[pct-l] instant mashed potatoes

[dicentra]

I'm not terribly impressed with the instant sweet potatoes - they are 50/50 regular potatoes and sweet potatoes - and they add artificial coloring to them. Why?

HOWEVER - I've had good luck baking, then mashing, then dehydrating sweet potatoes (yams) at home. Makes great instant sweet potatoes. Almost time for me to do that again.
 
~Dicentra


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--- On Thu, 9/4/08, ed faubert <edfaubert at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: ed faubert <edfaubert at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] instant mashed potatoes
To: ewker at yahoo.com
Cc: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 6:26 AM

Never tried oysters with mashed pot. but i use chipped beef ans span a lot with
potatoe. I am packing up for a 3 week trip in the canyon next month. I found a
new type of instant potatoe mix, sweet potatoes.....I also use lots of seafood
like clams, shrimp and fish with rice or noodles too. Going out for shorter
hikes i am not so concerned with the cost of  my meals and in the canyon it
starts out downhill and when you do finaly climb out after a week or so your
pack is empty anyway.
Meadow Ed here--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Eddy <ewker at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Eddy <ewker at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] instant mashed potatoes
To: "PCTL" <pct-l at backcountry.net>, vichansonperu at yahoo.com,
peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 10:34 PM

anyone ever added smoked oysters to instant potatoes. Just pour the oysters and
the oil into the potatoes then add the boiling water. It is quite good.
 
Eddy  

--- On Thu, 9/4/08, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] instant mashed potatoes
To: "PCTL" <pct-l at backcountry.net>, vichansonperu at yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 12:11 AM

Those instant garlic potatos at Trader Joes are yummy as all get out...I'd
eat them everyday...mmmm

thanx for that info Vic...I'm planning the thru for next year...so many
anxieties about gear...ahhh...lol

patti

--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Vic Hanson <vichansonperu at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Vic Hanson <vichansonperu at yahoo.com>
Subject: [pct-l] instant mashed potatoes
To: "PCTL" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 9:09 AM

I ate instant mashed potatoes almost every night for my whole thru-hike, but
like Jeff said, they need some dressing up. I added chedder cheese along with
with bacon bits (real or soy), oil, salt and sometimes butter buds. Being a
meat
eater, I also often added a bit of leftover sandwich meat from my lunch bagel
sandwich. Never got tired of of the potatoes, unless I ran out of cheese, but
then I ate Grape-Nuts for breakfast every day for about 15 years too, also for
breakfast on the PCT with powered milk. I ate about 2 lbs. of cheese a week,
usually chedder but also Swiss if it was on sale. Chedder gets a bit runny if
it
gets too hot but it is still OK to eat. Also used it on my sandwich at lunch.
 
If anyone is interested, you can download the appendex to my PCT book for free,
it is at 
my Lulu store at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=955979
 
It has lots of info that might be of help to those of you planning your first
PCT hike, including gear list, menu and links.
 
Vic, AKA Sugar Daddy, PCT '06


      
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