[pct-l] Speaking of Resupplies...

[Scott Bryce]

dicentra wrote:
> Another thought... Would a food saver vacuume thingy work? Make
> individual packets yourself?

Sorta.

I cooked and dehydrated 150 + meals and vacuum packed them. The hard,
sharp pieces of rice, macaroni, dried meat, etc poked holes in a lot of
the packages, so they had to be repackaged.

The plan had been to put a portion (8 oz) of an entree into a zip lock
bag, then vacuum pack it to keep it fresh for the several months that
would pass before I ate it. On the trail I would rehydrate the entree in
the zip lock bag. The process of vacuum packing the entrees poked holes
in the zip lock bags, so none of them held water. When I discovered
this, I put extra zip lock bags into my resupplies so I could repackage
the entrees on the trail. It worked, but it created more garbage than
necessary.

OTOH, I vacuum packed portions of cookies, crackers, nuts, etc that I
bought in bulk. Now, almost a year later, that food is still fresh. A
lot of the crackers broke. Some of the cookies fused together. But it is
still very edible.