we call these biscuits panzerwafels. because they can pierce the armor of enemy tanks 😉 It was 1/3 of the daily ration. Large daily rations are also available. greetings from a Polish subscriber.

Hi, ex-polish military here :) The landscape and the music reminds me of my summer camps with my parents on Poland. Absolutely lovely! So, - you got a fairly good menu, - you got one vit. C and one coffee candy - large zipper bag was usually used for water purification, but the tablets were in a larger 24h patrol ration, - panzerwaffles are kinda legendary around here, You can replace teeth broken by them - with them, - the lime instant drink is supposed to be drank with the straw while the bag is zipped, - salt works great added to the flameless heater water, - spam cans are the best ashtrays, - the shortest recorded unit of time is the duration of xylithol chewing gums taste, - the only purpose of the honey is to make everything sticky, also, for some reason it helped with the insect bites, perhaps someone knows why, I always added the honey to the heater pack, liquify it and used it to make the raspberry tea sweeter, sugar can give quite an energy punch during long marches - the green plastic bag is made from a very thick plastic, which works great as a tinder (SORRY GRETA, DEAL WITH IT), - I know it will sound a bit disgusting, but the wet wipes used as a toilet paper is the best thing that happened to the army since the beginning of time. No more japanese “itchybutty” syndrom

Ah, yes, Polish panzerwaffles. I have a feeling they changed the recipe recently and they are a bit more crunchy than hard. Despite this, they can still be used as a shuriken, a shovel or a ballistic insert for a vest. When you break them on the edge of the table, you never know for sure whether a cracker, a table or a hand will break

I'm fascinated to see what each country does with their meals. I really enjoyed this.

We used to enjoy chucking non-dairy whitener on an open fire, when I was in the cadets at school. It made a big boom! :)

In Poland, these cookies are called panzerwaffle :)

Simon, as a retired U.S. Tanker, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the old C Rations in the cans. My favorite was Ham and eggs Chopped. Was fantastic cold but, turned nasty evil when heated !.......I even remembered the older U.K. rations with a tin of Brandy in them ! Love your show !

Testing MRE's would make a great series imo. The videos are nice and short but informative and would make a good supplement to your adventure videos. Or even incorporated into them? I often take a packed meal on a camp out, (Expedition Foods or Wayfayrer etc). But they're bloomin' expensive for a one-off main diish. An MRE on the other hand is a complete meal. So, yes - more please!

My family was poor when I was young, my dad was a rating in the RN and mum was a cleaner. Best meals of the week were when dad had pilfered some rat packs. I remember they always had chocolate, spangles and exotic stuff like dried curry. The chicken had the texture of foam though. Loved it then, but can't abide the dried stuff now. When I camp I like to eat well, and that means it doesn't come out of a packet.

Growing up in Eastern Canada, my father ran the local scout troop, and we had some kids whose parents were in the military. One of them happened to work in the supply company of the local Infantry battalion, and during some rearranging of the store room came across a pallet of the Canadian equivalent of MREs, which had been wrapped in shipping plastic and mislabeled and forgotten about. Since it wasn't needed and only had a few months left on its best before date, he donated the pallet load to the scout group to feed the kids going to camps and jamborees. As my father was the one storing them for the group, at the end of the summer all the left over packs turned into a twice weekly dinner option for us. I can say with authority that some of the FreddyChefs are a absolutely delicious, and all of them are good quality and tasty, but their reputation for 'backing you up' after eating them for several days straight is well earned.

MRESteve had great success years ago reviewing MREs, building it into camping content might really be neat! Your travels plus a MRE review is a awesome combination you might want to continue! Loved this, here's wishing you all the best in your future videos!

Our biscuits in Poland We call Su-1 Special Biscuits "Panzerwafels". We are used to them and love them. I know that for other people they are mercilessly hard, but they are supposed to survive everything and support digestion, mainly due to the cumin contained in them. You just need to have good teeth, eating technique or soak them :)

07:39 The biscuits we call "panzer wafle" - kind a german name, means something like "armored wafer", but in fact - they are immortal (after 2 years still good) Greetings from PL ! :)

Loved this, Simon, and yes, would love to see what other countries provide for their military men. My son spent 5 years in the RAAF as an ADG and all of the Adgies hated the stale, years old ration packs they took on exercise. Beautiful opening sequence, stunning actually. Thank you Simon.

I thoroughly enjoy ration packs myself. I'm an American soldier, so I've had plenty of our MRE's. I've often wondered about other countries ration packs. I hope you do a series on these. Great video.

Two things you didn't mention, which would've been interesting to know - how much they cost, compared to typical camping meals, and how many calories? Ah, both of which are in the link, never mind 😀

The Eastern European & Baltic countries all seem to have excellent MRE's 👍 Always check the Honey before you activate the FRH ! The granulated Ice Tea is a commercial product that Aldi used to sell, it's awesome ! That Goulash looked perfect !

Seven thousand views after only four hours posted. Simon, you have made yourself an institution. Show Ideas: 1. There are various types of canoe and kayak paddles. How to select one over the other? How and why do you size a paddle length? What is the difference between an otter tail and a beaver tail? When would you use either one? What other types of paddles are there and when would you use them? Deep water, shallow water? Still or moving water? Wood or plastic resin? 2. More group canoe camping trips with several friends. My favorite was your trip to Scotland for the Alzheimer's Society. 3. More trips to the continent. Or come to America or Canada 4. How about a camping tour about local history? The canoe trip you took to the estuary to explore the U-boats and old gun emplacements was interesting. The British Isles are chock full of historical sites.

Anyone else just hit like first, then settle in to watch these? Keep them coming Simon.

I first discovered ration packs as a boy with the New Zealand Air Training Corps. We got given old nzdf issue expired. I loved them. Then I joined the New Zealand Army. Always loved ration packs. Yummy and brings out the boy in me. Like opening a Christmas present full of yummy food and lollies. And you can make some great meals out of them. The meat in that one with the crackers looked great! 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 🇳🇿

Simon, you hit the nail on the head 😂 love the surprise of a rat pack, even after being in the military I still love em… video made me smile buddy 👍

Great to see you out Simon. Again my heart goes out to you and your family. We will all miss Maggie terribly. Now you have my interest peaked on this packs! Although in Canada I don’t think they are that easy to find.

Back when I served, we would pool the rations and make a Range Stew in one pot and would break up the Biscuits with a bayonet and throw them into the pot. Everybody going into the field brought extra chocolate, tins of stew, tins of beans, tea bags, coffee and so on. The most prized possession in our rations was a tin of peaches or fruit cocktail.

We enjoyed this video so much! I trust your review on food purely based on how you cook for yourself the rest of the time! Plus, you’re so kind and optimistic with your reviews…even when you clearly don’t enjoy something you always say something positive! Keep it coming!

I've seen a lot of ration videos on KZfaq and yours is definitely one of the best no messing about, no clickbait and no faffing around and unnecessarily drawn out.

Great video Simon. Really interesting how the water chemical cooker cooks. 👍🏻

Love the ration packs! Can’t wait for more.

Love the idea of around the world MRE videos. Sorry to hear of Maggie's passing. Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Thank you for a wonderful video.

loved this so much. YES, more of this. I enjoy anything you post. Thank you for all your hard work.

Słuszna uwaga przy gulaszu. Panzerwafle, jeśli lubisz, można pokruszyć w potrawę. Rozmiękają i są doskonale syte i wypełniają żołądek! Takie było ich pierwotne przeznaczenie. Można je gryźć "na sucho", żeby czymś zająć ręce i żołądek ale jeśli jest możliwość, można i trzeba je pokruszyć w potrawę. Jeśli zostały Ci tylko puszki i SU-1 i masz możliwość gotowania, do garnka wrzucasz zawartość puszek, dodajesz wodę i suchary, gotujesz, mieszasz i masz bardzo sycący posiłek! Kiedyś w WP puszki były inne np. psina ("dog meal" ponieważ nie bardzo było wiadomo co jest w składzie...), małpa ("monkey", ponieważ po otwarciu puszki wyraźnie było widać jak mięso z tłuszczem jest zakręcone i też nie bardzo było wiadomo z czego to jest...), słonina wędzona z papryką (fantastyczna! można ją ciągle dostać) etc. Wszystkie nadawały się do gotowania i rozgotowania z sucharami - bardzo treściwe żarcie :) Współczesne konserwy też się do tego nadają, jeśli jest garnek, ogień, SU-1 i woda, nie umrzesz z głodu!

I love MRE reviews. It’s fun to see what the different countries have. Thank you Simon. You have such a great channel.

Always so happy to see a post from you! The opening videography was so beautiful! I love that about your videos as much as the rest of the content. The meat looked like Spam and was probably similar. Yes, I think it's interesting to see what comes in those kits. My observation has been that they are often tasty. Thanks for sharing Simon!

Great video! I would definitely like to see more reviews. What would be good, is, after a number of reviews, take all the best components from the different packs and make a custom ration pack and then use that on an adventure.

Absolutely would be into seeing more of this type of episode!

Thanks Simon, this was an interesting video. Please do continue with the theme!!

I am very excited about this series!

Nice! I would like to see more of these ration pack tests.

My old man was in the RAF and when he flew gliders in the Inter Services Gliding competitions they where always supplied with rations, as it was regarded as a detachment. Everybody used to hate the hard tack biscuits -I used to love 'em and usually came home with a few months supply.

Yes, love hearing your review of the ration pack!

Great to see you review a MRE. I know you have these on some of your video but great to see you reviewing and looking forward to more review. Great job

This, by far, my favorite MRE! I have eaten the famous French, the German, the British, the Canadian, the Russian and, of course, US MREs. I spent a whole on a mission surviving o US LRRPs. They were both good and bad at times. Regarding the Polish MRE, most people complain about the biscuits being too hard, I absolutely love them! The pork pate is fabulous! And the goulash is perfect with real meat. The other stuff, while it is like the other stuff in all MREs.

Nice mix of countries in your stockpile👍 The Polish SR is a great meal. Awesome vid! Careful with those SU teeth breakers.

You know it's going to be a good day, when Simon posts a new video.

Biscuits of this type remain edible for a long time because they contain a minimum amount of water. The prototype for them are ship's biscuits, which were an important element of the diet of 18th-century sailors. Some people eat them dry, but it's best to put them in a sauce. They will soak up the sauce, soften and will be a carbohydrate addition to the main meal (e.g. instead of potatoes). You can also soak them in tea. You have to save your teeth for the enemy ;)

Love the way you did this review, looking forward to seeing you try others!

Simon anything you do is well worth watching keep up the awesome work thankyou

Really enjoyed the video, looking forward to the series. Cheers

Thank you for sharing. great video and look forward to seeing more of them.

Steve1989MREInfo has entered the chat. "Alright, let's get this out onto a tray! Nice!" This should be a fun series, to see how your perspective compares to Steve's.

Always enjoy ration pack reviews. Thanks.

Surprisingly good review - enjoyed it - carry on that man!

Thank you Simon for listening to my comment about more ration pack videos xx love them ❤

Brave man, trying these in front of the camera for us. Anyone stocking up MRE's for emergencies needs to try them before you need them. Some are doable others, not so much. They're for emergencies, don't wait until it's too late to decide you've been stocking the wrong things. Good job, Simon. Look forward to your videos. God bless you and your family, my friend, and hope you have a blessed day.

I'm so excited!! I found you and Andy's channels from his MRE eating so this is great!

loved this and mostly all the stuff you decide to put out.. keep on keeping on.

Simon, another great video!!! Can't wait to see more...

I love this series would be amazing to see all the different pack from around the world

Thank you,great video,I appreciate your hard work

Very interesting. Looking forward to seeing some more of these reviews.

Yes I really enjoy your ration pack segments.

Thanks for sharing Simon 🙏

Enjoyed this a lot. Looking forward to seeing more reviews!

Thanks for the vid Simon, I enjoyed it! Was out for a walk but now I'm salivating and heading home for some food ASAP

Love this idea of a tasting series!

Absolutely I would love to see more of the ration packs from around the world great vid like all your videos

Good video appreciate that you went outside to do your review looking forward to seeing more in the same line

Brilliant video Simon, loved it

Enjoy seeing you test the MRE meals. Beautiful beginning with water views and appropriate music. Thank you very much.

Another great video thanks for sharing Simon Cheers

We call these cookies Pancerwafels. And in my opinion the best set I even sometimes eat at home is S-R set No. 6 S-R-6 1/3DOS. Sausage and cabbage stew. Greetings from Poland :)

Interesting and I hope see others in the future:) I always liked our 'military biscuits' in our all in one belgian's MRE (eighties and nineties) Can be interesting to compare some old versus modern ones ^^

More more please exciting to see what's inside the packs!

love this! more of these please mate

Great vid Simon always enjoy your content

loved this information!!

Awesome, loved it! Really enjoy ration pack reviews. More please!

Love to see more keep them coming

I am really loving your videos Simon Thank you so much for all that you share with us and I wonder where you find the time So inspiring and I love your ethics Thanks again Stephen

Awesome video thanks Simon

Can’t wait to see the rest of them

Great vid Simon as per! Missed seeing them! Glad to see you are keeping well, my exams start in 2 weeks, feeling nervous would be an understatement, but again your videos make me realise the important things and life and makes me appreciate nature and the people around me that mean the most. Again thank you and keep on making these amazing, heart warming videos, Ben 😊💛

love these types of videos man would love watching more of them especially if you are going on a camp

Yes-fascinating. More please.

Great Job,and vidios are great. Thanks Simon

Enjoyed the Ration Pack review! Thanks!

I enjoyed your video very much, the videography, music and your spontaneous laughter is really pleasing. Cheers!

I love a ration pack too. Because of pur love of your vids my girls love them too. We ordered one the other day and just shared it for lunch. They were so excited. Keep the vids coming.

Great review, Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, like the concept of Rat Pack descriptions and briefly reviewing without going into too much depth. Would love to see more 👍🏻

Great subject. Look forward to the next. Cheers!

Love a ration pack, great idea for a series and looking forward to the next one 😋

That was fun! Thanks!

Very nice Simon ! Thanks!

I’ve been watching you for about a year and this is a nice change

This was fun! Enjoyed it. Would like to see more.

I enjoyed this and would love to see more!

I really enjoy these. It would be great to see more!

Thanks Simon! Enjoyed that video and would love to see you try more MRE's to share with us.

love to see more of the mre collection.....great vid👍

Hi Simon I love the titles you come up with for your videos, make me laugh. I'd love to see more of you doing reviews on military ration packs, I always find them interesting, great video.