I’ve published reviews of Mountain House foods previously……. Check out the following.
Mountain House is the most popular long-term food storage provider for a reason: Great taste and 25+ year shelf life. Mountain House is so popular now their products can be commonly found at local stores such as Wal-Mart and Academy.
I’ve eaten plenty of Mountain House freeze-dried food and so far have not found a flavor I have disliked. Last week picked up a pouch of MH Chicken Breasts & Mashed Potatoes. In my food storage efforts, I’ve stocked up on quite a bit of freeze-dried food to add variety.
The package states “Two grilled, seasoned chicken breasts with rib meat, mashed potatoes with herbs & chives”. Total weight is 3.7 ounces which may seem like very little until you remember water needs to be added.
There are 440 calories in the pouch which is stated to equal two servings. This particular selection – Grilled Chicken & Mashed Potatoes – is very high in protein and carbs. Especially good for energy.
The instructions above are fairly simple. I usually go over slightly on the recommended water for Mountain House offerings. I have found in the past that using the recommended amounts would sometimes come up short thus I would need to add a bit.
As seen in the picture above the chicken breasts(left) are dry and broken into a few pieces. The boiling water is poured directly into the pouch and then sealed to “cook” the chicken. Of course, the chicken is actually pre-cooked.
After 2-3 minutes, the mashed potato powder is poured in and stirred. While stirring the chicken breaks up into smaller pieces. The smell was fantastic. There is little doubt herbs and seasonings are added for flavor.
The Final Result:
The Mountain House Grilled Chicken & Mashed Potatoes turned out very good. The chicken was so tender and the mashed potatoes had a very good texture to them.
I attempted to eat the entire plate myself for supper and couldn’t get it all down. It was very filling.
RECOMMENDED.
Rourke
Mountain House is for sure the best known freeze dried food company out there and they are very good. I’ve certainly used my share while working with the Boy Scouts.
I know that not everyone can afford one but, we purchased a Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer and have used it extensively. We bought it about 2 1/2 years ago and have packaged more than 900 2-3 person meals. The nice thing is that we know what we’ll be eating because my wife makes good food that we like.
Let me give an example of the savings we had making our own meals. If you buy, for example, Mountain House’s Chili Mac meal it is about 3.7 ounces and runs about $8.50 at Walmart. We make our own at using Nalley’s Chili and large elbow macaroni. Counting the cost of the Chili, Macaroni, Mylar Bag (8″x10″ ziplock), Oxygen Absorber, Dessicant and the cost of power to run the Freeze Dryer; a 4 ounce package costs us: $1.36
That’s a great savings compared to store bought.
If the cost to purchase a Freeze Dryer seems too high, consider buying one as a group: family, friends, church.
It has certainly been a great benefit to my family.
Just my 2 1/2 cents worth,
Myke
Appreciate the information and advice Myke!!
Mountain House is by far the best of the freeze-dried varieties. We even use it for festival meals when we are on the go. They are not kidding however when the directions say to double the time for rehydration for every 5000 feet above sea level. At 10,000 feet where we hunt elk,we found our eggs a little crunchy if we eat them too soon.