[pct-l] Powdered Foods - Was Resupply

Wed Feb 25 18:17:43 CST 2009

Hey! Something I know a little something about! Food!!!

I generally get my cheese powder from WinCo. - There's one in Kent, WA.

Harmony House Foods has tomato powder. A little bit goes a LONG way. They have dried beans and lentils too... you could make your own bean powder from that, I suppose.

Packit Gourmet has all kinds of powders... butter powder (the full fat kind), several kinds of cheese powder, beet powder, wine powder (not for drinking - I tried it, ick!), soy sauce powder, molasses powder, carrot powder, honey powder, egg powder (several kinds), maple powder, peanut butter powder, shortening, sour cream, yogurt, tomato, True Lemon/Lime/Orange (I love that stuff!)...

They have a HUGE selection. From full on meals to dried veggies to shelf stable meats.  Everything I've tried from them is good! Plus they have awesome customer service (tell them Dicentra sent ya!)  

Fantastic Foods makes instant black beans, refried beans and hummus. Just add water.  The falafal and tabbouleh from them is good too.

Powdered butter - aka Molly McButter or Butter Buds can be found either with the popcorn or with the spices in your regular grocery store.

Powdered milk - look for Nido It comes in a yellow can and is a full fat product. Usually in the Hispanic section of the store. I can almost always find it at Albertsons. (milkman is no longer - I'm sad).  I recently found a full fat powdered milk by Backpacker's Pantry, but I haven't tasted it yet....

Coconut Creme Powder - full of fat and calories! Great for adding to Thai dishes or breakfast cereal. Sarah at Freezerbag cooking carries it. So does Packit Gourmet. I find it at the Asian grocery and at the (yuppy) really well stocked grocery stores that have a big Asian foods section...

Whew. That's a lotta info. I hope it is helpful... Feel free to ask me if you are looking for a product. I can generally find just about anything food related. lol.

~Dicentra

http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra 

--- On Wed, 2/25/09, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

From: CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Speaking of Resupplies...
To: "Tom Aterno" <taterno at cox.net>, "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 1:37 PM

Good afternoon, Incredible,

I’ve purchased powdered butter, powdered “cheese product”, and powdered
cheddar cheese from Walton Feed, Inc. at: http://www.waltonfeed.com/store  The
real powdered cheddar is better, but more expensive.  I can’t really tell
much difference between the regular powdered cheese product and the powdered
butter.

Recently I’ve been buying the powdered cheese in bulk from a local (Portland
area) store called WinCo Foods.  All those powders rehydrate with water or
oil.

Bean powder is probably available somewhere, but I make it.  Cosco sells a
one-gallon can of refried beans for about $3.   I just smear the moist beans
on my dryer trays and wait for it to get crispy-dry.  After that I give it a
ride in the blender to make powder.  It’s pretty simple to do in the oven
also.  This stuff rehydrates well with water, but I’ve not had good luck
with oil.

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Tom Aterno <taterno at cox.net> wrote:

> Where do you buy powdered cheese and beans.  I finally found Butter Buds
> here in San Diego, so I am set for that taste treat on the trail.
>
> Tom
> The Incredible Bulk
>
>
>
> On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:06 AM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
>
> Good morning, Allison,
>>
>>
>>
>> I try to repackage whatever I can into Ziplocs to reduce weight and
>> provide
>> a very adaptable and compliant packing increment; that's particularly
>> important when stuffing the bear 'can.  One item I like is the individual
>> packets of Mayo.  I buy them locally in cartons of 200 12-gr. packets.
>> Mayo
>> is high in fat – which is a plus – and goes well with lots of things,
>> including otherwise dry jerky.  I've not had packaging failures, but I
>> stopped for a snack about 2/3 the way up Forester Pass and the Mayo packet
>> was fat and perfectly cylindrical like a little sausage due to the air
>> inside and the much reduced barometric pressure outside.
>>
>>
>>
>> I like to use powdered cheese for spread.  It is essentially the same
>> stuff
>> that's included in the Mac & Cheese boxes. I put ¼ cup of powder in a
>> snack-size Ziploc, then add some water or oil at lunch.  After kneading a
>> bit to mix, it I bite off a corner of the sack and squeeze it out like
>> toothpaste.  Other powders, such as bean powder and butter powder, can be
>> treated the same way.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also often put creamy peanut butter in the Ziplocs and squeeze it out
>> the
>> same way.  I put the sacks of PB in another Ziploc because sometimes the
>> oil
>> creeps out.  Honey can be a real problem without a well-sealed container.
>>  It's
>> really hard to keep that dog under the porch.  I happen to like peanut
>> butter and honey together as a spread, and if it is mixed ahead of time it
>> soon turns into a thick, firm, fudge-like stuff that doesn't seem to leak
>> out.
>>
>>
>>
>> Steel-Eye
>>
>> Hiking the PCT since before it was the PCT -- 1965
>>
>> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Allison Johnson <matreia at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions on repackaging spreads?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm planning maildropping a combination of peanut butter, nutella, jam
>>> and
>>> honey to myself for lunches (maybe two condiments per 100 miles or so).
>>> Entire containers would be crazy heavy, but repackaging into ziplock
>>> baggies
>>> seems like a recipe for disaster and a pain in the butt.
>>>
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