Can I Make a BETTER Breakfast Skillet Than Mountain House?

Preview text: I recreated one of my favorite backpacking meals and then put it to a blind taste test.

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Can I Make a BETTER Breakfast Skillet Than Mountain House?
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I recreated one of my favorite backpacking meals and then put it to a blind taste test.
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