Anyone tried Mountain House dried foods. Are they any good? What are the best dried foods to keep as an emergency?
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Matthew.Passmore
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Not tried those but some of the best dry emergency food to carry would be dried fruit, nuts and jerky I'd say, all light, nutritious, full of energy and last forever.
Welcome to the Forum BTW.
Welcome to the Forum BTW.
As Matthew said nuts, dried fruit is good emergency food plus things like power bars.
I dry a lot of my own food at home for camping trips and its an awful lot cheaper than ready made.
I dry a lot of my own food at home for camping trips and its an awful lot cheaper than ready made.
Can't say I've ever heard of Mountain House, where have you seen them ?
Like the chaps have already said, nuts/fruit etc are always useful. I tend to pick up a couple of chewy bars for trips out, the more calories/sugar the better
For something more substantial I carry bulgar wheat or pasta for a quick fill.
Plenty of stuff out there you can add water to for a decent meal.
Like the chaps have already said, nuts/fruit etc are always useful. I tend to pick up a couple of chewy bars for trips out, the more calories/sugar the better
For something more substantial I carry bulgar wheat or pasta for a quick fill.
Plenty of stuff out there you can add water to for a decent meal.
Matthew.Passmore
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I carry a few bars of Kendal mint cake as I would have to be desperate to eat it, I used to carry stuff like Mars bars as emergency food when trekking but I always just ate them.
Mountain house are US based - they do freeze dried hiker trail rations and large cans intended for emergency food supplies for cabins, emergencies etc.
The big advantage of the cans are that they have a 20 year shelf life.
There are also available now freeze dried individual ingredients. Now dome dried onions, spray dried egg and freeze dried prawns make a lovely omlette in camp and weigh only a few grams.
I like the idea of freeze dried ingredients rather than meals - allows me to be more creative and add them to foraged and fresh stuff.
Red
The big advantage of the cans are that they have a 20 year shelf life.
There are also available now freeze dried individual ingredients. Now dome dried onions, spray dried egg and freeze dried prawns make a lovely omlette in camp and weigh only a few grams.
I like the idea of freeze dried ingredients rather than meals - allows me to be more creative and add them to foraged and fresh stuff.
Red
An American friend bought me a packet to try. Much like most dried food to me, not something I will buy I'm afraid.
Alan
Alan
Mountain House were recommended to me as being one of the best dried meals by a guy working at MEC in Vancouver. I have a couple around for emergency use but not had the "misfortune" to need to use them yet!
Mountain House is pretty good taste wise for dried food. Being freeze dried It is lightweight too. While backpacking in California last year I dumped some of my own stuff and replaced it with food people had posted on, but never came to collect.
We were munching nuts and dried fruit through the day which kept up our energy levels topped up.
Stu
We were munching nuts and dried fruit through the day which kept up our energy levels topped up.
Stu
We have spent the last few weekends drying fresh veg and fruit in our oven. The benefit of carrying dehydrated food in the back pack is amazing. The concentrated flavour of the tomatoes is brill.
My first jerky goes in overnight tonight. I can hardly wait.
If you haven't tried it yet. give it a go. Use only fresh but cheap produce cos its in season and a glut.
ATB
G
My first jerky goes in overnight tonight. I can hardly wait.
If you haven't tried it yet. give it a go. Use only fresh but cheap produce cos its in season and a glut.
ATB
G
I sell Mountaim House in the shop, seems pretty decent dried commercial food, though home made or stuff from the Chineese supermarket tastes better. Mountain House also do a "dried" red wine!!! not sold in this country as yet, though available on the net, there was a thread about it a while back.
Salami's and jerky, as well as "normal" dried stuff like pulses, rice, cous cous and pasta are hugely cheaper though, though they tend to take longer to hydrate. Why I carry a nalgene bottle, add water at lunch and just heat at night. So saving fuel.
TTFN
GB.
Salami's and jerky, as well as "normal" dried stuff like pulses, rice, cous cous and pasta are hugely cheaper though, though they tend to take longer to hydrate. Why I carry a nalgene bottle, add water at lunch and just heat at night. So saving fuel.
TTFN
GB.
Oooh,
Dehydrated red wine, I like the sound of that
I hope It's is alcoholic
Not at 4 euro's a glass its not. Its made by the same people who make cheese burger in a can
http://www.outdoorfair.de/epages/61191849.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61191849/Products/Relags772170
This is a good site, wish we could get this stuff in the UK
http://www.internet-grocer.net/cheese.htm
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