Trail Tip 47: Freeze Dried Meal Fill Lines

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

Why every freeze dried meal out there doesn’t already have a fill line on the packaging is a bit of mystery, but luckily we can memorize our own. For example, most Mountain House meals call for either 1 1/3, 1 ½, or 1 ¾ cups of boiling water. Instead of having to precisely (or imprecisely) measure out that exact amount of water to boil, or worse yet attempt the dreaded cups to milliliters conversion without the help of the internet in the backcountry, we can remember and make our own specific fill lines on the packaging...

This trail tip helps make dinner on the trail and preparing commercial freeze dried meals just a little easier on future trips. Take a look in Issue 47:

Freeze Dried Meal Fill Lines

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