Mountain House Breakfast Skillet | Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food | 2 Servings | Gluten-Free by Mountain House

These are the best to eat dry because they are simply one of the best tasting keto snacks out there. I used to eat the egg dry out of cup ramen in the early 90s until they stopped putting them in the noodles for some reason. These have that same effect. They melt in your mouth and have a very reduced “eggy” flavor when you eat them freeze dried. I wish there was some of these marketed for snacking instead of camping because they would probably be a little cheaper. The prime sale over the last few days made them cheap enough to buy a couple bags. Please make a snacking line of these eggs, they are awesome.

Tastes like it is fresh out of the kitchen. Easy to make. Perfect to carry camping. Great value especially when better than making in the wilderness. Fills you up for a full morning.

I’m a huge fan of Mountain House meals and I’m usually quite pleased with the quality. However these scrambled eggs left me a little disappointed when compared to their other foods. Sure it’s very convenient and is a great meal to have out in the middle of nowhere, but that’s about all the good I can say about it.

The main drawback for me is the excess water left over even after following their heating instructions to a tee, which leaves the eggs quite soggy and soupy if not fully drained. I drained mine through a fine mesh sieve thoroughly and they were still rather soggy. Texture was off. If you have nothing to strain them with, you’ll have a hard time getting all the extra water out without losing some of the eggs. In Contrast, the “Breakfast Skillet” option with scrambled eggs, potatoes, onions and peppers turns out just fine with no excess water at the end. This makes me wonder if adding less water than the instructions call for could be an improvement for the scrambled eggs and bacon meal.

Other than the soggy eggs and excess water left over, they’re OK as a convenient hot meal when youre away from civilization. It beats a granola bar for sure. A little on the bland side though. The bacon adds some needed flavor but the pieces are very small and not substantial. I was expecting more bacon and larger pieces.

To sum it up, this is not one of the better meals from Mountain House. They make much better options than this one, in my opinion.

After many years of seeing these freezdried meals I decided to finally test one out on a recent camping trip.

Impressions :

1. The packaging is a little bulkier than what you could carry/pack yourself if you are trying to space save while backpacking, may be worth repacking into ziploc if planning to use within a day or so.

2. Preparation: boiling water was easy. while I stirred thoroughly, It did not fully mix and I ended up with some “undercooked” bits at the bottom. Make sure you stir well in bottom creases of bag.

3. Taste and portion was pretty good for one person and I felt satisfied. Although some of the sausage chunks were a bit hard/underhydrated even though I followed the directions on the bag.

I’d recommend pouring the entire contents of the bag into your boiling water pot and keep heating for a minute or so before pouring back into original bag to finish soaking, to help fully cook through. Or repack in ziploc and just cook as desired in your camp pot if you don’t mind cleaning it afterwards.

Overall though it met expectations and was easier and better than what I could make on my own in the backcountry, although they are a bit expensive.