Chef Tastes Dehydrated Camping Food for the First Time

Chef Hervé Guillard, Director of Education & Dean of Students at the Institute of Culinary Education, takes us on a wild journey to flavor world, or a lack thereof, as he gives us his expert tasting opinion on varying types of dehydrated meals that he tries.

[Andy-Mesa]

Have this dude eat those same meals after a hard day of hiking, and they will suddenly taste amazing.

[wwooops]

How about doing a video where you freeze dry this chef’s cooking and then taste test it?

[fxstsi]

Next on Cnet an F1 driver complains about the performance of minivans.

[rickhimes]

Pro tip - those eggs need double the hydration time and a bit more water than the instructions suggest - only then are they edible.

[misledpoet]

Why don't you get this chef to make something that will remain shelf stable, portable and edible for the duration of a week long or more hiking trip that will be up to his taste standards, and also fit the caloric and macronutrient requirements for someone who's been hiking more long distances while carrying loads each day?

[kamikazitsunami]

When it comes to freeze dried foods being too salty, they are designed to feed people who are up in higher elevations hiking in the mountains. Everyone knows that you need more rehydration time and more salt as you go up in elevation. This is why airline food would taste even more disgusting if you ate it while In the airport instead of up in the air. Our taste buds are not the same the higher we go up in elevation. Also the extra salt will help replenish some of the salt that was lost through physical activity during the hike.

[johndormer]

Evidently the chef has never been in the military or camped alone for a week or two. He apparently does not get the rational of survival food. It actually is excellent, especially Mountain House food.

[alvzcizzler]

Idk why Cnet is uploading this but whatever

[AmericanOdyssey]

He was so polite even though he probably wanted to rip it apart haha

[thetrper]

you have got to have that water at a rolling boil and In my experience use a bit less water and leave it sit a bit longer than the directions recommend.

[christiancrow]

As a chef myself I would never prepare it this way at all I would give it a tiny rice cooker to rehydrate 100% ❤ and even then if you had extra stuff around you can add to the flavor, hints the whole kitchen in the background ❤

[giorgosapo]

Loved this video 😁 more please! The Chef's reactions are so funny

[kyleamerica]

Bro why is he comparing this food to his $200 meals. This is for the zombie apocalypse

[listofromantics]

To quote Miguel de Cervantes: "Hunger makes the best sauce in the world."

Hike / Backpack 6 - 14+ hours a day, for days or weeks on end, carrying 30 - 60+ pounds on rocky dirt trails, over hills and mountains, AND THEN try these meals again.

[anwarabdullah]

Why mountain house? It looks like you guys just picked whatever was at Wal-Mart. There are tons of better products out there if you just looked a little harder.

[TheWildFrontier]

always let them rehydrate for a lot longer than they say and use piping hot water. i sometimes leave it for 30+ minutes and just sit and glass or do something else. Do not let the heat escape thats how i get the beef and chicken bits to soften up.

[bethanyferguson]

Great review recommend getting a dehydrator and prepping your own meals for all who's interested in packing for extensive hikes. Tastes amazing without all the preservatives

[jmason]

Funny he's a pro chef in a giant kitchen...he could pour out each of these into a pan & make them super tasty in a few seconds with some little tricks

[sasquatch]

I would be curious how he would feel about these after hiking to the top of a mountain or something or the sort. Literally just curious how physical experience and exhaustion impacts the willingness and the experience.

Don’t know. Just curious.

[d.b.]

Mountin House meals are pretty good but I've never had this meal. Wait till the lights go out and Whole Foods is empty, this fancy lad will do anything for one of these meals.