I am dutch and we was all one back in the day same as ussr broke up into other places. Open a book. Dutch and german language almost the same and what he says is german in this video is DUTCH! But americans know it all.
Most items are pruduced and packed in the Netherlands in this MRE and only a few items are produced and/or packed in Germany such as the sponge cake and the biscuits, yet are produced by a subsidiary of Unilever which is a Dutch owned company!
You can always add your jam to the plain muesli or porridge to give it some flavor. That MRE is almost a 48 hour ration. Two breakfasts, two lunches and a dinner with tons of snacks and drinks.
I am dutch and the rations have improved the last few years. The ration you reviewed is not the "standard" ration, but rather the largest one. I believe these are for extra heavy duty like arctic duty are simular. The standard ration has two hot meals, two packages of muesli/porrage and two packages of crackers. And one pack with nuts, beef jerky, soups, drinks, protein drinks ect ect. Normally it does not include the dried pastas, cookies, cake, extra pack of nuts, ect. The hot meals in the normal ration are great compared to what we used to have. They are so good that I rarely bring my own food with me these days. A few years ago a standard grunt would life of noodle-soup he brought along. These days the rations are so good, we actually eat this stuf :)
Buddy, for as many rations as you have made/eaten, you haven't developed a feel for the amount of water needed to rehydrate food. Always entertaining..
There really dry brittle jerky? Just put it in the soup or noodles before you pour boiling water on it, and let it sit a few minutes, that will soften the jerky and add some flavor to the soup/noodles.
@@hex1c only in high amounts. I have heart failure my cardiologist said " a few pieces is going to cause no danger". So..unless you're allergic it's beneficial.
This is a brute of a ration, comparable in size to the Australian CR1M. The sheer variety of goodies in this would make it a joy to eat rather than a chore for mere caloric intake. And lots of snacking options outside of structured meals. I'm interested in seeing what the other ration options have in them. Dutch cocoa powder is the duck's nuts! (An Aussie expression meaning great or the best.) Making it on milk and/or cream instead of water is even better. I'd be interested in finding out how much of a foreign income earner OrifO is for the Danish economy. Their products appear in so many western European military ration packs. Proper black liquorice/licorice can potentially lead to or exacerbate hypertension/high blood pressure and heart arrhythmia. And watch out that it's not salted licorice. The Scandinavians consume it by the truckload and the Dutch aren't that far behind them! It's an acquired taste, but I grew up with it as a kid. Liquorice contains liquorice root, not star anise- they are unrelated to one another. Vitamin D3 is probably there if this is more of a winter than a summer ration. We don't get the D vitamins through our diet; we make them by exposing our skin to sunlight, which will be a problem in winter. Negro and other dark-skinned peoples living in the northern hemisphere are significantly more likely to suffer from Vitamin D deficiency than Caucasians. It's believed that the original humans in Africa were "black" and our European ancestor's skin lightened through evolutionary pressure when they moved through Asia and into western and eastern Europe so that we could make sufficient Vitamin D. Vitamin D was also postulated as helping our body cope with Covid-19 or that you were more likely to suffer worse consequences if you were Vitamin D deficient. That curry looks more Indonesian than Indian. If the pâté is more generic pork meat than liver, that black cherry jam would be nice on top. Cashews are a bit special over bog-standard peanuts. Nice! Nice review as always, guys.
The Dutch ration must be the biggest one out there. Its great tgst they gave so many different drinks and snacks. If armies march on their stomachs, the Dutch must be marching non stop lol. Great review :)
Think the extra tea powder was a mistake that's why it's in a different bag, just like when I ordered furniture flat packed and it came with extra pieces.🤷
FWIW “kippensoep” is Dutch, not German Same with the other items you identified as “German”, they’re actually Dutch. No worries as the languages are similar but they are definitely different. My mom was very good with German and she could sorta understand Dutch, but speaking it was out of the question lol.
Just took a look at one of the normal MRE. It is 4150kcal. This one is 5259kcal. So, yes it is one the heavy duty meals for specific environments and not the standard MRE.
Caloric count is just about perfect for a cold weather ration. Also explains why there is no water content in it. You don't want containers bursting because the liquids freeze inside them.
Dang, this was a HUGE ration. It depends on what I had to do but this would be a welcome amount of food in the field. You all are doing a great job with ration selection keep up the great work. BTW how's Amanda?
While it's true that this ration should definitely be issued with a pre loaded syringe of insulin for DIA - BEETUS ... US mre s should be issued with a 80 milligram dose of Lasix due to the horrific sodium content. It's obvious that US mre s are only made with long term storage in mind. Nothing even remotely to do with flavor. Be safe guys
DIA - BEETUS lol. Its true. US MRES are not at all about taste or anything else but long term storage. Of all the mres,from all the different countries that I've tried, they are the least desirable.
A question from an American, how do these euro militaries provide the hot water to make all this happen? I know American MREs can be eaten without heating, but dehydrated can’t be at dry. Always wondered.
It varies. Some US MREs were self heating. A plastic envelope with a magnesium compound in it had water added to it. It then became insanely hot. A metal foil pouch with the food put into the water would heat up quickly. European armies may have done or do this, but the common way is to heat water in a small pot or metal canteen cup using a "Sterno" type fuel. Esbit tablets are far and away the most common. In some armies a little Esbit stove is issued to the soldier, in others a flimsy little version is put in the ration pack along with the tabs.
I doubt the licorice you had was made of star anise it was actually licorice since it was from Europe. The eat real licorice from licorice root not what Americans think licorice is. I know this first hand because when I was a kid we had a German exchange student in my home town and he got regular shipment of real licorice from his family in Germany.
People here in the USA chew licorice root, but it is not common. There was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs some years ago who wore a necklace of bear claws or teeth and chewed licorice root incessantly, the way some chewed tobacco.
Usa rations need to go take some classes from whoever makes this ration I could eat 2-3 days off this lol Nice for soldiers Usa troops would freak out on this
The thought of that reminded me of living in the South of the US many years ago. I was unfamiliar with grits, a staple of the Southern breakfast. They are made from ground parched corn, and are bland, even with butter on them. I was looking at my grits in a restaurant one morning, and I grabbed a little tub of strawberry jam (for use on toast). I stirred it in and it was good. I never ate grits without doing that again. My practice absolutely horrified the Southerners, lol.
@@sunshinesideoflife7710 Holland knows 1000 and thousand variations of DROPS.... soft, chewy, hard, sweet, salty, wet inside etc etc xxx love it. Don't forget the English Drop... but that's not Dutch lol.
Excellent job Nathan. Been watching your vids since the beginning and I gotta say this is my favorite. What a wide variety of items and tastes. Lemon , chocolate, cashews, black cherry , curry and even licorice ! I've been eating mre s since about 1981 and I've never had any with any licorice related items. Really nice work guys, stay safe.
its all sugars no fats. sure it looks nice at first glance but the drinks wont keep you warm on a march. the soups are nice tho. 3x coffee typical dutch to drink a lot of that. what is the total calorie of this? i dont think it will be all that much. its a nice snack pack.
its not meant for a march (and even then you still need to drink a lot on a march anyway) but for on a temporarily military camp (bivak) as it's a 24 hours ration, I personally know the ones from the 80's and those had great stuff in it but often too few drinks, the calories in this one it is around 5300 kcal enough for a day of hard work.
@@jipleyYT its a mre, you would have to march to get to the bivak, mre are to be consumed in the field. you are looking at the mountain ration, this one is only 4100calories and its all sugar. you would crash hard on it working a day.
