Mountain House Dinners

[RED-DOG]

My favorite is the Pro-Packs any of the Dinner's.

[Wise Old Owl]

While the Mountain Meals can replenish lost carbs from hiking all day, they are truely too bulky to carry more than a few. The next time I buy some, (my Costco has the bundle for $44), the better solution is to take the meals from their MH package and try vacumn packing those suckers to a managable size.

Now to answer your question; The limited variety of meals I've actually tasted, I have found Chicken Dumplings and Teriaki(sp)Chicken to be my favorites.

Propac are not bulky and repacking can cause spoilage.
I suggest you mix them with FBC

[daddytwosticks]

Propac are not bulky and repacking can cause spoilage.
I suggest you mix them with FBC

I'm just a section hiker so my appetite has never kicked in on my hikes. I've always divided my Mt House meals in two before I go out on a hike. Double-wrapped in ziplocks and stored in the freezer before my hikes, I've never had spoilage.

[Double Wide]

Mountain House Chili Mac is pretty damn good, especially when supplemented with a packet of tabasco I lifted from Panera Bread. The stroganoff is pretty good too. Haven't eaten enough of them to decide which is least favorite yet...

[Nytro]

Beef Stroganoff or Grilled Chicken Fajita Mix!

[grateful 2]

Plus one on the seafood chowder. It is as good as any you will get at a high end restaurant.

Directions on package say to add the hot water and let "simmer" in a sock for about 7-10 minutes. I find that I need to leave MH in the sock for at least 20 minutes to get a good meal. Anybody got any secrets for preparing a MH meal?
Hard to find but I really like the Seafood Chowder.

[Dutch1976]

I've tried quite a few now..I don't like the breakfast foods, I'd rather eat oatmeal or even a MH dinner for breakfast.

If I have a choice I really don't care for the red sauce dinners..Spahgetti, lasagna ect., something about them..But even those are no worst than cafeteria food.

I prefer the dinners based on rice or mashed potatoes.

Those "2 serving" bags are 1 serving.

[Sunshine82]

Pasta primavera!!it can't be beat!

[atmilkman]

I always liked the Chili-Mac, My least favorite is any of the breakfast.

mountain house meals only serve two people when they suck.
same favorites-beef stroganoff and lasagna.worst-scrambled eggs and bacon

Totally agree about the breakfast meals. Something just doesn't come together with these.

[Kodak-RM]

I have used the MH before but this hike I am putting together my own food. I found most of the recipes from www.trailcooking.com.

My fav MH is the Buffalo Chicken ...

[nu2hike]

My favorites are MH Rice and Chicken and MH Chicken Salad! I was skeptical about the chicken salad but its very tasty and requires only cold water!

[earlyriser26]

Try the Mexican style rice and chicken. Beef strog. and spag. both good too.

[jacob_springsteen]

Try the Mexican style rice and chicken. Beef strog. and spag. both good too.

The New Orleans Rice w/ shrimp and ham was surprisingly good and I don't like shrimp all that much unless it battered in coconut chased by a beer. The breakfast skillet wrap is really good. The chicken breast and mashed potato one I will never buy again. The chicken "breasts" had an amorphous texture. Better off bringing a Sue Bee chicken foil and pouch of Idaho loaded instant mashed potatoes.

[Connie]

ProPak Lasagna.

[1azarus]

ProPak Lasagna.

my favorite, too. I will occasionally eat them every other night!

[aaronthebugbuffet]

Sweet and Sour Pork is the only one I've ever had. Another hikers was getting MH in mail drops and didn't like that one.
This was at the end of a north bound so of course I thought it was delicious.

[Havana]

Beef Strog and Lasagna (chipping the cheese off the spoon is a fine desert). Breakfast eggs are palatable as long as you carry a hot sauce to give them some flavor. I'll have to try the wraps.

[Glacier]

Chili Mac and beef

Yep...chili mac for the win

[colorado_rob]

MH dinners are all horrible. I just bought 20 of them on sale at Campmor for next spring's hunger-fest along the AT....

[Connie]

Okay, raspberry crumble, then.