[pct-l] Who eats what on the trail??

[David Thibault]

Before you vaccum pack them add a paper towel around the inside of the
vacuum bag.  This will stop (mostly) the sharp food from puncturing the
bags.

Also,  I highly recommend Dicentra's book.  She has tons of recipes that you
can make at home that do not require a dehydrator.  I do both dehydrated and
just throw together ingredients (alla Decentra's book) and find both work
really well.

I try not to pre buy things such as bars or boxed items like mac and cheese
as these are always available and easy to get sick of.

I can't eat Freeze Dried stuff more than a day or two without being sick of
it - the meals I make myself are much better.

Also check out the book  "Lip Smackin Backpacking" for ideas.  Your Library
may have it.

Some of my favorites:

 Seafood stew:

1/2 c instant mashed potatoes
1/2 c milk powder
1 tbs butter buds
1 tsp Old Bay Seasoning
a dash Celery Seed
1 or 2 3 oz pouches of seafood (crab, shrimp, oysters, etc)

Boil 2 C water.  Add everything.  let sit in pot cozy 10-20 minutes.



Tortilinni w/ pesto:

Dryed Tortilini
Dry Pesto Mix
Pine Nuts
Olive Oil

For Breakfast try:

Dicentra's Golden Bugler   http://www.onepanwonders.com/breakfasts.htm


No need to cook this just mix in ziplock and let sit in pack for 30-45
minutes as you hike then stop and enjoy.
Nice crunchy flavor.

Day-Late





>
> When you vacuum pack dehydrated meals, bits of the food are likely to
> puncture the bag. I weighed my dehydrated meals into zip lock bags, then
> vacuum packed the zip lock and contents. The idea was to rehydrate the
> meals in the zip lock. I discovered before I left that nearly every zip
> lock bag had pin holes in it and would not hold water. My only solution
> at that time was to toss in an extra empty zip lock for each day on the
> trail so that each punctured zip lock could be put into a new zip lock
> before adding water. This was a workable, but less than optimum solution
> to the problem.
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