Autumn vacations are camping and touring. The food you eat under the clear autumn sky is the best!

"Mirimeshi" is perfect for such outdoor activities. It is a meal-type emergency food that allows you to eat warm and delicious rice without using fire, water, or electricity, and is secretly popular among outdoor fans because of its convenience.

Mirimesh Originally a meal of the Self-Defense Forces

Mirimesh is "military rice", which is an arrangement of what was originally delivered as a meal for the Self-Defense Forces (curry, beef bowl, and stew). We are making "Horika Foods", a manufacturer in Niigata prefecture that sells combat food.

You can purchase it at the online shopping site "Mono Shop" operated by the mono information magazine "Mono Magazine". By the way, it seems that Mono Magazine coined the word "Mirimeshi".


There are 8 types of Mirimesh lineup. In addition to the packed "curry rice," "gyudon," "Chukadon," "stew and rice," "Japanese-style hamburger rice," and "navy curry with miso soup," the contents are all canned, "canned chicken simmered in chicken and chestnuts." "Gome rice" and "Torisoboro & Okayu" are also on sale. The price starts from 1,166 yen.

How to make (steam is emitted)

When you open the pack, you will find rice and ingredients made from domestic rice, exothermic material, exothermic solution, plastic goodwill, and hand towels.




First, take out all of these and place the exothermic material on the bottom of the empty pack.


Next, put the rice and ingredients in the pack.


Finally, sprinkle the exothermic solution from above and close the lid ...



The exothermic material and the exothermic solution react to generate heat and steam vigorously while producing bubbles as if hot water is boiling. Leave it as it is for 20 to 30 minutes. If you're camping, you can just wait while playing badminton or catching fish.


At this time, a considerable amount of steam is emitted from the steam port, so if you cook in the room, you should operate the ventilation fan at full capacity.

Now, after about 20 minutes, when the bubbles and steam have settled down, open the pack again and take out the rice and ingredients inside. Be careful not to get burned because it is hot.


Open the lid of the fluffy rice, loosen it with a brick, and bring it to one half of the container. Then, fill the empty half space with curry roux and gyudon ingredients, and you're done!



For reference, the most popular of Mirimesh is curry rice, the one recommended by the manager of the mono shop is beef bowl, and the one I personally recommend is the Chinese bowl.

The curry is a little sweet, but it is rich and delicious. It also contains onions, carrots, beef and other ingredients.


Gyudon is made by combining beef with onions and shirataki noodles and simmering in a soy sauce base. It's awesome. It contains plenty of meat and shirataki noodles, and it has a moderate amount of fat, so it will accumulate in your stomach.


Chukadon is one dish that you can enjoy the texture of the ingredients most. In addition to pork, it contains large cut bamboo shoots, Chinese cabbage, carrots, and shiitake mushrooms, giving it a crispy texture. Maybe because sesame oil and garlic are added, you can feel the umami.


When you finish eating, put all the trash in the cooked pack and throw it away. It's easy to clean up.

For "emergency food" in case of emergency

Mirimesh can be made without using fire, water, or electricity, and the expiration date is as long as 3 years and 6 months, so many people keep it in case of emergency.

Of course, if you don't use it, it's better, but it's worth preparing. When the expiration date is approaching, you can enjoy it for lunch one day.

However, as I mentioned earlier, steam will come out, so be careful not to surprise the people around you and the smoke detector when cooking in the office or at home!