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Hi from italy! These mre are going to be discontinued because in 2012 they were redesigned. But you know, italians are a bit slow in changes and are using them to this day but without cordiale, and...how dare you to say that cordiale 40° vol is disgusting! Try a good grappa! Bye bye from Avellino!
What a rip off eh....you probably wouldn't mind paying a bit extra for quality or unusual food.....but as you said......about 15 bucks (if that ) worth of off the shelf supermarket food Thanks for the unboxing Nathan
Is crazy how much they ask for those in usa, here in Italy they sell these for just 15 to 25€ each Btw, you killed that coffee putting all that water, it would be supposed to have just a little bit, like 1/4 of the smaller cup you used
Nathan, have you ever thought of preparing your own 24 hr MRE from local stores for under £15 - £20? and presenting it as you would for a normal MRE? Would be really interesting!
You can bet. He can get more food/better tasting and a whole bottle of booze for far less than $150 dollars. Hell he probably could get the same thing from a specialty market and still pay less.
I was stationed in Central Italy during the early 80''s and I can't see an Italian serviceman eating this MRE. Most Italian dishes do not include beans, which was fine for me.
Bc this is more like our everyday healthy homecooking. Minestrone, Ravioli Soup, Tuna or Beef will usually go with a salad, tomatoes and beans. Light on the stomach but still very energetic and fulfilling.
When I was in the Marine Corps we traded MREs with other country's troops and I think it was French or Italian MREs that came with a 1 oz bottle of bourbon. That was almost 40 years ago..
The price paid by italian ministry of defence was for each "razioni viveri speciali da combattimento", was Euro 12.90 + taxes for 2017-2019, and mid 2020 Euro 14.22 + taxes (the average VAT value was 16%, in Italy VAT products are 4%, 10% or 22%). Data are public.
27:05 FOR EVERYONE WHO MENTIONED THE OVERPRICED MRE: It’s a 12€ box… he paid that much just because it’s a “rare” item and it’s shipped across the ocean (and still, if anyone buys a candy for 150$, it doesn’t mean THAT’S its price or its worth)
Look's like the Italians know how to make a ration. One of my biggest complaints about other rations is the lack of liquid/ fat in the food. Being able to eat without having to cook and or source water, and still have the options to cook if no one was shooting at you. I could easily take this ration and be well fed for 2.5 day's, I would combine the Tuna beans with the Minestrone with the crackers making a goulash. Same with the Beef/Aspic with Ravoli's/ crackers. This would give two good mains, with beverages. It's good to see the high fat content for both mains, as it is this fat content that will burn slower while releasing more energy into the body. And the fruit cup for 3 day's breakfast. Having 3 small bars of dark chocolate would have given this 5 stars for the calorie dense ration, and a bonus of a cordial to sip on after one of the mains. Damn near perfect ration for being a soldier.
That's because US rations are still being hit with the "fat free" craze. They'd rather fill it full of sugary syrup than any fat or oil. Fat is ENERGY food. When you're a soldier, you need fuel. Sugar spikes your blood glucose and burns FAST, leaving you feeling starving. The fat in that tuna salad would be a long-burning fuel when you're expending a lot of energy. But the food scientists would rather "save" you from a potential 1 in 10,000 increased chance of getting a clogged artery in 30 years, and use heroic processing to get rid of the fat. I blame the "food pyramid" that the government is still stuck with until they can change the USDA guidelines. We've known that they're wrong for a decade, maybe longer, but they still push that crap, and that's why there's an obesity epidemic.
@@JennyEverywhere I learnt from 1st hand experience that mountaineering a long time ago leading a team up Mount Rainier, that you never take advice from a White Lab Coat Eugenics like Dr F or {Dr larping} Bill G. Two of my team mates my future wife, and a buddy heard from 2 Guided noobs that Twinkies at the were the super food for their extreme lightness and high energy density. Now I thought my future wife had more sense than to trade her high fat, dense protein, high fibre, home made bars, we made just for this trip. My Buddy also traded his dense Cliff Bars for a box of Twinkies. i had of course out passed them and I hit the Snowfield 1st as only a guide/s should do. You can't make it to the snow field alone then I ain't talking you any further in the Hills, was and is my rule. Anyhoo, we all made to the 1st camp, set up our tents and cooked and slept. The next day/night we went for camp 2, same thing happened, I was clueless at this point that they had traded noobs their high fat food for Twinkies. That night while at almost asleep finally I heard both my future wife and buddy rustling through their packs for food, I had a very high fat home made dinner, as they did, however before I went to go into my bag I ate 4.5lbs of fat heavy home made energy bars, they were dense and tasty, bacon/chocolate Sea salt meat bars. Kinda like a fresh Pemican. As we were to go for our summit attempt that night. So I went sleep, about 12 am I was awoken once again by both my buddy and future wife, we had our alarms set for 3am, yet it was only 12:39 am, they woke up /when they had burnt off their calories from dinner. That morning I decided to wait for another night and allow them to eat more and relax more, and acclimated to the thin air, they were quite thankful and I watched two humans like the inside of their Twinky wrappers while I sat back and ate my Home Made Power Bars to this day they still owe me for sharing with them those Home Bar's. I have never seen two humans so disappointed in their trade, as the Twinky wrappers expanded within the box, two bad both of them threw out the box they come in. So the individual Twinkies could find a special place to explode within and cover item's with a creamy goodness. It was 1st time I ever saw a human lick the side of the tent for the creamy goodness, etc, and off a dirty ass tent bag/ sleeping pads etc . When I witnessed that my laughter was so bad and it was so funny, I pissed myself a little, about a cup of pee came out. You'd have thought they had never eaten before. I'd love to see these Lab Coat Eugenics go and fight when 5,000 -7,000 calories are needed , yet they only give 2,000. Fuck these Evil NAZI Scientists. Trump 2020 God Bless America
The shock for me was that the cordial was in the BREAKFAST box. That listerine hit is from the cordial going off. Personal experience is that fruit alcohol at its worst tastes the way that turpentine smells.
These Italian rations never turned me on. Just has a consumer canned ChefBoyRDee sort of vibe. Instead of a FlavorIce plastic pouch, if it had a small airline bottle of Red, that would be a big step up.
Awesome. Had no idea you were into the MRE stuff. Love the BMW videos by the way so damn helpful not only are you helping but your videos teach us newer BMW owners.
Fun fact: the presence of alcohol in the Italian MRE is due to the geographic conformation of the Italian peninsula. Italy is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea, leaving just the northern mountainous regions for potential enemies to invade; that's why boozes were considered necessaries for soldiers, because they had to warm them up in case of mountain fights
the dates on all European and most other food stuffs around the world are day, month, year the only place i have come across that goes month, day, year is the US.
I think they are set up very cool compared to other rations with the module packs. Food doesn't seem special but I still like the packaging. Having this in the outdoors would be like fine dining I bet. Nice Review!
Awesome ration review Nathan! The Italians definitely make an interesting ration, that cordial is so unique to the ration literally the only one in the whole world that has it lol.
@edgardo bassi yes, and the main reason for that is geographical: the Italian peninsula is naturally protected by the Mediterranean Sea, so the only part in which troops can engage is the North where the Alps are
heavy from all the cans with high water content in them, not good for carrying more than one of these per person since you already have your rifle and ammo on you which weigh you down like a mofo but are great if someone deploys a crate of these onto your position !
Many of this food is present in our Italian diet and the taste change only because those are canned, the problem with our mre is that our army do not fight so much so we don't put much innovation in it, the new mre still almost the same of the Iraq war
If I remember well the new "Italian Ration Pack Project" was presented about 2012 with no cans, less liquid in food, and self heating envelopes. If I remember well, tested in Afghanistan, but soldiers didn't liked it so much. I don't see a real problem having food with good quantity of liquids (excluding very low temperature territories). A person needs water, so have to bring water with themselves. Finding water locally is not always the best option since possible contamination and realted health problems that can occur.
You can also boil them unopened in water They won't explode as the water never gets above 100⁰ Unlike if you put unopened cans into a fire where they just keep getting hotter until they explode. Boiling them means no stinky fumes from the fuel tabs, and they don't burn at the bottom of the can. Its how I heat them up at home.
i could see the guys breaking down the boxes kinda like you did. only keeping components and chucking.the boxes and the extra toothbrushs and stove if the kept theirs from before. the water tabs and fuel tabs in one pocket. the drinks and pills in one. mains and crackers stuffed in sack. the candy and bars to munch as they go.
@@thecman26 This is where i get them. They do ship worldwide so give them a try. www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/survival-accessories/survival-accessories/french-rcir-ration-pack-nato-474552.html
@@hislatestflame7861 Yeah, but for *you,* they just have to load it on a lorry and drive it through the chunnel and it'll be in Dover in a few hours. For *us,* we have to consider the cost of international shipping. Even from the UK, that's approximately $45 (35 pounds sterling) for a single ration, and it'll take at least a week.
Hmmm yeah. So a bunch of accessories and not much in the way of food. What they do have comes from canned food one could buy at the grocery almost anywhere. $250 for one of these? Is it just because it has alcohol? Because I can go to the liquor store. I’m not trying to be a jerk. I’m trying to understand the appeal.
The beef in jelly looks like canned cornedbeef we have in the UK, that has jelly around it. Want to try an Italian one but I cant imagine the ravioli would be cheese free. Can anyone tell me if there is cheese in it?
some scottish mre have beer and alcohol. look for radioactive heater in mre and you'll find it yes it dos have a radioactive heater in it by bigclivedotcom
For crust sake! Fold the top of the carton back so it do not constantly get in the way! High blood pressure so you won't drink. I Ma guess you are eating a bunch of fast food, sweets, sodas and tons of sugar instead.
A lot of the foreign rations are really expensive! Heck, some of the American 24hr rations are about this expensive! They have to be shipped over here. Shipping international is really expensive!
