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Maverick26
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I am kinda new to all of this and I was wondering if there is a place around Seattle or online that sells Backpacker Pantry food for a good deal. Let me know where you get you freeze dried food. Thanks.
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Opus
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 Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:15 am |
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Pretty good thread about freeze dried meals here:
Food!
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sarbar
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:22 am |
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Not that you will ever get a good deal price wise on freeze-dried but REI does carry their line. You may well do better just ordering online though - more selection.
Oddly once in awhile on Costco.com they will have deals on sets of meals by the various brands. Usually a "weeks" worth.
If you have to have commercial meals, may I suggest visiting www.packitgourmet.com - their meals are miles above anything else out there commercially made. Yes, they sometimes cost a tiny bit more. But they don't taste freeze-dried, are often not salt bombs and really, really taste good. (And have real ingredients in them!) To which I will add, they were given a BP Magazine Gear Editors Award this year 
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:26 am |
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I like Backpackers Pantry too & you can order from them directly. Last year they were selling from their website for about half the price that REI does.
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sarbar
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:35 am |
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REI has been bumping up the prices on a lot of the meals - I do reviews of commercial meals often on my blog - and price wise REI gouges. There was one recently, a Mary Janes Farm meal that was $9.25 at REI but less than $8 on MJ's site!
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Malachai Constant
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Buying food at REI is kind of like buying running shoes at Nordstroms 
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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sarbar
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:39 am |
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nuclear_eggset
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| Malachai Constant wrote: | | Buying food at REI is kind of like buying running shoes at Nordstroms |
aside from the fact that there is a reason to buy shoes at nordstroms. :P
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:35 am |
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Sarbar...with all that weight you save with freeze drying, you can now carry along a picnic table 
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sarbar
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:41 am |
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Maverick26
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Thanks guys for all the info. Ill read that thread when I get a chance. Ill also look into buying the stuff direct. Thanks again.
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This meal can be made easily and requires little skill:
