The Evolution Of Military Rations Throughout History

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11:18 What's with the blur?
Comment from : Emirs BTIN (Balik Tanaw / In Hindsight)

OKAY OKAY OKAY the pizza MRE is not all that its made out to be, it more a of dried disappointment when you eat it It doesnt look bad though at first glance, much better than creamy fettecuinie
Comment from : HypeBlvck

Funny thing, the can opener was invented after can foods, haha
Comment from : Chris Bellon

How could the ancients eat such disgusting 🤢 foods? No wonder they died from stomach “poisons” Some tribes still drink blood 🩸- cow blood rather than horse blood 🤯
Comment from : TeresaElizabeth

Rations also reflected the culture For instance, french rations included wine But US army WW2 were A rations, largely prepared from fresh produce in a real mess hall at a base B rations were prepared in real mess halls, but relied primarily on canned foods, for overseas bases The C ration was a canned individual meal for a soldier to eat in the field, could be eaten hot or cold The D ration was basically a smaller version of the C ration, to be carried for situations when resupply was difficult The K ration was a chocolate oatmeal bar with supplements that supplied calories and staved off vitamin deficiency diseases Intended for soldiers like paratroopers who were supposed to jump with everything needed for three days of combat There were arctic and jungle rations for those environments, Hospital rations that supplemented hospital messes for therapeutic diets Other rations were experimented with but never got adopted
Comment from : dalesql

8:52 got me crackin' 😅
Comment from : Damarius Wingfield

Okthis has got to be the most smart-ass version yet of ALL the videos you've done I'm an Army brat and avid military history reader Your narration had me snorting my early brunch beer Even the dogs enjoyed it! The beer, not the video
Comment from : Virginia Grundman

Soldiers didn't just eat C, D and K rations in WWll Those were reserved for when they were in combat and the field kitchens couldn't be brought close enough to serve them They normally ate hot food brought forward from the field kitchen or they were sent back in rotation to the rear area to be fed
Comment from : Tamer 1

I can tell you've never been on a march
Comment from : JangleLeg

They serve nachos in war I had lobster at Camp Bastion
Comment from : JangleLeg

Lieutenants study tactics, Generals study logistics
Comment from : george sakellaropoulos

"The famous general Napoleon said (commercial cuts in) "Do you wanna get high but it hurts your lungs?"brbrNow that's an army to join!
Comment from : Kapitänleutnant Thomsen

During my time in Viet Nam (1969)we received c-rats that were dated from the Korean War Dark chocolate had turned white and the small cigarette packs were extremely dry The canned food was very greasy and if you had a bottle of Tabasco it made the meats eatable
Comment from : Vic

Horse milk Guess it is healthy But bull milk is more nutritious
Comment from : JareDevilDog

Who can I contact to make a recommendation and add something to the MREs today?brI'm currently in Iraq
Comment from : Mission Capable

The pizza MRE is nasty
Comment from : Joseph Gregorich

I used to love it when my dad would bring home his rations for us
Comment from : Jason Crisp

As the old adage goes; an army marches on its feet, but travels on its belly…
Comment from : Chris Mayer

kinda ironic how the confederate failed in ration logistics when they had better preserved foods and culture from sunny southern states compared to the north
Comment from : AirKangLocker

Decent videounfortunately as soon as I hear woke terms like CE, I'm out
Comment from : Michael Linder

Meager rationsbrOr should I say rati0ns? 🤔
Comment from : Phillip Hsieh

Wait, Lomotil is a controlled substance They were just giving that shit out in rations?
Comment from : shiloh1994

Your attempt to be "funny" fails miserably Just report the facts and save the ignoramus talk for Bevis and Butthead
Comment from : O Really?

Do one on Lyudmila Pavlichenko!
Comment from : dianeperigo

You definitely put the weird in history once you said they would puncture a hole in there horses and slurp the blood, like ewww!!! Do you want a straw with that delicious horse blood? Lol we are truly blessed and spoiled quiet frankly No wander those men died more on the trail instead of the war itself Weird weird weird history
Comment from : Josh Farley

Saddle stew just sounds weird, but I would eat it if I was starvingbrIt would be a journey to eat rations from all those times periods, especially for some type of trip!brA+ video
Comment from : btetschner

Pisses you off that in them days they ordered and expected u to fight for your country while protecting them yet they hardly ever got fed! Gotta love the good ol US of A
Comment from : Josh Farley

I tried the war rations from from Vietnam before before I eat Mongolian stew
Comment from : Klawhauser the Cheshire cat 3025

Let’s talk about good ole homemade SLOSH
Comment from : Josh Farley

It should be noted that Spartans did not sustain themselves exclusively on black soup, it was more of an occasional or ritualistic meal prepared for soldiers leaving for war or before going into battlebrbrAnd obviously the food items listed in the video were not the only things allowed as rations, in eras before MRE-style meals were provided to the army, foraging was widespread, meaning if there was a village to pillage there was some variety to the menu Of course, if there were no settlements around and enemy managed to break the supply chain, intermittent fasting was inevitable (with occasional servings of long pork if situation went extremely dire and the enemy was so ruthless they didn't take prisoners)
Comment from : Enrico Fermi

This dude belongs on the history channel Love his voice, he ranks up there with Attenborough and Paul Harvey Very knowledgeable and professional! Keep em coming and I’ll keep supporting and donating
Comment from : Josh Farley

My buddy served 4 years in the marines and he told me that when they go do their 14 mile hike training, he said the MRE of 24 different varieties sucks so bad He said there was like one dish he liked out of all of them and that sucked too
Comment from : Thomas Jones

My C rations in Korea were not at all bad, except for the cans of Pork and Applesauce I threw those cans as far off the hill as I could
Comment from : Billie Tyree

Napoleon once said a army marches on it's stomachs meaning the better they're fed the better they'll be on the battlefield
Comment from : Lola Campbell

Shit pulled up by the highway Nice You evil person
Comment from : mc do

Think they always been Ghangus The father
Comment from : mc do

Soo what Is China now is the most evil country ever
Comment from : mc do

You may want to look a little deeper into some of these things Oversights like the crusades were in response to an Islamic invasion and the beginning of canning, etc are significant Otherwise some good work!
Comment from : brucermarino

I can hardly wait until Easter Mom always makes her homemade Saddle Stew
Comment from : Kevin Mathis

Up next - Daily rations of a common dev under Google Empire : Coffee lots of it and more coffee
Comment from : Pradyumn

Yeah no, the bit about the Mongol's and 'saddle stew' is utter bullshit They put that shit under the saddles to prevent saddle sores on their horses
Comment from : Mr Buttocks

Idk why but military rations are oddly fascinating to me
Comment from : Sauce Man

was afraid this topic wouldn’t really fit the channel’s theme, luckily it did get weird
Comment from : protocetid

I just had to endure 5 ads before getting halfway through the video…like are you fucking kidding me? 😒
Comment from : SouthJersey Ghost

C-4 also works very well as a firestarter A small pellet of C-4 will light any firewood, no matter how wet
Comment from : Jovan Weismiller

im sure the spartan cooks self esteem didnt matter muchbrthose where slaves
Comment from : Ashardalon Dragnipurake

I've had the pizza MRE before Pretty ok considering it's meant to survive years before being eaten
Comment from : JawsFan27

Are you happy to see me, or is that a baguette?
Comment from : Hank

1095 CE lol
Comment from : brian ward

My grandfather fought in the Veitnam war as well as Desert storm he ate so many mre's he does not want to talk about it!
Comment from : Zomboid at your door

The c-rat everyone loathed was ham and lima beans, commonly referred to as ham and m**********s
Comment from : George J Dorner

Early '60s, we had WWII C rations served in the chow hall about once a month Scuttlebutt was that they were being served just as their expiration dates came due Conspiracy scuttlebutt said there was this enormous backlog of rations that had been prepared for the invasion of Japan
Comment from : George J Dorner

C4 is perfectly good for burning it is stable as long as an electrical detonator or blasting cap is not used in it So yes, you can burn it and heat a meal However, the MREs come with an FRH - Flameless Ration Heater, which simply requires water to activate
Comment from : Ron Schramm

Didn't the American soldiers of the 1700s use salt pork too?
Comment from : 6Lime

😃 ρяσмσѕм
Comment from : Norman

All you really need is coffee, Copenhagen & cigs
Comment from : Bo Didley

I'm sure Russian troops are eating butt soup right now
Comment from : Izzy

There's an awesome channel called Steve1989 MRE, he reviews MRE's from across the world, WW1 to the modern day, highly recommended
Comment from : Sion Revan

When my grandad was in Vietnam he would request his parents send him hot sause
Comment from : Vape God Gaming

Maybe it’s the turkey fatigue from Thanksgiving but I could go for a hot bowl of butt stew about now
Comment from : peaceturtleinfinity

I'd double check the information about using C4 as a heating source C4 doesn't burnit explodes with ignition and force I'm pretty sure they used either sterno canned jellied-gas or liquified canned gas
Comment from : DRAKKENFIRE22

Dammit now I want some nachos
Comment from : Casy Byrd

2:56brWhy is there a map dated from 1914 when talking about the Roman Empire? 😂
Comment from : JA Weishaupt

That cook looks like pRes Dwight eisenhower
Comment from : Stalkerhunter Araya

The channel has great content but the name is bad
Comment from : The Letter M

Listening to this Narrator makes me sick!
Comment from : Kat Mando

Nastiest MRE I've ever eaten? CHEESE & VEGGIE OMELET A vacuum sealed foil bag of farts Breakfast MREs weren't ever a good idea, tbph 😅
Comment from : Baillee Williamson

MREs-meals rejected by Ethiopians
Comment from : Drew Murphy

when I started in the regular Canadian army as an infantry soldier in 2007 we where told that our MRE's meet WW2 calorie standards so the gym monkeys need to bring extra food to sustain themselves
Comment from : Evil Monkey Gaming

11:15 why was it blurred around here?
Comment from : danomyte

Why the blurr at 10:50 ?
Comment from : Big M

C, D and K rations literally were designations for COMBAT rations, DESSERT rations and KITCHEN rations And NOBODY cooked their food with C4 It’s a military wives tail because C4 takes heat AND pressure to detonate and instructors would light a piece on fire to demonstrate But if they dropped it while it was burning it WOULD DETONATE!!
Comment from : Chrundle T Great

For instance: C, D and K rations were designations for Combat rats (what we call rations in the military), Dessert rats and Kitchen rats You’d think these folks would hire an editor
Comment from : Chrundle T Great

The mongols didn’t put meats and onions under their saddles, the TARTARS from south west Russia did This is where we get “Steak Tar Tar” which is ground beef, spices and onions served raw
Comment from : Chrundle T Great

i love that song u put in the intro
Comment from : Johnny Tyler Madcap

Let's get this out on to a traybrbrNice
Comment from : Hokkaido Rider

Nooowwwww, Pass that butt stew and the spoiled horse milk
Comment from : Quinten Phillips

The recipe I remember most from my US Civil War reading was shadow of chicken soup Hang a chicken above the pot so that the shadow falls upon the water Bring the water to boil, season to taste and serve Pass the chicken to the next unit
Comment from : James Baker

Another food related military fact the need for a cup of tea pushed the British to install Boiling Devices for all their tanks since the Centurion
Comment from : Ravindra S 919

What’s the background music used in this video?
Comment from : Clark Kent

Chef Boyardee made rations in WWII Andwas repackaged for civilians afterwards Especially the ravioli Became a best seller! SPAM as well
Comment from : Mark Solarz

Potato tops?!? Were they processing in some way? How did the not un-alive themselves?
Comment from : Nathan Ramstorf

Oh man, the veggie omelet was the MRE to get in my time lmao also when I was in Iraq we had this meals called "Jimmy deans" came with a can of beans, Vienna sausages in a can, bread, a bag of chips and if my memory serves me right a cookie They were legit, would make a bean and sausage sandwich outta it
Comment from : mommymilkers

Did twinkies ever reach the battlefront?
Comment from : Manny Espinola

Begging you to get some new background music! We've heard the same 5 instrumentals recycled over and over!
Comment from : Liz Snoddy

As a veteran I had MRE’s wow they were interesting lol
Comment from : Teresa Latiolais

Put it on a tray mhmmm
Comment from : MrCore

saddle stew- classic
Comment from : PFKM, SAN DIEGO

Makes me hungry
Comment from : Charles Tucker

I have read that Napoleon's army was supplied with meals cooked in wine bottles as a way of preservation, when they could reach the front
Comment from : Wayne Watters