[cdt-l] Soaking Food Instead of Cooking

[Francis Tapon]

Heidrun: Thanks for the reply! 

 

How long would you need to soak food?

 

On the PCT, I accidentally bought pasta that needed 15 minutes of cooking.
Before going to bed, I put it in the pot, filled with cold water, and let it
soak overnight. The next morning I could just eat it without any cooking. It
was just like eating leftover pasta out of the fridge without heating it. I
usually used an Esbit to warm it up and added mixes to spice it up. However,
that got me thinking that if you don't mind that the pasta is not warm, you
could eat it cold. 

 

That got me thinking about a multitude of overnight soaking options. If I
can make pasta that takes 15 minutes to cook edible with just overnight
soaking, it seems that there is a world of possibilities (provided you don't
mind cold food). Also, the overnight soaking depends on temps above
freezing! :-)

 

Have you found any website that discusses soaking ideas? 

 

Happy trails,

 

Francis Tapon

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From: Heidrun Kessler [mailto:Xkanuck at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 11:42 PM
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Esbits

 

Francis Tapon asked if anyone had soaked food cold and left cooking stuff
behind?  Yup, on the PCT at Crater Lake I sent my cooking stuff home and
from there to Manning, I ate cold couscous day in and day out~ got a little
boring but it sure saved weight, time and eliminated the "what to eat"
decision. Ziplocks worked great as for soaking & serving. And no pots to
wash! Probably would do it again if the pepsi can died..

Heidrun 

 

 

 

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