1942 US Army Field Ration C B Unit MRE Taste Test Vintage Meal Ready to Eat Oldest Food Review

Sees chunk of ancient mold “Can’t help myself” eats it

Opens up a 75-year-old ration. "Oh, biscuit!" nom What a legend.

I worked as an airman in Titan II missile silos from 1978 to 1982. They had stacks of WWII rations on the downstairs level near our equipment. We used to break into it and eat occasionally. It was dated 1945.

The 'nutty' smell is probably walnut, which was used to extend ground coffee beans in '42. The Germans were doing a pretty credible job of interdicting a significant portion of the freighters traveling up the West Atlantic coast and many of the ships they sank were carrying coffee. With much of the male population getting drafted and industry ramping up, US coffee consumption went through the roof and the US had almost no native sources of coffee beans. As a wartime economy measure, in '42 and '43, it was necessary to use walnut and hazelnut husks to stretch the coffee bean supply. I have no proof that B rations were issued with 'nut-coffee' but my grandmother often told stories about how the coffee 'wasn't right' until about '44 or so. As a historian, I noted that story and compare it to the U-boat offensive along the US and S. America Atlantic coasts. By 1944, with advances in ASDIC/SONAR and increased shipbuilding, the U-boat threat had been greatly reduced.

Hospital: ...What did you eat?? Him: 1942 wholesome MRE Hospital: Ok, just going to connect your IV.. Him: Oh my god, that is some incredibly smooth and delightful wholesome morphine

"That biscuit has a sketchy look."  Yeah, a key has been sitting on top of it for 75 years.

Imagine if this man fought in WWII. While the other soldiers are just chilling eating their rations he be like, “It’s good, sweet, lightly flavored.”

COVID is a mere level 1 goblin to this guy's immune system

eats a 77 year old biscuit hm, that is SO crisp

Steve: "Kids, come down, it's dinner time" Kids: "Oh boy, what are we having dad?" Steve: "1954's Vietcong rations, dig in"

Is it just me getting Bob Ross vibes? He’s just so soft, positive and sweet like “I can’t help myself!” So Bob Ross

Steve: "I keep picking up a little rye" 1 hour later Steve: Tripping balls from the ergot poisoning

Anthropologist: We have discovered intact food from Ramses's tomb.. Steve: Im on my way...

Meanwhile I’m over here checking the expiration date on bottled water.

When Steve says “i won’t even eat that “ you know it’s ether radioactive waste or school food both together will kill you in seconds

Enough coffee to last you 7 days in the trenches.. Steve: lets just dump it all in there

man i love when youtube suggests random videos like this which i would never search for. Crazy to think that someone 75 years ago manufactured that in some factory in the middle of the war, they could never imagine that a dude would be doing a video taste test on the "internet" 75years later for hundreds of thousands of people to watch. amazing!

Meanwhile in 1942 Soldier:"where is my food?"

Theres something wholesome and relaxing watching a man whos really knowledgable in his hobby talk about it with such enthusiasm. My grandpa was a staff searge in ww2 and i wonder what his favorite MRE was.

When you're a soldier out in the field you'll eat anything. Soldiers are good at learning to cook and prepare these rations into a meal by combining ingredients.