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better videos for all of you. So today I'm gonna be tasting this. This is a British army,
eight-hour single meal. And this was very kindly
sent to me by Mick. Thank you so much for sending this to me. He sent this to me a WHILE ago. I found this in my closet in a recess, I'm like, "Oh my goodness,
I never tasted this." This is from 2019, but
these rations are made with a super long shelf life. And I've tasted very old
rations before: I believe it was an 18-year-old ration, a
30-year-old ration I've tasted -- I'll put links to those videos in case you missed them before. They're all in my ration playlist. At this point, I've
tasted dozens of rations and I find the international
ones most enjoyable because they are products
that I'm most unfamiliar with. So it's really fun to
explore the world through an international ration. So this is a British Army ration. This, as it says, is an eight-hour ration, a single meal for a soldier. And these are relatively new. I've tried British rations before, and I'll put a link again down below. That one that I tried
before was a 24-hour ration. This is Menu Number Nine. Right there. By the way, in case you're curious I made this shirt at my
son's birthday party. We had a great tie dye party. It was so much fun. We did it last year. He wanted to do it again
this year and so much fun. So wearing my tie dye today. That's everything inside. We have a crushed energy drink. Another crushed energy drink. So this looks like it
includes a little feedback and prize entry forms. Pasta bouillabaisse, right there. That's our main entrée. Tropical mix. Oat biscuit. Wow. This includes a
flameless ration heater. Look at that! I've never used a flameless ration heater from the UK before. Super. I'll try that. We have a cereal bar; raisins, sultanas and currant
fruit mix; another snack. And this looks like a
sundries bag right here. This is nice because it's
in a resealable plastic bag. I believe this is also
called the accessories pack in the American version. Some tissues. Wipes, three-in-one tea
and three-in-one.... And a bit of gum, and a very sturdy spoon. Actually, that's a spork.
Very rigid plastic. Nice, with a big scoop. Let's go ahead and start with
the flameless ration heater. Now this is a chemical
reaction that causes heat so that we can warm up our main entrées. It works just like the
US version. 12 minutes. So while this is heating,
we'll taste some other things. So there's also a sticker
here, which we're gonna remove. So now we're going open the
bag, place the meal inside, then we're gonna add water to this fill line right down here. So drop the meal in. Fold it over. And then we're gonna use
this little piece of tape they gave us. Place that on top. Give that a shake. Usually this reaction is immediate and this begins to puff up. It releases a very
distinctive smell and none of that is happening at the moment. But I will let it sit over here in case it decides to do something. Oh, that's disappointing. Why don't we have a snack while we let it do its thing or not. Let's make our energy drink. This looks like a brand of energy drink, fruit flavored energy drink. Got a little bit crushed on route but I'm gonna add some of that
to our glass and some water. Hmm. It smells kind of fruity. Not really specifically any kind of fruit that I can recognize,
and it is not full of dyes. It's not some kind of alarming
green color or anything. And it is dissolving pretty
readily in this cold water. Now I would imagine
electrolyte drink would be very important out in the field: working hard and lots of sweating. So you have to replace
those fluids and salts. So there's my electrolyte
drink. Tan in color. And with that, let's have
raisins, sultanas and currants. Sultanas I believe are just
a larger version of raisins, different kind of raisins, I believe. Oh yes, yes, indeed. So it's basically like a raisin blend. Quite a very generous serving
of different kinds of raisins. Sultanas are these great
big ones right here. And raisins, which are kind
of the medium-sized ones. And then we have currants, which are these really
tiny ones right here. You can find those in scones. And then in here we have an oat biscuit. I thought our oat biscuit
would just be one biscuit. But in fact, there are several. Look at that and they're all intact. So we have five biscuits, or
what we might call cookies. While these look much heartier. You can see the little
flecks of oat in there. And then we also have a tropical
fruit and nut mix as well. So let's see what those are like. Oh, friends! This is happening...just very delayed. Oh my gosh! Yes. This is exciting. I thought this was going to
be a dud and it is heating up. (Emmy gasps) Yes. Ration. Look at this. It is happening. So I have an open window here. Make sure you have plenty
of good ventilation and this indeed is getting hot. Yes. I'm so excited. Back to the fruit, tropical fruit nut mix. Let's just dump those out into here. And that looks like a good trail mix. Got banana chips, maybe some papaya, pineapple, peanuts, raisins. There we go: our little panoply of snacks. Wow! Look at this ration! Yes, I doubted you and you came through. Thank you flameless ration heater. So since we've got biscuits,
I think a hot beverage would be nice. So let's go ahead and have our coffee. Doesn't look like it's a tea
bag, but it is instant coffee. Yes. And there it is. That's what it looks
like inside -- a powder. And I'm gonna dump it right into here and pour the hot water in. And this is called three-in-one coffee, because I believe the three-in-one means that it has the sugar and the milk in it already. And indeed it has the color of milk. Smells great. Smells like truck stop coffee. Cheers. Mm. A little watery. And it taste of dry milk
powder and truck stop coffee. And it's great in that sense. It reminds me of camping. It's a little bit sweet,
great way to start your day. Especially if you're on the move, right? So with that, let's try our oat cookie. So snap it. Pretty crisp cookie. Hmm. Mm, hmm, I like that. It's an oatmeal cookie. Crisp, sweet, dry. Let's dip it in some coffee
'cause I am a dunker. Mm. Hmm. Cookies and hot coffee, hot
tea, the best, the best. Now let's try our selection of raisins. Now I admit I am not
a huge fan of raisins, but they are a great snack. Mm-hmm, mm. Mm. These are very good. Very soft, tender, juicy raisins, but all different kinds. This is a tropical trail mix. And let's give that a go. Let's take a whole pinch. I would say the base is mostly peanuts but then you've got some
dried fruit in there to give it a little bit of
flavor and some variety. So you got a little bit of coconut, shredded, some pineapple. Mm. I think that one's my favorite. Raisins which aren't
exactly tropical, but again, add some fruity sweetness and some variety in terms of texture. Next, to make some tea and
have it with our cereal bar. Like the coffee, everything
is all together in one powder. This I found interesting. In my last UK ration,
there were Typhoo Tea Bags and this time the tea is in a powder form. We will add our hot water. Give that a little stir. Look at the beautiful color of that tea. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love black tea with milk. I gotta drink it right now. Hmm. That's actually quite nice. I kind of like the fact
that you don't have to deal with a tea bag. Really nice, strong black tea flavor with that same reconstituted
dry milk powdered flavor. But in this context it works really well and just slightly sweetened. Well sweetened. I usually don't have either
milk or sugar in my black tea but I quite like it when I do. Sometimes milk gives me gas
you know, so I avoid it. You know, it makes your
tea feel plush and rich and just smooth and lovely. And the sugar just makes
it feel more dessert-like. You know, for an instant powder, not bad. Now let's try our cereal bar. Ooh, cereal bar looks a
lot like a granola bar and it is a soft granola bar. It smells very nice:
smells kind of caramel-y. Maybe maple-y -- smells nice. All right, let's give it a go. Hmm. It taste of oats, kind
of carameled sweetness. There's a little bit of
puffed rice cereal in there for some crunch and some
raisins in there as well. This is very nice. I would have one of these
that has the same texture as a say, Quaker Chewy Granola Bar, but not nearly as sweet. And the flavor is really pleasant. I really like that kind of
caramelized, caramel-y flavor. Mm that's probably treacle, right? Mm-hmm. My British friends. Alrighty. Now let's go ahead
and give our entrée a taste. This is our pasta bolognese. It feels very warm. Here it is. Ah, look at that. Very
hearty-looking pasta. I'm going to use my wet wipes. I probably should have used
these in the beginning, but ooh, look at the size of the wet wipe: pretty big and the
material's nice and stretchy so you don't tear it. It's not like you're wiping with one of those kind of thin napkins. Very resilient. I will also have a tissue on hand. This is very multipurpose. We can use this to wipe
our face, or other regions. Pasta bolognese with minced
beef and tomato sauce. Alrighty, let's give that a taste. Itadakimasu. Hmm. Not half bad. The first thing I noticed is that the tomato sauce is very acidic. Nice and tangy. It's not too sweet. Here in the States, many
pre-made canned pastas, I'm thinking of in particular,
tend to be very sweet. The Chef Boyardees, those
kinds of premade pastas are typically targeted towards children, so it makes sense they would
make them really sweet. This one is not, it's tangy. The pasta is similar to a Chef Boyardee in the sense that it is very soft. It is mushy. Hmm. Mm-hmm. It is not over salty. It's well-seasoned. There's little bits of minced
beef in there and ground beef. And it's not bad. Now let's wash it down
with our electrolyte drink. Huh. Hey, that's not bad. Mm-hmm. It has the viscosity of
an electrolyte drink. It's a little bit kind of thickened, a little bit sweet, definitely flavored. I can't quite place the flavor. It's kind of like a tropical punch, maybe a little bit like a
guava flavor or something. And it doesn't have a
artificial sweetener aftertaste. Some of these drinks do that Aad I don't really like them. Not a huge fan of artificial sweeteners because it leaves a flavor in my mouth. And I don't know if it's just
my own sensitivity or what. Stevia does that for me as
well, but this does not. So, like it, mm-hmm. The color is very
reminiscent of apple juice but it doesn't taste like apple juice. The last thing we have is this: and this is a little piece of gum. So we'll chew this to cleanse our pallet. It is peppermint gum...spearmint gum. Mm-hmm, sugar-free with sodium stearate. I'm imagining, oh,
there were two in there. Just dropped the other one. Made with sodium stearate is a
good way to clean your teeth. Maybe there's some...dental
hygiene in this? It's got that crunchy
shell on the outside. The gum is pretty resilient,
kind of a tough chew, but really nice to cleanse a
palette with -- a nice bite of spearmint after having
all those little snacks. Alrighty my lovelies, thank
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