Mountain House Ground Beef #10 Can | Freeze Dried Survival & Emergency Food | Gluten-Free | 22 Servings

Bottom line up front: This type of food is a great choice for an emergency food supply, especially for sheltering in place or evacuating by vehicle. The #10 cans have a 25-year shelf life, so you can buy them and not worry about rotating your stock for a couple of decades. The biggest downside is that once opened, they need to be used up right away. SHELF LIFE - The #10 cans have a 25-year shelf life (unopened). The biggest downside to #10 cans versus individual pouches is that the 25-year shelf life turns into a 1-week shelf life once they've been opened. Since each can has enough for 10 servings, you'll be eating the same thing for several meals unless you're cooking for a group. TASTE - In my experience, Mountain House food is really tasty. Let me caveat this review by saying that although I've eaten other Mountain House freeze-dried food, I haven't had occasion to open the ones in the #10 cans (see my review of the "Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit"). That having been said, the Mountain House food I have tried has been very, very good tasting -- not just good compared to other survival foods, but good period. I have no reason to expect that these would be any different. WEIGHT/CONVENIENCE - As steel cans, they're reasonably durable and reasonably lightweight (not backpacking light, but you don't have to be a weightlifter to move a large box of them). They do take up a bit of volume, but since the overwhelming majority of long-term emergency scenarios involve sheltering in place or evacuating by vehicle, I wouldn't let that be a deal breaker (personnally, I have a stock of individual pouches just in case I have to leave on foot, but most of my food is in these cans). CALORIES - The problem with most freeze-dried emergency food is that a so-called "serving" has too few calories to meet an adult's energy requirements (2500 a day for men; 2000 a day for women -- more with heavy exertion), so you end up consuming more than you planned. These are no different. So even though a typical can ostensibly contains 10 1-cup servings, you really need to eat two servings per meal to get enough calories to survive -- perhaps more. Plan your purchase accordingly.

Can't go wrong with Mountain House products!

Great taste good filling, not dry, very fun for dinner ideas.Great texture great ingredients

Good preps

This is delicious and a high quality product. It’s also a quick and easy way to add protein to your diet. Very convenient. Very tasty. I love it. When I want something crunchy and need to get more protein in, I eat it straight from the can!

I love this MNT House Beef the consistency is like their sausage it’s easy to add to just about anything, an absolute winner for quick spaghetti or to add to ramen, use it in burritos or tacos, soups, sloppy joes..nice texture, size of the crumbles is good too not skimpy, nutritionally a win with just two ingredients Beef and Salt. 5 Stars

I use Mountain House cooked ground beef to add into many foods - like soups and casseroles to make them better. It tastes great and adds flavor to whatever you put it into. It’s spendy, but it goes a long way. One can last me almost a year. I keep the open can in the freezer to keep it fresh. I bought two, so when I open the second can, it’s time to order more again. I think it’s cost effective since there's so much ground beef in a can. I recommend it…

A great, high quality, product for long term storage needs.

These beef crumbles are very convenient. I bring them to a boil in chicken stock, along with dehydrated carrots, then simmer for about 20 minutes, then add instant mashed potatoes at the end. It makes an easy, one-pot, soft stew!

I add this to my spaghetti dry camping meal. Works great for more of a meaty taste/texture to the meal. I do soak it longer than what the instruction recommends. I find that most of these freeze dried foods require longer soaking time to avoid chewy texture.

Trop cher

the product arrived with a large dent in the side of the can, not sure if its any good now for long term storage. apparently the product is not refundable so be aware.