There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
This is the dry Mountain House (2.5 serving Beef Stroganoff) ready to add the 2 cups water:
Adding the water and stirring doesn't raise the level significantly:
Almost ready to eat:
Disadvantages: (1) Have a pot to clean (2) Have to keep flame down and stir constantly to avoid sticking (at least with Stroganoff).
Advantage: (1) Lighter, cleaner trash (packet including silicone packet weighed 24 grams. I haven't weighed one but I assume a moist dirty packet would weigh a little bit more. Significantly more? I don't know.)
Personally, if I were going the lighter trash route, I'd boil the water then dump the contents in. Otherwise I'd end up scrapping "whatever" out of the bottom of the pot. In which case the cleanup would "weigh" more than the slightly heavier trash. :-)
Edit... I just did another pack. This time I ate out of the packet. Scraping it at least as clean as I'd do in the woods, the trash weight was 31 grams. Seven grams heavier. (one ounce per four packets) Significant? I suppose not. You start with an unopened packet weighing around 162 grams and end up with either 24 or 31 grams of trash. Either way you come out way ahead.
I won't repackage until I get there though :-)
I don't see why you would need the bot. Wouldn't a regular 700 ml pot suffice with its weight reduction since you're boiling first?
Do you think a 4-5 hour time span between breakfast and lunch will adequately rehydrate MH meals without a stove?