History WebVideo / Steve1989MREInfo

* ShoutOut: A framed picture of Kyle Reese from ''Film/TheTerminator'' is prominently visible on the wall behind Steve whenever he cuts away from the tray to a shot of himself. He also has a copy of ''[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Grays Sports Almanac]]'' on the top of his bookshelf.

** {{Subverted|Trope}} in [[https://www.gq.com/story/steve1989-eats-50-year-old-rations one incident from before he started making videos]]: Steve tried a less-than-one-year-old Ukrainian ration, but didn't realize too late that it was from a bad batch, and apparently so badly-prepared that it ''gave him E. coli.''

* ExtremeOmnivore: Steve has regularly commented when something looks like it might be spoiled, and then confirms by eating it, and then kept eating it to completion. Only a handful of times has he had ill effects from eating food with a shelf life years out of date.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Sometimes compared to ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'' due to both being oddly-relaxing series about a guy quietly-but-passionately describing his hobby in great detail.

->'''''[[SignOffCatchphrase "This is Steve1989 off MRE Info, hope you liked the video. I'll be coming back at ya with something new... or old. Alright, cool. See ya."]]'''''\\

** "No hiss." - When an item that is supposed to be vacuum-sealed has been compromised and does not produce the expected hiss.

** "Nice hiss." - When opening vacuum-sealed bags or cans that give off a little hiss.

** "Alright, so let's get this onto a tray." - after laying out the ration to be eaten before jump-cutting to said items then being placed on a tray, "Nice."

''[=Steve1989MREInfo=]'', channel name and alias of Steven Thomas, provides food critiques of a somewhat unusual sort: buying military [=MRE=]s, or Meal Ready (to) Eat, then critiquing them much like a professional food critic. He's garnered a reputation for eating particularly antiquated rations that have been stored under various conditions. Some still shockingly edible, others not so much.

->'''''[[SignOffCatchphrase "This is Steve1989 off MRE Info, hope you liked the video. I'll be coming back at ya with something new...or old. Alright, cool. See ya."]]'''''\\

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Whenever a pack of smoke is included, Steve avails himself of it. He appears to REALLY love the Camel brand.
-->"I don't always smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old."

[=Steve1989MREInfo=], real name Steven Thomas (born April 21, 1989 in Lakeland, Florida), is a food critic of a somewhat unusual sort, buying military [=MRE=]s, or Meal Ready (to) Eat, then critiquing them much like a professional food critic. He's garnered a reputation for eating particularly antiquated rations that have been stored under various conditions. Some still shockingly edible, others not so much. While ration reviewing is fairly common on Website/YouTube, Steve's channel is by far the most popular with 1.65 million subscribers as of June 2020, probably due to his style of presentation which fans have noted crosses Bob Ross with Fred Rogers.

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA/videos His channel can be found here.]]

* BigEater: Not quite, but any ration packs that include a breakfast, lunch and dinner, you'll bet he will stick to it throughout the video as he records it the whole day.

*** "No hiss." - When an item that is supposed to be vacuum-sealed has been compromised and does not produce the expected hiss.

* NiceGuy: Unlike other [[CausticCritic venomous critics]], Steve is cheerful as a chipmunk and appreciates a good meal just like anyone else.

* RunningGag: Describing something as utterly terrible, then taking another bite of it.

* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: Steve prefers some of the older menu items, such as vintage coffees particularly US Coffee, Instant, Type 1. Regarding crackers, he says:
-->'''Steve''': The old crackers, they always held together. I mean look at that. They were just better back then.

[=Steve1989MREInfo=], real name Steven Thomas (born April 21, 1989 in Lakeland, Florida), is a food critic of a somewhat unusual sort, buying military [=MRE=]s, or Meal Ready (to) Eat, then critiquing them much like a professional food critic. He's garnered a reputation for eating particularly antiquated rations that have been stored under various conditions. Some still shockingly edible, others not so much. While ration reviewing is fairly common on Website/YouTube, Steve's channel is by far the most popular, probably due to his style of presentation which fans have noted crosses Bob Ross with Fred Rogers.