Also note that in my area these AlpineAire freeze-dried dishes, with two servings, are retailing for just under $8 each, I've been getting individual (and yummy) XMRE brand meals for about $9 locally (until they sold out recently) while a renown large sporting goods chain sells Meal-Kit Supply MRE's...

FYI we are at about 5200 ft elevation. I measured the boiled water, stirred and waited a few minutes longer than directions indicated - I also kinda kneaded and swished around the re-sealed pouches during that time. Again we split each pouch, actually taking only about a third each. I liked them bot...

Sierra Chicken has spiral pasta, corn, some mushroom and a little milk powder among it's ingredients. http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv39/paintballWolfsbane/DSCF3965.jpg to provide 60% of vitamin A, 100% of C, 40% of iron and 10% calcium. http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv39/paintballWolfsban...

checking out the Brown Rice and Chicken with Vegetables http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv39/paintballWolfsbane/9c20af5a-aafb-4a8e-b824-182a54cbbc53.jpg opened up we find http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv39/paintballWolfsbane/DSCF3961_1.jpg and when it was rehydrated http://i667.photobucket.c...

Round Two of the Killgore family Alpine Aire taste-off ! The contenders - Brown Rice and Chicken with Vegetables versus Sierra Chicken - both "low sodium" http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv39/paintballWolfsbane/DSCF3968.jpg As before both are freeze-dried, fairly recently packed (these are the ol...

They should make them also for venison, squirrel, possum, and cat !

sounds like an opportunity to market a "More" pack around a better pop-tart !

Our first round was Hawaiian style Teriyaki Chicken vs. Dijon Chicken, my wife and I shared and compared. Both are proudly labeled "lower sodium" - important to us, the % are in the mid-20's. HTC is built with rice, it rehydrated nicely, the taste was good and it was my wife's clear favorite. Dijon ...

I now have the Esbit solid fuel stove kit (weighs under 1/2 lb, cup holds 20 oz) and their alcohol stove kit (about 2 lb but really has two pots, the largest is rated for 985 ml or 33 oz) and I hope to run some trials this spring !

They're back on sale at Ebay !