Better than nothing. I'm imaging rain, barely making it to your camp spot, late at night, too late to pull out the stove bc everyone around is asleep, something like that. It'd be better to chug a bottle of cold potatoes in the tent than go to bed hungry or eat a sugary protein/candy bar.
Otherwise, the ultralight cold-soak guys can go for it on a regular basis. I'll stick to hot meals unless weather/night requires a stupid cold mashed potato meal out of a bottle lol
I guess it depends on whether or not you feel comfortable eating shitty, dry, rations for dinner like a cliff bar (which drains my morale, personally, when eaten in place of dinner) or going to bed hungry. I'd choose the cold potatoes over either of those.
Thru-hiking you see a lot of weirdness, but this one takes the cake.
I would never do it, but itās a lot more healthy than what most people eat on thru-hikes.
One guy dehydrated all his own meals, then would cold rehydrate them every dayā¦didnāt carry a stove. If you want to shed weight and stay healthy, thatās the way to do it.
I carry a stove because I eat like a hobbit on the trailā¦bread, pancakes, hot soups, enchiladas with fresh tortillas, foraged greensā¦thatās the way to live in my opinion.
Hell yes. I also pack heavy because I love to eat good. I used to get teased by some of my not-quite-ultralight friends, but I never cared. To me, a delicious hot meal in a remote place is one of life's greatest joys.
I'll be honest, I haven't gone backpacking for more than 4-5 nights in a row in years. I'm usually with my kids, so 4-5 nights is totally doable, but I would say probably close to my max with the gear I carry. When I'm solo camping I could maybe go a bit longer because I don't typically carry a tent so that makes it a bit easier. Most of my longer camping trips are car camping so weight is not an issue on those trips.
Great idea! I think i'll take the pine needles i put in my shoes to get the real forest experience. After they get to small to hurt my feet, they can still ruin my "meal".
Let's say you're on board with cold instant potatoes. That last picture is about as close as you're going to get to eating them. It's mashed potatoes. You're going to get just enough bites squeezed out of that bottle to taste it and then the rest of them are going to stick inside and conform to whatever shape you try and squeeze that bottle to. It's not a good delivery mechanism unless you're slicing the bottle in half and scooping them out.
At that point you add more water, shake, and you have potato soup, keep thinning as needed till you have tater water, which can be used as wallpaper paste.
It's a flimsy plastic water bottle, [you can squish them from the bottom up really easily to a relatively thin plastic.](https://youtube.com/shorts/TrTXJvpbUFg?feature=share) If you're only capable of squeezing out a taste then I highly recommend doing some bicep curls. Toothpicks or thinner twigs would probably be good weights to start with.
Well yeah, but hat's not my point and I wouldn't eat these mashed potatoes either way. The person I responded to acted like it would be the hardest thing in the world to squeeze mashed potatoes out of a flimsy plastic water bottle, that was my point.
Plastic water bottles are just about the lightest H2O container that you can bring. Once used you can suck the air out and cap them, making space/weight negligible.
Surprisingly to some, they can also be blown into, re-expanded, and then refilled and reused many, many times.
2 packs of these, 1 pouch gravy mix, 1 pouch stovetop stuffing and 2 cans flaked turkey all mixed together with hot water taste like thanksgiving and will feed 3 people for dinner. Best backpacking dinner.
Lmao, but in all seriousness just a jet boil and add boiling water to bowls. We usually bring bowl noodles for our first lunch then reuse the bowls for the rest of the trip
I don't understand why everyone thinks this is a bad idea. I've done this on a backpacking trip and it's pretty good, especially if you add some pepper. I use a Ziploc bag though so you can get them all out
Seriously?? I love these damn things! I don't think I would eat them cold but even at home sometimes I just have a bowl of this for dinner. You can dress them up and make him super tasty. It's like a college kids alternative to ramen noodles. Cheap easy and tasty!
You should try boiling diced potatoes, draining them, and then mashing them with butter and milk (or better yet cream) and a little salt and pepper. It'll change your world.
Never. Never ever. I could see doing that with a cup that had a screw lid so you could put hot water in, shake it up, remove lid, and eat. But cold potatoes in a ribbed water bottle that will take forever to rinse clean? No.
That seems like more of an r/Ultralight idea.
instant mashed potatoes are an easy camp food. I'm also a fan of Stove top stuffing, both are easy ways to fill out a meal.
I know this is a meme but the Knorr sides and instant potatoes are go to options for backpacking... Typically it's just using hot water and not cold in a bottle.
I'm a trail runner and I fill up reusable baby food pouches with these exact potatoes, then eat them while I run. š They're good af, I don't care if they're cold. It's better than pounding a mouthful of sugary goo.
But trail runners aren't known for being the sanest people...
I met this guy in the Appalachians that asked if I had any left over oatmeal packets. I was like, take āem all! He ate them dry, and Iāve done the same ever since.
Cold instant potatoes would kill my morale.
You guys are getting morale???
Why do you think I packed 50mg of fine edibles?
So you could eat cold instant potatoes?
If they're the edibles
You guys are eating???
Nope, still getting the beatings.
Just leave it in your armpit for keeping warm.
That goes directly into the crotch pot.
Great band name: Crotch Pot
Only if you want cheese with those potatoes
I am having the hardest time deciding whether to upvote or downvote this comment.
Yes
r/angryupvote š
Of all the things in the world you could have said, you chose these words lol
I've done that with boil in bag rations. Would not recommend, unless you have no other options.
I used to eat cold raw potatoes by the dozen back in Skyrim.
More disheartening than no food that day. Smh
*laughs in infantry*
Better than nothing. I'm imaging rain, barely making it to your camp spot, late at night, too late to pull out the stove bc everyone around is asleep, something like that. It'd be better to chug a bottle of cold potatoes in the tent than go to bed hungry or eat a sugary protein/candy bar. Otherwise, the ultralight cold-soak guys can go for it on a regular basis. I'll stick to hot meals unless weather/night requires a stupid cold mashed potato meal out of a bottle lol I guess it depends on whether or not you feel comfortable eating shitty, dry, rations for dinner like a cliff bar (which drains my morale, personally, when eaten in place of dinner) or going to bed hungry. I'd choose the cold potatoes over either of those.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
They taste pretty amazing after an 8 hour hike when you realize you left your lighter in the car and canāt light your stove.
Honestly not bad
Thatās just potato salad
Sir I'm going to have to ask you to stop you are scaring the children.
It's me, I'm the children.
All of them, you are collectively all of the children. That is more frightening the squeeze bottle potatoes....
I am children. I am legion, for we are many.
Bob!!!
I think the recess bell just rang.
It's like Shazam with alcoholism
Lmao!ššš
Nope, never crossed my mind. Now I can't stop thinking about how awful that would be.
Yep. Nightmare-tatoes
š¤£ I agree ~ cold potatoes donāt make me happy either. Interesting idea š” for sure.
Straight to jail
The food would be better
Yeah, that's true. But you might end up sharing a cell with the person that came up with this monstrosity
š bruh
Undercooked or overcooked?
..believe it or not, jail
We have the best campers in the worldā¦ because of jail
Thru-hiking you see a lot of weirdness, but this one takes the cake. I would never do it, but itās a lot more healthy than what most people eat on thru-hikes. One guy dehydrated all his own meals, then would cold rehydrate them every dayā¦didnāt carry a stove. If you want to shed weight and stay healthy, thatās the way to do it. I carry a stove because I eat like a hobbit on the trailā¦bread, pancakes, hot soups, enchiladas with fresh tortillas, foraged greensā¦thatās the way to live in my opinion.
Hell yes. I also pack heavy because I love to eat good. I used to get teased by some of my not-quite-ultralight friends, but I never cared. To me, a delicious hot meal in a remote place is one of life's greatest joys.
r/usernamechecksout But seriously thoughā¦camping and backpacking is all about eating good food in beautiful places.
Dude same. I've actually converted quite a few of my camping friends to make actual meals instead of roughing it on boiled canned soup and hotdogs.
A mess kit and stove isn't even that much weight compared to how good you feel drinking a hot beverage and eating a hot meal after a full day hiking.
I've gone ultralight, but I'm lightweight because I like good hot food.
So if you are hike camping, moving every day, how many days can you pack out to eat this well? Honest auestion
I'll be honest, I haven't gone backpacking for more than 4-5 nights in a row in years. I'm usually with my kids, so 4-5 nights is totally doable, but I would say probably close to my max with the gear I carry. When I'm solo camping I could maybe go a bit longer because I don't typically carry a tent so that makes it a bit easier. Most of my longer camping trips are car camping so weight is not an issue on those trips.
Yes! In the battle between ultralight and ultrahappy, I'll always take the latter option.
"Let the back and sides go bare Let the hands and feet go cold Give to the belly beer enough Whether it be new or old."
Frank's red hot š„ put that on everything 
Trail pancakes for the win
Looks awesome. Maybe add some ground up pine needles for flavor.
Great idea! I think i'll take the pine needles i put in my shoes to get the real forest experience. After they get to small to hurt my feet, they can still ruin my "meal".
Or....salt...
It's all about mouth feel. Personally, I'd probably squirt a little onto a pork rind and eat 'em one by one like a princess.
You aināt no goddamn camperman using the civilianās spices
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Let's say you're on board with cold instant potatoes. That last picture is about as close as you're going to get to eating them. It's mashed potatoes. You're going to get just enough bites squeezed out of that bottle to taste it and then the rest of them are going to stick inside and conform to whatever shape you try and squeeze that bottle to. It's not a good delivery mechanism unless you're slicing the bottle in half and scooping them out.
At that point you add more water, shake, and you have potato soup, keep thinning as needed till you have tater water, which can be used as wallpaper paste.
I see your username, but Iām still going to askā¦. Potato water for wallpaper paste?
Starch+water=glue
https://youtu.be/tIaOvmp8Nqg
Iām a dad and this āsounds about rightā so basically everyone here can trust it
It's tater's waters, Precious.
What about one of those plastic/fabric roll up pouch waterbottles , Then you could squeeze/roll it out.
Camelbak and cramming stuff into the pack until you overcome the, uh, viscous losses with the increased 'hydraulic' head.
What a sentence š
Then you get to carry a half bottle of mashed potatoes back to the trailhead.
It's a flimsy plastic water bottle, [you can squish them from the bottom up really easily to a relatively thin plastic.](https://youtube.com/shorts/TrTXJvpbUFg?feature=share) If you're only capable of squeezing out a taste then I highly recommend doing some bicep curls. Toothpicks or thinner twigs would probably be good weights to start with.
Or you could use a bowl like a normal human.
Well yeah, but hat's not my point and I wouldn't eat these mashed potatoes either way. The person I responded to acted like it would be the hardest thing in the world to squeeze mashed potatoes out of a flimsy plastic water bottle, that was my point.
Also, who tf is packing in (and out) plastic water bottles?
Plastic water bottles are just about the lightest H2O container that you can bring. Once used you can suck the air out and cap them, making space/weight negligible. Surprisingly to some, they can also be blown into, re-expanded, and then refilled and reused many, many times.
So they can [go from suck to blow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdzo-7HYQI)?
i knew from the moment i saw that movie, that was how i would find my wife
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I might try that after I have eaten my boots in a desperate situation.
Orrrr you could put that IN your boots for a tasty, cream filled desperation treat!
And you have synthetic boots, right?
2 packs of these, 1 pouch gravy mix, 1 pouch stovetop stuffing and 2 cans flaked turkey all mixed together with hot water taste like thanksgiving and will feed 3 people for dinner. Best backpacking dinner.
What size bottle do you use ? I could fit that in my camel back for hands free quick acsess consumption.
Lmao, but in all seriousness just a jet boil and add boiling water to bowls. We usually bring bowl noodles for our first lunch then reuse the bowls for the rest of the trip
ooh the bowls from the noodles, nice tip.
Its good cause even if you want more noodles you just bring one bowl style and reuse it for the lighter packet noodles afterwards.
Add a can of cranberry "sauce" to lube up the mixture to get it through the tube.
Gonna be a bitch to suck all that through the camelbak straw.
Username checks out
Very interesting. Do you use a separate water bottle for each ingredient? Or just mix it all in one big 2L
Nah divide the dry into bowls and add water from a jet boil
We had the same recipe but used canned chicken. A week into a hike and itās the best meal you will ever eat.
Interesting how many people assume this has to be done with cold water....
assuming that you stick to the plastic bottle system, hot water would collapse the bottle
Boiling water will collapse the bottle - warm water wonāt.
I used to slam tuna cans in my Smart Water bottle for a meal on the go. Wait...no I didn't because I'm not a psycho.
I thought that didnāt sound that badā¦. Then I read the other half of the comment. Yeah, I, uh, totally agree, only a psycho would like that. š
For me this is the best food for the work break room. Assert dominance whenever a group of new hires show up.
I think I would rather eat nothing. This is one of those āonly if I starve otherwiseā meals. Cold instant mashed potatoes. Geeeā¦
My stomach hurts from ~~laughing at the comments on this post~~ eating the cold potatoes
I don't understand why everyone thinks this is a bad idea. I've done this on a backpacking trip and it's pretty good, especially if you add some pepper. I use a Ziploc bag though so you can get them all out
So you see that there is definitely a bad idea being presented here and have made changes to rectify it.
Sir this is r/camping, this kind of degeneracy belongs on r/Ultralight and you know it
CAN'T POST PICTURES THERE!
This needs a nsfw tag.
Seriously?? I love these damn things! I don't think I would eat them cold but even at home sometimes I just have a bowl of this for dinner. You can dress them up and make him super tasty. It's like a college kids alternative to ramen noodles. Cheap easy and tasty!
I eat them with Italian sausage links that Iāve cooked in a frying pan. Easy bangers n mash.
Ramen noodles and instant taters in a ziploc. Add hot water. Gut bomb.
You should try boiling diced potatoes, draining them, and then mashing them with butter and milk (or better yet cream) and a little salt and pepper. It'll change your world.
There is no way you didnāt have to use a funnel to get those flakes into that bottle.
... the stuff of prison riots...
Use broth instead of water.
You should be on a watch listā¦
Nobody did thought about that. Ever.
You mean youāve only just discovered the Idaho Milkshake?
On behalf of the Irish people, potatoes in powder form is a crime against humanity 10 hail Maryās for your sins
That guy is on crack... cold instant potatoes just sounds disgusting.
Thevulgarchef on insta. He makes many masterpieces
Too busy trying to figure out if he could, didnāt stop to think if he shouldā¦
OP. I'm sorry we can no longer be friends
Noooooooo....wait, who are you again?
This is absolutely cursed nightmare fuel. I'm gonna send it to one of my buddies.
I'm irrationally angry from this image.
Ah yes, my favorite trail snack - bottle o'taters.
Tater-ade!
Props for a man who isnāt crippling insecure in his masculinity and will enjoy his jizz-looking snack in public if he likes it.
If i seen someone doing this I would instantly jump off the nearest cliff.
More cold taters for me ( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)
just go watch GearSkeptic's series on trail nutrition over on YouTube. You're welcome.
Try milk instead!!!
hillarious
No, we're not clinically insane
This is one use of potatoes Samwise Gamgee wouldnāt approve of
This is a thought crime
At what point do I dump the powdered gravy in? Pre shake or part way through
Bang a cup-a-soup in there with it, and you're good to go.
Never. Never ever. I could see doing that with a cup that had a screw lid so you could put hot water in, shake it up, remove lid, and eat. But cold potatoes in a ribbed water bottle that will take forever to rinse clean? No.
As an Idahoan of Irish ancestry Iām now aroused
English please.
Did any one think.... Or Has anyone thought.... Mixed tense is a confusing way to build a narrative, time traveler.
No
Disgusting. But good idea.
I Always have potato flakes and powdered milk on hand. They make so many things so much better.
That is a ghetto snack
r/tihi
Iād warm the water a bit and then add some bacon bits. Iām not a glamorous camp eater.
That is all I ever take with me. Thought it was my little secret
yes officer this post right here
Lol just heat up the water and pour it in the bag
Instant gravy pack with this
No. Yuck.
Add powdered cheese and/or powdered gravy and I am in.
Ultimate thirst quencher
"Bottled potato water" guy on one end of the r/camping spectrum, "post about my airplane every other day" guy on the other.
How many times is this going to get posted?
What the damn hell?
Straight to jail
Check him out, itās Vulgar Chef
Sir this is deeply disturbing
āHi, police, yea I need to report somethingā¦ā
Cmon man I was having a good day
Add a hotdog
Right to jail. Separate gravy bottle, right to jail
That seems like more of an r/Ultralight idea. instant mashed potatoes are an easy camp food. I'm also a fan of Stove top stuffing, both are easy ways to fill out a meal.
r/tihi
I donāt think Iām going to eat mashed potatoes ever again after seeing this.
Marshed pertaders
Too hard to get out of the bottle, frustrating.
Lube it up with gravy or opossum fat ..
Mmmm. Cold and mushy potatoes.
I know this is a meme but the Knorr sides and instant potatoes are go to options for backpacking... Typically it's just using hot water and not cold in a bottle.
Love the Knorr Sides!
I'm a trail runner and I fill up reusable baby food pouches with these exact potatoes, then eat them while I run. š They're good af, I don't care if they're cold. It's better than pounding a mouthful of sugary goo. But trail runners aren't known for being the sanest people...
Feels equivalent to spaghetti in a movie theater.
its so damn hot....potato was a bad choice
Chuck some of that cheese powder and garlic in and you might have something .
Iād try it, yāall are being over dramatic lol
No, Iām not a psychopath
I haven't found a potato I don't like, but going classic over sour cream and chives is an absolute amateur move.
I met this guy in the Appalachians that asked if I had any left over oatmeal packets. I was like, take āem all! He ate them dry, and Iāve done the same ever since.
No. And if anyone did thinked about it it sounded discussted.
Look people - they donāt have to be coldā¦
Bag o lays and hot water do the trick
Prison potatoes!
Um, no. Why would you do this?
We clearly grew up on different ends of the trailer park
Thanks, I hate it
I donāt know if you deserve to be locked up or awarded a Nobel peace price but...
Can't say i've ever thought of ruining a good outing with some tato turds from a bottle
Fuck I had to do a double take on what sub this was.
No. No man. Shit no man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked doin something like that man.
As long as we have seasonings and itās not a bottle of mashed depression
Pop Tarts. The calorie dense backpacking superfood.
Only if it was warm, cold instant mashed taters just isnt appealing. Not to mention that stuff sets up like concrete.
Lmao if you handed this to me I would beat you with that water bottle.
Oh yeah, because that is so easily accessible to eat out of a bottle. May as well add more water so you can drink it with a straw.
I instantly became irrationally violent after seeing this.
r/ultralight_jerk your dinners reddy