Amazon.com Reviews
Average Rating: 4.0 out of 5 Stars
The following review received 11 helpful votes out of 11 total votes:Review Date: 2006-11-29"Overall pretty good"This is generally a good sampler of freeze dried food, and probably a decent addition for those contemplating camping and hiking trips.
The Sierra Chicken is a pretty tasty tomato-sauced pasta sort of dish, flavorful but not to spicy. The Gumbo is on the warm side, spice-wise, and quite tasty. The Turkey entree is also quite good, the only note I would make about it is that preparation is slightly more complicated than "add water to the pouch" (still nothing beyond one's capabilities in backpacking environment, but a little more time and equipment consuming than the other two entrees).
The only significant downside I would note about this product, and AlpineAire foods in general, is that one probably needs to be somewhat hesitant to add the full amount of water specified in the preparation instructions. My experience has been that this tends to produce an entree of soupy consistency, rather than the casserole sort of consistency I think is the desired endstate. I usually add water incrementally until the desired consistency and level of rehydration is reached, and this seems to work fine. 4 stars |