[pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them up into zip locks?

[Ron Cordell]

So the idea is to save space in a bear canister by getting rid of the foil
vacuum packaging the Mountain House comes in, correct?

What do you use to contain the boiling water/freeze dried foods? Would a
ziplock stand up to 200 degF water if it were inside some sort of re-usable
container like a foam pouch or something? I suppose I could actually do
some experimenting with that...

If I use a BearVault BV500 or a Bearikade, how many Mountain House single
service packages will actually cram in there? I haven't gotten my hands on
one of these yet to experiment...

-ronc

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:09 AM, AsABat <AsABat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:

> I've done it for short times with no problem, just can get a little stale
> sometimes. Vacuum sealing would be better.
>
> I do it all the time with gatorade etc but not in ziplocs. I use simple
> baggies, push the powdered into a corner of the most bag, push the air our,
> twist it closed and tie an overhand knot. To use I tear a tiny hole in the
> corner.
>
>
> AsABat
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> Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ruffwork -
>
> I've never done that with Mountain House, but I've done a similar thing
> with Jerky and Gatorade powder. It was a terrible idea in both instances.
> The jerky was too tough to bite, and the Gatorade powder was . . . gross.
> It expanded and got all chunky.
>
> My recommendation would be to assume the one-week expiration is accurate.
>
> Yogi
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> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, ruffwork <ruffwork at ruffwork.com> wrote:
>
> > I was looking at the price of individual packages of Mountain House
> freeze
> > dried vs. the #10 tins:
> > $2 or $3 per meal vs. $6. Wow!
> > I got a tin to try it and it says it is only good for 1 week after
> opening?
> > Has anyone ever broke down a tin into zip locks and used those?
> >
> > Just wondering...
> >
> > ruffwork
>