CAmp girl-

U are welcome!

marlin55388 wrote on Mar 27^th, 2009 at 1:31am:


Thanks! I really appreciate that!

Puckster wrote on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 11:20pm:



Glad I could help!

On the Nature’s First – it will defiantly mix easily if you shake it in a Nalgene. It actually does mix really easily in general. It’s just that Nido practically dissolves as soon as it hits the water so you can just give it a quick stir and it’s ready to go. Nature’s First is more powdery so you just have to stir it a bit to make it dissolve. But it’s worth it!

On the eggs – I’ve eaten egg beaters a couple of times at a friends house and they seemed fine. I don’t think that I would take them with me into the backcountry just because of the weight issue. When I ate the Ove Easy and Sonstegard, I was comparing them to fresh eggs and the Ova Easy tastes almost the same as fresh. By far the best powdered egg I’ve come across! The Sonstegard is good too but not quite as good as the Ova Easy. It is less expensive though which is a plus. Both are much better than the traditional powdered eggs that everyone is afraid of 

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Sweet site Campgirl!

Regarding the bland taste of egg-beaters, the style with some egg yolk in it tastes much better than the one with no yolks. 

Camp_Girl wrote on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 9:24pm:


Camp_Girl -- thanks for the great info!  You may have caused me to change my habits!   I have brought in pre-measured powdered milk in a nalgene bottle for years...a quart is good enough for one breakfast of granola.  And I bring in extra powdered milk in a baggie.  Question: will Nature's First mix up okay in a Nalgene, if I just add water and shake?  How difficult is it to mix? 

Ova Easy and Sonstegard -- How would you say these compare to egg beaters?  Egg beaters have been my standard...never had a problem with them going bad, even though they're supposed to be kept cool...but they are heavy.  They do okay in an egg-rollup I max with tortillas, cheese, and salsa, but they do taste a bit bland...

Thoughts?

prouboy

Found it!

I was talking about both milk and eggs here. I thought someone might be interested in the eggs part so I didn't delete it. Sorry to get off topic!



Milk

Nature’s First – This is my hands down favorite powdered milk. It’s a full cream milk with the simplest of ingredient lists. Milk. The downside is that because it doesn’t include any additives it can be a little more work to get it to fully dissolve. If I’m eating anything where milk plays a big part (smoothies, granola, etc) this is the one I reach for.

Nido – My old favorite and my current backup, Nido is also a great tasting choice. You can get it in most Asian and Latino grocery stores in a small or large can. It dissolves much more readily than Nature’s First so this is what I use in most of my recipes calling for powdered milk. It doesn’t have a full-cream milky taste, but it does taste like you're drinking milk NOT milk powder.



Eggs

This one is a little bit harder…. I hear many backpackers say they opt to pack in fresh or hard boiled eggs. Personally I wouldn't do it. I don't want to have to worry about spoilage or breakage so, unless it’s the first day out and I want fried eggs on the menu, I go with powdered. I’ve found a couple of good powdered options that taste a lot like real eggs.

Ova Easy – Made with just freeze-dried eggs, this one is definitely my first choice when it comes to powdered eggs. It’s the closest thing I’ve tasted to the real thing – in fact, I recently served these to a friend and they couldn’t tell the difference! Good on their own, I really like them with a little freeze-dried cheese tossed in or mixed with dehydrated bell peppers and tomatoes. Yum!

Sonstegard – This is more of a mix than Ova Easy as they’ve had milk, oil and salt added to them. These taste almost as good as the Ova Easy but (maybe due to the add ins?) they’re a little bit bulkier and heavier. A good option though and less expensive if you’re on a budget.

I started Packit Gourmet awhile ago and we have a really good full-cream milk powder up on the site - Nature's First

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I also really like Nido. I use both but for different things. Nature's First tastes better to me but Nido mixes a bit easier so it depends on what I'm making. I posted a review of the two awhile ago... I'll look for it.

   Now I'm glad I drink my coffee black, and eat my oatmeal with just plain water and a handful of trail mix