Has anyone prepared the meal packets without a microwave? What was your experience? I’d love to use them for backpacking meals but I’m curious about how they cook up with just boiling water instead of a microwave.
Hey there! Welcome to the forum! 
There’s usually some mixed feedback on the best cooking method. The boiling water method tends to require a bit more time to cook, but some people prefer it over the microwave method. You can find some good threads on it on our subreddit, like this one and this one!
I have only done this with a kettle and pour in the boiling water, stir it up a bunch - I like to put a little bit of water in the pot first so it doesn’t clump - then close the lid, wait 10 minutes, then stir a bunch again
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By closing the lid, do you mean covering it? We don’t recommend screwing the lid on for safety, but apologies if that’s not what you meant!
Yeah I set it on top. I don’t screw it on and create am anaerobic environment or anything.
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