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wtfNeedSignUp said:
French one looks legitimately tasty and put me in the mood for seafood risotto.
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He's done French ones before. They're always ridiculously good. They should come with a white flag in the accessory packet though.
The Un-Clit said:
He totally outsmarted himself on this ration.
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He went full Cobes. Never go full Cobes.
 
AnOminous said:
He's done French ones before. They're always ridiculously good. They should come with a white flag in the accessory packet though.
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That's what the napkin pack is for.

My favourite quote from that episode:
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"The corn, I think they put in there for a reason..."

I hear it was to save money after this year's disastrous splorn crop returns. Admittedly it's nowhere near as nutritious, but our boys in blue will just have to suffer along with the farmers. Also they don't include coffee because they're Puritans who read Kiwi Farms and you're just going to have to sweat out that addiction, weakling.

"Expedition Quality Adventure Food"

It makes an MRE feel less special when they just throw in something any old schmuck could walk into a store and pull off the shelf. Kind of the opposite feeling a kid gets when he opens his lunch to find name brand stuff. We know Uncle Sam (or Ivan) truly loves us when all the food looks like it's straight out of Repo Man.
 
The Mexican-Style Stew is the closest so far to an adult Lunchable. The entree looked pretty weak; all the parts were modular and balanced.

Fabio Socialist said:
It makes an MRE feel less special when they just throw in something any old schmuck could walk into a store and pull off the shelf. Kind of the opposite feeling a kid gets when he opens his lunch to find name brand stuff. We know Uncle Sam (or Ivan) truly loves us when all the food looks like it's straight out of Repo Man.
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You've given voice to a feeling that's close to my heart.

Although it is funny when the outer wrapper says something dispassionate and exact, like "PASTRY, BROWN SUGAR, BREAKFAST-TYPE," and then you open it and it's a Pop-Tart. It's like a little game.
 
The civilian snacks seem more acceptable when it's foreign as heck; you'd have to ask a Georgian soldier what he thinks about those crackers.

Difficult to read... that makes it more exciting!

I like the "spoon music" from the drink pouch shaking.

A lot of people come for Steve eating 100-year-old beef, or at least Vietnam rations, but he's no less watchable enjoying something in-warranty and actually tasty.
 
"On the road adventure" is a fun framing idea. Not quite the same as Steve working up an appetite on a straight-through death march innawoods, but it's still a field test. Makes sense for reviewing an assortment of pretty "normal" meals; all worthy of commentary, but no reindeer stew or anything. All pretty standard until it gets to the French ration.

I like to think Steve's just out in the weeds beside a gas station (?) eating a "masterpiece cookie" while the rest of his party is using the bathroom or buying a burrito.

"Where I come from, we eat pudding first" is a great line. In an action movie someone would get shot right after so there'd be no follow-up questions, but Steve is confident enough to just move on naturally.

I am going to assume he treated himself to the French ration because the heist went off without a hitch and there's a warehouse somewhere north of Florida that's missing its temperature-controlled 1970s MREs.
 
Consider the Lizards said:
He's on a roll.
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Huge missed opportunity, I can't believe he didn't put those chocolates between or on top of the shortbreads.

Not only does he add water to the chili, this is the first time I have ever seen him use an esbit stove and actually stir the food, instead of letting it scorch the shit out of the bottom.

Heck with bread pudding, that pudding has the texture of a flourless cake. Makes me wonder if the bottom layer was meant to be syrup or if it became that way over time, but the ration doesn't seem old enough.
 
It's a real shame Steve only did two polish rations (one of which was spoiled and civilian market stuff). I'm curious to see his reaction to close-to-dogfood meat in some menus and that smelly ass fucking pate.

Although I must say, aside from most mains and a pair of sides, everything else in them is quite bloody good. I think the only other ration where you get these teeth-cracker biscuits are the lithuanian ones.
 
I really hope Steve finds some more history MREs, even if it's sort of a rehash of previous ones. My dad loves Steve videos and it's one thing me and dad bond over is watching Steve. He'll call me out of the blue "Hey did you see? Steve put out TWO new videos!" He even says "nice hiss!" when he cracks open his NA O'Douls.

He doesn't like the Survival/pilot/ration kits. "It's all fucking M'Ms and salt tablets!"
If any of you have the chance, watch a Steve video with your dad or grandpa, even if they weren't in the army. It's fun shit.
"Now, why wouldn't you put that on your cracker, Steve, it would have gone so much better with a little crunch!" -my dad anytime there's a stew or pasta ration.
 
Ate a USA MRE yesterday. I didn't have hot water but the coffee, creamer, and sugar would all mix together fine with room temp water. It just took longer. The peanut butter and jelly were very messy. I had the bread with it. Didn't eat the main because I was driving. Overall, everything was pretty good.
 
Steve is the one person I would trust to review Hello Fresh.

I'm still never going to be a customer, but it'd be fun to watch him unwrap things and get fixated on a dry ice insert or something.
 
Paul Revere Pantry Raider said:
..and then finish it off with some instant coffee and a cigarette older than his parents.
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He'd give some insightful criticism about the Hello Fresh meal, how obviously you need a heat source and an intact supply line, then say "the one thing missing to make it a truly great ration... "


I would still also like to watch Steve investigate a Lunchable. He could do some fun April Fool's mini-episodes.
 
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