[pct-l] Butter Powder

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Eugene,

As a cookless hiker I use lots of powdered butter and/or cheese.  I used to
buy the product in cans from Walton Feed at   http://waltonfeed.com/ -- an
excellent source for hiking food -- but I recently found that a local food
store chain, Winco, sells powdered cheese in bulk.  Strangely, I can’t tell
much difference between the powdered butter and the cheese.  Both are pretty
much like the stuff in the packet that comes in the Mac ‘n Cheese box.



I carry about ¼ cup of the powder in a small, “snack-size” Ziploc bag, and
for a meal I pour in water – or even better, oil if it’s available – and
kneed the contents for a minute or so till it’s smooth.  I use it as a dip
for my dry, brown carbohydrate substances or I just bite off one corner of
the sack and squeeze it out like toothpaste.



I use powdered refried beans in a similar fashion.  I used to dry my own
refried beans – it’s really quick and easy – but now I buy them in bulk from
Winco.  The beans won’t readily reconstitute well with oil so I use
water.  That’s
OK because when I hike cookless I don’t carry oil anyway.  A favorite is to
combine the sack of bean powder with the sack of cheese powder and mix it
all together.  That’s a good place for a cookless hiker to mix in some hot
sauce as well.



I sometimes carry little individual packets of condiments, and my runaway
favorite is mayonnaise.  Real mayo has a very high oil content for added
Calories, and I can squirt it on most of my food basics.  Sometimes I just
take a bite and squirt some mayo into my mouth.  Most other condiments
enhance flavor but don’t increase the Calorie level very much.



Bon Appétit …



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Eugene Leafty <atetuna at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I bought some of that stuff for my macaroni and ramen for my training
> hikes.
> It works pretty well.  I didn't use it after my training hikes, but that's
> because I want completely cookless.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Austin Williams
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:36 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Butter Powder
>
> mmmmmmmmmmm........
> https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information_center/butter_powder.htm
>
> --
> Austin Williams
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