Don't know why but for me the perfect ending for a long day is just kicking back with an ice cold beer watching this dude eating 30 years old military food
I joined the Army in 1985. I always liked the MREs. We would be out in the field and a lot of the guys would bring their own food because they said they didn’t like “Marie’s cooking”. I usually came back with a duffel bag full of them. I would bring them home eat them occasionally. There were a few menus that even my wife liked. I’ll still pick some up every now and then. Love them! Thanks, Steve!
Your vids are awesome and i realy enjoy watching them, great work man. Could you try an actual german 'bundeswehr' MRE sometime? greetings from germany
@@Steve1989MREThey need to bring back corned beef hash. Cocoa. Coffee Type 1. Freeze dried fruit And the fudge bars from MCI. Especially the vanilla one.
It shows the attention to detail and effort you put into these videos. We all love them! I hope you remember me from the early days of your channel before you got such a "NICE!" following :D
I was a brand new infantry E-2 Private in '92 at JOTC Panama. I ate this meal almost every day for a month because everyone else in my squad hated it and I always got last dibs when rations were resupplied. So, when we were in the field, becoming a "hashivore" was a necessary survival adaptation to my jungle environment. We had the little bottles of Tabasco in the accessory pack that I'd always add to it, and the sweat would drip off of my nose into it as I ate, sitting flopped against my rucksack, usually in the mud. But my mouth still waters watching the video, and I would totally eat that right now.
Goat, we didn't have the chemical heaters yet, I think we got those about a year later. I usually ate it cold....well, not really cold, at ambient Panamanian jungle temperatures.
Thanks for your service brother! I remember when I was in saudi during the war we would throw our MREs on the tarmac and the sun would heat them up for us.. Some great meals back in those days.
Thanks Steve. I watched this video while eating six year old Russian cheese spread from an ICR. I have stopped trying to explain to the girlfriend a long time ago.
And almost all of the comments are genuine and true! Like, "Steve is the Bob Ross of MRE's" lol. Lots of likes, very few dislikes and haters, etc. Kinda a rare thing. Being a subscriber of Steve is like our own little special club!
And that's a problem? Okay, i'm a nerd I guess. I can live with that, I've been called worse things... Depending on the day, I may or may not self-identify as an asshole as a matter of fact.
This is the only vintage MRE I ever had. It was exactly this menu. I had a friend who had been in the air force and he had saved a few that he had gotten at some point. They were on a shelf in his dads garage. Had been there for 10 years or so and I asked him if I could have one. He said sure and I took it home.. more out of curiosity than anything. But when I opened it it was perfectly fine and I ended up eating most of eveything in it. I definitely remember the oatmeal bar and the apple jelly which I put on the crackers. Now all this time later I'm watching Steve open another one. Nice!
Steve1989MREInfo If you happen to find a Pot Roast w/vegetables MRE anywhere let me know. I'll buy it. I joined the Army in 2004 and spent 8 years in, and that was quite possibly my favorite.
As I sat in the field, covered in sweat and grime, having not showered for a week in the Carolina heat, cursing the gods at having to eat yet one more god-awful, bland, constipating bag of freeze-dried, vacuum packed, horror show “food,” that 30 years later I’d be staring at a tiny handheld phone/computer, watching some dude eating the same thing saying things like “Nice. Wow, I love that malted barley smell.” As the Grateful Dead said “What a long strange trip it’s been!” Love the reviews Steve. Rock on! USMC 1986-1990
Greg, I'll bet you were one of those dudes that lived on Spam, Vienna sausage, and Sardines in the field? I thought Marines were supposed to be tough? LOL!!!
@@ekhliousful expired dosent mean that the food has turned into poison lol it just mean that the food no longer hold the properties that its manufacturers promised to the customers. like flavour texture or nutritional value etc. if there is no microbactrial action took place inside the food most of the expired foods are safe to eat.
I like when you say, "that makes me feel better." when you put something on a tray or make something look more presentable. It makes me feel better too lol
That brings me back to my Army National Guard days. We used to joke that MRE stood for "Meals Refused by Ethiopians." I managed to find one on e-bay for recreating my uniform and gear from my Guard days. No intention of opening it.
Ahh. Childhood memories, this was one of the first MREs I ever ate I was about 3-4 years old and fascinated with these packages my uncle would bring home after beuron duty, so we sat down and tryed one. I'd love to get him some. Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories.... Nice.
we got pallets of 1988-1993 mre's when we got deployed in 2001, when the new production one's showed up we didnt even open them and stuck with the old dark brown bags.
I was a US Marine infantryman in 1988 and I love the hash menu! Steve you should add water, creamer and sugar to the freeze dried fruit it taste incredible! Semper Fi till i die!
I learned from experience that if you could warm up the corned beef hash then it tasted good. The warmer the better. Hot corned beef hash tasted better than warm corned beef hash which was superior to cold corned beef hash. Adding Tabasco sauce made the corned beef hash even tastier. The corned beef hash entrée predated the issuance of the new-fangled, disposable chemical heating pouches. Had those been available earlier, the corned beef hash might have had a better reputation and greater acceptance. Once on a field exercise I passed by a decrepit, broken-down wood shack. On the floor lay about six to eight discarded mres, all corned beef hash entrees. The mres were in unopened, very good condition, meaning it had been rejected and discarded not that long ago. I collected up all of those discarded corn beef hash mres.
I watch this as much for the discovery but more for your true enthusiasm! I ate alot of these 1988-92 MRE's and never thought anyone could be as excited as you! Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed them too!
Got to say Steve, these videos are a life saver. So relaxing, they send me off to sleep when nothing else will. Don't take that the wrong way hah, just so calming and very interesting.
My brother used to bring these home on leave when I was a kid. We'd sit and play risk and Axis and Allies while I ate the MRE's and he ate home cooking . . . I absolutely loved it!
Steve1989MREInfo I can't tell how much I enjoy watching your videos and I can only hope you'll keep posting at least 2-3 per month for the rest of your life. Channels like yours deserve way more attention. Keep up the good work buddy.
This was my absolute favorite MRE when I was in the field. Didn't this come with a tiny bottle of Tabasco sauce? Mine always had the tiny bottle that I used in my hash. Where is the liquid heating phosphorus bag? I loved the little heating pouch, it made me feel like I was doing a science project every time we sat down to eat. Hospital Corps School - Fleet Marine Force - 1994
