Repacking food

[Grandpa]

I second the fridge. I use Food Saver as well. Never had a seal break either, but then I don't think we have ever tried to seal liquids.

I like to mix a batch of peanut butter and honey. Using the narrow bags, I put about an inch of mix in each, put it in the fridge to set, then suck the air and seal. Sure saves a lot of fuss to snip the end, squeeze onto my flour torts or flatbreads for an energy lunch when backpacking.

[Grandpa]

Indiana !! Some of us mountain house users have started to split a meal for 2, using a cup for rehydrating the first meal, and the bag for the 2nd meal. Then adding other things to round out the meal, such as fresh veggies, summer sausages, cheese, flat bread or flour torts with the above pb and honey or off the shelf chicken salad on the breads. Bumblebee makes a pretty good chicken salad, tuna salad, and ham salad that keeps okay.
Last summer, I went out 9 days with one group, stopped off at the house for 12 hours for a shower garbage dump and refill and went another 9 days with another group. I was thoroughly Mt housed out at the end of that, so on the next foray of 9 days hiking and two travel days used the above changes with great success. A little extra weight, but well worth it in the end.

[IndianaHiker]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

Indiana !! Some of us mountain house users have started to split a meal for 2, using a cup for rehydrating the first meal, and the bag for the 2nd meal. Then adding other things to round out the meal, such as fresh veggies, summer sausages, cheese, flat bread or flour torts with the above pb and honey or off the shelf chicken salad on the breads. Bumblebee makes a pretty good chicken salad, tuna salad, and ham salad that keeps okay.
Last summer, I went out 9 days with one group, stopped off at the house for 12 hours for a shower garbage dump and refill and went another 9 days with another group. I was thoroughly Mt housed out at the end of that, so on the next foray of 9 days hiking and two travel days used the above changes with great success. A little extra weight, but well worth it in the end.

Sounds like a good idea. The variety sounds good and also those meals are getting expensive. Bass Pro is not at 7 to 10 bucks a pop. I am luck to have a local outfitter that sells them from 5 to 7.

I have been thinking about doing some shopping for other alternatives. Starting to look at freezer bag cooking and making my own mountain house type stuff. Finding that lots of Asian stores have good selection of different types noodles, spices, and things like mushroom that could make a tasty meal with just added water. I am going to have to do some shopping in the next few weeks and try some of these out. One problem I have is limited some what by the fact I am a vegetarian. I do eat fish some times and have been know to add tuna or salmon to different Mountain House meals