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I already have an alchy stove and would like some hot food to go with it. I am not sure which types of freezed dried foods are out there that wouldn't cause me to puke. weight is an issue so if there are any desirable meals out there pls let me know. thanks
 
I use prepackaged Trader Joes meals. Right now in my pack I have about 6 assorted rice and vegetable packages. All you do is boil water drop package in heat and eat. Simple, quick, and clean. Food is good too.
 
I've done pretty good on cheese, crackers, peanut butter and homemade jerky in the past. shaved jerky makes a decent soup, especially if you have any luck finding wild garlic or onion to add to it. oatmeal, rice, freeze dried black beans, etc... are also good things to throw in a pack.
 
Before I bought a dehydrator and package my own meals I used to just dry my own in the oven, really quite easy on a rainy weekend.
Make a chicken pasta sauce with the vegetables minced really fine, finely chopped chicken breast is good and dehydrates well unlike hamburger.
I buy cooked chickens, dehydrate the breasts and eat the rest.
Break up spagettini(extra thin) in 2 inch lengths and cook until aldente or slightly firmer, it will fully cook when rehydrated.
Fill a plate with pasta and sauce to your projected hunger. Then spread out thin on a cookie sheet and dry until crumbly. Double bag it and it will keep a month on the shelf or 3 to 4 months in the fridge.
Do the same with home fried rice medleys etc they work well, I have dehydrated take out pork fried rice to great results as well. Just keep ingredients very small.
If you want dried beef for soups don't waste your trail jerky. Cook an extra steak well done or leftover roast, mince and dehydrate. Tastes better and about 80% cheaper.
Measure the dried food and mark how many cups with a sharpie on bag with meal name and date prepared.
When you want to eat, boil the exact same volume of water on the bag and add food, simmer for 1 to 5 minutes depending on your elevation. Put on a lid and wrap the pot in a sweater or towel for 10 minutes. It will fully hydrate, don't try to keep cooking to reduce the time, it will just burn or become a gloopy mess.

Made all my own meals for expedition hikes back in the day, once for 17 days.
Try it and you will be amazed (as long as your cooking is palatable!!!)
I have had people not believe it was rehydrated food.
 
I think some instant mashed potatoes and then fill the "well" in the middle of the potatoes up with chicken broth and the chicken chunks that come in foil packets works well.:thumbup:
 
Nah, what I do is walk the aisles at the supermarket. All kinds of saimin soups, lipton soup packs, instant rice, instant mashed potato, tuna/chicken/shrimp/mussell packets, instant oatmeal, theres a bunch more im just blanking on. Repackage them into ziplocks to cut a little bit of weight and bulk.
 
Ramen and one of the single serving peanut butter containers (I also bring red pepper flakes). I boil the water and mix it in a HD Ziplock bag (no cleanup).
 
evbouret said:
Nah, what I do is walk the aisles at the supermarket. All kinds of saimin soups, lipton soup packs, instant rice, instant mashed potato, tuna/chicken/shrimp/mussell packets, instant oatmeal, theres a bunch more im just blanking on. Repackage them into ziplocks to cut a little bit of weight and bulk.
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Yeah Isn't it great? These days the grocery store is full of backpacking food!
 
This thread is makin me hungry!
Jerky is always good.
whatever you put it in will taste good
kinda like bacon! :D

Brad "the butcher",
How about a good beef jerky recipe?
I got a really nice dehydrator and rarely use it
excaliber i think it is...
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hollowdweller said:
Yeah Isn't it great? These days the grocery store is full of backpacking food!
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one thing though
check the sodium content of some of that stuff....
i was hooked on instant miso soup,
i was drinking 2 cups a day,wondered why
my bp was going up... 1 cup of miso soup,790mg sodium!
 
I like the butchers dehydrating ideas, any other meals that would be good dehydrated?
 
Smoked fish and quaker instant grits for breakfast.
A packet of tuna, some cheese crackers, and a couple of tortillas for lunch.
RiceAroni or the bean and rice equivalent that they have here, generally with whatever I kill or collect.
There is always freshwater shrimp and crawdads easily accessible to me and usually fish in every stream. Birds and Iguanas are an easy score.
In the national parks, where I can't be blasting birds and iguanas, i usually do a box of MacNcheez and an instant gallo pinto type dish for supper.
Good ole instant smashed potatoes with some bacon bits will fill you up too.That was last nights dinner. About 2 liters worth ...LOL Make sure and tote a baggie full of Parmesan cheese with you.
It'll even make dirt taste decent.
 
Liam Ryan said:
I like the butchers dehydrating ideas, any other meals that would be good dehydrated?
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any meal you cook within reason. As long as everything is small and the fat content/grease is not excessive.

A lot of times I would just take a plate of fresh food to the cutting board, mince and try it. I always make 2 and field test one at home. You will know pretty quick if you want to eat it on the trail.

The oil/herb garlic pesto dry packs are awesome. Spagettini takes 3 or 4 min to boil, mix and you are good. Split the pack in half and bag each with 125 grams of pasta. One huge dinner for one or lunch for 2.
Cleanup is a big plus, wipes out clean.
Hydrate some chicken or beef in a cup with some boiled pasta water.

Fiber on the trail is important unless you pack a lot of toilet paper.
This is a good filling soup about 20 min to cook

..... 1 pkg knorr vegetable soup's(fiber), 1/2 cup minute rice and 2 or 3 oz of real bacon bits like you get from costco, I bring those tiny bottles of franks's and give it some heat. Bagged well bacon bits will keep a few days.

Lipton soup with 2oz of broken spagettini added or minute rice. Add some dried meat. If it is a 2 or 3 day trip a can of seasoned chicken meat is nice and worth the weight.

I got into a habit of starting a soup as soon as I chose my evening campsite BEFORE unpacking and setting up. After eating soup, hydrated and satisfied there was many times I moved camp a few to a few hundred yards to a much more desirable location.

Fatigue has a way of picking poor campsites, "ah it's good enough" bit me in the butt enough to change.
Sure makes setting up camp for the night relaxed. Then make supper without being massively cranky and shelter all set.

I really try to stay away from most prepackaged convenience food when trekking, better for you and more sustained energy from complex carbs and real food.
 
I don't usually cook that much for backpacking, but I always make sure i have the capability (& I almost always do indulge) in hot tea, cocoa, and/or soup. It's largely personal preference, but this is a very simple, easy alternative that still gives you something warm for the tummy.
 
Mountain House is more than good enough to eat for pleasure. You just have to watch out with the high sodium. Whilst it isn't as fun as making your own meal from scratch, sometimes you need convienence. It doesn't get any better, or simplier, doing a Mountain House Pro Pak. I keep a couple in the truck.

The Rice and Chicken, Lasagna, and Noodles and Chicken are particularly good.
 
several packs of instant grits or oatmeal, plus a pack of cooked, sealed bacon

Couple of stripped MREs, and several Mountain House two person freeze dried meals, some Cliff bars and Coco or Cider dry mixes and you are good to go. :cool:
 
my opinion
3 lbs of peanut butter
5 qts. h2o
tuna & chicken in foil pacs
1/2 lb. chocolate
try not to lite fire since other hungrys may want your food
 
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