Priya Krishna Tries Pizza Made to Last For 3 Years | M.R.E. Taste Test | NYT Cooking

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Follow along as food reporter Priya Krishna takes us on a journey through the world of M.R.E.s. Short for Meals, Ready to Eat, M.R.E.s are thick pouches of shelf-stable rations created for the United States military. They're not particularly fancy or appetizing, and they're technically not allowed to be sold commercially if made under a government contract (most are). But when pandemic-induced panic buying kicked into high gear in early 2020, interest in M.R.E.s boomed. Scientists and engineers spend years perfecting them for service members on operations away from dining halls or field kitchens. Is the beef ravioli as nutritious as possible, and shelf stable for up to three years? Can it survive a drop from a helicopter, or blistering desert temperatures? And - as Priya wonders and finds out - does it taste good?
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@jmw271 3 года назад

The thing I love about Priya’s reporting is that it’s not pretentious. Her commentary is informed but without that superiority that can be easily prevalent in these types of videos.

@tresorArt 3 года назад

This!!

@katestyrsky329 3 года назад

Yes! Burping is totally unpretentious-- and honest.

@1nvisible1 3 года назад

*Call me a purist, I liked Priya's cans more than the retort pouch!*

@ruthannwachsmuth1236 3 года назад

Very cool to see how MREs have evolved. When I joined the Army (1982) We received C Rations (the canned meals) they weren’t bad, but heavy, and no way to heat. The smoked cheese spread was the best, despite the occasional shard of metal from cranking them open with a P-38 can opener.Then they were testing LRPs (Long Range Patrol) all dehydrated- and frankly, godawful. MREs were great. The square hotdogs were always a favorite. I’m dismayed to see the pork patty is still around. No one ever wanted pork patty. But it was dehydrated back in the day. Hopefully it’s improved. The freeze-dried fruit cocktail was better if you didn’t rehydrate it. Love to see all the new choices, and they’ve improved the packaging. Thanks for a trip down memory lane!

@SyBernot 3 года назад

While in S. Korea on a field op. We had locals collecting up the brass and some out there that would trade MRE's for soup and soda. We had a young kid maybe 8 years old hanging around and he was clearly hungry. Someone gave him a pouch of potted pork meat product, he opened it, smelled it and dropped it on the ground and ran away. I think that says it all right there.

@ssc6819 2 года назад

My dad was in the army in the 80s and 90s and he used to get us MREs for camping trips and we had tried the new MREs about 5 years ago to see if they were the same and I must say they were definitely better. Although I do miss the chicken ala king entree and the mini Tabasco bottles. I can attest that the freeze dried fruit cocktail was worth it to eat straight out of the package without rehydrating it, like a cracker.

@joevanderwaag7682 3 года назад

Love you Priya!!! Thank you NYT for valuing and appreciating her as much as the fans do!

@damienjohn 3 года назад

I'm always here to listen to Priya's food stories. I've seriously missed her! 😭

@anoukertje 3 года назад

Same!! Small tip: her episodes on the recipe club podcast with Dave Chang are awesome as well (but perhaps you already knew)

@damienjohn 3 года назад

@@anoukertje thanks for the recommendation :)

@GreyDevil 3 года назад

Priya mentions that the ravioli reminds her of Chef Boyardee, which is funny because his canned food was originally made for troops during WW2

@JacobGrippenMusic 3 года назад

And M&Ms were developed to mimic British Smarties that were being eating by soldiers in Europe in the mid-1930s, and were then the perfect candy to include in US soldier rations for WWII. And during the war, they were exclusively sold to the US military, because of rationing, the Army being the first big customer after their debut.

@BeerMe831 3 года назад

I love that Priya seems to just love food and will go into any challenge with an open mind. There's nothing pretentious about her and she's down for whatever.

@evanjohnson5401 3 года назад

I loved this, and I am so happy to have Priya doing more video! As a follow up I would love to see an interview with members of the military talk about their MRE "Recipes" where they trade and barter items with each other to come up with the best combinations. There is a definite ranking among the military, like trading baseball cards.

@phylliscraine Год назад

This video made me miss my Dad, who passed in 2000. He was career USMC. He'd bring home for us the old, long gone C-Rations - each with a tiny pack of four cigarettes - when we were kids. Glad to see the food has improved since the 70's. Semper Fi Dad!

@HutsTom 3 года назад

Let’s get this out onto a tray…. Nice!

@blackflare 3 года назад

*taps a water glass with a spork*

@davidhendricks8577 3 года назад

I knew there would be other Steve fans here

@wyattshanahan 3 года назад

Nice hiss

@ebarrood 3 года назад

as a production tester, i made and held 3 year old cake mre.s. at 3 yrs old, it still tasted fresh. it was a pound cake texture. at 5 yrs old, it was still pretty good. on the verge of getting dry, but not dry.

@rollercoaster24 3 года назад

Lol I read the title as she was trying to make pizza last for three years like an MRE 😅 But also love the history and explanation that MRE’s tasters don’t usually talk about, which is expected also from them.

@thegamingpigeon3216 3 года назад

Steve1989 is probably the most famous MRE reviewer and he's eaten canned meat from 1899. That IS history, I don't know how much more you want.

@rollercoaster24 3 года назад

@@thegamingpigeon3216 I haven’t watched his but I meant more about explaining the history and use behind MRE’s, the one’s that I’ve watched are more just about eating.

@thegamingpigeon3216 3 года назад

@@rollercoaster24 Maybe you're just missing them then, he goes into a lot of history about the items, why the kept and didn't keep certain things, why they switched packaging, when they switched, all that stuff.

@rollercoaster24 3 года назад

@@thegamingpigeon3216 Damn I missed out, surprised I haven’t seen him recommended to me.

@lessthansanity 3 года назад

So glad Priya's back

@gibberishname 3 года назад

an FRH (flameless ration heater) may not need a plug or electricity, but you forgot the second most important part after the water. it needs (and i'm quoting the military here) a "rock or something"

@toogeeky4u 3 года назад

Yes. As an Army veteran, I agree 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rheanathan4189 3 года назад

So glad to see Priya back, I would honestly watch her do anything she is so wholesome, also great to learn something new, as a Brit I didn't know what an MRE was and the technology is fascinating

@ro.3645 3 года назад

While I understand the importance of these meals, I am Seth at 7:20 the entire video.

@abolijoshi5668 3 года назад

I wish this was a multi-part series! For her to go through them one by one!

@Shell1425 3 года назад

As someone who had to eat these when in service it is always baffling seeing people do this willingly! Lol

@mainetheway 3 года назад

this is so good! i feel like it should have been pulsed out into a series! where she recaps all the tasting notes!!

@georgiatappy4684 3 года назад

love how much research and dedication priya puts into everything. can't wait to see more

@RyanL330 3 года назад

Great reporting Priya, this was a great segment. NOW BRING OUT THE HAM SLICE, FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH, AND THE VEGGIE OMELET!

@FlyingPancake0390 3 года назад

Priya, we love you and are so glad to see you back online! Do whatever you feel inspired to do - we are here for YOU (and Seth lol).

@jennifercohen2062 3 года назад

Yayyy!!! Missed seeing Priya on the tube ❤️

@zachazlett 3 года назад

The pork sausage patty was one of my favorites along with the bbq pork patty. I eat them for months in Iraq during COVID last year. I always searched the pile of bags for them.

@catherinepattersonmcelroy8336 3 года назад

I love seeing Priya back and doing something she wants to do. This was a really good video!

@sammyalcantara5932 3 года назад

I love Priya reviewing these MREs!

@xyzpdq1122 3 года назад

I was just thinking the other day that out of the ex-BATK crew I hadn’t seen Priya for a while! Serendipity!

@Lullayable 3 года назад

Emmy has been making MRE videos since way before the pandemic. And that's not exactly how she gained her following either. Still really enjoyed the video, I've missed Priya's videos !

@janiepineda1991 3 года назад

Who TF would “dislike” a video with priya in it!!??!!??

@lexicrank417 3 года назад

please do a video where you make stuff with the different ingredients! my stepdad whose in the military would save up and trade with people to make special desserts (pudding and cookies in particular) and i’d love to see you do something like that

@hannibalb8276 3 года назад

Nice to see she's landed on her feet after the whole BA thing

@poliwag2813 3 года назад

but why not just title it as "Priya Krishna Tries ______" ?

@dianapacheco2108 3 года назад

So glad to have Priya content again!! ❤️❤️❤️

@JonathanCurtis 3 года назад

I went with a volunteer group to do relief after Hurricane Katrina, and we had MREs for lunch while we were out in the field. I’m sure if I had just eaten it for no reason it would have been terrible, but after hours of mucking out houses knee deep in mud and mold... it was amazing to have Chicken Cacciatore! The science that goes into making these things is crazy.

@hannahparrott269 3 года назад

this video is super cool! please make more food videos with research!! (the others are awesome too, the research just makes it especially cool!)

@jessicaritter8771 3 года назад

Excited to see Priya back, not really wild about the content, but she could sell any story!

@MateoG7788 3 года назад

I’m so glad Priya is back!!!

@Veronica-xb3kt 3 года назад

Am I the only one who watched the stove to see how long something like this takes to shoot? I like how informative this was as a shoot and as content

@heatherallen2236 2 года назад

I love Priya Krishna, she is an absolute joy to watch 🙂

@KimchiHalfie 3 года назад

SO HAPPY TO SEE PRIYA ON VIDEO AGAIN!!

@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda 3 года назад

The NERVE of YT adds! trying to make me watch a 30 min cooking show while I'm enjoying a 13 min video of MY FAVORITE food related personality from the past 10 years!!! Shame on you YT Priya, is so nice to see more of you!

@itsdragherjade 3 года назад

Seth with glasses look different?! it's like Clark Kent and Superman 😲

@jessellenfrisbie1150 3 года назад

Love the shoutout to Emmy!! Love you Priya, so happy to see you in my subs again

@quinnaddison420 3 года назад

Was looking for this comment!

@jolee2987 3 года назад

To be fair, Emmy makes way way more interesting content than just MRE tasting! Although I wouldn’t be surprised if she was one of the first to try them

@nodezsh 3 года назад

- From bugs, -to genitals, -to food blobs with a bad reputation in TikTok, -to chicken made out of the gluten in flour, -to two ingredient chocolate fudge balls, -to coffee whip made out of ONLY ice water, sugar and instant coffee crystals, -to multiple homemade fake honey types, -to homemade _real_ honey, -to honey still in the honeycomb (the wax is edible), -to a cake that looks like an island diorama, -to a burger in a can (mind you, the burger in a can was the only unpleasant experience out of all of these. that's rare that she would dislike a plate of food but apparently it was just dry and tasteless), -to an entire chicken in a can (actually nice with other ingredients, a bit dry alone though), -to emergency rice and meat in a can from japan (extremely nice, if a bit expensive), -to cheese, bread, and bacon from a can, -to ice cream (31 flavors of either gelatos or sorbets, what a gift, because yes it was a gift sent to her home. highlight was chocolate + kahlua.) she's tried it all. she posts regularly and has done so for many years so archive panic is real.

@jolee2987 3 года назад

@@nodezsh haven’t seen some of these! Must go watch! She’s just so curious and wholesome at the same time. The content is so great. And can’t forget the fruity fruits 🍉 🍎 🍌

@Kanji08 3 года назад

Yes. Emmy has been eating MREs way before the COVID pandemic.

@VirusVisal 3 года назад

Yesss I'm glad we get to see Priya making videos here too =D!!

@RijackiTorment 3 года назад

MREs have come a long way. I remember the first pouch MRes in the 80s which were a significant step up from the old canned foods for soldiers. Some of the 80s MREs were actually not half bad, especially the freeze-dried fruits. I think it's so cool they now have a heater included. If you consider these need to be self-contained for a soldier who is on patrol and nowhere near the base, they're phenominal.

@rerolley 2 года назад

When I was in grad school we had access to surplus military rations from the Viet Nam time frame. My personal favorite was the canned fruit cake and pound cake especially after soaking them with Yukon Jack.

@nancyhoang 3 года назад

YESSSS PRIYA!!! Here for the Priya content 🥰

@katstuck 3 года назад

Can you please add captions to your videos?

@kathrynjones1600 3 года назад

So happy to see Priya back and this cool idea for a video!

@lucyhg2010 Год назад

3:40 that was the moment this man was made for and he was ready for it.

@TheLilyMustang 3 года назад

I grew up on base & my mom also grew up on base idolising her dad so I ate a lot of MRE. Now they are kind of like comfort food for me. But I did cry when my mom threw out the lucky charms.

@calebhernandez187 25 дней назад

My dad used to get MRE while he worked on base,and for the longest time I noticed that some make my tongue numb,my dad says so it stop your body from using the bathroom while your out in the field

@orana03 3 года назад

This was actually pretty interesting lol. Ive had british rat packs, it's nice to see the difference. The boxes I've had always had a days worth of meals and were all pre made.. Very little assembly necessary. Surprised u guys do 1 meal per pack and they all come in separate components. I suppose that let's you easily pick what meals u want and how u want them.

@adedow1333 3 года назад

Boy have they improved! You struck gold with so many of those!

@Ronsonpeters 3 года назад

Very happy to see Emmy acknowledged!! You guys should get her on!!!

@TheMoen22 2 года назад

Spam did not come from military rations. It was developed independently of military rations and was found to fit the role very well. Spam was made as a way to use pork shoulder which was at the time an undesirable and cheap cut.

@sirephlyrrian6242 3 года назад

Seth is so cute

@szymbl 3 года назад

Love you Priya, hopeful for more! They sent you way low this time, you’re way better!

@dvdvsdvd Год назад

Southwest style beef and black bean was the greatest. Always came with sour skittles 😂

@ziplepingouin1186 3 года назад

Good to see you back Krishna!

@willcookmakeup 2 года назад

It’s seems really stupid that something like ready to eat meal provisions aren’t available to purchase commercially. This was a fantastic episode though, really appreciated the recognition of what our service men and women do everyday. I’m the child of a vet and I understand this better than most people. The amount of innovation required to make these meals is unfounded and something civilians and non military family member can’t undersynd

@mooz1247 3 года назад

but like seth is so?? fine???

@edmondlau511 Год назад

For combat operations, what we used to do is what we called "rat fuck" them. Only take the main meal, spoon and the bread. We didn't take anything else as we didn't want to carry it on dismounted patrols. We had a couple of sayings when you live in the light infantry world: travel light, shiver at night; and ounces equal pounds, pounds equal pain. The pork sausage patty is one of my favorites. They discontinued the chicken and dumplings, I only had it a couple of times but that was goooood! I'm glad they discontinued the veggie omelette, there was always a huge stack of those left behind, I went without eating than eat one of those. I don't miss eating those things weeks on end. They get so disgusting that I started smoking cigars for meals instead of eating an MRE.

@clairemessano3947 3 года назад

This was SO cool! More Priya, please!

@jamesw4870 3 года назад

Welcome back Priya!! We missed you

@maevat4875 3 года назад

So happy to see Priya!

@Lex101TheGirl 3 года назад

Really insightful video, it's good to see you again on youtube 😁😁

@kls600 3 года назад

Loved it! More videos with priya please !

@obviouspseudonym2407 Год назад

as a college student with no stove, tbh those are looking pretty good right now o.o

@abcsd1254 3 года назад

This is outstanding. Thanks NYT and Priya! I hope Seth gets to eat leftover MRE now haha

@lady_xelas2441 3 года назад

This video could have been 30 minutes of Priya trying MREs and I would have enjoyed it even more.

@AGirlCalledLevi 3 года назад

Okay, so I have to apologize to you Priya. I was harshly critical of you in the comments on pretty much all of the videos on the channel that shall not be named. It shows a distinct lack of insight I had not just in your situation but also in my own bias. I don't think you will see this, nor do I think you care, but I wanted to express my sincerest apologies for any added stress the comments added. I'm happy to see you on here and thriving.

@peterhealy8875 3 года назад

Interesting. What changed?

@Pt0wN973b0iI 3 года назад

#Steve1989MREInfo THAT'S OUR GUY!

@melissaweil1726 3 года назад

Priya is just THE BEST!!!!

@Aayush12211 2 года назад

7:19 i had that same expression haha

@jihyunpark1517 3 года назад

Soldiers learn to modify the meals by mixing different foods together, crumble the cracker into the cinnamon apples with salt and sugar to make apple pie, chilli mac mixed with the jalapeno cheese with hot sauce to make spicy mac and cheese, cocoa powder mixed with the coffee, creamer and sugar packets to make chocolate pudding. I can't believe they got rid of the mini Tobasco sauce bottle in the accessory packet.

@MissLadyVenom 3 года назад

Wanted to watch it but there's no subtitles :(

@iCEBERG711 3 года назад

Lol I’m prior service and never seen any of these options.. they must save those for show.

@bicks212 3 года назад

I love Priya and I enjoyed this video, and it’s super cool that she was able to visit the r&d facility. I just wish there had been some incorporation of military voices and what they think about MREs. She mentions that one was not a favorite, but I would have loved to hear that from a soldier directly.

@Dicyroller 3 года назад

This was good. Often those that have to eat these meals are in places that are not nice. They are uncomfortable and likely dangerous. That is putting things mildly. Having a bit of comfort in the food even if it is not exactly like home can keep the spirits up.

@YoRAHeem 2 года назад

Think I’m addicted to Priya.

@TheDuckofLaw 3 года назад

I enjoyed this. Thanks for the video!

@greatdwhiteshark 3 года назад

Priya understands the assignment

@sabeck4 3 года назад

Welcome back Priya! 😄

@scifimom42 3 года назад

Yes! Emmy and Steve rock!!!

@NiGHTSaturn 3 года назад

I’m glad Emmy got a shout out in this video!

@mary-zv6cu 3 года назад

this is such an interesting topic 😮

@bellavita3097 3 года назад

You can buy MRE’s at any army navy surplus

@legumesallday 3 года назад

OMG PRIYA!

@bishop1735 3 года назад

OMG! The look on Seth's face..........LOL

@andreawashere11 3 года назад

YA SETH!!! WOOHOOOOOOO

@DarthLoI 3 года назад

I would have liked if she had poured it out onto a plate or bowl so we could properly see what's inside. She just ate it out of the bag and didn't show us much of it

@saraatppkdotpt8140 3 года назад

This was very unexpected but enjoyed watching!

@mattketai 3 года назад

This is so good!!!

@lizlorenzsonn9999 3 года назад

Glad you gave Emmy of EmmyMade a shout out! While it's true she has done a lot of MREs, she also tests out historical and regional recipes, tries treats and snacks from around the world, keeps bees, and so much more. It would be super cool if you invited her to be a guest some time! Though you might need to travel to her in Maine 🙂❤

@Mountain-Man-3000 3 года назад

Love Priya!

@sarahreina5633 3 года назад

Love @emmymadeinjapan videos!

@friedaabettan3042 3 года назад

Priya vs Julia at Delish… anyone else feeling the tension? 😬👉👈

@monkeyman2407 3 года назад

My husband had to eat these on deployment from time to time & there was only one that he developed a taste for - it contained a large saltine style cracker with peanut butter & m&m's to put on top, lol.