Yep. we are all fans of the FBC style of backcountry cooking here no doubt about it. Sarbar is a genius!

But now let me play devil's advocate for a moment. There are times when an MRE (or at least a non-dehydrated meal) might be superior. That struck me the other day when I was out hiking and it was cold enough that there was no liquid water to be found. So I carried both my dehydrated food and the water to re-hydrate it on my back. So where's the advantage? Now if there were snow to melt it would be a different story. But there's no snow here yet.

Well of course one advantage is that by doing FBC using Sarbar's recipes you can have a dinner that is tastier than an MRE. But the point remains that the dehydration per se didn't save you any weight. So carrying a fully hydrated meal like an MRE isn't that crazy sometimes.