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

[Ken Powers]

Right on, Radar.

I would add that if you have been carrying that heavy water why would you 
pour it our onto the ground. We never waste water!

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com>
To: "Jim Banks" <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them upinto zip 
locks?



On Jan 19, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Jim Banks wrote:

> I put the contents of the Mountain House foil packages into the smallest 
> zip
> lock that they will fit into.  Then I bring one of the empty foil pouches
> (once they are empty they fold very small and flat) and use that foil 
> pouch
> to cook all the meals in.  You need to rinse it out after each meal.  The
> Mountain House foil packages are pretty sturdy, some of the other brands 
> you
> have to be careful not to poke a hole in the pouch when you are stirring 
> the
> meal with a fork.


Isn't it just easier to use your pot to cook in?  I'd rather wash out a pot
then try to clean the inside of one of those foil pouches.

Your pot also gets sterilized each time you fire up your stove, whereas the
foil pouch doesn't.

As for cleaning pots, I scrape as much food as possible with my spoon, add
water, scrape some more, drink water, repeat until clean.  I keep a bandana
with my pot for a final wipe of pot and spoon.  The bandanna gets washed in 
town.

I don't use soap on the pot nor do I throw out the water used to 
scrape/clean
in order to practice leave-no-trace where I'm cooking.  Some hikers seem
to have a hard time with the 'drink the water' but it is exactly what I
just ate with dinner, just more water, so it doesn't bother me.

Radar
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