Does Coleman dehydrated pasta always taste awful, or am I doing it wrong?

[The Cleaner]

I found out that cooking the meals in a pot does help.The chili soup needed salt.Any freeze dried meal needs BOILING water.Add to that water boils at a temperature something like -3-5degrees below 212F. for every 1000ft in elevation.For example @ 6000ft water will come to boil at 194degrees F.For this reason I always use a real stove,a Svea 123a.If you like under cooked food and warm drinks use an alcohol stove....

What's great about alky stoves is the temp control switch/knob and the off switch.Then there is the problem of leftover fuel....