Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit

by Mountain House

Product Features

• Ideal for emergency situations
• Simple to prepare by adding water
• Meals feature a seven-year shelf life
• Meal kit includes three breakfasts, three side vegetables, and six 10-ounce packets of lunch and dinner entrees

Product Description

Product Description

Ideal for keeping on hand in the event of emergencies, power failures, hurricanes, floods, and other unexpected events, this 72-hour Emergency Meal Kit from Mountain House provides hearty meals that are easy to prepare under challenging circumstances. The kit includes three breakfasts, three side vegetables, and six 10-ounce packets of lunch or dinner entrees. Featuring a seven-year shelf life, all of the meals can be easily prepared by adding water.

Kit Contents:

• Granola with blueberries and milk
• Scrambled eggs with Bacon
• Scrambled eggs with ham and peppers
• Garden green peas
• Whole kernel corn
• Cut green beans
• Beef stroganoff
• Chicken teriyaki
• Chili mac with beef
• Rice and chicken
• Pasta primavera
• Sweet and sour pork with rice

About Mountain House Freeze-Dried Foods
Mountain House creates their line of freeze dried foods by cooking fresh or frozen foods and then freeze drying them. All the goodness, flavor, and taste are locked in just if you had hand-made them yourself from scratch. Mountain House foods taste as close to fresh, frozen, or better, as you can get. Backpackers consistently rate Mountain House as one of the best tasting freeze dried food brands and praise their ease of preparation.

Product Description

Features: A complete 72-hour emergency meal kit that contains 3 full meals per day. Just add water. 1 adult serving size. 7 year shelf life. Breakfast & Vegetables: Granola with Blueberries and Milk. Scrambled Eggs with Bacon. Scrambled Eggs with Ham & Peppers. Garden Green Peas. Whole Kernal Corn. Cut Green Beans. 10 ounce Lunch & Dinner Entrees: Beef Stroganoff. Chicken Teriyaki. Chili Mac with Beef. Rice and Chicken. Pasta Primavera. Sweet and Sour Pork with Rice.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000G2TOMM
• Item model number: 80694
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #2 in Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Camp Kitchen > Freeze-Dried Food

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

173 of 177 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, August 13, 2008

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Christopher Coakley (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit (Sports)

Ok, the product is fine as advertised. It's an emergency supply of food for 1 adult for 3 days (remember to have enough water). I like to bring Mountain House packs with me when I go motorcycle camping or backpacking. They're light, easy to pack, and I enjoy them. Sometimes they take the role of "just in case" food, and sometimes they serve as a planned meal. The chili mac with beef is a personal favorite, as is the beef stroganoff. I'm not particularly fond of beef stroganoff usually, but there's something about a savory meal when camping. Mountain House meals typically taste better than many of the freeze-dried alternatives.

So why did I say "almost perfect?" Well, I'd prefer it if they sold this kit with the 2-serving packets. I'm usually moto-camping or backpacking with someone. It's super-convenient to have one package for two people. Less waste. On the plus side, it's not 5-serving packages like some other emergency kits. Since it's advertised for one person, this is expected.

Second, the vegetable packs (which are 2-serving packs, though I'm guessing are intended for a single person) are a waste for a home emergency kit. Get canned vegetables instead. The vegetable packs are great for backpacking, as they will help keep your digestive system happy. They don't come out quite as good as canned vegetables, but they're much lighter.

If you are debating between this and MREs, there's a few things to consider:
1) Personally, I think MREs don't taste as good as Mountain House meals
2) MREs don't require a stove and fuel (MRE heating packs)
3) MREs don't require additional water (true of canned foods, too)

I do have MREs occasionally for moto-camping, but not for backpacking, as I prefer the Mountain House meals.

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but consider carefully, December 2, 2009

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B. Yates (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit (Sports)

Mountain House has been around a long, long time. They have put a lot of effort into improving their product over the years and the current food is really very tasty considering it is freeze-dried. All of the entrees we've tried have been very good. (Although of course we haven't tried them all and there may be some that barely resemble food. Like anything else, personal taste will be the deciding factor. Adding some spices, hot sauce, etc. to your stash will make a world of difference. ) And the seven year shelf life is nice. The only caveat is that as with any pre-packaged "kit" you cannot simply take their word for how long something is supposed to last, or for how many people. You have to look at the number of calories and do the math and decide for yourself how much you will want or need. Will this keep you from starving? Sure. But if you have the foresight to "be prepared" surely you can plan to do better than just not "starving." And consider that in many of the scenarios where you might really need this food, increased physical activity and the greatly increased calorie requirements that brings might be the order of the day. We have five day's worth of MH food for three people, but we did it by doing the calculations and deciding how much we needed/wanted. And it's a much bigger pile than what this package might lead you to believe is sufficient. Lastly, in addition to adequate drinking water, don't forget the water needed to prepare the food (and although not strictly required, a way to heat the water is a huge plus.)

90 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only if you aren't really hungry, October 18, 2006

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SM - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit (Sports)

Although the food quality is decent - and the packages should last for a while, it's a bit deceptive to say that a TOTAL of about 2500 calories is adequate for a person for three days. Unless you're on a really tight diet. For a short term like 72 hours simply keep some canned food around (or some MRE's) and you'd do much better. If you insist on camping (dehydrated) food - simply buy a few of the real meals from this company. At least you'll be eating enough to keep the stomach rumbles down.