Hunter's Pie with Ground Venison

Rib sticker that tastes great. Fills you up, leaves you wanting more!

These meal packs are very delicious and nutritious. It was easy to fix in the hotel. Having this food available made it easy to be on a road trip with dogs. This is my second time purchasing and will purchase more.

Not your typical dehydrated food - favors and ingredients are creative and yummy.

Bought these meal packs, along with a few other "popular brands" for a 2 week motorcycle/camping trip. I must say, freeze dried food in general is way better than I ever anticipated....and Bushkas Kitchen meals quickly became my favorite. I was so bummed when I ran our of the Hunters Pie as it was something I really looked forward to after a long day of riding the wilds of British Columbia. I was really impressed with how tender and delicious the meat was and also the overall taste. I am seriously thinking of buying more of these just to eat as meals at home. You certainly can't beat the prep time and no dishes! lol My hats off to the folks over at Bushkas Kitchen! Really great product guys. I am going to order more as soon as I finish this review.

Breakdown
Taste: 1/5
Quality: 4/5
Portion Size: 3/5
Meal Prep: 4/5

Explanations in order:

I thought the taste was very bland to be frank. I've had venison many times and I really feel like this may not even be the best recipe to use for a "venison based" entree. The spices were virtually non existent. Eating a piece of the venison alone was the most satisfying part of the meal (even though it could have used additional seasoning). I've never eaten a freeze dried meal from Mountain House, Peak Refuel or Backpacker's Pantry that tasted this bland. There have been several meals from those companies that I just didn't like, but they all are what I would consider "full flavored". To be honest the flavor profile of Hunter's Pie is about at the level of cheap hotel food or cheap cruise line food.

Despite the lack of taste I did appreciate the quality of ingredients such as the larger pieces of venison and what appeared to be the skin of the potatos used for the mashed potatoes.

Portion size was pretty good. I would agree with the description of "feeds 1 person".

I followed the instructions to prepare this entree and there is no way 3 minutes would be enough. Even after 8 minutes there were still a few crunchy bits. I used piping hot water and stirred very well before sealing the bag. I am in an area that's actually below sea level and I prepared the meal indoors. Lastly, based on my experience with the wild boar entree and sweet potatoes (review coming soon) this company definitely nails the amount of water they recommend. In my experience with other brands sometimes the instructions over/under estimate the amount of water to add.