Mountain House 14-Day Emergency Meal Kit

Vendor:Americana Pipedream Apparel

Mountain House 14-Day Emergency Meal Kit

$464.99
Description

Mountain House 14-Day Meal Kit

The Mountain House 14-Day Meal Kit is built to keep one adult fed for two weeks without a grocery run: 42 pouches, 84 total servings, and eight meal varieties that only need boiling water and about ten minutes to become dinner.

A Freeze-Drying Program Built for Long Hauls

Mountain House grew out of Oregon Freeze Dry, which opened its first large-scale freeze-drying plant in Albany, Oregon in 1964. By 1966 the company was supplying freeze-dried rations to the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War, and it held a multimillion-dollar military contract within the year that followed.

Its freeze-drying line also fed NASA's astronauts through the Apollo program. In 1969, Oregon Freeze Dry partnered with REI to sell that same technology to civilians as Mountain House. The military brief was never about a single meal. It was about food that could sit in a supply chain for months and still be good when it finally reached someone, which is the same problem a 14-day kit is solving on a shelf at home instead of a depot overseas.

What's in the Box

The 14-Day kit holds 42 pouches across eight meals: six each of Beef Stroganoff with Noodles, Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken, and Creamy Macaroni & Cheese; five each of Breakfast Skillet, Granola with Milk & Blueberries, Beef Lasagna, and Chili Mac with Beef; and four of Biscuits & Gravy.

Every pouch holds two servings and doubles as the cooking and eating vessel. Add boiling water, reseal, wait about ten minutes, and eat straight from the bag. The full kit calls for about 56 cups of water total, close to 3.5 gallons, which is worth factoring in alongside whatever water storage plan goes with it.

Individual servings run 220 to 410 calories depending on the meal, and the kit averages roughly 1,700 calories a day across the full 14 days for one person. None of the meals contain artificial flavors, and the Breakfast Skillet is gluten-free. The full box weighs 15.62 pounds, measures about 20 by 12.5 by 15.75 inches, and carries Mountain House's 30-Year Taste Guarantee.

Built for Staying Put, Not Bugging Out

This is a shelter-in-place kit more than a grab-and-go one. At over 15 pounds, it isn't built for a bug-out bag; it's built for a closet, a basement, or a pantry shelf, where it can wait out the kind of event that shuts down grocery stores for longer than three days: a hurricane, an earthquake, an extended power or water outage. Eight meal varieties instead of two or three matters more than it sounds like it would. P

reparedness planners point to menu fatigue as a real problem in a multi-day event, and rotating through different dinners for two weeks straight is easier to stick with than eating the same pouch on day nine that you ate on day two. Households scale it by buying one kit per adult; two kits cover two people for the same two weeks. Bought this way, per-serving cost runs below buying the same number of individual Mountain House pouches one at a time, which adds up when the plan covers more than one person.

Quick Specs

  • 42 pouches, 84 total servings, about two weeks of meals for one adult
  • Eight varieties: Beef Stroganoff with Noodles, Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken, Creamy Macaroni & Cheese, Breakfast Skillet, Granola with Milk & Blueberries, Beef Lasagna, Chili Mac with Beef, Biscuits & Gravy
  • Just-add-boiling-water preparation, ready in about 10 minutes, eat straight from the pouch
  • Roughly 1,700 calories a day across the full kit; 220 to 410 calories per serving
  • No artificial flavors; Breakfast Skillet is gluten-free
  • 30-Year Taste Guarantee from Mountain House
  • Net weight 15.62 lbs; box measures approximately 20" x 12.5" x 15.75"; needs about 56 cups (3.5 gallons) of water total
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Curious About Sizing?

Given the massive variety of clothing we carry, a standard sizing guide is incredibly helpful for customers seeking the best fit.

Please understand that surplus varies widely in fit and cut and this sizing chart is general advice rather than tailor-level fitting.

Nearly every military has different sizing charts and schemes, which is why we've taken the time to put together this brief tutorial.

 

Jacket & Shirt Sizing

In absence of an established military size chart, we measure each jacket or shirt from armpit to armpit to get a rough idea of how it fits. If a garment is between sizes, we mark it one size down. For example, if a shirt measures 19.75" from pit to pit, it is marked as a small rather than medium.

To measure pit to pit, close up your shirt or jacket and measure from armpit to armpit. 

This is our measurement guide that we use to measure garments without an existing military size chart:

14"-15" PtP = XXS

16-17" PtP = Extra Small

18"-19" PtP = Small

20-21" PtP = Medium

22-23" PtP = Large

24-25" PtP = Extra Large

26-27" PtP = XXL

28-29" PtP = 3XL

Pant Sizing

We typically convert pants to US waist and inseam sizes. If a pair of pants is between sizes, we mark it one size down. For example, if a pair of pants measures as a 33 waist, it is marked as a 32 waist.

To take these measurements we lay a pair of pants flat on the ground. We then measure across the waist and double the measurement. For example, if a pair of pants measures 16" across the waist it will fit a US 32 waist.

To determine inseam we measure from the crotch seam to the bottom of the cuff. For example, it a pair of pants measures 30" from the crotch seam to the bottom of the cuff we will list it as a 30 inseam or 30L.

Surplus Condition Guide

  1. Unissued
  2. These items are brand new. They may sometimes exhibit signs of storage. They may be new in their original factory packaging, but most times will not be. 
  3. Issued; Good / Issued
  4. These items are in issued/used condition but are fully functional. This grade of surplus item may also exhibit signs of use such as stampings, small stains or general dirtiness.
  5. Issued items will not have missing or broken buttons, zippers or be missing any functional components unless noted as such in the product description. Any items you purchase that are marked as "Issued; Good" but exhibit these defects will be replaced free of charge by Americana Pipedream.
  6. Grade 2
  7. These items are in issued/used condition but have defects that impede function. This may include missing buttons, broken zippers, holes and tears. They may also be missing components.
  8. This is the lowest grade of surplus item that we carry and they are not eligible for returns or exchanges due to condition.
Prop 65 Warning

All products that are NOT INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION OR NOT FOOD PRODUCTS fall under this warning:

“WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.” WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including arsenic, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.”

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