Field Testing The IRP-P Daily Ration - A Day In The Forest 

My only complaint is your lack of awe, at the cuteness of those donkeys.

I suffer with anxiety and Im so happy I found your channel. This calms me right down and I wish to have the courage to go out hiking alone like you. Nature is pure medicine. For now Ill keep watching and keep getting inspired. Im always trying to identify the mushrooms and plants and berries and nuts befor you say the name and I find that quite fun. Thank you so much for sharing your trips

Kept waiting to hear..right let’s get this out on to a tray..

Sitting here in Russia I didn’t expect to stumble upon a video about our military rations on your channel! Thanks for a very soothing video!💚

Good video. Nice change of pace. Some channels become monotonous fast, not here. Thanks. Cheers, mate.

Awesome video, liked the pop-up stove you have. These 'in the field' videos are great.

for the record, it was "beef, stewed", not "beef stew". It's referring to the method of preservation (pressure-cooked in a can).

I love that you've created a channel that's just us watching you live your best life. Your channel is very enjoyable without the constant overstimulation of even my favorite channels. I usually only watch the scam baiting episodes but I honestly think I'm gonna explore more of the channel. This episode was really cool. I also love the deer and the occasional "can I help you 😑" look they would have on their faces. I guess them watching us wondering through their forest would be the equivalent of us watching a stranger rooting around in our backyard or more accurately inside our home.

The spoons are a kind of emergency standby - most troops would carry their own mess kit with them. Sometimes ration packs are distributed at sites of natural disasters, where not everyone is going to have cutlery. You ought to try to get a British ORP Spork, or a long brown US MRE spoon. They're sturdy, and built to last.

I was looking at that stove of yours, and I don't know if you had a picture or something that you were copying, but at a glance, this is how I thought it was supposed to work: Fold the corners down, and use them as a stake to secure it in the ground, allowing for use on slightly uneven surfaces by digging them each in to the appropriate depth, then fold the center bits up, so you'd have a flat square at the top, with a much larger windbreak on each side, I think. Put your boiling container atop it and light it through one of the corners.

"she'd just want to run with the tree-head doggos" 😂 you're hilarious, sir

i love it when you mix and combine the different ingredients and meals together, bc thats exactly what the soldiers and people who get these kits do, they mix everything they can together to try to get a decent meal

Found you by accident your videos are strangely comforting most enjoyable

I recently subscribed to your channel and have not been disappointed, as the content is varied and interesting. please keep the coming.

Love the way you are doing these videos. Maybe you should do some more ration videos. I really enjoyed it. Keep it up!

The best part about the IRP-P ration is that its abbreviation is a sentence when said aloud

Great vids but just a note you had the stove upside down 😂😂 x

I could watch this man do this for hours and never get bored of it it's relaxing, calm and really does help you get rid of stress and help you get over a bad day or a hard working day.

These hour long walk videos are perfect to wind down to before bed 😊

Fun fact: mistletoe is a protected plant in Germany. Despite it being a parasitic plant, it provides (some) shelter for birds during winter, when all the disiduous trees have lost their leaves, so people aren't allowed to collect it or remove it.

Limited budget challenge idea, design your own RP for a day for 2 pounds, use anything you can pick :d

New Forest pony broke in to my tent and ate my biscuits. They are funny 😁

I subscribed ... I was searching for how to find morel mushrooms and you're Channel came up... if I was able to watch only one channel it would be yours because you do a very good job of covering many topics... All other channels have to stick to their single formula in order to be entertaining.

This channel really does help me chill the ef out when my mind is scrambling. So wholesome, calm and you learn so much! Thanks Atomic Shrimp!

I love videos like this where you're out and about in the woods

2:51) "... she'd just wanna go and run with the *tree-head doggos* ..." LMAO!!! Am I hearing this correctly?! Hope so bc I love it!

I declare this channel is a treasure on youtube

In regards to the stove, get in the habit of carrying three things extra on your person. 1) A small baggy with vasalene covered cotton balls, 2) One to two lighters. 3) A pocket Life Straw. The cotton balls light very well and putting one with the stove tablet would have helped to light it. The lighters would give you extra fire power and the Pocket Life Straw would have ensured you would have clean water to drink if you were able to find a water source. These things are small enough to keep in a coat pocket or small waist pack or even in your pocket. Bravo on the backup stove! Take care! 😊

Some of these landscapes were beautiful, really wished I could be there

I love these videos. My parents would walk through the woods and identify every plant and tell me the uses of them. I remember a small amount of what they taught me. Mainly, the plants I can eat on the spot.

I watch you while I am making bread because your so calming and you make the hours pass by!

And somewhere far away, you can hear the faint echo... "Let's get this all out onto a tray... Nice! Mkay..."

No hello to the beautiful donks🥺 I love these videos. I scrapped what I was watching to take a walk in the woods in England 😍

Could you do one of these with British army rations? I wonder what they are like.

I keep watching your cooking videos as they help to calm me down. Thanks again for your amazing content.

I know this is an old vid, but I just wanted to thank you for the content you make. Back during Covid, and then when my now wife was away at school, I spent a LOT of time alone in my tiny apartment. Long form videos like these would be my companionship when I was lonely, playing in the background. I still bring you out for tasks at home like dishes or laundry. Thanks Shrimp

Another terrific video 😁❤️ what beautiful woodland and such interesting content. You are so very knowledgeable, it's a joy to listen to you talk! Xx

Your videos are so good for mindfulness, thank you :) I can’t find any other channel like it

I like the UK (been there only once so far, unfortunately), british cuisine and british pronunciation so I subscribed. Appreciation from a russian-speaking person for this review, спасибо :)

How blessed you are to live near the new forest its beautiful thank you for your time...

Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your varied and random content. I found your channel from the scam baiting videos and stayed for everything else. You're doing your thing and enjoy sharing it with us. You're a great inspiration for my life moving forward.

Love these long walk vids

Thank you for your videos. They are so calming, entertaining and very educational. Much love from Georgia, USA.

I love the variety of content on this channel :)

Been subscribed for a couple years, shop glad to see the grown on your channel. Love your food budget videos!

My best guess at "intended use" of this concerning the hot drinks, is that you were expected to have sugar in your tea, and milk powder in your coffee. I think that's more common "on the continent" whereas having milk in tea is really a very British thing. Generally speaking, British tea is also much stronger than what I have seen in other European countries, so it makes more sense to dilute it with milk, and it is probably also why Mr. Shrimp was a tad disappointed in the strength of these tea bags. No idea about Russian habits in specific though and it's entirely possible that my West European experience is not applicable there at all.

Thank you for sharing your adventure with us. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and found it informative. Thank you my friend. Take care xxxx

This is interesting and enjoyable, should have more views, keep up the great work!

That tree with the burr that rotted out looks like the kind of thing that would spawn myths like wood nymphs being hatched from trees or some such.

A very interesting and informative trip thru the New Forest, thanks 👍

Lets get this out on a tray. Mkay nice!

Kudos to you for not panicking when coming face to face with a band of Marauding donkeys! Brilliant video loved all of the hike along with the nature guide, have a lot more mistletoe knowledge now.

I'm very glad you brought a back up stove. I can't imagine a whole day in the forest without a good cup of tea!

Great video. I love these outdoor ration reviews.

I seen many videos testing rations and most of them do it "at home". Great thing you actually do that in field so things like problematic stoves become clear.

It's 6.33 am where I am and I'm having my coffee whilst watching this

I love how beautiful the places you forage and walk to are. So much moss, and trees around, as well as beautiful plants and fungi. It also looks so clean there. Makes me feel a bit jealous.

Oh god this is so soothing I love it

Now I have found your channel I am addicted to your videos and also I would love to spend a day with you in the woods you sound like a really nice guy to get to know

I love these extended videos, they always seem to finish far quicker than the length of time that they are. Thank you very much.

Rather have the link to your little folding stove love. LOL but thank you for setting the link if we care to try theirs. Enjoyed the field test.

Loved the pack of food and the hike. Thanks!

i know old video but love watching it when you go to the new forest, used to go camping there as a kid and loved that place so much

Well, after watching some of your videos I have this feeling you're very nice, wholesome human being

I’ve been binging all of your videos and trying to find the right one to leave a comment, I hope you see this and keep up all the fun and interesting work!

I'm going through your back catalog. The good old days before corona! Wouldn't touch mushrooms(don't know what I'm doing) but the chestnuts on the other hand, I'd fight the squirrels for them

There's an American Marine on RU-vid in a base in Korea who tests all the different ration packs of different armies worldwide. The UK ration pack was in his top 3.

You know what they say, hunger is the best sauce!

watched this for the full hour. such a great video. you need your own show lol.

On the edge of the forest, we have 2 of the famous, hardly-ever seen, wild donkeys!!! 1:45

Thanks for sharing this nice daytrip of yours :-)

This may not be the same thing but my mom would never let me take the last of anything on a grocery shelf. I always had to leave something for others. And still to this day, I can't take the last of anything even in the woods. Shame on the mushroom reapers

Thanks, that was the first time I have seen someone review a 24 hr ration pak eating it out in the wild so to speak.

The IRP-P looked good. Great isea to review it in the forest. 2 thumbs up.

Great video! Takes me back to exploring country parks with my father and brother- fungus forays, animal sightings, nightjar walks. Halfway through my biology degree and still look back fondly.

2 years too late, but you need to rough up the fuel tablet with your knife/a twig. That way the flame takes hold and melts the solid fuel which helps to continue the cycle. Great video, thanks!

I listen to this while a sleep. I’m 3000 miles from what I used to call home. This helps.

That stag is checking you out, you're in his territory!! I went into a field once by some woods and a bull chased me out! I had to dive over the fence. Love your hat, I had one similar khaki coloured but left it in a hotel in Spain near Gibraltar :-/

Russian tea is usely served black sometimes with lemon so that might explain the weaker tea bags

3 years since this was released! still very entertaining

The US Army did one thing right with our MRE’s the spoon. It’s strong,long and will last a while . As far as rations go some are good and some are horrible but they do pack them up with other stuff that will get you what you need. If you want I can send you a few to try.

Really enjoyed this thankyou

I don't know why but I really like your accent and the way you explain and talk about things lol, better than some of my teachers explain things

Enjoyed the day in the forest,thanks,

Mistletoe here in Australia grows on pretty much everything. I even have it growing on my backyard citrus trees.

26:00 aged like milk lol

Now the days are getting longer and we're in BST, I'd love to see more of these "day in the woods on rations" videos, even if it's roughly more of the same or something different, I'd be glad to watch. That is, if you're willing and able - I guess these days out can take their toll with all the walking.

You survived the forest then. Hope you didn't come across any trolls as there's plenty on social media 😜

With so much annoying and loud crap flooding youtube, i really enjoy watching your channel

I really do appreciate these walks through the British countryside, it is also nice to see the sunlight too. Of all the military rations of the various nations have some sort of pâté all except for the United States which puts either peanut butter or jalapeño cheese in their MREs.

you didn't fold the legs down to allow more air, lighting solid stoves require little wind to light. The same reason a kettle will not boil in a windy space, it has to be shielded from the wind.

Thomas Hardy's passages-long, descriptive, and melancholic or rapturous-regarding the English countryside came to mind as I watched you wander through the wood.

14:00 Such a lovely spot to watch the airshow from!

That's beautiful country you're hiking through.

My fav. Season. When you start cold but never really over heat.. And were not gana mention the donkeys?!?!

Like having a day out with you ,loved it .thanks.

I like your videos keep making them 💕👐

"there is no really wild wilderness here in the south of England" I was going to comment when the video started... "are there really any wildernesses in the UK left?"

I thought your lunch looked great, and probably tasted even better!

I love your videos! I am from East Texas in the States.