Thread: KAWEKA Meals

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

There are some quite good vegetarian options around, I stumbled across some in countdown ashburton last month, good if you don't mind a curry. Just drop the pouch in hot water and wait a bit. Energy wise they were better than the back country stuff I took per serve .
I've gone off dehi as I don't believe it offers any real advantage, yes it's light but you have to carry extra water and I find the texture no matter how long it's left to rehydrate "interesting". About the only dehi I take now is magic peas they are brilliant.

BC serves are a joke though IIRK you need 5 per day just to meet the average males maintenance calories(without exercise). The BC are also terrible as they require a tonne of water have heaps of salt and are full of preservatives etc (to be honest Id bet the super market ones are too). For dehy I use radix meals which are definitely lighter and single serves on the expedition ones have more calories than the 2 serve backcountries.

Perks of the radixs are 800 plus calories in a serve, 60%+ more calories for the same weight including extra carried water, and if you read the ingredients list it could be a recipe no preservative 123 or acidity regulator 456 etc. It obviously depends where you hunt too I'm always doing solo alps trips fly camping so i find weight a pretty important factor as well as only having to carry minimal water. if i hunt in the bush in mellow country i usually just grab the Wattie's pastas in the foil as its dirt cheap and tasty and on the flats i dont really notice any extra weight.