 I'm currently looking at ways to resolve the camping food problem. Boil in the bag is perfect, but it ain't cheap if you're planning a long camp. I thought the make your own idea was great until I saw the price of the vacuum packers.
Ah well, the search continues.
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whats the best packet /boil in bag meal? forget the price
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 Freeze-dried: Drytech Real Turmat or Mountain House Boil-in-the-Bag: Look What We Found
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 The Drytech Real Turmat are the best freeze-dried meals I've encountered. But you do have to be prepared to 'forget' the price, baz!
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Drytech Real Turmat is the Rolls Royce of the freeze dried food world. No competition - i used many different types when rowing atlantic.
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If you want a good-ish boil-in-the bag vegetarian curry I've recently been trying some of the Ready meal range at http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Ready-Meals.html . They weigh around 300g and can be up to a claimed 700 calories (the Muttar Paneer - Kohinoor) If you add a couple of pitta breads that could be 960 calories . You'll need a wide or deep pan to boil 'em in though . They take around 3-5 mins to heat up . Current price today is £1.95 for 2 . Had the Kashmiri Rajma - Kohinoor for my evening meal tonight . Was good enough and felt full afterwards (with 2 pitta's) .
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.JPG) If you want a good-ish boil-in-the bag vegetarian curry I've recently been trying some of the Ready meal range at http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Ready-Meals.html . They weigh around 300g and can be up to a claimed 700 calories (the Muttar Paneer - Kohinoor) If you add a couple of pitta breads that could be 960 calories . You'll need a wide or deep pan to boil 'em in though . They take around 3-5 mins to heat up . Current price today is £1.95 for 2 . Had the Kashmiri Rajma - Kohinoor for my evening meal tonight . Was good enough and felt full afterwards (with 2 pitta's) .
Wow - thanks for that link - looks like quite a range  - and good prices - I feel an order will be in order!
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 the indian boil in the bag stuff is truly excellent for the money - the beans/lentil ones being the best imo. however, be warned that they are quite salty - not unpleasantly so as they tend to be rather moreish and you really do need some bread/starch of some description to accompany them.
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 It's a shame that companies add needless amounts of salt, MSG and chemicals to their food. Especially to a curry where there are so many highly flavoured and natural ingredients.
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Have to admit that I bought the boil in a bag Indian meals as a fill-in to get the order up to £30 for free delivery after I'd chosen my spices . My plan was to learn how to actually cook something and then fill a good few empty aluminium cigar tubes (with ptfe tape seals) with various spices and make my own curries etc . Should be very light in weight . So long as there were a local supply of vegetables , fish , water and meths for fuel I'd be well away . Um , hopefully . Heigh ho . Edit: to change to tubes not cases .
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Personally I just love Army ration packs, especially now with the new menus, readily available on Ebay (or your local Garrison). Also you get the benefit of all the extra goodies, like Yorkie Bars, steritabs, lots of drinks, soup, sweets, etc.
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