Mountain House Food Packs

[jstiz]

Was looking through my deal site yesterday and noticed Mountain House 13-Pack (34 servings) Premium Meal Assortment on sale for 29.99. Called couple local stores and bought a few Are these good SHTF food or will I just be using them on my backpack trips??

If anyone was wanting to check their local Costco here is the thread...

Mountain House 13-Pack (34 servings) Premium Meal Assortment - $29.97- Costco YMMV - Slickdeals.net

 

[actaeon277]

I think they're pretty good.
Wouldn't want to live off them. But good for a temporary situation.
I usually have a few food bars in addition set aside.
Mountain House needs hot water, and you may not have that available if you're scooting.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I have some in my long term storage preps. They taste great. I take a couple every wilderness camping trip I take. I don't recall any being brought back home.

 

[hooky]

You can rehydrate these meals without hot water. It just takes a lot longer.

Looking at that list, I've had the spaghetti & meat sauce, stroganoff and the apple crisp. They taste a lot better if you're tired from a day on the trail than if you're just hunkered down and sheltering in place.

 

[jstiz]

Well first backpacking trip of fall is Nov1st so we will see how they are. Thanks for the input!

 

[woowoo2]

Out of all the brands out there, I feel these taste the best. It's what I keep in the shelter because they will stay good through winter cold.

 

[tradertator]

I'm a huge fan. Way lighter than an MRE, and you can cook them in the bag so cleanup is super easy.

 

[YayGuns]

Usually take these instead of MRE's when we go out in the field or trips to the mountains. Taste pretty good too. A couple of these and a jetboil and you're in business

 

[Car Ramrod]

* + .97 means it's a good deal and probably won't be coming back any time soon, if ever again.

I went to Costco yesterday and meant to look for some of these, but didn't remember until after I had got back to the house.

 

[seamonster]

Went today and they were totally out

 

[goldtrigger]

I prefer Mountain house to mre or wise foods.

 

[Mcolson181]

Went today and they were totally out

Which location did you go to?

 

[jstiz]

I went to Springdale in Ohio and cleaned them out last week. The indy store was nice enough to look up store quantity's for me.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

That's a good deal. They're pretty good, we use them in Wyoming every year.

 

[seamonster]

went to Costgo in Castleton.....north side of Indy if you aren't familiar with the area

 

[Small's]

The wife, kids and I went camping for a week and a half. We probably ate 10-15 different meals by mountain house, wise and a backpackers. The mountain house was very good I thought. Probably the best was beef stroganoff but all of them tasted good. The wise was ok. It was more mushy and salty but still tasted good and the backpackers was chicken Alfredo and it was good also. I have no problem eating them and they are alot better than granola bars for dinner. We picked up a bucket on amazon for $48 shipped when most of the local stores sell them for $70.

 

[Echelon]

I called both Indy stores, both said they no longer stock these.

 

[indytechnerd]

I regularly use MH foods when I go backpacking. I've tried Backpackers Pantry, but everything I tried was ridiculously spiced up. I'm not a fan. For MH, Noodles with Chicken is tops, tastes like one of those Knorr side dishes. Beef stew, spaghetti and meat sauce, and finally chili mac round out my top picks. For breakfast, the Breakfast Skillet rolled up in tortillas is absolutely awesome and a great start to a day of hiking. Lots of lasting energy there.

 

[harrna02]

Thanks for the input on these. I am looking for something for long term storage in my BOB. Can anyone tell me how long they can be stored?

 

[Car Ramrod]

Thanks for the input on these. I am looking for something for long term storage in my BOB. Can anyone tell me how long they can be stored?

Packages are 7+ years.
#10 cans are 30+ years.

Mountain House says they don't go "bad", just lose flavor.