The everything about food thread.

[KevDen2005]

Speaking of food storage, and thank you Jerry for the info, what about Mountain House? I was looking today and have never tried it. Is it good? How long does it last? I was just browsing around at Gander Mountain today and was looking at the cans there. One can did not take up that much space, was light weight, and had 16 servings.

Your thoughts?

[jerrymrc]

Speaking of food storage, and thank you Jerry for the info, what about Mountain House? I was looking today and have never tried it. Is it good? How long does it last? I was just browsing around at Gander Mountain today and was looking at the cans there. One can did not take up that much space, was light weight, and had 16 servings.

Your thoughts?

It's good, It's expensive. Now if you just want a variety of stuff that everyone will eat for the short term then OK. There may be a vendor in the links that sells it by the case. Used to offer group buys on the files a couple of years ago.

[KevDen2005]

It's good, It's expensive. Now if you just want a variety of stuff that everyone will eat for the short term then OK. There may be a vendor in the links that sells it by the case. Used to offer group buys on the files a couple of years ago.

I did notice that it was pretty expensive and was planning on shopping around for the best price. I was certainly thinking short term or bug out with these items. My thought is that I would continue to keep normal canned and dried goods that I bought at the store for long term.

[Batteriesnare]

Speaking of food storage, and thank you Jerry for the info, what about Mountain House? I was looking today and have never tried it. Is it good? How long does it last? I was just browsing around at Gander Mountain today and was looking at the cans there. One can did not take up that much space, was light weight, and had 16 servings.

Your thoughts?

Its good stuff, decently tasty, kinda pricy. One big downside that I see is they require boiled water for most entrees. This means you have to have some capacity to boil water (I like the MSR Pocket Rocket, $40 at REI plus fuel. Great little stove, downside is shorter fuel cell life.) I'f you're looking for something that is size and weigh efficient and (in my mind a big plus) self contained (cooking ect) I like military (not civilian) MREs. Similar concept, but they come ready to cook with the materials necessary, some extras (tp ect), have similar shelf life and are more cost effective. Just my .02.

[KevDen2005]

Its good stuff, decently tasty, kinda pricy. One big downside that I see is they require boiled water for most entrees. This means you have to have some capacity to boil water (I like the MSR Pocket Rocket, $40 at REI plus fuel. Great little stove, downside is shorter fuel cell life.) I'f you're looking for something that is size and weigh efficient and (in my mind a big plus) self contained (cooking ect) I like military (not civilian) MREs. Similar concept, but they come ready to cook with the materials necessary, some extras (tp ect), have similar shelf life and are more cost effective. Just my .02.

I used to have a number of real MRE's. The ones that didn't get eaten got thrown away. I was advised by some people whom I think are experts on the matter that if they go through many temperature changes they will go bad...and they had gone through quite a lot of severe changes just from moving all over and having to store things differently.

I actually have three different back-packing stoves. One I bought runs on gasoline, kerosine, or white gas. I looked a lot of different ones that could run on more than one fuel, this was one of the best I thought. A friend of mine had one in the army that he would run Diesel Fuel through, which I thought was pretty neat because we were so close to a lot of diesel trucks...but I haven't been able to find one that will run off of diesel

[cowboykjohnson]

How does the food saver vacuum sealer compare to sealing in mylar?

[jerrymrc]

How does the food saver vacuum sealer compare to sealing in mylar?

For short term it is ok. almost any plastic will pass 02 at an alarming rate. The thicker the mylar the better. There is a reason that MRE's last as long as they do.