Alternatives to Mountain House Meals

[cohunter14]

I know many of you use Mountain House meals while elk hunting, some because you pack in and others because of how quick and easy they are. For those that just eat them because of how quick you can make them, what are some alternatives that could be used and made just as quickly? Based on Mountain House\'s website, you add warm water to the meal and wait 9 minutes and it\'s done. So let\'s use that as the time-frame.

I\'ll start with one here that some of you may have heard me mention before: Carnitas burritos. We buy pre-made carnitas from Costco that come frozen and only require heating. These thing taste fantastic and we eat them for dinner even at home. For our meal in camp, we boiled water and stuck the package of carnitas in the water to heat it. At the same time, we put in a \'Boil A Bag\' of rice that takes 9 minutes to cook. If you wanted to, you can use another burner to heat a can of beans. Throw it all in a tortilla and you are set! And the leftover carnitas can be used for sandwiches as well :upthumb:

I\'ve never tasted a Mountain House, but I can tell you that these burritos are comparable with even Chipotle, and they taste even better after a long day in the woods! The only downside is that you need to keep the Carnitas in a cooler before making them, so this probably wouldn\'t work for the folks packing camp in.

Other ideas?

 

[WW]

In a word, (DEHYDRATOR)! You can dehydrate just about anything you can think of, even ice cream. Also lots of good home cooked meals and fruit leathers. There are lots of tasty things you can buy from the grocery store that you can just add water to. Plus, they taste better and cost a heck of a lot less than Mountain House.

 

[Lark Bunting]

I am in the same boat. I pretty much refuse to put Mtn House meals into my body. The amount of preservatives is gross and I avoid MSG as best I can.

I\'ll be doing some research for my backpacking trips this summer in preparations for next fall\'s hunt. I\'ll report back when I have more information...

(This is the busy part of my year with both kids in winter sports, gymnastics, guitar lessons...)

 

[WW]

Get on You Tube and look up (home made MREs) and also anything that has to do with (Dehydrating). You\'ll be amazed at all the available information.

 

[Lark Bunting]

Derek:

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It looks like a TON of work but may be beneficial.

 

[Anonymous]

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[colorado russ]

Derek, I love those carnitas from CostCo so wanted to let you know I saw the same brand at King Sooper\'s just in a smaller package. They also had beef fajitas, shredded chicken, chipotle chicken, green chile and I think one more. Haven\'t tried any other than the carnitas(leftovers today reminded me of this thread)!

 

[elky McElkerson]

Back packing. The instant potatoes and cous cous feel less like a carcinogen.

MH beef stew with a mash potato is pretty palatable. It cuts that weird salty Chem taste.


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