We've done several drop camps. For 4 or less people we usually cook some type of stew, chili, pasta dish etc and freeze them flat in gallon ziplock bags, enough for 4 people, for the first two nights. After that, or when hunting season starts we eat Mountain House. Not a big fan of hunting all day, getting back after dark, having to cook and clean. For breakfasts we bring mountain house and/or the frozen breakfast sandwiches and breakfast tacos, either homemade or store bought. we pack them in frozen in a yeti soft side cooler with yeti ice packs that we can refreeze at night when temps get in the 20s. The frozen breakfast sandwiches/tacos can easily be heated on a skillet on a propane stove with the lid on (kind of like you're microwaving it). Bring some tortillas for the Mountain House Egg breakfasts and make some quick breakfast tacos. We pack picante sauce and Cholula sauce...makes everything taste better. For lunches we bring a bunch of lunchmeat, cheese, bread, tortillas for sandwiches. Cans of pringles, or the single lunch size cans, pack really well and don't get crushed like potato chips. We do bring some cooking oil, fry mix, instant mashed potatoes, cream gravy mix just in case we get an opportunity to fry up some back strap on the last night. When we get up to 5 people, like this year, we don't make "community meals" anymore, everyone bring Mountain House for the whole trip, or you can cook whatever you want on your own. We try to make it as simple as possible and eliminate as much work as possible.
