Whenever a video drops, I pause what I'm doing to watch them. Thank you for your service, and keep up the good work! Also, your stories are so interesting and entertaining!

i’m hooked on these videos!!

What a fun video! Such dedication using two rations in one video, thank you sir.

lol ace sneaking a bite is always funny. another fine video men, keep em coming.

I absolutely love these videos so glad I found them .

Omg I can totally picture Ace about 20 years older with the “cleanse the old pallet” saying 😂 Y’all are just too cute! As Always, Thank you for your service Me Ancient! 🫡

I watch your sons videos both are great. Your videos make me wanna eat while I’m watching and love the stories man. Thanks for your service sir much love from Southern California

13:30 😂 Ace slowly sides his hand for some m&ms

Me Ancient's channel is growing like crazy. I watched a video this morning, at 8 AM. It's 7:45 PM now, where I live...you have over 200 new subscribers in less than 12 hours, sir. I am so happy that your channel is growing as quickly as this. Your videos are so entertaining and your stories from your service days are always amazing and entertaining. The content is also family friendly and interesting. Thank you, Me Ancient and to your son for brining us all this quality content. Keep it up, please. Cheers and bless you.

My grandpa was in the Turkish marines, in cyprus peace operation and he once said the mre they gave them lasted 4-5 days even it’s a 24h mre… crazy times…

I laughed every time Ace slipped his hand in and snagged a combo! LOL!

Nice. I'm pleasantry surprised by the 1990s MRE still being in such great condition. I guess how they are stored is key.

my favorite 20 minutes of the week

In my US Navy hitch - 1980 through 1986 - I only had military rations once, during a visit to Gitmo in 1984. My ship was undergoing "Refresher Training", and a bunch of us went to the shooting range, as we were in the shipboard security and guard force, no Marines on our small ship. We also did the teargas house. We had lunch with C-rats. Probably cycling them out before issuing the new MREs. Never tried MREs until years later as a civilian. I used to order cases of the entrees only, and use them for motorcycle road/camping trips. I liked those tan M&Ms, which have been replaced by Blue. I think the FD Mountain House will always beat out the retort pouch stuff of the same flavor. 👍

Love you guys. Thanks for the video

I should be reading my Bible, I suppose, but I'm always peaceful while watching your videos on Sunday afternoon.

Always a great video👍 Much love❤

I've had the old chicken and rice and really liked it. It is interesting that there are freeze-dried components in the new rations; the very first MREs were mostly freeze-dried to save weight, but many times the actual texture of the food was changed, making it less palatable, and it was figured out that troops still had to supply water for rehydrating the food.

Thank you for another great video. I really enjoy watching you and I love to listen to ACE. Y'all are a great duo.

Really enjoyed. Yall make a great team.

This is my favorite MRE yet. I like the comparison of the MRE's and also how you two both tasted the MRE's together. Awesome job!

Great review thanks

Yes! A deluxe Sunday upload…Two meals, one video. I found your commentary on the first strike bar interesting. It’s surprising that it kind of melts while chewing. I’d have been instantly put off for like you said, fear of pulling a filling out. 👍

Dziękuję za kolejny świetny film 🤘👍🏻

The new main looked so much better, but the old MRE sure held up well in general.

Just got back from walking my dogs and I find a notification for your video, oh happy days. :) That MCW is one of my favourites, I know alot of people dont like FS bars, but they are great to eat before exercise. The cheese pretzels are pretty nice too. They put cinnamon in everything, probably to hide the lovely shelf stable taste 😂 Hahaha you can tell an army man when he emptys his canteen cup, smells it and just decides its clean enough😂 Im not surprised that the M&Ms were still good, the candy coating keeps the chocolate good. I think ive seen everything now! New cheese pretzels with 30yr old cheese. The chocolate hazelnut beverage is nice, but its not thirst quenching like the fruit drinks are. Never tried a 30yr old cherry drink, but I trust your opinion ;) The freeze dried chicken and rice is amazing, never tried the 30yr old version though. Loved this comparison video. :) That 30yr old ration must have been stored in optimal conditions, its a rare find.

As always good video 👍

Love these vids. Been w since day one. Could Ace maybe do a mashup with like the funny smells , the laughing at squeezing out items, the gagging at rancid food etc. makes me laugh! 😆

Man I happy when I saw u uploaded a program nothing on tv I looked on here said hot damn lol ..great show fellas as usual

Love the comparison videos. Can't beat the freeze dried mains in the MCW's. I prefer Tasters myself too. Especially the old ones of they survive. Thanks for the video!

That 90's MRE is almost as old as I am. Those m&m's look mint for their age... and so do I for that matter 😉

Love love love your videos. Thank you so much for this channel. You have no idea how much this all helps me. God Bless you and yours sir.

My grandpa was in the armed forces and he always drank taster's choice .

2 MREs in one video? very cool to see, nice video.

Chicken and Rice was in my top three from 1987-1990! Along with The beef patty and Chicken Ala king! No heater needed when you had a pot belly stove and a canteen cup!!

Well done guys.

It’s Ryan 👍 good video chief as always my Sunday ritual

That chocolate covered cookie bar looked really good especially for being 30 years old.

God bless you!

Quote: "Does cheese ever die?" Ace 2023 😂 Great vid gentlemen, thank you both.

When I hear the name Steve and mre I wanna say nice hiss let’s gets this out on to a tray 😅

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Amen, brother!

These videos always make me hungry

Tasters choice for instant coffee is incredibly good for sure. So is Cafe Butelo its an espresso grind super fine so a great coffee flavor

Nice looking meals !! My Dad served in the army driving at times to higher ranked in the Jeep !! He once told me he would heat up his meal in the engine compartment ! He would place the food close to the block where it would stay !!!!

yummie

Great comparison! I think I'd go with the newer one! Thanks my friend!

25:13 we always dumped as much tobasco on the (old) chicken and rice as possible. That’s why we’d save little bottles from other MREs for meals like these that didn’t have much flavor.

I was in the AF in the 80's 🎉😂 and had the dark brown packaging MRE's. I've never had a better Ham Slice than the one's from those meals!!! If anyone knows where to purchase some comparable ham, please drop a link! It was so tender and flavorful!

My grandfather was in the navy during Vietnam. I remember him talk about getting smokes in his mre's and telling me the amount of brass dropped in the ocean if someone was to able to recover it from the ocean floor. They would have one rich SOB just from scrap. I have the bottom of one the shell's from when he was on ship that he turned into a ashtray. That thing weighs probably 10lbs

Asa was grabbing everything this episode 😂

Let's get this out onto two trays!

Another great video, lots of good comments on comparing the two MRE's. It's surprising that the amount of volume of the two main courses, were so different. I wonder if the difference in the coffee taste, was due to the older Tasters Choice, having noticeably more crystals in the package? Lots of fun watching the comparison, looking forward to more of your stories about your tour of duty, which were missing from this one!!! Looking forward to more, God bless.

Nice review. This MREs was made for Operation Desert Storm 1991 and to the war in Afghanistan in 2020.

I wish that sometime he would show the bottom of the coffee cups to see the brand name and where it was made. 😊

I personally really like the first strike bars when I have encountered them in MRE's.

The new MRE didn’t come with salt, but there may have been a little salt left over at the bottom of that bag of Combos. Pretzels always shed a little of their salt in the bag.

Good review Me Ancient Shipmate! I agree with the Cold Weather version I would like. Watch that little hand that keeps stealing your combos!! lol Cheers, S

The drawback to the newer Cold Weather MRE is the need to add hot water. If you don't have access to hot water you can't eat it, your S.O.L. The older MRE doesn't need anything, you can even eat it cold, as is. Also amazing that the older MRE is 33 years old and still good. If stored proberly, in a cool basement, they last over 33 years, the perfect prepper food.

Another lovely mre selection, however no story or pictures from Beirut but not complaining..thanks Me Ancient 🙂

This isn’t a 1 to 1 comparison cuz back then there was also the Ration Gold Weather. That vintage MRE does look in excellent condition.

The freeze dried MRE’s are so much better tasting then most of the pouches in my opinion.

Please always give Ace HALF of each item. Thanks!

Dip that French toast in the coffee! Great video!

Id taught you'd know as someone in the military should know that in the winter your body overworks even more and needs more food, thats why its more food in the other mre

The chocolate cookies back then were essentially a coated dog biscuit. Very coarse. But I admit..they were good!

The sweet part of the old MRE looked better, but no one can beat that freeze dried new main meal, also the beverages were better in the old one, cocoa powdered drink might be nice, but a fresh cherry would definitely by better for me too. Great video, and interesting to see how the meals evolved in a relatively short period of time.

Love ya Me Ancient!

I don't know if it was just my unit, but the newer meals gave us constipation and the older ones gave us bubble guts😂

I remember the cheese spread being more soft and creamy, like peanut butter. And it wasn’t sharpe at all. I wonder if the aged that way.

I love your videos Me Ancient. What is the biggest fish you’ve ever caught? Mine is a 30 pound salmon.

Are there measurement markings in those canteen cups? Or do just eyeball it? I've never been in service, so I've never held a canteen cup to know.

Watching now before bed 😊

The things I’d do for that chocolate covered cookie bar!

That old MRE was stored well usually if it's not the Tasters choice will be moldy.

Desert storm wasn’t until 1991 because I was there in the Marine Corps infantry

Chocolate covered fudge bar was the absolute best you could get back in the day! Chocolate covered cookie bar not so much :(.

You definitely are not kneading that cheese long enough it takes a few minutes to get it nice and thin! Is best to warm it up some and knead it smooth and thin.

Semper Fidelis ya old Salt Dog!!

I always add the coffee to the cocoa powder with the creamer an just add a little more water to make a army mocachino

More salt the better for ration heaters you don’t add enough whole packet maybe 2

Prob should not open those old M&Ms could be worth money some day I’ve never seen an old pack like that.

you guys need to try Latvian mre

Gday Me Ancient and Ace. Just a few questions - Did you ever serve with soldiers from Australia and New Zealand? Did you know they have there own Cookie named after them from WW1 called ANZAC Cookies? You can find a reciepe online for them and I reckon you should give them a go :D And whats Creamer? God Bless And Thanks For Your Service Me Ancient. Appreciated From An Aussie Subscriber :D

Wish I could see a frankfurters metal.🤤

Lmao i don't know why i found it so funny at 4:33 when he said "at least it's not soft and pliable like taffy" as he proves it's soft and pliable like taffy

I went through basic training in 2002 and I won an M&M’s contest. Sadly the contest ended in 2001 😂

their was no full description on his channel though??

If I’m not mistaken they have a domino sugar plant in New Orleans

Blue wasn’t new, they had some dye in them that wasn’t good so they got rid of the blue for a while in the late 80s, early 90s

Don't you ever wonder what additives have been added to 30-year-old products if they're still edible, and if you pick up bread from Wal-Mart, it's already inedible in a week?

A prayer I like to say before meals goes something like this.. Let us give thanks for the Freedom we enjoy while eating this meal. May we one day wake to find that Freedom afforded to everyone, not just those we agree with. Peace

the military mcdonalds mc heaters came out in 1990 so the old ones should of had a ronald mcdonald heater

Was Mr. Ancient on a boat when he was in the Marines? If so, which boat and when?

I grew up on MRE meals I grew up on a army base my buddies and I would go out were they would play war and load up on them they would give us all we wanted I liked them and ate them every day I’m not fond of them now days

What are the ingredients of spread cheese?

me ancient did you ever dress up as santa during christmas at the military exchange store

These all look like great meals compared to the ones we got in Vietnam in the early 70s and see rats that we got each lotta times you had to eat them cold because you couldn’t have a fire

Why am I getting this notification 2 days late 😭

Dip the french toast in the coffee