[pct-l] Dehydrated Commercially Prepared Meals (and food strategies in general) - Share your thoughts!

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Personally I don't eat these types of meals. I'm assuming you are  
talking about Mountain House or something similar. My partner often  
eats them. I have tasted them and don't like them. Many have too much  
flavor. Most of them are never soaked long enough to get beyond a  
horrible crunchiness (user error or do they just never really  
rehydrate??). You should make sure that you can eat them before you  
buy them. I have found my tastes change a lot on the trail,  
especially over time.

There are lots of things you can eat on the trail if you look around.  
You may find that including one or two Mountain House dinners for  
each section is sufficient.

Check out the One Pan Wonders website for more ideas about foods.  
http://onepanwonders.com


On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Heike Carrel <hcarrel26 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Dehydrated Commercially Prepared Meals (and food
> 	strategies	in general) - Share your thoughts!
> I'm not looking at a PCT Thru Hike until 2014, so I still have lots  
> of time to plan and prepare...
> ?
> I also realize just about everyone on here will most likley agree  
> that this?food option?is probably *the most* expensive option for  
> food, but I'd be interesting in hearing your thoughs/opinions  
> regardless. :)
> ?
> As far as food goes, I've kind of thought about carrying  
> commercially dehydrated meals.