What Wild Camping Adventure Food? | Expedition and Camping Foods for Hikers and Backpackers 

We went to Thariks Tandoori in West Street last Saturday. Very nice. 'Not for dogs'. Didn't see your producer. High calorific count with no exercise apart from crossing the road to the car. :-) Another great video Shamus, thank you.

Thank you Shamus and Petra. This video came at just the right time as I had binge watched all of your others. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely brilliant channel shamus. Tons of useful information about these meals a great help. Love the content of your channel and the information you provided. 😊👍🏻

As usual a great video and review. Didn't know you could get so many sorts of food and the 'producer' was very funny. Plus Petra food was an added bonus. You certainly put alot of thought into these reviews, thanks ☺️

Thank you for showing us an extremely useful selection of camping food available in Europe!

Awesome video as always Shamus. You're a natural in front of the camera, and I get a feeling the sponsorship opportunities are going to rocket soon! Keep em coming!

Great video, very informative for new and old campers alike. I use base camp foods and have to agree they are brilliant, the coffee bags are amazing and also reusable. Take care Joe

👍👌🐾🐾🐾🐺 nice to see her ladyship getting a share for a change 👌😲😋 another good upload 👍 dog food is local to me .carry on the great work Shamus ,

Very enjoyable & informative. Thanks for buying the different types of food and take the time to film . I really didn't know too much about this subject,as I enjoy cooking .maybe I'll give them a try

Recently discovered your channel, loving the videos, it’s great to see familiar spots on Dartmoor that I remember from my youth growing up in Plymouth, Petra is gorgeous by the way!!

Great video mate. Like the look of the expedition meal. I’ve had the summit to eat chicken fajitas not a fan it was really stringy couldn’t eat it. The us army mre meals 24 hr ration packs are really good. Great menu chicken burrito bowl a favorite. They come with flameless heaters, all the sundries, spoons, coffee, and the chewing gum ( army lads refer to this as a stool softeners lol)

Great video and some great meal ideas. My wild camp last night was great, Chiltern Hills overlooking Aylesbury Vale. We cooked our own food (nice curry lol) but will do the freeze dried next time to keep the weight down. Weather was kind to us and that Sea to Summit Etherlight XT sleep mat was so warm and comfy ! Hope your having a good weekend !

This is great as usual Shamus and a video that I'll be referring back to from time to time because even though I've been wild camping for several years there's still some handy info here and stuff I hadn't heard about before like the Arctic field ration. Anyway, I'll get back to my pie and chips in work now....yum yum, ATB Mark :)

Another cracking vid Shamus!! Loving your channel. Just to say, you’re reaching a broad demographic, 35 year old mum of two who spends her evening devouring your videos! My 8 year old loves them too. Thanks and please keep’m coming!

Great vid, just ordered from Base Camp Food.... only a couple to try but I was impressed with the coffee pouch thing so order some of those too.

Another great information video.Tried the heat bags one night.After meal wrapped bag in cloth and used it to warm up sleeping bag.

Another great video Shamus.

Great review mate thanks for the this informative video 👍

Thanks for another good video and also for the pointer to basecampfoods.

Another great video thanks :)

Great video as always. Great information. I have never had a wet pouch or dryed meal, I always take food and cook. Maybe one day I will give them a go!😁 Take care ATB-Phill 🙏

Boom tingz! I suspect your channel will grow fast because your content is better than most. Keep it up buddy.

Drytech is making it in my hometown, Tromsø. North Norway.

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A really awesome video I love The line about your wife and The look on Petra's face when you asked about the dog food 😂😂😂

Well. From the home of the chicken tikka masala here in the curry capital glasgow. The shish mahal claims to have created it. It is definitely food for thought. I really prefer taking pre prepared food to a camp. Not always doable. Or adding to one off these meals. Part of my enjoyment is preparing the food and I enjoy it that wee bit more. Glad to see Petra snaffled in some treats. Enjoyed the vid. I watched the last one twice as promised. Ian

Hi Shamus, for me its about weight and taste. I'm lazy so I buy the packets you are reviewing, some hikers take pasta and lots of powders and add ins. If I'm doing a 1 nighters I normally take ramen noodles or similar. I like my coffee so take a few packets even on a day hike. Enjoying your videos thanks. Jon.

You make rally good videos and I'm impressed of how many videos you have produced during the last 2 month!!! I know how much work there is behind that result. Good luck on your RU-vid journey. :-) /Matti

Great feedback on the various freeze dry meals. I will now try the stew

Excellent video Shamus with another no nonsense explanation of the various types of ready packed meals. You must have tried everything under the sun with your time at BAS? As an aside I’ve just purchased some BPA free Mylar foil bags to give the homemade MRE a try. As much as I like the idea of walking into an outdoor shop and picking up these professionally manufactured meals I can’t help recoiling at the price! Brilliant to catch up via ‘messanger’ yesterday. I can’t believe it’s 28 years since Rothera and Endurance! Keep the brilliant videos coming. ATVB Graham - Sidestickflyer

Great information about the food thank you. Also what are the bags called that you use to put your own porridge in where can I get them please? thank you.

Another cracking video Shamus. I'm surprised you cooked for yourself though, you being an ex RAF guy, surely you would have got your butler to do that lowly task for you hahaha. I would add, for your viewers reference and to save costs (I know your video was sponsored but whilst the shop bought meals are great they are a tad bit pricey). I've been preparing my own DIY boil in the Bag meals for some time now. £20 vacuum sealer from Aldi including a roll of vacuum sealer bags. Cook your meals at home > freeze them and then defrost prior or on the journey ready for a quick boil routine with your brew water as you said. Delicious! Nom nom! That way you can decide what menus you like, Roast Dinner, Sausage and Mash, Blackberry Crumble with custard, the options are endless. I have even tested a home made boil in the bag pizza recently and can confidently state is was grrrrrrreat! See what I did there Petra lol.

I've ordered from BCF before but really only ever tried Summit to Eat meals and i think they're quite tasty. Will definitely try out other ones in the future

Excellent food for thought. Broadened my food horizons. For interesting non allergen foods Activeat are well worth a look. They don't do exped. calorie levels but paired with a pudding or some biscuits all is well.

As much as I love my Summit meals my favourite must be WF All day breakfast 😍😍😍😍😍 Another great video Shamus Thanks for sharing ATB Mike StayCornish😬

Hi great informative video where do you buy the empty foil pouches from for your porridge please? And also what size do you use as I’d like to do the same for my upcoming west highland way trip

Great videos, thanks for sharing! Noticed your bag for your stove system I’m guessing that’s not the original dry sack?

As I get more confident carrying less water and filtering as I go, I'm leaning more towards dried foods now (although I too have a soft spot for WF's All Day Breakfast). Thanks for the video - I'll check BaseCamp Foods out. BTW, I too love an apple crumble. :)

your are getting videos even more fantastic

I do love basecamp foods. THey are really good for so much. Might have to try the ration pack.

Great information 👌🏼

Great video!

Great video

I always read the water fill amount at home and write in big with a sharpie pen before I go out on a trip - reason being always printed small on these packets and is a bit of a faff getting my reading glasses out all the time a camp👍🏻👍🏻

I'll be giving those a try over the coming weeks. Sitting on the sea front at Norbreck is the furthest I'll get though.

Wonderful video! Dog+curry= bad news. Wonderful channel! Greetings from NZ.

Great meal planning ideas just got to wait a little longer to try them and Hero, my 43KL GSD wants to know what the dog food is like!

Great well made video just put my order in with base camp foods .. a discount code would have been nice 😂

Loved it shamus Diane and myself just ordered the summet to eat Scrambled eggs with cheese Cinnamon porridge tent meal Beef stew Can’t wait to try them That was a brilliant review on the other foods mate many thanks Have a look online for astronaut food very light and very tasty

Can I ask where you got the pouch for your Reactor Shamus? Looks just what I'm after.

Great video Seamus. What are those filtered coffees like? Just found your Chanel and your content is excellent.

Arctic Pks from Real Turmat are very good . Handy . Although I’ve found the store bought pasta Pks , add water in a pan . Hard to beat with some protein of meat or chicken. A lot cheaper that those speciality packs . Aná maith Buachaill fresín 🇮🇪

Hi Shamus, great vid. Where do you buy the foil bags for you porridge? Been looking, but can’t seem to find any. Cheers

I always throw the water away I've heated Wayfarer meals with. I don't like the idea of drinking water that's been boiling with plastic in it. Maybe it's fine 🤔

Great video. I haven't seen one before on commercially available prepared meals. I've seen lots on DIY versions of these but they seem to offer little in terms of enjoyment and don't end up saving you as much money as you think! Out of interest, where do you source the foil pouches that you can fill and reheat in boiling water? The only ones I have found don't recommend heated contents. Thanks.😁

mate i love your vids

New to channel, great video review, shame you didn't include firepot though, their barley stew is well tasty

Cant go wrong with Kebabgryte! Living in Norway drytech is our no.1 go to.

Nice vid Shamus, covers a lot of options from cheep to luxury, going to search ur vids for the coffee u used at the added outshot. if its jars to find could u tell me what it was and where u got it, (i am a coffee snob) lol I like eating will on the montain but dont expect fine dining but still like a nice coffee. TIA.

I’ve not seen the Arctic packs before, they look quite good. Chris from outdoorsgrub (no longer in business sadly) used to do ration packs where he put together a breakfast, main meal meal, dessert, beverage pack and a snack which I always found handy. I could just grab a pack or two and head out without having to bother with deciding what to have or if I had enough food. I know they are a bit more expensive and you can obviously find cheaper alternatives in the supermarket but I actually like the freeze dried stuff and it’s so much less faff. I’m always surprised at people cooking real food they have lugged up the hill; potatoes, steak, sauces, sausages, tins of beans, frying pans etc. I’m sure it tastes lovely but the weight, bulk, time to prepare it, cooking it and the washing up just doesn’t seem worth it to me. Each to his/her own of course and I totally get that for some that’s all part of enjoyment of wild camping. I much prefer the simplicity of a single pot, boiling water for my meal and hot drink at the same time, sticking it in a cozy for 10 mins to rehydrate and the only washing up is licking the spoon clean. Packaging folds flat, minimal waste, no mess, no fuss.

Hi Shamus not long joined your channel but loving it so far just a quick question where do you purchase your bags you use for your porridge 👍 Cheers Woz

Good evening Shamus, Have you tried the TentMeals yet ?? Breakfast are porridge oats and berry’s etc. And main meals are vegetarian based with couscous and rice also available in 500kcal and 800kcal. Packs are small and something different. I’ve tried Almond Jalfrezi curry and oats with cashew and Goji Berry.

This is very helpful and im thinking that the freezed dried packs will be better even though you have to carry water for it. The wet food is extra weight and you still have to carry water for it. I'm going Switzerland wild camping in 4 weeks so need to go as light as possible. Hope you get back to making videos again 😁👍

Love base camp foods, buy all my dried meals from them and some flameless ration heaters recently (just in case the cooker fails) or as an emergency ration in my day bag. Loving your videos x

I've not come across them heat pad things. Interesting and great vid as always.

Just a thought, I am used to working with dogs like gun dogs and sheep dogs. They need a fair bit of energy. How much do you think a German Shepherd needs in energy for a full day hike on hills and how do you work it out for Petra? I know a fair number of wild campers like taking a dog with them. Food for hiking dogs could be useful video too - if you haven't already.

Great video as always what are those little coffee pouch things ? Thanks Graham

The Turmat range is a bit expensive at £7.99 to £11.99 (main meal), but their field ration pack (10 items) at £14.25 seems good value. However, if they are as tasty as you say, they'll be worth the money for a one-off wildcamp.

Comment 106 well done Shamus. I have been leading a very sheltered life when it comes to this sort of thing. The order from Base Camp Foods is imminent! Any tips on how to stop yourself eating them at home as they look so good and me and the wifey are not great cooks!!

You didn't fancy the mod meals then, had enough ey? Good little video. I've never seen that heat pack thing?

Hi - I know this is an old video but please could you tell me what the size of the pot was that you were using to put the Wayfayrer boil in a bag meals in? Peace

I can't get on with those dry meals, because no matter how much water or how much I stir - there's always a pocket or two of dry powder somewhere which ruins it for me. Despite the weight, I prefer the Wayfarer meals - especially as they can be eaten cold in an emergency (I've tested this and they still taste great unheated).

bob on ;) where did you get the silver bags for your porridge Shamus?

Hi Shamus - can you tell me what's the cookset you're using in the vid? Looks a good sized unit. On the subject of food, I always take the homemade option - pre cooked and put into the mylar bags, heat sealed and frozen. Can also do it with dry products like porridge and you can put your own dried berries, banana chips in it as well. Like wayfarer but better. Left over spag bol, stew, curry, chilli etc, frozen down and kept for when you need them. Ok a bit more weight but in reality not really noticeable for a couple of days. I'm from Yorkshire so spending £20-30 on meals for camping makes no sense to me!

H ello do they sell in the USA? I would love to purchase some to try them out.

Had the Expedition Food Scrambled eggs and caramelized onions today. Excellent flavor BUT literally impossible to hydrate properly. Used the exact amount of water as described, waited for the advertised 8mn, the eggs were solid as old bread while sitting on a mini ‘pond” of water. Stirred the content again, closed I’d for another 12-15mn and STILL the water wasn’t absorbed and the consistency was far from ideal... pity.

Hi Shamus, I hope you are keeping well. I (probably naively) was unaware of Base Camp Foods even though they are based in the same town that I grew up in. I have since purchased from them on the strength of your video and the service provided was second to none. Can’t recommend highly enough. I hope we get some more videos from you soon. ⛺️👍🏻

So what does your producer do? I'd be interested to know how your videos are made. I see you have a dog cam and sometimes do you use a drone?

Just a suggestion, don't throw away your oxygen absorber. keep accumulating them put them in a plastic bag you never know, one day you might drop your phone in the water and those little thing could be a life saver, speaking from experience been there and done that! Cheers

All day breakfast is good, not to sure if there's a bit off fried egg mixed in 😋

Ha ha ha, Petra gets revenge with her own treat!! Lol.

Shamus, great video. I'm sure that this has already been mentioned, but you neglect to take in to account the weight of water required for freeze dried/dehydrated meals compared to 'wet' meals when comparing their overall weight. Some of the well known brands of freeze dried meals require well over 300ml of water per meal. 3 meals per day equals approximately 1 litre of water or 1 kg in weight

Did Petra enjoy the dog wild camp food?

I'm guessing that everyone who features those Real Turmat packs on RU-vid has been given them for free, as the incredible expense of them is always glossed over. That Reindeer Stew is not 'a couple of quid' more than a Summit To Eat - it's up to 3 times the price, up to 14quid - with no real calorie advantage.

DOOD!

Great meal ideas there. Here’s me thinking of buying a dehydration kit and doing my own meals. Mmmmm 🥴 Petra eating Chicken Tikka Masala, the garlic in it is bad for dogs and bitches 😱

£9 × 3 a day at 800 cals a meal ..will just get you by ..

You have to spend a lot of money to maintain your body weight on a multi-day hike using freeze-dried food. It's just too expensive for what it is. What I'm doing now is buying my own freeze dried egg, cheese, and peanut butter. Then purchasing supermarket freeze-dried noodles and using the other ingredients to bulk up the food. I believe that freeze-dried camping food in this country is too expensive for what it is. It does not supply enough calories per pack. I wish a large food company would come into this market and undercut these businesses that are making a king's ransom out of basically very simple low cost dishes like chicken curry. I've worked out roughly to supply yourself with enough calories with freeze-dried food walking 15 miles a day let's say. You would have to eat four packs of freeze dried food. Even at a conservative price of £7 per packet. That means you are spending £28 per day to feed yourself - ridiculous.

Rather tasteless, leaves you hungry and horribly over-priced. These days on my wild camps/through hikes I suffer the extra weight and take tinned food, pouches of rice, etc. Spam,egg and beans on me trangia for brekkie...yum