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PH wrote: 31 May 2023, 10:39am I contributed to the thread linked above, couple of things to add.
These are currently my favorite noodles, it says five minutes to cook, but adding boiling water to a mug with a lid and leaving to stand is good enough:
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... curry-100g
Tried this for our evening meal. Cracking curry. Added sliced up cooked butchers cumberland bangers, chopped onion,
mangetout and sweet peppers. Brilliant!

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When away in our Campervan, which only has a double gas burner, we use those packets of microwave rice you find in supermarkets. These just need to be warmed through in a pan, with perhaps a little water added. It can then be served up with a tin of Stagg Chilli or a tin of Chicken Curry.
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well noodles aren't poison but not nutritionally balanced - wouldn't want to pedal on them long-term.
There's always these - chunks and "mince" available.

https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/searc ... a%20chunks

don't take long to rehydrate in a very small amount of boiling water which you can stir some yeast extract into for a veg meaty experience.

and then add to whatever, noodles, pasta, rice. high in protein.
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I believe dehydrated meals are necessary when one has a constant water source. After all, if one carries a dehydrated meal plus the water to hydrate it, then there are no weight savings. There are many ready meals packaged in a pouch now which are much tastier than freeze dried and packaging weight is the same.
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The alternative is to buy a dehydrator and take home-made meals you can tailor to your dietary requirements.
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My take on dehydrated or other camp meals is they taste pretty rubbish when you test them out in the kitchen, but having spent 8 or 10 hours walking or cycling, when you've got your tent pitch on the ridge, watching the sun go down with maybe with a wee dram out of the hip flask, they taste bloody brilliant. Hunkered down inside your tent because it's p*ssing down and the only view you've got is of your flysheet, they still taste rubbish though!

It's also worthwhile looking at the contents of a military 24hr ration pack. Obvious the food is designed to give a good calorific content, but some of the other things they put into them, like some sweets, flavoured drinks powder and a few treats make an other functional meal pack, into something you enjoy eating. Remember food is for the soul as well as the body.
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MarcusT wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 5:19am There are many ready meals packaged in a pouch now which are much tastier than freeze dried and packaging weight is the same.
What sort of thing are you thinking of? The ones I've seen and/or tried are certainly tastier than freeze dried, but significantly heavier for smaller portions.
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 6:36pm
MarcusT wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 5:19am There are many ready meals packaged in a pouch now which are much tastier than freeze dried and packaging weight is the same.
What sort of thing are you thinking of? The ones I've seen and/or tried are certainly tastier than freeze dried, but significantly heavier for smaller portions.
As posted, if you include water weight to re-hydrate, it is about the same. So if someone has to bring the water to re-hydrate it's the same weight as a ready to eat meal.
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MarcusT wrote: 22 Jun 2023, 5:52am
Bmblbzzz wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 6:36pm
MarcusT wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 5:19am There are many ready meals packaged in a pouch now which are much tastier than freeze dried and packaging weight is the same.
What sort of thing are you thinking of? The ones I've seen and/or tried are certainly tastier than freeze dried, but significantly heavier for smaller portions.
As posted, if you include water weight to re-hydrate, it is about the same. So if someone has to bring the water to re-hydrate it's the same weight as a ready to eat meal.
which is all well and good except i think most of us would be looking to source the H2o local to the point of rehydration, i certainly do.
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Get a dehydrator :)
I often cook a little to much so now create home dehydrated meals for when out camping, these weight nothing and keep for an age in the freezer till needed.
I find that making fruit leathers and the such good for quick boost food and somthing to add to those oats on a morning, main meals are oftem spagbol which dehydrates very well ( just weight the complete meal before placing in the dehyrator then when dry just write the weight on the bag. I use a vacuum sealer to save each meal into portions, the bag I use have a notch to open..
these pack and store good (freezer)
Just completed the coast and castles only one buying a cooked meal (fish n Chips)

Ive dehydrated almost every thing now, some work good some not so even made my own all day breaky and beef stews :)
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+1 for home dehydration. I take dried meal-size portions in ziploc bags, adding a little water mid-afternoon so the meal starts to rehydrate ready for that evening's meal.
I then double bag the wetted mixture using a second, larger ziploc just in case of leakage into the pannier - though that hasn't happened to me yet.
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