i just buy the #10 cans 0f meat.



i found that the meals were too full of filler and spices that left an after taste.burping up Chile Mac all evening and making a extra bannock to kill the stomach burn was not worth it.
here's my take on the meats.the beef tastes like beef but turns to dust from handling in the can.on canoe trips i had to put it in a hard plastic jar to keep the bits from crumbling.the freeze dry pork chops are very good,real pork centers but they need to be soaked in hot water for a long time to soften up.i put one in the left over hot water i made for tea when i pulled into camp and a few hours later at dinner they were still to hard to fry,i chopped it up and boiled it it a stew for dinner and it was still chewy.next time i would put the chop in a zip lock with hot water at breakfast and hope it would be ready by dinner.
the sausage bits are tasty,they don't crumble like the beef but have a very strong taste of pepper and the other spices that go into sausage.i used it for adding to rice packs.
the chicken will most likely be my choice for meals on the trip this year.i'll add 3/4 of a cup to a rice pack and get more of a meal than the single serving freeze dry chicken packs,and chicken tastes,well like chicken,so it can go into anything without a after taste.

Perhaps of lesser gods. But take your BNB recipe and toss in some more fruit, spices, and other secret ingredients and get the stuff Thor and Odin would command...........Fruit Cake!!!

Be careful with that my friend. Maybe OK in colder weather, but soaking 4 hours or more at temps between 40 F and 140 F and you will be brewing up some of the food poisoning beasties that can ruin you trip.

This week we're trying the Coleman dehydrated meals that have appeared in Canadian Tire stores in recent months. They're not as big as MH stuff, 1 person vs 2. We tried the dirt and worms and s'mores last night and they were winners, with the dirt and worms getting top votes. The cheesecake and entrees are next on the menu plan!

Um... first, why are they in tire stores? And what are dirt and worms?

Anytime Jac. As a bachelor I had to learn how to shop.

I love to cook. I haven't heard of this freezer bag system you speak of.

Don't forget canned tomatos Hiker. You have the solid to satisfy your hunger urges and your body treats them like water. Just a little trick I learned from an old cowhand.

LOL! Camping food and tires? Seems perfectly natural to me! Can Tire started off as an automotive service centre and store. It grew (before my time) to include outdoor sports, gardening, electronics, housewears, etc. Getting their catelouge every year when I was a kid was more exciting than the Sears Christmas catelouge!

Dirt and Worms is chocolate pudding with cookie crumbs and gummy worms. Messy and yummy.

Thanks jac. I like camping ane weapons catalogues.