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<font face="Arial">Ken Powers wrote:<br>
>>We have been using 6 or 8 oz water bottles for carrying olive
oil. <br>
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Si, same here, only I use these for sending olive oil in resupply
boxes, then when retrieving the box I pour the oil into a small
screw-cap lexan bottle that I carry on the trail, which is smaller,
stronger, and more leakproof than the Evian-type water bottles.<br>
<br>
I use about 1 ounce (less than 1 fluid ounce) of olive oil per day, so
when measuring it out for maildrops the empty water bottle goes onto a
kitchen scale, and in goes the appropriate amount of oil per drop. To
prevent possible leakage into the box, I wrap the bottle in paper
towel, than double-ziploc it.<br>
<br>
Of course, as anyone knows, the best part about carrying EVOO in
plastic bottles is the extra pthalate and bisphenol A exposure!<br>
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- blisterfree<br>
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<pre wrap="">We pour a "dollop" of olive oil into each dinner on the trail for added
calories. We have been using 6 or 8 oz water bottles for carrying olive oil.
Works like a charm. We pour the water from the bottles, lay the bottles out
to dry completely, then pour olive oil into them at town stops. Olive oil
can go into a bounce box, but we usually just buy more in town. We carry the
bottle in a zip lock because we sometimes get a drip outside the bottle lip.
The zip lock keeps everything else clean.
Ken
www GottaWalk com
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From: "Linda Bakkar" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lbakkar@hotmail.com"><lbakkar@hotmail.com></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net"><pct-l@backcountry.net></a>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: [pct-l] olive oil
I am hiking the PCT in 2008, and I have a different kind of question. I
want to add olive oil to most of my dinners along the way. Do I need to
carry a quantity of olive oil as I go? Can I use a smaller container and
send a bigger one in the bounce box to refill the smaller one? (I am hoping
to use only a few post offices along the way.) Can I get smaller quantities
of olive oil along the way? (I don't know if that is possible or not.) For
long-distance hikers who have used olive oil as a staple, how did you make
that happen?
Thanks!
Lindy
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