MOUNTAIN HOUSE CHALLENGE - I ate survival food for a week - 7 Days, 21 Bags of Food
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2019
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If you don't eat, you'll eventually die. Food is important, and it's delicious, so in this video I eat a bunch of survival food. Mountain House isn't really 'survival food' - it's more geared at backpackers, etc, BUT it has a 25 year shelf-life, so it's a great thing to store for a rainy day. Not saying the world's gonna end - but in the event of any type of disaster/crisis, it'd be good to have plenty on hand. I also like keeping some Mountain House handy in case something happens with my camping food - I can always fall back on a bag of the good stuff.
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DISCLAIMER! Consult your doctor before attempting to eat 21 bags of mountain house in a week, haha. I am a trained professional ;)
Suicide by sodium. :D
Yes you are. Always enjoy watching
Get some chickens😂
Last Line Of Defense get a case of MRE and go camping for a week. Your gut will never be the same.
Would’ve been interesting to see blood results before, during, and after a week of that stuff. I like the idea of MREs for a week. We became gourmet chefs overseas. One a day was enough to survive.
Cutting the Mountain House meals down with rice or beans is a great idea. I would probably add some Uncle Ben's parboiled rice packets for each Mountain House meal since you can just pour it right in and add water. I believe Uncle Ben's rice is pretty cheap so it'll help add calories and meals for not much extra. You can turn a $10 Mountain House Meal for one person and add $1 of rice and turn it into a meal for two people for $11.
Mr2 Reviews If you’re keep MHM as emergency food, that’s a good idea. But they’re kinda expensive for that. I’d rather keep canned food for emergencies. MHM are great for lightweight hiking and bugout bags.
There’s very little to none of nutrition in white rice…it may fill your stomach but doesn’t feed your body….UNLESS. It’s Enriched rice…they that’s done with flour and ready to eat cereals…where a vitamin pack is dissolved in liquid and sprayed on the void stuff. In which case,,no one with gluten sensitivities can consume…because a gluten flour is used to make a sprayable stick to the food enrichment. Leads me to a question for this company…are any of your packaged foods gluten free..?
Next video title: I was constipated for ONE month 😬
Hahaha
LMAO
Doubt that would happen if he is drinking enough water. Most of the meals are already watery.
Most people believe they will stop you up, but as long as you are drinking the proper amount of water that isnt the case. I have eaten them for a full month before during training with no ill effects in the restroom area.
lmao!!!!
Survived for a week on it after Hurricane Michael, amazing how good it tastes when your hungry! canned chicken and spam mixed in makes it feed more people.
Yea I dont discriminate when it comes to food when I am starving. Everything tastes good at that point lol.
Sounds good with the extras
Taste great when not starving.
Yep, hunger definitely effects the taste of food! So does weed, I understand. Hey, there’s a video idea!
I think taking a quick blood test before and after would’ve taken this experiment to the next level and offered some great health information. Great vid.
Good thinking ...
There shouldn’t be any preservatives or extremely minimal unwanted ingredients. This is because the food is freeze dried. It will inherently last 25+ years with the vast majority of its original nutritional profile undisturbed.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video!! You covered sooooo many meals Ive been afraid to try.
Thanks again!!
Mike please make a video about raising chickens! Would love to see some tactical chickens 😂
Idk how tactical they'd be, they're pretty dumb creatures, haha.
I prefer tactical roosters. Used to get chased by a couple trying to grab some eggs.
If you want tactical, get some geese.
What kind of attachments would be good on a assault chicken 🐔
I cant believe I just watched 42 minutes of a dude eating freeze dried meals haha AND enjoyed it.this was a good video.
Haha thanks for watching!
UA-cam pro tip: Watch videos at 1.5x speed and then at 2x speed when you're ready.
If ya liked that then check out- steve1989mreinfo. dude literally just taste tests various mre's from civil war era till now
AsTheWheelsTurn Ditto....I enjoyed it....he showed me how it could be done if the grid was down....👍👍
Ha I did too*
NOT a weird video at all man, thank you very much, in fact!
I've been wondering about MH, as I've heard so much about it... mainly on SHTF forums.
But hearing first hand from someone that ate it for a week, man... that's something you'll never get from a forum.
So yea. Thanks dude. I loved this video. Thank you!
They should make laxatives: Mountain Outhouse 😁
fuuuuuunny!
If mountainhouse was made in china that might be true but its made in the good ole U.S.A. I dont think your the unicorn hunter you used to be.
@@MultiCheapguy I never want to be
@@MultiCheapguy Also, * you’re
@@landminehopscotch3617 unicorn or a zebra with a drumstick ice cream stuck to its head so long as you get what I'm trying to say.
I really enjoyed this video and you’re reviews of these meals. Thanks for making it! And great channel! Love the weekenderlander series🙌🏼
I'm glad you included the biscuits and gravy. I tried those for the first time a few months ago and was amazed at how good they were
Kirk Harrington . I found them to be good also.
Hard to keep in stock
Not a weird video at all. I've been curious about these meals...you helped answer some questions. Thank you!
Coronavirus hits. "Shit I shouldn't have eaten all my rations!"
@@JOHNDANIEL1 LOL, show me where you can get a $500 freeze dryer and not a one off used or broken one on craigslist or ebay. Until that time, I will disregard everything else in the above post. If you can prove me wrong, then I'll consider looking into what you've stated as fact.
@@JOHNDANIEL1 well I'm definitely with you about the Mormons being completely corrupted and out of their minds, but one thing I do love about them is that they do prepare for emergencies and yes, a ton of survival food is based in Utah however mountain House does everything in Oregon they absolutely do not use Chinese ingredients and they've been around doing this since the '60s and have a long history with our military which I really respect so I think mountain House is Head and shoulders the best company.
Says if you don't have food your gonna die. Me: (goes to fridge to get snack before watching rest of video).
Hulphaids Stik'ieds . Me too.😄
I like that you did this with multiple stoves. Love your videos dude! Thanks for this
Control Tower Studios Gatta let them stretch
It would be nice if MH would design the bags with a fill line inside.
Jim Brown or even outside
but how hard is it to just pour 2 cups?they would probably charge more if they had to add a fill line.....they are already way too expensive.
@@AsTheWheelsTurn it would be nice if the packaging didnt look like dog food
Dude 100% because the water has to be exact otherwise it pulls water from your body and you get the runs
Doug Larsen wtf are you for real?
When I go weekend backpacking I go through a variety of Mountain House, Backpackers Pantry and AlpineAire. Just picking the ones that taste the best. I do have a nice BM everytime I eat these though, maybe a bit too good, but I rarely eat these types of dehydrated meals for more than two days.
MH Turkey Dinner casserole was my first dinner entree I tried from them. I was very impressed! I bought my box of MH meals from Costco. It's a great selection and cost was decent. I agree they're a little standard on spices, but you can always doctor them up.
I agree with your recommendation of extending the Mountain House meals with other food items such as rice, veggies, and peppers etc. I have used Mountain House for many years and also find it far to salty for the average human. When I use Mountain House as well as other brands I add lots of water as well as other food item to extend the meal to 5 or 6 servings thereby lowering the salt content per serving. If you bring the right “no salt” spices you can turn the meals into anything you desire. Great video, thanks 👍👍👍👍👍
Meal 1: "It's pretty good"
Meal 2: "It's pretty good"
Meal 3: "It's pretty good"
Meal 4: "It's pretty good"
Meal 5: "It's pretty good"
Meal 6: "It's pretty good"
Meal 7: "It's pretty good"
Just kidding, good video, nice gear!
John daniel. Freeze dried food doesnt go bad. Their 30 year guarentee is not scam as they have had many test runs s with their food over 30 years. The 30 years Is the longest trial they have had and that is taste guarentee. Those things really never go bad short of the container being punctured.
As far as the conspiracy theory you hold, what solid evidence do you have that all of the companies listed are mormon. Secondly, what do you have against mormons? I'm not religious but you come off as some atheist douchebag. While I agree that a personal garden and livestock would be much better, not all of us can afford that and freeze drying is a very expensive process. Also what you stated is false about mountain house. They are from Oregon and they produce their products domestically. I cant tell you how much they're marked up, but I can say they are far better quality than any other brand I've tried and they are worth their weight in gold for a sort of disaster.
I like all the little camping cookers.......hard to believe the water was boiling in just a few minutes
Just fyi, the granola and blueberries is even better if you use milk instead of water, even skim milk.
Great video as always!
Huge MH fan, here.
Back in 2009 during a permanent layoff, I survived on my MH stash for 6-8 weeks, restricting myself to one meal a day. Glad I saw the layoff coming months in advance and stocked up!
Listen to your instincts, folks.
I found that I enjoyed the meals more if I used a little less water than recommended, usually 14 oz vs 16oz. I like more flavor and don't care for watery food.
Yup, and can stretch those meals out way far if you add some staple food like rice or beans to the meals.
Loving the grey shirt with the big llod logo. You're brave eating that food for a week. Lol. Thanks for the video and the advice.
Hell yes you should get chickens again, we have five and love it!
.....I prefer Duck Eggs myself due to the fact that they are richer in omega 3 and protein.☺
Mike, the raspberry crumble is a nice change for breakfast 😊
Also the ice cream sandwiches are a tasty snack, though they will make you thirsty.
I think he did A perfect demo and I will try more Mountain House meals...Great video dude..
My best friend from college and I go on a backpacking trip or two every year, and we ALWAYS do the following (you'll want to thank me): one of us brings Mountain House Beef Stew, the other brings some Idahoan instant Garlic mashed potatoes. We also bring a couple jalapenos and a little hot sauce (usually the restaurant packets of Cholula). Cook it all up, mix it all together, split it up between the two of us... and voila... BACKPACKER'S SPICY SHEPHERD'S PIE!!
OMG YES!!!! Im trying this
Great video! Thanks for The education on what to expect with Mountainhouse meals! Hope you recovered from the salt overdose!
Very informative. Much more descriptive-and therefore helpful- than other tasting videos I've watched for mountain house/mres. Much appreciated!
love the channel very appreciative of the level of description you used and showing every meal so we could see!!!!
Enjoyed this! Was pleased to see your take on eating Mountian House for a week wasnt horendous. And that as a prepping food it's a solid or at least tolerable option. I've eaten Mountain House for backpacking but always wondered if it would work as a more long term sustainable food regiment. The weight savings for me is a plus. I've been wanting to put together a portable food storage cache to supplement the stored canned food that I have. Was thinking about using one of my big plastic water resistant husky tool bins with wheels and filling it with Mountain House meals and other light weight shelf stable food items. This way I'd have maybe a 50lb wheeled food bin ready to go for any reason.
I’ve always used a little less water on all Mountain House products
Yeah me also. I think it's better like that
Me as well, Stroganoff doesn't lend well to being soupy.
Great video and spot on intro “if you don’t eat, you’ll die”. Love your channel! Only wish some of the amazon links were updated with alternative products when they are no longer available. That would be a task though! Looking forward to seeing your other content.
I stock up on the Mountain House #10 cans. I like the taste and variety. Good vid.
My in-laws have chickens and it's my favorite part of going to visit is fresh eggs. We always take a bunch home.
protip, when ready to eat, cut the bag vertically along the seam. you dont need a long spoon and you dont get your hand dirty. also beef stew is the best
Always like your content Mike...This was informative !!
Chilli mac, chicken and dumplings, grilled chicken and potatoes, granola, and italian pepper steak are my favorites. Lasagna is decent. Not a fan of the breakfast food tho. The ice cream sandwich is awesome. My wife loves having them every now and then just for fun lol
Had Mountain House this morning before shooting, it was still dark, I wish I had hot sauce. Yes get chickens, I love the real fresh eggs!
Been quite a few years since I had man house meals, glad to see some of them haven’t changed and there are some new one’s. I’ll be having a couple in a couple of weeks when I go away for a few days. Now I will have my real biscuits & gravy that I made for breakfast, seems I got hungry watching you eat.😂 thanks for sharing Mike. And get yourself chickens again, nothing beats free range fresh eggs. And they don’t need refrigeration
It is my understanding that the reason why they're so salty is because they're meals intended for Backpackers. Backpacking all day you're working up a sweat and you got to have your electrolytes replenished etc.
In a grid down shtf scenario you're going to need to replenish your electrolytes when your rucking from one FEMA camp to the next.
Love the Biscuits and gravy !
Great video!! The granola with milk and blueberries was my favorite when I was backpacking in scouting back in the 80's. Always bring hot sauce when backpacking or camping. I would like you to review some other brands. I tried backpackers pantry and they were not my favorite. Someone mentioned other options at REI. That would be interesting.
Yeah the granola sure is a treat - if they were cheaper, I'd eat them on the regs.
like all the boiling options you have.. I have a jetboil, butane burner, esbit stove, sierra stove kit (motor/fan died, have to rewire it).. jetboil by far wins the speed contest, but the sierra stove will boil 1 litre of water in under 5 minutes.
I found that interesting. Stove video would be cool, too.
Mountain House is one of the best brands out there, so it was probably a pretty good week!
Cool video. Never seen so many ways to boil water :-)
I am looking forward to the video about the stoves you used!
Great video and great idea for the science and testing aspect of finding out if its liveable and satisfactory health wise.
I straight up love the beef stroganoff , its just so good, any time I am needing to bring a mountain house meal into the picture that is my first choice. the beef tastes like nicely cooked hamburger and the noodles and sauce are just right. I really dig it. I eat all 2.5 servings by myself no problem!!! most of the time for backpacking food I go for just regular stuff that comes in a bag and you add water and heat, many good soups, mashed potatoes ,noodle cups ect and they are cheap AF as opposed to these freeze dried "packpacker" specific type meals.and honestly they tend to taste better in my opinion. but yeah there are some good MH meals apparently, Ill have to try a few more after watching this.
Like how you do the different cooking stoves as well.... new subscriber so 1st video I've seen but again we get to also see how cooking options along with these meals
Glad to see an in-depth review of Mountain House. I feel more confident purchasing some now.
The turkey casserole was the first one I had. Pretty fantastic!
I’ve JUST started looking into buying Mountain House for long term storage. I haven’t bought any yet but was curious what it would be like to eat this long term, especially since I eat really clean normally. It would have been interesting to hear more about how you felt after eating that for a solid week and what it did to your GI system. Still a great video! I am looking forward to the stove video as well! Appreciate your work!
MH food is pretty good, all things considered. I'd really recommend you try out MRE's as well though (more food diversity + generally better food).
Mountain house is really tasty. Be careful with some of the cleaner more healthy freeze dried meals. They tend to be bland so you may want to keep some seasoning for them. Get as much variety as you can. I keep lots of freeze dried food of all different brands. I poach from what I keep on hand to go backpacking and if I like it I replace it in my stored food and so on. Mountain house has been my favorite overall. But there is a catch. It will make it hard to have bowel movements. I try and drink 5 liters of water backpacking and have mountain house for breakfast and dinner and lunch I have high fiber bread with tuna. Even so I hardly ever need to take a #2. So if you plan on eating this as your go to during an emergency day after day I would also get the variety pack of freeze dried veggies. And keep things to add to your meals. Mountain house is light on veggies and fiber and you need lots of water to drink. Hope this helps.
Thomas Ryan That is very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to explain that. I had kind of assumed but I’m glad to hear that’s what is needed.
Dang bro you got a lot of stoves! You should do vid of all of them and rate worst to best.
I had the chicken and mashed potato meal while elk hunting. It was amazing! I prefer to eat mountain house meals in the dark. The breakfast skillet looked good too.
I really liked this video. I has encouraged me to try a few I have shied away from in the past. Thanks for the nudge.
Jeff Davis try em all
Great video! Definitely want to try other ones.
I've only tried the chicken fried rice which wasn't bad, but like u said u have to add less water than recommended.
Great video man! I have 2 pouches that i havent used yet so i think ill give em a try. Which ones would you say actually tasted like the regular meals?
Thank you I really liked watching this and getting your feed back.
Not weird at all. Actually a good idea and I enjoyed it. Plus, we also got to see a lot of their variety and your impressions.
GREAT REVIEW! THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME, EFFORT AND YOUR COMMENTS. IM STARTING TO SEE THAT MOUNTAIN WISE IS THE WAY TO GO.
Day 1 and 2 measures the water with Nalgene to ensure he gets it right, day 7 dumps some water in Meh its close enough... Good video, Mike. Thanks for taking the time to make these. I use camping food for hurricane prep food down here in Florida. Buy a bunch of it at the beginning of hurricane season, hopefully don't use any of it, and use it all winter for camping.... I use the add rice and beans to a meal trick to double or triple the volume... Alot of the meals have tons of flavor that can be watered down some.
Almost forgot... #teamtrees #forthealgorithim
Great video! Brave guy! In a crisis you probably wouldn't be eating 3 MH meals a day, you'd want to make your good, reasonably nutritious stuff last as long as possible. You could probably supplement your diet with fresh foraged items and maybe some other basic foods like oats/pasta/rice/canned bread etc. That way you'd still be eating pretty well, and not be consuming lethal amounts of salt/sodium. Being a prepper is a very comforting feeling, knowing that you (probably) will be able to survive most events . Makes me feel secure!
Thanks for the video bro. I seen it at the store but, always wondering how they tasted like lol...
Great video! Now I know what to eat and not to eat while hiking/camping :P. I have been watching LLOD for a very long time. Such good quality content. I definitely trust Mike's opinions. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for watching!!
Would love to see you try Peak Refuel, which apparently is catching on - thanks!
I would love to see you rate them there at the end as to what meal are your favorites and which ones to avoid.
Tbh I really enjoyed this whole video 🤙🤙
I remember eating MREs in the military and all the joes fighting over the jalapeño cheese spread. You wouldn’t crap for a week but when you did it was a 🧱.
josh bentley83 I know I just saw this video and I’m like dude in the army we eat MREs for months down range. You can tell whose been through hardships
Once in a great while, I would strike gold and get the bacon cheese spread, and I wouldn't trade it for anything! But I would trade the plain crackers for the wheat snack bread,or sometimes the vegetable crackers. I hate the curry chicken MRE'S!!!
Old Italian Restaurant Trick. Cheese. Was utensils in cold water first until you can peel cheese off in large clumps. Then rewash in Hot Water to sterilize/clean utensils. Hot water just spreads cheese around.
# mountain house challenge
Love it, want to become familiar with freeze dried/ dried food... For long adv ride coming!
prep your prep
Can I get the link to the jet boil propane adapter please. Awesome video!! Mahalo as always for all the insight!!!!
If you do chickens, do a review of everything. I’d be interested to see how you build the coup and everything.
Mountain house is owned by FDO foods, owned by Endeavor Capitol llc, who tried to take over zoom care + in 2015.
Isn’t it a coincidence that a company who owned a freeze dried food company tried to take over an online health care company BEFORE covid? And after covid, MH prices doubled or tripled. They sold out everything in a couple of weeks, including their year suppliers of food.
Hey mike, I’ve seen those “trunk door” plate things online (red thing on your trunk) I want to get one myself but I forgot where to find it. Could you direct me in the right direction?
Nice done pretty interesting. Next time mix in the MH ice cream sandwiches for desserts and some sweets.
I havent seen your channel for a while, i'm keeping up, i'm so glad seeinng atreyu doing so well!!! lots of afection from Mexico
Thanks for the love, Atreyu has pretty much made a full recovery finally!
Somebody has to test this stuff out. Glad you did it.
In Mass (Where I grew up) we had thanksgiving subs. Turkey,stuffing,gravy and cranberry sauce. I used to eat them all the time. Big fan of turkey dinner! 👍🏼😊
Hey man I know this is off subject of your vid but how is the wrap holding up? I'm holding off putting one on my truck till I see how yours turns out
Sounds like packets of hot sauce would be a nice addition. Wendy’s had chilly sauce in packets also most decent gas stations that sell hot food have tapatio or cholula hot sauce packets
i can hear it in the background
"A man ate only survival food for a week, THIS is what happened to his brain"
Chubby Emu?
Bruh!!! ...😂😂😭💀
Hypocalimia, High salt presence in blood.
I thought all your different ways to cook was more interesting than the food itself. Cool video
I lived off a wr250r for over a week on a camping trip this summer. Took a 3000 mile round-trip motorcycle trip and had all my meals with me the entire time. These meals are great for what they are. If you have access to water and can boil it you can eat a decent meal. I came home from my trip and continued to eat them for a few days lol. No GI issues whatsoever. Felt good afterwards. I will tell you from being in the military if you live off of MRE's for awhile you're going to have GI issues... Maybe the new MRE's are better though. I had no issues with Mountain House... only complaint is pasta premavera... need protein!
Great reviews. Sounds like they have great variety. Nothing there I wouldn’t eat.
Did 12 days on Mountain House as an adult leader at Philmont with my son’s troop. They are not bad, but a LOT better on the trail hiking. Thanks for the share.
I did this when I backpacked Isle Royale. It’s not bad, I especially liked the breakfast meals. Seems like the breakfast skillet was the best.
So waiting for the stove video!
the bags themselves have always impressed me, vessels that can hold boiling water inspire all types of survival uses. would be interesting to explore this concept, ima have to see whats up.
Its ugly dog food looking packaging. It looks like a dog product. The food looks ok
Great review.... Nice to see the honesty when it comes to this product... Many hype all of it up or poo poo it all...
I've been saving up Mountain House #10 cans and pouches for years now... But have yet to even try any. I figure that if I ever need them, they will taste great lol. It's better than starving! I'll keep packing these away.
And thanks for showing the different stoves available
Really liked this video buddy I did eat some of them when I was of the grid for 4 months there not bad at all 👍🏻👍🏻🤠🤠🍺🍺😎
Thanks Mike!👍🏼
I would not worry about the sodium intake, unless you had a health condition that prohibits your sodium intake. I would not want to survive on these for several years. But I think for short periods of time, with lots of hydration they are one of the best choices for ready to eat food that requires minimal prep., and tastes pretty good. And like you mentioned in a survival or backpacking type of scenario, with extra exertion the sodium is actually needed. I totally agree in a survival situation mixing these ready to go meals with staples like beans and rice will help your food supplies to go farther and still be fairly tasty, satisfying, and healthy. Thanks for sharing this test with us!
GO GET CHICKENS MATE 🐓
So I see your heating the water with different pots... could you recommend one for small compact for hiking/camping that would fit well in a backpack?