 I like a bit of hot food when I'm out and about and Pot Noodles fit the bill nicely since I have a Jet Boil and can eat one and use the rest of the water for a hot drink without needing much in the way of equipment. Only think I'm thinking is that back in the day Pot Noodles were generally accepted to have all the food content of nuclear waste. Is this still the case or are they a useful mountain lunch?
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 I like them... 
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Mugshots are better 
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 They still contain artificial flavours, like MSG, which can affect some people. I tend to make my own from supermarket bought stuff.
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 Prefer food myself... Our lad thinks they're the Greatest. His sister is less convinced, but Jack's an ambassador for the brand and keeps trying to get her to have another go with them, viz: "And you don't have to worry about it being beef and tomato flavour, because it doesn't taste of beef or tomatoes!" 'Nuff said...
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I prefer to go to a chinese supermarket myself and get some of thier noodles. Kind of like Batchelors supernoodles or the blue dragon ones. They used to sell the same brand in a supermarket near me. It was called Doll noodles. You had chicken, mushroom and wan tan flavours. I also think there was a chilli chicken flavour too. There are other ones in a lot of Chinese / Thai / Indonesian / Asian supermarkets. I do think they taste slightly better than pot noodle. If I was you and you wanted that sort of snack then for on the hill use get the normal noodles types that come in a plastic packet with the noodles and one or two sachets for the flavouring. They mean no pot and taste slightly better, cheaper too I think especialy own brand ones. cup a soup or LWIF ready made soup sachets. Indeed LWIF meals too are better. That's "look what I found" BTW.
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 if you must eat pot noodles get the oriental ones. no qualms about chemicals but at least they taste good if you like that sort of thing.
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 In my student days I rather liked Hot & Spicy and the Chicken Curry flavour, the spices concealed some of the awfulness of what you are eating.
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 The oriental ones take a bit more cooking than a true pot. You can decant the pot into a frezzer bag, just pour hot water over them and no washing up. You might need a long spoon. They're carbohydrate and chemicals, but a lot of stuff is.
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 chicken and mushroom...... and a packet of plain crisps mashed into it followed by tomato sauce. i'm off to the shop !
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 If you're into fast, easy and cheap calories then go for two 80g packs of value supanoodles. Boil them up in cheapo Cupofsoup. That's about 1400 calories in 200 g, almost no fat, and marginally less crap than Not Poodles. And total cost is 22p a serving.
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This thread's giving me indigestion.....
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 They are bulky (less you squash them) but for a couple of squid give you a 500 cal 'meal' - so supplemented with a few bits I quite like them; I buy mine at Chinese supermarkets.
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"And total cost is 22p a serving" sod off jamie, school dinners is solved.
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 Don't use me self but used to find peeps who did didn't let 'soak' enough, ended up feeling 'sick' and bloated. I make my own version, using pkt noodles, dried veggies, salami or pepperami, (keeps for ages without freezing), add herbs and spices of choosing. If you put dried veg. with water in a waterproof container of some kind, to pre-soak, have a meal in around 3-5 mins.
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 I like a couple of packets of that cheesy pasta 'mugshot' stuff, with some ham or sausage thrown in for good measure.... Mmmm!
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Some of the 'own brand' pkts of pasta with..... are nice and can be made with just water. Not like Batchelors ones which really taste better with milk and marg./butter as per instructions. Or just make your own. Pasta, herbs and spices, sachets of sauce, (tomato), meat of choice, voila, meal of choice and pretty quick !!
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 Here in Japan they are "pot noodle" crazy. They range from from about the equivalent of 60p for something that looks identical to the familiar 'pot noodle', up to maybe 2 quid for a top of the range large bowl version with sachets of freeze dried vegetables and vacuum packed pasteurized meat and 2 different soup packets for you to 'tune' the flavour. Sadly these types are definitely not pack friendly due to bulk, though they are very lightweight. What is probably more useful is that they also sell the basic 'pot noodle' version as a refill i.e. without a pot - it comes vacuum packed instead. Because it is still pot shaped then it fits into camping mugs unlike the square supernoodle types, plus because its a pot noodle it doesn't need simmering. Having said that, I wouldn't rely on pot noodles for more than an overnighter as, at least in my case, I dont find them that satisfying. This could be a psychological thing though as I know they are mostly water.... Just checked and they seem to run up to about 500Kcal for the large bowl types, so you would need to supplement them, especially in colder weather.
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Some of the 'own brand' pkts of pasta with..... are nice and can be made with just water.
Never tried those, are they instant, just add poiling water things like a pot noodle or do they need cooking like regular pasta?
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.JPG) Some of the 'own brand' pkts of pasta with..... are nice and can be made with just water.
Never tried those, are they instant, just add poiling water things like a pot noodle or do they need cooking like regular pasta?
I've found that they 'cook' ok in a pot cosy just adding boiling water - just leave for a lot longer than noodles - (wrapping clothing around the cosy keeps warm longer - 'haybox cooking')
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