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hi guys, im looking into buying some freeze dried foods as a reduce weight option in my pack....
im after FLAVOUR advice, nothing else, i know they will all give me nutrition (i hope)
two people on my last trip both voted for 'Back Country' Thai chicken curry or 'anything with a sauce in it'
what are your choices please??????
In back country I like the spaghetti bol and the morrocan lamb.
I mostly get those flavoured packets of tuna and mix with instant mash potato. Cheap, light and good
My mother in law gave me some of the self heating meals. The self hearing thing was neat but they were pretty rank.
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I made my own. Cooked up a bunch of mince in a nice bolognese sauce. Then dried it in the oven. Keep it in the freezer till I'm ready to use it.
Works mint.
anything without vege in it !!
Have yet to have a bad meal from absolute wilderness, back country doesn’t even compare. The absolute wilderness stuffs looks and tastes like real food
Radix nutrition, then Absolute Wilderness, and I'd have to be just about starving before eating BackCountry cardboard :P
A useful trick with the backcountry meals is to wrap them in a jacket or sleeping bag to keep them warm while they rest, and rest them for about twice as long as it says on the packet. They may be edible after 10 minutes, but they're far nicer and closer to real food after 20.
+1 wilderness stew is my favorite and take a bit off mashed potatoe to go with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jknavara
Jeese mate, your a worry.....anyway, whats wrong with veggies?????....at least your consistent, i'll give you that...:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
Absolute Wilderness, i will look into them too.....cheers guys.....
vege is evil!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
especially when you arent expecting them like in a meat pie
Backcountry. Anything Asian-inspired, east or south if fine by me, European-style dishes not so much.
Was in a hut late last year with another couple of hunters. All 3 of us pull out Back Country meals for dinner. I commented they taste passable after a day walking around the hills, but you'd struggle to serve one up at home. One of the guys said actually, one evening at home he was too knackered to cook up dinner so just grabbed a BC freeze dry meal. How did that go down I asked. It was 5hit he said LOL.
Got myself a dehydrator last summer and started making up my own meals. Doing the meat in one batch, then rice/kumara/pumkin etc in a second batch then combining them into meal packs doesn't take that much effort and can get about 4 decent meals (like about 800cal each) done at a time.
With Back Country when possible we add the water to the bags in the morning and let them soak all day, then just heat at meal time. Makes them a lot more edibleQuote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Hmmm - now there's an idea - I must try one with it reheated in the bag in the billy i.e. double boiler as the water can then be a brew . . . . but if you already do it you can have all the credit hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
Yep thats how we reheat them, but happy to share the credit especially if there are royaltiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
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Yup - we can both make a small fortune - start with a large one and try selling chit to hunters!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
Seriously - its a bloody good idea for any dehy.
Their Eggs and bacon for breakfast is delicious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobba
I've only tried Back Country. Seemed nice enough. Especially the roast chicken and mash one.
Must try Wilderness though.
I've found the backcountry fish pie to be surprisingly good, I was expecting to be deeply disappointed the first time I tried it but it hit the spot.
back country cooked breakfast FOR TWO..... two different flavours both good...agree 100 % if you can add some water and let rehydrate then top up with the boiling stuff its an improovement.... stir shite out of it and let it rest so all gets rehydrated...its come a long way in last few years.
continental mashed spud is a far cry from the old waitak spud of old.
IF you are hungry enough, I guess BC will work. But as for flavour......forget it.
I would rather go Bear gryls ;)
The nicest dehy meal I have ever had was Mountain House (USA company).
Back in 2017 we cleared out a food store in a hut we frequent and found this meal in the bottom of the drum, Carried an expiry date of 11/98. Gave it a soak for the day and tried it for tea. Bloody fantastic, couldn't tell it wasn't the real deal.
Found out later that their products used to carry a 7 year shelf life claim.
$24.95 in the early 90s says it wasn't cheap to buy at the time.
I took great delight in telling my daughter, who was 18 at the time, that the cow that made the mince died before she was born.
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Agree... we use BC but I will only eat the roast chicken which is tasty, or the cottage pie... not as nice but edible.Quote:
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Road kill?Quote:
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Back country mash spud is the ducks nuts....better than making your own.
Stroganoffs and stews are ok, as above time to rehydrate is key.
I wouldn't buy or try anything chicken, vegetable or pasta based so cant comment on those.
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What's wrong with vege @gonetropo?Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
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Absolute Wilderness sponsors the NZDA HUNTS program.
Everyone doing a course anywhere in NZ gets two meals free!!!!
(I haven't tried mine yet, so can't comment further).
No reason you cant grab cans of ready to eat type meals (hearty stews / chilli beans etc) and dehydrate them. Cheap and easier than cooking a bunch of meals. Im doing a stack today
