Eating Only Military Food for 24 hours - Meal Ready to Eat

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[scotm]

Eating them here and there is one thing. Eating them throughout an entire deployment is entirely different. It also screws with your digestive system after a while. We had dudes who hadn't pooped once in weeks. It was pretty strange.

[michaelhanson]

When I was in the Army, chili mac was the best MRE at the time. Also, hats off to Glen for letting you onto his land! Canadians are amazing people!!

[logan]

1. Chili Mac is the absolute best. 2. When you eat them everyday, you get to a point where you just kinda stop heating them up all the time and eat them cold. Great vid Mav!

[TrillBelichick]

I was kinda hoping Mav would say “Okay, let’s get this onto a tray. Nice!” 😂😂😂😂😂

Iykyk 💯💪🏾

[deeepthreees]

Watching you drive while showing off the mre set my anxiety ablaze.

[FloridaManYT]

When my husband and I were homeless people use to always give us MREs and some of them really are pretty damn good! We really liked the chili mac and the cheese ravioli in marinara sauce, those were the 2 favorites. The chicken fajitas are pretty good too.. I use to get super excited to open them up just to see what "goodies" were inside and sometimes you get tootsie rolls which are my favorite lol oh also sometimes they give you these vegetable crackers which are actually delicious and if sold in stores I would definitely buy them

[bikingal]

as soon as you showed the skittles that MRE was a hit with my very fave candy of all time.. been eating them for over 20 yrs.. had a large "share" pack just this week... did NOT share... and I'm 70yrs old...always a kid

[Warriorcat]

I’m glad you saw the “rock or something” and also found it amusing, lol. MRE’s individually tend to be pretty decent (there used to be some bad ones; they’ve improved), but after a while it does get pretty “school lunch-y”.

My favorites: the chili mac is pretty great, the veggies crumbles are surprisingly good as you found, and it’s been replaced now but the hash browns are one of the best breakfasts by far.

[NEVERTHELEFT]

I would love to see this as a series you do every so often. MREs are also a great way to eat another country's food without having to actually go to that country, they always have their own spin on things in every country that does them.
Also, being a big StevieMRE fan and a big Mav fan, this video is like a dream come true.

[therealdeal]

One of the top Youtubers out there, down to earth, humble person. Hard to beat a Mav video. Keep on Trucking Mav!

[jspeedadventures]

The best thing about MREs is that they last a long time and pack fairly small and give you all the caloric and nutritional intake you need to stay in the fight. They aren't gourmet, but they beat eating nothing.

[Falcon]

I was actually surprised how much each ration had in it. Like a whole survival kit with the matches included lol

[elteescat]

I've never had an MRE, but I had a factory coworker from the Army Reserve who brought one in for lunch one day. This was back in the 90s and the MREs were different back then. She pulls out this dark brown plastic pouch and I wasn't expecting much, but there was this little lunch tray and all of a sudden she was pulling a full spaghetti dinner out of that pouch complete with garlic bread and laying it all out on the tray! It looked as good as restaurant food and had me drooling! lol. I wasn't expecting it to look that good.

[RVingwithLuck]

I was in the Army until 2011. The MRE’s did get better every year. But at like 2, 000 a package, they are meant for high energy days. Also will clog up your pooper for days-that’s what the gum is for. It acts as a laxative.
Also, that wasn’t napkins, it was toilet paper. Lol. Truth!
My favorite was the Chili Mac. I also liked the shakes that came out about 2003. But I heard they stopped making them in like 2014-not sure.
You did a good job making them. Always make sure you have the heater bag at the proper angle, and that the heating element is on the bottom of the food pouch, not on top of it.

[Ranstone]

MRE lore:
-5:41 That's toilet paper. In boot camp, 2020, the entire base ran out and we lived off of napkins and at the end of training, the occasional MRE TP. (You only eat 8 mres in boot camp)
-In boot camp, I allmost got beat up because someone thought I stole their lemonade mix.
-In boot camp, you can barter and trade MREs for popular flavors. I did research before hand and became an MRE day-trader to get the best flavors.
-In boot camp, Drill Instructors tell you you're not allowed to eat the gum. I would smuggle it and chew on rucks.
-In boot camp, you're not allowed to mix the drink mix in your canteen. I would mix it in and pretend it was plain water.
-In boot camp, I might have been a bad recruit...

[jermlac]

I've heard that MREs are based on calories per package which is why some of the chicken and vegetarian meals have really good treats vs the more calorie dense entrées with less calories in snacks.

Also, how awesome of that guy to invite you stay at his lake side hang out after meeting you for the first time.

[dawnl.]

So, my dad developed the retort pouch that mre's are in and when he was trying to see which foods tasted the best in them, we got to try them all. Chili Mac was by far the best, but they also had a chicken a la king back then that was really good. So weird to see how far they've come since then.
When my father died, we had mre's for our post funeral meal. Lol. We had all the varieties the army makes. It was a fun.

[AdmiralPreparedness]

During the summer of 2016, I volunteered to eat only MRE'S for 21 consecutive days during a U.S. ARMY GUT RESEARCH PROGRAM.condicted at the U.S. ARMY'S Natick Food Labs, Natick MA. Blood, urine and stool samples were taken in the 30 day period. I was instructed to only drink water with the menu beverages provided and eat only the contents of each meal during the 21 days. The selected menu items were from 2014 menu selection. All were consumed and all empty packaging was teturned to the lab personnel. No adverse side efects or constipation was experienced by me. I enjoyed helping. I did not loose or gain any weight. I went about my daily routine duing the 30 day period in the study.

[Saltpork]

Fun fact: Mountain house makes some of the entrees used in long range or winter MREs. It's freeze dried instead of retort pouches like these 3 are. All MREs are also designed to be eaten both cold and warmed depending on situation.

[Jdavison]

Being both a big Steve1989 fan and a big Mav fan, this feels like a dream crossover episode