Favorite (and why) Backcountry Pre-Packaged Meals

[Karl Blanchard]

Or just send Jake to dairy queen .

  Best meal EVER

[coachcw]

Yeah a 48 mi,e trail bike ride for a burger isn't too efficient though 

[Karl Blanchard]

Yeah a 48 mi,e trail bike ride for a burger isn't too efficient though 

Ya but when you factor in the value of the 20oz Diet Mt. DEW it made the journey priceless

[danderson]

I take a week off every year for a 50 mile hike on the PCT, although  the last 3 years it was more like 75 miles in a week,  I have to admit the morning raisin bran cereal with powered milk was pretty good. sometimes the quick simple meals are the best.

[Karl Blanchard]

I take a week off every year for a 50 mile hike on the PCT, although  the last 3 years it was more like 75 miles in a week,  I have to admit the morning raisin bran cereal with powered milk was pretty good. sometimes the quick simple meals are the best.

add some chocolate protein powder to that if you want to hit that sweet tooth shamelessly.  My favorite breakfast is on the hill is granola with freeze dried blueberries, and chocolate or vanilla protein powder in place of the powdered milk.  Have it in a ziplock, add water, shake it up and dig in.  No mess, quick and easy.  You can do warm water too if you want hot cereal.

[Karl Blanchard]

Man all this talk of mountain food makes me wanna go do some snow camping just so I can eat some food.   Call for some cats

[Fl0und3rz]

  I like  those little cans of Venna sausage, and a can of spam tastes pretty good when you been living on dehydrated meals for a week or two, but mostly I make all my meals my self with fresh ingredients, invest in a good commercial dehydrator and your meals will be as good as home cooked, seal up a complete dinner for 4 that weighs a pound, 99% of what you eat for dinner at home can be dehydrated and packaged up for back packing or hunting trips, plus it cost almost nothing except your time.

I am going to start a thread on dehydrating your own.  I have been intrigued by this for some time, but never really tried it.  I'd certainly rather have my own cooking than prepacked, but don't know where to begin.

[swanny]

Mountain House here. Chili Mac and Beef Stroganoff are the favorites for dinner. And if you haven't tried em, the breakfast scrambles aren't bad either. Just bring some tortillas and hot sauce for a backcountry breakfast burrito!

Alpine Aire also does a pretty descent job, they get a good mix of flavor and spice in theirs, just go easy on the water.

[mossy8352]

  I like  those little cans of Venna sausage, and a can of spam tastes pretty good when you been living on dehydrated meals for a week or two, but mostly I make all my meals my self with fresh ingredients, invest in a good commercial dehydrator and your meals will be as good as home cooked, seal up a complete dinner for 4 that weighs a pound, 99% of what you eat for dinner at home can be dehydrated and packaged up for back packing or hunting trips, plus it cost almost nothing except your time.

I am going to start a thread on dehydrating your own.  I have been intrigued by this for some time, but never really tried it.  I'd certainly rather have my own cooking than prepacked, but don't know where to begin.

Here is a link to some good information and ideas. I have tried some of his ideas (bean bark) and the only thing was his rehydration time was kind of short from reality but the site does give you a good start on what you can do. Worth a look.
http://www.backpackingchef.com/

[Fl0und3rz]

Reposting on that new thread.

[whacker1]

For anyone wondering about the olive oil, these are the ones I use.  Every one of my MH gets one.  Like I mentioned before, the nutrition enhancement is good but the oil really enhances the flavor as well.  Plus, when you kill something, smother a tenderloin in olive oil, season with some salt and pepper packets from the mini mart, let sit in a ziplock till dinner time, and fire roast that sucker.  Next level mountain dining right there

I buy em by the 100 pack because any other way is a tad expensive and I go through a ton of them so it is worth it to me


http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003MZFL1I/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1454169454&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=olive+oil+single+serve+packets&dpPl=1&dpID=31dP-NCs4EL&ref=plSrch#

Thank you for sharing

[Jonathan_S]

 

Man all this talk of mountain food makes me wanna go do some snow camping just so I can eat some food.   Call for some cats

Oh yeah, some of the lean and mild bobcat meat with olive oil and tapatio 

[jjaba]

MRE's  the spaghetti, chili mac.

one last two days.....

[JM]

If I know I'm going to camp in place where I can have a fire that won't be seen all over the basin I'll always make cowboy pockets and breakfast burritos double wrapped in foil. Throw them on the fire for 10 minutes and you've got hot steak, potatoes, onions and carrots for dinner or a hot breakfast burrito in the am. If I can't then mountain house is the usually the easiest and quickest. I had someone tell me about Hawk Vittles on the high hunt last year and have been wanting to try them.

[SkookumHntr]

Mountain House Chicken teriyaki is one of my favs too