diy mountainhouse style meals?

[gunsllinger]

im looking at making my own mountain house style meals and was wondering what to use as packaging that was safe to just ad hot water and cook in. any suggestions or shared personal experience would be much appreciated. thanks in advance

 

[Muledeerfanatic]

quart freezer bags

 

[loggerchas]

Food saver vac-seal bags have worked for me. (take a spare bag in case you get a puncture in one when packing in). Have some rocks pre-positioned to hold bag upright. I take a couple of the smallest binder clips I can find to roll top over and keep it closed (bugs) while contents stew together.

 

[AT Hiker]

What about Mylar bags? If dooms day preppers use them then they must be legit for us backcountry folk.

Why Mylar Bags Are Your Food Storage's Secret Weapon


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[Owenst7]

What about Mylar bags? If dooms day preppers use them then they must be legit for us backcountry folk.

Why Mylar Bags Are Your Food Storage's Secret Weapon


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Polyester is certainly tougher than LDPE (ziplocks). I don't see a benefit other than that. I'm guessing they're a lot more expensive, and require the use of a heat sealer.

I just use freezer ziplocks. I always have them in the house and use them a ton for backpacking. I also prefer the reclosable feature for packing out my garbage. I usually steal a clean one from my food rations for things like tenderloins, heart, liver, testicles, etc.

 

[AT Hiker]

Polyester is certainly tougher than LDPE (ziplocks). I don't see a benefit other than that. I'm guessing they're a lot more expensive, and require the use of a heat sealer.

I just use freezer ziplocks. I always have them in the house and use them a ton for backpacking. I also prefer the reclosable feature for packing out my garbage. I usually steal a clean one from my food rations for things like tenderloins, heart, liver, testicles, etc.

I use freezer ziplock as well but then again I don’t go the freeze dried route unless I purchase the pre made meals.
If I was going through the trouble of making my own freeze dried meals then I might look into the Mylar for the long term storage side of it. Plus you could create a crafty label and stake claim to your own brand.


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[Owenst7]

I use freezer ziplock as well but then again I don’t go the freeze dried route unless I purchase the pre made meals.
If I was going through the trouble of making my own freeze dried meals then I might look into the Mylar for the long term storage side of it. Plus you could create a crafty label and stake claim to your own brand.


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I'm guessing he's only talking about dehydrated food. Freeze drying requires quite the investment.

I personally keep my self-dehydrated stuff frozen or refrigerated most of the time until I'm headed out for a trip. I don't really feel like calculating moistures for quality assurance, or using additional preservatives. I've never had an issue, but it just seems prudent to do it that way. Even if I were trying to stockpile for the apocolypse, it would still last longer that way.

 

[RojoGrande]

Use quart freezer bags with pre-measured food saver packets for a meal. Cooked and dehydrated ground meat, usually elk or lean ground meat. I use dry noodles and flavor packets from hamburger helper, plus some powdered milk and also throw in some dehydrated veggies, mushrooms, etc. Takes about 3/4 a cup of boiling. Empty the contents for the pre-measured items into the freezer back, pour in boiling water, pop in a cozy for 15 minutes or so. Lots of other recipes here Backpacking Meals & Food: 3-Day Menu with Calories

 

[nickstone]

Packit gourmet has a bunch of different ingredients on their website, as well as bags and other packaging.

 

[couesbitten]

Quart freezer ziploc bags or heavy duty vacuum seal bags, I second the use of a mini binder clip with the vacuum seal bags.

 

[Backyard]

Quart freezer bags. and I made my own koozie envelope for "cooking" from a auto sun shade and some foil tape.

 

[NebraskaStickHunter]

just buy the vacuum seal bags with the zipper feature on it already. I plan on buying bulk and portioning it out to individual sizes for use. The bags I have been using are the cabelas brand ones because they are a touch thicker and don't seem to get holes as easily as the food savor bags.

 

[Mtnman84]

Another for for pack it gourmet bags. Pretty cheap 3 different sizes used them on three trips last season excellent product highly recommended

 

[tttoadman]

I bought these. I figured I would prefer something that was self supporting and short enough to not make a mess. They say they are reusable. I haven't gotten that far yet.
Bowl Bags

 

[Gatorgrizz27]

This guy does a really good video on it.

How To Dehydrate Your Own Backcountry Meals - YouTube