Trailtopia is a brand I have overall liked every meal I have purchased from them. That is an oddity, as often I find commercial meals are hit or miss in how good they are. Normally I only find a few per brand I like.
Their packaging is simple, high quality MRE style mylar bags, low in profile, so you don’t have to stick your hand in deep. The price point is also lower than many brands. Sure, you don’t get a fancy custom printed bag like some brands, but does that matter when it’s trash after using?
Trailtopia Egg Scramble, which retails for $11.99 a bag, and is also on Amazon for the same price.
Weight is 3.4 ounces and the bag serves 2. It’s a hearty 2 serving, especially if you use the scramble as a filling, as I mention below.
Ingredients:
POWDERED EGGS (WHOLE EGGS, YOLK, DRIED EGG WHITES (GLUCOSE REMOVED FOR STABILITY)), FREEZE DRIED COOKED SAUSAGE (PORK, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), ONION, FREEZE DRIED GREEN PEPPER, FREEZE DRIED RED PEPPER
This egg scramble does require cooking, so keep that in mind. Freeze-dried eggs are easy to cook though, so no fear about it. Just have a non-stick pot or frypan lid to use, and a bit of oil or butter along for extra confidence. Yes, freeze-dried cooked eggs do exist (Mountain House) but truthfully, freeze-dried raw eggs produce a better product in the end. They are the same as eating fresh eggs, where as pre-cooked freeze-dried often resemble egg styrofoam.
This is a deluxe scramble, full of sausage bites and vegetables. Find the desiccant packet and toss. Add 1 cup cold water and stir well. Make sure you tilt the bag gently, and get into all the corners to ensure it’s properly mixed.
While it says to rehydrate for 5 minutes, knowing it had sausage in it, I went for 15 minutes.
Heat a (preferably) non-stick pot or fry pan lid over a low flame on your stove. Keep the flame as low as you can. If you have oil or butter, add in a bit.
Pour the mixture into the pan, and let start to thicken up on the edges, then start scrambling gently, keeping the egg moving in the pan, so your burner doesn’t burn the center of the eggs. Take off the heat once it looks “set” but not dried out. It will continue to cook with residual heat.
It can be eaten this way, or consider using it to fill tortillas for breakfast tacos/burritos with some cheese added. A bit of hot sauce or salsa would go well.
~Sarah