American tries a Canadian MRE! 

As a Canadian, I have never seen someone so excited to eat a Mars bar lol.

coffee crisp is the most underrated Canadian chocolate. People just dont know how good it is.

I’m surprised you didn’t get the vacuum Sealed beef jerky that feels like your chewing wood chips. I died when you said “Canadians must have good jawlines” 😂

Canada also uses flameless heaters, they're distributed separately because you could also use a Coleman stove and a pressure cooker if you're in an admin posture and want to cook like 15 rats at the same time. Also UK/Canadian chocolate doesn't use as much corn syrup compared to US choc

Canadian soldiers, famous for our minty breath and aggression formed by a lifetime of hockey

Canadian milk chocolate is similar to British milk chocolate. Canada's brands align with the UK, Cadbury, Mars, etc.

Any country that has cheesey chips and gravy as their national dish gets my vote!!

Dude when I was deployed, any kind of canned fruit kept in some cold water over night and then enjoyed after a patrol.....hot damn that was currency man. You best believe them nice chilled pears are going to get you a lot of stuff lol

Someone would get 3 of these a day, different meals for different times in the day

Canadian MREs are the comfort food of my childhood, my dad is a retired combat engineer and I was always stoked when he brought MREs home, the honey in a tube was great. My friend's kids that are in cadets bring me MREs when they have some left over from camp.

We eat UK chocolate bars in Canada, Cadbury products, Coffee Crisps, Smarties which are like your m&m only they taste better. We have some US chocolates as well.

Mars Bar advertising had a strap line - " A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play" back in the day

I would put peanut butter and jam on those tortillas. Also someone mentioned the hardest beef jerky in the world, would still try to trade anything for it, love that jerky life in the field

That's the only MRE that'll say sorry for tasting bad lol

A little note to mention about Hershey's in Canada (may also apply to the UK): Hershey's outsources their chocolate manufacturing. Ours is made by Nestle, who makes Dairy Milk, so Canadian Hershey's tastes like Dairy Milk.

MARS BARS, are made in Slough, Berkshire, UK We love our Mars Bars over here in England.

Welcome aboard brother. The Mars bar has been a British staple in the outdoors for decades. One soccer team went on strike because their new nutritionist said they couldn't have Mars bars because they are too unhealthy!!

No lie, we lost a guy on exercise to that trail mix. He was just chilling in the shade having a snack and *pop* his back molar explodes. Had to be pulled out and given serious dental

Its always funny seeing someone who hasn't slept in a few days accidentally trying to eat the compressed napkins

that was pretty funny about canadian jaws, that made me laugh...those little napkin tablets fit perfectly in a water bottle cap (instructions on my pkg told me that lol), i use them on trail rides...crunchy only and forever and now im craving beef-a-roni... thx

I served in 1990s our MREs came in like a big envelope my favorite was the Salisbury steak they also had ribs, beef stew, beef chili and egg omelette, Canadian Army is one of the best fed armies in the world I miss the food and that's saying a lot. :-) :-)

Growing up in Canada (I'm 55 now), I used to see the Sunny D commercials and always wanted to try it because we only got frozen concentrate. I totally agree with your definition of Sunny D!!

Love the Content Bro always cool to see these MRE videos!

As a Canadian our food contains Chilly, beef stew, and generally just a lot of different chillies and stews which are heavily spiced.

RU-vid recommend me your JTF2 video yesterday and the channel seems pretty cool.

About Canadian MRE, I have many memories of ratatouille when i was in the Canadian Army Cadet (2972 Mercier) because I was the only one to eat it and I understand a little why. The smell is terrible when you fart but it's really funny to see the reaction of others when you open your sleeping bag in the morning after a hot summer night in a small room without air conditioning. There's also a legend talking about Poutine in the Canadian MRE.

Great review and love the fact that you do your best to be neutral and very self-aware. Love your videos!

To your credit, you didn't spit anything out. Your reactions made me laugh out loud. I like you. You are smart, articulate and curious. All good traits. I watched a few of your other videos. I'm glad you acknowledged Canadians in your other videos. Thanks so much. I have subscribed and looking forward to watching your videos.

always had to find ways to chill the fruit. in the winter it was easy, leave the pouch outside for an hour. in the summer, not so easy, you usually got to "enjoy" them warm. my favourite dessert was the Cherry Cake, it was in the same pouch as the fruit, but was more like a thick cherry-flavoured tortilla, with bits of (presumably) cherry all through it. the MRE's now are a bit different than what we had 30 years ago, but we had the beef-mac then too, we called "Combat Boyardee". some MRE's were better than others, with specific menus for all 3 meals per day. the turkey dinner with mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing was AWESOME, despite the powdered potatoes. you just took the gravy from the turkey pouch and make the potatoes with that. Back then, we had a propane-stove for a section when in the tent, plus a small, folding steel stove that you'd put a little fuel puck into. it was smokeless, and most often, several of us would just use one to save the fuel, though the stoves could burn wood as well. they probably have something similar today.

I love these MRE videos! Keep them coming! We have Mars bars here in Finland too and they are one of my favorites. I've been to the US and have tasted Hershey's bars and I see with you mean. They taste absolutely horrible.

Your room is much better now nice👍💯

Love your content man! Haha always chill

The Scheer fact that you referred to it as a chocolate bar numerous times, as opposed to a candy bar. You good Sir judt got a new Subscriber. Best wishes from Yellowknife 🇨🇦

Thanks for sharing. When I was young I used to want to join the Canadian Army (couldn't due to medical issues), it's interesting to see what rations are like. Actually the rations seem pretty good, with all the snacks and stuff could easily keep you going for half a day.

To be fair, it is hard to make the MRE's into gourmet food, given the storage and nutritional requirements - plus they have to be squaddie / grunt proof!

It’s actually US MRE’s are similar to Canadian IMP’s. (Individual Meal Package). I was on an exercise in the early 1980s where the visiting American troops were trialling our AVGP’s and IMP’s iand we got to walk and eat C rations. We definitely got the worst of that exchange. Sometime later your American MRE’s came out and then you started re-equipping with LAV 25 and then Strykers which were based on the AVGP which was in turn based on the Swiss Piraña.

Love this fella!! Dope channel!!! Spot on with hersey bars compared to dairy milk or Toblerone!! And I bet you wouldn't be leaving me on my own in a bar fight!!!! Love from London and Dublin!

On point 👉 content again bro!!! I love Mars bars, they used to do King Size ones in the UK back in the day, probs about 5 inches long lol 😆... was a massive fan😂.... thanks again and glad you enjoyed a Mars!!!

Cool video review for rations mate.

Too cute - I need to see this spork collection!

The IMPs used to include bread, which was replaced by a hamburger bun, which was replaced by the tortillas. The peanut butter and jam are a holdover from back when bread used to be standard, so I think it's meant to go with the tortillas now? The heaters are issued separately, though I think that's changing with the new IMPs and they'll come included. As for the milk chocolate here (and most of the rest of the world), yeah, it's different. US chocolate tends to be waxier and have more temperature stabilizers in it (the consequences of having to worry about warmer temperatures down south). European (and Canadian) chocolate tends to be more 'pure' (but it has a lower melting point).

Been waiting for this one haha

I like the mre videos could you please try the Republic of Croatia ration I’ve seen other RU-vidrs do it and they said it’s good Also the baby yoda with the marines hat looks really funny

We used to get a breakfast pouch that was Eggs and Ham, you just threw the pouch in boiling water or heated it on the manifold of your vehicle etc. It was nicknamed "Lung" because it came out of the pouch a sickly grey colour and was kind of slimy. It tasted okay mind you but it looked *terrible*. I am pretty sure I recall getting Coffee Crisp chocolate bars in the rats as well, and those are probably the best chocolate bars in Canada.

Use the tortilla, add the trail mix and put in peanut butter. That would make it all better. Boom trail mix peanut butter sandwich. Or take tortilla add peanut butter. Add fruit. Sandwich again.

"Lets get that out onto a tray! Nice. Okay."

Was a member Canadian Rangers (part time reserves, recruiting Captain described it as Boy Scouts for adults LOL) for 14 years, so ate a lot of these. :-) Canadian MRE drink crystals tasted more like Gatorade than a fruit drink, kind of salty. Nescafé instant coffee is huge improvement over what the MREs I had back then.

I served in the mid 80's when IMP's first came out. There weren't to many menu's but they were good. I would trade mine for Corned Beef Hash. The only problem was in that we had to heat water up to cook them. If you could not heat up water they were eaten cold. The freeze dried fruit I would eat dry. If memory serves there was a Rolo with it also. The Peanut Butter and Honey came in tubes which we were told not to eat. You also got a bun which was really good, coffee, hot chocolate, fruit drinks, and gum. Good times.

Sweet! I was waiting for that one. We do have Sunny D in Canada, its ooookay, not crazy. Now I want to go buy a mars bar...

Great Vid ... new subscriber ... Canada Love !!! I am not sure if you have reacted to the Longest sniper killshot by a Canadian but would love your take on it !!! Keep on keepin on!!!

Hey man! nice vid, as usual 🤘 Ps; maybe try and lower down your light, cause if you show something to the camera it’s pretty bright 😅

Its been 40 years since I was in the Canadian military. I still shudder at the thought of Boil-in-the-bag Omelets. Rubbery and tasteless.

Breached a door never breached a peanut butter packet lol

i'll be damned if i don't get my double double in the feild

I was a gunner in a Canadian artillery unit back in the late 80's...... we always ate our IMP's...... Individual Meal Pack, which is what Canadian MRE's are called..... we ate them cold. Downtime from moving or tossing rounds downrange was best used getting some rest. Heating them up didn't seem to make them any better. They were pretty decent to be honest..... when I can find them for sale now I will pick one up once in a while. They're great for camping... lol.

I notice you said Canadian food would probably be a mix of American and French cuisine, perhaps you don't know Canada was actually part of the British Empire, the British government gave Canada it's independence in 1931, HOWEVER Canada never actually patriated it's own constitution until 1982, that's one reason you will find British foods and stuff in Canada.

These are great, once in a while they show up near their expiry date in various stores, I pick them up to go camping. They're made by a company called Freddy Chef, who used to sell the foil pouches as regular food. Oh, and you also don't have Coffee Crisp down there either!

That MRE looks a feast compared to the old IMP's that I had in the 90's. I still can't look (or smell) a "green lung" without getting nauseous. Green lung = ham omelet for those of you wondering ... and yes it was literally green and when you took it out of the pouch, it resembled a lung.

In the field we do have chemical heater packs to heat them up, though I hardly ever bother.

I think the PB&J is for the flour tortillas.

The father of the guy who created the Mars bar was an American and his creation was the Milky Way bar. His son went to England and tinkered with the Milky Way formula to make it more appealing to Europeans and called the result the Mars Bar. The family name was Mars.

As a kid, my dad (Canadian Air Force) would bring these home for us when we went camping, and it seemed really cool to have mac&cheese boiled in the aluminum packaging and just ate it from the pouch. we used the tortilla bread to make peanut butter and jam sandwiches. I also never liked the pears, they always tasted off, but the peaches were good.

The Canadian army uses Coleman naphtha stoves for cooking. FREs are issued separately from the rations. And they are bigger than the US ones.

Our mars bars are your Milky way. Our milky way is your 3 musketeers bar...

Not only do I like the bits in the butter I also love bits in my OJ 🤣

I can hear Steve yelling "gusset!" In the distance

Here in Scotland you can go into a chip shop (where you can get potato chips & deep fried fich or sausage etc with a batter over it ) & ask for a deep fried MARS BAR ! I KID YOU NOT ! But as a Scotsman i have never tried one & never will lol

Tortillas with peanut butter and jam and the pears wrap put the trail mix in and the coconut will soften

the new imp bag is plastic and resealable. i think it was the year after the one you have is when it changed. theres no boxes anymore either iirc. also that trial mix is probably the best. also we get ration heaters or use a pressure cooker, or a boiling vessel in a vehicle

Canadian coffee with the Double-Double pre mix? Classic... 🤣

For our IMPs, we either have a coleman stove or we get issued chemical heating bags. The reason is to not waste all the bags when we do training cus we would use the stove most of the time.

Canadian chocolate is similar to chocolate from the UK. Here chocolate isn't allowed to be sweetened with any artificial sweeteners. So you usually will never find candy bars unless they are imported from the states. The government also has loads of regulations on the making of chocolate. The coffee is a 3 in 1. They are very common in Canada

The Orange drink is probably TANG a powdered mix with water. The Coffee is mixed we send them to the food banks all the time. You can't beat the mars bar for shure. Made by Forrest Mars.Sr 1932 in Slough England.

Not surprised about the coffee. We Canadians love our coffee! It’s like a Double-Double!

You used C418 - Cat from the Minecraft soundtrack as your outro? You have awesome background music in your videos.

Never had tortillas in the older IMPs I'm familiar with, but I'd take the thin tortilla and spread PB and jam on it. Thinking I'd use the napkin as asswipe.

Me at the beginning: "Just dump it all out of the bag!" Me at the end: "I'm glad you went through the items one by one, that was cool!"

I was in the Navy. We ummmm ... always ate well, even in stormy seas. (Don't piss off the cook or you'll end up eating a lot of peanut butter and jam,)

A lot of chocolate in the States is made using butyric acid in it's manufacturing, giving it a slightly sour flavour and smell (it's what's in vomit and parmasean cheese that gives it that same charateristic) . Hershey's started using it as a cost effective and time efficient way to break down the milk solids during the manufacturing process for mass production, and it just caught on. People got use to the taste in the US and now it's just the standard chocolate flavour profile there.

Same company marketed Mars bar first then a year or two later came out with Snickers bar.

I have a box of the Nescafé espresso sticks. They’re pretty awesome! For an instant package… it doesn’t get any better! I stopped eating the Mars bar… way too sweet for me. Snickers has peanuts which offsets the sweet; so I prefer Snickers.

Lunch IMP's come with chocolates, dinners soup, older rations the peanut butter used to come in tubes there was also honey.

Hahaha! Totally agree with the Sunny D rant!

I lived in Oklahoma for 7 years.... dying for a mars bar, Then I found out your milky ways are Mars bars. ......I think actually cried ...lol

As a member of the caf I think for the desert the best one is the orange fruit cocktail

Regular western food, maple syrup, poutine, beavertails, rockets, smarties, and more

Peanut butter was created in Canada

Good video

The spoon is used as a weapon when done eating. You never know when you gotta use your tac spoon to scoop enemy eyes/brains lol.

Crunchy peanut butter is an affront to civilization

What?!?! Nobody sent you our infamous "Lung in a Bag" IMP?

That’s a cool watch you’re wearing. What brand and model is it?

The Mars Bar is a British thing we copy here in Canada. In England the Deep Fried Mars Bar is the Boss of Desert, I had one here in Canada at a British Fish and Chips joint in Mission BC that my wife and I were sharing and let me tell you that was a fork fight just to get a taste out of her she loved the deep fried version so much.

Traditional Canadian cooking (outside of Quebec of course) is a mixture of Scottish/English cooking. Plain, overcooked, spices are salt and pepper. Basic meat and potatoes, none of that foreign muck. I still remember my grandmother's comments about garlic and the ethnic groups who use it. Thankfully Canada has received a large influx of immigrants from all over the world since WW2, so any type of cooking you prefer is readily available

Also the ration heaters are usually given to us seperately lol "usually"

We put the trail mix and peanut butter in the tortilla and make a breakfast wrap type thing

The old canadian canned rat packs the chocolate turned green, was still edible.

As a Canadian I Approve of this video

Your first mistake was at 1:50 - you shouldn't expect a lot. 🤣🤣 I remember expecting a lot from the poutine IMP... I was shattered! I expect my PTSD stemmed from that awful memory 😢😔. Oh, yes, the Tabasco is essential kit! I never went anywhere without a jar of Tabasco in my ruck... just tape it up with duct tape to make it more secure from breakage.

I think its the bagged milk that makes our chocolate amazing! LOL