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

[dicentra]

You can pour boiling water into ziplock FREEZER bags.  They have to be the freezer type. The regular ziplocs are too thin.  And buy a brand name one (zip loc or glad) b/c the off brands aren't as good.  They do not contain BPA.  

There are several types of "cozys" (which is what you are describing to put the bag in to insulate it) available.  Even a padded bubble envelope will work.  As will your wool/fleece hat. Just be careful not to spill!  

As for the Mountain house question, I can't answer that.  I eat real food. :)

~Dicentra (the food nerd)


http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
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--- On Thu, 1/19/12, Ron Cordell <ron.cordell at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Ron Cordell <ron.cordell at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mountain House #10 tins - breaking them up into zip locks?
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 10:31 AM


So the idea is to save space in a bear canister by getting rid of the foil
vacuum packaging the Mountain House comes in, correct?

What do you use to contain the boiling water/freeze dried foods? Would a
ziplock stand up to 200 degF water if it were inside some sort of re-usable
container like a foam pouch or something? I suppose I could actually do
some experimenting with that...

If I use a BearVault BV500 or a Bearikade, how many Mountain House single
service packages will actually cram in there? I haven't gotten my hands on
one of these yet to experiment...

-ronc

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:09 AM, AsABat <AsABat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:

> I've done it for short times with no problem, just can get a little stale
> sometimes. Vacuum sealing would be better.
>
> I do it all the time with gatorade etc but not in ziplocs. I use simple
> baggies, push the powdered into a corner of the most bag, push the air our,
> twist it closed and tie an overhand knot. To use I tear a tiny hole in the
> corner.
>
>
> AsABat
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>
>
> Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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