So, I tried the Mountain Home Eggs and Bacon last weekend. Its a freeze dried food, packaged and aimed at backpackers, but embraced by survivalists for several key benefits. First, the pouch based single serving packages will last in storage for 7 years. Second, its easy to prepare, and provides an easy food source that only requires boiling water to cook. The #10 cans will last somewhere between 20 and 35 years I think, I am not sure because I don’t have any of those. The eggs and bacon was pretty good. On opening the pouch, it smelled awesome, and got me pretty excited. I boiled 8oz of water, and added it into the pouch, and stirred it up pretty well. The next step was to seal the pouch, its sort of like a ziploc bag, and let it sit for 5-6 minutes. After letting it sit, you are supposed to pour out the excess water, and enjoy it. As I started to pour out the water, I realized that I was going to prefer it with some toast to go with it. So, I quickly threw some bread in the toaster, and continued to drain the excess water, and plate the eggs and bacon. I am kind of particular about my eggs, I really hate for them to be runny or wet. So letting the eggs stand while the bacon cooked helped.
As I ate I realized I was glad about the toast, it helped to cover the slightly powderish texture of the eggs. The bacon was not large chunks, more like bacon bits, mixed in with the eggs, and added a bit of flavor to the eggs. I didn’t add any salt or pepper, though if I were to make them again I would definitely remember the pepper. In all, I could see myself eating them if I really needed to, though if I had access to raw eggs, I would rather spend the time and effort to cook them instead. I would rather not eat this every day, but if for some reason we were unable to leave the house, I would be glad to have a supply of this to last us a while. I have realized that I might appreciate knowing how to make my own bread, as that’s a staple that I use all the time, but mostly in a hit or miss fashion. So, I will have to add becoming a baker to my skill set before too long.