The Mountain House “Just In Case” Emergency Kits giveaway has expired. We will be going through all contest entries and selecting the winners by the end of the weekend. Thank you for everyone who participated! You created some awesome Prepper Holiday Feasts! Stay tuned!
Traditional American Thanksgiving Dinner Turkey or Main Course If you were able to bag a turkey hunting or you raised your own backyard turkey or chicken, that would be your only option for roasting an entire bird [unless you count frozen food as pantry food]. However, this is not an option for most. Thus, I am suggesting one Mountain House Chicken Breast & Mashed Potatoes per guest as the entree. To make the chicken breast more festive, brush with cranberry glaze before serving. Potatoes can be served with canned gravy or melted Butter Buds. -- Cranberry Orange Glaze: 1 16 ounce canned jellied Cranberry Sauce 1 cup canned Orange Juice.(can substitute Tang) 1 cup Brown Sugar 1 3-inch Cinnamon Stick Mix together the orange juice, brown sugar and cranberry sauce in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil, drop in the cinnamon stick, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring frequently, until the cranberry sauce is melted and the glaze is hot and bubbling, about 10 minutes. Dressing: My family would disown me if I didn’t make dressing from scratch, but here is a pantry alternative: Bring 1 ¼ cup canned chicken broth and ¼ cup liquefied Butter Buds to a boil. Add Stove Top Stuffing package and add ½ cup Honeyville’s Sausage Crumbles and mix. Cover and stand for 5 minutes. May also add dehydrated apple pieces if desired. Vegetables -- Sweet Potato Casserole [Bake in cast iron pan over the fire coals] 1 40 ounce can cut yams, drained ½ cup brown sugar ¼ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg beaten [2 tablespoons powdered whole egg + 2 teaspoons water] 4 tablespoons liquefied Butter Buds 1 16 ounce package of mini marshmallows Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mash yams in a large bowl and add brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, egg, and butter buds. Mix well. Place 1/2 mixture in 1 quart baking dish. Top with a layer of marshmallows, then add remaining mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and top with remaining marshmallows. Bake for another 10 minutes or until marshmallows are lightly browned. -- Green Bean Casserole [Bake in cast iron pan over the fire coals] 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup 1/2 cup canned or reconstituted powdered milk 1 teaspoon onion powder Dash ground black pepper 3-4 reconstituted packages of Mountain House Green Beans [enough to equal 4 cups] or Honeyville Freeze Dried Green Beans 1 1/3 cups canned French’s® French Fried Onions Stir the soup, milk, onion powder, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the bean mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining onions. Bake for 5 minutes more until the onions are golden brown. -- Roasted Root Vegetables: Use home dehydrated bite size pieces of potato, sweet potato, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, carrots and onions and rehydrate in canned chicken broth brought to a boil. Add vegetables to roasting pan and add more chicken broth. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with dried rosemary. Salt and pepper to taste. Bake in cast iron pan over the coals until liquid is absorbed and vegetables are lightly browned. -- Corn: Either canned (prefer Freshlike Gold & White corn) or rehydrate home dehydrated corn. Toss with Butter Buds and salt and pepper before serving Corn Bread: Marie Calendars Original Corn Bread Mix [Just need to add water] and bake in cast iron pan Desserts -- Apple Crisp: Make individual servings of Mountain House Apple Crisp -- Pumpkin Pie: Pumpkin Pie Spice Twinkie or Pumpkin Pie Pop Tart Beverage Wine, hard cider or St. Julian’s Sparkling Juice [my adult kid’s favorite] or make a Buzz Aldrin Cocktail -- 4 ounces vodka and 2 tablespoons Tang
If I could go back in time, I'd love to sit down at Mama's Christmas dinner, as it was done when I was young. Grew up on a farm, where being prepared was simply a way of life. Memories go back to the time before REA brought power lines across our land. Her "traditional" menu choices were the results of my parents era and our "prepper" lifestyle. Supper's ready! Come on before it gets cold! Somebody ask the blessing. Fresh or corned ham - baked or boiled (depending on when the hogs were butchered) Boiled backbone and spare ribs (similar to today's pork neckbones & gravy) Free range chicken salad made with free range eggs from our chicken house Potato salad from stored potatoes & more of those eggs Can't forget her deviled eggs, either! Collards (always sweeter after Jack Frost arrives) seasoned with cured ham hock Whole baked sweet taters served with homemade butter & Karo syrup or molasses Other vegetables varied by what she had preserved during the summer A big pot of homemade tomato vegetable beef soup seasoned with fatback (salt pork) and broth from the boiled meats. (Especially chicken) Homemade hot scratch biscuits and fried cornbread - made with fresh lard Coffee, southern sweet iced tea, milk & buttermilk when the cow was producing milk Mama loved to make desserts. We were a large family + guests, so she pulled out all the stops for Christmas. She started baking 3 days before Christmas Day. Chocolate 3 layer cake with red & green layers & decorated with Maraschino cherries Pineapple 3 layer cake with crushed pineapple between layers & rings with cherries on top Coconut 3 layer cake with grated fresh coconut prepared in sweetened coconut water Chocolate Chess Pie topped with meringue from our eggs Coconut Pie with more fresh coconut Lemon Pie with more meringue Banana Pudding made from scratch (more eggs!) As I look at her menu, every dish had some aspect of being prepared. ie "prepper" Homegrown meats, vegetables, dairy & routinely well stocked pantry staples. Her shopping list to prepare this meal was usually short. Bananas Fresh coconuts celery (for the salads) Milk (usually condensed) if the cow was waiting to freshen (give birth again) Maraschino cherries Our family kept her traditional Christmas dinner for many years. Still do bits & pieces from her treasured recipes. Sadly, as age has taken it's toll on sodium & sugar intake, along with availability of some of the items, we partake of less & less, except memories. Thank you for the opportunity to enter your contest. Win or lose, thank you for the opportunity to spend a few minutes remembering her table, laden with the fruits of my parents labor. To be prepared to put supper on the table in good times and bad. PS: IMO, Being prepared, also means being prepared to help others when the need arises.
In think mountain house is delicious BUT I do still take issue with the fact that post "servings" and not calories and macronutrient breakdown in bold letters on the box. A "serving" is just a marketing tactic. Personally I'm more concerned with how much energy and what sort I'm getting the box, that should be what people want especially for prepping. That said I don't doubt these are delicious, convenient and for a person with deep pockets absolutely the best option. Amazing GAW as usual I just hope they cover your shipping costs!
+Canadian Prepper That, why you should have a small bottle of olive oil, Small bags about a teaspoon and two person bags about a tablespoon. Unless you like eating a lot of dried prunes and fruits to balance out the gut. Good thought.
1 canned ham instant mashed potatoes Knorr gravy mix canned french cut green beans can of cream of mushroom soup dried minced onions granulated garlic can of pumpkin pumpkin spice blend Bisquick powdered milk powdered eggs salt and pepper Remove ham from can place in dutch oven and bake to heat to 165 F make instant mashed and gravy place green beans, cream of mushroon soup, dried onions and granulated garlic in a sauce pan and heat through mix bisquick, milk powder, egg powder a pinch of salt with pumpkin add just enough water to make into batter for pumpkin muffins. Season finished food to taste.
I do a lot of camping and this is a Thanksgiving recipe I've eaten many times and it works well. Main course is Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini. Then I have a bunch or “sides” including Stove Top single serving size of Chicken Stuffing, Idahoan instant Baby Red mashed Potatoes and a pouch of Mountain House Green Beans. Now I like to add Ocean Spray Crasins to the Stuffing and even throw a little extra on the side. I also bring a small zip lock bag with some mini marshmallows and add a few to the potatoes once they are done to let the marshmallows melt. Last but not least I add one MRE Cornbread to help sop up all the gravy from the Turkey Tetrazzini. For dessert I love the Mountain House Raspberry Crumble but I think the new Mountain House New York Style Cheesecake sprinkled with a little pumpkin spice would be great too. While this is great for backpacking as you just have to add water, it's also great to make this from the preps in your pantry.
Hi Urban Prepper. First, I'm from Bulgaria . Maybe you haven't heard of Bulgaria, but i can assure you that this is a country with rich history and for sure rich and colorful cuisine. For example for a tipical holiday dinner we have at least 20-30 traditional meat meals. But when it comes to canned and dihidrated food this traditional meals come down to less than 6-7.In our stores there can be found canned version of meatballs with white sause, steak with something, baked beans with sausage and choped pork meat. Also there is a tipical bulgarian dish called ''sarmi'' . That is rice with vegetables and meat wraped in a vine or cabbage leaves, and then they are boiled. It's very tipical to find baked pumpkin kind of pumpkin pie. And lastly there is one more dessert called baklava which originaly is from Turkey. If i have to build a dinner out if this i''l choose - Meatballs, baked beans with sausage, ''sarmi'', and some pumpkin pie, which actually is called ''tikvenik''. I hope you now know a little bit more about Bulgarias' traditions and cuisine.
Just purchased another 5 day. Personally, it doesn't matter what the meal consists of specifically, as long as everyone is together and safe (and prepared). Cheers.
-Mountain house grilled chicken breast and mashed potatoes. (Gravy packet for the taters, of course) -Stuffing (or what people call in the south, dressing). No freeze-dried food company makes a ready-to-go stuffing mix, but that’s probably because there’s no need to. Stove Top stuffing is little more than dehydrated vegetables, bread, and herbs. The package directions suggest adding hot water and butter, but liquid oil will work in place of butter. -Green bean casserole. Start with a package of Mountain House cut green beans. Add to the package one packet of instant mushroom soup (Campbell’s and several other brands make these) and half cup of French fried onions. Add hot water, stir, and top with more fried onions. -A Holiday meal without pie is not a Holiday meal at all. Mountain house apple crisp. For extra flavor, try throwing a handful of the dried cranberries and almonds from your trail mix into the packet. If you'd rather have pumpkin pie, Cliff bar offer a pumpkin pie flavor.
Here a tip, I would stuff the Mt house pouches in new 1 gallon paint cans from the local hardware store. I been doing this for years, waterproof, resealable lid, vermin proof. The new five gallon plastic buckets are okay and will fit the 2 day box easy. Good video.
My Holiday Meal Plan for you. Soup: Idaho creamy potato soup. Boil 2 cups of water and you have soup. - 1 pack Biscuits: Makes about 6 biscuits. 2 cups of self rising flour. Not all purpose! 1 Tbsp sugar 6 Tbsp powdered milk 4 Tbsp peanut oil 1 cup water Premix all of the dry ingredients. Then add the oil and water. You can cook them over the fire using cast iron. Put a little oil in the cast iron to get them not to stick and to make them crispy. Main meal: Mountainhouse macaroni and cheese - 1 or 2 packs and you will need 2 cups of water per pack. Mountainhouse fire roasted vegetable blend pack - 1 pack will need 1 1/2 cups f water. Mountainhouse diced chicken can to mix in with the roasted vegetable.- 1 can because it doesn't come on a pack. Dessert: Mountainhouse Raspberry crumble - 1 pack will need 1 1/3 cups of water. Or new from Mountainhouse cheesecake bites. - 2 packs no water needed.
Since it is just after thanksgiving lets stay with that theme for dinner. This will also depend on what u stock in your pantry. But first step is to set up some snares and collect some wild edibles. Then a snack of some datrex bars instead of cheese and crackers and pine needle tea instead of wine, while we wait for dinner. 1st course is a salad (or last course if your Italian) with the wild edibles you have collected. The main course has sides of mac and cheese (KD, mountain house or w.e. you stock in your pantry), some sliced canned potatoes, canned corn, canned peas and carrots, some rice, and a can of cranberries for your main entree of a stuffed squirrel or pigeon depending on what you caught in your traps. Dessert is mountain house neapolitan ice cream because i love that stuff. I have never eaten squirrels or pigeons but there are a lot of them in my city and this is a grid down situation after all, so u have to make due with what u have!!!!
this seemed to be a difficult give away. mainly cause i stick with freeze dried for my prepping and bug out bag, get home back and such. I also wanted to stick with only that and stuff i've tried myself. I've been a backpacker's pantry type person. i've never actually had any mountain house meals and plan to try them (buy them individually to taste test) especially if i get lucky enough to be picked. finding a good meat type of option for this holiday meal was difficult since there isn't much of a ham or turkey option. below is what i picked (and i have tried them all and enjoy them as well). --Dinner-- Backpacker's pantry Chicken and Rice (x2 as only has 2 servings) Backpacker's pantry Mashed Potatoes and Gravy with beef (x2 as only as 2 servings) Backpacker's pantry Corn (x1 has 4 servings) Backpacker's pantry Macaroni and Cheese (x2 only has 2 servings and kid preppers favorite food. :D ) --Desert-- Backpacker's pantry Apple D'lite (x2 only has 2 servings) all the dinner options are very easy to fix. just a add boiling water and zip the bag closed and give it some time. the only one that is a little more involved is the desert. it requires to be mixed with water in a pot and brought to a boil on the stove. so the clean up for this would be very minimal being the plate ware, silver ware, and the one pot. :)
Holiday Meal Honeyville freeze dried turkey McCormicks turkey gravy pack Stovetop stuffing If you like tamales ( use Fritos crushed and add water to make the outside for the inside use a can of Libby's roast beef add crushed red pepper, salt, pepper to taste. Wrap in corn husk and steam about an hour and half. Sides Pinto Beans Broccoli Casserole-Steamed rice add honeyville freeze dried broccoli and velveeta cheese ( that stuff last forever and does not require refrigeration) Corn bread pack to go with beans Instant mashed potatoes Desserts- crushed graham crackers, sliced bananas, brachs Carmel Squares melted mix together. I think that would be a perfect meal for a prepper Great Contest! Always wanted to try mountain house. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the opertonity. Turkey terrazzo, cut green beans, whole kernel corn, apple crisp, biscuits and gravy, chili mac with beef, garden green peas, chicken and mash potatoes, raspberry crumble.
I'm gonna go a different route here with MRE meal preps. For sides you can use the MRE Tray packs that can be bought specifically for Hollidays or other family events. Mashed potatoes with chicken gravy. Cornbread stuffing with sausage Some Individually wrapped MRE corn bread Mexican chili mac For mains. Still using the tray packs Turkey cutlets Pork sausage links For desert. MRE brownies Tray pack sweet potato casserole MRE Apple dessert Those delicious MRE shakes! Probably not the best options but shows how versatile MREs can be.
Holiday Emergency Food Feast: •Starter: -Valley Food Storage: Irish Pub Cheddar Potato Soup. -Mountain House: Pilot Crackers •Main Course: -Backpacker's Pantry: Chicken and Dumplings -Nutristore: Green Peas & Corn -Augason Farm's: Apple Delight Drink Mix •Dessert: -Mountain House: Raspberry Crumble Thanks for another great video and the chance at another prize giveaway. You rock man, looking forward to more videos from you! -Ray
Appetizer - Firegrilled Spam and Pineapple Kabobs with teriyaki sauce Entree 1 - New Orleans Rice with Shrimp and Ham Entree 2 - Turkey Tetrazzini using canned turkey and Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini Bisquick biscuits Canned Green Beans Dried Fruit Compote Dessert - Pistachio Pudding using dry milk and Jello brand Pistachio Pudding After Dinner drink of Tea Powder with Tang (may add rum to make a toasty adult beverage)
Holiday prepper meal Original peppered turkey jerky. Canned Ham. Add water mashed potatoes. Add water gravy pack. Can of green beans with a bag of chips crushed for topping. Just add water chocolate pudding. All water for cooking provided by your gravity system. Blue can water for drinking.
What you'll need: 4xMountain House freeze dried lasagna. 4xPolar Bear Cookies & Cream brand freeze dried ice-cream (or really any brand) 1x ziploc bag of coffee 1xold prescription bottle with sugar (for the coffee) 2x100ml bottles with red wine of your choice.(Merlot is best) 4x bottles of pre prepped water to drink (or more) 6x bottles of pre prepped water to cook with. (lasagna and ice cream and coffee.) 4xnature valley peanut butter snack bars incase anyone's still a tad hungry. 4xSea to Summit collapsible bowls and cups. 4xlong sports. And finally a jet boil stove to do it all on. The meal would consist of Lasagna, with red wine, or water, or both to drink. Freeze dried ice cream for dessert. And afterwards coffee, with a little sugar. and if anyone's still a little hungry nature valley bars. That's everything that I can do with what I have. I hope you like it and pick me 👍☺.
Aplineaire freeze-dried mashed potatoes with gravy and turkey pouch x2 Mountain House macaroni & cheese pouch x2 Mountain House corn pouch x2 Mountain House green beans pouch x2 Cream of mushroom soup, 1 can Condensed milk, 1 can French's crispy fried onions (Combine the above to make green bean casserole) Cranberry sauce, 1 can Mountain House Apple crisp pouch Clif Bars: Spiced pumpkin pie and/or pecan pie Fetzer Gewurtztraminer wine Alpine pumpkin spiced apple cider packets
Freeze Dried Holiday! Appetizer: Snack on some freeze dried Italian style meatballs with a can of marinara or BBQ sauce for dipping! beprepared.com/freeze-dried-meatballs-small-can.html Side dishes: Mashed potatoes: Idahoan mashed potatoes 4oz bags (2) any flavor you prefer Green beans with garlic: Emergency Essentials Freeze dried Green Beans (current price on 1.25 oz cans is 4.99 should need 1 can) beprepared.com/freeze-dried-green-beans-small-can.html Any canned or packaged garlic How to Prepare: After re-hydrating the green beans, heat them in a pot or pan over camp stove and add some garlic to taste. saute for a few minutes and finish with some salt and pepper and serve. If you want to sweeten it up, at the end add some honey and cook for another min or so. Gravy: 1 jar of Heinz Turkey Gravy Main dish: Turkey stuffing/casserole: Emergency Essentials Freeze Dried White meat turkey (current price for small can is $12.49) beprepared.com/freeze-dried-white-turkey-cooked-large-can.html MRE Cornbread stuffing $1.80 per pack, would need 5 or 6 packs to make enough for 4 people plus some leftovers. beprepared.com/mre-meal-ready-to-eat-side-cornbread-stuffing.html Emergency Essentials Freeze dried celery (small can $6.95) beprepared.com/freeze-dried-celery-small-can.html salt and pepper to taste maybe a dash of poultry seasoning or sage if you have it. How to prepare: After preparing all of the ingredients (heating the stuffing, reconstituting and heating up the turkey and about ½ cup of celery) In a baking dish or bowl mix together all of the heated stuffing, most of the turkey and the ½ cup of celery. Add some pepper and sage or poultry seasoning to taste. Since all ingredients are already heated it should be ready to eat, if you want it hotter heat for a few over camp stove. Top with gravy and enjoy. Desert: Clif bars (1 per person) Iced Gingerbread, banana nut bread or Spiced pumpkin Pie would be good choices for this meal. Drinks: Starbucks Via packs for the adults and if there are any children eating this meal Kool Aid instant drink mix And of course any type of wine that you have on hand! Happy Eating!
Maritime Prepper Holiday Fiesta: • 2 cans frozen lobster (knuckles and claws) in an emergency, you must eat your frozen food first • 3 cans of smoked Oysters • 3 cans of canned Mussels • 1 bottle of wine (if bugging out, a bottle of Vodka or Whiskey will be a better option for the weight.) • 1 pack of crackers, or croutons • 2 Cadbury Fruits and Nuts Chocolate bar • multiple small packets of whipped butter (or grab your fridge butter before it melts) • garlic powder *optional: • 1 bottled mason jar of pickled Chow (Farmers market stuff, or the one Aunt May made for you) • side of Basmati Rice, easy breezy (fill ’er up WW2 style) Instructions: Open wine, rejoice! (sips only! Make it last) Thaw lobster can in hot water, may take a few hours….Sip of wine, once thawed, in a separate small pot; melt butter add garlic powder, Sip of wine. Dip your Holiday lobster bites in the hot garlic butter; fondu -style. Sip of wine. Open rest of cans, jars and bottle, Sip of wine. This can be improvised in any order, buffet style, kitchen party some tunes on your emergency radio, and have a Festivus For the Rest-of-us. finish up with the Chocolate, sucking on big bites. Happy Holidays all! You Rock Cliff!
What a challenge! I'm using contents of my "just in case" shelf food stock. Appetizer: Starkist chunky tunaMRE crackers MRE cheddar cheese pretzelsJack Links teriyaki tender bites Entree:Minute white riceEpic uncured bacon pork barEpic beef Apple uncured bacon bar Bush's original baked beans Homemade water canned habanero and Yellow tomato salsa for taste. (This actually sounds fantastic all chopped and combined into a bowl) Dessert: MRE chocolate brownie Mountain house Neapolitan Ice CreamCliff chocolate brownie barStrawberry pop tarts Drink: Emergency beerWaterMRE Orange powder All can be cooked fairly simple using a jetboil or an emberlit. Bon appetite using a crkt spork.
So to start with, I would have to choose crackers #10 can ($21.99) with cottage cheese #10 can ($65.99) on top hollowest by some seafood chowder ($24.59) for appetizers. For the main it would be garden green peas ($3.69) with fire roasted veritable blend ($3.99) next to the green beans ($3.69), and for the protein I would choose the diced beef #10 can ($69.99). For desert would be cinnamon Apple slices ($13.49) under the Neapolitan ice cream ($2.99), with apple crisp ($7.49) on top of that. Beside that dish would be a few New York style cheese cake bites ($3.49). Now the portions would have to be adjusted depending on how many were eating, but I know my family enjoys a fire outside with guitar's and strong drink after dinner and into the night, so for the overnight snack would have to be the macaroni & cheese #10 can ($29.99). That would be a great meal. Josh
Thanks for making me aware of this product. I am already a fan of Mountain House products and this video just gave me an idea for Christmas Gifts. Very cool. Thanks for your videos.
I rally gave this some thought. I considered what to make in an alternate location with limited cooking space. I world want some kind of comfort food that is holiday flavored yet simple to prepare... so here is my list Main meal chicken n dumplings 1 cans of chicken 1 cans of veggie all 1 cans of cream of chicken dried seasoning (I like sage and paprika but others like rose marry) powder milk flour salt baking soda Veggie can green beans saluted with dried onion flakes bacon bits (the real stuff in the salad dressing isle great for cooking with) Dessert 1 can condense milk 1 small can pumpkin puree 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice mix it up real good top with granola or crushed granola bars. bake dutch oven style or eat uncooked like a mousse. Both ways are yummy.
Time to get your MREs. REI does special seasonal MH stock sales, with a wide variety of items. REI membership (and having previous dollar credit coupons), then go in, and buy case lot discounts, ... and I walked out with 15+ cases of mixed products (100+ packs), some as singles, others as doubles) for ~$500 (worth $2000+). Afterwards, REI friends were always calling me Prepper John.
Holiday meal New Mexico prepper style - Appetizer: jar of green olives stuffed with jalapeños Jar of Mezzetta Califirnia hot mix Marcona almonds with sea salt and Rosemary from Trader Joes Main dish: One large can of hominy (posole) Spoonful of freeze dried onions Half spoon of dried garlic Can of Kirkland premium chicken breast meat Dried red chili powder (or green if you prefer) Bag of Fritos to dip or crush on top Drinks: Bottle or two of Oak Leaf white Zinfandel from Walmart Warm Tang or tea made from pine needles for those who don't partake Dessert: Twinkies Dehydrated strawberries reconstituted Add sugar to berries if needed and spoon over Twinkie Dang, now I'm hungry! Thanks for the great contest. Can't wait to read everyone's recipes! Happy holidays!
Awesome video. I think Mountain House test ran this idea last year through Costco. Different packaging but similar idea. I like how they expanded the options. Good luck with the giveaway.
Preppers special Christmas dinner: Starters: 4 cup-a-soup sachets, variety is to be chosen by person eating said soup, simply add hot water, stir and sip. Mains and side: 1 tin of chicken luncheon meat, 1 tin of pork luncheon meat, 1 tin of beef luncheon meat and 1 tin of beef luncheon meat, open each tin, slice the contents in 4 equal chunks and grill, serve 1 of each per person for variety. 2 standard sized cans of baked beans, just open heat within the can and serve half a can per person. And instant mashed potatoes, again just add hot water. Dessert: Hot chocolate
Reconstitute and thoroughly mix 1 10# MH Can Diced Beef, 2 10# can MH Macaroni and Cheese, and 4 pro-pak's MH Fire Roasted Vegetable mix. Spice to taste with tabasco, chili flakes or ground pepper. For dessert, mix water, pulverized pilot bread and rehydrated powdered milk into a crude dough. Rehydrate MH Cinnamon Apple slices, mixing in additional powdered milk and sugar. Cover apples thickly with dough. Bake in coals of campfire in whatever container is available to make a cobbler.
Pepper meal. Sheppard pie, yummy. Thrive ground beef with powdered gravy, canned corn, topped with mash potatoes (from flakes). If you want to get extra fancy get some Thrive cheddar cheese. I would also have some Thrive life dessert like strawberry with a cake.
Honneyville freeze dried Turkey, Stovetop stuffing, Knor Turkey gravy, Idahoan instant mashed potatoes, Honneyville freeze dried broccoli, canned cranberry sauce, honneyville freeze dried sweet potatoes, libbys canned pumpkin. home made pie, with home made pie crust baked in a sun oven and topped with Honneyville Inst-whip mix whipped topping and a glass of home made wine.
With two kids very close in age to yours (I'm sure you know the enjoyable struggle) I'm not going to be able to put together a meal for the contest but I think it's a great idea and am looking forward to seeing what folks come up with and watching the video you make using the recipes.
Spam Minute rice Add water McCormick Brown gravy Idahoan mashed potatoes Valley food storage pasta primavera Instant coffee Single serve Gatorade propel
#10 can of mountain house diced chicken Can of corn Freeze dried mashed potatoes Can of peas Can of mixed cut mixed vegetables Can of chicken broth Garlic & spices (per individual taste use as necessary) Flour Oil Cook mountain house dice chicken (follow can instructions) In separate pot make add all vegetables cans & chicken broth & season to liking add cooked chicken & thicken with a little flour and oil until it's the consistency of a gravy Poor over freeze dried mashed potatoes (once cooked of course) & eat End of the world Chicken ala King
My Holiday Meal Menu Start with B&M canned brown bread with raisins served with Red Feather canned butter and Mountain House pilot bread with smoked salmon. The main course will be Mountain House Turkey Tetrazinni and Mountain House Ham Dices served with Mountain House Long grain and Wild Rice pilaf. Sides will be Mountain House Green bean casserole prepared with Campbell's Cream of Mushroom condensed soup Peak whole cream powdered milk and French's french fried onions, Mountain House roasted Vegetable Medley sprinkled with Kikkoman soy sauce, Mountain House whole kernel corn with Red Feather butter and Ocean Spray canned whole cranberry sauce. For desert Mountain House apple crisp, Mountain House Neapolitan Ice Cream. Beverages will be choice of Hot cocoa made with Peak brand powdered full cream milk, Wyler's hot apple cider, Stash brand Earl Grey tea with honey, chilled Peak milk, Country Time Lemonade or cheap burgundy jug wine.
LOVE Mountain House, but if I were building an emergency stock of their products I would suggest a bit more variety than they’ve built here. There just seems to be too many duplicates. While I could happily eat the biscuits and gravy for four out of the five days, you might not want to eat the same entrees back to back, even in an emergency.
+Just “Old Man Of The Woods” Me I agree. And the ease of preparation is definitely a plus. I really like that they are branching out into the preparedness/readiness community.
Hey man, I won't be entering this contest as I'm already peachy myself, so I'd rather it go to someone else who needs it more. Just wanted to say I think it's great you're doing this. I've been watching your channel for a few years now. Keep up to good work.
Ok, after long consideration I decided to go with a holiday meal made from the supplies that I would actually have on me in a 'bug-out'-situation. Mostly since you mention that the meal should be cooked without any kitchen supplies, which means that the items used in the meal are implied to be in one's bug-out bag as well. As would they be in your bug-IN supplies, you may as well use your kitchen or emergency preps for cooking in a bug-in scenario (like BBQ's, Electric Cook-plates (in case only gas is failing)) ... ... ... So Holiday meals in the Netherlands, well while we have a variety of traditional winter meals (lots of cabbage variety), there isn't really any true 'traditional meal' around these times (the traditional meals are meant for actual meals). So people generally do one of the following: - eat wild game like deer, rabbit (as that is in season); likely in a 3 or more course dinner... - Also popular is 'gourmetten' (in which a wide variety of meats, and go along ingredients, are placed on the table raw, and everybody at the table has a small frying pan (4x4-inch or so) to place on an electric cooking plate, and basically prepares their own small entree's from those ingredient, just the way they like it (f/e small meatball with some chopped union, chopped mushroom, chopped sweet pepper, then when done 3 slices of Gouda cheese on top just to melt
+Dutch Courage Ok so what is actually in my bug-out bag: - 1L of rice ... - 1L of Split peas ... - 1L of an assortment of non spiced jerky (chicken, pork, beef) ... 1L of trailmix (mixed variety of nuts & raisins) ... There are Liter measurements because these are all kept in 1L Klean Kanteen drinking bottles (with the idea that once food runs out, water will be more paramount, they are also waterproof and thus airtight) ... 1x 4inch tin with lid, filled with a variety of bouillon cubes in variety of tastes (chicken-broth, beef-broth, herbal-broth) ... 3 tiny tins of double concentrated tomato puree/sausebase ... small vial of salt, small vial of sugar, small variety of herbs (basil, thyme, ... ) ... a small bottle of rum ... tranches of instant coffee & tea-bags ... ... Cooking implements: 2 stainless steel bottles, 2 stainless steel cups & lids(basically 2x pathfinder cook sets), 2x stainless steel dog bowls, some knives & cutting board, some sporks ... ... ... the bug-out meal plan is as follows (somewhat similar to instance meal, so 1 pot but longer boil time). Put the split pea's in a water bottle and let them soak (if on the move, or in one of the cups if in camp), while they do not require soaking persee, it will shorten the actual cooking time. Put the peas with the water on the fire, add a bouillon cube of taste you prefer said day, let boil for say 10min, then add one serving of rice to the pot, let boil 10min, for the last 10min either add a variety of jerky to the pot, or if you so prefer sort them by taste. Check if after 30min the peas are done, if so, start munching ... so while the meals are largely the same for each of the 3 days, the taste is different every time due to the choice of soup as the base ingredient. If wanted a tin of tomato puree can be added, or the whole spiced with some herbs ... ... ... The trail mix is obviously intended for lunch ...
+Dutch Courage Ok, NOW Disaster strikes over the Holidays !!! ... Something special has to be prepared, in preparation of the holiday meal some things are done the evening prior to the actual meal... ... I have chosen to mix my countries customs and my ingredients into a 3 course meal, with a choice between stone-grill or broth fondue... ...the numbered recipe follows: ... ... 1. Make one roughly 1 liter of tea in one of the stainless steel bottles, let it cool off, add sugar to taste ... ... 2. Sort out a hand full of raisin's from the trail mix, put in one of the dog bowls, add the rum to it, let it soak over night... -- ...Next morning, poor off any remaining rum into the icetea, let it rest a bit, poor off some tiny bit more; sprinkle a few dashes of sugar over the raisins, mix well together, put these in a zip-lock bag. You will need the bowl again ... ... 3. Pre-soak the peas in one of the cups ... ... ( - Make a modern key shaped fire pit; you will make an actual fire in the round shape of the key, and while burning down you add the coals to the actual key part. Once there is a nice coal bed, place a flat stone on top (be careful here and test out the stone in fire the night prior, never use stones that come from a river, stones 'can explode', if there are cavities in them even more so if they are soaked in water. Though more then often they are just fine)) ... ... 4. Sort out the jerky, put some of the pork and beef jerky in one of the dog bowls and add water to rehydrate the meat. Put it off to the side for now; keep the chicken jerky around on the cutting board. ... ... 5. Boil 1L of water in the remaining stainless steel bottle (mainly to help speed up things) on the side of the fire ... ... 6. Put the peas & water onto the hot stone to bring them to a boil (may want to pour off the water and add some of that boiling water instead to speed up the process, add more water to the bottle) ... ... *!* After about 10min ... ... 7. Add boiling water to the remaining dog bowl and put it on the stone as well, add 1/4th a cube of chicken broth/bouillon cube. Add just a dash of rice, and add the chicken jerky. Let it boil until the rice is done, should be about 10min or so) ... ... 8. Put a serving of rice in one of the cups and add boiling water, put it on the stone also ... ... => Enjoy your first course, a dog-bowl with chicken soup. (10min), clean your bowl ... ... 9. Both the rice and the peas should be done now, pour off the water. Put one double concentrated tomato puree tin in the bowl add a dash of water, add the peas, add the rice, add a dash of salt & thyme. Bring it to a simmer, add some basil ... ... 10. While 9, put boiling water in one of the freed up cups, add 1 cube of herbal broth (make it strong!) to said water, just let it sit boiling on the stone ... ... 11. When 9 is basically done, pour off the water from the rehydrated meat ... => Enjoy your second course, Italian flavoured rice & beans in tomato sauce, while choosing to either stone fry the chunks of meat, or boil them in the broth (or both at the same time), may even choose to roast some bits over the fire. Don't forget to enjoy your spiked ice tea, do be so classy to actually use that 2nd cup that is available once you do step 9 ... ... -> Once done and satisfied, give everything a quick clean, except for that bottle of boiling water, it is time to prepare desert ... ... 12. Put the sugared rum raisins in one of the dog bowls, and fish out a hand full of assorted nuts (no raisins in there this time) in the other dog bowl. Poor some of that boiling water into one of the cups and add the instant coffee (sugar to taste). Drink your coffee while enjoying the raisins and nuts. If you are truly prepared, you may actually choose to take out that 'end of the world cigar' as well, kick back your feet and enjoy ... ... ...Thank you for this contest, it was actually really nice to figure out something a bit more classy than glorified carbohydrate/protein soup/stew, from the ingredients that I choose to put into my bug-out bag as a 'food-module'. Sure, it may not be as wonderful as an actual holiday meal in a pre-SHTF situation, but still, little can be made into much more, with some imagination, and I am glad I choose to take a variety of things, which let me do a variety of things. Obviously there are no exact measurements, and for 4 people you need to multiply everything by 4 ... ;P ... (hope this is better)
I'm UK based, so not sure if I can enter, but I'm a sucker for sourcing all kinds of emergency foods / long shelf life foods and rations from all over the place so enjoyed the exercise anyway! Starters: Dried French Onion Soup: www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/french-onion-soup-mix-1kg.html (UK based site with huge amount of dried goods) - just add hot water and boil Main: Roast Pork in Beer Sauce : shop.conserva.de/en/meat-dishes/428-roast-pork-in-beer-sauce-4260238542345.html (This is a German based site I have used in the past. They do some great canned organic foods - really high quality and taste great. Plenty of unusual dishes which are really appealing) Just heat in a saucepan. Serve with: Dried Mountain House Fire Roasted Vegetable Blend - Pouch www.mountainhouse.com/M/product/53333.html Canned Rosemary Potatoes: shop.conserva.de/en/side-dishes/439-rosemary-potatoes-4260238542253.html (Conserva.de again) Dried sage and onion stuffing mix with added chopped up dried apricots: www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254881402 (Any UK based supermarket but I expect there is the same / equivalent in the US) Dessert: Has to be a syrup sponge pudding: www.britishcornershop.co.uk/simpsons-pudding-syrup-sponge?gclid=CjwKEAiAhPCyBRCtwMDS5tzT03gSJADZ8VjRNljP_OTdp58bp-Hi_n788SkFf-p2pH3_16YZ8jygYhoC3cfw_wcB Or a chocolate sponge pudding: www.99pland.com/?product=goblin-tinned-sponge-pudding-290g-chocolate (Heinz used to make these but I think they were discontinued - although I have a few in my preps!!) Just boil the tin in water (making a small hole of course in the lid!) Serve with instant dried custard! www.britishcornershop.co.uk/birds-instant-custard-triple-pack - has to be Bird's of course! All are either just heat in a pan and serve or add boiling water. Enjoy!
Hey T.U.P., not going to enter the drawing, but thanks for the review, I have ordered several of the skillet breakfast based on your review. I am very pleased with the value.
AlpineAire freezedried mashed potatoes and gravy with turkey - from their websiteYour choice of any freeze dried or dehydrated vegetables (there's about a million brands/varieties if ya look on the Internet)And your choice of a single serving of pouched wine (any grocery store has them) All light weight with good shelf lifes... Got your potatoes, gravy, turkey, vegetables, and an adult beverage for the celebration!
my holidays dinner would be the life boat food ration bar,mountain house breakfast wrap (I don't remember the meal name),powder milk and life boat water packet,and mountain house biscuits and gravy meal.
Great Video Here is my Thanksgiving menu : 6 pouches of chicken and mashed potatoes, 1 #10 can of lasagna and meat sauce, 4 pouches of garden green pea's , 4 pouches of fire roasted vegetable blend and for dessert 1 #10 can of raspberry crumble with raspberry sauce and chocolate cookie crumbs. All of these menu items are Mountain House . HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
I really enjoy your videos and how practical they are for everyday preparedness. Here is what I would have for the dinner. Appetizer would be Sweet and Spicy Starkist Tuna packet spread on butter crackers. For the main course I would serve Mountain House Beef Stroganoff with canned creamed sweet corn and Hungry Jack instant cheddar potatoes. Dessert would be Mountain House Apple Crisp with dehydrated cranberries mixed in. Finally the fourth course would be simple after dinner coffee with a Starbucks Via Italian Roast. When I go hiking or camping with my Family I'm usually the cook to the point I'm called Cookie :) Hope I win and hope that you continue with the great videos! PS. I started watching your channel with the Altoids EDC tin video and my most recent favorite is the H2Go bag!
Mountain house turkey tetrazzini, mountain house cooked diced ham, back packers pantry baco cheddar mashed potatoes, thrive savory beef gravy, honeyville freeze dried sweet potatoes, Mountain house cut green beans, Mountain house new York style cheesecake bites.
My boss brought an amazing Thanksgiving dinner in a casserole for us to share. Easy to duplicate with long-term storage. Of course, you're free to add salt, pepper and any other seasonings you like. 1st layer: -2 packs StoveTop Stuffing -2 Tbs dried onion flakes -1 Tbs Knorr chicken broth powder dissolved in 1 cup hot water -1 package Craisins Mix all ingredients together and layer on the bottom of a 9X11 baking pan 2nd layer: -3 cups Honeyville Freeze dried mixed vegetables ( shop.honeyville.com/freeze-dried-vegetable-mix.html ) -2 pouches McCormick turkey gravy mix Combine everything. Add enough hot water to hydrate veggies and make gravy. Put over the top of layer 1. 3rd layer: -8 to 10 Emergency Essentials Freeze Dried Turkey Patties (hydrated) Layer over previous layers. 4th layer: -4 cups Honeyville Instant potato flakes ( shop.honeyville.com/instant-potato-flakes.html) -3 tbs Honeyville powdered butter ( shop.honeyville.com/powdered-butter.html ) Mix together and hydrate according to package instructions. Layer on top of previous layers Bake at 350 degrees until heated through and bubbly around the edges. For Dessert: -2 packages Mountain House Raspberry Crumble Dessert Beverages: 14 Hands Riesling Coffee Tea
SPAM Saimin 2 SPAM HAM 4 Ramen Noodles packages Canned peas or beans boil water and add the ramen - add the spam when noodles getting done, then add the peas or beans. you could grill the spam slices first then add to the noodles
my holiday meal would be grean beans and baked beans out of a can a couple packs of chicken and rice mountain house boiled water with a small coffee pack in it small part of my Bob chocolate bar and some freezes dried mashed potatoes
I saw the 2 day package review you did with RevHiker. I thought of one you might do at REI, of course it might require some permission being issued, but basically get some of the Mountain House products and do a public taste test. Heat up some of the items and offer small samples to customers and staff at REI and get their opinions.
Given that its emergency food....so ill assume that you'll have to limit what you eat. I would keep it simple with mashed potatoes, Beef Stroganoff, Biscuits, and a side of veggies. and a mixable dink. and for desserts I would go with Mountain house Cheesecake Bites
Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes from Backpacker’s Pantry Vegetable Medley from Backpacker’s Pantry Creamy Potato Cheddar Soup from AlpineAire Foods Pasta Primavera from Mountain House Dark Chocolate Cheesecake from Backpacker’s Pantry I am a vegetarian, so this might be an interesting combo. I can vouch for all these selections, but I have never eaten them all at once! Good luck! Hey, if you need to borrow my BioLite Stove to test it out and prepare this meal, I would let you!
Mountain house lasagna, instant made add-water-only mashed potatoes ( gravy if can find in store). Freeze dried veggies, polar bear cookies and cream ice cream. Saratoga farms turkey with seasoning of your choice. And if you are feeling adventurous try to make some Biscuits over open fire ( similar to RUclipsr- Eatallthebirds video ) . Love your channel hope to win! :D
cool cant wait to be a winner I love mountain house I bought the breakfast case and the essentials I'm waiting on the breakfast cant wait to taste the skillet..tnks for the video
I decided to see if I could put together a Latino style meal and…… here goes: Shelf stable beef and bean enchiladas: www.healthwisenri.com/product/beef-and-bean-enchilada-entree/ Shelf stable Mexican rice: www.daintyrice.ca/en/products.php?product=20 Shelf stable flour tortillas: catalliafoodservice.com/products/shelfstable/ Mountain House freeze dried Apple Crisp (?? Hey, I’m trying): www.mountainhouse.com/M/product/apple-crisp.html?variant_id=32 2013 Torrevieja Mendoza Malbec (red wine -naturally decent shelf life) (pairs well with spicy foods): www.amazon.com/2013-Torrevieja-Mendoza-Malbec-Wine/dp/B00MMQULY0/ref=sr_1_1?s=wine&ie=UTF8&qid=1448755118&sr=1-1&keywords=malbec+wine
How about an Independence Day All American meal? Pressure canned hotdogs (cannot find a freeze-dried or canned version, maybe Yoders Grill Delights Hot Dogs when in stock?) Chilli (AlpineAire Foods Freeze-Dried Mountain Chili) Mountain House Sweet Whole Kernel Corn Freeze Dried Vegetables [no corn on the cob :( ] Van Camp's Pork and Beans - 15 oz can MOUNTAIN HOUSE Ice Cream Bar That's all I got...thanks for the contest and for your showcasing these products.
My prepper holiday meal would be vacuum sealed turkey jerkey (great how to @ marksdailyapple.com), organic potato flakes (add water, dried whole milk, canned butter, garlic powder, Italian seasoning (or whatever general all spice you prefer...these spuds can be a bit bland) salt and pepper), brown gravy (recipe @ tngun.com), green bean casserole (family tradition for morale sake and its delicious - canned green beans, mushroom soup and dried onions topper) and of course Mountain House Apple Crisp for dessert. Sit back, lossen the belt and enjoy.
Start with a late afternoon snack of Mountain House Ice Cream Sandwich with a cup of eggnog from Vermont Eggnog mix. Dinner should consist of Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini and Mountain House Italian Style Pepper Steak for the gluten conscious crowd. Sides of canned cranberry sauce, canned baby corn, Mountain House Green Beans, Idahoan mashed potatoes with a packet of brown gravy. Dessert is an easy choice, Mountain House Neapolitan ice cream broken up and drizzled over Mountain House Raspberry crumble. A supportive beverage should be a growler of Brother IPA from Fremont Brewing on 34th Street in Seattle. In a true preparedness situation I would be much less extravagant of course. The meal would be more likely Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini and perhaps Mountain House Neapolitan ice cream for dessert. Thanks for an interesting video and thanks to +Mountain_House for sending the gear! ruclips.net/video/hWbgUR267Fw/видео.html
First of great video thank you for having this amazing giveaway now how many people are we serving would you like us to include the amount of packages and stuff like that or just what products and maybe where we got them from thank you and God bless
Sweet sue whole canned chicken, smash instant mash potato, bisto gravy granules and some tinned vegetables Only because i actually want to see someone attempt to eat a gross looking Sweet Sue Canned Chicken! Oh and washed down with some Blue Can water and a mountain house dessert afterwards because i do have a heart and you would need something decent to take the taste away feom the chicken! Greetings from stormy England!
+jamie Outdoors FWIW..... Canned chicken...... chicken salad with hardboiled eggs, chicken & dumplings, chicken noodle soup, any casserole that calls for cooked chicken. (No it ain't fresh roast chicken :-) but it still works in many recipes.) Oh... one more: Chicken & gravy biscuits (Make brown gravy with chicken stock & seasonings, add shredded chicken & simmer. Serve over hot homemade scratch biscuits! With a well done roux and properly seasoned, you'll want seconds. :-)
Those prizes seem like an awesome opportunity and I'd love to enter... But I won't. There are two reasons. Firstly I'm in the UK. Shipping that lot would be pretty pointless. It would cost as much as the actual items would to buy. Secondly the prizes are useless to me, because I am vegetarian. Don't get me wrong, I love MH products and have quite a few of them (love the Vegetable Tikka with Rice). But a lot of these companies always go for the easy options of assuming people will eat any of their products. And why wouldn't they? That covers 99% of the people who buy them so it's an ideal target audience. But not many of them offer larger packs for veggies. In fact I can't think of anybody offhand. Here's hoping Mountain House read this and think about it.
The Mountain House “Just In Case” Emergency Kits giveaway has expired. We will be going through all contest entries and selecting the winners by the end of the weekend. Thank you for everyone who participated! You created some awesome Prepper Holiday Feasts! Stay tuned!
+TheUrbanPrepper I never heard if you selected winners? Can't wait to hear about your test tasting
Traditional American Thanksgiving Dinner
Turkey or Main Course
If you were able to bag a turkey hunting or you raised your own backyard turkey or chicken, that would be your only option for roasting an entire bird [unless you count frozen food as pantry food]. However, this is not an option for most. Thus, I am suggesting one Mountain House Chicken Breast & Mashed Potatoes per guest as the entree. To make the chicken breast more festive, brush with cranberry glaze before serving. Potatoes can be served with canned gravy or melted Butter Buds.
-- Cranberry Orange Glaze:
1 16 ounce canned jellied Cranberry Sauce
1 cup canned Orange Juice.(can substitute Tang)
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 3-inch Cinnamon Stick
Mix together the orange juice, brown sugar and cranberry sauce in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil, drop in the cinnamon stick, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring frequently, until the cranberry sauce is melted and the glaze is hot and bubbling, about 10 minutes.
Dressing: My family would disown me if I didn’t make dressing from scratch, but here is a pantry alternative: Bring 1 ¼ cup canned chicken broth and ¼ cup liquefied Butter Buds to a boil. Add Stove Top Stuffing package and add ½ cup Honeyville’s Sausage Crumbles and mix. Cover and stand for 5 minutes. May also add dehydrated apple pieces if desired.
Vegetables
-- Sweet Potato Casserole [Bake in cast iron pan over the fire coals]
1 40 ounce can cut yams, drained
½ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg beaten [2 tablespoons powdered whole egg + 2 teaspoons water]
4 tablespoons liquefied Butter Buds
1 16 ounce package of mini marshmallows
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mash yams in a large bowl and add brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, egg, and butter buds. Mix well. Place 1/2 mixture in 1 quart baking dish. Top with a layer of marshmallows, then add remaining mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and top with remaining marshmallows.
Bake for another 10 minutes or until marshmallows are lightly browned.
-- Green Bean Casserole [Bake in cast iron pan over the fire coals]
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell’s® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup canned or reconstituted powdered milk
1 teaspoon onion powder
Dash ground black pepper
3-4 reconstituted packages of Mountain House Green Beans [enough to equal 4 cups] or Honeyville Freeze Dried Green Beans
1 1/3 cups canned French’s® French Fried Onions
Stir the soup, milk, onion powder, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the bean mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining onions. Bake for 5 minutes more until the onions are golden brown.
-- Roasted Root Vegetables: Use home dehydrated bite size pieces of potato, sweet potato, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, carrots and onions and rehydrate in canned chicken broth brought to a boil. Add vegetables to roasting pan and add more chicken broth. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with dried rosemary. Salt and pepper to taste. Bake in cast iron pan over the coals until liquid is absorbed and vegetables are lightly browned.
-- Corn: Either canned (prefer Freshlike Gold & White corn) or rehydrate home dehydrated corn. Toss with Butter Buds and salt and pepper before serving
Corn Bread: Marie Calendars Original Corn Bread Mix [Just need to add water] and bake in cast iron pan
Desserts
-- Apple Crisp: Make individual servings of Mountain House Apple Crisp
-- Pumpkin Pie: Pumpkin Pie Spice Twinkie or Pumpkin Pie Pop Tart
Beverage
Wine, hard cider or St. Julian’s Sparkling Juice [my adult kid’s favorite] or make a Buzz Aldrin Cocktail -- 4 ounces vodka and 2 tablespoons Tang
If I could go back in time, I'd love to sit down at Mama's Christmas dinner, as it was done when I was young. Grew up on a farm, where being prepared was simply a way of life. Memories go back to the time before REA brought power lines across our land. Her "traditional" menu choices were the results of my parents era and our "prepper" lifestyle.
Supper's ready! Come on before it gets cold! Somebody ask the blessing.
Fresh or corned ham - baked or boiled (depending on when the hogs were butchered)
Boiled backbone and spare ribs (similar to today's pork neckbones & gravy)
Free range chicken salad made with free range eggs from our chicken house
Potato salad from stored potatoes & more of those eggs
Can't forget her deviled eggs, either!
Collards (always sweeter after Jack Frost arrives) seasoned with cured ham hock
Whole baked sweet taters served with homemade butter & Karo syrup or molasses
Other vegetables varied by what she had preserved during the summer
A big pot of homemade tomato vegetable beef soup seasoned with fatback (salt pork) and broth from the boiled meats. (Especially chicken)
Homemade hot scratch biscuits and fried cornbread - made with fresh lard
Coffee, southern sweet iced tea, milk & buttermilk when the cow was producing milk
Mama loved to make desserts. We were a large family + guests, so she pulled out all the stops for Christmas. She started baking 3 days before Christmas Day.
Chocolate 3 layer cake with red & green layers & decorated with Maraschino cherries
Pineapple 3 layer cake with crushed pineapple between layers & rings with cherries on top
Coconut 3 layer cake with grated fresh coconut prepared in sweetened coconut water
Chocolate Chess Pie topped with meringue from our eggs
Coconut Pie with more fresh coconut
Lemon Pie with more meringue
Banana Pudding made from scratch (more eggs!)
As I look at her menu, every dish had some aspect of being prepared. ie "prepper" Homegrown meats, vegetables, dairy & routinely well stocked pantry staples.
Her shopping list to prepare this meal was usually short.
Bananas
Fresh coconuts
celery (for the salads)
Milk (usually condensed) if the cow was waiting to freshen (give birth again)
Maraschino cherries
Our family kept her traditional Christmas dinner for many years. Still do bits & pieces from her treasured recipes. Sadly, as age has taken it's toll on sodium & sugar intake, along with availability of some of the items, we partake of less & less, except memories.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter your contest. Win or lose, thank you for the opportunity to spend a few minutes remembering her table, laden with the fruits of my parents labor. To be prepared to put supper on the table in good times and bad.
PS: IMO, Being prepared, also means being prepared to help others when the need arises.
L Michelle
In think mountain house is delicious BUT I do still take issue with the fact that post "servings" and not calories and macronutrient breakdown in bold letters on the box. A "serving" is just a marketing tactic. Personally I'm more concerned with how much energy and what sort I'm getting the box, that should be what people want especially for prepping. That said I don't doubt these are delicious, convenient and for a person with deep pockets absolutely the best option. Amazing GAW as usual I just hope they cover your shipping costs!
Mountain House will be shipping the grand prize directly from their warehouse. I will be shipping the runner up prizes.
+Canadian Prepper That, why you should have a small bottle of olive oil, Small bags about a teaspoon and two person bags about a tablespoon. Unless you like eating a lot of dried prunes and fruits to balance out the gut. Good thought.
+Mountain House Thanks for clarifying that, appreciated. I wonder why there is a law preventing posting calories?
***** There must be some loophole with companies who have on their packaging "only ___ calories per serving".
+Mountain House Thanks for the clarification, Mountain House! So many laws nowadays....
1 canned ham
instant mashed potatoes
Knorr gravy mix
canned french cut green beans
can of cream of mushroom soup
dried minced onions
granulated garlic
can of pumpkin
pumpkin spice blend
Bisquick
powdered milk
powdered eggs
salt and pepper
Remove ham from can place in dutch oven and bake to heat to 165 F
make instant mashed and gravy
place green beans, cream of mushroon soup, dried onions and granulated garlic in a sauce pan and heat through
mix bisquick, milk powder, egg powder a pinch of salt with pumpkin add just enough water to make into batter for pumpkin muffins.
Season finished food to taste.
I do a lot of camping and this is a Thanksgiving recipe I've eaten many times and it works well. Main course is Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini. Then I have a bunch or “sides” including Stove Top single serving size of Chicken Stuffing, Idahoan instant Baby Red mashed Potatoes and a pouch of Mountain House Green Beans. Now I like to add Ocean Spray Crasins to the Stuffing and even throw a little extra on the side. I also bring a small zip lock bag with some mini marshmallows and add a few to the potatoes once they are done to let the marshmallows melt. Last but not least I add one MRE Cornbread to help sop up all the gravy from the Turkey Tetrazzini. For dessert I love the Mountain House Raspberry Crumble but I think the new Mountain House New York Style Cheesecake sprinkled with a little pumpkin spice would be great too. While this is great for backpacking as you just have to add water, it's also great to make this from the preps in your pantry.
Hi Urban Prepper. First, I'm from Bulgaria . Maybe you haven't heard of Bulgaria, but i can assure you that this is a country with rich history and for sure rich and colorful cuisine. For example for a tipical holiday dinner we have at least 20-30 traditional meat meals. But when it comes to canned and dihidrated food this traditional meals come down to less than 6-7.In our stores there can be found canned version of meatballs with white sause, steak with something, baked beans with sausage and choped pork meat. Also there is a tipical bulgarian dish called ''sarmi'' . That is rice with vegetables and meat wraped in a vine or cabbage leaves, and then they are boiled. It's very tipical to find baked pumpkin kind of pumpkin pie. And lastly there is one more dessert called baklava which originaly is from Turkey. If i have to build a dinner out if this i''l choose - Meatballs, baked beans with sausage, ''sarmi'', and some pumpkin pie, which actually is called ''tikvenik''. I hope you now know a little bit more about Bulgarias' traditions and cuisine.
Just purchased another 5 day. Personally, it doesn't matter what the meal consists of specifically, as long as everyone is together and safe (and prepared). Cheers.
Somebody is going to be a happy camper winning all that stuff!
-Mountain house grilled chicken breast and mashed potatoes. (Gravy packet for the taters, of course)
-Stuffing (or what people call in the south, dressing). No freeze-dried food company makes a ready-to-go stuffing mix, but that’s probably because there’s no need to. Stove Top stuffing is little more than dehydrated vegetables, bread, and herbs. The package directions suggest adding hot water and butter, but liquid oil will work in place of butter.
-Green bean casserole. Start with a package of Mountain House cut green beans. Add to the package one packet of instant mushroom soup (Campbell’s and several other brands make these) and half cup of French fried onions. Add hot water, stir, and top with more fried onions.
-A Holiday meal without pie is not a Holiday meal at all. Mountain house apple crisp. For extra flavor, try throwing a handful of the dried cranberries and almonds from your trail mix into the packet. If you'd rather have pumpkin pie, Cliff bar offer a pumpkin pie flavor.
Also, the drink!
Honestly, all we have in our Prepper storage for drink is water and flavored packets.
I love all the Mountain House meals, definitely looking into these case's
Here a tip, I would stuff the Mt house pouches in new 1 gallon paint cans from the local hardware store. I been doing this for years, waterproof, resealable lid, vermin proof. The new five gallon plastic buckets are okay and will fit the 2 day box easy. Good video.
+Diebulfrog79 Great tip! I've never seen that done before. Thanks for sharing!
My Holiday Meal Plan for you.
Soup:
Idaho creamy potato soup. Boil 2 cups of water and you have soup. - 1 pack
Biscuits:
Makes about 6 biscuits.
2 cups of self rising flour. Not all purpose!
1 Tbsp sugar
6 Tbsp powdered milk
4 Tbsp peanut oil
1 cup water
Premix all of the dry ingredients. Then add the oil and water. You can cook them over the fire using cast iron. Put a little oil in the cast iron to get them not to stick and to make them crispy.
Main meal:
Mountainhouse macaroni and cheese - 1 or 2 packs and you will need 2 cups of water per pack.
Mountainhouse fire roasted vegetable blend pack - 1 pack will need 1 1/2 cups f water.
Mountainhouse diced chicken can to mix in with the roasted vegetable.- 1 can because it doesn't come on a pack.
Dessert:
Mountainhouse Raspberry crumble - 1 pack will need 1 1/3 cups of water.
Or new from Mountainhouse cheesecake bites. - 2 packs no water needed.
Since it is just after thanksgiving lets stay with that theme for dinner. This will also depend on what u stock in your pantry.
But first step is to set up some snares and collect some wild edibles. Then a snack of some datrex bars instead of cheese and crackers and pine needle tea instead of wine, while we wait for dinner.
1st course is a salad (or last course if your Italian) with the wild edibles you have collected. The main course has sides of mac and cheese (KD, mountain house or w.e. you stock in your pantry), some sliced canned potatoes, canned corn, canned peas and carrots, some rice, and a can of cranberries for your main entree of a stuffed squirrel or pigeon depending on what you caught in your traps.
Dessert is mountain house neapolitan ice cream because i love that stuff.
I have never eaten squirrels or pigeons but there are a lot of them in my city and this is a grid down situation after all, so u have to make due with what u have!!!!
this seemed to be a difficult give away. mainly cause i stick with freeze dried for my prepping and bug out bag, get home back and such. I also wanted to stick with only that and stuff i've tried myself. I've been a backpacker's pantry type person. i've never actually had any mountain house meals and plan to try them (buy them individually to taste test) especially if i get lucky enough to be picked. finding a good meat type of option for this holiday meal was difficult since there isn't much of a ham or turkey option. below is what i picked (and i have tried them all and enjoy them as well).
--Dinner--
Backpacker's pantry Chicken and Rice (x2 as only has 2 servings)
Backpacker's pantry Mashed Potatoes and Gravy with beef (x2 as only as 2 servings)
Backpacker's pantry Corn (x1 has 4 servings)
Backpacker's pantry Macaroni and Cheese (x2 only has 2 servings and kid preppers favorite food. :D )
--Desert--
Backpacker's pantry Apple D'lite (x2 only has 2 servings)
all the dinner options are very easy to fix. just a add boiling water and zip the bag closed and give it some time. the only one that is a little more involved is the desert. it requires to be mixed with water in a pot and brought to a boil on the stove. so the clean up for this would be very minimal being the plate ware, silver ware, and the one pot. :)
Holiday Meal
Honeyville freeze dried turkey
McCormicks turkey gravy pack
Stovetop stuffing
If you like tamales ( use Fritos crushed and add water to make the outside for the inside use a can of Libby's roast beef add crushed red pepper, salt, pepper to taste. Wrap in corn husk and steam about an hour and half.
Sides
Pinto Beans
Broccoli Casserole-Steamed rice add honeyville freeze dried broccoli and velveeta cheese ( that stuff last forever and does not require refrigeration)
Corn bread pack to go with beans
Instant mashed potatoes
Desserts- crushed graham crackers, sliced bananas, brachs Carmel Squares melted mix together.
I think that would be a perfect meal for a prepper
Great Contest! Always wanted to try mountain house. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the opertonity. Turkey terrazzo, cut green beans, whole kernel corn, apple crisp, biscuits and gravy, chili mac with beef, garden green peas, chicken and mash potatoes, raspberry crumble.
I'm gonna go a different route here with MRE meal preps.
For sides you can use the MRE Tray packs that can be bought specifically for Hollidays or other family events.
Mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
Cornbread stuffing with sausage
Some Individually wrapped MRE corn bread
Mexican chili mac
For mains. Still using the tray packs
Turkey cutlets
Pork sausage links
For desert.
MRE brownies
Tray pack sweet potato casserole
MRE Apple dessert
Those delicious MRE shakes!
Probably not the best options but shows how versatile MREs can be.
Holiday Emergency Food Feast:
•Starter:
-Valley Food Storage: Irish Pub Cheddar Potato Soup.
-Mountain House: Pilot Crackers
•Main Course:
-Backpacker's Pantry: Chicken and Dumplings
-Nutristore: Green Peas & Corn
-Augason Farm's: Apple Delight Drink Mix
•Dessert:
-Mountain House: Raspberry Crumble
Thanks for another great video and the chance at another prize giveaway. You rock man, looking forward to more videos from you!
-Ray
Appetizer - Firegrilled Spam and Pineapple Kabobs with teriyaki sauce
Entree 1 - New Orleans Rice with Shrimp and Ham
Entree 2 - Turkey Tetrazzini using canned turkey and Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini
Bisquick biscuits
Canned Green Beans
Dried Fruit Compote
Dessert - Pistachio Pudding using dry milk and Jello brand Pistachio Pudding
After Dinner drink of Tea Powder with Tang (may add rum to make a toasty adult beverage)
Holiday prepper meal
Original peppered turkey jerky.
Canned Ham.
Add water mashed potatoes.
Add water gravy pack.
Can of green beans with a bag of chips crushed for topping.
Just add water chocolate pudding.
All water for cooking provided by your gravity system.
Blue can water for drinking.
What you'll need:
4xMountain House freeze dried lasagna.
4xPolar Bear Cookies & Cream brand freeze dried ice-cream (or really any brand)
1x ziploc bag of coffee
1xold prescription bottle with sugar (for the coffee)
2x100ml bottles with red wine of your choice.(Merlot is best)
4x bottles of pre prepped
water to drink (or more)
6x bottles of pre prepped water to cook with. (lasagna and ice cream and coffee.)
4xnature valley peanut butter snack bars incase anyone's still a tad hungry.
4xSea to Summit collapsible bowls and cups.
4xlong sports.
And finally a jet boil stove to do it all on.
The meal would consist of Lasagna, with red wine, or water, or both to drink. Freeze dried ice cream for dessert. And afterwards coffee, with a little sugar. and if anyone's still a little hungry nature valley bars.
That's everything that I can do with what I have. I hope you like it and pick me 👍☺.
Aplineaire freeze-dried mashed potatoes with gravy and turkey pouch x2
Mountain House macaroni & cheese pouch x2
Mountain House corn pouch x2
Mountain House green beans pouch x2
Cream of mushroom soup, 1 can
Condensed milk, 1 can
French's crispy fried onions
(Combine the above to make green bean casserole)
Cranberry sauce, 1 can
Mountain House Apple crisp pouch
Clif Bars: Spiced pumpkin pie and/or pecan pie
Fetzer Gewurtztraminer wine
Alpine pumpkin spiced apple cider packets
Freeze Dried Holiday!
Appetizer:
Snack on some freeze dried Italian style meatballs with a can of marinara or BBQ sauce for dipping!
beprepared.com/freeze-dried-meatballs-small-can.html
Side dishes:
Mashed potatoes:
Idahoan mashed potatoes 4oz bags (2) any flavor you prefer
Green beans with garlic:
Emergency Essentials Freeze dried Green Beans (current price on 1.25 oz cans is 4.99 should need 1 can)
beprepared.com/freeze-dried-green-beans-small-can.html
Any canned or packaged garlic
How to Prepare: After re-hydrating the green beans, heat them in a pot or pan over camp stove and add some garlic to taste. saute for a few minutes and finish with some salt and pepper and serve.
If you want to sweeten it up, at the end add some honey and cook for another min or so.
Gravy:
1 jar of Heinz Turkey Gravy
Main dish:
Turkey stuffing/casserole:
Emergency Essentials Freeze Dried White meat turkey (current price for small can is $12.49)
beprepared.com/freeze-dried-white-turkey-cooked-large-can.html
MRE Cornbread stuffing $1.80 per pack, would need 5 or 6 packs to make enough for 4 people plus some leftovers.
beprepared.com/mre-meal-ready-to-eat-side-cornbread-stuffing.html
Emergency Essentials Freeze dried celery (small can $6.95)
beprepared.com/freeze-dried-celery-small-can.html
salt and pepper to taste maybe a dash of poultry seasoning or sage if you have it.
How to prepare:
After preparing all of the ingredients (heating the stuffing, reconstituting and heating up the turkey and about ½ cup of celery) In a baking dish or bowl mix together all of the heated stuffing, most of the turkey and the ½ cup of celery.
Add some pepper and sage or poultry seasoning to taste. Since all ingredients are already heated it should be ready to eat, if you want it hotter heat for a few over camp stove.
Top with gravy and enjoy.
Desert:
Clif bars (1 per person) Iced Gingerbread, banana nut bread or Spiced pumpkin Pie would be good choices for this meal.
Drinks:
Starbucks Via packs for the adults
and if there are any children eating this meal Kool Aid instant drink mix
And of course any type of wine that you have on hand!
Happy Eating!
Maritime Prepper Holiday Fiesta:
• 2 cans frozen lobster (knuckles and claws) in an emergency, you must eat your frozen food first
• 3 cans of smoked Oysters
• 3 cans of canned Mussels
• 1 bottle of wine (if bugging out, a bottle of Vodka or Whiskey will be a better option for the weight.)
• 1 pack of crackers, or croutons
• 2 Cadbury Fruits and Nuts Chocolate bar
• multiple small packets of whipped butter (or grab your fridge butter before it melts)
• garlic powder
*optional:
• 1 bottled mason jar of pickled Chow (Farmers market stuff, or the one Aunt May made for you)
• side of Basmati Rice, easy breezy (fill ’er up WW2 style)
Instructions: Open wine, rejoice! (sips only! Make it last)
Thaw lobster can in hot water, may take a few hours….Sip of wine, once thawed, in a separate small pot; melt butter add garlic powder, Sip of wine.
Dip your Holiday lobster bites in the hot garlic butter; fondu -style. Sip of wine.
Open rest of cans, jars and bottle, Sip of wine. This can be improvised in any order, buffet style, kitchen party some tunes on your emergency radio, and have a Festivus For the Rest-of-us.
finish up with the Chocolate, sucking on big bites.
Happy Holidays all! You Rock Cliff!
Pork and beans, Chef boy R Dee anything, Lipton side kick anything ,and some freeze dried mashed potatoes and gravy would be my honest suggestion.
Great give away. Thanks to you and Mtn House. I'm going with Spam w/rice and beans.
What a challenge! I'm using contents of my "just in case" shelf food stock. Appetizer: Starkist chunky tunaMRE crackers MRE cheddar cheese pretzelsJack Links teriyaki tender bites
Entree:Minute white riceEpic uncured bacon pork barEpic beef Apple uncured bacon bar Bush's original baked beans Homemade water canned habanero and Yellow tomato salsa for taste. (This actually sounds fantastic all chopped and combined into a bowl)
Dessert: MRE chocolate brownie Mountain house Neapolitan Ice CreamCliff chocolate brownie barStrawberry pop tarts
Drink: Emergency beerWaterMRE Orange powder
All can be cooked fairly simple using a jetboil or an emberlit.
Bon appetite using a crkt spork.
So to start with, I would have to choose crackers #10 can ($21.99) with cottage cheese #10 can ($65.99) on top hollowest by some seafood chowder ($24.59) for appetizers.
For the main it would be garden green peas ($3.69) with fire roasted veritable blend ($3.99) next to the green beans ($3.69), and for the protein I would choose the diced beef #10 can ($69.99).
For desert would be cinnamon Apple slices ($13.49) under the Neapolitan ice cream ($2.99), with apple crisp ($7.49) on top of that. Beside that dish would be a few New York style cheese cake bites ($3.49).
Now the portions would have to be adjusted depending on how many were eating, but I know my family enjoys a fire outside with guitar's and strong drink after dinner and into the night, so for the overnight snack would have to be the macaroni & cheese #10 can ($29.99).
That would be a great meal.
Josh
Thanks for making me aware of this product. I am already a fan of Mountain House products and this video just gave me an idea for Christmas Gifts. Very cool. Thanks for your videos.
I rally gave this some thought. I considered what to make in an alternate location with limited cooking space. I world want some kind of comfort food that is holiday flavored yet simple to prepare... so here is my list
Main meal chicken n dumplings
1 cans of chicken
1 cans of veggie all
1 cans of cream of chicken
dried seasoning (I like sage and paprika but others like rose marry)
powder milk
flour
salt
baking soda
Veggie
can green beans saluted with
dried onion flakes
bacon bits (the real stuff in the salad dressing isle great for cooking with)
Dessert
1 can condense milk
1 small can pumpkin puree
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
mix it up real good
top with granola or crushed granola bars.
bake dutch oven style or eat uncooked like a mousse. Both ways are yummy.
Time to get your MREs. REI does special seasonal MH stock sales, with a wide variety of items. REI membership (and having previous dollar credit coupons), then go in, and buy case lot discounts, ... and I walked out with 15+ cases of mixed products (100+ packs), some as singles, others as doubles) for ~$500 (worth $2000+). Afterwards, REI friends were always calling me Prepper John.
2 cans of Yoders canned bacon
4 Brideford corn bread packages (found in mres)
Fruit Cake (probably last longer that anything!)
Gatorade drink mix
Instant coffee
+Chase Wiley Fruit cake? ha! You can have my serving Chase! Trade you for some of that Yoders bacon...
Holiday meal New Mexico prepper style -
Appetizer: jar of green olives stuffed with jalapeños
Jar of Mezzetta Califirnia hot mix
Marcona almonds with sea salt and Rosemary from Trader Joes
Main dish: One large can of hominy (posole)
Spoonful of freeze dried onions
Half spoon of dried garlic
Can of Kirkland premium chicken breast meat
Dried red chili powder (or green if you prefer)
Bag of Fritos to dip or crush on top
Drinks: Bottle or two of Oak Leaf white Zinfandel from Walmart
Warm Tang or tea made from pine needles for those who don't partake
Dessert: Twinkies
Dehydrated strawberries reconstituted
Add sugar to berries if needed and spoon over Twinkie
Dang, now I'm hungry! Thanks for the great contest. Can't wait to read everyone's recipes! Happy holidays!
Awesome video. I think Mountain House test ran this idea last year through Costco. Different packaging but similar idea. I like how they expanded the options. Good luck with the giveaway.
Preppers special Christmas dinner:
Starters:
4 cup-a-soup sachets, variety is to be chosen by person eating said soup, simply add hot water, stir and sip.
Mains and side:
1 tin of chicken luncheon meat, 1 tin of pork luncheon meat, 1 tin of beef luncheon meat and 1 tin of beef luncheon meat, open each tin, slice the contents in 4 equal chunks and grill, serve 1 of each per person for variety. 2 standard sized cans of baked beans, just open heat within the can and serve half a can per person. And instant mashed potatoes, again just add hot water.
Dessert:
Hot chocolate
Reconstitute and thoroughly mix 1 10# MH Can Diced Beef, 2 10# can MH Macaroni and Cheese, and 4 pro-pak's MH Fire Roasted Vegetable mix. Spice to taste with tabasco, chili flakes or ground pepper.
For dessert, mix water, pulverized pilot bread and rehydrated powdered milk into a crude dough. Rehydrate MH Cinnamon Apple slices, mixing in additional powdered milk and sugar. Cover apples thickly with dough. Bake in coals of campfire in whatever container is available to make a cobbler.
Pepper meal. Sheppard pie, yummy. Thrive ground beef with powdered gravy, canned corn, topped with mash potatoes (from flakes). If you want to get extra fancy get some Thrive cheddar cheese. I would also have some Thrive life dessert like strawberry with a cake.
Hi is this gaw available to international subscribers?
Honneyville freeze dried Turkey, Stovetop stuffing, Knor Turkey gravy, Idahoan instant mashed potatoes, Honneyville freeze dried broccoli, canned cranberry sauce, honneyville freeze dried sweet potatoes, libbys canned pumpkin. home made pie, with home made pie crust baked in a sun oven and topped with Honneyville Inst-whip mix whipped topping and a glass of home made wine.
These look awesome. I've loved every mountain house product i've tried so far. I'd love to see them make a 30 day kit as well.
They do make good products!
With two kids very close in age to yours (I'm sure you know the enjoyable struggle) I'm not going to be able to put together a meal for the contest but I think it's a great idea and am looking forward to seeing what folks come up with and watching the video you make using the recipes.
+Christopher Biegel Haha... Yeah, it definitely is a struggle. But well, well worth it. :)
For the prep you should have the 3 and 4 day kits sk they are similar in size should be all of them combined
Keystone canned turkey, canned gravy, dak canned ham, augason canned mashed potatoes, b&m canned bread, ocean spray cranberry sauce, glory foods sweet potato casserole,for dessert maybe mountain house freeze dried ice cream or backpackers pantry cheesecake, and of course canned unicorn meat (
Spam
Minute rice
Add water McCormick Brown gravy
Idahoan mashed potatoes
Valley food storage pasta primavera
Instant coffee
Single serve Gatorade propel
Very cool, Cliff. Can't wait to see the video with the winning menu!
#10 can of mountain house diced chicken
Can of corn
Freeze dried mashed potatoes
Can of peas
Can of mixed cut mixed vegetables
Can of chicken broth
Garlic & spices (per individual taste use as necessary)
Flour
Oil
Cook mountain house dice chicken (follow can instructions)
In separate pot make add all vegetables cans & chicken broth & season to liking add cooked chicken & thicken with a little flour and oil until it's the consistency of a gravy
Poor over freeze dried mashed potatoes (once cooked of course) & eat
End of the world Chicken ala King
My Holiday Meal Menu
Start with B&M canned brown bread with raisins served with Red Feather canned butter and Mountain House pilot bread with smoked salmon. The main course will be Mountain House Turkey Tetrazinni and Mountain House Ham Dices served with Mountain House Long grain and Wild Rice pilaf. Sides will be Mountain House Green bean casserole prepared with Campbell's Cream of Mushroom condensed soup Peak whole cream powdered milk and French's french fried onions, Mountain House roasted Vegetable Medley sprinkled with Kikkoman soy sauce, Mountain House whole kernel corn with Red Feather butter and Ocean Spray canned whole cranberry sauce. For desert Mountain House apple crisp, Mountain House Neapolitan Ice Cream. Beverages will be choice of Hot cocoa made with Peak brand powdered full cream milk, Wyler's hot apple cider, Stash brand Earl Grey tea with honey, chilled Peak milk, Country Time Lemonade or cheap burgundy jug wine.
These are all things I have in my preps.
2 bags of Mountain House chicken breast w/mashed potatoes. stove top stuffing and a gravy mix. Quick, light, and good.....
LOVE Mountain House, but if I were building an emergency stock of their products I would suggest a bit more variety than they’ve built here. There just seems to be too many duplicates. While I could happily eat the biscuits and gravy for four out of the five days, you might not want to eat the same entrees back to back, even in an emergency.
I have found that Mountain House the best as far as taste. They are high in sodium but in a SHTF scene that would be the least of my worries.
+Just “Old Man Of The Woods” Me I agree. And the ease of preparation is definitely a plus. I really like that they are branching out into the preparedness/readiness community.
Thank you very much I will get to work making a great meal for you and your family
2- pouches Mountain House Beef Stew
1- #10 Can of Crackers
4- MRE drink mixes (individual)
2- Cans of fruit salad
2- Pouches of Granola
Hey man,
I won't be entering this contest as I'm already peachy myself, so I'd rather it go to someone else who needs it more. Just wanted to say I think it's great you're doing this. I've been watching your channel for a few years now. Keep up to good work.
+Matthew Taylor Thanks a bunch, Matthew! I appreciate your support of my channel. ~Cliff
Ok, after long consideration I decided to go with a holiday meal made from the supplies that I would actually have on me in a 'bug-out'-situation. Mostly since you mention that the meal should be cooked without any kitchen supplies, which means that the items used in the meal are implied to be in one's bug-out bag as well. As would they be in your bug-IN supplies, you may as well use your kitchen or emergency preps for cooking in a bug-in scenario (like BBQ's, Electric Cook-plates (in case only gas is failing)) ... ... ... So Holiday meals in the Netherlands, well while we have a variety of traditional winter meals (lots of cabbage variety), there isn't really any true 'traditional meal' around these times (the traditional meals are meant for actual meals). So people generally do one of the following: - eat wild game like deer, rabbit (as that is in season); likely in a 3 or more course dinner... - Also popular is 'gourmetten' (in which a wide variety of meats, and go along ingredients, are placed on the table raw, and everybody at the table has a small frying pan (4x4-inch or so) to place on an electric cooking plate, and basically prepares their own small entree's from those ingredient, just the way they like it (f/e small meatball with some chopped union, chopped mushroom, chopped sweet pepper, then when done 3 slices of Gouda cheese on top just to melt
+Dutch Courage Ok so what is actually in my bug-out bag: - 1L of rice ... - 1L of Split peas ... - 1L of an assortment of non spiced jerky (chicken, pork, beef) ... 1L of trailmix (mixed variety of nuts & raisins) ... There are Liter measurements because these are all kept in 1L Klean Kanteen drinking bottles (with the idea that once food runs out, water will be more paramount, they are also waterproof and thus airtight) ... 1x 4inch tin with lid, filled with a variety of bouillon cubes in variety of tastes (chicken-broth, beef-broth, herbal-broth) ... 3 tiny tins of double concentrated tomato puree/sausebase ... small vial of salt, small vial of sugar, small variety of herbs (basil, thyme, ... ) ... a small bottle of rum ... tranches of instant coffee & tea-bags ... ... Cooking implements: 2 stainless steel bottles, 2 stainless steel cups & lids(basically 2x pathfinder cook sets), 2x stainless steel dog bowls, some knives & cutting board, some sporks ... ... ... the bug-out meal plan is as follows (somewhat similar to instance meal, so 1 pot but longer boil time). Put the split pea's in a water bottle and let them soak (if on the move, or in one of the cups if in camp), while they do not require soaking persee, it will shorten the actual cooking time. Put the peas with the water on the fire, add a bouillon cube of taste you prefer said day, let boil for say 10min, then add one serving of rice to the pot, let boil 10min, for the last 10min either add a variety of jerky to the pot, or if you so prefer sort them by taste. Check if after 30min the peas are done, if so, start munching ... so while the meals are largely the same for each of the 3 days, the taste is different every time due to the choice of soup as the base ingredient. If wanted a tin of tomato puree can be added, or the whole spiced with some herbs ... ... ... The trail mix is obviously intended for lunch ...
+Dutch Courage Ok, NOW Disaster strikes over the Holidays !!! ... Something special has to be prepared, in preparation of the holiday meal some things are done the evening prior to the actual meal... ... I have chosen to mix my countries customs and my ingredients into a 3 course meal, with a choice between stone-grill or broth fondue... ...the numbered recipe follows: ... ... 1. Make one roughly 1 liter of tea in one of the stainless steel bottles, let it cool off, add sugar to taste ... ... 2. Sort out a hand full of raisin's from the trail mix, put in one of the dog bowls, add the rum to it, let it soak over night... -- ...Next morning, poor off any remaining rum into the icetea, let it rest a bit, poor off some tiny bit more; sprinkle a few dashes of sugar over the raisins, mix well together, put these in a zip-lock bag. You will need the bowl again ... ... 3. Pre-soak the peas in one of the cups ... ... ( - Make a modern key shaped fire pit; you will make an actual fire in the round shape of the key, and while burning down you add the coals to the actual key part. Once there is a nice coal bed, place a flat stone on top (be careful here and test out the stone in fire the night prior, never use stones that come from a river, stones 'can explode', if there are cavities in them even more so if they are soaked in water. Though more then often they are just fine)) ... ... 4. Sort out the jerky, put some of the pork and beef jerky in one of the dog bowls and add water to rehydrate the meat. Put it off to the side for now; keep the chicken jerky around on the cutting board. ... ... 5. Boil 1L of water in the remaining stainless steel bottle (mainly to help speed up things) on the side of the fire ... ... 6. Put the peas & water onto the hot stone to bring them to a boil (may want to pour off the water and add some of that boiling water instead to speed up the process, add more water to the bottle) ... ... *!* After about 10min ... ... 7. Add boiling water to the remaining dog bowl and put it on the stone as well, add 1/4th a cube of chicken broth/bouillon cube. Add just a dash of rice, and add the chicken jerky. Let it boil until the rice is done, should be about 10min or so) ... ... 8. Put a serving of rice in one of the cups and add boiling water, put it on the stone also ... ... => Enjoy your first course, a dog-bowl with chicken soup. (10min), clean your bowl ... ... 9. Both the rice and the peas should be done now, pour off the water. Put one double concentrated tomato puree tin in the bowl add a dash of water, add the peas, add the rice, add a dash of salt & thyme. Bring it to a simmer, add some basil ... ... 10. While 9, put boiling water in one of the freed up cups, add 1 cube of herbal broth (make it strong!) to said water, just let it sit boiling on the stone ... ... 11. When 9 is basically done, pour off the water from the rehydrated meat ... => Enjoy your second course, Italian flavoured rice & beans in tomato sauce, while choosing to either stone fry the chunks of meat, or boil them in the broth (or both at the same time), may even choose to roast some bits over the fire. Don't forget to enjoy your spiked ice tea, do be so classy to actually use that 2nd cup that is available once you do step 9 ... ... -> Once done and satisfied, give everything a quick clean, except for that bottle of boiling water, it is time to prepare desert ... ... 12. Put the sugared rum raisins in one of the dog bowls, and fish out a hand full of assorted nuts (no raisins in there this time) in the other dog bowl. Poor some of that boiling water into one of the cups and add the instant coffee (sugar to taste). Drink your coffee while enjoying the raisins and nuts. If you are truly prepared, you may actually choose to take out that 'end of the world cigar' as well, kick back your feet and enjoy ... ... ...Thank you for this contest, it was actually really nice to figure out something a bit more classy than glorified carbohydrate/protein soup/stew, from the ingredients that I choose to put into my bug-out bag as a 'food-module'. Sure, it may not be as wonderful as an actual holiday meal in a pre-SHTF situation, but still, little can be made into much more, with some imagination, and I am glad I choose to take a variety of things, which let me do a variety of things. Obviously there are no exact measurements, and for 4 people you need to multiply everything by 4 ... ;P ... (hope this is better)
I'm UK based, so not sure if I can enter, but I'm a sucker for sourcing all kinds of emergency foods / long shelf life foods and rations from all over the place so enjoyed the exercise anyway!
Starters: Dried French Onion Soup:
www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/french-onion-soup-mix-1kg.html (UK based site with huge amount of dried goods) - just add hot water and boil
Main: Roast Pork in Beer Sauce :
shop.conserva.de/en/meat-dishes/428-roast-pork-in-beer-sauce-4260238542345.html (This is a German based site I have used in the past. They do some great canned organic foods - really high quality and taste great. Plenty of unusual dishes which are really appealing) Just heat in a saucepan.
Serve with: Dried Mountain House Fire Roasted Vegetable Blend - Pouch www.mountainhouse.com/M/product/53333.html
Canned Rosemary Potatoes:
shop.conserva.de/en/side-dishes/439-rosemary-potatoes-4260238542253.html (Conserva.de again)
Dried sage and onion stuffing mix with added chopped up dried apricots:
www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254881402 (Any UK based supermarket but I expect there is the same / equivalent in the US)
Dessert: Has to be a syrup sponge pudding:
www.britishcornershop.co.uk/simpsons-pudding-syrup-sponge?gclid=CjwKEAiAhPCyBRCtwMDS5tzT03gSJADZ8VjRNljP_OTdp58bp-Hi_n788SkFf-p2pH3_16YZ8jygYhoC3cfw_wcB
Or a chocolate sponge pudding:
www.99pland.com/?product=goblin-tinned-sponge-pudding-290g-chocolate (Heinz used to make these but I think they were discontinued - although I have a few in my preps!!) Just boil the tin in water (making a small hole of course in the lid!)
Serve with instant dried custard!
www.britishcornershop.co.uk/birds-instant-custard-triple-pack - has to be Bird's of course!
All are either just heat in a pan and serve or add boiling water.
Enjoy!
6 mre spaghetti entrées instant Kraft Mac n cheese (for kid prepper) canned cranberry sauce mountain house biscuits and gravy (4) and mre wheat snack bread (6)
Hey T.U.P., not going to enter the drawing, but thanks for the review, I have ordered several of the skillet breakfast based on your review. I am very pleased with the value.
M H is good stuff,not cheap,but the best around in that category
AlpineAire freezedried mashed potatoes and gravy with turkey - from their websiteYour choice of any freeze dried or dehydrated vegetables (there's about a million brands/varieties if ya look on the Internet)And your choice of a single serving of pouched wine (any grocery store has them) All light weight with good shelf lifes... Got your potatoes, gravy, turkey, vegetables, and an adult beverage for the celebration!
I FORGOT DESSERT!!! CLIF ENERGY BAR: Spiced pumpkin pie!
my holidays dinner would be the life boat food ration bar,mountain house breakfast wrap (I don't remember the meal name),powder milk and life boat water packet,and mountain house biscuits and gravy meal.
Sounds like fun!
Great Video
Here is my Thanksgiving menu : 6 pouches of chicken and mashed potatoes, 1 #10 can of lasagna and meat sauce, 4 pouches of garden green pea's , 4 pouches of fire roasted vegetable blend and for dessert 1 #10 can of raspberry crumble with raspberry sauce and chocolate cookie crumbs.
All of these menu items are Mountain House .
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
Cliff, sounds like a winner. Pay it forward for me to a more deserving sole. Cheers, Mate.
I really enjoy your videos and how practical they are for everyday preparedness. Here is what I would have for the dinner.
Appetizer would be Sweet and Spicy Starkist Tuna packet spread on butter crackers.
For the main course I would serve Mountain House Beef Stroganoff with canned creamed sweet corn and Hungry Jack instant cheddar potatoes.
Dessert would be Mountain House Apple Crisp with dehydrated cranberries mixed in.
Finally the fourth course would be simple after dinner coffee with a Starbucks Via Italian Roast.
When I go hiking or camping with my Family I'm usually the cook to the point I'm called Cookie :) Hope I win and hope that you continue with the great videos! PS. I started watching your channel with the Altoids EDC tin video and my most recent favorite is the H2Go bag!
Mountain house turkey tetrazzini, mountain house cooked diced ham, back packers pantry baco cheddar mashed potatoes, thrive savory beef gravy, honeyville freeze dried sweet potatoes, Mountain house cut green beans, Mountain house new York style cheesecake bites.
My boss brought an amazing Thanksgiving dinner in a casserole for us to share. Easy to duplicate with long-term storage. Of course, you're free to add salt, pepper and any other seasonings you like.
1st layer:
-2 packs StoveTop Stuffing
-2 Tbs dried onion flakes
-1 Tbs Knorr chicken broth powder dissolved in 1 cup hot water
-1 package Craisins
Mix all ingredients together and layer on the bottom of a 9X11 baking pan
2nd layer:
-3 cups Honeyville Freeze dried mixed vegetables ( shop.honeyville.com/freeze-dried-vegetable-mix.html )
-2 pouches McCormick turkey gravy mix
Combine everything. Add enough hot water to hydrate veggies and make gravy. Put over the top of layer 1.
3rd layer:
-8 to 10 Emergency Essentials Freeze Dried Turkey Patties (hydrated)
Layer over previous layers.
4th layer:
-4 cups Honeyville Instant potato flakes ( shop.honeyville.com/instant-potato-flakes.html)
-3 tbs Honeyville powdered butter ( shop.honeyville.com/powdered-butter.html )
Mix together and hydrate according to package instructions. Layer on top of previous layers
Bake at 350 degrees until heated through and bubbly around the edges.
For Dessert:
-2 packages Mountain House Raspberry Crumble Dessert
Beverages:
14 Hands Riesling
Coffee
Tea
SPAM Saimin
2 SPAM HAM
4 Ramen Noodles packages
Canned peas or beans
boil water and add the ramen - add the spam when noodles getting done, then add the peas or beans.
you could grill the spam slices first then add to the noodles
my holiday meal would be grean beans and baked beans out of a can a couple packs of chicken and rice mountain house boiled water with a small coffee pack in it small part of my Bob chocolate bar and some freezes dried mashed potatoes
I saw the 2 day package review you did with RevHiker. I thought of one you might do at REI, of course it might require some permission being issued, but basically get some of the Mountain House products and do a public taste test. Heat up some of the items and offer small samples to customers and staff at REI and get their opinions.
+Kevin Baker That is a great idea! I can look into it.
I really enjoy your videos. keep'em coming.
4 years gone by am I late to enter your drawing? Lol jk🤣🤣🤣
Given that its emergency food....so ill assume that you'll have to limit what you eat. I would keep it simple with mashed potatoes, Beef Stroganoff, Biscuits, and a side of veggies. and a mixable dink. and for desserts I would go with Mountain house Cheesecake Bites
Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes from Backpacker’s Pantry
Vegetable Medley from Backpacker’s Pantry
Creamy Potato Cheddar Soup from AlpineAire Foods
Pasta Primavera from Mountain House
Dark Chocolate Cheesecake from Backpacker’s Pantry
I am a vegetarian, so this might be an interesting combo. I can vouch for all these selections, but I have never eaten them all at once! Good luck! Hey, if you need to borrow my BioLite Stove to test it out and prepare this meal, I would let you!
Mountain house lasagna, instant made add-water-only mashed potatoes ( gravy if can find in store). Freeze dried veggies, polar bear cookies and cream ice cream. Saratoga farms turkey with seasoning of your choice. And if you are feeling adventurous try to make some Biscuits over open fire ( similar to RUclipsr- Eatallthebirds video ) . Love your channel hope to win! :D
thanks for the video. gonna have to revisit turkey day. great contest. recipe forthcoming
Gotta go with Charlie Brown on this one...jelly beans and toast. After getting laid off from work be lucky if I can afford even that.
cool cant wait to be a winner I love mountain house I bought the breakfast case and the essentials I'm waiting on the breakfast cant wait to taste the skillet..tnks for the video
That a neat concept. Be a great give away for sure. thanks for sharing atb John
I forgot to add
Tang Powered Orange Juice (to rejuvenate your electrolytes).
Mountain house prepped steak freeze-dried mashed taters Mountain house Mac & cheese caned green beans and the mountain house ice cream bar
1-BANOCK 2- CAN SOUP -3- VEG RICE 4- DRY FRUIT AND NUTS
Great contest idea
I decided to see if I could put together a Latino style meal and…… here goes:
Shelf stable beef and bean enchiladas: www.healthwisenri.com/product/beef-and-bean-enchilada-entree/
Shelf stable Mexican rice: www.daintyrice.ca/en/products.php?product=20
Shelf stable flour tortillas: catalliafoodservice.com/products/shelfstable/
Mountain House freeze dried Apple Crisp (?? Hey, I’m trying): www.mountainhouse.com/M/product/apple-crisp.html?variant_id=32
2013 Torrevieja Mendoza Malbec (red wine -naturally decent shelf life) (pairs well with spicy foods): www.amazon.com/2013-Torrevieja-Mendoza-Malbec-Wine/dp/B00MMQULY0/ref=sr_1_1?s=wine&ie=UTF8&qid=1448755118&sr=1-1&keywords=malbec+wine
When are you going to post the winner?
How about an Independence Day All American meal?
Pressure canned hotdogs (cannot find a freeze-dried or canned version, maybe Yoders Grill Delights Hot Dogs when in stock?)
Chilli (AlpineAire Foods Freeze-Dried Mountain Chili)
Mountain House Sweet Whole Kernel Corn Freeze Dried Vegetables [no corn on the cob :( ]
Van Camp's Pork and Beans - 15 oz can
MOUNTAIN HOUSE Ice Cream Bar
That's all I got...thanks for the contest and for your showcasing these products.
how to read mountain house emergency pouches manufacture date ?
keep them videos coming.
The sodium in those is out rageous. Good luck with your health
My prepper holiday meal would be vacuum sealed turkey jerkey (great how to @ marksdailyapple.com), organic potato flakes (add water, dried whole milk, canned butter, garlic powder, Italian seasoning (or whatever general all spice you prefer...these spuds can be a bit bland) salt and pepper), brown gravy (recipe @ tngun.com), green bean casserole (family tradition for morale sake and its delicious - canned green beans, mushroom soup and dried onions topper) and of course Mountain House Apple Crisp for dessert. Sit back, lossen the belt and enjoy.
NICE VIDEO THANKS FRIENDS
Am I too late for the contest? lol What is your favourite brand?
Start with a late afternoon snack of Mountain House Ice Cream Sandwich with a cup of eggnog from Vermont Eggnog mix. Dinner should consist of Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini and Mountain House Italian Style Pepper Steak for the gluten conscious crowd. Sides of canned cranberry sauce, canned baby corn, Mountain House Green Beans, Idahoan mashed potatoes with a packet of brown gravy. Dessert is an easy choice, Mountain House Neapolitan ice cream broken up and drizzled over Mountain House Raspberry crumble.
A supportive beverage should be a growler of Brother IPA from Fremont Brewing on 34th Street in Seattle.
In a true preparedness situation I would be much less extravagant of course. The meal would be more likely Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini and perhaps Mountain House Neapolitan ice cream for dessert.
Thanks for an interesting video and thanks to +Mountain_House for sending the gear! ruclips.net/video/hWbgUR267Fw/видео.html
Thanks for the review.
First of great video thank you for having this amazing giveaway now how many people are we serving would you like us to include the amount of packages and stuff like that or just what products and maybe where we got them from thank you and God bless
I'm looking to serve 4-6 preppers and friends. Appropriate size for each item is fine (e.g., 1 #10 can, 2 pouches, 12 oz can x 2).
Sweet sue whole canned chicken, smash instant mash potato, bisto gravy granules and some tinned vegetables
Only because i actually want to see someone attempt to eat a gross looking Sweet Sue Canned Chicken!
Oh and washed down with some Blue Can water and a mountain house dessert afterwards because i do have a heart and you would need something decent to take the taste away feom the chicken!
Greetings from stormy England!
+jamie Outdoors FWIW..... Canned chicken...... chicken salad with hardboiled eggs, chicken & dumplings, chicken noodle soup, any casserole that calls for cooked chicken. (No it ain't fresh roast chicken :-) but it still works in many recipes.)
Oh... one more: Chicken & gravy biscuits (Make brown gravy with chicken stock & seasonings, add shredded chicken & simmer. Serve over hot homemade scratch biscuits! With a well done roux and properly seasoned, you'll want seconds. :-)
Just eat the Just In Case 4 Day Emergency Food Supply! X3
Mountain house chicken rice and biscuits and gravy
Those prizes seem like an awesome opportunity and I'd love to enter... But I won't.
There are two reasons. Firstly I'm in the UK. Shipping that lot would be pretty pointless. It would cost as much as the actual items would to buy.
Secondly the prizes are useless to me, because I am vegetarian.
Don't get me wrong, I love MH products and have quite a few of them (love the Vegetable Tikka with Rice). But a lot of these companies always go for the easy options of assuming people will eat any of their products. And why wouldn't they? That covers 99% of the people who buy them so it's an ideal target audience.
But not many of them offer larger packs for veggies. In fact I can't think of anybody offhand. Here's hoping Mountain House read this and think about it.
cool nice video