Dehydrated camping food

"> I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them

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are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Jay

Way back when would have been delighted to have such suculent food....a
gourmet's delight as comapared to the jungle 'food' in the tropics...H

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

Vesta, and after reading posts about Beanfeast I was pleasently
surprised. See previous posts -
<URL:http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.walking/search?q=dehydrated&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en&>

Daytona

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Jay

For evening meals I generally use regular low weight foods rather than
special "backpakers" stuff.
Packet soups and noodles.
Rice meals, can't remember the exact stuff, but available in regular
shops. Chuck in some salami or similar to pep it up.
Pasta and sauce. I usually carry a tube of pesto, and sometimes a small
tin of tuna.
Brekkie is often a jam buttie or two and coffee. Lunch, dried fruit.
Cheers
Graham

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

I'd stay away if they are stuffing it with nasty E-numbers like that.

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Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Quite like them but find them impossible to get hold of sadly.

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them are
tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Jay

There's also a device you can buy for dehydrating your own food.

UK googled: dehydrating food
result (amongst others): http://www.ukjuicers.com/dehydrators.htm

Dehydrate your own food and then you'll know exactly whats in it.

Jhimmy

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Jay

I have found Beanfeast to be very tasty and filling, especially the
Mexican chili version.

--
Regards, Kenneth.
www.kmiles.co.uk

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

Backcountry

Andrew

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

For the most part I prefer Food, unless I've got some reason to put
total light weight above stomach comfort and general wellbeing. We used
Reiter dehydrated on the LAMM and it was reasonably edible, but the LAMM
was a special case and we wouldn't use this normally, much preferring a
good meal as part of an enjoyable overall trip even if it means carrying
a little more weight.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Jhimmy said:

There's also a device you can buy for dehydrating your own food.

UK googled: dehydrating food
result (amongst others): http://www.ukjuicers.com/dehydrators.htm

Dehydrate your own food and then you'll know exactly whats in it.

A pal has recently bought one, and so far it has turned out lots of very
usable fruit and veg (quite handy as per polytunnel greenhouse also
turns out a lot of fruit and veg!).

Just raw materials so far, but IIRC she's planning on trying to
dehydrate a made-up meal and see how that goes. If she does and I
remember this thread, I'll report back on how it went.

A dehydrating Top Tip has been that watermelons take some time! ;-)

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

On the annual coast to coast I use quick boil (4 minute) pasta and pep it up
with one of those little tubs of Dolmio (various flavours). Dolmios are
invariably bought from the Supermarket when they're on offer at two for the
price of one. Makes a tasty satisfying meal - but it's nice to get back to
'normal' food after nine or ten days of it!

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

Backcountry

Couscous. I mix it before I go with ground almond, dessicated coconut
and sultanas. I take with me a jar curry sauce. Boil water, add the
couscous mix, add sauce, cook until hot, eat.

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(Jay) said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

Muesli works pretty well, prepared in advance with the right amount of
powdered milk.

--
Vince

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(Jay) said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

Muesli works pretty well, prepared in advance with the right amount of
powdered milk.

It does indeed. Also, any mix of porage oats with chopped up dried
fruit and/or nuts. I tend to get Somerfield's own brand of crunchy
cereal and mix that in with porage oats. Add hot water, stir and munch.
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So what's wrong with good old fashioned Eccles cakes.

Work well hot, cold, whole or crushed.

And they are about the only thing you can eat at any time of the day or
night. Great with custard!

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Jay

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Snip> A pal has recently bought one, and so far it has turned out lots of
very usable fruit and veg (quite handy as per polytunnel greenhouse also
turns out a lot of fruit and veg!).

Just raw materials so far, but IIRC she's planning on trying to dehydrate
a made-up meal and see how that goes. If she does and I remember this
thread, I'll report back on how it went.

A dehydrating Top Tip has been that watermelons take some time! ;-)

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

The dehydrator's a bit too expensive for me at the moment for the ammount
out usage I do, but possibly could come in hand in a few years time as I'll
have an extra weeks worth of holidays per year, and will be taking the
Marilyns more "seriously", so wild camping will be the norm ;-)

Jhimmy

I'm with you on the vesta,
especialy the one with fried noodles,
I have a tiny bit of oil and do them in batches
just a bit of oil in a meal gives it more variety in taste and texture

I find beanfeasts get boring after a while

I found the drytech foods on www.expeditionfoods.com

They are based in North Yorkshire and do excellent mail order.

Jay

Chris Street said:

Jay said:

What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

I'd stay away if they are stuffing it with nasty E-numbers like that.

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Has anyone else tried them and has an opinion?

Quite like them but find them impossible to get hold of sadly.

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Jay

On 16/8/05 19:46, in article [email hidden],

Jay said:

I found the drytech foods on www.expeditionfoods.com

This company are pretty good. I recently lived on their Trekking Mannheim
meals for 7 or 8 days and they were pretty acceptable. Mind you after a day
climbing around mountains at 32 degrees plus, I was so knackered that I
would have eaten anything. I tended to supplement this with some instant
mash.

Expedition Food's website is pretty efficient. Order today and the stuff
will be with you in a couple of days.

On treks breakfast tends to be muesli (and dried milk). And I always start
the evening with a cup of instant soup - which is much better in France!

Mind you, it was very good to get back to some real food!

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

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What is anyones favourite brand of dehydrated meals?

I've tried a load of different dried brands and MREs and most of them
are tasteless or full of E-numbers.

Last year I discovered the Drytech 'Real expedition meals' they're
Norwegian, very light, very tasty and the only additive is Ascorbic Acid
(vitamin C).

Yes, but dont ever have the blueberry stuff. we couldnt give it away in the
end. The chocolate mousse was good but hard to rehydrate. in my opinion,
you got a good meal from one of the large ones and one of the small meals
but one on its own wasnt good.