Simply The Best Ration We Have EVER Reviewed The Norwegian Arctic Field Ration Chicken Curry Nathans MRE Po Box 115 Altenburg Mo 63732 nathan.youtube@yahoo.com
I have actually worked at Drytech who produces these in Tromsø/Norway. Chicken curry is one of the oldest versions, and one of the most popular. You need more water than you used, there are set levels on the bag for how much water. Also, you dont need a knife, you can tear the bag open. You will see two slots on the side of the bag, top one for opening and inserting water, and the bottom one you tear when you are going to eat. To bad they dont have the chocolate anymore for the arctic ration.
thing is, he, just like most of us around the world, are used to that if you add the exact amount of water indicated on the package of freeze dried food, it turns out very very watery and inedible.
@@SwanseaTitanFan All rations are by deafult made with norwegian and english writing. When I worked there, they also had contracts with many other countries, where we made rations with other languages on.
@@rick5078 I know, I also did that in the beginning, but with this ration, it gets better if you use the correct amount of water. Also, it helps keep the soldier hydrated.
Do you realize the forces you’re toying with? Comments like this may start a Rocky IX situation. I never want to repeat the Dolf Lungren years- super witty though
The Norwegian field rations are just the same stuff we use for hiking, its actually on the pricy side when it comes to freeze dried hiking food. The reason the best before date is like that is Norwegian food safety laws, they will last longer, but the law states that they have a date that is X ammount of years after production max, no matter if it will last 10 years longer.
Not sure how it's done in the US, but "best before XYZ-Date" literally means best before but not bad after. Food that can be dangerous to consume if it is too old will be marked with a "Use by XYZ-Date" marking instead. This stuff is strictly regulated by the norwegian food authority.
This Ration, was the one i liked the most, chicken curry, when i was in the Norwegian army, back in 2010-2011 in the cold North 🇧🇻💖👍🏻 Thank you for the review, proud Norwegian, keep it up and stay safe everyone 👍🏻💖
They look alot better and lighter to carry than the ones I got while in the US army, I always wondered why our MREs aren't freeze dried because any hiker will tell you that's the lightest option (my only complaint would be no hot sauce lol)
The reason they put the Best Buy date is because that is the last day the manufacturer gaurentees that the food will be the quality they intended for their product. Example being flavor, color, texture consistency, smell, and edibility. It is also put on their so that people think it’s an expiration date (which is what you called it) and throw it out to buy more. However the Best Buy date has absolutely nothing to do with the expiration date. Freeze dried no vacuumed sealed like that means that it “should” never go bad as long as the vacuum seal is uncompromised
Awww man...da!!! I was looking forward to all the witty banter. Love the videos. Been a lurker for a couple of years. This is the only MRE review channel I have ever seen and care to watch. Thanks Natan and team.
Arctic rations even the old ones were good because they packed up small and light, but the main down side was you need a crap load of water. Not an issue in the Arctic or wilderness areas like Norway with plenty of clean water.
Worked in the norwegian army for several years. Still have this stuff at home. Had it with this summer when on a trail trip. the Dry tech is form year 2000, still as good as when it was new.
I remember the old military rations in Norway. Basically dog biscuits and a can with some stuff named RSP (Reserve battle portion). Usually called "dead man in a can", or "Remains of exploded personel". I have tasted the new rations. They are certainly more tasty.
Always enjoy your videos. The last military ration I had was a Vietnam war era C ration can of beefsteak, gravy, & potatoes. It was actually pretty good.,
This main looked amazing I really like the set up on these ration. High quality items. Hard decison between french and this like you said depends on menu. Awesome review!
I can't lie that first little yellow chunk had me worried it was gonna be a clump of straight curry powder gonna blow your mind out spicey lol your a braver man than I Nathan, that was pucker factor ¹¹½
The Norwegina Artic also do Gluten free, lactose free options which is good for food sensitivities, so paid a bit extra. Agreed that the US and UK MRE's need a big taste upgrade
For international climbers going for Mt Everest, Real is the preferred brand. And they know, they have tried every brand there is! You need every arrow pointing your way at 8000 meters
One thing you should know is that just by sitting in the cold at your post, you will burn at least 2500 calories per day. So everything we eat has rice, potato, starch in some form. It is much more important than protein. Marching in the cold quickly brings you up to 10000 calories.
There's a European limitation on expiration dates. Even if you buy a pack of pure salt, it will have an expiration date even though it was here before the dinosaurs.
I see the drink said add 3DL of water. I am assuming that meant 3 deco litres which is 300 ml. Is that a common way of measuring liquid where the mre came from. I would not enjoy trying to open these packages with frozen fingers and crazy thick gloves.
Did you find that adding much more water is needed to freeze dried rations to avoid dehydration or ... constipation due to expansion in the intestines?
Don't care about the date, because the food control government say they need to do that. This food can stay for really many years. We did have food from Nato made 50 years ago, it was still food that you can eat. Maybe the taste was poor, but it still was food for your body.
notice most countries do it all different, in Canada we have Best before which is the peak freshness, expiry(self explanatory), sell by and packaged on which are useless.
Seems like an arctic ration should come with some kind of heating mechanism? A Russian one you get matches, fuel tabs, disinfecting wipes and water purification tabs, almost a mini survival kit if that's all you have
The reason it have "short" shelf life is because of EU regulations. They have way shorter dates on stuff than what the actual time it goes bad for some reason.
@@jimihendrix991 no, but we have a buisness deal with the EUS, wich basicly means we gotta follow most of their rules anyway🙄 except for the nice things line big quotas on alcohol between borders etc.
I hope that was ration meal pack was for one meal and not 24 hours. As an ex soldier in my country just about everyone took a bottle of tabasco sauce out bush with them to add flavour (or kill flavour if required).
was about to say the same thing lol, I didn't want to be an ass but I literally just watched the old one a couple days ago, thought I was going crazy as this video went on haha
Nice meal except im not a fan of curry anything - but if i was hungry and it was all i could get id eat everything except the main and trade it for something else later of lol
You keep saying that it is “freeze dried”. it’s not. It is dehydrated. Freeze dried doesn’t take hot water. You just eat it dry. Other than that, Interesting video.
Seal the main meal and give it a good squeezing, turn it up side down and squeeze some more, much easier than stirring for as long as you did. No way in hell I have the patience for all that stirring If I'm in battle and just want to eat quickly
Is that a meal? For someone addicted to trash food, it's good. The energy drink isn't food. The best and real ration for a soldier was the WW2 ration, both the American GI's ration and the German field ration were excellent because it included real proteins and calories from real animal source: beef/pork (canned corned beef/ham/bacon), fish (canned sardines/tuna), cheese, even crackling, and chocolate. Saturated fat and protein are better sources of calories than the all the carbs contained in the Norwegian trash!
The dates on European rations are due to high standards in food laws. In the US these would be allowed way after the date we usually keep them six months to a year after the beat before date. It was one of the reasons for the UK to leave the EU.
Main reason for UK leaving was so the rich oligarch donors did not have to report their assets so they could keep on avoiding taxes. This was also the main reason for the BREXIT date. Less than a month before these EU rules were introduced. Many of the other reasons were lies. 90% of the EU rules were endorsed or introduced by the UK. Almost all of the rules the brexiteers agitated against were rules UK was endorsing or even worse: uk only rules (like fish packing rules for smoked fish which Boris spoke out against which was a local UK rule)
Unfortunately, their "high standards" don't include washing eggs. I'm glad this is law in the U.S. I've worked on an egg farm and know exactly how nasty chicken eggs can be. I don't want to open a carton from the market and find chicken and rat feces .
How do you get this stuff through customs? I ordered three British 24 Hr ORP's from an online retailer out of Britain and they were confiscated by US customs. 130 bucks down the drain.
Real turmat is the most expencive brand here in Norway, most of the meals cost 10 dollar or more, not worth it for me atleast, i can make better "MRE" myself if i had a vaccum mashine. Best regards from Norway.
I’ve eaten the MRIs of every country over the last 30 years and I can assure you, the French are the best followed by the Swiss then the Belgian, then the Italian, then the Austrian
Curious about why the general packaging is so colorful. US MRE obviously wants their parts camouflaged in the field due to their green/brown coloring. So why did Norway go the opposite direction? Wouldn't it be a liability in a snowy white environment?
