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Camping With Ready To Eat Meals
Are you planning to go camping in the near future? Are you worried about coming up with sufficient nutritious foods for everyone in your party to eat? If so, meals ready to eat are the way to go. You can get the menu list taken care of quickly so that you can focus on more exciting aspects of camping. The origins of prepared meals go back to the military, who needed to supply foods for troops in a
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variety of battle situations. Today, you can find manufacturers that utilize the same concepts to create meals for the civilian world. While many of them are purchased by preppers, many campers
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find them a preferable alternative to other foods
optimal health.
traditionally taken on camping outings. However, ready to eat meals take the With other types of meal planning for camping
guesswork and complex math out of the
trips, you will need to perform a wide variety of
plans. All you need to do is determine the
calculations to ensure that everyone will have
number and types of meals. You can find a
sufficient food for the entire journey. In addition
variety of traditional American treats as
to the total number of meals, you need to make
well as foods inspired by cuisine from
sure that everyone has excellent sources of
around the world.
proteins, fats, and carbohydrates while out. Additionally, the foods will need to contain all of
Inside of the package, you will find
the vitamins and minerals necessary for
everything necessary to enjoy the meal.
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Little servings of condiments ensure that
meal every night for a month, gather your
everyone can season their food according
family and other campers for a taste test.
to personal preferences.
Everyone can try a bite from each dish to determine which ones they like, and those
Of course, not all meals will taste exactly
they don't. If you have several folks
as you expect. Since you won't have any
participating, you might need to have two
other options when you are camping, it is
of each meal.
a good idea to try each of the flavors before making a purchase for the entire
Now, you can order the exact number of
trip.
each dish that you want. Keep in mind that you will need variety, especially for
Rather than eating a different ready to eat
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extended camping trips.
Although they are far more convenient
time camping. Pack ready to eat meals to
than other camping foods, you will still
take on your trip so that you can focus
need to clean up after yourself. You can
your time on communing with nature. You
package the garbage neatly since each
are sure to enjoy the stress-free meals
meal is the same size and shape. Try doing
that you have when you take these
that with an empty can of sardines and a
complete meals camping!
bean can! Spending time in the great outdoors is right for your health, physically and mentally. Your emotional and spiritual wellness can also be uplifted by your
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How to Ready to Eat Meals Work?
Ready to eat meals are something that the military has been using for a long time. They are a popular option for people who are looking to find high calorie, nutritionally balanced meals that are shelfstable and that can be eaten out of a packet. Many of them come with heating devices that can be used without needing matches or other equipment. This means that while you're out in the woods you can enjoy a hot meal with a main dish and a dessert as
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well as a small savory snack - giving you the sustenance that you need to get through the day, and also giving you a little "home comfort" since you're eating something warm.
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Ready to eat meals use something called a
and that get hot when they do so.
flameless heater to warm up the food. The
Magnesium is one such option.
flameless heater works via a simple chemical reaction. That reaction is the
A flameless heater is made with
oxidation of the metal. You have probably
magnesium dust and salt. They are mixed
heard of the process of oxidation before in
together in a small, flexible pad that is
the context of iron rusting. When iron
contained within a heating pouch. To
rusts, it generates heat. However, iron
cause the pouch to heat up, all the user
rusts very slowly, so the heat is released
needs to do is add some water. It takes just
throughout the reaction without really
a few seconds for the water in the pouch
being noticeable at all. There are other
to start to boil and produce steam. To heat
metals that oxidize much more quickly,
the meal, simply insert the heater and
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the meal pouch into the bag that the MRE
has significantly improved. You can expect
came in, and wait for ten minutes.
modern MREs to remain shelf-stable when stored at cool temperatures for a couple of
MREs Stay Good for Years
years. The dry elements of the meal may last even longer as long as the packaging is
MREs are highly shelf-stable. The original
not tampered with.
MREs from decades ago were intended to last for as long as possible, and there are
The original goal of MREs was to ensure
videos online of people eating MREs that
that soldiers in the field were supplied
are 30 years old and (presumably) not
with proper quality nutrition. There were,
getting sick from it. Modern MREs are not
initially, just six entrees on the menu.
quite that long-lasting, but the nutrition
Now, there are 24 options offered on
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the standard military menu. The packaging has been improved too, moving from the drab military olive to a more commercial look. It has been found that this helps to improve consumption. This is important considering that soldiers work hard, and need to be taking in enough nutrients to ensure that they are well-fed for the physically challenging work that they do on a day to day basis. MREs offer convenient emergency nutrition. view more
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