Trying Korean, Russian, and American MREs

Korea: “Hot water make food hot” America: “Water make food hot” Russia: “ Hot make food hot”

Active duty Army here- the number of times I’ve heard “I’m just gonna wing it” in reference to the heating pack is a very large amount. And in regards to the American spoon, there has been an Army Ranger who has a confirmed kill with one.

“OH I OVERFILLED IT! I OVERFILLED IT THEY SAID NOT TO DRINK IT!!!” Pours Tang into the cup and drinks it “H e y, I t t a s t e s F I n e ! “

The fact Mark instantly started making weapon jokes about the utensil known as the "Combat Spoon" is golden

Korean MRE: takeout food American MRE: cafeteria food Russian MRE: the grocery store

"This could definitely double as a weapon" Little did he know that an Army Ranger stabbed an insurgent to death with an MRE spoon in 2016.

I love how there are some Russians here and they're just watching mark mess up the entire MRE

This is definitely one of those videos where you can just go back to watch it after not watching it for a couple of months and still find it entertaining

I think he's trying to send himself back to the hospital

Amy: "You probably shouldn't eat that." Mark, who was just recently hospitalized : "Imma eat that."

3 years late but The American one contains a single meal, so in the field, in the absence of a kitchen, and the availability of an MRE, you can end up with 3 of those packs a day with 24 menus. The flameless ration heater is a mixed bag, with some working fine, others not really that effective, also depending on the amount of water you put and how sealed the bag is. Not the best retort pouch for sure. It's also got a lot of snacks, with some coming with entire packs of skittles or corn nuts. The spoon and accessory packet is a fixed addition, each containing gums, tissues, seasoning, matches, and coffee or juice. The Russian MRE is a 24 hour ration, that's why it has so much stuff and 3 main meals. It's got less variety , but it's much easier to get to the soldier because you don't need to carry multiple meals a day like the US MRE so you can hand one to a soldier and tell him to come back for another tomorrow, but it's not as diverse and you're gonna get bored of it eventually. The matches are very nice though. There was a scandal before where Russian army served their troops canned dog food re-labeled as premium canned meat, and the whistleblower was jailed for exposing it and they promised the public they won't do that anymore, but you know how Russian government is about promises, so make of that what you will about the quality of the food. Also you have to cook it over flame if you want it to be palatable, which is not nice when you're out in the field trying to stay concealed. Some other MRE's that use heating tablets are French and Italian among others. The Korean MRE comes in 3 forms. One is the one like this, which is dehydrated rice, vegetable and shrimp or chicken or beef, and the actual army ones have sesame oil and the spicy sauce. The second type is a collection of small boxes making up a couple different options, like different types of rice, different main menu, and the usual side dishes like kimchi or black beans. It's meant for quick bulk preparation for units. It's the worst tasting one. The last one is the coveted US style MRE with a zip lock style top, which has a main fried-rice menu with I believe different side dish options being meatballs or sausages. It also has a retort pouch for heating like the American flameless ration heater, but you don't have to pour water into it as it comes pre-packaged with the right amount, and you pull on a plastic drawstring which ruptures the water bag inside of the chemical bag, and the food is placed outside of the reaction chamber before putting everything in the MRE bag and zipping it shut. It really works so much better than the American one, with better reliability and the heat much hotter. It also comes with a pack of army brand M&M's type chocolate which is mid and an almond pound cake that is super dense and hearty with mild enjoyable flavors. The only issue is it's expensive to produce so you're not gonna see much going around.

Mark: Carefully reads instructions for flameless heater Also Mark: Follows about 50% of those instructions

america: just add water! Korea: Just add water! russia: Ammonia.

Fun fact, Honey is the only non man made food that never spoils ever. Edit: This is only a generalized response and I'm not targeting anyone, but Salt is a rock, not food, it just happens to be edible, and unless you learned how to chew it (Ice does not count) then Water is not Food.

3:11 "Food go bad sometime, but food no go good, all time." - Markiplier 2020

For everyone doing this the first time US MRE you add water first, make sure the heater gets soaked and then knead heater for heat to start and then add the MRE entree to heat. Also Russian and US MRE can be eaten in the field cold but Korean one can't not very practical for an actual war implication. The drink mixes are important for electrolytes also.

General: NO EATING ON THE FRONTLINE Soldiers at the back of the trench:

I want a soldier from America, Russia, and Korea all to come together and watch mark open the MREs

It's really cool to hear him speak Korean! I love hearing people switch from language to language.

А тот факт, что Марк поставил горелку на стол не подложив под нее защиту в виде доски или тарелки - отдельное удовольствие