As a vegetarian in the army, only having like 4 options out of 24 on two boxes - Chad always does take the vegetarian taco pasta

I’ve seen my husband eat hundreds of these on FaceTime while he’s away in the Marine Corps! He watches GMM when he can and he really enjoyed this one, also said you got the ranking 100% correct😆

I genuinely feel like Link dies a bit inside when Rhett doesn’t dink it.

“Smells like school supplies” .... you have to make MREs appetizing to Marines somehow

The metallic taste comes from over cooking the pouches.

>no tray >no coffee instant >no "nice" >no "mkay"

8 years of eating MRE’s, and the reactions you guys had were the same reactions we would have even after 8 years as if we expected something different or as if they would get better over time. Hilarious.

When I was in the military, I tried to get people to call them mystery meals. Get it? Mystery...mister e... Mr. E...MRE. It didn't catch on.

The metallic taste is coming from one of two things: 1. Military grade preservatives 2. The cooking agent, which is iron based and rusts to produce heat when water is added.

You shouldve tasted MREs of different countries and combined it with your dart board game to guess where they're from

Army Regulation is you empty the entire little bottle of Tabasco sauce in your main course to make it edible lol

International MRE taste test, "Where in the world do these international meals ready to eat come from" where you throw darts at the map

“Are these MREs Y-U-M?” My sleepy brain: what does Y-U-M stand for? Me two minutes later: oh you absolute MORON

To answer why they don't just use Chef Boyaredee; it's because the food in MREs is designed to have a shit ton of calories. A standard MRE has around 2000 calories. They're easy to eat and they will keep you going for a while. Just be careful about how much you eat. You will literally shit a brick.

I just loved surviving on these things for months at a time wondering when my organs were going to fail

"They like to do acronyms of things" lmao you have NO idea how right that is.

I love how y'all mention placing it against a rock, because there is literally directions on the side of the box that's say "place against rock or something"

Okay a couple GOLDEN things you missed. 1: On the Heater Sleeve (green bag), on the instructions its says "Lean on a rock or something".... literally. 2: That thing didn't heat up right because they release a very nice toxic cloud of steam and get VERY hot (actually boiling the water). The water has to touch all of the white chemical packet for this to work and needs to lean at a much lower angle. And yes, that is too much water. 3: Anyone who eats these often will tell you that these are NOWHERE CLOSE to the worst ones. Just stay away from Asian Style Beef Strips and Pork Sausage in Creamy Gravy. 4: Marines very commonly get the Army's left-overs, unused, or hand-me-downs. This ranges anywhere from gear to MREs. I have COUNTLESS times opened a pack of Skittles only to find a white and brown solid bar that had expired 8 or 9 years ago. And yes, I eat it anyway. Edit: 5: The sweet/metallic tastes comes from loads of preservatives. If you read the ingredients on any of them you will find out that most of that stuff sounds like it should be used in horse tranquilizers or something. Love the video! keep it up!

Please do another MRE taste test. This is one of my favorite episodes, and there’s so many types of MREs to try.

I feel personally attacked by this video. Lol. I NEVER touched the vegetarian MREs in the military, though. I knew better. Lol.

As a US Army soldier. I’m so happy to see you guys feeling some of our pain lol. Love from Camp Humphries , South Korea!

You missed "meal resembling excrement". Our first sergeant told us that.

"Hey Sarge, I'm a vegetarian. Can you give me that vegetarian option, which is Vegetarian Taco Pasta Parenthetically Vegetable Crumbles With Pasta And Taco Style Sauce?" "Oh, you're talking about the Vegetarian Taco Pasta Parenthetically Vegetable Crumbles With Pasta And Taco Style Sauce?" "Yeah, exactly. That-" "AH'VE GOT H'ONE!" "-Vegetarian P- Taco Pasta Parenthetically Vegetable Crumbles With...Pasta And Taco Style Sauce." "Here's the problem, son. Chad already ate the Vegetarian Taco Pasta with the Vegetable Crumbles With Pasta And Taco Style Sauce because we only had ONE." "Was that the parenthetical one, though?" "Yeah. (¬_¬)"

Linc: Tastes like school supplies. Marines: Did somebody say crayon?

"Could wipe it with the camo thing but-" *Wipes it with the camo thing* "-not gonna do that.."

Damn Chad, always eating all the vegetarian taco pasta..

No veggie omelet? Take "ultimate" outta this title. You dunno MRE until you eat the Vomelet.

You know what would be funny is an international MREs challenge

I'm surprised they didn't get Steve1989MREInfo to guest.

"...They added some sort of anti-flavour wrongness." -Link Neal 2018

Link: Sees something burning Also Link: Throws it on the floor and doesn't think about the building burning down

"I was excited and now I'm tired after 4" Rhett you have no idea. After about a month you start to think the dirt is better. After you months you eat it. After three months you go "ya know maybe I'll try photosynthesis" but some MREs were better than chow. Defact food can sometimes be... Oh God.... I can't even describe the horror of certain foods from the defact, the egg rolls were bomb tho

Should have had Steve1989 for this episode!!!!

my dad was one of the developers of MRE's. we ate A LOT of them during the taste-test stage. i used to love the beef stroganoff one they had. also a chicken a la king one. i don't think they offer either of them anymore. on a side note, when my dad died, our family member ate MREs in his honor. :)

And to think... you two are trying the IMPROVED MREs.

Chili with beans will always have a place in my heart. Especially if you could find someone who didnt want their cheese spread or tobbasco

Anybody remember when they were gonna make a restaurant serving only MREs and call it MREs please? 😂😂😂

My favorite thing about the heating element is it literally says put it on a rock or something

“This is an interesting amalgamation of pouch... food.” I love how Link is constantly expanding my big words vocabulary.

I’m currently a member of the army. I had to eat these almost every day during basic (last summer). Some are better than others and there are some that taste like complete trash. My 2 personal favorites are the one that has a Cherry Blueberry Cobbler and the one that has a chocolate chip peanut butter cookie (I don’t remember the name of those 2)

I really want the crew to trick Rhett and Link into tasting different food items from each other. For example, Rhett has a spicy one, and Link has a sweet one. It will be a total confusion for both of them. :D

You guys are skipping all the good stuff! You should have tried the whole MRE. Not just the main meal. They have pound cakes or crackers and jalapeño cheddar.

This is the most accurate MRE rating I’ve ever seen. Beef taco is the game, chili with beans next, and then everything else can go f**k itself. Thanks Rhett and Link for doing this 😂

Dude the chili Mac and cheese MRE’s are freaking bomb🔥🔥🔥

As someone who recently got out of the Marine Corps, you learn to love certain MRE’s. I’m low key sad they didn’t try Chilli Mac. Also want to add that the chicken noodle soup is actually pretty good. Nobody likes anything vegetarian. Not even vegetarians. If the Au Gratin potatoes are boiling hot, they’re ok. Didn’t try any pound cake, or the coffee, caffeine mints or anything. Lacking the full experience. Best thing ever is a lemon poppy seed pound cake with peanut butter and a cigarette as a candle on your birthday. Change my mind.

When my dad was in Afghanistan the few times we got to skype he would only complain about food and the first thing he did when he came back was get his degree in culinary arts

I cant say enough how much i love watching you two you guys makes me laugh everytime thank you

My dad used to bring home MREs all the time. And i remember eating some of them. My dad was basically a single dad and raised me. Sometime the MRES were better than what he cooked. One thing he always said was the fried chicken was the worst. But the pasta ones were pretty good.

Ya guys need to bring in steve1989 and eat the scary stuff from decades ago.

Alright let's get this out onto a tray. _Nice!_ Mkay.

As a veteran this brings me joy because now y’all know the disgust we faced

My brother entered the military recently and with COVID, they can only eat MRE’s. The drill sergeant told them they are lucky to not have to eat the usual food.

Do International MRE Dart Challenge

Who agrees that for Halloween they should go to an extreme haunted house like the ones they talked about in a much earlier season of GMM where Rhett explained to Link the most extreme haunted houses in the world

This came into my recommendation and I think its letting me know what to expect to eat when I'm Drafted in ww3.

“Mom, it’s scary spaghetti” 😂

Dang if Steve 1989 was a guest that would've been awesome

Still waiting for a Will It Poutine for us Canadian fans

I spent so much of my life without these guys - oh the emptiness.

GMM reruns keeping me alive during covid 👌🏽

Plz make a video with Gordon Ramsey

As an active duty servicemember, I like that you guys are trying out the Mr. E's. I would also have loved to see you guys eat them without heating them, because the heaters don't work 90% of the time! It would absolutely change your experience. Also, my personal favorite (cold or heated) is Chicken Pesto Pasta. It is wonderful.

Yoooo an international MRE taste test with the darts would be a great episode.

"It would be better if it was *devoid* of flavor" Hahaha

7:39-8:09 it’s so funny how Rhett abruptly gets out of character

The Y-U-M joke took me more than id like to admit to figure out.

They forgot my favorite "Marginally Reconstituted Excrement"

I may be a little nuts but I love MRE's, by the way love the show, i watch it everyday and even fall asleep to it at night, it's a great show, keep up the good work

How could they do an MRE taste test without doing chili mac... there has to be a part 2 now

"I was excited about this whole MRE thing when we started, and now I'm growing tired of it after four..." Speaking from experience, I think this is the exact way MRE's play out for most of us who have served in the military.

I can count on fingers how many times I’ve actually heated up an MRE

Hands down the best thing in any MRE is the jalapeño cheese spread!

You should have invited Steve1989MREInfo for this episode.

Let's get this out on to a tray.... ...nice.

My dad was a person in the military *navy and army* so this episode hits a special place in my family & I's hearts....and I'm sure he's speaking to you. :)

"It smells like school supplies"💀

i think you should try all the different MRE's from different countries, would be fun to see, what country has the tastiest MRE

You guys had wayyyy too much fun with what MRE could stand for in this game... 😂

You guys and your team make some of the best videos on all of youtube got be honest.

I couldnt get enough of these at boot camp!!!

I feel like you could call it CANVAS Chicken And Noodles with Vegetables And Sauce

One of the best episodes yet! Who here agrees that GMM has been stepping up their game from 10/10 to 12/10 with this new season. The humor is in point and the episode topics are so good!

It wasn’t as warm because you laid it against the rock, and not the “or something.”

they didn't even go for the favorite of the military. the Chili Mac

Who needs Meals Ready To Eat When you got Boiled For Safety

I was having a look through Reddit threads today searching for more KZfaq channels to binge, as I only have a couple I regularly watch. Most of the threads were about a year old and often carried the same suggestions. But I was so happy to finally find several new channels to watch, I had 10 new tabs open, subscribing for what seemed endlessly. Lessons from Screenplay, GCPgrey, to KaptainKristian. It had some of the most quality content I had ever seen, beyond even television production. But then I realized. Almost all of these channels hadn't uploaded in a _YEAR._ What had happened to all this great content?! And why did it seem like Rooster Teeth, GMM, and Primitive Technology were the only ones pumping out quality consistent content? Or pumping out any content whatsoever?! I never found an answer to this but it did make me realize. You guys are one of the most legendary channels on KZfaq and I would even consider a pioneer in a decades time, seriously. People might not realize it, but your daily quality content not only throws wind to the saying "quality over quantity", but combines them as a motto of "why not both?". Cheers to one of the best channels, to 3 am, when I wrote this, and to anyone who will actually read this.

When you guys were doing the chicken and sauce with vegetables or whatever it sounded like a family guy skit it just kept going made me geek 🤣

Watching this on Veterans Day 2019! Thanks to all the vets for your service.

Let's get this out onto a tray.. Ni- oh wait wrong channel

The metallic taste in the meals is from the vitamins they fortify it with. They try to get a whole day of nutrients into one meal. These meals are designed to give you enough calories and vitamins for a whole day in case you only get a chance to eat once a day. These are not designed to be eaten every day for an extended period of time. They are for combat field use. Once you are not in a combat situation you would eat normally prepared food. MRE's will definitely stop you up if you eat them for a long time... Hence the reason they give you the laxative gum.

I love your guys intro it is the most relaxing intro

Rhett: what is that metallic taste that's halpening? Me: it's the fricking spoon, Rhett.

I would laugh my ass of if they said “THIS AINT IT CHIEF”

I was in PR 🇵🇷 while hurricane Maria passed and that’s what we ate for 4 months

I’ve had a few of these at PT and I think they’re better than regular food and you get the fun of unwrapping stuff and doing chemistry

The legendary "rock or something" at 2:43

Does anyone else watch Steve1989MREInfo? He is a great MRE reviewer and historian

No chili mac? No chicken pesto pasta? No hashbrowns? C'mon lads, you didn't get to try our highly regarded MRE menu options.

These guys are hilarious and deserve every ounce of their fame.

When I was in training, the MRE's were pretty awesome, but that may just be the situation that makes it a good relief for a bit. But I eat just about anything, I would trade any one in my troop. People hated the vegetarian ones, but I was ok with them