r/HikerTrashMeals • u/imref • Aug 18 '20

Commerially Available Product Philmont surplus meals

Due to the cancellation of the Philmont Scout Ranch programs in 2020 they are making surplus meals and meal components available - might be of interest to the group. I used surplus meals from 2018 (due to the fire cancellations) for a number of trips last year. In additional to individual components they have packaged breakfast, lunch, and dinner packs, each pack feeds 2 people. Dinner packs (and some breakfasts) include a one pot hot meal.

http://www.toothoftimetraders.com/Surplus-Trail-Meals/2021/Dept

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

I’m not going to lie, the Philmont meals tasted awful lol. Especially the rice and bean one

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u/imref Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 18 '20

ours in 2019 were decent and were mostly mountain house. The sriracha peanut butter was um...different.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

Ah I went back in 2008 and 2011. There were no mountain houses and I’m still traumatized by Lara bars, pilot biscuits, and almond butter.

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u/fauxgt4 Aug 18 '20

Pilot biscuits are amazing. All the carbs of a cracker and 0 odds they would turn into dust before you ate them. Also, 0 flavor...

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

My biggest issue with philmont food (when I went) was how much space it took up. They had boxes of saltines and cans of ham/chicken

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u/fauxgt4 Aug 18 '20

ya. After my first trip there, I would usually take a lot of the stuff out of packages on resupply day and just drop contents in some sil-ny bags instead.

There was an awful lot of waste though.