I have tried lots of different dehydrated meals. Most still have hard veg bits even after a long steep. I now avoid them.
This is why I prefer the wayfarer types of wet pouches. They are heavier but don't use up your drinking water. You can boil them in the bag in any old unfiltered water or use a chemical heating bag.
My preferred ones are the military MRE pouches. The UK army ones are very tasty, filling and have a lot of calories.
A good tip is to have a cosy to hold the bag and a long spoon. Eat straight from the bag. No washing up. The cosy keeps it warm and, if using freeze dried, keeps it warm whilst steeping.
Oh yeah, if short on dosh, pot noodles, couscous pots, ramen noodles, quorn are also good and cheap from the poundshop. Strange how a pot noodle reconstitutes but dehydrated expedition food always is like eating bullets. You can buy an optimus cosy that has wee hand warmer bits or make one out of the sleeves of an old soft shell jacket.
You can get army ration packs on ebay and amazon or from mremountain.eu The UK army ones are excellent. Look for 24 hour ORP. The French ones are very tasty but have tins so weigh more. Lithuanian ones are good too. The American ones are expensive. It may seem a lot for a box but you get two meals, sweets, toilet paper, gum, a spork, tons of powdered drinks, chocolate, nutrition bars sugar, creamer, coffee etc. Check out mre Mountain first. mremountain
Wet food packs like wayfarer and mre weigh more but you use less water and they taste so much better.
Stuff from the supermarket - noodles, pasta n sauce (mac & cheese every time for me), cuppa soups, porridge oats or oat bars. cake bars, custard etc etc. Never use specialist food unless given it & it always disappoints, especially for the price point.
Here's a shot of my food from a trip a while back.
I see spiritburner is another fan of jelly babies up the hills. Recently I have started taking randoms. The cornflour on the jelly babies did my head in.
The only prerequisite for any food up the hills is the minimum lactose for obvious reasons. The army packs seem to bung you up a bit but not unpleasantly. Saves on using the trowel and packing out used bogroll.
I will check out go army and see if they ship to Ireland. Last year I got some great civvy mre made by a company called pine tree. Really tasty and good quality. However they seemed to have temporarily stopped production. Shame as it was really good pine tree There are a few vids on YT of their stuff.
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Topic: Food recomendations
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