I am so sick right now. And every video I watch is like grating nails on a chalkboard. and out of nowhere, this man attached to a mustache posted the exact content I needed.
Dude, our MREs in Norway are top tier, although I am biased. I remember this one time in the military during an international exercise where we got to taste other military's MREs. I would say ours are less bland and have better texture overall. That being said, our MREs are heavily sold on the consumer market as well, so they have to work I guess :) The military can choose what is cheapest, but consumers will want things that are actually good. Oh, and fruit soup is like a dessert soup. Not typically eaten by anyone under the age of 70, but it's quite nice on a cold day.
I am a Norwegian army wife, and when my husband and I started to date, we sometimes had that chilli con carne for dinner, the days we didn't bother to make something ourselves.
3:22 The spoon is small, but the main meal has a second tear tab which you'll pull off after the meal has reconstituted, so you don't have to dig so deep into the bag.
That fruitsoup or Rett i koppen ... its translated to "Straigt to cup" (roughly), it basically is a soup to fit a coffiemug or something like that, you can buy several type of these at stores, easy something to drink while on trip or just between meals.
"dL" are deciliters, which is one tenth of a liter. Compared to milliliters which are one thousand's of a liter. So 1 dL = 100 mL. Also the extra zip-lock bag is just for repacking the content of the MRE. We often used them when we packed our rucks, and wanted to limit the weight we brought along. In those cases we did not bring all the content of the MRE pack. At least I've never heard of it being used as a "drink bag".
@@karolinemathildehellan7869 I’m from the north too :p mostly had vegetable soups and hot drinks while hiking and traveling when I was a kid. I need to buy some and find out if it’s good 😁
Haven’t read through all the comments so maybe someone already said this, but this is what we normally buy for hiking/camping trips 😊 The dried fruit is to get your energy/blood-sugar up. The chocolate is, as it said on the packaging, 70% cocoa so it’s less sweet. We even have bars that are up to 85% cocoa and they are really bitter if you’re not used to the taste 😅 but we of course also have the standard milk chocolate with 1000% sugar 😂 I saw someone mentioned the fruit-soup. Add a little less water, put some whipped cream on top and some chopped almonds and you have a killer dessert on a cold evening 😜
I'm from Norway and I've NEVER had or even seen fruit soup. I like that you really give each item a chance, even though you're not excited about trying them. :D
A Arctic MRE do have quite abit of calories, when you are out in the cold you spend ALOT of calories so they have to add alot to you when you are out on manouver.
The Real mre's and drinks can also be bought in the stores in Norway cause it's very popular for people that camp/hike. I bought my American husband (military) some reindeer stew from the brand! He really loved it!
Whats funny is that most norwegians try to avoid the chilli con carne. The fruit soup is also something we avoid but there is always that wierdo in the squad who likes it and wants to trade.
@@Butterworthdasyrup chicken curry or chicken tikka massla is my personal favorite. Creamy salmon with pasta is also a common favorite. These comes with great snacks too.
Again love the gold that is the bloopers/behind the scenes. If that is the basic Norway MRE then we need to step up our game. The only thing we have on them is including heaters in ours. I would be interested to know how good that coffee was. Keep up the great work dude!
A couple of tips. On the Chili, there should be a black "fill line" on one side (they used to have, and I've eaten a "few" of those) I think on both the chili and the peach (the dinner for sure) you can split the bottom to make it wider and "standable". And easier to mix the water in. As long as you don't get the Atlantic wolffish dinner, you are more or less good. No amount of rehydration makes the fish anything BUT chewy.
Nice review 👍 When it comes to spoons and forks, it used to be a part of the personal equipment in the Norwegian force. So I guess this plastic spoon is something extra ‘just in case.’
There's a sports/fishing/hunting/hiking outlet store just a 5min drive from me that sells this brand of MREs, haven't tried the chili con carne one yet :) But I'm going to insist on sitting here in Camp Fruit Is Not Soup, thankyouverymuch. Trade for a tea bag and a stale slice of bread or a biscuit or two? Or fetch me some pine shoots? That makes excellent tea/soup, rich in vitamin C, too! And just wanted to point out: The correct way to consume the coffee is when you're woken up at 3:30am, you empty the packet into your mouth, and you take a quick sip of water to flush it down.
The amount of water needed for the fruit soup should be followed - if it felt diluted, it probably was. And no, I do not think it is specific to Norway (as I haven't encountered it in Norwegian society other than the MRE). Personally I can do with or without the soup, but it is good on cold days for sure.
@@Butterworthdasyrup Maybe, but you *better* not leave any trash behind in Norway. Its a *big* no-no both in the army and culturally in Norway in general.
Cold weather MRE’s I had in Ft.Mcoy in “91” had fruit soups. Raspberry, Peach, and Strawberry. We would add them too the Oatmeal, made them really good. They are real good “Hot-Wets”.
Colder regions have MRE's that need hot water. Since actually ready to eat meal would just be frozen. This is actually case with US cold weather ration too.
i use to add water in the chili, blend well, add a bit more water, blend and stir well.. Rest for 5 minutes. see if it need a little more water, blend again.
Maybe I can arrange something when you want to try the German MRE ( EPA = Einmannpackung ) 😂. But only if you try to pronounce the words correctly and test them without using the translator. 😂
In Germany, we have Fruchtkaltschale. Which is basically fruit pieces with some flavored liquid, but it is usually eaten cold in the summer as a snack or appetizer. I never had it while living in Germany. Never made sense to me. If you are in the mood for cold fruit, grab an apple. If you are in the mood for warm fruit, bake the apple.
Tyler I first saw you when you tasted the British 24-hour ORP, which we call "Rat Packs!" You got a mention on the British Forces Broadcasting Service. I bet your presentation(s)/lectures you gave on your promotion courses were a hoofing! Do you present lectures with the same flare to your squad/platoon? If so I bet you keep their interest. I enjoy watching your tastings and hearing the funnies. The Aussie one was also funny as you had a live audience! The civvies that have tasted the world's military rations on RU-vid are so bland. BZ; keep up the good work!
The foodie in me wonders what one small square of the dark chocolate mixed into the chili would do to it. Since some chili recipes call for dark chocolate/ cocoa
In Hungary we have diferent types of fruit soups, mainly during the summer and we eat it cold as heavy goulash cant be eaten in warm summer days. Tastes similar to smoothies you can cook the fruits with milk, cream or just water , sugar, or vanilla sugar . Sour cherry, plum, mixed fuits, strawberry soup are amazing with cinnamon etc.
4:17 Its there to collect the waste so you don't pollute. 19:29 Wait, you *swallow* chewing gum?!? I've never swallowed it in my life, they're not *supposed* to be swallowed...
I wonder why MRE's don't all have the hot pouch so you can heat your meal on the go. The Canadian and Norway both so far have opted out of it. Seems kind of silly.
Canada has them but they are separate from the meals. The most reasonable answer I found is they are separate because of dangerous goods transport regulations being different in Canada.
I can't speak for the Norwegians but in Canada during winter operations or in the arctic we use liquid fuel Coleman stoves to heat up water, rations and warm-up our tents. The flameless ration heaters wouldn't be used so they're only made available when they would be practical to use.
They lose their effectivenes i sub-zero temperatures. And when you have to bring a burner anyways to melt snow for water then its a no-brainer. Also the weight of one burner and fuel for 4 days is less then if every man in the fireteam would have the us-style MRE heater
@@mattis537 Yeah, and it can get really cold in Norway. -30°C happens most winters inland, -40° several times each decade and I've experienced -50°C here in Norway, we where less then a degree Celsius from the Norwegian cold record at the time. If those heaters don't work below the freezing temperature of water they'd be completely useless here...
