Canadian MRE test.

Ah yes... now I recall.... greasy take-outs and school dinners. Much more palatable than kippers. :-) I've never forgotten the stench of kippers smoking in Peel.

Howard Simons

Our hot dogs tend to be themed on what the seller perceives they might be like in the USA. But smaller and with less mustard and ketchup.

Big Clive

It would contain chips and gravy.

Big Clive

Clive, you can eat all the meal's contents cold. It may not be enjoyable to do so, but the contents are thoroughly sterile-- necessary for long-term storage-- and thus do not need heat. It's not uncommon for soldiers to eat their MREs cold, either because they cannot light a fire or because they don't have time to wait for it to warm. For the grape drink, it is probably an electrolyte drink with sodium and potassium. Between those and the artificial grape flavor, it's no wonder it tastes a little chemical-y.

Justin Smith

They seem to like more breadcrumbs in their sausages :P

Jamie Magin

I got good at figuring out what the french names of most foods are because when I worked at the big coffee and doughnut chain Tim Horton's our boxes commonly came in french and english and the way they were stored in our freezers and in the stock area I would commonly see french first. Also if you look it shows as packaged in Montreal Quebec. One thing about Quebec is that they prioritize french first and English second. And the job I currently work in I hate having to place calls to the Quebec located sites as their menu system is all french and does not give you an English option until you literally contact the agent needed. It is a pain but for most of Canada I thing it is law to be in both french and English. Also another fun Little fact is that French taught in Canada is quite different to the french from France.

So does UK/Britain not enjoy hot dogs the same way north americans do? Like we throw chili and cheese on em and bam thats North America. Is it as bad thier with the food being so unhealthy, like even in canada theres alot of fat people because we make bad shit look so damn good and the price of eating to live is a privilege not many can afford.

Yum. Western Canadian checking in. I know what I’m going to make for lunch now! I’ve already got the beans and bread. Just gotta go pick up wieners! I find Franks hot sauce a bit too vinegar flavoured for my liking, still prefer Tabasco for a regular sauce, and scorpion pepper sauce for making my ears ring.

The Griffiths Family

Of course, these meals are designed to supply more than 2000 calories daily to very active personnel, so the percentages don't apply directly in this case - it's just The Law to print it that way.

As far as the percentages go, in North America those don't refer to an actual percentage composition, but the "%DV" - Percent Daily Value - the amount you "should" eat (whether maximum or minimum, depending on the nutrient) based on a 2000-calorie diet. So 15% fat means (with Canadian Daily Values) it contains 15% of the recommended consumption of 65g of total fat daily (rounded to some degree). Saturated fat and trans fats should be limited to 20g, so somehow 3g is about 16% of that. And so on.

Oh dear...

Dustin

a lot of those rations are shipped with the flameless ration heaters separate because of the chemicals used in them might be hazardous to planes

Steven Cox

What would a Manx MRE contain? Maybe kippers and "three legs" of some fowl arranged strategically?

Howard Simons

I have to say those beans and sausages look miles better than the tinned variety, I wonder if Ashens would agree. Also I couldn't help but sample the sound of you slurping the coffee, I may have a new text notification sound...

Matt Tester

Frank's Hot Sauce is tasty. Good for beginners. ;) Awesome stuff as always, Clive!

Michael Thompson

Ah ha! Thank you!

Benjamin Hall

It's an antiseptic - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_(antiseptic)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_(antiseptic)</a>

Marmite

What's TCP?

Benjamin Hall

Interesting. Especially that I can read more French than I realised, thanks to working in France for a while.

Big Clive

After recording the video I though PCP doesn't sound right. So I looked it up on Google and discovered that it's a bit more potent than the TCP I intended to say. I added a bit about that in the description.

Big Clive

QR link is a Facebook page. Didn't expect that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Combat-Rations-Rations-de-Combat-Canadiennes/213893152120758?ref=br_rs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Combat-Rations-Rations-de-Combat-Canadiennes/213893152120758?ref=br_rs</a>

It’s odd that they don’t include a flameless ration heater with those. I think that most of the US MRE’s do, but the overall size of the Canadian MRE looks smaller so maybe there isn’t room. Or maybe the single meal is part of a modular system that comes with other accessories.

Might be worth adding a caption at that point as a lot of people won't read the description before viewing (myself included). I was that close to getting a bag of PCP, mixing it with water and drinking it. Then, in a drug-crazed stupor, reporting the video for "inappropriate content". Clive made me do it!

Tom Scott

I heard "tastes a bit like PCP" which I thought was hilarious, though I assumed it was said in error. I've tried "grape flavor" drinks and they taste very mediciney. Haven't tasted PCP but I'm guessing it tastes worse than TCP.

Tom Scott

Surely the whole idea of Meal Ready to Eat is that it can be eaten cold. In an army situation, fires can't alway be lit so without the warming pack, you'd be able to eat them straight from the pouch.

John Carr

I think someone mentioned that they are very similar to the USA version.

Big Clive

So a Scottish Soup product gets to Canada to get to the Isle of Man to be consumed. Wowzers. Will try the "Baxters Hearty Tuscan Bean Bacon Pecorino Soup" myself then (£1,50 at Morrissons)

Looking at the nutritional value box, it looks like it may comply with U.S.A guideline. If so, the percentage is based on an "ideal" 2000 calorie diet. So the percentage of fat would be "15% of daily allowance." So that is why the difference in percentage for fat, one is the allowance for that particular line. You can tell by looking at the grams, and calculate the overall allowance.