your mucous membranes than letting them dry out. Part of the logic behind the Charms is that they induce salivation which is a temporary comfort while you're waiting in the broiling sun for rescue. If you outlast your Charms you're SOL anyway.
Great lesson on cellular respiration on this video, super fascinating and I've never seen any war/MRE historians break it down like that.
Right on, thanks man. It was part of my extensive research when doing this project, and now it can be applied in it's knowledge again for upcoming works. The more you know...
It’s actually really interesting that 1g of fat produces more than 1g of metabolic water. I was having a hard time understanding it but someone explained it as fat is high in Hydrogen and when oxygen from our breathing is mixed in it creates H2O molecules. Since the mass of oxygen is coming from the air and not from the food it means that the end product actually weighs more than just what was in the fat
@@Steve1989MRE The more science the better!
@@Kphearkbro I didn't even know that
It makes sense, though. Proteins and fats require water and calories to break them down, and then MORE water to excrete them successfully through your kidneys. Pure sugar candies provide the exact kind of "empty" calories you want when you're trying not to shut down your kidneys in a severe dehydration scenario. They also give you something to do with your mouth aside from fantasizing about fish or seagull blood.
I served in the marine corps infantry back in 2011 and yea, if you got a pack of charms in an MRE, it was custom to throw them away because the “bad luck” that could befall you or your fireteam. There wasn’t many in them anymore but occasionally would come across a pack. Old superstition probably started back in ‘Nam or something lol. Great video,man!
I have always loved your stuff. I am a night shift nurse and I am surprised how many patients leave this on overnight as background. Simple comforting wholesomeness.
Steve is the only RUclips channel where I can go back and watch a five year old video and it feels 100% consistent with new content.
My man Steve posts an hour long video on a Monday night, what an absolute G.
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Shorter and more fun to watch than Monday Night Football.
You’re the only MRE person I watch, when you were gone I was lost Steve. We missed you and I know other people felt the same way!
What about forgotten weapons Ian?
Same. I was like:- did he leave the channel 😢? I like that he is back now
This guy is contributing so much to history by documenting these meals and food items people would eat during the war when the internet was not even a word. For generations to come to witness these things on video.
Man, not only a whole hour of MRE goodness, but even a free lesson in biology. Amazing!
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Alright, let's get this biochemistry out onto a tray!
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The fact that Steve is putting out this many videos has both exciting and scary. I hope he doesn’t take a three year hiatus.
lets just hope he doesn't eat another chinese ration
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9lol
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 church lesson?
I hope not lol but I saw he made a comment in the last video saying this video was about to come out and it took him 4 years to do it
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Beautiful.
The Gibson Girl was a beast. Cranked a SOS T T T signal on around 500kHz. There was a push button for hand sent CW for those who could. The frequency, which was chosen in the days of Marconi, became the first international distress signal frequency. It was monitored by ships at sea & coast marine telegraph stations until just a few years ago. Supposedly it is illegal to fire those beasts up ‘cause of the ‘automated’ SOS sent by turning the crank. Quite the find.
That radio kit was an absolute treat to see. I love seeing items that represent fundamental stepping stones in technology. Wild to think we can now just use a satellite phone with built in encryption to recover a life raft.
With all the stories I've heard about being on a life raft trying to survive I bet you would look at these things like gifts from God. Thanks for the plethora of updates Steve!🎉
And we get the privilege of looking at these things without being in hell.
@@EminemLovesGrapes100% I just listened to a creepy lost at sea on a life raft Survival Story on MrBallen today. No thanks!
I agree! And the water cans as well. You're welcome and thank you as well for giving this one a look! Nice
@Steve1989MRE I agree, and you are welcome sir.
I really enjoy how much historical information we were given. So interesting!
Just wanted to say that I’m going through a lot right now (as I’m sure many of us are) and I appreciate these videos deeply. Thanks for doing what you do, man!
Best of luck with what you’re going through, friend.
Hey man everything's going to be okay, as time goes by. Stay tough and keep your head up. Glad these videos can help somewhat. You're welcome and thank you as well buckbell! nice
alright cool, see ya
@@logann7942 thank you. Hope you’re well!
@@Steve1989MRE it’s all about perspective and you have a great one. All the best!
Steve is amazing never any ADs no reveiwing stuff that is sent to him no monetising the channel or selling out just his passion for MRE's and him finding the best stuff from all over the world to show us.. Amazing Inwould have sold out by now for sure.. These video's are amazing steve.
Steve got hooked up recently!
I love seeing how many people are as excited as I am to share in his joy and passion 🙏
Thank you Steve, and thank you to everyone who supports him!!
Hooked up!?... ohhh, yea, with new rations!! At first I thought this meant he had a date.
Do you know if Steve is married?.... asking for a friend. 😊
Well, his channel can afford the expensive rations now!
Babe wake up! Steve just posted an MRE video!
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This was fantastic! In 1966, my father (USAF) gave me one of those kites, which I enjoyed flying for quite a few years. I kept wanting to tell you through the screen...to pop those 'x' braces outward to tension the kite fabric. Then it takes on a proper shape and is ready to fly. She's a very stable flyer in a strong breeze. No tail required. Thanks for the memory Steve 👍
Hey thanks so much for checking this one out and for the cool comment, Rob!
Ty for going beyond the MRE. That wa s a real treat to see the rest of the survival kit combined with your low key super cool way of making everything fun and enjoyable to watch. You are a treat to the interwebs!
I’m a simple man, I see a new MRE unboxing video by Steve and I get excited and click instantly.
It's far more interesting, and informative, than watching one of any 1,000,000,000 "influencers" drink some green crap ,eat a few morsels of food better suited for a sparrow, then go to Target.
Watching these is like eating chocolate, I can’t get enough.
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At 12:15, Steve realizes that he forgot to "get this out onto a tray" before he started to open the candy. I love it! Nice!
This is one of the best history lessons as to why survival and combat rations matter as much as they do today. It's lessons learned from prior engagements that have produced the complex and highly formulated rations that are in use today. It's also interesting to see how we have moved on from natural substances to synthetically modified versions.
Thanks again Steve1989MREInfo!
This guy needs to make his own mre brand!🙏🙏✊✊
The "Nice" MRE range surely a limited run would sell well just to test the water
When I started watching Steve many years ago, I never would've suspected his reviews would be more than good entertainment (Which they are). His content has me coming back time and again, because it has actually helped me through some hard times in my life, and feels like hanging out with a good friend. Just wanted to say a very big thank you, and I appreciate all you've done. You're the man Steve.
just in time for another steve1989mreinfo classic. thank the good lord above.
I ain't a Christian, but I'll still throw you an "AMEN" for that one!
Hey thanks Joey, hope you enjoy this one! nice
The algorithms have blessed us thank the algorithms for Steve..
Great episode. Those radios were commonly available as recently as the 1990s from places like Fair Radio, but they’re very scarce now. I’m impressed you found one, especially with all the accessories.
That’s why he’s Steve and we aren’t. He can do things mortal beings can’t.
1:03:35 Love the half-second flashback to when Steve was just literally gorging on 70-year old candy, got a chuckle out of me. Great work!
An hour of Steve after a day that kicked my ass and a night in which I was told that my uncle was in the ER as a result of a probable stroke is just what the doctor ordered. Watching these videos reminds me of when I first got into military rations back in high school, and I asked my parents for a case of MREs for Christmas my senior year.
I cracked a couple of them open with the uncle who is in the hospital right now, and given that he eats pretty much whatever you put in front of him, he shared in my enjoyment of them. He especially liked the Mexican Style Chicken Stew, which is also my favorite.
Anyway, Steve, if you’re reading this, you’re awesome. Your videos have been a mainstay of my RUclips feed for six years now, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Thank you.
UPDATE: Thank you for your kind words everyone. My uncle is in stable condition, and despite the symptoms of a stroke being present, he didn’t have one. He has pneumonia and an infection in his leg, but otherwise he seems to be ok.
May your uncle get well soon.
I've lost a lot of uncles in just the past 10 years alone and some of them cool ones
I hope your uncle gets well soon man. Just remember to take everything a day at a time and appreciate the time that you have.
This life was never supposed to be easy; ups and downs are inevitable- enjoy the ride!
I can’t tell you how happy I was to see you look through that radio kit Steve
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I learned more in this video, than I ever did in nutrition class in college.
I really enjoy these videos. It's one passionate guy and a camera, and some cool bumper music, talking about the history of military rations. This is the stuff that RUclips was made for! Thank you for sharing your passion with us, Steve.
this episode is super educational! we don't just get a field ration review, it's a whole food science lesson! Excellent work as always Steve!!
It's fun
Hey Steve, loved the video! Thought I would share something interesting you might wanna know. A lot of the lettering on the front of the gibson girls ( 45:25 ) was painted with UnDark Radium radioluminscent paint. I learned this when walking around a maker faire with a survey meter, and the local historical radio society had one on display. They were unaware of the radium. I haven't seen it well documented, but since its exposed its easily flaked off which could lead to accidental ingestion. My personal suggestion to the society was an application of some sort of varnish or nail polish to help seal it. Great video as always, love your content.
This comment, make sure that flawless paint never comes off
Loved the food science lesson btw! Did truly not know that we produced water in the process of digesting food, ho interesting! Thanks, great content as usual!
Your research and overall knowledge is impressive, brother. That vintage fishing kit was way too cool. Another great video! Thank you.
STEVE MY MAN KEEP PUMPING EM OUT WE ALL LOVE YOUR CONTENT
Hey right on Jaker, I'm back and it feels nice
@@Steve1989MRE Nice. Very Nice and an Extra Very Very Nice.
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Steve you really outdid yourself with this one! Not only is it an hour of rations, but also educational aspects of metabolic processes and a radio demonstration?! Thanks for what you do man, it means a lot to all of us.
I’ve never seen someone explain ketosis so succinctly. Love this guy.
this video is incredible. I feel like most people won't appreciate how insane it is that you not only got these 3 rations on camera at once, but opened them. True labor of love
Very interesting as always, I always love when you upload, I did the math and those 1,575,000 rations for 48 cents in 1940 work out to $75,600,000 dollars which works out to with inflation to $1,647,588.60 in 2023. I never knew about the chicle compound.
According to Wikipedia. Chicle was a natural gum harvested from the Mesoamerican tree. Both the Aztecs and Maya chewed it to stave off hunger, freshen breath, and keep teeth clean. Early European settlers prized it for it's subtle flavour and high sugar content. In 1899, the American Chicle company was incorporated was the first prominent commercial user of the ingredient to produce chewing gum. The brand name Chicklets was derived from the word chicle.
The "Life raft ration" weighs as much as I did when I was born!
It was an honor to witness Steve bringing to light a wealth of genuine history, unseen for the past 80 years
This made my day…. Henry Swanson’s my name and excitement is my game. Classic. Thanks Steve!
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Love the careful presentation of the candies on the tray, aesthetically pleasing, symmetrical, that's the kind of professionalism we've come to expect from Steve.
thanks for making these videos Steve it feels amazing to get to see these gems of history getting used and enjoyed in the best way possible
This man is the embodiment of making literally anything sound incredibly interesting. Much love from Canada!
A whole hour? Heck yeah dude right on! Always such joy to watch your videos, whenever there's a new one it makes my day! Cheers!
Hey right on man I hope you enjoy this one. It's good to be back. nice
@Steve1989MRE hi Steve I originally found your channel during Late 2019 around 2 am browsing yt and since then I have been inlove with your content its overall very informative and cool my favorite stuff is when you cover WWI-Vietnam but specifically WWII anyways keep up the work :D
Wow, even I got excited when I saw the quality of those Charms. Looks brand new. That container was stored so well.
The vintage drawings at the beginning cracked me up. The pilot is just grinning while dropping supplies to the stranded dude like "I got you, bro".
Was always curious about life raft rations from this period, you never cease to amaze, Steve!
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I wonder if Steve would appear on Tasting History, if Max cooked up a ration menu using old ingredients lists from decayed cans & Steve brought along the components that survived. Making a complete ration menu to review. That would be, nice.
Anything is possible, but since Max is a west coastie and Steve lives in Florida, it's pretty unlikely...
That would be cool
@@furrymessiah Max does some travel vids here and there. I'm sure he could hop over to Florida. Imagine Steve getting to eat a freshly cooked version of one of those rust bucket cans of fossilized stew. Served in a reproduction can by Steve's repro friend!
Max was recently on a Babish video recently(he’s in NY). That was awesome to see and with Babish having shouted out Steve in the past I wish I could see the 3 of them in a video one day!
Kinda already did this for Thanksgiving
Steve always helps me though difficult times, his videos are very relaxing :)
Loving all these old rations, Steve! Keep up the great work, we all appreciate and look forward to these videos!
Steve back at it again! Nice
It's good to be back, Christopher! nice
thanks for the informative and entertaining video! great job as always, Steve.
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Seeing the survival rations alongside the technology such as the kite and radio made this one of my favorite videos you have made so far!
Highly detailed and informative with interesting stories relevant to the topic. I learned something new with this content. As always Steve delivers education and entertainment at the same time.A truly rare talent that always leaves me wanting more.
In the late 80s, in my civilian life boat survival school training, they taught us to NOT eat raw fish unless you had plenty of water to drink because it took more water to process it than you got from eating it. However, their explanation was just that - so thanks for the more detailed explanation! Are there any records of the liferaft kit being used by a crew that was rescued or is it more of a "give you hope" thing that never really worked.
Loving it.
More MREs please
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Thank you for showing us the radio kit, and the demonstration of water and carbs vs. fat vs. protein. It was really cool to learn so much about these things. This extra long video must have taken a long time to make but it was worth the effort. Thank you again.
I know that it must kill you to open these 45+ year old historic MREs, but I know that you really enjoy seeing what's inside and even tasting it. Plus it makes for great entertainment for us. Thanks Steve!
There's nothing better than eating dinner and watching an entire hour of Steve
Steve! Great work man, I love the quality every time that you put a video out like this. I can tell how much passion goes into these vids. It’s highly commendable
Hey docternoblex thanks man. This one was special. Hoping you enjoy it and have a great night! Alright cool, see ya
@@Steve1989MREthis man is too wholesome and MUST be protected lol
Awesome new style!!! Love the more in depth history! Thank you!
Steve is the best teacher ever. His content shouldn't be free but I am not complaining one bit. So relaxing and enjoyable. Thank you Steve for being you and teaching the world about MRE's
Steve's knowledge about food science and history is just brilliant.
That radio is so awesome. The fact that’s it’s ergonomically designed to be held between your legs for stability while cranking is pretty cool. An extremely well thought out and planned kit. Nice.
This episode was a wild ride for sure. Most excellent. Keep up the good work! 😊
I love what you do too bring these times back to us in such a meaningful way - food brings you home.
Steve is the legend we didn’t know we needed. Such a gem to listen to and watch. He always comes out when it seems I need it most
A hero returns
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This was an absolutely fascinating video! That life raft transmitter unboxing was truly spectacular and unexpected!! I especially love the Big Trouble, Little China t-shirt! 👍👍 Awesome and very educational video Steve!! 👍👍
I'm glad this video will show people years from now this history. Thank you for what you do Steve.
That radio has such an incredible design, a real work of art beyond its function.
My autism loves how thorough you are in every video you do. I've watched every one. Some ive watched multiple times over the years. By far and away one of my favorite humans. You are much appreciated Steve.
I'm absolutely and completely grateful for these back to back postings! Thanks Steeeeeeeeve!!!!!
Yet another reason I love these; history, health and science lesson along with food history. So cool.
What a wonderful way to end the night. Thank you for the amazing content. It really helps bring the mind into a nice, peaceful place.
Hey Simon you're welcome and thank you too, I'm glad these videos can help you like that. nice
I think the emergency ration ones are always my favorite to watch. Just because it's so hard to imagine one person surviving with only this. The human body is capable of the nearly impossible in these situations, it's crazy.
If you were stranded and didn't know you if you were going to be picked up, you'd eat that K ration so slowly. There'd probably be some left over when you're picked up.
@@jd9119 I often wonder how many of them just ended up being stowed away and never used - I like to hope they weren't just thrown away when they expired.
@@jd9119Oh absolutely! it's just wild to think what the human body can pull off in these situations. We are simultaneously the strongest and most fragile beings on this Earth.
@@AshleyPomeroyI really do wonder... How truly nutritional are these things nowadays?
@@AshleyPomeroyThrown away or not, I really want to know the nutritional facts about them!
After 7 years ive rediscovered you and im so proud of your progress with this channel man. You always brought well done and genuine content.
Steve, thanks for all the latest videos over the past weeks. I thoroughly enjoy them all. You hold a mastery of this niche topic and I would consider you the Bob Ross of MRE's. The subject matter is quite entertaining on its own. But, the way you deliver the information and your experience takes it to another dimension.