A QJ Inukshuk taught me a few cooking tips this summer and introduced me to taking hamburger in a foil pack from Walmart to be added to hamburger helper as a canoe trip supper entree.  I was suprised as to how tasty this meal turned out along with the great economics provided compared to a prepacked manufactured mountain house type version.  However the foil packed version of hamburger seems to have been dicontinued.  

I have read in this thread that some of you dehydrate hamburger.  Any sugestions on what grade to buy?  85%, 90% lean?  Do you break the burger up into smaller peices before dehydrating?  Suggested technigues for packing if you do not have a vacume sealing machine? I'd be interested in giving this a try.