[pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them up into zip locks?

[Mike Cunningham]

One of my hiking buddies did that. He used a vacuum sealer instead of ziplocs. We split the # 10 can & ate it all within a week. It worked fine but i did get a bit tired of beef stew.
 
He still does it but I no longer go in on it with him. He claims it is still good after a month & has not died from it yet.
 
I have also done Gatorade in ziplocs & it always absorbs water & gets gross after a while. It is better to get the smaller packs.
 
hm


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From: Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
To: ruffwork <ruffwork at ruffwork.com> 
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them up into zip locks?

Ruffwork -

I've never done that with Mountain House, but I've done a similar thing
with Jerky and Gatorade powder.  It was a terrible idea in both instances.
The jerky was too tough to bite, and the Gatorade powder was . . . gross.
It expanded and got all chunky.

My recommendation would be to assume the one-week expiration is accurate.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, ruffwork <ruffwork at ruffwork.com> wrote:

> I was looking at the price of individual packages of Mountain House freeze
> dried vs. the #10 tins:
> $2 or $3 per meal vs. $6.  Wow!
> I got a tin to try it and it says it is only good for 1 week after opening?
> Has anyone ever broke down a tin into zip locks and used those?
>
> Just wondering...
>
> ruffwork
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