Prepper Product Review: Mountain House Freeze-Dried Foods

 

Mountain House puts out some of the best freeze-dried foods on the market and are highly regarded in the prepper community. They have been in business for almost 40 years and have put a lot of time and effort into improving their products. They offer a variety of serving sizes including pouch meals , #10 cans, and Just in Case 3 and 7 day kits. They have extended shelf lives pouches up to 7 years and #10 cans up to 25 years making them great options for your short and long term food storage stockpiles.

 

These freeze-dried food products are real easy to prepare you just need to add hot water and wait 10 minutes. Although technically you can use cold or Luke warm water to prepare them but they are not nearly as tasty when you don’t use hot water. So if your going to add these to your short or long term food storage try and make sure you also include a heating source to use for preparing them. Also since these meals do take water to prepare them adjust your water storage accordingly preppers. But they do take a lot less water and don’t require a fuel source to prepare them unlike other dehydrated and frozen foods would making them a much better disaster or doomsday scenario option.

 

The Mountain House #10 cans are a favored option for most preppers. They are light and portable and are great for groups or individual use as they hold multiple servings. They also have the longest possible shelf life available at 25 years. After the #10 can is opened it is recommended that its contents be used within a 2 to 3 week period for the freshest results although they will last a bit longer. They are also very affordable options even for preppers on a budget and you can put together a sizable survival stockpile of them at a reasonable price.

Now the big question how do they taste. I think most will find these to be a lot more tasty then you would expect , again make sure and prepare them with hot water for the maximum flavor and texture results. But they offer a great selection and so far i have not hit one of them that i can say i didn’t like. Of course i have enjoyed some more then others but they all make for a very suitable and flavorful meal esp in a doomsday or disaster scenario. Before you invest in your stockpile with #10 cans get some of the pouches and try em out and see which ones you like best. Here are some of the options available in #10 cans:

 

  • Entrees: Beef Stew, Barbecue Saucer w/ Beef, Chicken a la King w/ Noodles, Beef Stroganoff, Chicken Stew, Chicken Teriyaki w/ Rice, Chili Mac w/ Beef , Diced Chicken, Lasagna w/ Meatsauce , Macaroni and Cheese, Mexican Style Rice and Chicken, Pasta Primavera, Seafood Chowder, Spaghetti w/ Meatsauce, Sweet and Sour Pork w/ Rice , Turkey Tetrazzini and more ….
  • Vegetables: Corn, Green Beans, Garden Green Peas
  • Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs w/ Bacon, Granola w/ Milk and Blueberries, Breakfast Skillet, Scrambled Eggs w/ Ham and Peppers and more …….
  • Desserts: Apple Pie w/ Cinnamon, Blueberry Cheesecake, Cottage Cheese, Raspberry Crumble, Sliced Strawberries, and more ………

 

 

Mountain House also offers “Just in case kits” in 7 and 3 day sizes. These kits have 3 meals a day for 7 days in main kit and 3 days in the 72 Hour meal kit for a single person. Now with these the serving sizes are rather small and honestly if you have any kind of appetite the 72 hour kit is likely more like a 48 hour kit. You could of course stretch it to make the whole 72 hours but ya may have some stomach grumbles. Still they are easy to store and take up minimal space for what they offer.

There are other brands on the freeze-dried food market but with out a doubt Mountain House is the top of the line in the industry. So when looking to fill your survival food storage supply make sure to give Mountain House a look.

Preppers these meals are great but remember they should not be your main food storage source. To stay healthy and get all the things your body needs you need to have a more diverse variety of food items stored and these should be used for a backup food stockpile source. You can survive on them for a manageable time frame but they aren’t essential for extremely long periods of time as your only source of nutrition.

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