Dried food pack recommendations

[Chris the Cat]

...To bulk out my supplies for the Arctic trip, gone through the last of my rat packs!
Who do you Cats use ?
Any advice would be great.
Cheers.
Chris.

 

[Teepee]

My fave supermarket foods for the pack;

1;Malt loaf ( lots of complex carbs and 500 cal a loaf)
2; Lots of dried pasta meals
3; Dried onion, powdered down for bulking out foods that I've put too much water in.
4; Instant porridge
5; Lots of nuts
6; Dried fruit
7; Potato cakes-dense and packable
8;Custard powder and cinnamon waffles from Aldi
9; Mattesons sausage
10; Dried whole milk from asian supermarket
11; Protein shakes
!2; Cous-cous
13;Chocolate bars with nuts/fruit
14; Salami's

Looking forward to seeing what else I can cram in the goodie bag that will up the calories.

 

[Chris the Cat]

Thanks for that mate!
Any more out there?
Chris.

 

[rik_uk3]

Vesta Beef Rissoto £1 a pop, fills your belly, go exotic and try the Curry or Chow Mein. Not great but as good as the dried meals costing three times more.

 

[Shewie]

Grab a £30 dehydrator Chris and make your own buddy

I'm still living off the meals Leezo was selling a while a go, once they've gone though I'm onto my own recipes. Loads of good recipes on the web and the basics are easy to suss out, no dairy, , rinse off fat, chop stuff small etc etc

The Pour & Store bags from the bargain shops make cracking bags for carrying and eating out of.

 

[gsfgaz]

Do the rat pack meals have a best before date on them , or are they awright , as long as you keep them sealed ...

 

[Chris the Cat]

Cheers Rik, cheers Rich,good ideas fellas!
I think all of these meals have 'use by dates gsfgaz, I am usualy well past them on mine tho! Lol!
Chris.

 

[bikething]

Do the rat pack meals have a best before date on them ...

I think all of these meals have 'use by dates gsfgaz, I am usualy well past them on mine tho! Lol!
Chris.

I think the date printed on rat-packs is the packing date - IIRC, the 'use by date' is 10 years after that, provided they've been stored correctly (i.e. somewhere cool - not in an overheated warehouse in the desert somewhere)

 

[madgaz]

Do the rat pack meals have a best before date on them , or are they awright , as long as you keep them sealed ...

Usually the have a manufacture date on and are then reputed to be good for 10 years after that. I've eaten some 8 years after manufacture and apart from 3 weeks in hospital, 2 weeks squits and a horrible rash I was fine Joking of course...I was fine


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[gsfgaz]

i could do with 2 weeks aff ,, crimbo dinner soteed .. cheers

 

[Imagedude]

Mix some porridge oats with dried fruit, powdered milk and powdered protein. Mmm, disgusting but light and cheap.

 

[rik_uk3]

A good few of us have
http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/hou..._food/dehydrating_/193811-food_dehydrator.htm

I don't dry meals as such, tend to dry vegetables/mushrooms/minced beef. There is no timer on these driers but just use a timer plug.

Well worth the money, I've used one (of two I have) a lot since about 2006 and its still going strong.

 

[Chris the Cat]

Cheers gang, Merry Yule!
Chris.

 

[PeterH]

Mix some porridge oats with dried fruit, powdered milk and powdered protein. Mmm, disgusting but light and cheap.

I dont use the whey protein, so result is not quite instant thicken and a short simmer is required or a pot cosy wile you make a brew. Adding crystallised ginger to the fruit mix makes it interesting, dried banana is pants though! Catering chocolate drops (mixed with cranberries nom, nom) - costco had a bucket of reasonaly high cocoa ones, gave a mix that even "I dont like porridge" kids will eat!

 

[tartanferret]

Vesta Beef Rissoto £1 a pop, fills your belly, go exotic and try the Curry or Chow Mein. Not great but as good as the dried meals costing three times more.

I'm a big fan of Vesta paella. (Also from Poundland ect ) I Can't imagine trying trying to rustle up a proper paella in the woods.

Would be pretty cool on a beach though now I think about it !