[pct-l] cold soaking food containers

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Plastic peanut butter jar! No leaks and durable.

On Mar 9, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Carrie Jilek <fancyjilek at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] cold soaking food containers
>
> Hey everybody. I plan on cold soaking all my meals and don't think  
> it will
> be possible to reuse some of the bags I vacuum seal with to cold  
> soak in as
> well. Does anybody have any experience with this? Did you use another
> separate container or bag? If possible, when not in bear country  
> I'd like
> to attach my cold soaking system to the outside of my pack to heat  
> up the
> contents! Any thoughts?
>
> Also when vacuum sealing I've had some difficulty with the contents
> puncturing the Sealsaver bags. The manufacturer suggests you use a  
> paper
> towel lessen the contact of the dehydrated food on the bag, but I'd  
> like to
> avoid any extras if possible.
>
> thanks, and cheers!
> Carrie