1980-2011 Food Packet Survival General Purpose 3 Generations 36 Year Oldest Eaten MRE Ration Review

[Music] this is the food packet survival general-purpose right here we're going to be reviewing three different generations of this ration this is an all-purpose survival ration issued to all branches of the armed forces and the protein content of these bars is richly controlled so that the food packet can serious body water yet asurs maximum value from protein at any level of consumption and the unique nutritional design of it allows the adjustment of issue and consumption to anticipated needs so pretty much this thing conserves water and still allows you to get some protein absorption and feel satisfied without your body needing to utilize a whole bunch of water for eating a bunch of meat or something and this is your 90s issue this was 70s and 80s issue Cincinnati Association for the blind Oklahoma League for the blind and here's your newest version new view oklahoma we're going to start off of the oldies first let's check this out no his I can smell that gravy base it smells strong starting out with a chocolate fudge bar I have yet to come across one of these that is still fresh whether it was one from this or a c-ration or an L RP oh boy type 1 cornflake bar that smells kind of funny and then classic coffee instant type 1 2.5 grams net 1986 I believe it was it switched to 2.2 this is pre 86 gravy base definitely has gotten a little strange take that key off and right here you've got to really sharp like you really wouldn't want to use it for anything of them maybe a bailer for if you were in a raft like I would not put my mouth up this thing it's sharp this one here looks like it holds probably I would say 4 ounces of water it looks like and then this one looks like it's holding 8 I mean like that's what excuse me that's what that's looking like so type 2 rice flake bar cornflake bar hey let's look at this this gravy base it smells very strong of gravy and msg oh boy chicken fat mmm healthy stuff yeah like it's it's not good anymore I mean I can guarantee that it's here let's just pour it out so you can see see like geez I don't it just smells like really strong and look how it just slides off like the oils just see that met metallic inner packaging and it's just like the just smells really strong and I mean there's just laughing outward with a scent and it drowned out the sugar label let's check out the fudge Barker's like things looking pretty gnarly already I can tell oh yeah there you go oh that smells bad yeah like smells rancid these things don't hold up no mana why do I want to try this so let's just try it I need it like one of these little combs first mm-hmm yeah it tastes like dirt okay so like no there's no way for me to know it that little bit uh yeah Wow oh dude no no that's not good yeah man so like let's check out this type one corn flake bar next ready for this one out really around that thing smells pretty stale not too great we'll see though yeah mmm it's actually not too bad oddly enough don't know why I just wanna make sure this is no yeah well the fudge bar is done for it no that clarklake bars pretty bland and there's no real sweetness to it imagine it's got a good amount of roughage you can't fall when you're out there on a rafter you know wherever this stuff's not very first proved okay okay like that's the whole deal and they join the survival tropics and survival arctic they made this thing after they ran out of their procurements of those used up the stocks of it anyway here's the type for cereal bar granola oh that smells awful like oh it's just bleachy and let's give it a shot anyway yep geez oh yeah yeah oh gosh why are you trying to survive I'm left to survive the night after this yeah like I mean I suppose you could eat on that well need take a play this just to get the other one out it wait that was the bad one oh yeah that's so much better here hmm that's really not good either oh geez dude what is this anyway that's right lace corn type - yeah that one doesn't smell too bad crumbly little things tell you that I'm indifferent to that one like that's why I gotta take another fight and find out is it good not really is it edible yeah sure all right well stirred up that coffee with my finger oh yes I mean had the spoon but you know what I had to go survival alright let's let's try this oh yeah do that bottoms up mm-hmm here oh yeah that's pretty pretty darn the side one Oh hon yeah I cannot believe I'm drinking it out of the weird half can I mean come on geez hmm I must be a fan of coffee and some type one mmm now that's a delicacy right there just that specific way all right this is your Cincinnati Association of the blind packed and produced food backs at survival general-purpose let's bring up the newest version next here she's gonna set this to the side yeah all right so like you know that was a real doozy I feel like I wish I could just have like something to clean my palate but life's just not that easy so anyway he had a vacuum-sealed return if ring is lifted oh yeah really where am I gonna return this place um here oh that's easy enough and remember this was packed October 1990 so this thing's 26 years old the other one was probably about 36 years old and remember this was packed by the Oklahoma League for the blind North Douglas Avenue of Oklahoma City not bad all right we're gonna check this out oh yeah that smells really stale and oh all right so like that's fine Taster's Choice yeah Domino sugar I've got some herb ox and it's totally not good verlox chicken broth oatmeal cookie oatmeal cookie oatmeal cookie and oatmeal cookie oh yeah and two sugars this time to like first things first why don't we like do it right with a Taster's Choice yeah here we go you know what I suspect this is still fine no yeah champ it out it's a Taster's Choice and two packets of Domino twelve grams of sugar that's like nice little morale boost there you go that's a doozy feel like I'm about to get a headache for that eat that last one geez there's something about it huh don't feel so Swift what is that oh what that is all right let's let that stir up and what do you do it's a little settling deal while we check out when these oatmeal cookies who else you can get these from just like this rash and cold weathers yes the predecessor to the meal cold weather the RCW has two of these oatmeal cookies in each of them here awesome now this file doesn't smell so Swift smells like the oils run rancid in this which is a real shame because these cookies are usually real nice this one here is like super crumbly right we're gonna try out a teeny piece for starters and then move our way up from there just not looking so good oh dude what what happened yes but it's not getting any better here no and that's sad no because no geez yeah cuz those used to be really really good and they're not anymore what's sad that's like ration tragedy all right like you know it's even worse though oh my gosh look at this here like oh come on no way like it's it's like a weird way for chicken sloth oh it smells so chicken II - oh yeah after all that I need another sip of this this stuff hmm well wait why did I do that I don't know anyway let's try this one out yeah hey thief choice hmm stir it up rock it out and some Taster's Choice hmm that's pretty decent yeah hey something Goods in this still hmm tastes a little stale but you know what it's really not bad and look at that thing man nice little container to hold it in but yeah these are like your original food package survival general-purpose rations and um do you have meal cookie polishes remind yourselves nothing oh oh that's just what does it taste like this just tastes like really stale sweet bread or something is it edible not really you probably get pretty sick from eating all this I don't know though I probably wouldn't but it's just not pleasant and it's not old enough to just go and scarf the whole thing down for no reason it's only 26 years old I mean 25 and a half whatever and with that being said just kind rations a terrible thing to waste all right hmm hmm yeah so thank y'all look at this mess honey like this coffee's not too bad believe it or not actually it's pretty bad yeah that's just there's just something kind of wet on it I kept drinking it too geez this one's pretty decent you know I mean like hey it's really kind of strong and considering its Taster's Choice was just a strong overtone to it I don't know telling you this so these ringing pull-tab deals there's a reason why they discontinued this because it just didn't hold up all right food packets survival general purpose one from 1980 another one from 1990 and now we've got the food packets file with general purpose from 2011 this is your newest addition this is what they're using right now let's check it out from the top kind of a tough smooth feels almost waxy it's like very water resistant box no air box chicken some iced tea drink mix just like the ones in MREs now here's the fun stuff check it out it's neatly placed in there the inset box just simple toss that over there looks good let's get it out on a tray nice okay so like pretty much we're going to start off with those drinks first and well the chicken stock and then your iced tea chicken stock looking a little iffy I don't know we'll see let's get this out into here looks a little clogged up you know these things they never hold up properly it's rare to run into one that's still good in the new generation survival ration you guys can check out that video is up that air box from 1982 was actually still good so sometimes it looks alright we're gonna try it out there's guard list we shouldn't be bad it was from 2011 it's not that long ago it was like five years ago tea is perfect these things tend to oxidize after about 8 to 12 years they had some hot water to these yes I'm gonna use hot water for the iced tea mix middle it'll mix up better check out the shortbread I'm gonna keep one of these sealed because they're the same exact thing all right so my apologies for that but one of those it's going off right now can I enjoy that some other time great thanks me easy to open it smells like buttery shortbread this is like one of my favorite ration items check out that beauty oh yeah and corn flake cereal bars have been around for 25 years or so now can really only seem to find these nowadays and these fruit packets travel general-purpose they used to be in LR Pease and whatnot oh yeah looks a little crumbly and it is you can crumble that and add a little bit of water to make like a little cereal with it but we're not going to do that this time you're out on a boat or something it's not like you got a whole bunch of water so you can go make cereal out there you can eat this thing is slowly roll bar and it smells like apple cinnamon light on the Apple little heavier on the tone of cinnamon good stuff like classic they these things are in our CW's they were served up in 1998 by Tandy 8lr Pease chocolate dessert bar this thing is a real commodity that bad boy nice so like there's your bars here's a unique item just to this ration wintergreen tablets Bentley specialties incorporated Skokie Illinois and that's sweet opens just ready to open like that and you got all these tablets in there I believe it's let's count them up let's actually figure out any tablets are in this thing 14 tablets nice so check one of these bad boys out each one is individually wrapped as you can see these are like the mini version of the wintergreen bar and a much more practical serve up than that bagel block of wintergreen Altoid these are a lot like Altoids as well but mild and they aren't as strong as that winter green bar so like there's that there are your bars beautiful chicken stock iced tea mix wintergreen tablets let's get to the testing let's start off with shortbread mmm lightly sweet buttery taste like some really good quality shortbread that iced tea mix is actually really good one hot let's try out the corn flake cereal bar next get flakiness often also slightly buttery delicate texture easier to chew tastes like you're eating a cereal bar a corn flake cereal bar like as if you just took a bite out of a compressed bowl of cornflakes cereal with the milk and if they somehow if you somehow added some butter to it it's fantastic to me I feel like it's a delicacy it's one of my favorite bars those two are amazing I love granola too granola was always a ferret of mine for years but when I had these two it beat this out this is my least favorite out of these believe it or not this thing is still amazing hmm that was no exception it's fantastic has nice cinnamon and light apple undertones to it it's wholesome has more fiber than the others it's lightly sweet and it just has a nice mild delicate overall flavor to it let's try out the chocolate dessert bar this thing I mean jeez that's beautiful hmm that's heaven tastes like a chocolate-chip cookie in a weird compressed form it has higher fat content you can tell it's delicate soft also lightly sweet but still a little bit sweeter than the others the chocolate tastes like it's about 40% cacao content it is truly a masterpiece of design Natick food labs hit a homerun with these bars I wouldn't do a thing with them I would not change them at all I wouldn't introduce something new into this ration it has been perfected over 40 years of development and it turned into this wonderful ration oh that chicken soup right chicken stock I'll say this right you don't want to have this thing if you're out at salt water even says on the box it's super salty like if you're low on water skip this part but if you've got the water enjoy it because this thing is going to be fantastic in a survival situation if you need to warm up you got something to heat it man that salty chicken broth if you're feeling like oh I need food I need something wholesome like you could take a bite of this and then chase it with this and you'll feel like you're actually eating something wholesome mmm that's actually really good like right now it's just balancing it out let's try out that wintergreen tablet oh yeah it tastes like a lifesaver with a slightly more delicate chewable texture it's like a cross between a lifesaver and a wintergreen Altoid the thing's sweet easy to chew it's not too chalky or anything that's fantastic texture and flavor to it so this is the current US military survival ration the food packet survival general purchase made by new view in Oklahoma and it is perfection on what was originally this thing and I've seen Native food lapse tacos of this from like 1974 and from this to this and then into that and you know so this is your third generation of that ration mrs. Steve 1989 ephemera infocomm and I hope you like the review I hope you liked seeing the three generations of this specific ration it is one of my favorite survival rations out there I mean I think if the thing is fascinating and on that note I'm a miner sipping chicken broth mmm mmm that's some good stuff the whole thing brilliant thanks for watching all right cool see ya [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 24min 58sec (1498 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 05 2016