This guy is a doctor's worst nightmare. "Have you eaten anything out of the ordinary lately?" - "do you want it alphabetically or by age?"

"It's like eating industrial rubber, y'know?" No Steve, I don't know.

There's more history in this mans digestive tract then there is in some museums

Thank you for this, Steve. You are a brave man. That MRE is only one year younger than me. I bear an uncanny resemblance to the bacon.

It's 5am and here I am watching a man eat literal museum pieces.

Can you imagine any soldier's reaction back in 1957 if you told him some guy in 2020 would be eating their rations? They would have thought the planet ran out of food or something

Watching this man become totally enthralled in eating over 60 year old food is the only thing that cure my depressions even for just a little while. Like how do you get this enthusiastic every time you open something that most people who dread ever having to use in the first place?

I love how each item is a catalog of historic American companies... Oscar Meyer, Kroger, etc. The chocolate discs are made by a chocolate company that still exists (it says Lititz, PA, which is in Lancaster County near where I grew up) - Wilbur Chocolates.

*can explodes loudly under extreme pressure, sending its contents everywhere* "nice hiss"

His immune system is fighting harder than those soldiers in the war.

The coffee instant and cigarette combo scene had me howling 😂 I love this channel!

Gosh i love the way Steve talks especially when he is excited. He has that surfer hippie accent and it’s awesome.

The soap smells really weird I’ll eat that later.

Just imagine being in the middle of a war, hungry as you haven’t eaten in hours or even days, and eating a meal like this, and then a cigarette to top it all off. Must’ve felt like heaven for a small moment.

As someone who quit smoking almost 20 years ago this made me want a smoke like it was day one all over Lmao. I could smell it. Great video

I had a WW2 pack of Camels back in 2017 and finally opened and smoked them. Surprisingly, they were still smokable. And like you to this day they were the best cigarettes I ever smoked. There definitely is a big difference on how cigarettes were made back in those days. Great video!

Can I bum a smoke? Steve: Sure What are these? Steve: 1960 Ration Camels

The Bob Ross of MRE's.

I had to check his channels latest videos to see if this man is still alive.. so brave lol.

Never been in the military- Never eaten MRE and yet I love the videos that you make. Many thanks my man.

This man is even describing the flavor of the cigarette. What a LEGEND!

*Steve gets married* "Is this the happiest day of your life?" *Steve thinks* "Well there was that incredible 1957 5 Man MRE"

Your content is therapeutic man. Never stop making these history lessons with a silent library vibe.

The cigs from back then are very different than modern ones. To start, in the 50’s, both the tar and nicotine levels were much higher. 1950 Tar: average 38mg Nicotine: ave. 2.7mg Modern Tar: ave. 8-11mg Nicotine: ave. 0.9mg So massive difference there alone. That’s why those older ones taste “stronger” and “purer”. Then you have the addition of filters, different filter tips (with and without perforation), different cigarette papers (some more porous than others), and many different combinations of tobacco blends (which make a huge difference in taste). Some blends were cheap and used reconstituted tobacco, some blends used a larger concentration of burley tobacco (air cured), etc. And the biggest difference is the CHEMICALS. Both the types and amounts. Before the 1970’s, few chemicals were used. Once the chemical/plastic/preservative explosion of the 1970’s happened, more and more chemicals were added until modern cigarettes actually have a WHOPPING 10% of their weight in chemicals. Yes. 10% of the total weight of your cigarette right now is CHEMICALS. That is why they are so dangerous. And yes, in the 50’s they already knew of the link between lung cancer and cigarettes but it wasn’t even CLOSE to what it is now. Modern cigarettes are the Death Sticks…not the old ones. Modern ones are monstrous Frankensteins of cancer causing chemicals. SO PLS QUIT IF YOU CAN!

[takes bread off camera] "Yeah, there's no way this is good anymore..." [*suddenly chewing*, mouth full of bread] "yuah, yauh no, that's no goud."

Me: throws out 1 year expired sauce in my fridge Him: eats 60 year old peanut butter

Cigs back in the day didn’t have a ton of additives and artificial flavours. It was all organic back then

The "YES!" after the cigarette discovery. Priceless.

30 minutes later: **Shits his guts out** Steve: Classic.

This guy... - History channel - Cooking show - Unwrapping channel - Asmr channel All in one.

Those cigs looked brand new. Unlike the ones below it

I really like how you give some history alongside the review. It makes for a real nice educational experience.

No hiss: 12:34 Nice hiss: 15:00 Not sure if hiss: 17:48 No hiss: 18:44 Nice hiss: 27:14 Nice hiss: 28:27 Nice little hiss: 29:38 Nice hiss: 31:11 No hiss: 32:03

It's funny that the healthiest, most appetizing thing inside that box is cigarette...

"Sweet maple... and aged figs." The kind of phrase that resurfaces at the very end of one's life, a reminder of what a glorious blessing it has been to taste sentience, to live once in this garden called Earth.

I absolutely remember these specific kinds of rations. I loved the main meal parts of the rations. Everyone thought I was nuts to like them so much. This particular package is not one of my favorites. I remember the Bacon and the Bread. Didn't really like those because the bread was sort of hard to deal with -- just a lump of bread. It tasted kinda dry. And the Bacon was just a can of Bacon-- kinda not so great. The Bread was not orange like this one The ice cream bars did NOT taste like Icecream bars. The Corn was good. He says "nice pressure" but I don't think spurting liquid is good -- that's Bot pressure. The fruitcake was always very hard to get out of the can. The Chocolate Disks tasted good but NOT like Chocolate. They had a strange flavor -- but I liked it.

24:10 "twice as smooth and twice as strong" cheesy smile could be an advertisement 😂😂😂

Steve working in a morgue. "Alright let's get this body out onto a tray" *Nice*

As far as smokes, Camel, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall were tops! I recall getting those in Nam. Salems were wildly popular with the B girls when you were able to play with them. The girls also loved any type of soap and Prell shampoo you could bring from the PX. The worst C rats were the ham and lima beans. Everybody hated those, you couldn't even trade them with the Viets!

When steve puts on a hazmat suit, you know it's about to get "REAL," lol

The Hissing Is 1950s Air!! We Ain’t Got Air Like That No More.

You should sell T-Shirts that say, "Nice Hiss," with an old can on it.

man I'd love to try an old school smoke like that I bet they taste really good

Thanks Steve! The lens through which you view soldiers affords long gone men shock waves of adventure, patriotism and dignity seldom articulated by writers or artists or anyone attempting to capture a brief moment in the life. I am proud that you are an American serviceman.

Him: wears gloves and a protective suite. Also him: *eats radiation*

Does this guy know how hilarious this is? “I mean it SMELLS rancid but..” takes a bite of ancient bread.

This is the best, I love it! You're the best Steve!! Thanks for sharing ☺️☺️☺️

SOOOOOOO late coming across this, but I enjoyed it very, very much. Thanks man, you're a brave and entertaining dude.

Marry someone who looks at you the way Steve looks at fossilized food.

Archeologists find 5000 year old food preserved in sealed clay jars at the bottom of the ocean.= Steve [heavy hissing]

Anyone old enough to remember the Camel 99 softpacks? I think they stopped production in 2005-2007. This is just from memory. The benefit to a soft pack is that they conform to your pocket.

Its amazing something like this survived. After a few years things pass from original intent to obsolescence pretty quick. I can only guess this was tucked away in a closet until the 90s where it had passed being obsolete and became collectable

That peanut butter actually looks damn good.

I've never heard somebody get so excited over cigarettes older than my dad...

I don't know why I was recommended this, I don't know who you are, I don't think I've ever watched anything related to this. But by God, I am glad this happened. Your dry deliveries and dialog are top tier, subscribed.

The excitement in Steve’s voice when finding the camels 🐪. So glad to be a part of this opening

"Alright, let's do breakfast first!" [ lays out 5 packs of cigarettes]

The bread is so old, that the mold is already dead. 😁

I'm so glad there is still people like this around that will just eat anything. Most of these other reviewers don't want to touch anything that is past the sell by date.

UNBELIEVABLE!!! Incredibly interesting especially your reactions to the aged food. Thank you bunches for sharing.

"Yeah, I can't settle with that, I'm gonna have to poke it with a spoon" I'm dying, Steve

27:12 Steve: "Nice hiss!" Botulism: "Thanks. Been holding that one in for a while."

This guy's "oh wow" is legendary. I appreciate the passion

Out of every other food videos I've watched, this makes me oddly very happy

Steve your attitude is why I watch these vids. You make unpacking 50 year old can exciting and awesome. You're so damn jazzed about this stuff and I love it. Great content.

60 year old cocoa powder, "that should be fine"...sounds like my mom when she's cleaning out the pantry.

This is such an interesting video! I've always been really into life back then and the wars and just how everyone got by and lived differently than we have. Thank you so much ❤️🙏

"Sliced bacon Type 1" Sounds like a weapon of mass destruction to me.

I don’t even smoke but the way this guy is enjoying those cigs make them seem delicious 💀

I love how excited you get for the smokes, it’s my favourite bit too

still #1 MRE reviewer in 2022 love your work steve. nothing better than a nice hisssssssssss!!!!

Nuke drops "nice hiss"

There's nothing more satisfying than smoking a cigarette older than my grandfather.

I’m honestly not really sure how he has not got botulism by now. I guess he is just really lucky but idk if this can last forever. He also could get tetenus from all the damp and rusty dust he is breathing which could hold the tetenus bacteria plus all the other diseases and viruses , lead contamination,from rotten and decayed foods. Honestly I am just impressed he is still alive , hats off to Steve for taking one for the team in order to try out these old dishes and entertaining us KZfaq viewers.

Can't get how relaxing this guy's voice is

I swear, we need to defrost a piece of a wooly mammoth for Steve to eat.

I want to find a woman who loves me like Steve loves 60 year-old cigarettes.

No idea how I came across this video but this is awesome and I will watch all of them

I friggen love the sound of the cans being opened in fast forward

Howdy.... As a kid in 1959, this kit and identical were part of my camping experience at five years of age, and for a few years afterward. Dad was in charge of 'discarding' the older rations that were being gotten rid of....so we 'destroyed them' in accordance with his army policy. My dad being a Master Sgt. in the reserves also got the use of an 8-man squad tent....with my mom hugging the center pole (the first time, it collapsed on her with accompanying screams), and once it went up it had large Red Crosses on a white circle on all four sides...I guess dad was embarrassment-proof amongst all the other more civilian campers! I guess she didn't like 400 pounds of canvas and poles falling on her on a warm day....good thing we were in the shade. All we ate was those rations for a week. Not bad! The canned bacon was good, but was cooked just to heat it up and give a bit more flavor. We'd soak up the grease with the bread. Keep in mind bacon was a LOT more fat in proportion to meat back them.....lean bacon is a new-ish trend. As an aside, I remember buying canned bacon for a dollar each in 1967, good but still needed a bit of heating to make it more palatable...EXCEEDINGLY salty! Was it a BEN FRANKLIN store? Can't remember...in the can it was wrapped in a heavy white paper, you cut out both ends of the can and pushed it out. Unroll and unfold, and there you were. It came with the same type of key as a C-rat, but you still needed a P-38 or P-51 to open the other end. The canned bread was very good, if a bit yeasty tasting. As it was baked in the can, it filled it very well...hissed when opened from internal pressure. Can't remember if it used the C-rat key or not, but you had to punch an air hole in the other end to slide/shake the 'loaf' out. I don't remember the soups. Canned beef stew was good, although I remember some of the meat chunks being a bit tough. The gravy ( a bit gelatinous) and potatoes were good. Canned ham with pineapple was tasty, and not really sweet. My first taste of pineapple... The canned peanut butter (VERY good), canned crackers (meh), cheese were all OK. The chocolate discs (I seem to remember they were pretty damned hard) were tooth-breakers...best use your bayonet to crush them up for hot chocolate etc....dad would beak them up for us...with a bayonet. There were some sort of cereal bars I remember...slightly sweet, I liked them the BEST. Couldn't chew them, you just sucked on them to soften them up. Being five, I didn't get to try the Camels....mom and dad were both smokers, later dad switched to a pipe. I seem to remember some sort of canned jam or preserves with the kit....I'm wondering if it was a 10-in-one kit? The cocoa powder was OK, tended to settle out in the bottom of the canteen cup....yes, we used full field gear, mess kits, canteens etc. Dad even had one of those gasoline-fired heaters for washups, but we only used it once IIRC. Pain in the ass....best suited to cleanup for 100+ guys. Army Coleman stove and lanterns for cooking and lighting. Army cots and bedding, and chipmunks boldly dashing about under the edges of the tent, picking up scraps. Being a medical tent, it had a metal thimble in the side of the tent for a coal/wood stove. A simple flap kept it closed if not stove was used. Tent, foodstuffs, parents and five kids crammed into a 1951 Ford station wagon from Chicago to Muskegon State Park in Michigan. The car was resting on it's axles the whole way there and back. Maybe he should have borrowed a deuce-and-a-half? :) Would have been awkward filling out the 'trip ticket' for that...if you used an Army vehicle, it had to be for official use only, with accompanying written orders.

Its nice that he's passionate about something and you can really hear his enthusiasm and excitement through his voice.

Damn i cant think of anything more fun than to smoke vintage cigarettes and drink military instant coffee

Ive never seen a man get so excited over some ancient tobacco sticks, sonce my dad found an old tobbacco roll in our 1992 honda glove compartment.

"It's the kind of smell, I almost wanna eat it. But I know you can't do that." When the hell did THAT ever stop you?!

"This is definitely not edible anymore"... Eats it.

24:04 Literally the perfect commercial quote

Its amazing to see the size of the portions back then

Most people when they like food: delicious! Steve: perfectly edible.

Notice how there's no health warnings on the cigarettes. Those ARE vintage camels

Came back for a rewatch. That Camel & coffee bit is classic.❤😂 Definitely one of my favorite vids!

I was hoping for a new video to drop on New Year’s Day. No such luck, but I’ll watch these old ones anyways.

Some genius army comedian from the 1950’s is sill snickering about being able to get the toilet paper and the chocolate in the same package

Favorite quotes from this video: "Botulism is odorless" , "Nice hiss, that's a real juicer" , "That's why we gotta just grab life by the can and pull the key off"

This is fascinating. Love your videos bro. Keep it up 👊🏾

i just love how happy he is

There's a kid in a candy store..and then theres Steve with old cigarette. He sounds so happy!

When Steve says "I'm not going to eat that" you know you shouldn't eat it.

Absolutely terrifying .. felt like I was watching some kind of MRE snuff film.

I'd love to see this guy's entire ration collection. I bet it's a massive amount of stuff.

I want to enjoy one day of my life like this man enjoys 1957 5 Man MRE 24 Hour Ration 20,000 Calorie Meal Ready to Eat.