[pct-l] high fat food;

[dicentra]

A couple of resource links for those of you who do not have a dehydrator.

Packit Gourmet - tell them Dicentra sent you! They are familiar with thru hikers and resupply options. They will work with you for whatever you need. Their customer service rocks! So do their products.

Harmony House Foods

Just Tomatoes (can also be found in higher end grocery stores)

Trader Joes also carries TONS of great hiker friendly foods. I get all my dried fruit and nuts there.

~Dicentra

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

 




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From: Judy Gross <heartfire at heartfiregowns.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 9:01:23 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] high fat food;

Yes, Hummus is good, you can make your won and dehydrate it, then just add
cold water about 30 min prior to lunch.  Take a can of chickpeas,
blenderize, add other seasonings - lemon or lime juice, hot sauce, etc, even
peanut butter to this is really good, dehydrate it and crush it into powder.
You can even find it in powder form in the bulk bins at places like Whole
Foods.

>>>Hummus and crackers make an excellent lunch. A little olive oil in the
hummus gives you good calories. A little hummus goes a long way, so it's
light and you can stock up and bounce it ahead to keep yourself stocked. I
always had ample energy for most of the afternoon after a good lunch of this
stuff.<<<

If you make your own dinners and dehydrate them, then you don't get those
chemicals. - make the whole meal - not the components, cook the pasta add
the sauce and cheese and THEN dehydrate it.  Nothing to put together on the
trail, just add hot water.  Your meal is spiced/flavored the way you like
it, not added spices to have to carry.

>>>Dinner stayed as good as I could do. But I fail to see how any of the
dehydrated things I cooked could be as nutritious as a real dinner.  
It's full of chemicals and it's very scary to think that a lot of it was
stuff normal people make for dinner every day. <<<

Judy

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