Off the shelf camp chow

[fillthefreezer]

Silk, Do you get the single servings or the double?  I'm 5' 11", 160 lbs soaking wet and the MH meal portions  are a bit too much for me, even after a full day of brush busting and hill climbing.  Wondering if the single serving in the HV brand would be a perfect size for my skinny arse.  Any flavors you particularly like in the HV line?  Thanks

in the woods i eat a ton. ok, all the time... but a whole package(2 servings) of MH leaves me wanting more. like a whole pack of instant mashed potatoes. a single servings HV i dont feel stuffed, but after about an hour, i am full. its hard to make a comparison other than, day 4 of a hunt eating HV for dinner, i felt much better nourished.
90% of his meals also dominate MH on cal/oz and oz/nutrition

[xXLojackXx]

A little research and some home brewed freeze dried meals. Chicken seems to be hard to rehydrate, found that ground elk/beef/turkey with some breadcrumbs allows them to rehydrate and be soft.

[BeWitty]

I've had a few Backpackers Pantry meals and they were all terrible. My favorite MH meals are noodles and chicken, beef stroganoff, and teriyaki. Lasagna wasn't good and basically ruins your spork with the cheese. I'll have to try the biscuits and gravy.

[huntnnw]

your telling me about re hydrating chicken    after about 30 min in hot water it gets to a point you can choke it down. I put some in some yakisoba noodles to change it up from mountain house

[Andrew]

I recently had a Backpackers Pantry beef pho and it was awesome...but then again I can eat pho for my three squares!  Alpine Aire foods are also good...I get a little tired of Mountain House...their food seems to taste all the same to me, sort of like MREs.

[ICEMAN]

Wondering if the Long Grain and Wild Rice Pilaf may be a good base to throw some seared blue grouse niblets in?  Haven't tried the Long Grain one I guess either.. another new one?

Rice-a-roni and grouse!

Ding ding ding, Winner!

[sirmissalot]

Check out Hawk Vittles. My new favorite. Took a little tweaking, I transfer them to resealable thick freezer bags, and bring an empty MH bag to rehydrate them in.

Some of them I add seasoning too.


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Which ones have you tried and liked? I've thought several times about buying some but all their choices look a little different. I'm a big breakfast eater but mountain house eggs have scared me away from eggs... hopefully these meals are better.

REI had a backpackers pantry sale going on and you could sample several of their flavors, some were a little different but I liked the chicken alfredo a lot as well as their apple oatmeal breakfast

[nastybynature]

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[Jonathan_S]

Those instant rice packs by Knorr come in a bunch of flavors like Cheddar Broccoli, Taco Rice, etc.  They are very tasty and easy to add water to. 

They don't have protein so that's a negative but they sure are cheap compared to a MH for a short trip.  I just pack another protein source for those trips.  I save MH for longer trips when I need an extra incentive to stay out longer 

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Check out Hawk Vittles. My new favorite. Took a little tweaking, I transfer them to resealable thick freezer bags, and bring an empty MH bag to rehydrate them in.

Some of them I add seasoning too.


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Which ones have you tried and liked? I've thought several times about buying some but all their choices look a little different. I'm a big breakfast eater but mountain house eggs have scared me away from eggs... hopefully these meals are better.

REI had a backpackers pantry sale going on and you could sample several of their flavors, some were a little different but I liked the chicken alfredo a lot as well as their apple oatmeal breakfast

I like most of them! Stay away from the seafood ones though...

If maybe start with the linguini, lasagna, sw lasagna, frijoles (basically a big bag of bean dip).

Careful on spaghetti and linguini, it will poke holes in the ziplocks or the packaging it comes in!

Also, again, I highly recommend repackaging in thick freezer zip locks!


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