I can never get enough of your old marine stories. Ive never experienced that stuff of deployment and just you dont get to hear real stories to often. I love that you take the time to share those days with us. Been loving you and ace's boat fishing / cooking trips too. Really a fun loving Christian family. Much love from me to yall.
I enjoy your content. The stories, the experimental eating... etc LOL. I especially like seeing your family together and enjoying each other's company. Keep those videos coming.
have you ever thought about doing MRE's from other countries? i know you did once, but some other countries like south korea have REALLY nice MRE's like rice and veggies with chicken. i recommend trying some other countries!! love the videos me ancient!
Another great video in the books, keep up the great work! It's nice to see an MRE channel that is run by someone who is a veteran, it adds that touch all the other channels are missing. The other channels may be "MRE experts" but they have no idea what military members actually went through and don't have the stories to go along with their list of facts.
Stumbled across your channel today. Your video reminds me of my grandfather. He served in the South Korean army as an MP officer during Korean War. Whenever we're having a meal together He shares some of his stories which always gave me an intriguing and comforting vibes, like your video does! Truly one of the best channel that I found this year..thank you pops.
So glad you got a MRE that was a 10! My dad was in the army (drove a tank) and stationed in France during the 50s and 60s. I miss him telling his stories. Thanks for sharing yours!
I find this amazing. This guy eats the simplest of food enjoys it and has a great attitude and great stories through out, man I would love to have such a simple out look on life.
Love the review. You looked so happy when the marble cake and coffee were good, priceless!! Thank you for your service and congrats on becoming a Blue Nose!
Salivating over this one! Here in the Philippines, we have access to many varieties of fresh seafood on the coastline of the South China sea. It is important in my opinion for it to be well heated to avoid hepatitis and a few other nasties. I NEVER consume raw shellfish here (tropical waters with high human population. We have consumed buckets full of steamed and/or baked Tahong (green mussels and oysters from Hagonoy, a town that is part of our province of Bulacan. It was easy in the states to put together a faux Newberg sauce using a canned condensed cream of shrimp soup. Well, NOT here in the Phils. Yet another product we simply can not purchase anywhere here. You cook from scratch or you will really have to wing it. I "cheat" with a great Canadian made cream of mushroom soup (NO GMOs) and a good dab of tomato paste to get some color. After partially cooking the shrimp or crabs (both is better!) we cook down the shells and then further reduce the liquid to concentrate the flavor. We then have a base to witch we add what we can get fresh off the boat. Assorted fish filet chunks, crab meat, shrimp, oysters, even small octopus tentacles, ALL GOOD. Warm it up till the fish flakes and you have a safe serving temperature. Serve over steamed rice, I prefer brown but most guests reach for the white stuff. We have found on occasion, a few cans of imported clam chowder but dang it does NOT tastes like what GrandMother made when I was a kid. Nothing like a great clam chowder and a pan of biscuits hot out of the oven with soft butter on a cold winter night! At least I still remember the method so a chowder is doable. I hope you understand why I am a tad jealous of this one! You certainly deserve a bit of convenience and thank you for making all of us aware of this superior MRE.
This is such genius content. It's food, it's military, and you get to be around this Guy and he's tough as nails and then his grandson is just coming up in the world and kind of soft and naive.. but his grandpa is just super nice to him, when you know he could be all hard on him but chooses to just be nice and good.. very great stuff. Great stuff
I seen many of your videos.Thank You for your Service I am a 90s Marine Combat Engineer at times I would take an MRE then fast food dont be last in line you get the the less
We saw these in Alaska.. LOVED THEM! You must have a camp stove if mess doesn’t set up smoky joes for you. Mountain house still makes the chowder. I just got ten of them because I was getting low on them.
Yessir! A guy from Alaska actually sent a full case to me of the various kinds. I believe my next video is on another Cold Weather MRE.....stay tuned and TFW!
Best MRE yet and I think it may have been the best story year as well. I hit the like button as soon as the video starts playing (been doing since video 2-3) and do far have not regretted it. I wonder if the lack of salt packet was due to the high salt content of the soups, especially the ramen.
I spent 9.5 yrs in the army, 5 of them in Fort Drum, NY and I never once saw the mythical "cold weather" MRE. Thank you for your service brother, and thank you for proving to me that this legendary unicorn does "in fact" exist!
When did they stop producing MCW's ??? That is news to me, but hey, no expert here. I just dabble in them and raise money by making the best mre anywhere that has components from around the world. Australia, NL, Germany, UK, Poland, Norway, USA. A lot of reviewers love this menu. Glad you enjoyed this. Cheers :) 😃
I've heard from a few other commenters that there is a company that was making this one as late as 2019. So where I read online that they were no longer making them was just with one company and that article was from back in 2016 or so. TFW!
In my Navy days in the early 1980s, when my ship went on deployment and we crossed the equator, we did our Shellback Initiation. A lot of hazing. Our new Captain even had to undergo the "fun". I never crossed the Arctic Circle though. 😎 I've had many MREs and many Mountain House meals, but never encountered this seafood chowder.
From what I've heard many new cold weather trainees refused to even try this due to the menu title but vets always say this is the best especially if you like seafood just due to the side items you get with it
Thank You. My Buddy was on Icebreakers for the early part of his US Coast Guard career. Then he was switched over to an airplane engine mechanic. He retired as a Senior Chief. I sent him this video to see if he had the same experience. I know he went to Antarctica, but not sure of the Arctic Circle. I enjoy hearing his stories and yours! Keep up the good work! You are doing GREAT!
Hi, from Virginia. I love your videos ..btw so much better than the other mre channels that just show the food, and not their face or reaction..also the story times remind me of my granddaddy's stories of his time in the navy ..much love
Man, learning about what a Bluenose is was cool! Thanks for sharing that story. Also, I may have to purchase one of those Bluenose challenge coins because I love the design.
Hi! Recent fan here, and I've been going through all of your MREs videos. I was wondering something about when you would eat these types of meals. Spicy food tends to cause people to sweat, which is why I thought they were so popular in the south (aside from growing down there of course.) I've always been under the influence that sweating and overnight winter survival would be an easy way to become hypothermic and die. Are you typically on board a ship or near shelter when consuming spicy foods in the arctic, or was this just a weird choice of seasoning. It seems like it should have been salt instead of spicy sauce. I love clam chowder, but would never consider ruining it with what appears to be Tabasco sauce. Love the videos and thanks for the content! I love the stories from when you served as well, they are always really interesting. Have a good one! :)
What a channel. So simple and the stories are great. Good job sir. Appreciate the content. While I wasn't in the Military I did get to enjoy a few MREs in JROTC summer camp especially at Fort Jackson SC. Some were good others weren't. Even then cadets were trading out items. Rumor was the gum was to make soldiers poop since some would make themselves constipated. I just assumed they were Chiclet gum. The little bottles of Tobasco was cool as heck. However our instructors came around and snatched our packs of matches lol. I did also get to do the training MRE you did in another video didn't come in the usual package wanna say it was in a clear green package. That was decent. We did another summer camp but at a Military School in NC and we ate in the chow hall every meal felt like I was in the Air Force compared to Jackson lol.
Hey guys! Great to see another MRE video posted. That clam chowder looks really tasty, lots of clams in that chowder. I'm curious why after all this time, that you haven't had the blue nose certificate framed, and hanging on your wall!! That is really interesting, I never heard of anything like the blue nose test. Once again, glad to see another video, God bless.
Good question! I have had that, some old MREs, my DD214, and old maps from being in Holland and Beirut as well as some old memorabilia from my travels while on active duty that I just don't think about. My wife made me a shadow box with a uniform shirt, dog tags, and medals I received but it's just something that I don't think about much. "That was then, this is now" kind of a thing, I guess. I have always had the idea that my best days are ahead so I don't spend much time looking back. I know I miss some things that way but I've always spent my life thinking like that. TFW, Darryl!
Loved that arctic circle story. My dad did a couple of tours up there as a cartographer on a coast guard vessel. He was told that the survival suit would give them about 5 minutes in the water before his core temperature got too low that he could not be saved. And he was told that everyone got tossed in the water on their first tour. He did not get dunked. Or so he says.... And yes, it is conceivable that a person could in fact die from that practice. Maybe it's reserved for officers, not marine cartographers... Haha
My 4 kids, now ex spouse and myself all earned our "Blue Nose" certificates 24 years ago. My kids agrs 8-16 all recieved special recognition for the overland adventure. Actually very tasty looking food. Best
Congratulations on the edible pound cake.. finally!! :) I've never eaten chowder, but that mountain house one looked pretty good. Story time! That certificate for the Order of the Blue Nose is fantastic! Great video again :)
Glad you enjoyed it. Ace was pleasantly surprised to see it. I had forgotten that I had it until I was thinking about the story to tell with the video...TFW
Fun Fact: They put no salt in Cold Weather Rations because they're attempting to reduce the sodium intake to help reduce the risk of dehydration in arctic environments.
I was once a little bitty pollywog on the USS New Jersey BB 62 then I got to hand and knee it from bow to stern.. might I add she is 887' the Shellbacks on board cut old fire hoses to hit you with the hole way. I'm a Golden Shellback as we crossed the Equator at 180 the International date line. I as a old guy sure do miss those days. Go Navy beat Army.
11 days late to the party😭Sigh. Anyway... My oh my, the MRE looks especially delicious. Seems like you and Mr. cameraman are bent on making the viewers hungry. That is such a unique and beautiful certificate. Definitely worth preserving.
If they really did stop producing these then its a major disappointment. That is as high quality as a military ration gets, and with surprisingly high quality ingredients. I was expecting a few little chunks of clams at best but they had tons of whole clams. These are the kinds of rations that are great for morale, especially in the kind of cold climates where they are issued. Morale alone is a good enough reason to keep producing and issuing them. This is exactly the kind of thing any soldier in a freezing arctic climate looks forward to after a long day stuck out in freezing temperatures. Nothing drains a person faster than having to stay out in the cold like that, especially for US soldiers who come from warmer parts of the country and just aren't used to that kind of cold. This would do wonders for soldiers in the field and make it clear they're being well looked after and provided for
Great video loved the story reminds me of my grandfather he was in the british royal navy and was chosen to go on a royal arctic expedition in the late 40's/early 50's and after completion he got a certificate personally signed by King George VI my family still have the certificate in safe storage.
I became a "true and entrusted, ice and brine-encrusted Blue Nose on USS Saipan in '86 with HMM-162; The knotted rope was called a "starter"; in the days of sail when you heard "heave out and trice up!", you'd better be quick getting out of that hammock, or else they'd cut your hammock rope and beat you with the starter! Semper Fi!
Glad to see you eating an MRE that you can actually eat. While exploring OLD MREs can seem to be exciting and fun, NOT being able to actually eat them is NOT fun to watch. It's anti-climactic because (most likely) we all know it's going to be nasty. I like it when you can actually enjoy the meal without risking your taste and health. BTW: love your stories!!! Also, what is the strangest thing you ever saw or experienced?
Wow that a mre .... was actually like you ..........really good........ let me pull a Gordon Ramsay....... the noodles looked as if you cook them perfectly....... maybe a little less water in the chowder....... it could have been nice and thick but all in the all........ excellent job .......excellent story as usual thank you very much
This 2621 salutes you, Clemons! Back in my day, I was a "Manual Morse Intercept Operator." Don't know if they even have that MOS anymore. TFW, as always!
That was most likely a 2019, I have a couple of 2019 cases that have the seafood chowder. When I heard that they were discontinuing this menu, I started hoarding them. Just a week or so ago, I got a 2020 case that still has the chowder in it, menu #6. So, now I have enough seafood chowder meals to make me sick of them..... Awesome video, thank you! I think you should combine what you do, dive & catch a lobster, and work that into another seafood chowder....yum! -Zed
