Originally Posted by
mjoekingz28
...may need to be in touring...
Meal Ready to Eat..... Does anyone eat these?
I think by taking about 3 of them on a tour would not weigh much but would be nice if you couldn't find a meal that evening.
Where can you find these? A few years ago working in car audio, some guy from the army gave us all a few of these and they were really tasty and supposedly high in nutrition and could be cooked by itself without need of any heat source or tools, just a spork.
Not weight much? MRE's are *incredibly heavy*, because they contain a huge amount of packaging, to help preserve and protect them, and have even more moisture than you'd usually find in the equivalent fresh foods.
Also, they're known as "Meals Rarely Exit" because of the almost total lack of fiber, and the consequent effect on your digestive system...
MRE's are the sort of things you transport by truck, not by human power. :-)
Dehydrated camping foods are what you want. I like
http://www.hawkvittles.com/ - he's well known in camping circles, and his food is a heck of a lot tastier, and has a lot less salt, than most commercial dehydrated food. He'll also make the food to order, if you want. You can also get commerically packaged stuff at any camping store by companies like Mountain House, but you'll probably gag at the price for just a single portion.
- Rich