As much as I like Steve's videos, it's heartwarming to know there are people for whom the Internet is an afterthought. This is his hobby, he's sharing it with us, and he has probably never referred to it unironically as "content."
Based off of what I have seen and heard, it seems like the quality of American MREs has gone down as cost cutting measures in general, independent of the chingles induced economic spiral. I'd be surprised if they could easily swap things out of a "true" MRE, given how much actual food design goes into making those shelf stable, palatable, visually appealing, and meeting specific nutritional requirements, but I also am operating off second hand info from preppers and the like so take that with a grain of salt. You could definitely see it in ones that use off the shelf canned or dried goods, given how many of those have gone downhill in quality in recent years. It could be coming though, the U.S. military is struggling to get anyone to join for obvious reasons.
They'll most likely just give them 20-10 year old MRE's. Even in Vietnam they ate MRE's from the 40s and 50's source is my dad who is also a fan of Steve.
IIRC he's commented within the year at least that he hasn't given up on the channel.
this, he takes time to read comments still. Last time he interacted was only a few months back that I saw. He told a commenter that he was coming back soon.
I've hoped he started experimenting with his commercial-level freeze-dryer and designed some actual MRE-type meals for preppers/campers/whatever. I'd probably buy a few just for the hell of it and maybe as the core of a bugout bag.
Same, although it depends if Steve Wallis counts as a food YouTuber. He has the opposite relationship to MREs, but can sure cook a stew without the rangers noticing him.
Granted, he's not only focused only on food, but you should look into Townsends. He seems like a genuinely nice guy who's interested in all things 18th century/early Americana.
I wish they could have done a crossover episode on that vintage hardtack Steve ate, just a couple of history dorks having their Special Interests overlap.
In my experience the HDR for sale you either need to buy a full case, or can only get random menu (I never see any HDR listing that allowed you to pick the menu), and the menu is/seems to be pretty small.
