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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 03:09:24 No.45716 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>46010

Homemade MRE's

Anybody have guides on things to pack?

It's all well and good to bring a whole bunch of food for a weekend away in the hills but space and weight saving is always good. Does anybody here make compact and nutritional MRE packs?

I'm thinking along the lines of porridge/oats, chocolate, tinned meat. Stuff that only requires heat or water.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 03:24:51 No.45771 Report

Quoted By: >>45894 >>46860

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 03:25:28 No.45775 Report

Quoted By: >>48159 >>48375

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 03:42:35 No.45865 Report

Quoted By: >>45898

Make your own pemmican.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 03:53:48 No.45894 Report

Quoted By: >>45907 >>45918

>>45771
That seems like weird advice. Why would you be taking any kind of chips? And if you're sweating all day, what's wrong with a nice, salty hot dog? "Half a day's salt" relative to a 2,000 calorie diet for sedentary lifestyles isn't the same as half a day of salt for someone backpacking ten miles up a mountain.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:00:02 No.45898 Report

Quoted By: >>45938

>>45865
>>45865
Wasn't really familiar with this until I googled after reading your comment. This sounds like a fun project and totally awesome idea to get something ready for camping/backpacking. Is it tasty, though? I read one description that it tastes like "bland dog food." How can you spice it up? Any recommendations on what meat/fat to use?

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:02:22 No.45907 Report

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>>45894
Trust me. If you're eating any sort of processed food you don't need to worry about your body running out of salt. If anything you can look at it as a detox.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:06:29 No.45918 Report

Quoted By: >>45927

>>45894
Chips are lots of calories and salt and they don't spoil easily.
Sounds like something you could need on a long hike.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:07:49 No.45924 Report

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>Take chips for salt
>Get low salt hot dogs

yup

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:08:25 No.45927 Report

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>>45918
I was mostly thinking of the bulk:food ratio.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:12:00 No.45938 Report

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>>45898
Unfortunately my own knowledge of it is limited. You could try adding food you forage/ fish/ hunt for to it to make it more flavorful, even rehydrating dried meats like jerky might work, though you might want to make your own or choose ingredients for the pemmican that would compliment the flavors better.

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Summit !lNFL.cZRhE Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:19:25 No.45969 Report

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What about soylent?

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:23:37 No.45985 Report

Quoted By: >>46000 >>47363

MRE's is actually the last part of the BOB im working on.

What's the best way to vacuum pack foods if I dont have an actual vaccum packing machine? The best i've been to do with ammo and cottonballs is to suck the air out by mouth and compress them.

Would a vacuum hose through the mouth of a ziplock bag, then sealing it work fine?

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:27:32 No.46000 Report

Quoted By: >>46059

>>45985
Canning it, but I imagine glass jars would be impractical for what you're after.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:30:02 No.46010 Report

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>>45716
can of oats.
jar of peanut butter.
jug of water.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:44:30 No.46059 Report

Quoted By: >>46080

>>46000
I have a few quart jars that I could fit a lot of stuff in, but I'm planning on something I can carry that doesn't weigh too much. I mean, I could always get presealed stuff and bag it, suck some air out and not poke the holes to vacuum seal too

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:53:30 No.46080 Report

Quoted By: >>46094

>>46059
You might want to ask /ck/, just don't let them know it's for a BoB if you want any help.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:54:58 No.46091 Report

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I haven't seen this link on here yet.
backpackingchef.com

some solid recipes and inspiration

this is worth gleaning as well
http://www.trailcooking.com/trail-cooking-101

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 04:55:18 No.46094 Report

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>>46080
thanks, will do

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 13:53:31 No.46860 Report

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>>45771
i would not trust anything presented in this list with the possible exception of the oats if they were untreated in anyway

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 17:53:18 No.47363 Report

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Canned meat is no good if you're looking for weight savings. Tuna and spam come in little packets, but it's really expensive for what you get. If you want meat, get some hard salami like pepperoni.

Also look into buying dehydrated food in bulk, or even make your own. It's amazing what can be dehydrated, including things like eggs and tomato sauce. Retailers catering to preppers have lots of preserved stuff, although you may need to buy 25 pounds of it.

Go check out your local ethnic market, whatever ethnicity it may be. Poor immigrants always have some very clever traditional way of preserving meat, and it's probably delicious.

>>45985
Just get a vacuum packer. I've never understood why BOB types like to cheap out...

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 18:08:24 No.47422 Report

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>>46860
Also, high sodium high fat potato chips are an excellent emergency energy food with bonus electrolytes.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 21:37:45 No.48159 Report

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>>45775
this

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 22:40:42 No.48375 Report

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>>45775
If you are going to go through the trouble of doing this, don't use nutritionally-barren food like instant ramen. Fail.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 22:53:35 No.48407 Report

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 23:09:21 No.48446 Report

Quoted By: >>48471

>>48407
>military MREs are more than twice that
Who pays $10 for an MRE? Come to think of it, why would you pay $5 for a handful of snacks, put them in a ziplock bag, and call it a meal?

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Anonymous Sun 24 Mar 2013 23:20:18 No.48471 Report

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>>48446

http://www.campingsurvival.com/brnesecaofmi.html

http://www.amazon.com/MRE-Meals-Ready-Premium-Heaters/dp/B007HOB4FC/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1364167124&sr=8-7&keywords=mre

http://www.armysurplusworld.com/product.asp?productID=29301

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