2018 South African 24 Hour Ration Pack MRE Review Chicken Briyani Meal Ready to Eat Taste Testing

[Music] this is a South African 24-hour ration pack or also dubbed the Rat Pack now it weighs three pounds nine ounces or approximately 1600 grams this ration comes in eight different menus twelve come to a case with duplicates of menus five six seven and eight this is chicken biryani it was produced 2018 and expires 2019 it has a one-year shelf life so let's give it a look all right so right off the bat here we've got our main course just wrapped in this paper pack here it's a 300 gram portion kind of box and matches a strawberry high-energy instant porridge it's an 80 gram portion a vanilla flavored lactose free nutritional shake which oh yeah that's got a hole in it it's just an opening at the top it wasn't really properly sealed this seems like it's already delaminating as well tropical flavored isotonic sports drink and this is a fruit roll you get two of them some nut butter let's see what that is that's peanuts cocoa Mass hazelnut paste noodle snack vegetable batch is what that's called we'll find out what that is Paquette fuel tablets vacuum sealed pakka biscuits you get actually four packs of fuel tablets and what looks to be a bunch of packs of creamer so farther five packs of creamer a peach flavored isotonic beverage base got a pack of rooibos tea two tubes of processed cheddar cheese that's just like an old rat packs it's holding true to this also that porridge the only difference between this and that old rat pack I checked out you're really part of the channel was that one had canned manes this is a energy bar chocolate nut two packs of instant coffee oh yeah it says halal everything is halal certified get four packs actually Wow get a lot of sugar there six packs of sugar you get an assortment of super C hard candies a tomato sauce and fruit chutney maize PAP so that's like cornmeal starch and then the other main course here button still 200 gram main and then at the bottom you get these little plastic bags these are all-purpose you could mix your porridge or beverage base in these if you were in a pinch if you had no other vessel for them you should've set these over here I don't need to use them but still pretty handy and then looks like you get five klore flock water purification powder that treats one liter each pack so you get enough water purification to treat five liters a pack of salt and then five packs of menthols sugar-free chewing gum all right so there it is let's first start off with breakfast okay and for breakfast roomie starting the day off right with some strawberry flavored high-energy instant porridge some nut butter and processed cheddar cheese to go along with those biscuits a fruit roll some coffee a vanilla flavored lactose free nutritional shake and some super C hard candies all right so let's get this out onto a tray nice okay so we're gonna first start off with that coffee pot much of a smell to it doesn't smell like anything okay and then the instant porridge this says add sugar and creamer to taste there was a tear notch on the coffee but not this you'd need a knife very inconvenient look at all the clumps I'm gonna let that soak for a minute we'll check out this nutritional shake also no tear notch anywhere some of the least efficient packaging so far than I've ever seen in a ration it's a new wonder it has a one-year shelf life just a somewhat dull and they'll it smell to it okay and then the fruit roll smell sour like in a kind of pukey sour look at those and then the biscuits they maintain their shape that's that's a good thing oh and they smell free oh yeah Oh shortening a little bit sweet slight like cinnamon almost like a graham cracker kind of deal as well open up the strawberry art candy it's right next to it Wow look at that thing then the granadilla flavored processed cheese yeah this was a rat packs even back in the 80s the rat packs have been in service for decades try this out first Wow it's not very sharp cheddar almost forgot about the nut butter that there just tastes like kind of creamy processed cheese nothing I mean his MRE cheese has a lot more flavor to it for being almost like a resembling cheddar type thing oh wait a second look at this MRE and some mountains in the background that's cool as reminds me Emory Mountain he should be getting some of these and he sent me a picture a sample he got I don't know where he got his but I picked up a case of twelve from this company called Cerberus tactical out in South Africa and I got a shipped airmail and to the ground so it cost six ninety five six hundred ninety five dollars shipped for twelve but that got here in a month in a week if it was shipped ground it probably would have been like three months at least two and you're at risk for heat stress and your rations could get kind of messed up for review I want to give a good accurate reading of what these really are Wow check that out oh that smells awesome I gotta try some of this on its own this is incredible it's a lot like Nutella but because there's peanut butter it's a little less sweet than Nutella just take creamy peanut butter and mix it 5050 with Nutella this is what that tastes like check out this coffee whoa that doesn't taste like any that tastes like water this is the most boring coffee instant coffee I've ever had and that looks like a spray dried so I'm glad I didn't add any creamer or sugar to it if you don't like coffee cuz of the flavor you'd probably like that okay actually I try this biscuit on its own hmm seems to have a fair amount of roughage and it smells much sweeter than it really is and I actually don't taste any cinnamon it just this smells a lot more exciting than it really is it's just a coarse oat biscuit with shortening look how clumpy this is I thought letting it settle would maybe help it doesn't that's unusual it doesn't mix well I put in some really hot water so again kind of strange hmm that's somewhat disappointing a very artificial strawberry flavor like the kind of artificial strawberry you'd get in a cheap strawberry shake speak in the shake let's check out the vanilla shake well that's really gritty it's like a greedy foamy top to it the drink itself I mean gotta get your calorie content this has corn starch soy protein and vegetable fat it's just it's not anything to write home to mom about I'll say that so then the fruit roll that's a nice color to it thankfully tastes a lot better than it smells has this coarse ground sugar on the outside that gives it up a little bit of a crunch okay this that tastes like apricots with a fair amount of citric acid in it it's not bad so then this that peanut butter and hazelnut butter on a biscuit mmm so far this is this is the best component followed up by the fruit roll that nut butter honey's name it goes perfectly with this biscuit and really brings out the shortening flavor of the biscuit and really does a lot for it without the spread I would say the biscuits somewhat bland and disappointing probably good for dunking in the coffee although the coffee tastes like nothing really which actually that's amazing I've never had coffee that's that bland I think it'd be good with both packs would be good with like four ounces then it tastes like real coffee this tastes like something that if you're not a coffee drinker it's you know drinkable so then the porridge that's weird it doesn't mix right the strawberry flavor it really doesn't work for porridge in my opinion yeah that's Wow okay then that and the cheese on biscuits that's not bad it's an overly creamy and processed very mild cheddar cheese on a biscuit with some roughage so you get a nice texture balance and there's just no sharpness whatsoever to that cheddar and unless you like nearly flavorless cheese I mean it leaves something to be desired the vanilla shakes not too bad I mean you got to get your protein in fat and this has it it's perfect for breakfast and I mean I just chased this down real quick it's then the the fruit bowl that is I think that's peaches or it's apricot or something but it smells like that that's pretty natural you know that's not too bad but then there's food coloring I know that's food coloring the way that's staining there that's like that I could draw with this thing so the flavor yeah I think it's peaches and apricots and like a citric acid to make it a little bit more tart so then the granadilla if I even see hard candy hmm it tastes a lot like a passion fruit flavor but probably not natural I'm not a hundred percent sure this I think is strawberry that strawberry still tastes a little less artificial than this yeah that that porridge it never mixed look at all the clumps I don't know what to say about the porridge I'll go back over this change out one really artificial flavor it's strawberry for just a slightly artificial yeah breakfast it was kind of a mixed bag I mean other than that strawberry porridge not mixing so well in the coffee being nearly flavorless and you know that was not too bad so that'll hold me over for about three or four hours to come back with lunch okay and we're back with lunch our main course is going to be that 300 gram portion of chicken briyani got some fruit chutney and tomato sauce to go along with it a chocolate nut energy bar rooibos tea apakah noodle snack and a peach flavored isotonic sports drink all right so let's get sat on your tray nice okay so we're gonna first start off with that rooibos or roy boss whichever tea mmm that smells so unique and different just a very earthy woodsy kind of smell gonna skip the sugar for this one go ahead and check out this noodle snack I immediately smell onion celery I can't tell what else [Applause] then the isotonic peach wow that's a strong peach smell pretty artificial oh yeah speaking of artificial check this out artificial sweeteners sodium cyclamate sodium saccharin so there's two sweeteners there that chewing gum probably has aspartame and assess the plan kay so then the chocolate nut energy bar so Wow sorbitol so the other there are at least four and maybe five sweeteners between all the different components in this rash and that's what the record Wow things Jen's then the chicken biryani I've boiled this in the pouch for about five or six minutes yeah it was pretty intense hmm that's a nice yellow curry smell oh yeah so then I'm gonna start off with this main course that is outstanding it actually has a fair amount of spice to it those little lentils I think so hmm the chicken it's not too dry and it doesn't seem overly processed that that is quality right there it's not like processed and reformed has a nice yellow curry and a fair amount of sodium and it's very savory keep going back for more there's a generous amount of chicken in there and followed up with this no cheese that's overpowering this peach drink doesn't taste all that natural all artificial at least you're getting your electrolytes you know in South Africa it's super hot the climate here you mean losing a lot of fluids that's important that's why they include all those little packs of water purification you're going to need them so then the soup in a cup yeah it's like a noodle soup oh wow hey this also just bursting with flavor the that savory addition with the msg oh yeah this is some decadent savory soup the noodles add a little bit of texture they're not overly soft so then the rooibos are rooibos 100% sure on the proper pronunciation but look at that some bush tea that's so nice different just like how it smells it's this woodsy kind of like a a pine wood sort of smell in flavor with with an earthy light honey caramel note even though it's not sweetened it doesn't need sugar and I'm gonna leave that teabag in there I don't even care if it's too strong I love that flavor that's something completely different the chutney give this a look actually I want to see what it's like on its own hmm it's very lightly sweet tastes like like a light amount of peaches and that's about it we're just various like thickeners I'm gonna add this to here a little extra flavor dimension they don't give you much of it just enough for like a half portion of your main course that's alright I'm gonna hold back on the tomato sauce might need this for dinner hold this in a little bit yeah the chunks of chicken some of the best I've ever seen in a retort pouch main course I have a ration that's definite points up well the chutney it gets completely lost in that curry perhaps it would have been better with the mutton stew no big deal I don't even taste the peach any more out of that chutney but again it's okay oh wow those are raisins in there look at that it's a raisin chunks of chicken not overly processed and not too dry perfectly cooked this right here extremely enjoyable I think the noodle snacks you that's - just drink it right out of the cup I almost forgot about this energy bar it sounds pretty strong of cocoa hmm it's a little apprehensive it didn't seem like it'd be that safe to chew into it's like really dense and hard you know yeah it's not too bad a strong cocoa flavor it's not too sweet you know it's the kind of thing you'll probably be best off just snacking on the go probably best between breakfast and lunch in between meals here I'm gonna finish up this energy bar then we'll take it over to dinner okay and for dinner or main course is going to be that mutton stew gonna have that mais PAP to go along with it some processed cheese for good measure and tomato sauce just in case tropical isotonic sports drink another one of those super seat candies handsome chewing gum all right so let's get this out on to betray nice in case we're first start off with that isotonic sports drink tropical see if I can open this without a tear pain okay there's a tear notch right there were they there the whole time I don't know oh that is so strong and like a pungent artificial papaya so I guess it's gonna be that Mays pap see what this is like Wow look at that smells like watery nothing with some undertone of corn all right and then the mutton stew you know I almost want to try a little bite of this on its own just to say I did that tastes like grits with nothing on them like they could use butter and salt and maybe some kind of sauce or something and it would be pretty good but just on its own it's just simply a starch base I think it's perfect for this because this seems kind of watery that's smells like a rich brown gravy it's not bad seems like it was the perfect combination there will this mutton stew on its own hmm that needs the salt just on its own just a very basic savory flavor that's like a light brown gravy it smells richer than it tastes the mutton has a somewhat chewy yet still tender texture to it this here it's it's still pretty interesting having um sheep as your meat instead of beef it's definitely a similar texture to be yeah it was really well with this maize PAP I seems like having a somewhat watery beef stew with grits that's the closest way I could compare this the gravy taste a little bit of onion and nothing more no garlic nothing that's really going to add any fantastic like notable flavor it's like comfort food that you would have going to your grandparents house and they whip up something and because they can't really put much in the way of spice in there because they get indigestion easily this is what you get which isn't bad you know it's like I said it's comfort food easy to eat there isn't very much fat no grizzle or anything like that tomato sauce let's see what this is like oh no I'm not gonna add any of that that's like that's like watered-down imitation ketchup almost that's just that tastes nothing like any other ketchup I've ever had oh let me just try it again just maybe with one bite I'm somewhat disappointed by these sauces they lack flavor there's not much to them and it seems like they don't really even do anything for the food but we'll see strange even that fair amount of ketchup there did nothing for it I think the salt is all it needs I might as well go ahead and give this a little try there's something kind of sebaceous about the way that comes out let's see how this goes yeah cheese is so nearly flavorless that again it just gets lost in this it doesn't do anything it maybe adds a little bit of a creamy background and perhaps by utilizing all your calorie content in the ration it'd be the way to go these go hand in hand I'm glad there's a starch that you can put with this mutton you know I haven't even tried this tropical drink yet I think the peach one's better that tastes like artificial papaya and again over laden with sweeteners sodium cyclamate sodium saccharin yet you get five somewhat large packs of sugar in the ration and then there's the lactose free drink but you get the cheese the mains are great in this ration I'm not gonna say this one's bad it's still worth buying I'm still worth trying out I haven't tried out the other menus stemmer all Pauls air rush menthol sugar-free gum oh no it Marik hidden when they say paul's menthol air rush there are just fumes of menthol coming out my nose I had to spit that out I was making my eyes water so that's a South African reaction that's what these things are like is it worth getting definitely if you're in the rations this is one you got to check off the bucket list anyway just to say you did at the very least well anyway this is Steve 1989 a hope you liked the video now be come back at you with something new her old all right cool see ya [Music]

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Length: 28min 44sec (1724 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 26 2018