Review: Mountain House - Scrambled Eggs with Bacon

One of the best backpack meals I've ever had

[@rgarydriggers4737]

I've found that if you leave Mountain House food in the bag a few minutes longer they seem to rehydrate better and are less 'runny'. Enhances the flavor as well.

[@ThouArtOfWar]

Best advice I can give anyone is never use the exact amount of water as instructions say. It always more than required so use less. As a marine and always eating freeze dried foods or mre's for years I can say less water works best.

[@inkey2]

you're right about that. too much water

[@IAMCAVE]

This is one of my favorites from the company. I always drain the excess water out by opening a small part of the zip-loc then squeeze as much as I can out... then eat it straight from the bag. Agreed, that it is one of the tastiest of that brand's variety of meals.

[@Boli420]

All the freeze-dried survival food I've had took about 1/2 to 2/3 the amount of water called for in the directions to get a non-runny texture. And they've all been good... As for eggs, I had the mix with sausage, potatoes, and I forget what spices/peppers etc. Delicious. No idea why they call for so much water in all these.

[@debbiebsbooty]

This is the 1st time I've seen someone throw the bacon n eggs in a pan. That's a great idea!!! I've seen a bunch of videos where people pour the water out or tell you to add less next time. Thanks!!!

[@762x51n8o]

@unomas58 Thanks for watching, glad you liked. The only thing that comes close to eggs and bacon for breakfast is eggs and sausage. The more I cook with the cook set the more I like.

[@gregkral4467]

I liked them so much for a quick impromptu camping trip, that I made my own with harvest right. Awesome, now make all leftovers into instant meals, sometimes needs tweaking, but always great. Thanks for your review, i thought the same.

[@762x51n8o]

@onehitkill That depends on what kind of camping and what are your preferences. If you're hiking a long way to the campsite by backpack, and/or don't like to cook, then pack these. If you're driving right up to the campsite in your vehicle, and/or you like to cook, then pack a cooler with fresh food to prepare. For me, I like to cook -- especially when being the "camp cook" so for me I always prepare fresh food. For me, meals out of the pouch like this is for backpacking or when u can't cook

[@762x51n8o]

I used the specified amount, but I would consider using a little less, unless you can cook it in the skillet for awhile to cook up the extra water. Thanks, glad you like the vid

[@Slow_poke_hiker]

Thank you. I was wondering about tightening up this with a little frying

[@762x51n8o]

@TheBeeperman You're quite welcome -- thanks for watching!

[@unomas58]

Great review.I agree eggs and bacon,excellent breakfast.Very impressed with the cook set.Thanks

[@Grubkat]

Really enjoy your reviews. And sometimes they make me hungry.

[@762x51n8o]

@CitySurvivalist It's freeze dried, so it would probably be a little dry eating it right out of the bag. haha. I don't know if you would HAVE to heat it up, but I don't know how well it would rehydrate with cold water. Probably would take a lot longer for it to absorb.

[@SurviveN2]

Cool, I'll stick that one on my list for sure. I'm an egg and bacon man myself, well maybe some good sausage too...LOL. Thanks for taking the time to make this series. Take Care :-))

[@sharkzf6]

well done brother! and it looked good too, liked the way you used the field kit also...

[@762x51n8o]

@sharkzf6 Thanks bro. It was really good. I definitely want to try more of their breakfasts. That GSI field kit kicks ass, I love it. When I can finally get out camping I'm going to get some good use out of it.

[@morris4069]

Damn son! Pussying about the excess moisture on your freeze dried eggs and browning them up on mamas stove!! That's my favorite mtn house. I was watching your vid as I was consuming some mtn house beef stew that I boiled the water on an alcohol stove I made and made it to work just for a small base pot/cup (4") with out having the flame pattern go up the sides. It took a few tries to get it correct but she will boil 2 cups in 5 mins on less than 1/2 oz of fuel! I did however make it inside,, but I ate outta the bag with a spoon made for that. You can keep your man card only cause you used a camping frypan!

[@762x51n8o]

@Grubkat Thanks, and glad they make you hungry.

[@idahocntryboy5984]

I have tested three of Mountain House meals and they are excellent! So I bought 20 bucket sizes with 12 meals in each bucket. I want to buy the breakfast meals so thanks for the video!

[@ShotgunShooter6666]

I love the MH eggs and bacon. I still need to try a few other kinds, like Chili Mac.

[@RJM1011]

GOOD video thank you I was looking at getting some of this Mountain House food this helps.

[@762x51n8o]

@CragScrambler You could definitely do it that way. I just chose to cook mine off. Either way works well.

[@theknob1]

Your voice sounds just like a guy who does/did a cooking show on YT. He use only cast iron to cook with and made mostly southern dishes. Great review btw. Is MH the best in freeze dried food IYO?

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

cool i come to see this video because one of my subs sent me a few of these as a gift to try in some of my outdoors videos. so i am gonna watch your video. the mountain on the front of the bag. is mt hood. i live on that mt in the forest. hello from mt hood oregon. ok time to see the video. hope they are good.

[@762x51n8o]

@meatloafzombie If you were going to eat them out of the bag, yes ,that would be best. If you plan on cooking them up afterwards, like I did, you wouldn't need to. The water all evaporates in less than a minute. They actually came out about perfect.

[@762x51n8o]

haha, that's funny. When I went hunting with Uncle Ted, Derek was hanging around the lodge

[@Lookinformemarbles]

gonna try this this summer thanks!!

[@762x51n8o]

4 years ago when my kids were 1, 2 & 4, I ran into a high school buddy who was 1 year older than me. His oldest was graduating HS.

[@762x51n8o]

Eggs are probably my 5th favorite food. Pizza, Tacos, Cheeze burgers, lasagna, eggs. The Sampler sounds like a smart choice. I think you'll like the stuff, MH makes great stuff. I'd like to hear your feedback in it, once you've tried it.

[@myownruin187]

Great job 762 looks awesome...

[@TheBeeperman]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@Lavenderrose73]

Yeah, I love me some eggs too! Too bad they don't have corned beef hash too! But this would totally go well with me! I just ordered the sampler where I get 10 servings of like 6 things combined and one of them is a breakfast item. It's so I can get familiar with what I'm contemplating buying bigger amounts of.

[@brendaclee3]

Can someone tell me what the shelf life is on the Mountain House bags? I know the shelf life on the #10 cans is about 20-25 years. What about for the pouches?

[@KainiusTheGreat]

You convinced me to try these...also, PRIMUS!!!!

[@ScanMan1967]

Not a big fan of the Mountain House Scrambled Eggs and Bacon but I've never fried them a bit after hydrating, actually a good idea so they're not so runny. I must try it.

[@762x51n8o]

@gburke52 GM is a little high priced. I think Cabelas and REI are both cheaper. I think Amazon has the best price, though. Google it too, to check all your sources, I didn't do that, so you might find somewhere else that is cheaper. That's the downside to these meals, they all seem kind of expensive.

[@762x51n8o]

It's not terrible at all out of the bag. It's not necessary to cook them in a pan. I've had terrible eggs out of a bag (MRE), but these are actually pretty good. Some of the best eggs I've had out of a pouch.

[@762x51n8o]

@carsonak47 Can't go wrong, with that! I'm a huge egg and bacon fan.

[@762x51n8o]

@Ironwitch1811 Thanks man. Yeah, I think I get my sense of humor from my British side. Maybe if I worked on speaking with the Queen's English, like I'm from London, people would think I'm funnier. lol

[@762x51n8o]

@mil02003 haha, thanks man. I didn't know Primus got so much love -- I thought it was only me that was into them. haha.

[@GoldGunsandGolf]

I an never figure out why they have you put too much water in there? They have been making these for ever and have lab... I'll be doing my own freeze dried soon with Harvest Right freeze dryer for the home...

[@762x51n8o]

@SurviveN2 Oh yeah, eggs and bacon. I'm about to head out to Subway for a breakfast sandwich -- egg and bacon. They have really good breakfast sandwiches, if you like eggs

[@gburke52]

@762x51n8o hahah it was funny. I wanted to pick up a few of these types of meals and try them out on a camping trip this summer. My local gander Mountain has them but they are pretty expensive. Any suggestions for a cheaper source that sells these?

[@khonchap7192]

This would be good for a zombie apocalypse.

[@762x51n8o]

lol. That's a classic song right there.

[@762x51n8o]

@gburke52 That was (apparently) a bad attempt at humor. I was moving "you" from the stove to the counter. I was moving the camera, but to the viewer, it looks like you're moving. I'm not that funny, but that doesn't mean I don't try from time to time.

[@762x51n8o]

@brotherskeepers111 Every time I see this video it makes me hungry. Especially the part with the eggs in the pan, and you can see and hear them cooking. In person they smelled really good, too.

[@mikegee5489]

Good vid. I think people forget this is camping and emergency food . It works for what its intended to do. I doubt you will want to permenently live off of it

[@carsonak47]

Now I'm really wanting some eggs and bacon for breakfast!

[@LaurenRobinson42]

Aww I wish you could've reviewed it without the use of an external stove. :(

[@Jaybird196]

How do they preserve the bacon, with all the fat in it?

[@geekchaser]

Ya, I bought a bunch of those for a Canadian 7 day secluded camping trip with friends.... The first time I made them for everybody, It was soupy like yours.. Nobody liked them.. But then I figured out in that 6 minutes to flip the bags around and not let stand still.. Most of the water is then absorbed.. By the end of the trip, I had 36 packages disappear somehow.

[@762x51n8o]

I mentioned it elsewhere on this thread, that leftover liquid makes an EXCELLENT broth on a cold day. I eat the eggs, then drink the broth. It really warms you up.

[@lisa1162]

Great review, other than the intro / outro music was a bit loud for me, still loved the music though ^_^ I do agree the Scrambled Eggs end up with a little to much water left over, but still the best tasting long term storage, that I have found.

[@762x51n8o]

Thanks for the input, much appreciated! One thing I started doing, when I'm eating the eggs in the outdoors, out of the bag, I pour off the water into a cup -- it makes for a REALLY good soup. I especially love it on a cold morning when I'm sitting in a deer stand or something of that nature.

[@ryanrickerson3232]

You can never have primus too loud

[@meatloafzombie]

Maybe 7oz. water instead do you think?

[@762x51n8o]

@gburke52 I often times forget that I'm not that funny to other people. Things always sound funnier when they're running around in my head, as compared to when I share them with others. I think, I'm funny to me. But others don't get my humor. I'm "misunderstood," that's it! haha

[@Polioooo0]

Do I have to cook it again over a frying pan? Cant I just pour in hot water, let it soak in, and dine? Or is that bad?

[@762x51n8o]

***** Yes you can, I usually do it that way. I was just showing in the video that if you put it in a skillet it's even better.

[@Polioooo0]

762x51n8o Alright! That sounds awesome dude, thanks!

[@762x51n8o]

@TheLordSod I'm sure at some point in history, some Marine somewhere might have said the word "gross." I'm just saying, in my 11 years in, with all the tens of thousands of Marines I've been around, and all the bad meals, and all the gut piles and generally nastiness we've been around, I have never heard the word "gross." I think that's generally received for teenagers and the Air Force. lol

[@mil02003]

your breakfast kicked almost as much ass as your Primus intro and closing music. good stuff

[@leehart9055]

Today is Wednesday December the 28 of the year 2022 as Ieatch this video. Those eggs still look real good to me. I would add some ketchup and hot sauce to make the eggs even better. just my 2 cents several years later.Have a good day

[@shiggidydangle]

I knew this was going to be a good video when the first thing I heard was Primus' "My Name is Mud".

[@762x51n8o]

@Lookinformemarbles Ohhh…you can cook eggs all year! J/K, I know what you mean.

[@CragScrambler]

The uk pack instruct you to drain off excess liquid, but we only get ham no bacon :(

[@762x51n8o]

I've been told my voice sounds like several different people. Someone on here told me Seth Rogan once. Thanks. I really like MH, I think they make really good stuff

[@bizzarrogeorge]

I just tip the meal pouch and drink the excess water. Then what's left in pouch is just the hot eggs and bacos.

[@762x51n8o]

I have found that on a really cold day, the excess fluid is a REALLY delicious soup.

[@naminelove8951]

Get buy to try.

[@TTCOOLJ66]

its what it is in a bag. but not a fan of eggs . but ya gotta eat when backpacking

[@DrBobaliscious]

I generally love MH, but this is the worst tasting egg package they sell (especially if you cook per the instructions on the bag). I have to "doctor" them up so much, it is easier to just fix real eggs & bacon. I do love the MH Breakfast Skillet. Tastes great right out of the bag!

[@inkajoo]

i guess if it ends up too watery you can also strain it.

[@Tracy81258]

My only tip: Your favorite hot sauce will cover a multitude of sins.

[@PerfectBlade20]

I agree

[@Bam-Bam1]

that was actually good

[@TheLordSod]

@762x51n8o Are you saying marines never say gross?

[@762x51n8o]

@nyczumazooma They were some damn good eggs.

[@762x51n8o]

Sorry to disappoint. But you see how runny the eggs were -- I needed to cook off that water. The taste would be about the same, so if I didn't use a pan, it would still taste good.

[@762x51n8o]

Primus is pretty persuasive. lol

[@johnking7902]

I like to pour the warm excess fluid into a bowl and use it to wash my face and hands.

[@drummerrrrrrrrrr]

John King hahah

[@Gumby1974]

Package clearly says discard excess water.

[@Lavenderrose73]

I understand they are 7 years.

[@762x51n8o]

@sauceykat That's your opinion, but I completely disagree with you. These are by far the best eggs I've had out of all of the backpack meals I've had. If you know of better, tell me which ones and I'll try them to compare. I've had my share of bad eggs, including living off of MRE eggs, which are terrible, and eating a lot of Marine Corps field eggs, which come from powder. They were terrible compared to these MH eggs. And never once did I say the word GROSS. Not in Marine Corps vernacular

[@RetardedPlums]

dangit bobbeh hand me mah propane i need to heat dem doggone scrambled eggs i tell you hwat somethin aint right with that boy

[@mlw4428]

BURNNN! Have a thumbs up.

[@classicalosteopath]

If you are going to make a video and post it on KZbin wouldn't it make sense to follow the instructions on the pack that you are demonstrating? If you were going to fry it up what's the point?

[@stopstickers]

My name is Mud.

[@xshanghu]

How much salt????

[@MrSTOUT73]

1000mg

[@michelexe65]

you should add some virgin olive oil or butter,a very little to add some flavor more

[@fritzwilhelm8258]

Doesn't need to be virgin. We all make mistakes when we're young. Don't judge.

[@totallyrandomstuffandrevie9609]

Good guard shack gourmet.

[@gburke52]

what do ya mean "move you people"!

[@762x51n8o]

Are you a father? I bet you're an awesome one.

[@jessecabitac6957]

Read the bag... water in the pouch dude :((

[@762x51n8o]

If you're car camping, I agree with you. For me, if I'm on a multi-day hiking trip, there's no way I would hike with eggs, or unrefridgerated bacon. Tent camping -- bacon isn't great in bear country either. Eggs and bacon isn't practical for a military guy in the field for a week either. This stuff does not taste terrible.

[@rolandocalingo1128]

That's awesome! We live in Pasig City Metro Manila Philippines, and we had a Metro-wide SHAKEDRILL yesterday, July 30, 2015 including the House of the Senate. The West Valley Fault is ready to with 7.2 magnitude anytime. We are now preparing a Survival kit, water and food. Buying The Mountain House food is the most appropriate thing we MUST PREPARE. If only you have a dealer in Manila, Philippines, millions will buy your food. How can you help us on this URGENT and LIFE-SAVING Mountain House food?

[@jessicaszekely2688]

Hello +Rolando Calingo - are you still looking for help with survival kits? I run a company that makes delicious, natural and instant camping and survival meals. We are always trying to help important situations like the one you describe - please do reply or get in touch if you are still looking for help. Jessica

[@762x51n8o]

+Rolando Calingo I don't work for Mountain House, I just did a review. Go to their website for help, or it sounds like Jessica in the other comment here, might be able to help you.

[@762x51n8o]

+Jessica Szekely What's the name of the company you run?

[@jessicaszekely2688]

+762x51n8o Heya! Yeah absolutely, feel free to get in touch! The company is TentMeals - we make super healthy, tasty, high energy camping/expedition food and do whatever we can to help in situations like this :-) Jess

[@apsghostseeker]

U did not ster it very well. Lmao

[@Ironwitch1811]

@762x51n8o Good Video! I hate egg's but those don't look too bad. My Humor is dry and sarcastic, So it's not well received either. Joke em if they can't take a @$%$

[@mikel9567]

Holy crap...170% of your daily cholesterol.

[@themanginaman]

+Mike L its 2.5 servings

[@mikel9567]

themanginaman I was being facitious. I figured it was more than one serving.

[@ScottyDoesntKnow321-]

I havent tried them personaly but ive been told to stay away from the eggs so ur comment gets a like =D

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

You cheated with the stove top.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Enough sodium to choke a horse.

[@TL....]

170% daily recommended cholesterol too lol

[@THENEWWRANGLER]

MY thought on this Mountain House bacon and eggs thing is you have to fry it up after the re-hydration in hot water, if you just place boiling water in the bag and then eat it, it is no good at all..

[@STUPIDMEMBER]

I don't consider myself tightly wound, but I am so anal about videos showing skillet cooking where the "chef" moves the food an inch one way, then an inch back to the same spot. Why bother? "Shovel" the food and flip it over. Move the wet food into the dry and vice-versa. There, I feel so much better. You're a Marine so, in point of fact, you can do anything you damn well please, anyway you want. Anyone who, either directly or indirectly, stood on the wall for me, gets that pass. Thanks!