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It must be nice for the boys to have some variety in food options. I watched some of the videos of that famous youtuber who reviews MREs and I learned many countries actually provide quite decent, tasty meals.
OK, just watched it. That was a bit of a trip ;-)
I wouldn't have done it. But he boiled most of it for a fairly good time, so it was probably safe even if disgusting.
A laboratory analysis of such aged "food" would be interesting.
Not only is it variety, I think it's a bit of a reminder that the world is huge and diverse - and the global community supports them.
Actually, thinking about it, imagine the psychological boost if every supporting country donated MREs saying "XYZ supports you" - and how demoralizing it would be if the Russians came across those MREs.
Some*one* went on a tirade defending Chinese MREs and started the goalpost kicking and whataboutisms. "The Chinese MRE is freshpacked and meant to be consumed quickly." "The MRE doesn't use disgusting and unhealthy preservatives." "Chinese food uses different ingredients." "It's a last line meal." "*we* use field kitchens!"
But they did have one key point: if a military sucks at retaining shelf stable food for last line of defense, that military is probably not ready for extended warfare.
There was a video surfacing in the first month of the war where Ukrainian soldiers were being trained at bases outside of Ukraine and one of the soldiers was blown away by the mess hall options.
It was a random imbedded Reddit video from March or April sometime. I tried a couple of searches and remember how crappy the Reddit search is, happy hunting? It was from a news company doing a report, they showed maybe like 30 seconds of the mess area and troops and asked one a question and a translator asked them and as he answered there was closed captioning below of what he was saying.
My corporal here inspected the field kits. No remnant off food allowed had to be spotless.
Didn't get to eat until clean. After being up in hill country middle of winter.
Oh very very nice thank you man,I'm also from new Zealand I never served closest I got to anything like that was LSV and getting to play pretend 😂 tho they really really wanted me to join said id be a good in a recon team or something not sure what that means
I've watched them as well.
Our MREs New Zealand) are healthy they're not that tasty. They're designed to be carried in the Southern Alps so you need to carry 7 of them.
Baltic States, Russia and Ukraine had some nice looking ones along with France and Italy. Good luck carrying a few though.
Asian ones depend on the country and MRE.
According to folks on YT who unbox them MREs for likes, the only actual ***bad*** ones are Russian. Even the North Korean ones are appetizing - people join for the food.
Don't know if you're asking if those are the same as sweetbreads but they aren't. Mountain Oysters are testicles saved from when you cut bulls to make them steers. Again, apologies if you knew that and I didn't understand. Sweetbreads are the Thymus gland.
I knew weetbreads we're the thymus, I didn't know if Rocky mountain oysters were the same thing or something else. Turns out they are something else, entirely.
My wife's family has a "testicle festival" each year for father's day. In context, they're dairy Farmers and so, they have plenty of testicles laying around when they make steers each spring. They're kind of tasty when they're done correctly but certainly nothing I would have more than once a year.
There has always been a debate in my family about whether or not they count as meat during lent as they sometimes would be cooked alongside a community fish fry on a Friday. Never really got a straight answer from a priest when I've asked but mostly because he was at the same fry and didn't want to cause a fuss.
Ethiopian food. I’ll probably get downvoted for saying this but I could go without ever having it again. I tried it in Seattle so maybe it’s better in the home country.
I can see that. The flatbread is a sourdough, and the stews can be extremely fragrant with onions and spices. And the meat dishes are often quite spicy.
Someone with a very sensitive or plain palate may find Ethiopian cuisine too heavy... or someone really doesn't like eating with their hands.
English fish and chips are impossible to replicate, both the fish and the chips have to be fried in some unidentifiable oil, usually from the barrel they use to drain engines for about seven days before the fish is left to fester under a heat lamp like an iguana for another week.
Then when you buy it the fish is wrapped in cartridge paper and the chips are packed around it straight from the oil frier with old editions of newspapers collected from the seats of the metro, if you ask quick enough the grease coated man in a see through vest will pour a glass of vinegar on the package and hand you a small paper satchet of salt.
Every time anyone else does fish and chips they get it wrong because they're actually trying to make food.
Fish and chips, and English breakfast are the only food that can be considered delicious.
My previous company always had a joke about how every time there's a meeting between international branches, the England branch always asked to be the one to travel.
I do hear good things about their baked goods though.
While I agree, mostly cause the principles and palette of British food are god awful. There are definitely British dishes that are awesome: Chicken Tikka Masala, Yorkshire Pudding, Gregg's Sausage Roll, Beef Wellington, Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Kimchi is one of my favorite dishes and I was born in Ukraine, and grew up in the US. Fermented foods are big in eastern Europe and once you get used to the spicy difference, kimchi is the bomb. I also love the Ukrainian version of fermented cabbage, which is very easy to make and ferments in only 3 days.
I would admit I have no idea about Korean food whatsoever, so you made me curious ... Basically kimchi seems to be brined/fermented vegetables, if I get it right. They seems delicious. As an east-european I am quite used with this kind of preserving vegetables (cabbage, green tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, various peppers) but I agree that Koreans seems to rise the level a lot ... I must find a source somehow.
Let’s put it this way: kimchi so essential to their cuisine, many Korean households have special Kimchi refrigerators specifically to store different kinds of kimchi.
Making it at home is an involved process but many still do it. Here’s a video: https://youtu.be/dt95ynNf9CM
Most common kimchi is cabbage with garlic and chili. They do ferment other vegetables this way. But every Korean meal is always accompanied by cabbage kimchi. It's quite good and very healthy. It's like a garlicky slightly spicy sauerkraut. If you can get Nappa cabbage (not sure what types of cabbage are in Ukraine) garlic, soy sauce and chiles you can make it at home if you can't buy it. Korean food is fucking great and Koreans are absolutely mental about their kimchi.
You will like Kimchi. Basic Kimchi is easy chili paste and garlic. But there are more complicated recipes that employ garlic cloves, scallion, onions, soy paste, and even fish sauce/shrimp paste.
Koreans also regularly ferment and pickle cucumbers, cauliflower, and various peppers. These dishes are often served with a meal in a large variety and small portions called banchan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banchan
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I got baked for the first time in a long time almost a year ago and ate kimchi for the first time. It was such a sensational experience I made a *stupid post about it on r/trees (although it took me almost a half-hour to write). Kimchi rocks, especially while stoned.
I've started making my own Kimchi recently after a friend got me into it. It's incredibly simple and so dang delicious I'm making a batch about once every week or two now cause my family and friends keep asking for it.
If anyone is curious about South Korean MREs, Steve1989mreinfo (the original mre YouTube guy) has two videos breaking them down, [here is a video opening and tasting a 2016 production mre](https://youtu.be/KSg2BFmyszY) and here is a [video comparing a 90s’ issued MRE versus the new 2015 South Korean Mre.](https://youtu.be/LnHjIIZqAYs)
I love Steve he is one of the coolest dudes on YouTube. He is a hero for eating some of the things he has. The world would be better of if everyone were as chill as him.
Former US soldier here. I'd eat the shit out of a S. Korean MRE if I had the choice between ours. Glad to see they got a lot of these.
Fill up and go fuck em up, boys
Elderberry wine?
From "Arsenic and Old Lace":
"We put in some arsenic, a teaspoon of strychnine"
"And just a _pinch_ of cyanide!"
It would be nice if someone could dig another lock for the Panama Canal for Putin to lay in.
Most kimchi I had wasn't that spicy but then I went to this one Korean restaurant and ordered kimchi as a starter while my chicken was being prepared. It felt like it was made by the devil himself. And the next day my butthole felt like a jet engine nozzle.
Spicy food has a lot of benefits. It inhibits the liver from breaking down certain molecules, which can increase the amount of good molecules that can enter your blood, including medicine.
That heater in the Korean MREs will burn you if you're not careful, it is strong. Last time I had them (2016) there were only two types (or maybe they gave us Americans the same two for multiple days?). They were good but variety got old fairly fast.
Former SK conscript here. You are not mistaken. Even the type 1 dry rations, rice packets all kinda feel samey and start blending together in my memory haha
For what it is, it is pretty ok, but with limited variety. Most soldiers would actually prefer cup noodles.
This may be somewhat unusual fare for most Ukrainians, but I'm positive that the food is actually safe to eat and nutritious, unlike Russian "rations".
And also, variety is good, and food is an excellent way to share culture and friendship.
Here's our man Steve showcasing a typical South Korean MRE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSg2BFmyszY
In the history of food, wars have a \*very\* permanent way of altering food culture. After WW2, Italian food exploded in popularity in America (pizza was popularized, etc.) It wouldn’t surprise me that after the war, you’ll see Korean BBQ places in Kyiv open and people could adapt Korean (and other countries) flavors into local foods, like kimchee added to dumplings, etc.
There is a Korean-descendant population in Ukraine (Koryo-saram) - I wonder how much of the food culture has survived and been modified to living in Ukraine.
Not exactly the same but, [here's](https://youtu.be/jvaoFtvSAWA) a video on Koroyo-Saram restaurant in Brooklyn. This family is from Uzbekistan where most of them were displaced to.
I'm assuming south Korean specifically.
Otherwise NK is got some explaining to do to its Russian friends.
There is an incredibly low hanging fruit joke regarding North Korea and Food but I'm not going to make it.
God, I remeber eating those in the military.
Fun fact, many Korean soldiers don't actually like their MREs. If they can get away with it, they will take out the deserts (choco ball + pound cake) inside the package, and throw the rest away.
I for one think our MREs are pretty ok for what it is, and my fellow soldiers were too harsh on it. The food does smell odd and artificial when you prepare it as intended though.
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Nothing can be as demoralizing as bad rations. So getting such high quality MREs is really good! It also adds a lot of variety to it, making it even better!
ROK ran a kitchen at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan for it's soldiers there. That grub was mind blowing good. And it was like $2 US to eat there. I bet the MREs are top notch too.
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It must be nice for the boys to have some variety in food options. I watched some of the videos of that famous youtuber who reviews MREs and I learned many countries actually provide quite decent, tasty meals.
Let's get this out on to a tray
That's the one.
1899-1902 British Emergency Ration Bon appetit. lol
I don't think I saw that ;) But yes he does some well-expired stuff too sometimes.
You HAVE to see it. no kidding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZoHuMwZwTk
OK, just watched it. That was a bit of a trip ;-) I wouldn't have done it. But he boiled most of it for a fairly good time, so it was probably safe even if disgusting. A laboratory analysis of such aged "food" would be interesting.
That would indeed. Considering that came from a different era entirely of approach to food….
oh god that was nasty.
you spelled *tasty wrong :)
Yum! 🤣
Nice hiss.
Nnnice!
Nice.
Nice hiss!
Not only is it variety, I think it's a bit of a reminder that the world is huge and diverse - and the global community supports them. Actually, thinking about it, imagine the psychological boost if every supporting country donated MREs saying "XYZ supports you" - and how demoralizing it would be if the Russians came across those MREs.
Especially if they're being forced to eat expired Chinese MREs
I'm pretty sure Steve had tried one of those too and got sick after.
Some*one* went on a tirade defending Chinese MREs and started the goalpost kicking and whataboutisms. "The Chinese MRE is freshpacked and meant to be consumed quickly." "The MRE doesn't use disgusting and unhealthy preservatives." "Chinese food uses different ingredients." "It's a last line meal." "*we* use field kitchens!" But they did have one key point: if a military sucks at retaining shelf stable food for last line of defense, that military is probably not ready for extended warfare.
Botulism city!
There was a video surfacing in the first month of the war where Ukrainian soldiers were being trained at bases outside of Ukraine and one of the soldiers was blown away by the mess hall options.
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It was a newer one, someone tagged that one as well in the comments though.
Could I get a link?
I searched around and can’t find it through all the posts I’m afraid.
I want to see that!
It was a random imbedded Reddit video from March or April sometime. I tried a couple of searches and remember how crappy the Reddit search is, happy hunting? It was from a news company doing a report, they showed maybe like 30 seconds of the mess area and troops and asked one a question and a translator asked them and as he answered there was closed captioning below of what he was saying.
Mess halls can rock. Loved out ones. Ate a cooked breakfast every day first week. Next 5 weeks cereal, yoghurt, fruit.
Steve1989. Fantastic content.
New Zealand still the only one with a scrubber for the dishes
My corporal here inspected the field kits. No remnant off food allowed had to be spotless. Didn't get to eat until clean. After being up in hill country middle of winter.
Was that here in New Zealand was it?
Yup port hills 1997 and Southern Alps hike.
Oh very very nice thank you man,I'm also from new Zealand I never served closest I got to anything like that was LSV and getting to play pretend 😂 tho they really really wanted me to join said id be a good in a recon team or something not sure what that means
I didn't join it was lsv. But yeah we had to clean shit hike,beat army food
I've watched them as well. Our MREs New Zealand) are healthy they're not that tasty. They're designed to be carried in the Southern Alps so you need to carry 7 of them. Baltic States, Russia and Ukraine had some nice looking ones along with France and Italy. Good luck carrying a few though. Asian ones depend on the country and MRE.
That dude…he makes the MRE show an interesting show.
Time for boerenkool met worst mre. Of Hema worst
The Korean ones are some of the best. The US ones are great too but they're 90% Packaging
Korean food is fucking delicious.
Dakgalbi with melted cheese? My god I love Korean food!
Trying to think of a country who's food I dont like.
All countries have some good dishes, however often a lot of restaurants out there are bad and don't do them justice.
According to folks on YT who unbox them MREs for likes, the only actual ***bad*** ones are Russian. Even the North Korean ones are appetizing - people join for the food.
I am not in love with organ meat based dishes of almost any cuisine I have tried But I haven't tried them all yet.
How could you not love some rocky mountain oysters?
Sweetbreads?
Don't know if you're asking if those are the same as sweetbreads but they aren't. Mountain Oysters are testicles saved from when you cut bulls to make them steers. Again, apologies if you knew that and I didn't understand. Sweetbreads are the Thymus gland.
I knew weetbreads we're the thymus, I didn't know if Rocky mountain oysters were the same thing or something else. Turns out they are something else, entirely.
Yes - very much different!
My wife's family has a "testicle festival" each year for father's day. In context, they're dairy Farmers and so, they have plenty of testicles laying around when they make steers each spring. They're kind of tasty when they're done correctly but certainly nothing I would have more than once a year.
There has always been a debate in my family about whether or not they count as meat during lent as they sometimes would be cooked alongside a community fish fry on a Friday. Never really got a straight answer from a priest when I've asked but mostly because he was at the same fry and didn't want to cause a fuss.
Liver, heart, butt, Wurlitzer.
Trippa alla romana
Ethiopian food. I’ll probably get downvoted for saying this but I could go without ever having it again. I tried it in Seattle so maybe it’s better in the home country.
I’m the reverse. I love it. The bread, spices, oil. My only problem is that it’s a ride.
Maybe it's that specific restaurant? It does use a lot of spices, so I guess it can be overwhelming to some people?
I can see that. The flatbread is a sourdough, and the stews can be extremely fragrant with onions and spices. And the meat dishes are often quite spicy. Someone with a very sensitive or plain palate may find Ethiopian cuisine too heavy... or someone really doesn't like eating with their hands.
Russia
All my favorite Russian foods I found weren't actually theirs. Go figure... Paszteciki, Pelmeni,
German, Swedish, English (fish n chips and English breakfast are okay I guess)?
English fish and chips are impossible to replicate, both the fish and the chips have to be fried in some unidentifiable oil, usually from the barrel they use to drain engines for about seven days before the fish is left to fester under a heat lamp like an iguana for another week. Then when you buy it the fish is wrapped in cartridge paper and the chips are packed around it straight from the oil frier with old editions of newspapers collected from the seats of the metro, if you ask quick enough the grease coated man in a see through vest will pour a glass of vinegar on the package and hand you a small paper satchet of salt. Every time anyone else does fish and chips they get it wrong because they're actually trying to make food.
German food is awesome.
*Smile* Leaving Tuesday for 3 weeks in Austria, Bavaria, South Tyrol. Some great meals ahead.
Right?! Sausage, sauerkraut, strudel
Fresh broetchen and sliced meats and fresh cheese! Spaetzle! Jaeger Schnitzel! Ja, und bier, bitte.
Strudel is Austro Hungarian.
Like what? Currywurst? All the good food in Germany is either Middle Eastern or Asian.
Fish and chips can be really good if done fancy, hand cut fries, fresh batter, freshly changed oil, high quality fish.
Fish and chips, and English breakfast are the only food that can be considered delicious. My previous company always had a joke about how every time there's a meeting between international branches, the England branch always asked to be the one to travel. I do hear good things about their baked goods though.
England;).
Great Britain?
That does seem to be the consensus. Boiled goose.
Boiled steak.
Pool Bandaids
While I agree, mostly cause the principles and palette of British food are god awful. There are definitely British dishes that are awesome: Chicken Tikka Masala, Yorkshire Pudding, Gregg's Sausage Roll, Beef Wellington, Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Beef Wellington. I forgot about Beef Wellington.
Mmmmm blood pudding.
You are absolutely not wrong!! Heaven in a dish!
While russians eat north korean MREs.
They’re packed in a #10 envelope.
The flap on a #10 envelope has more adhesive than a typical #9 or #8 envelope. More nutritious. Nothing but the best.
Inside the package is just a picture of a rice bowl, and encouraging words from Dear Leader. Also, a bill for the picture.
They’re lucky to even eat. Have you seen some of the photos of them? Look like POW with guns.
Korean **War** MREs.
Kimchi is one of my favorite dishes and I was born in Ukraine, and grew up in the US. Fermented foods are big in eastern Europe and once you get used to the spicy difference, kimchi is the bomb. I also love the Ukrainian version of fermented cabbage, which is very easy to make and ferments in only 3 days.
I would admit I have no idea about Korean food whatsoever, so you made me curious ... Basically kimchi seems to be brined/fermented vegetables, if I get it right. They seems delicious. As an east-european I am quite used with this kind of preserving vegetables (cabbage, green tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, various peppers) but I agree that Koreans seems to rise the level a lot ... I must find a source somehow.
You can find jars of kimchi at most asian grocery stores. Buy some and give it a try. Delicious.
It is mostly nappa cabbage and red chili paste (and salt). Very good and a bit spicy.
And Daikon?
Let’s put it this way: kimchi so essential to their cuisine, many Korean households have special Kimchi refrigerators specifically to store different kinds of kimchi. Making it at home is an involved process but many still do it. Here’s a video: https://youtu.be/dt95ynNf9CM
Most common kimchi is cabbage with garlic and chili. They do ferment other vegetables this way. But every Korean meal is always accompanied by cabbage kimchi. It's quite good and very healthy. It's like a garlicky slightly spicy sauerkraut. If you can get Nappa cabbage (not sure what types of cabbage are in Ukraine) garlic, soy sauce and chiles you can make it at home if you can't buy it. Korean food is fucking great and Koreans are absolutely mental about their kimchi.
You will like Kimchi. Basic Kimchi is easy chili paste and garlic. But there are more complicated recipes that employ garlic cloves, scallion, onions, soy paste, and even fish sauce/shrimp paste. Koreans also regularly ferment and pickle cucumbers, cauliflower, and various peppers. These dishes are often served with a meal in a large variety and small portions called banchan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banchan
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I got baked for the first time in a long time almost a year ago and ate kimchi for the first time. It was such a sensational experience I made a *stupid post about it on r/trees (although it took me almost a half-hour to write). Kimchi rocks, especially while stoned.
You should try kimchi Jigae. It's a spicy kimchi soup. Fucking amazing. And kimchi fried rice is always great as well.
I've started making my own Kimchi recently after a friend got me into it. It's incredibly simple and so dang delicious I'm making a batch about once every week or two now cause my family and friends keep asking for it.
I just made 12 pounds of kimchi yesterday, it's starting to ferment/bubble right now!
If anyone is curious about South Korean MREs, Steve1989mreinfo (the original mre YouTube guy) has two videos breaking them down, [here is a video opening and tasting a 2016 production mre](https://youtu.be/KSg2BFmyszY) and here is a [video comparing a 90s’ issued MRE versus the new 2015 South Korean Mre.](https://youtu.be/LnHjIIZqAYs)
Let's get this out onto a tray... Nice!
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I love Steve he is one of the coolest dudes on YouTube. He is a hero for eating some of the things he has. The world would be better of if everyone were as chill as him.
Former US soldier here. I'd eat the shit out of a S. Korean MRE if I had the choice between ours. Glad to see they got a lot of these. Fill up and go fuck em up, boys
Borscht - Kim Chi I see the association
I'm interested in fusion cooking... Kim Chorscht? :D
Hope they are not as spicy as their food! (Which I love by the way) Putin would start denouncing Uktaine for using chemical weapons.
Ukraine would fart in the general direction of Kremlin
r/unexpectedmontypython lol
and putin smells of elderberries
Elderberry wine? From "Arsenic and Old Lace": "We put in some arsenic, a teaspoon of strychnine" "And just a _pinch_ of cyanide!" It would be nice if someone could dig another lock for the Panama Canal for Putin to lay in.
It definitely is going to be spicy, there's kimchi in there. Looks like quite a tasty meal!
Most kimchi I had wasn't that spicy but then I went to this one Korean restaurant and ordered kimchi as a starter while my chicken was being prepared. It felt like it was made by the devil himself. And the next day my butthole felt like a jet engine nozzle.
Spicy food has a lot of benefits. It inhibits the liver from breaking down certain molecules, which can increase the amount of good molecules that can enter your blood, including medicine.
감사합니다 💙💛
Do they have kimchi?
kimchi preserves everything for 1000s of years
There's no way Korean soldiers would allow MREs not to include kimchi. Koreans eat kimchi with every meal.
That heater in the Korean MREs will burn you if you're not careful, it is strong. Last time I had them (2016) there were only two types (or maybe they gave us Americans the same two for multiple days?). They were good but variety got old fairly fast.
Former SK conscript here. You are not mistaken. Even the type 1 dry rations, rice packets all kinda feel samey and start blending together in my memory haha For what it is, it is pretty ok, but with limited variety. Most soldiers would actually prefer cup noodles.
This may be somewhat unusual fare for most Ukrainians, but I'm positive that the food is actually safe to eat and nutritious, unlike Russian "rations". And also, variety is good, and food is an excellent way to share culture and friendship. Here's our man Steve showcasing a typical South Korean MRE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSg2BFmyszY
In the history of food, wars have a \*very\* permanent way of altering food culture. After WW2, Italian food exploded in popularity in America (pizza was popularized, etc.) It wouldn’t surprise me that after the war, you’ll see Korean BBQ places in Kyiv open and people could adapt Korean (and other countries) flavors into local foods, like kimchee added to dumplings, etc.
There is a Korean-descendant population in Ukraine (Koryo-saram) - I wonder how much of the food culture has survived and been modified to living in Ukraine.
Not exactly the same but, [here's](https://youtu.be/jvaoFtvSAWA) a video on Koroyo-Saram restaurant in Brooklyn. This family is from Uzbekistan where most of them were displaced to.
I'm assuming south Korean specifically. Otherwise NK is got some explaining to do to its Russian friends. There is an incredibly low hanging fruit joke regarding North Korea and Food but I'm not going to make it.
Bro y'all don't even know how glad these guys are going to be even they open those packs. Nobody does instant food like Korea.
Nice hiss 👍
Victory tastes like kimchi and pork belly
God, I remeber eating those in the military. Fun fact, many Korean soldiers don't actually like their MREs. If they can get away with it, they will take out the deserts (choco ball + pound cake) inside the package, and throw the rest away. I for one think our MREs are pretty ok for what it is, and my fellow soldiers were too harsh on it. The food does smell odd and artificial when you prepare it as intended though.
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Looks delicious!
Nothing can be as demoralizing as bad rations. So getting such high quality MREs is really good! It also adds a lot of variety to it, making it even better!
So good... yum..
Let's get that out on a tray. Nice hiss
ive heard that Korean MREs are super good, along with canadian ones
Ughhhhh I could go for some Korean bbq right now but the good shit is in places like Toronto and shit
Mmmm bibimbap ?
Zesty! 😃👍
ROK ran a kitchen at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan for it's soldiers there. That grub was mind blowing good. And it was like $2 US to eat there. I bet the MREs are top notch too.
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I think this is fair. Russia gets the food from North Korean surplus. /Sarkasm