Stella Grapes Wrote:Similar. The difference is they're designed for mixing with water boiled over coals, not microwaves.
Lucky you! Lunches here are closer to $7 these days! The expense of MH has gone up due to the current economy.
In the UK, they have things called "Hot Can", which is a self-heating can of food. They cost around the same price as the MH foods according to the Google Currency Converter. Here is how their self-heating process works...
HotCan website Wrote:Inside is a can of food surrounded by an outer can and in the space between the two cans is a water sachet and processed granular limestone (the same basic compound found in some toothpastes).
When you insert the spike into the three holes in the top rim of the can this pierces the water sachet, the water then flows into the limestone and a natural reaction occurs between the limestone and water which produces heat. This warms up the food inside the can and within 8-12 minutes it will be a perfect eating temperature of 60-70°C
Ashens reviewed one of these on YouTube, which happened to be a "Christmas Dinner" variant. Ashen's didn't particularly care for it, but to me, it looked like a rather decent Christmas-themed stew.
Hot Can's entree variety however is very limited compared to Mountain House... they only have six listed variants besides the seasonal Christmas one, which isn't listed there at all. As for being UK only, they would end up being more expensive than Mountain House due to import costs alone.
Despite those costs, I would like to import one of them someday just to experience the self-heating can myself. They should add self-heating cans to those good "Chef Boyardee" canned pastas so I wouldn't have to.
BTW, here is Ashen's Hot Can review:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-mfYXdjNTM[/youtube]
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