Best Dehydrated Food Companies?

[WIAPilot]

What companies offer the best dehydrated food in your opinion?

[Rocket Jones]

I've had excellent success with Harmony House:

www.harmonyhousefoods.com

I've never tried these, but have seen people on WB who like 'em:
http://hawkvittles.com/

http://www.packitgourmet.com/

http://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/store/c/40-Meals.aspx

I recently found these folks too, but haven't tried them:

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/

[Tuckahoe]

Just to repeat Rocket Jones, I really like both Hawk Vittles and Packit Gourmet.

[WIAPilot]

Thanks for some great suggestions!

[Blissful]

Me. I make my own with my Nesco food dryer.

[Rocket Jones]

I do too. Mostly. I did get one of those 'backpacker kits' from Harmony House for Christmas and it's been a nice addition to my pantry.

[Wise Old Owl]

theres another sticky in the making/

[Bear-bait]

I'm a fan of http://outdoorherbivore.com/

[Strategic]

It's Packit Gourmet for me when I use pre-made meals. I often assemble my own, but Packit does great meals and they're strictly "no hassle" cooking that you can do directly in the bag for most of their dishes. They are far better than any of the other companies I've tried (and I've tried most of them) and they're very helpful and accommodating to hikers, too. Pretty much your best bet for pre-made meals.

[bwburgin1015]

I love Mountain House but they are high in sodium. Not an issue for me but it is for folks with BP problems. Beef Stroganoff is my favorite!

[1azarus]

I've just started paying more attention to this... gonna be out four nights later this week on a freeze dried gourmet tour. first night -- old favorite mountain house lasagna. then new for me: one night each maryjane, packit and hawkvittles. I think I prefer the packaging for maryjane, packit and hawkvittles over mountain house from what i see. can't wait for the taste test.

[Pedaling Fool]

Me. I make my own with my Nesco food dryer.

Same here, I dehydrate everything. And judging by some of them dehydrated-food prices my dehydrator (expensive type) has paid for itself and then some.

My garden also offsets a lot. Around here you can easily pay $4 for a single red pepper or $2 for a simple green pepper. Crazy.

[JAK]

Quaker Oats.

[WingedMonkey]

Wow....that's a change. You didn't tell us to carry a bog of dried parsley.

[Rocket Jones]

A while back Wise Foods was offering free sample meals. I tried one and it was pretty good.

http://wisefoodstorage.com/outdoor-food-kits.html

[VT-Mike]

+2 on make your own. MUCH better ingredients and SO MUCH better taste!

[colonel r]

I love the Mountain House stuff but the cheese in the lasagna is almost impossible to get off my spoon. I now take a disposable one in the bag itself. I do all freezer bag cooking or heating water for the freeze dried stuff!
R

[colonel r]

BTW, I buy the Mountain House in the large tins and portion them out for my backpacking. One portion is not generally sufficient and this allows me to save a lot of money off individual servings.
R

[HeartFire]

I have to second the recommendation for Outdoor Herbivore. They are a fantastic company good food/healthy food.

Even though I do all of my own food, if your looking to buy, I would go to them

[gunner76]

Bablefish5 at http://hungryhammockhanger.com/ has a bunch of DIY meals you can make and dehydrate for the trail. All very good