Greetings my beautiful lovelies! It's
Emmy. Welcome back to another MRE taste test.
Today I'm out in the great outdoors to
taste this: and this is another Z ration
or zombie MRE. If you missed my first
edition of this taste test I'll put the
link down below and up above and I'll
also include the military ration
playlist where you can see me taste all
kinds of rations. So the first Zombie
ration I had was a First-Strike Ration
this is the typical general ration;
and it was sent to me by allmres.com.
Now this is the Z-ration -- the Zombie MRE.
And it comes in this black
resealable bag. This is the Z-ration menu E:
Southwest style chicken with rice.
Alrighty!
Chipotle flavored tortillas; a cinnamon bun;
some plastic cutlery: that includes salt and
pepper and a napkin.
Whoo, baby glass Tabasco bottle!
Happy to see that!
Zombie
ration; Zombie trail mix; Z-ration
Southwest chicken with rice -- this looks
like it's in a retort package a little
bit different than the standard-issue
packet.
Apple pieces in spiced sauce --
sounds a bit like apple pie filling; two
wet naps -- Sunset brand; little Papel kiwi-
strawberry electrolyte drink;
cheese spread -- jalapeño -- which is my
favorite -- great! And a flameless ration
heater. Let's go ahead and warm up our
entree first. So let's put everything to
the side here. So I'm gonna go ahead and
use my wet nap here and clean up my
hands....
Place everything in my trash bag. Ooh
yes, it's my favorite sunny, Lemon Joy-
scented wet nap -- very nice!
Let's go ahead
and put our entree inside our ration heater.
So, I'm gonna tear it at the top.... and
we're gonna add water just to this fill
line right here -- not much water at all.
Now we're gonna put the Southwest
chicken -- ooh, I wonder if it'll even fit?
So I noticed right away that this ration is a
little bit wider than our flameless
ration heater, so we're gonna have to
give that a squeeze....to get it to fit.
I'm going to squish that down....
fold that over ;and then I'm gonna prop
this up and let this warm up.
I'm not getting much of reaction with my ration
heater -- usually the reaction is pretty
immediate. It starts to fizz and bubble
and inflate and start off-gassing but
not much is happening here. I'm not
really feeling any warmth, but I'll just
let it sit here for a bit and maybe
it'll wake up. Okay, so while that's doing
its thing, let's go ahead and do
something else. I'm gonna go ahead and
make my little drink here.
This is kiwi-strawberry Propel. This is ade.....
I believe made by Gatorade. One 20 ounce
bottle of water for a lighter taste.
Well! Do that.... I'm gonna empty it into here. Oh good, it doesn't have any coloring in it --
at least none that I can see. Maybe that
will change when I add some water to it.
Add some water.
Oh good, it's still clear.
Oops, I've got a pine needle in there.
Yep, get rid of that. And I'll stir this up.
Set that aside, and yeah I think my flameless ration heater is a dud.
Nothing is happening here, so I guess I might as well try this.
So I guess that'll save me some time --
usually this takes about eight minutes
to fully heat up. And since nothing's
really happening, we'll just eat it cold
which is pretty typical based on the
comments that I've received. Many of
these rations are eaten right out of the
package without even any warming so this
is a little bit more real-world right?
Alright.Okay, so this has a convenient a
little tear strip.
And let's plop this out.
So, this looks like it's a mixture of
beans and rice, and it does say it has
chicken in it. It smells pretty good -- it
smells like taco mix. I see big chunks of
chicken and green bell pepper, red bell
pepper, beans, rice,
and probably some kind of tomato base.
I'm gonna have that with my
tortillas -- and these are Chipotle flavored.
So let's open that up -- it smells
a little plastic-y and smoky.
And it comes with two tortillas.
And while I have it, let's go ahead and add our cheese-jalapeño spread.
I'm going to knead it up --
and it says specifically "Knead package before opening."
So we're going to
recombine all of that oil back into our cheese.
Of the cheese spreads, this one is
my favorite.
So I'm going to add some of the cheese spread right there.
That doesn't look so appetizing but it is an MRE.
I'm also going to open my
little bottle of Tabasco because it's
so stinkin' cute, and because I love a
little extra spice.
So.... and I love that it's in the glass bottle.
This is the original Tabasco that came in the glass bottles.
From my understanding they have
eliminated this and now the hot sauce
comes in little packages. So stinkin' cute!
Let's give the rice entree a taste on its own first.
Itadakimasu!
That's pretty good! It's like a taco rice
casserole with chicken chunks.
It has that taco flavoring the rice is well
cooked it's very soft it has a sauce
that kind of coats everything that's
taste like it's seasoned with taco
seasoning a little bit of cumin some
chili powder it's not spicy at all
you've got some beans in there for added
protein a nice calm soft texture but
yeah not bad not a really salty let's
try the tortilla by itself mm-hmm it's
surprisingly sweet it's got the same
texture as a store-bought flour tortilla
soft a little bit chewy surprisingly
sweet and has Chipotle in there which
adds actually some heat and some smoky
chili flavor okay now let's try it with
our entre here and make ourselves like a
little soft taco all right here we go
hmm not bad considering this is cold I
think this would be a lot better warmed
up I think those flavors would be more
pronounced the textures would be a
little bit creamier they're really not
bad but you know it's gonna make it
better this right here this little jar
of magic we're gonna go pop pop pop
mm-hmm
that injection of heat and vinegar just
enlivens everything it makes it just
feel more alive or tasty just better yes
definitely better now let's try making
one with a little bit of the jalapeno
cheese in there I think that's going to
help add a little bit more richness and
a little bit more creaminess this feels
and tastes a bit dry so let's go ahead
and do that now I've got a little bit
more of like a quesadilla thing going on
right now it tastes more like nachos
again if that was hot and oozy then it'd
be pretty good but still it's still
pretty good mm-hmm
mmm-hmm now I'm always reminding myself
that my critique should be based on some
kind of context now I am not out in the
field I'm doing my best to project and
to imagine what it would be like to
consume one of these out in the field
already let's try our purple drink next
here we go
that is very concentrated I probably
should put double the amount of water in
that but it has an artificial Kiwis
strawberry flavor very reminiscent of
kool-aid but the sugar is a little bit
different than kool-aid it's not
granular it's more of like a artificial
sweetener rather than being sugar like
but I do appreciate there's not a lot of
color in that it does have a consistency
and a viscosity more similar to an
electrolyte drink rather than kool-aid
it's seems to have a little bit more
body but yeah we need to add a lot more
water that and maybe some ice cubes if
I've got them so now we're gonna have
our dessert and this is the cinnamon bun
and I do believe I've had one of these
before my previous u.s. MREs this is
made by Sterling foods
this contains 320 calories and 9 grams
of total fat so there is our cinnamon
bun let me take this out this is very
clearly do not eat this does not look
like your typical cinnamon bun although
it smells like it it's most just like
those hosts just like crumb cakes when
you open the package and you get that
huge like wave of cinnamon that's
exactly what this smells like it smells
sweet as well and has that kind of baked
good smell as well
but it looks nothing like those crumb
cakes so let me cut it open show you
what it looks like inside and there's
our cinnamon filling on the inside it
does look a little bit doughy right in
the middle there and it's a little bit
stretchy kind of gluey
let's get bad taste here we go
it's not bad the flavor is very
reminiscent of those hostess crumb cakes
as well it's not as sweet and this is
definitely more bread like it's kind of
gluey and Dobey as it kind of looks it's
kind of chewy a little bit Betty it's
passable as the dessert something sweet
to kind of finish off your meal
yeah the consistency and texture is not
all that Pleasant though it's bread like
but granted this is shelf stable and it
has a shelf life of many years so taken
in that context it's not so bad but I
think what might make it better is
having it with some Apple pieces so this
is pretty similar in flavor this is
gonna have some cinnamon and spice in it
as well so I think it'll actually go
really well with this so let's cut this
open and have some of that with this
maybe we'll make it more like apple pie
wow those are big chunks of Apple look
at that big chunks of Apple there and
looks like apple pie filled let's just
have the bite by itself that's actually
pretty good
the apples are nice and soft and they
have a nice tang to them I thought they
were gonna be super cleanly sweet they
are in a kind of cinnamony syrup but
it's pretty good not as sweet as I
thought they were going to be a little
touch of cinnamon and I think with this
bread I think it's gonna be a lot better
it's still a little bit weird this is
definitely not pie crust this is kind of
some weird doughy cinnamony thing but
with the fruit that extra a little bit
of texture and acidity that comes from
the apples makes this a much more
pleasant experience delicious I wouldn't
go that far but definitely improvement
mm-hmm
All righty, so I forgot to use my
included cutlery. I was so excited with
my own I forgot to use the plastic
cutlery. This is pretty standard though --
we've got a plastic fork, plastic spoon,
salt and pepper, and a little napkin in there.
The last thing and the only thing
that's really labeled Zombie is this: and
this is the Zombie trail mix. Now I've
got myself another paper plate last time
this is basically monster kill mix let's
see if this is the same yes a little
packet of do not eat vesicant here's our
zombie trail mix and essentially this is
monster trail mix we have peanuts we
have M&Ms we have raisins almonds a
couple cashews one of my favorite trail
mixes alrighty here we go
kind of good M&M mm-hmm I love this
trail mix because it's trail mix Oh an
ant on me Oh gross that wasn't an ant
gross it's trail mix but it has M&Ms in
it so a little bit of chocolate it goes
a long way so we've got those healthy
things and then you've got your
occasional M&M with that crispy crunchy
shell on the outside and a little bit of
melted chocolate in the middle
well it's melted now because it's
blazing but it's really smart to include
M&Ms because it has that candy coated
shell you're not getting melted
chocolate everywhere and that little bit
of chocolate not only gives you a little
bit of caffeine but a little bit of
sunshine a little bit of happy
delightful chocolate this
but doesn't melt or bloom all over the
rest of the trail-mix it's just really
actually quite brilliant. Delicious!
Om, nom, nom!
And then I have to eat my raisins too, right?
because it's trail mix right? You know....
All righty, so there you have another Z-
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