 Bob - That was my first view of Greenland too... flying to Canada. Cruise ships just happened to turn up at either end of the Arctic Circle Trail, and it's amazing how busy a place gets when that happens.
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 Paddy, Bit of a culture shock after 2 weeks seeing only very few people! Getting back on topic, I completely agree about the Reiter meals which require frying - I have 1 'Bacon and Fried Potatoes' and 5 'Apple Pancakes still in the cupboard, with best before dates of 2007! We used Mountain House on our Torridon - Cape Wrath trek in May and Backpacker's Pantry recently, doing the 4000'ers in Scotland. Backpacker's Pantry were all vegetarian. Both along with our own. Both these (American) could have been larger portions - I now take some dehydrated pasta / rice of my own to bulk them up a bit! I have now restocked with some 'Trekking Mahlzeiten' aka 'Trek,N Eat' which I had to import from Germany (prefer the 2 person packs which all the above have been). We find these could on portions. Also busily restocking with our own dehydrated meal when possible.
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I used the 'Trekking Mahlzeiten' packs on my outward trek on the Arctic Circle Trail. They were double portion, but I just made them up for myself, and I was pretty stuffed! In one 'unofficial' hut on the trail I found a heap of Mexican Chilli meal packs, with a use-by date of 1995 on them. I guess no-one was much inclined to put them to the test! Strangely, on the most remote part of the trail, someone had left a sealed, Danish DVD of 'Inspector Barnaby' in one of the huts. Why they'd carried it all that way, I have no idea. Even if they were toting a DVD player, they hadn't opened the package. Leaving it in a hut where there was no DVD player for days in either direction seemed a bit odd!
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I used the 'Trekking Mahlzeiten' packs on my outward trek on the Arctic Circle Trail. They were double portion, but I just made them up for myself, and I was pretty stuffed! In one 'unofficial' hut on the trail I found a heap of Mexican Chilli meal packs, with a use-by date of 1995 on them. I guess no-one was much inclined to put them to the test! Strangely, on the most remote part of the trail, someone had left a sealed, Danish DVD of 'Inspector Barnaby' in one of the huts. Why they'd carried it all that way, I have no idea. Even if they were toting a DVD player, they hadn't opened the package. Leaving it in a hut where there was no DVD player for days in either direction seemed a bit odd! We're stuffed using one TM pack for 2 people (all be it with 2 other courses)! The DVD is however, really weird 
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 ok reiters food or any of the freeze dreid food does anybody put the contents of the packet into the pot and bring it to the boil then use the pot and cozy saving the 79grams weight of a food bag (reiters) cozy.
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I put the contents into a saucepan and poured boiling water over and sirred well and stood in the cosy for 10 minutes. If you "cook" in the bag then slit the bag and pour in the boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Taste Then chuck it away - absolute crap
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thats true!
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 I've tried the Decathlon meals. Bought them cheap in a promotion. While some were not bad (pasta and beef, chicken curry) others were cack (fish with rice). Either way though I don't think they are worth six quid.
I used to see LWWF meals in Morrisons and Tesco, but haven't saw any for quite some time.
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I think I saw LWWF in Sainsbury. A bit on the heavy side for carrying but good for car camping
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i agree they do look very tasty but arnt they 350grams per meal
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Yes thereabouts so not much good for carrying
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yes what about dehydrating your own food but that can expensive
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Dehydrating is not for me. Too much messing. I have come to the conclusion that if I am near a pub then it is a pub meal for me. if you look at the price of the Reiter meals and compare with say what I saw in the peak district (£10) for an evening meal then hardly worth the time and disappointment. Obviously if you are away from civilisation then you make do with what you can tolerate, but for me definitely not Reiter
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i bring dehyrated food but i agree the whole point of going hiking in the country is to spend some time in a local pub a few beers and something to eat brilliant the reiters food are for an emergency if you are in the middle of nowhere
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 Rather than getting dried food from gear shops, which is usually disgusting and always overpriced, I think you're better off getting those flavoured pasta or rice packets from supermarkets (e.g. Batchelors). Much cheaper and less disgusting - but check the calorific content, as it's usually less than you get in the stuff from outdoor shops.
LWWF is nicer to eat, but not dried, therefore heavy. And I find a single packet isn't enough after a long day in the hills.
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good idea thanks!
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 Black salior.... do you mean the supermarket food that says things like "MSG" and has a list of 'E' numbers as long as your arm? Hmmmm I guess the clue was in the word "flavoured"... Wonder why they use that word is it because it doesn't actually contain any of said ingrediant?
Ho hum!
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Bedouin... you got the "flavoured" thing wrong! In the food industry... "flavoured" means it's the real thing giving it the taste. "Flavour" is used when the taste is generated by chemicals. "Chocolate flavoured" is used to describe something that actually has chocolate in it, while "chocolate flavour" is just a mixture of chemicals that taste vaguely like chocolate. All it takes is those two letters... 'e' and 'd'... to pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
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Cheers Paddy! 
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